Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-07-17

S. A. They proceeded in this manner
through the woods and fields until their can.
ture. AT the time of their capture they ware
stretched ON either flank across two fields.
between which there was a road. along
which Capt. Hess WAS proceeding. Lieut.
hutchinson was In the woods, somewhat in ad-
vance OF the company, when two horsemen
were seen reconnoitering. Lieut.. Smith pro-
nounced them friends. All who were seen
were dressed in the uniform of the U. S reg
ular cavalry, and they evidently endeavored
to be taken for friends, in which, unfortunate
ly, they were entirely successful. Capt Hess,
having his suspicious aroused, suggested to
Lieut.. Smith the propriety of halt, as they
were then nearly half mile ahead of the
regiment, but he felt perfectly confident that
no enemy was near. Lieut.. Hutchinson and
his party was neither seen nor heard from af.
ter they entered the woods
1t IS surmlsed that part of the Secession
cavalry concealing first their horses and then
themselves, awaited at proper points the ad-
vance of the different pairs, and presenting
their reVoivers, made any attempt at ress-
tance or alarm, certain death About ffty
OF the cavalry now rode out into the field and
icisurely, as though they were friends, ap-
preached the men in the centre Capt Hess
had now become so suspicious Of dan.
ger, that he went TO the right, and directed
Lieut.. Hoskins to halt. just then the caval-
ry approached the men in the road and they,
seeing the U. S. on their belts, exclaimed,
! Here's some OF our boys, and two of them
throwing down the bars welcomed their
treachereus foes to their midst. As soon as
they gained the road they commenced firing,
which was promptly returned ty such Of the
men as were not absolutely in the grasp of
the enemy. They killed one, and Capt Hess
shortly after captured his horse. They had
one man killed, private. named Cunaham,
from Mmersvile. As they stretched over the
hill, those on the right were out Of sight, and
together with two Of the centre escaped
Lieut.. Smith emptied his revolver aiming di-
rectly at the Captain of the cavalry, and was
fired upon in return, but on both sides with
out effect. As to their treatment after their
capture, we have reason to believe it was as
good as circumstances would permit, and in
the future, we doubt not they will receive the
treatment due prisoners Of war from IA civili-
zed enemy. The hasty retreat which the Reb-
els found 1t necessary to make imposed some
hardships on the prisoners. but from all ac-
counts infer that they were not dishearten
ed, and were bearing their adverse fortune
bravely, as became snldierS Of the Union.
The following is Il list nf the prisoners from
Mltl!in and Centre cuuniirs:
Lieut.. John B. Hutchinson, Centre Hill :;
Corp. W. p. Palmer, Potters Mills; Corp.
Claudius Hess, Old Fort: ThoS Farmer, JAS.
Zeete, Henry Sankey, Jno Barger, and \.
Be;hyon, POtterS Mills: George Went and j .
Marks, Centre Hall; Jos Thomas, Milroy :;
Geo. Thrulked, Samue! lice, Scrgt IL. Ed
mundson, and y. Edwards. LewistOwn.
Four Of the prisoners are from Juniata
county. viz: Hyatt and Reynolds of Milflin-
town, Dietrich of Delaware township, and
Hoffman Of Spruce Hill township.
The Wostchcster Village Record pub
fishes letter stating that the prisoners
were recaptured by Major Given, but this
We think must be a mistake, as no advices
Of the kind have been received here
From the best information we can get they
were at Winchester, Virginia, last week