Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-20
LATE SOUTHERN INTELLIGENCE.
x. L. ARES,

Lalc +. s. Consul at ST. Thomas. arrived
in Raleigh, n. C., last Tuesday, after h'nc
in vs trim from New York. Mr.. Thomas IS IN
good health aud spirits.
WARREN COUNTY.
An election wAs recently held III warren
county, Va, 10 ill the vacancy caused oy inc
death of Col. Robt. Turner, late Clerk OF the
Circuit and County Courts Of that county
The following is the official result:-T. n.
Ashby, 251; EweIl Baker, 2+S.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
We're publish, for the information oithc pub
lie. the ordinance adopted by the Convention
Of Virginia, for the apportionmcnt ofrepresenta'
ton in the Congress Of the Confederate States,
r. II ordained, That the number of men,
hors to which this State is entitled in the House
If REPRESENTATIVES Ct the Confederate States
shall continue to DC apportioned amongst the
soVprol counties and corporations Of the State
ARRANGED into sixteen districts, as follows:
M;ddlrscx, Accolnac, Northampton, Glouces,
for Matthews, lancaster, Westmoreland, Rich
mond, Essex, King and Queen and Northuln-
berIand, shall he the first district.
Norfolk city. Norfolk county, Princess Anne,
Nansemond, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sus,
sex, Surry and Greenesvillc, shall he the second
district.
Civ OF Richmond, HcnIico, Charles City,
New Kent, Hanover, Elizabeth City, Warwick,
lanes CITY, Williamsburg and York, shall he
the third district.
Civ of Petersburg, Dinwiddic, Chesterfield,
Powhatan, Cumberland, Nottoway, Amelia,
Gnochlsnd and Prince George shall be the
fourth district.
Prince Edward, Brunswick, Mecklenburg,
Lunenburg. Charlotte, Halifax and %!Appomattox
shall be the filth district.
Pirtsylvania, Patrick, Henry, franklin, Bed
ford and Carroll shall he. the sixth district.
Albermale, Campbell and %Lynchburg, Am
hrrst, Nelson, Fluvnnna and Buckingham shall
be the seventh district.
Spotsyl7ania, Lonisa, Orange, Madison Cul-
pepper, Caroline, King George, Stafford and
Greene shall be the eighth district.
Fanquicr, RappaharnocA, Prince William.
Fairfax, Alexandria, Loudoun, Warren and
Page shall be the ninth district.
Frederick, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire,
Clarke, Jefferson, Shenandoah and Hardy shall
constitute The eleventh district.
Agususta, Rockingham, Rockbridec, Per-
dleton, Highland, Bath, Pocahontas, and ALE.
ghany shall constitute the eleventh district.
Botetnurt, Roanoke. Montgomery, Floyd,
Pulaski, Giles, Craig, Mercer, Monroe, Green
bricr, Raleigh and Fay cite shall constitute the
twelfth district.
Wythe, Smyth, t~iraysoE, Washington, s;cutt,
Lee, Wise, Buchanan, Mcdowell, farewell,
Bland, Russell, slull constitute the thirteenth
district.
Kannwha, Logan, Boone, Wayne, Cabeil,
Putnam, Mason, Juckson, Rnane, Clay, Nichn'
las, Braxton, Writ and Wyoming shall co!Isti
tule the fourteenth ~'iStIict
Lewis, Wood, Peasants, Tyler, Richie,
Doddridgc, Upshur, R,mlolp!r, Webster, Tuck.
er, Barbour, Harrison, Tay lor, Gilurr, and
Calhoun shal! constitute the fifteenth district.
Ohio, Hancock, Brooke, Marshall, Welzci,
Marion, Monongalia and Preston Shall consli,
! tute the sixteenth district.
Each Of said districts shall choose one repre-.
sentative in the Congress of the Confederate
States.
YANKEE DEPREDATI1Hs IN VIRGINIA.
Correspondence Of the Eomney 1ntslligeucsri
PETERSBURG, Hardy County
September 10Th, 1851.
Mr.. EIit0T-SinCe my last communication,
the farmers here have suffered heavily in the
loss Of stock. Abraham Inskeep. Esq, had
stolen from his Allcgiany farm, l24 head cat.
tic and 100 sheep. Thnnas Williams, Esq,
lost sc fine cattle, On Thursday last. They
were about six miles from this point. All Of
this valuable stock, 10 say nothing about
hcrscs, was stolen hy union Yankees. Very
few cattle remain in Western Hardy. In my
estimate of last week, | rnt ii at ? 1000
$50, 000, ur $4,000. are figures more nearly
approximating the value Of The stock thus far
stolen. On Saturday morning last, about .
o'clock, \. ~, Il regular fight occurred four
miles upon Luiicy'; Creek. The Union Yam.
KEGS, or VMrdaI*, wiich they trniy are, took
MP II POSITION fiir miles above here and went
into Ii regular camp, rGbning chickcn.roosts
md earn fields for their provisions, ard mag
; med, Judging from their impudcncc, they
would STAY there without lnGlvHlatiur, or even
a show of fight from us. But they were SOON
docEatd 10 a signal and bitter diss appointment.
At the time already referred 10, thirty Of the
regular cavalry. and probably seventy ~citizcI;s
armed with all kinds CT shooting and cutting
! had been variously computed from 43 to 100
all well armed.
The charge Of the Cavalry under Orderly
= t1TIDG CiI FhllI, pi W. itNitf 4 "tf q n utip
; lca. indeed. Twelve Of their picke:s were
abou: half mile from their camp, and almost
! before they knew We were coming, we had
| them perfectly surrounded. Such loco,notiou,
YOU never witnessed. They ran in every d..
~rcction, but nothing could save them from our
horscmen and their guns. We fired many
shots at them, more to halt them than for any
other purpose. But they did not fire Il single
gun ut us.
We killed q young nan by The name Of
William CaplingeT, shooting him through both
lobss Of the brain, killing him instantly, and
woundirg %annillsr slightly. We captured
eighteen OF ihr c~pwardIy rogucs, sixteen United
! States stand Of arms, all new and complete
with everything; also, two oiher common rifle
guns. Among the gang, aro many noted Of
tenders against the laws Of this Commonwealth.
The prisoners were all sent to Monterey the
evening Of the fight, md, hope, they may soon
have the pleasure OF trying what virtue there
is in hemp.
On yesterday, Monday, As The enemy were
making Il rapid and, as they supposed, a Ger.
tain march upon Petersburg, numbering from
one to two hundred well armed mcn, most all
regular Yankees, they were met by four scouts
and two citizens on tho Ridge road close 10
tOWD, nIlu were lllHlc'iiitcIy pn Inc lOiu SLUG,
probably not ten feet oii-and discharged sOme
fifty guns at our men, surrounding them in,
stantly; but strange to tell. they all escaped
but one having received a iesh wound in the
thigh-Mr. Hoy, Of the RockbridGe company.
They then pursued our men with all possible
speed, even 10 the house to which he had been
carried, but Just rs they got in sight of the
house, not more than 300 yards from the
road, he was placed in n buggy, and they gave
through the fields The cavalry ran to the
relief Of their wounded comradc, and he thus
escaped their fiendish pursuit, lie is a brave
fellow, and ] ain glad 10 learn nos dangerously
hurt. They then returned, and remained in
the ROAD hu. q few hun1rcd yards from where
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