Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-11-16

4 Guyandotte By tho rebels, and the subsequent
burning Of she town By our troops, 10 the
wheeling Intellgtncer:
i The undersigned, acting as Adjutant Of the
/ Ninth Virginia Regiment, would beg leave 70
report thaI on Sunday evening, the 10Th inst,
! litile after seven o'clock, tho said regiment,
i consIating OF only one hundred aud ffty men
/ yet In camp. was completely surprised BY seven
hundred cavalry, under command Of Jenkins,
the guerrilla chief, and cut to pieces and captur
ed, with the loss also Of about thirty horses, q
small stock Of Governments stores, and two
hundred Eu6eld rifles. The dead and wounded
on either side could not be clearly ascertained,
i but are supposed 10 be ten or twelve killed and
/ twenty or thirty wounded. The enemy captur.
Cd seventy prisoners, and their loss In killed
aud wounded was equal 10, II not greater than,
ours They left one OF their Caplains dead In
the street. His name was Hubbell, or name
similar in sound Three other dead bodies Of
/ the enemy were found in the street, and they
/ were seen to throw several from the suspension
bridge into the Guyandotte, killed BY our men
4 while they were crossing the bridge; besides, a
wagon load was hauled off in the night. Three
of our dead were found-one Saa known to be
shot one mile above town, on the bank Of the
Ohio river. and four In crossing the Guyandotte
4 river. Several others are missing, and are sup
posed to bekilled. Among the number is Capt.
i g. w. Bailey, Of Portsmouth, who commanded
0 company In the railroad masked battery affair
at Vienna and also at Bull Run Among those
taken prisoners are the Hon. X. v. Whaley,
who was in command Of the place; t. j. Hay
slip, clerk in the Qaartermaster's Department;
Can't. Payne, Of Ohio, who was one OF the first
three 10 plant the stars and stripes on the walls
of Monterey, in Mexico; and Cipt. Ross, Of
4 Ironton, an intelligent Scotchman. CAPTAIN
Thomas, of Higginsport, o., is supposed to be
taken, and also DIR. Morris, Of lronton, the First
Surgeon:
Inc rebels also arrested and took with them
the following Union citizens, alter having first
taken aud destroyed their goods: VIM. Dow
thit, merchant, and his son; Dr.. Rouse, drug
Rist, who was also Commissioner Of the Fed
eral Court; Aber; White, and perhaps some
others At Barboursville they captured John
w. Afford, candidate for the Legislature; Ma
thew Thompson and all his goods; old MIR.
Kyle and Morey. These prisoners were Iashed
together aud compelled TO walk. Among their
other cruelties.I will mention one incdent:-
James e. Wood, citizen of the place for many
years, but now in the army, had hls hand shot
off He was then run over by the cavalry and
his hips put out OF place, but be managed to
get to the middle Of The suspension bridge,
Jumped of and EVAN to the opposite ehore Of
the Guyandotte, where he was taken and his
hands tied behind him and refused anything to
eat until secession woman almost compelled
them TO allow her TO administer to his wants,
and when they marched of he was compelled
TO march afoot N his disabled condition.
The attack was 30 sudden and unsuepected
that not more than forty Of our men got into
line to resist them. Others, however, fought
them singly, and those only made their escape
who were satisfied at the start that the number
1 q aNa nae
and fled Immediately, except in few instan nces,
where they bid under houses and log piles un-
, til the enemy retired. Some City or sixty were
known TO have got away, and perhaps others
} will turn up. ~
, The rebels held the place until about eight
, o'clock the next morning, when the steamboat
Boston came up with about 200 Of the Fifth
I Virginia Regiment, under Col. Zeigler. They
were Joined by a number Of the Home GuarIs
of Lawrence county, Ohio, who had assembled
at Proctorsville, opposite, TO prevent the rebels
from landing in Ohio, which they had threaten
: ed to do.
On the arrival Of the Boston some shots were
} fred at her from Guyandotte, which were an
} swered by shot from small two FOUNDER,
sending ball through Q rebels brick house.
. The rebels Immediately left on double quick
time, and the hypocsitcal secession citizens,
, attack, came On the bank Of the Ohio withIa
Z. great number of white flags, which they waved
quite Enthusiastically, supp sing they could etil
: deceive our brave Union men who had plead for
: them and saved their property from destruction,
i but it was all in vain. Their destruction was
a decreed By an indignant people. and three regi
= ments would not have prevented them from
9 burning the town. Our troops passed over;
few shots were fired at the rear guard of th,
retreating rebels, and q few arrests made o
laaning secessionists, among them H. H. Miller
q who had been for some time with the rebel er
my, and came In with Jenkins and got trappel
+ at home; E. A. Smith, who was seen firing
a with a revolver on our soldiers in the street
o John S. Everett, who shot at one Of our soldier
% swimming the Guysndotte, and several others
}. And then the town was soon In flames. M
@ Union mans house was set on FIRE, but severa
II caught from the others. The town Is, at leas
' three iourths of it, burnt up. All the stores
Q the hotel, and the finest dwelling houses, are IL
!. ashes. fH
a 1t is supposed that Jenkins went With hi
g force to his own plantation, as the next nigh
It his warehouse was thrown open, q large FIR,
1 burning In front Of 1t, and man with o lanterI
Q under the bank hailed the steamboat Moderator
Q bat our Captain was not green enough to b,
caught In that Secesh trap. He, however, ran(
the bell twice, as though be was going to land
But ten or twelve men showed themselves, ant
/ there is very little doubt that the warehouse
: was full of his rsgamufin crew.
y When left, there was a report that tbret
D thousand infantry Of the rebel army were at Bar
!, louisville, marching on Guyandotte, but sup
Q pose 1t to be a false rumor.
: Mr.. Wheeler says, In addition to what he hat
o written, that the first intimation he or any
e one else had Of the attack upon the town, all
e was confusion, and indiscriminate fighting wai
o going on in the streets. The attack was made
3 about z o'clock in the evening, aud In short
time the rebels had formed their lines around
the town. Nj Wheeler made his escape, IL
/. company with bis little boy,by running into a
: cornfeld with heavy fire In his rear. He
J. walked all night before he met man whom
he dared to approach upon the subject of cross
4 | ing the river. When he did finally encounter
, Union ~ man, he had to employ the per.
5 suasive chink Of the almighty dollar before he
9 could be accommodated. Congressman Wha
ley acted gAllantly, appearing in the streets
and urging his men to resistance. The seces-
sion citizens who knew Of the contemplated at
! tack, had succeeded In completely deluding
Whaley's men. There was not single picket
out at the time Of the attack, and no alarm wst
. given. gA
Fremont Nominated for President
At a Republican meeting in Chicago, on Sat
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