Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-14
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Fuhr Account OF the Attack and
Massacre 81 GuYhndoIts

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that % Sunday syrniag ths 10th ius;
a lille after O'CLOCK the said Regiment,
consisting o: oaly 100 uea yet 10 camp,
vas completely surprised by 100 cavalry,
under command Of jenkins, the guerrilla
eiief, and cut ~ pieces and captured, viii
the los, also 81 Aboa; so horses. small
stock 0! Government stores AMI 300 Ia
Geld rihts. The dead aad wounded On
either side could not be clearly aseeFtAtned.
but supposed TO be 10 or u killed aad 20
OF 80 wounded The enemy captured 70
p'itonersr and their loss in KILLED and
wounded was equal 10 Il not greater thaa
ours They leil one Of their Captains dead
Ia the street. His name was Hubbe.i, or a
uaGe similar il sound. Three other dead
bodies OF the enemy were found IN the
street, aud they were SEGA 10 throw sever
al from the suspension bridge iatO the
Gqyandotte, killed by ogf men whiIe they
we're crossing the bridge, besides wagon
load Was hauled "a III ,hsnishL Three Of
our dead were fluud-one was known
+ 10 be shot one mile above town, on the
bank Of the Ohio river, and four ia cross.
Jag the Guyaato,te river. Several others
are missing and are supposed 10 be kill
ed Among the number is Capt q W,
Bailey Of Portsmouth, who commanded a
company in the railroad masked battery
affair at Vienna, aud also At Bulls Run.
Among those taken prisoners are the Hon.
X V. Whaley who was in command Of the
place. 7. ]. Hayslip, Clerk il the Quarter
| Masters Department Capt. Payne, OF
[ Ohio WHO was one Of the drst three % plant
the stars and stripes os the walls OF Mon.
tercy, in Mexico aud Capt. Ross, Of Iron
ton, an intelligent Scotehmau. Captain
Thomas, VI higginspCrt, 0 is supposed to
be taken, ard also Dr., Morris, OF lsOaiOn,
the LIST Surgeon.
The rebels also arrested and took with
them the following Union citizens, after
having first taken and destroyed their
goods Wm. Dowthit, merchant, aud bis
son DIT Rouse, druggist, who was also a
Commissioner Of the Federal Court; Alber,
White, and perhaps some others Al Bar.
louisville they captured john W. Afford
candidate for the Legislature; Mathew
Thompson and all his goods old Mr., Kyle
mud Morey. These prisoners were dashed
together aud compelled to walk. Among
their other cruelues will mention one 10,
cidenl; James +. Wood, citizen Of til,
place for many years, but now in the ar
NY, had his hand shot of He was ther
ran over By the cavalry and his hips put ouI
OF place but he managed to get to tn,
middle Of the suspension bridge, jumped
oil and swan to the opposite shore OF tn,
Guyaudotte, where he was taken and hi;
hands tied behind him and refused any
thing to eat until secession woman al
most compelled them to allow her to min
lister TO bis wants, aud when they marchet
off he was compelled to march aiool in hi
disabled condition.
The attack was so sndden and unexpect
ed that not more than forty of0ur mengo
into line to resist them. Others, however
fought them singly, aud those only mad,
their escape who were satisfied a
the start that the number Of the enemy wal
too great to contend against, and fed i'm
mediatciy, except 10 u fewinsmnce5, wher,
they hid under houses aud log piles unit
the enemy retired. Some 80 or 90 ar
known to have got away, aud perhaps 9th
crs will turn up.
The rebels held the place until abont
o'clock the next morning, when the S. d
Boston came up with aboat 200 OF the oil
Virginia Regiment, under Col. Zeiger.--
They were joined by number oil the HON.
Guards Of Lawrence county, Ohio. VIII,
had assembled at Proctorsyille, opposite
10 prevent the rebels from landing in Ohio
which they had threatened TO do.
On the arrival Of tie Boston some shot
were fired, at her from Guyandotte, which
were answered by shot from small two
FOUNDER, sending ball through u rebel
brick house. The rebels Immediately lef
on double-Quck time, and the bypocritica
secession citizens, who had been instru
mental in getting up the attack, came OF
the bank of the Ohio with great numbe
Of white flags, which they waved quite en-
Enthusiastically, supposing they could still
deceive our brave Union men who hat
plead for them and saved their property
from destruction, but it was all in vain
Their destruction was deereed by an in
dignant people, and three regiments woul,
not have prevented them from burning til,
town. Our troops passed over; few shot
were fired at the rear guard of the retreat
ing rebels, and few arrests made of lead
ing secessiOnists, among them II. II. Miller
who had been for some time with the rebe
army, and came in with jenkins and go
trapped at home Il. A. Smith, who wa!
seen Oriug with revolver on our sol.
diers in the street, John S. Everett, who
shot at one of our soldiers swimming th,
Guyandotte, and several others Ardth
the town was soon in flames. No Unior
mans house was set on FIRE, but seyera
caught from the others. The town is, ar
least three-fourths Of it, burnt up. Al
the stores, the hotel and the finest dwell
ling houses, are in ashes,
Ii is supposed that jenkins went with hi:
force to his own plantation, as the uexl
night his warehouse WAS thrown open, a
large FIRE burning in front Of It, and mar
with lantern under the bank hailed the
steamboat Moderator, but our Captain was
notquite green enough to be caught in that
secesh trap. He however, rang the bell
twice, as though be was going to land. But
ten or twelve men showed themselves, and
there'is very little doubt that the ware,
house was full of his rngamufin crew.
When left there was a report that 5000
infantry of the rebel army we're at Bar.
louisville, marching on GuyRudotte, but
supposed it to be false rumor.
Yours, most respectfully,
j. c. WHEELER.
Washington County, Pa, News.
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