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The. Late Sk1rm1Bh At Ronn6ys..Ful]
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The. Late Sk1rm1sh ut Romney...Fun
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Correspondence Of the Daily Ccmmercial.1
CAMP CRossAAH, NEW CREEK, Va.
EIGHTH 0. 7. NEGT., Sept. q, 1851. J
Stirring events have transpired in our midst !
within the last days On Monday, at two |
o'clock . M, junction was formed at this |
place, st the solicitation Of our Lleutennnt-
Golole!, c. A. Park, Nth portion Of the |
Ohio 4th, epcamped at Camp Pendleton, 2
picked men Of the 4th arrived here at eight
,. n Sunday, and after being qnarte1cd com
1ortatly our men dividing and giving, in the
most friendly way, all they had with their fu-
ture comrades in arms-they started, taking
with them TWO companies Of Virginia troops,
Capt Hagan's company, Sd regiment, to,
gefher with Capt Kings company, Ringgold
Cavalry. Their destination vas Romney,
Va, stronghold Of the aecessionists -
If coEgrsgating, and, at intervals, divezgi0g
in squads, haIasEipg our troops and loyal
citizens located in this region
Our force, under command Of Colonel Can't
vel. lie unanimous choice Of the Regiment
| ct tie demise Of The much lamented LoEln
| PROSPECT Ct having brush with the secesh,
| ttar:t d from camp on the double foT Romney,
| intending to make .adnJestatios at day
lrsak, but On arriving at Mechanics
burg Gap, within three miles Ct Komney, at
l A. NJ, TUE day. they were fired upon BY
. ,s1ge force occupying the summit Of the
Gap on each side. Our boys fought
their way through the Gap nob!y, con-
testing ard fo-crg their way Though
this rarrow detile in the rocks, subject to a
perfect shower Of bullets from the heights
| abGyt> Grivjng i@f1re them their assallantS IN
font, Much Geplo3ing IVES necessary on ac-
| count Ct the mo1Esa sasnpus nature Ct th: coun
try. A force under command OF Capt. hta-
Ley, H.befnidHsof Of Cleaeldnd-comprlslngc conl'
raDie2 B, G, and I, Of the 6:h, made clrcslt-
On the enemy's rear, with telling effect. The
eucus : force ia varioEsly estimated at from
2GCO 10 $500.
The Ohio AID Vi1ginis boys marched into
Romney, took quiet possession Of the place
opened the prison doors, let out coed Union
loving Vireinians, five brothers, who have
been anguiehing III thei1 prison cells; captuF
| ed their two secession printing presses, ta;
South Branch E'atelligence7, the other torgst
The printing materials were hudEed Ink
wagons and brought back to this point. Al
| ter occupying tha town about tire
!, hours, they prepared to return; when abou
> | mile distant, sudden cloud Of dust eeemei
| to arise in the town of Romney, occasionet
by the approach Of large body Of horsemer
| snbee eequeltly discovered to have arrived froI
, Winchester. This new force, sdded to thei
: already large numbers, makes it almost 1niras
!. | ulcus Row we escaped yet we returned hon
= In coed order, not breaking line, althoug
!. followed to within four miles Of our camp. II
! Rirggold cavalry did excellent service I:
y the Immediate excitement OF our first fight,
= had almost forgotten the efficient and efectiy
a service rendered by one gun Of Howe's ba
= ter5 accompanying the 4th from Camp Pei
= dleton. Our boys say that at every discharg
: riders fell from their horses.
A Our casualties are few, known ROW, {hal
= past II r II } Only three badly wounded ,aoo.
:. fifteen slightly. We have no means OF kno7
ing lie enemiss loss accurately, but 1t is knoH
i to mich exceed OUTS from reports Of p7isone
;. taken. Our tToets arrived in camp at hal
Il | East six Pm. Our eDrEs OBS are assiduo1s Al
\. incessart in their attant:ons TO the Wounds
Ie they report none, fortunately, mortal
~ | wounded.