The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-11-22

OF the nrst three to plant the stars
and stripes on the walls of Monterey,
in Mexico; and Capt. Ross, of Iron.
ton, an intelligent Sco'chman.--
Capt. Thomas. OF Higginsport, Ohio,
is supposed to be taken, and also DR..
Morris, Of lronton, the First Sur.
geon.
The rebela also arrested and took
with them tho following Union cit.
izens. after having first taken and
destroyed their goods: w. Dowthit,
Merchant, and his con DR.. Rouse.
Druggist, who was also a Commis
siouer Of the Federal Court; Alber,
White, and perhaps some others
At Barbourville they capture J. w.
Afford, candidate for the Legisla
turc; Mat. Thompson aud all his
goods; old Mr.. Kyle and Morey.-
These prisoners were laehed togeth-
er and compelled to walk. Among
their other cruelties, | will mention
one incident: James f. Wood cit
izen OF the place for many years but
now in the army, had his hand sh,t
off. He was then run over by the
cavalry and his hips put ont o. place,
but he managed to ge, to the middle
OF the suspension bridge, jumped off
and swan to the opposite shore Of
the Guyandotte, where he was taken
ard his hands tied behind him ard
refused anything to eat until II seces.
sion woman almost compelled them
to allow her 10 administer to his
wants, and when they marched oii
he WAS compelled to march aoot in
his disabled condition.
The attack was So sudd, n aud nm
expected that not more than forty of
our men got into line to resist ihrm.
Others, however, fought them singly,
and those only made their escape
VITO were satisfied 1T the start that
the number Of the enemy WAS too
Great 10 contend against, and fled
Immediately. except in few in
stances, wh,re they hid Eenea h
house and under log piles until the
enemy retired. Some fifty or sixty
are known to have got away, AMI
perhaps Others will turn up.
The rebels held the place until
,hout eight o'clock the next morn
ing, wh'G the Steamboat Boston
ceme up with nhout 200 Of the Fifth
Virginia regiment, under Col. Xeig-
Ier They were joined by number
Of the home Guards OF Lawrence
county, OhIo, who had assembled at
Proctursville, opposite, to prev, nj
thc rebels from landing in Ohio,
which they had threatened to DO.
On the arrival OF the Boston some
shots were fired at her from the Guy
and tie, which were answered by a
shot rom small two.pounder, send.
ing ball through a rebels brick
house. The rebels Immediately lett
on double,quick time. and the hy.
perCritical secession citizens, who
had heen Instrumental in getting up
the at ack, came on the bank o! the
. Ohio with great number ni white
flags, which they waved quite cnlhu
a,t;cal,y, supposing they could still
!ccuVc our brave Union men, " ho
lcad for them and saved their prop
erly from destruction, hut it was MI
N vain. Their Gestructi, II was &c
creed hy an indignant people, ana
three regiments would not have pr, =
vented Them from burning the town
Our troois passed over; few shots
were fired at the rear guard of the
retreating rebels, and n lew arrests
made o. leading seceSsionists among
them II. III. Miller, who had been for
some time with the rebel army, and
came in with Jenkins and got trap.
ped at home. L. A. Smith, who
was seen firing with revolver on
our Soldiers in the street; John S.
Everett, who shot at one OF our Sol
diers swimming the Guyandotte, and
several others. And then the town
was soon in flames. No Union
mana house was set on fra bnt