The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-11-22
Wnr Ne1vs.

War n evvs.
frf.s ihs CsmruNt icuirsi1
tinyundottc nRkrn ~ Jenkins
ritvnlfs Ono Hundred nud
Ihirty fuion NIcn Taken pris-
nnrfs --fiti1cus Of tsuyttn-
dottr Eifc unon ihc Federal
Uroops-rhc ToNtn Laid tu
ASHES
Sundoy evening, about half past stvcn
o'clock miro hundred Secession coyalr,
NEdfr A. G. Iiikins made descent up-
on iht town u Guyanjuuirs gorrisontd
" 6ar hundred Federal ininniry of The
ninth Nnqinia RcQimcnt nnd thirty raw
airy ttlofcinr 10 tho Filth Virginia.
Mosi IL ihs uocfs ai the time OF the nt-
tsck Ntrc ~ tl.uIcl, .or FcaiieFcd about
fuWr, lcusi sOspctung nn vnCmy, thus
giving lhc rebels every udvantarc, Int
notWith.tlndinn The Disparity of numbers,
the brave little baud rushed % their arms
md cohtesifd ihc trMnd against this
iormifoblo fotco for the spnoc of ono
hour, whom pl,y were compcllcdto yield
tu superior numbcfs
rhh rchch diyilcd thoir forces OF lar-
D. nrsfiile end coininr uwu each side Of
Gnyandoitc riyr united, those un the low.
er dc crossing the railroad bridge near
the town.
a. G icutius commanded the rebels
in person, sud their cry rs they entered
Nc town wot--"TulStn no prisoners" /"
"Givo no quarter jim iloriord seemed
81 be thc most conspicuous cut throat A.
mong them, iuasting that all should be-
killed.
Capt Hunter and two priyatcs ran Tor
Che Guynudotte river rurs surd by huui-
bcf ofrebels Tile privutcs plunged IN
- the water and w,rc shot IN the middle
of The sifctm while swimming for the OPP
~ site shores the captain laid down ut the
edge Of the water, aud alter the miscro-
unts LEFT, quietly slipped m 90 the water,
ewum over pnd made Biz way 10 Corcdo.
From the b ~ information, only seven
critic Fcdcralists wcrc killed, and il 10
Supposed the rebel luss was equally ~
great. Thoy carried on all their killrd
and wounded except ono captain, who
was found deed in an alley shot through
.i-s.l.ns-f
a keel beat louded viii, wheat. belong.
irg 60 VIM. ~. Langley, WIS lying at
the wharf II was In charge OF Mr.. John
laws0n. n miller ih tho employ of Mr..
lAuglcy, mud three hands from this
plau-- Thumas BeuHdge, Andrew Lang.
lcY and John Blogg. lawson and
Bcr idE were at chn ch whom the attack
WAS mndo. aud tio luder were on board
The boht. SUverul Union citizens, To-
gcthcr with Alr. Dcrridgc, took refuge on
this boat nd showed her in the strt am,
when largo force Of rebels made thoir
nppsamnco on the bank and oponcd Hn
iudiscriminltc fire upon them, threaten
inf az Mc same time 10 kll every man
on boarl il they didn't land, Al this
iuncfurc young Lengthy aud llagg
Jumped into Hskiif attached to tho boat
and rowcd lor the Ohio side amidst
sh0wtr OF bullets. The firing became 80
hot that they felt thu greater safety
was In jumping IN tie river and towing
tho boat, which they did amid coniinous
sht wen Of bullets nutl they reached the
ohio shore Justus they landed bullet
struck the bank within a few inches of
Mr., Bagg, The k el boat was landed
and all on hourd taken prisoners.
The steamer Liberty bound for Cncin
Hsti, WAS hailed pbovc Guyandotto by
loyo, citizens, and turned back. SHE
brought the news 10 this place, and Obuu,
UCO uithe Fourth Virginia Regiment, atA.
toned at Rbint Pleasant, under comma nd
OF Col. Lightbmn, tugo,her with the Gal.
lpolis Artillery, Capt. MoClurg, proceed.
ca immediately by steamboat to the
tcene Of action When they reached
there largo force from Cpfcdo and
roints below had already asscmhclcd,
AUD the rebels anticipating warm time,
sonmpcned W the hills With about one
hundred and thirty prisoners, of WHOM are
Litutennut Colonel Bailey Of the Ninth
Virginia Regiment DIR, JonSthSu Norris,
formerly OF this plncc, Iohn Lawson and
Thowas Borridgc IN the employ of VIM.
II. Langley, aud all tho Union men the
scoundrols could lay hands on.
Col. Zeiger Of the FRh Virginia Reg
imcnt, ascertaining that a trap had been
laid by the Seccsh citxons OF pyandoltc
Ia enFhHre the Federal troops, and that
thoy had actually fred upon the troops
from their dwclhngt, ordered the match
TO be applied, and every house, except
Two Ia a remote part Of tho town, was
laid Ia ashes.