The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-02

VINO hase had quit enough Of the system o.
popular elections iii vogue for ten years pas;
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Night Attack by CaveIFY-S urprise ano
qualification Of a Frdcrai II, giinenl.
We have published several imperfect &C
counts OF the attack upon. Federal regiIn eut
chartered in TIE towh of Guyandotle, Va
.acinning the Iaenaacious statement circu.
,s.ted through the Northern newspapers; bu
nothing SD fuil or interesting rs the subj line.
aarr.tiNe, written for This paper by one WI.
participated III The tignI, has yet appeared il.
print. The prisoners captured by our troops
on that eventual Aight. arrived in kichmou,.
some days ago.
HnaAs AyALRY OF AMY or KaSAwHA,
tANf AEAE LIodAa y. Ii Va, Nov. a. {
EdttVrS If LiSrQtcA: A portion OF the 9th AM.
o.n Hes liarI.a Of Virginia cavalry, unueI
sne coIaiiAuu u Coz. Juha W. CI.-rksoI
A..cItcnailt Colonel a. G. Jenkins and isii,o,
II. ritzLusn, let the heauGaarler oi Gen
Iuya ~ Itin y DIo IA :ison, fayelte COUNTY,
on Nov. i'll, VITA Instructions " e.rlxe llo
cueny II pAoW ON the Oniv RIVER, .ll4u Lu XIV.
prouc lon 10 The toy al cIIzens Ia lI4e vicinity
u tiieiF march. i p IS over TIC incident vi :.
uIUst teuious ana exposed BIaIcI,, WITHOUT
ats Or otneT rauip ,Yulpage, Ior one nun
dr.d ana seventy -nse l.lles, over ruaus
"ashed away DJ ms unprecedented jresuets
u this sa!i, over " hicn seven hum reu meL
tud nurses W-re Conducted by the great eli.
trsy o. Ihrlr commanders Ia less lnuii on.
Wees : Iiulr, aiu vain eieater speed tnan la
neWs OF turir nlaIcn could De Carried DIV the
spies VINO ilieSt Inc cUuutry. Inc narcA
i.seii Was one VI the most .e,rIug leats OF LA.
cam paisu II, anu was unlirlngiy gCooec ted A.
uenaae- weather anu nIuuutali., IT,, SWIM
ming rivers auu travelling paths TIE steep
s,dts OF mountains.
AL sunsrI Oh sunday, The 10th inst. the
Wnvie command cn .Is-u at iuIi sp..tu III 10
Cap-H Co"rt- hJi,se, suifoundins the iowa.
before the ihidbiIaht, ia / any notice OF Uur
approach. Although i.:rty OF the eneIp
htu very iatsiy DcSn in The town, lh,y
eiuued our att4ck o. wing io.neu Their
cpIilH;intt al Ce1edo. Aft-r arrtsJtue x4y,r.,
Traitors, an" opening storc oWnea uy ono o.
them, AbJut dark We Resumed 4 uurriaa
lnarun OF seven miles 10 t4ayandotte ON the
ONO rivsT. Tbs place Is wei buiiI town
~ aDout ,0uJ lnnabtGants at winch the
enemy nau qutrteIeG ~ regiment com l. ,ln deu
by Col. v haley, s citiZeh ii |saJn. County
Va, and lately elected lIom Der Oh Congress
OF The United Stats. lie had uudrr Ills
command 2u0 or 30 iEtduIry, armed " lln
EDueld guns, and ABOUT ~ Cavalry, admir,,-
oly equipped. Although L nisn. attack Was
ue pre- .;ed by our officers, Yet the surprise IL
the Ell, niy YVES found IA BE so com pete as to
iugit immediate descent On them. Ac-
cordIngly about one mile from the town and
while We were Yet Undiscovered, a charge Ii
three parties WAS ordeIea, the first under
Cant. tjorns, 70 take possession OF the bridge
f0rding retreat tor The enemy toward
CeTsdo the next under Coils. CIarkson ana
Jenkins. 10 penetrate into the centre OF town,
and TO Gislodge the enemy from buildings
which they occupied in that quarter
ard the third under Msi>r ti'zhugh
through the town, TO the roads Iii
the upper portion of it, to prevent
their escape up the river. The move
ments were conducted nearly simultaneously,
so as completely to surround the enemy De-
fore tney were aware OF 1t. MOst or the enc
nay TOOK the houses the borders Of the
nd " w; M,
and d ors delivered deadly yoiie,s of fire on
| the horSefnan gsil0ping in the streets cello "
them. Ia The darkness we never knew where
az enemy wac, hut by the nash or his gun
from some hiding place. fter returning the
fire Tor few moments, orr men We're ordered
TO dismoant aud to storm the houses, which
they promptly cid, killing, or capturing, the
inmates During the fight number OF the
eue!ny attem pteo to cross the bridge towards
Ceredo, defended by Capt. Germs VINO fired
into them, killing three and making the res [
leap into the river, dro Rning ali except two,
who were captured after they SWAN ashore
Others who attempted to swim the Chic were
also shot or drowned.
We lost TWO men kilied-Capt. HudtiIeston,
OF the kanayv Ia. Rangers, killed by our own
men, who mistcok him in the dark for one of
tha enemy, and 3 private in apt Corn's com
pany We also lost several hoTs-s, and mad
SIX men wounded. Capt. Huddleston was q
Grave man, ana 50 much eHdtared TO his
company that when the command left Guy
andctte | saw many OF his old comrades near
has dead BODY ia tears, and others kissed his
aaie, tranquil face, which they VIII never
see again.
night attack by cavalry is the most
startling feature OF war, and generally con-
demned as military gam bling by the red tape
soldiers of the schools has not been tested
during this cam paign, except in this instance,
with It's brilliant results. In TACT, lie whole
of this march and attack could only have
be II 80 successfully conducted, by energy far
III ad vance Of the tedious regularity of Wes It
Point cadets.
! ne fruits Of the expedition were the cap
ture OF Col. Whaley' and regiment, composed
CT infantry and cavalry, and the entire Oh
liz rntEVn Of an important command Of the enc.
my, within two hours, by water, OF over
WhelmiDg rein fOrcsmeuts, while our COM
.nand was advanced t75 miles over almost III
suTmountab bic mo Lains, from lheir base of
operations, and Withdrawn in satety-the
cap'nre OF cavalry horses, clothing, over 20G
Ea!;sI guns, and Ammunition drugs and
other military stores. WORT. u. least So, 00n;
asslGss Tec.aim.ns - iaa state tbs hcrQsf on
she Gata, from the lA0s I'll Uf the KaAawha 10
Csrede. Eeiogs wa ssavnted the town~--Ss 4
o. i.ek She next InofDinE~~dve staaMbaA
were in sight, loaded win troops and artil-
lery, Just leo late to rescue the command we
had completely destroyed. We took - pri.
soners, and killed, drowned and wounded
more than 50.
After We left, it 10 said, that the cowardly
and destructive enemy who arrived on the
steamboats, burned a portion OF the town. h.