New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-05
TEE REBEL RAgDs IN WEaTEnN
VIRGINIA..
snn,ensc Los. of Quar,crmns,er'. stores.


writing from Clarksburg Sept I, says:
| The gueTillas have akrn and facked but not
burned the towns OF lbucshann0n and Weston-tha
former first. l fell ia with some prominent citizens
OF Duckhann0n who were at the attack and escaped,
who give ia substance tie following particulars:
The guerrlllas came IN on them a5opt noon on
I Saturday from the N,bster County region to the
South by way Of the French Creek anc hanawha
| Pike. Their progress 10 usual was marked by tho
arrest and llunder OF Union cilnens, VINO, l>eing
tor saiety inst brought LdiDgs oil the hcb.ls ap-
| proaca when they were almost upon the town.
There was bat one company OF troops a. the place,
! COMPANY +, l0th Virginia, commando bs Capt.
/ Iarsh OF Iylerj and part Of 4 company which was
being recruited tor the artillery service These
with the citizens who turned out with such arms a.
they could get made up $40 or 30 fgl ling men.
/ Those rallied at once IN tie danger bong made
known, to the outside Of tie town. where they met
tic ricril.as, estimated q IRON $40 TO 100. sor,
of ig Qlar fight eusuea w ich lasted probably hall
an hour when the Unionists finding themselves
o,,erro,gercd retreated. No fooDer he retTea.
conn enced than tie Rebels rushed after them on
! horseback yelling Ike demons and shooting down
ar. ,.rfnrng many Of the tugitives, who scattered
IN all directions and lade their escape aS best they
could
/ One old man. raned Jacob Robrbaugh refused to
run lie stood bis ground, loaded and bred, and de-
Jared tLat he woulG 81 hynuing The rest not be-
/ inr so rlncly left BIN behind, and he was shot
docn m The street. SIS informants thinF ou' loss In
/ Killed and wounded old moi exceed %. They think
the Rebel lore 10 greater, ou how they should know
that d0u sec, they AID nj stay to count. How
ever, there Lac been later Information through
.afoid .oldiers. IL is san that the ReD.I Captain
and Lieut. Colonel lnames ulano wnl Were wounded,
/ tle later thought TO be- mOrtaly. have not been
able 10 obtain the name Of killed and disabled
! there | think there were not verv many, as legs
seems TO have done sote excellent seryice and
/ good deaf Of it.
/ But the loss at Blckhannon, under The circuIn-
stances WAS serious loss, and the result Of grave
dcfehc.ion or blunder on tie part Of somebody. A
great deal OF Cover ment proDerty was CAPTURED
and destroyed, smODg 1t several thousand stand
o. arms. There was lIge quantity OF subsistence
stores part OF which haC bat recently been removed
! from Beverly. There were three churches and the
/ basemrnt Of the Cour;-Io stored iril OF them.
te-ide great deal of picked pork In barrels, OUT
/ sIe / side this, there vac quantity OF ORD
nance stores All these were des.Io ed TIE
guerriIi. beng unable % carry them on. The loss
il heavy, but none know the hgures ouf the Queer
haviug them liz charge. why snen heaFy stores
were ef nus unprotected st an xposed point, iyin8
ut or tue frontier OF guerrilla land, none can tel,
though t1mebody ought De able 10 do 80. There has
been gross negligence some where.
cast lIarsh and Lieut. Samuel Adams, OF Beth
any, Post Qlarternas'er were captured, nu' AFTER
ward psr9lsd A good deal Of crecit i lrded 70
Can't tiarrh for o6taiUing from she con raander Ok
III. Cuerrilas Nv other than tie notorious
Jenhns) stipulation for the protection Of private
property No outraSes ugon houses or families are
/
de-r owing all the Government, property, the guer.
ras rn'ted all the srores in the town, except one
there being ten in aand after stealing rs much az
they could csrry took TIE goods into tie streets and
burned them % ashes.
The Ouartermaster i blamed for refusing 10 dis.
tribute The Government 10 the citizens without
they were all rece pted tor. Inc result was, they
had 10 fight Tor ~ her rum without them, ana tle
guns We're captured aul rned up. Red tape Is a
good cling in It's place, but there seems 10 have been
no time Tor II then and there.
Ia. grerrllas are rep, sented as being well armed
ana AZ beng oil Misunderstanding on norseoaeS
ami lighting on horseback sioot, according TO CIR
cums'nuces. They all carry breecn loading nhee
AID side arms
Thty oid not remain long in Buckhanron sfter
com ctiug their work % destruction, but moved on
70 Weston. 10 miles distant and rs miles from tns
point. The citizens are returning 10 DleAnahlou'
MANY OF them are here and Intend TO 20 OaA DAY.
Others scattered toto to country around and have
probably returned 10 their homes ere tins Al was
quiet there Al the latest Gdvicss, the gueiriis nav
iug abandoned che place almost rs suddenly rs tAey
took i.
Abou. daylight Sunday morning they appeared at
Weston, coming in by three rodtes and o. most sur.
r,rudug the ylacs. Or force there consisted OF TWO
companies a and g. Of the 9th Virginia, Cap's'
Mattinrly and Fisher, both of whom were absent.
They were encampcd on lit'le Knoll, u snort us
lance on tie liver above town. The moftlag Wa
very forgy and their Was nearly crt OIL be-
fore the danger was discovered. Had tney been
quarter of an hour la.er they say they 'nll pave
b, en- surrounded. have talked with several OF the
soldiers oil these comp4ri and their story "he u
7 agree. IN the main, seems rather eXaggerd"i.
/ They think the Rebels numbered not less IMAM
/ 900. consisting Of cavalry and luiautry. HOW
/ they managed TO many through such dense
TO, cannot conjecture they appear 10 nave sep,
q rc-pocr,l distance. Probably the mist n.agaihed
the number of the enemy somewhat. lhe troops ie'
buck To this point, aba doning everything ihey mad
tents camp equvage, &c. and leaving tw" sioA 90
hind, named Fiankii', Shear, and r. ; 'erIe'd'
One named London captured ,..ho..
u Lieut.. HOY, who had Ooeu under arrest III "
faithlulness was than suspected, y 49, Sa9
have zone over deliberately 10 the eneu! "1"J''s
then, in the work of lundoring TIE io"r' -.
mi, they began before the ingisives were out Oh
hearing Although IL was iosSy lHey .o'"' Iv $3.50 '
,hrv ,ould hear them breaking open store houses,
- md IN. createst confusion and upruu. IL IL
! - ,i,t fine stores of Union men We're iinhdend'
while those Of tho Rebels were spared 'iow Jus
information is derived do not Know pu' i've va
h.a,J If, Numbers of ctzens are donhti 's h'iIec'
= -; len wh, was running across the bridge, gun
-; nd ,cas seen 10 fall; and numerous tnVt, were
81 AZ "hslts" bai bee ordered 10y HE -obOers
Iss ,Tnadvay, OF Co. &, on picket, was Killed, and
peter D.ls OF the same company, was sAo' through
the hnnd. - -. No., =. ,.;o;,,;.,, %. NV.
Yesterday the pickeis extended 70 snVi distance
II above Jane Lew. What has taken place ,h1re sints
\ h MOI known. My conjecture IL that th' heocis
hfve Tvilrcd, ana gone on io iiosi i'H'' ~ IA
poiut probably along the railroad between 'cre ua
ParkersbuIg There very clear OF con"s uo" 'I
in tho direction, and probably have not CON
J ,uch y thing. force goes in pursuit o. '"eni W
day, but it viii be too late, If course. rc.
Tie fears for the safety OF tins poin' N''g 49,.
dcubtedly groundIess unises indeed the lie ,s'v
The very large 10 profess 10 te,'rS IA
| have Il they had hal such iot.e' ~ ',a"I
have come directly here from Buchlannon ",s evs,
OF coming around BY Weston. But 'asy nSue,
lined a. this point. They only simed to desa'G.
i a.. .f.,,s al Rurkbannon and get Tue uo'', ~.