Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-05

siiLter Wagons We're puNdsi ed 0I sucu ~ tlcIc5
si he iIlTnps H'sut-,i .ui then hnTHt- lie
rcGc;y rrmn.!iGI Hc4-r he !Sturicn nearly HEs
h5ucy, DONG AZ tirsJ pleased. fearful
thunderstorm ragged during tue " lole tins OF
III. attack. It's lightning Ta3 almost eEad-
inc, sId Ghs thunder was most sppallingy
fearful The rain fell in dreuchirS torrents
Hhilt o..s ii th5 Ieh=I resiIusnts Wss al work
linEteillsteiy al the :tation, smother deshni
up9h lien, pop-'s wagon rIair, half rnie tnr-
th-r up the road The t.uia waa guarded by
about CSC huDI:ed vi thr PenG.J]vania
EucEhila. Cndrr i.GI. kanr, wh1 had just
reached here tha sIrTi"ua day, Sii'ce 'GsiiIs
wounded ~ Cr5ss Ktyes.
IEs men ruokGi cut an1 1iad SuIey IN
the darEness: the reheE fell back, but sd-
Ta1lcsl again. and surrounding rks Tnols par
t: t1ak -Gl- Lane ind some ols huudrad and
Iorty ninr 81 his lien prisoners. Eut Frovi-
dencs ia-5Ting, Col: Ekns. encouraging nis
men, seut tkom ont cols r:y o:s 70 tie rear in
the ::orm; and whom sli 7cre cut. followed
! himself, and whils tEa rebels wers absorbed
by the storm, escaped. Fourteen CT tie
aaTe gallant usn charged ou = body OF rms
rebel raYslry, killing Isrge number uf their
heF5aa Ni'ict lay aioug che Orange and -AisS-
gnhr!s Eallozd. Tie rebelt then poppe!
oier 10 Pops;= WAgnba. took Ill Ills ieIcy
horses, papers. SC, ard ou,a.e>l Ii, r,ia s,I2oas
They aiso robted ano burned Two Gutle:s
,:asona, aid thrvl OF The supply wagons, with
all tho cqulppagr nf Gen Pvpo and others,
which they did Iot Want. Gen. Gicuowell'-
guard lay bnt short distance oil, and kept
up eoa.iuunna hra. aided by IL law
"Ruclrsls' who had Escaped previous to rhe
D,,, .tn1t .:
Tss too ssysre, and the men fell back. Ths
rebels took sou;a hs!f dozen horsss from
McDowsll's train, and all private stores. COM
pietely rummaging his Eess cheats aod wagon.
Another party had crossed the railroad and
gone down to Gems. Ricketts, ard Kings sup
ply trains and hcadquarser wagons. They
gave tremandou0 shout, and charged down
into the raTins, ;Thare Eing's wssoner4 were,
UPON the outa;ds, guarded by some Wiscnn-
! Sin iroops, who d.rw Up aud nred into the
rebel cavalry. killing two and taking tvs PTi-
sonera, during aEirnsh Of nearly an hour.
When the firU opnnri hIhj. William Painter,
Division. Quarter master, Capt. Fred. Gerl:eer,
Brigade Quarterma-itr and .Captsin 4. &.
Jones, I5mtaisssry, rau 0ut, mounted their
horses, chse.ed tie men. urging theni IL stand
lirm, AID wero i.A 81 prisoners.
An hour before daylight squadron ol che
brave ColGcei sllen;a lst Maine Cavalry
charged ny iL< railroad, and the rsbels at
| ;ncu dsDGyis,l tIseacs tur Ha,entsn. In ths
commencement OF tho "Drsak.' ono oi the
correspondents OF tbs 'Eu4uirer,' was, with
ii friend, taken prisoner. but subsequently, es-
capped from nias ~ the iniTalrJ. The tTo
1ook to tho scant woods and cfouchad bshind
h s1uuP Until daylight appeared. During
ihst time theJ heard rhs robels cGnrarslng.
aud during the vivid 1ashss OF lightning saw
rhem lead ID our men prisoners.
lEoTHra .ct0uHT.
! We fini lhe following tcisi6n u tho affair
"a The speciEi correspondence Vi tho New
Ypil; "lrihnnc" lnaor dnto Of Angus; Is
Last evening, as the Engine Secretary vas
| bringing down t. Manassas from short dis
i tancs abhYe brietuG Station, two colnpsnes
of tho lhsth Pennsylvania Volunteers, TO re-
mail at Inc JUNCTION SIS depot guard, hs was
fred upon about Two miles east of Bri5toH
by parties ri nemcnnt2i cavalry from both
ade; ot the road. The Ee0els used their
horses as breaslwcrks, and fred tEe:E car
hiHas over their bucks. Tine hriEg not being
very rapid, the -ngiuscS paid bur ..!ttle lttsI-
tiou to II, but, with tha conductor and lrs-
man. hid himself behind ths nCii=- tsnk KS. aud
lei on all steam, Ths ,rain, rtsililg on - &
/ furious rate, sncu ca:no in contact with trTS
or three dozen ties hespei npo1 the t1sHk;
but ths engine, htiug powerful t'ne, dashed
! them oil as il they were Lar WEPs, and con-
tinled On Ia Manassas. ArrlYiug there,
! CAPT Nua.er ru: imNs1YtsiJ notE ed that
the rebels were approaching, snd with sl the
lueana at Ei= disposal nrepnted to receive
1Lem. The 18th PENNSYLVANIA, Col. Fcarce,
which has bssn utationed at AluuusSa5 several
.nonths doing susTd duty for depots and
trains, had thGt AFTERNOON been orusEsd 10
icin its brigade. sud al o'clock
usrchad Up the road lsadiny to Eris-
tow ali CstisIt;s StatioI, and srodt hslf
way betwceE the two stations halted for
the night Upon musisTing his forces, Capt
Musscr discovered ,Ggt ne had out TWO con-
panies Of the iO5sh Pennsylvania, numbering
in all tat eigtty scUi:, 70 protect five huI-
dred .beusaud dollara' worth OF properly
No,hing reusined for liz. II dc Tut TO ar
range the sG,ptJ care, many II which wera
living near The depcI. in 1bs IoTt1l CT carTi-
cades, s5,d aFait tho arrival of the rebel ca
yalcade IL palf past eight; just an hour 81
tor the eagineer lonlllJl arrived, and notified
bun Of hi: danger, tre Rebel host dashed IN
upou Captain Musser and his little hand But
his numbers we're t~o small; the cavalry came
down uucn biz. l:s Il vhi.lwlhd, dislhount-
ed from their hGrsas, ana poured voliey after
voller through and around ths tafr!cads Of
Cars, and wien ii;a7: OF the little band be-
hind ihem ware killed aud wounded: forced
their Tsy through: snd took all who hsd not
escaped prisoners. Capt. S. g. Craig and Cor
poral Corcoran fell wouad-d st the coz
mencsment of tho fight
After heTinE subdued %. little 2pposition
they net with, the Tebels then turnsd their
attention to the iich etoTes, which they could
destroy, tut which they could not carry of
With them. The torch Was soon applied;
and bat had tIksn weeks to concentrate
at that point: wac destroyed In is| hours.
The son OF Cspt. Mls5er, from whom have
this account, escape With serersi Others, by
fleeing l., the wounl ard walking tG Fairfax
station.
! FroEi q sutlsr oi ths 18th I'=nnsJ JlTania,
Col. Pearca | M informed ,h.t before the
rebel cavalry reaehad Mana - they en-
zsged that reeiaenr and cut all to Pecee,
killing four CaptaiD?. KILN. and wound
ing r1an5 c.hIr,. anl tallny the rest Pri.
Sonera.
The statement must Be rat-n With some
allowance. the suter was s"identl- one Of
the FIRST to leave, having reached Alexandria
at an early hour this morning. after having
ridden al night. The part, h"refore, taken BY
the 18th Pennsylvania in tn: fight carnot D.
accurately given Until Tomorrow.
from other persons WHO escaped learn
that brisk firing corti.lur,; nearly all nlkht
that toward morning the heavy roar of ar-
tilerY vas heard, snd continued until A late
hour in the day. The lst New jersey bri-
gade, Gen, kesrnJ, sre reported 20 have en-
gagged the enemy near Bell Run Bridge, where
e desperate struggle was maintained on our