The national Republican., 1862-09-18
A Brilliant Cavalry Exploit.
iltiE FNEAS IN A PANIC

We TAI Q the extract below from a lrtier ci
tbs special oorra.pondsn, Of the Philadelpha
Inquirer:
GRErScAsrLx, Sept Is. lSG2.--sundsy cven.
Ing Colonel Miles, being ignorant Of all ina.
wHs taking plapo In the direction Of Frsdel 'cs,
gsvc directions. or iiberty rather, to his % val
ry, consisting Of tho Twelfth Illinois,. Eighth
New York, iour companies Of the Third Mary
land, aud a squadron Of the First Rhode Il.
land, In all about slxtaen hundred 10 cut the ir
way out.
They had been In saddie all day, exposed 10
the artillery are Of the rebels. but at 8 O'Clock
10 the evening, pilOted BY q man who kne
ihs locality, they descended Bolivar Heights,
crossed the ponL9on bridge, took unfrcquented
roads and Circuilons paths amOng The nt 10.
L,,rs towards shsrpsbnrg. Tho csvslcsds was
Two miles lopg. Al Sharpshurg they were
fred upon by the rebel plcke,s, who lmmedi
at .ly fed on giving hs alarm, frightened BY
the sudden Appearance Of snch force, coming
they knew not from whence.
Passing ShsrptbuTg, they camo upon level
lands but avoilcd the roads and struck through
farms aud coIn.felds tow rrds .HsgeIstowh,
crossing tho Bagcrs.own and WilliamsrOft
turnpike about three mllss out Of williams
port, whore the road IRON Mcrcersburg Joins
H. IL WINS about four O'Clock In The morning
when the head Of the column reached iba ,UrL.
pike. Ttcy beard rrlmhlns Of approaching
| wagons. Th. column was halted. and. 10 the
/ lsrkness, they waited Tor what might appear
Soon the advance Of one division Of Long
srsefs ammunition train came in .ighl.
II was stopped. and the drivers aud guards
askcd 10 surrender. II was done quietly, and
the Wagons turned up the Mstcsraburg read,
Finding out what tho prize 10 their hands cob.
| sisted Of, the wagons, Que hundred In all, With
sew edty -thres men, were slso quietly taken and
turned nortbSatd, Tue Sxcesh drigers holding
the rsips, guarded by our brave cavalry. Tht
train passed two nilos west u; Hsgerstowp
struck into tho Grcspcastie road, and arrived
here abunt ~ o'clock.
| Thus fions.,ree, lost bis an,inDhltiuo. THU
he oni'rc rrbsi army wss thrown iDn panic
lma gine tbs CONSIDERATION nf tho .nepiy i,
hCyr oi eveTHl thousand Tsukee cavalry hi
shsrpaburg. 0u the rsar, c1ttiHg of their re
treat, with Gen. Burnside's command lbuudsr
iniy In hlal Imsgpe tiam asking, Wbsr,
did they come from 2 What II behind us
Answering, With excited teIrs, d" The Quaker
arc out IN PennsylvaDia; the great army whi ic.
wo have heard oi gathering al Greencastle uht
mbershurg has swept down 10 cut ,f Gul
strssi." What Other solution could they ri ye
l ~
cavalry; for they supposed hG was hermcti-
cslly sealed. with no avonns tor escape. Nc
wonder hey became panic'siricken, aud 8sd
ca7,lng aside guns, blanksis, everything ha
| vrE hindrsnoe W tbcir Higbt,
Louss,re,i, on sunday, tasteucd from lila
gcrstowu. with Is 0OO meu, 10 strengthen u,
division which McCiclan'- advance had IN
coultsred leaving bat sm,ll force in tht
towu Had tbc commander Of the cavalry
known what was going on, he conld have tu,
up the rear Of ib" rebels with great slaughter
cpniution But, being In isuursnoc, and SUP
poADg that be wtsclOSa upon We main bcdy
10 eofsrlted Psadsnos, apd mlfe his way L
our Hoe. with bis yaf1sbIs prize II is, in all
respects, one Of iha most toriuuaie and brilliant
i-sI Of the war
We move upon Hagsrstown tonight, whore
doubtless, va shsll fod hearty welcome,