The weekly sun., 1862-02-15


ON Thursday night, about one o'clock, Major
TSudars wcsetS stationed on the Maryland side Of
the Potomac, and along the village uf sandy III Iok,
were alai med 10y glnshot from the foot Of Lpudun
liz ights, Just heow the embroUchUTe Of the Shenan-
duah, followed 10y female shGleks ~ murder, and
cries fyr hsip, aud, when the morn hruke, 10 was
learned that the house the widow lipes had been
broken into and rsnsa ked by gang of eighteen OF
twenty men, supposed 10 belong " Capt. Baylor
guel rillas,
About o'clock yestrday morning, hlg Of
tuco was displaJel IN .anling arr. In the rail-
rsd wal, iust above the recent HTper's Ferry
bridge, where an ntruar light Of -tepJ lei fron
I've town side ~ the s'one crnNankment under the
railroad track n the river, Toe psrson waving the
hrg and calling for a boN ~ onne over, Was the
only one In sight, aud he was 'coloied." h'M
Wuh the ieryman and a gentleman named George
RlAr, "a loyal NirginNu9 went over, and az the
boat neared the arch Il ,hr remarked o. ths feuy-
nan that th g n an with 1he lag OF truce WIS not
Negro, but a white man ptuteI. TIE Boa, how
ever, was pushed stem i1remost int toe arch,
RohT beiog 1sated In the stern. by the dim Nght
il was discovered that the stairway VAS tLrun{ti
with men, and before the BOAT could be started tr-
ward a man, pronounced by the deceased q be
Cart Bay lor, fired a muske,, the ball taxing effect
ia Rnhr's right thigh, passing through the leg AMI
cumirg uut Just above tls knee. The wounded
man fired his nusk+t into the recess, when a -sc.
oud ball struck him in the shoulder, and passing
downward, came out below the right breast.
When It became known on this side tGat lEr
had been shot, our rfemen poured y1lley aIer
vll'y into the landing arch and sucl places as the
.
the Maryland heights opened Oh the houses N tue
rear and the pirkets In ssndy Hook discovered
s,lu.dpn Of cavalry and footmen pushing up tAe
Slruau doaA riAl, in the dire'tiuu oI Guar tom,
The buildings which hal cmcea.ei tie party ui
murderer r fr,u view, and sheltered them from the
rint men, had long been the rendezvous, day and
uight of the eucmys scouting parties, who were
thus enabled " approach Unseen and fire upon our
| pilsets. Their destruction htpi hareto'uie uevh
| O rtemplatel, but dtsstei from ont OF cplide'A-
| N,n for the Baltimore q Ohio X. O., who rad
| a considerable interest therein. Col Geary n ~
| ever. ordered their innedlste destrEchun by hre
and, falling to ignite hy shells, Major Tndall de-
tached LIEUT. Gr,euwIli, Of Co. /, YSth Punnsy va
| mia Regiment, with ten men, 81 proceed to the
other side and set q e. them, which taey spec dy
| accomplished, bringing hack several trophies
| dropped In their hasty retreat by the numbering
pVty, among which was splendid MIME musket,
| loaded, but not capped,
The houses fired were the Wager Gait aud Rail-
roa Hote $, the Baltimore and Ohio X Il Depot,
| re Winchester X. X. Depot, Wach's store, the
| telegraph Office, and the dwelling houses Of Mrs
| Wager, Mrs. DARN, Mrs. Ellen Chambers Ee
| CoMnberr, and WIN. J. Stevens, none OF Whieh
| we're occupied.
The destruction Of this block gives eur PICK;
| cts and bateTymen a view Of the nhenandoah ROAD
from CharlfH.Own, and will enable our men " pro
| ,ect the village in daylight from any eiahues.he
i OoouI ancy by the enemy's forces as wen - give
/ II EN- . warm reception II shey ahoaid auempt 70
advance in force by thslr favorite and hthete pro-
/ ,ected route. Ths ooDhAsrahon was megnincenh
| the volume of smohs and name Amoas concealng
be surrounding 0ounsaln heAgaiS, and enVelSPlaS