Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-08-29


:cu,, .Ae .adra:!ce ct .Ll5op& from the Npat
% Inherent traills belonging to the. Chiefly
10 destroy and Interrupt The coiEriuhiuatiOns
Of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Ches-
speake and Ohio Canal. ....-..,,..., ~.
y il IS, iilIsrd, uniDrtunatc that this scheme
u enterprise has not ret been fully and
effcctuaify" carried out. '.','s =
Il was shortly after the organization Of
1hr; command and its active duty rutered
npon, thai 'Cnptain Ashby led !ctachIacnI
10 .Cfrecn Spring station, OH the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, for the purpose u obseerr:
va,ion. he hsd with him eleven men, and
fs brother Richard led another small band
of six. The latter was proceeding along the
railroad westward, in The direction OF, Cum
berisnd- -Gnliie ten miles away--when he was
amhnscalel ri the month Of n rtvitle just be-
side the railroad there tanning just between
the river bank and the stsep mountain side
| The ri,emTs force, consisted OF about eigh.
tes!, men, commanded, b. Corporal Hays; Of
iii. Indiana 'I5uaYa regiment. which Tai
stationed It Cumberland. ,.. HIS men, al
ka;:tln, compelled to Gail, back before su.
paror numbers; nasstenfl lo7Nu Tie ,rAil-
road t. rejoin ,Tapiain.. Ashby. Covering
their retreat himself he hasiened to, the
'resciic cf ona'0f hin -nlen severely wound I'd
in tic iare LY 8 ssbTc strokc, and in hand to
hand iiphr with Corp Hays, severely wounded
:hiai' il in the head with ha sabre @. Follow ing
immediately lis retresting comrsnieus, the
Confederate .hyrgr which hurUds proved false,
and i'll into i cott,-ai2p u the railroad with
his ,inSi:up3t2z ri'ier.- lie, was oyertaken,
heater, tr,iiFr!l, wounded and left for dead
He was removed many hours afterwards, and
lived Tor s'"cral days enjoying every kind
hut his wAlnds proved mortal
He was nuricd in the beautiful Indian Mound
SIsmctcry nc RoIEey On the .4lh' OF Jaly,
1851. Thus early in .the war, among the first
MARTYRS ii ouT Southern struggle for. free
DOM III the goth Year or bis age, fell Rieh'd
Ashtv; After Receiving his education Ii
par1 al The Virginia Military Institute, The ifu,-
igratcd to Taxas, where. he Was ID one time
engaged it the border wars Under the ,la1s
General McClllocif::." ,-..--.. - -.
DTrTng the 5EEsT:mcnt Of MS, brother,
Captain Aihbyy started up, the rsiir2ad % his
rescue, but IN passing along the rivers brink
his force was f:rsA upon i gu Ksllys. .Isldni
on tic NORTH bTsaci Of iha. POTOMAC, about
twelve miles fGst 81 .Cumherllan9, The .Island
lies some sixty feet from the Virginia bank,
which is precinitnns ard direcGtl| lajd With
the railroad track Reaching tke. Island
through water * the saddle.girtli, you ascend
gently rising beach some thirty yards III.
the interior, which il thickly' wooded, ana
CONTAINS 4 dense Indefgro lire in am;
hush Icy; as was afterwards reported, about
.f1rty.ai The Indiana trooFs sni nearlj. sixty
OF tleriey;s iDssnch, Iit!:pes=- Maryland
Union men Of The vicinity weodmen skilled
with tie ride, ard many 81. theE,- desperate
characters. After rccei7ing the enemy 5 fire,
Capt. AshhEo and lis eleven at once charged,
aud & tier Sharp engagement, routed and dis
perscd their forces Our loss consisted Of
two killed ani .hree wounded. The enemy
had ssv:Tteen killed and a. large nnmbar
wounded. II ras been declared that not lcsE
u1an forty shots were fired at Captain. 4tshby
an that occasion, but mol. he nor his horse
we're harmed. aud at least i've Of the enemy
we're probably slain, hy. .hif hand: Thencs-
forth his name wGs a, ,tsrror; to the enemy
aiurG the border. .,:t 80, ~. ::
IT I ;Tffi;af:i.iile to describe the dec; un-
speal,atla i:7lSf 6i' Captain Ashby, occasioned
Is mis- brothar is.lh. How fnudlJ; The broth
,ars level. E;."a profoundly They relied upon
each other ia " ell Eno ~Ti--t5 record the sim
pie fact ss tili1 tribute. 10 the noble ineITs
cries Of both, Fran thu t.at- ii so, sad al
event charien passed over the Lille oil Turner
A.siliT..2 Ills life thence forward: to tho end
&c liz Urn rran7eceRt: ind apleTiid CAREER
grew: lnore. solemn iroTo earnest: more
devo.ed 10, the cause, to which. his soul ~.s
re
yitlr him: np Iii order that he might sc:rpt
he iieu,ena int; pitnelcY Of the Legion, and
eiectcsl- F;.si Lieutensut WilliaEr Turner fhis
t.1n,ni Captain il Ills stead. 1i,9-.-' =.
=, The Lrri.i,I. numbering at LhaI time, nearly
nuns HUNDRED effective Inen tOleTAbly equipped
and mounted, continued on duty II ilanp-
sfi7c i;Fnl the 6lE IF July when il. stuled
for Manassas, but, owing to. 2 casually, did
not arrive until after the. pRilie. NJ doubt
this accession Of forces would La.c cu7np,--
rated effectively with the, present, General
Stcs 5 cs1tii OF. that accession. The COM,
mani was iu4llrd:ately afterwards ordered.
:, Stanton ;.o.join General Lees forces-E,
10 Camp HolEpssworih 9lc,
1nile aonti "f inchfGtcI .tIolcneel a shbJJ,,
With several. rylIrnnie5 %;as gent on detached
duty to. Jefferson, INTO Wthth, county the
,eneihy Ea= making frequent .incu5sionE from
Harper. F Ferry aud Maryland, -.,~sr. -..r-rs
:;o1E.In aafEr ;flt .;:n:pSl this iprcrie-t l;
:He pubic s enlS 7assrred Of Its lceurary-%iil
Re reoa;istai.- The na3t pat will emhruce.ths en-:
TIE rsicd Of General Ash6ys ndependsa,-eohimehd
Of ID. ccls, all apprcpE!-.3 2iess 81 %Yers 81 ne
p,gln6sHt ShlcerS ! '....,-.
SO 49,! ----e'- .--t-!-i'- 20, 20 r
at7r f;is AkjzA:s"d s -n.iso r.. q sfEr,-. 4. &c
n: -'.r-Lt~BLs; scooC%7: =
II r5Hi L;;uc: Reed, 9th ran. a kansas, the.
jackson :%;AIisaissirPisn;:' learns heTqlvwins
rarticNla.0:; >c@ re- 20: - 7'-7,5
= The ARKANSAS l.tt VTksbury At iwo . clock
Sunday forming. ar. steamed Ieisurelv down
thu; rf-ef ,~hsviat Gmple time to reach Baton
Rouge, hcrstarb0hFd engine broke. d6Yn. Re-
pairs were :iniuIe'iiAttfy couIintnced and at
eight o'olocK were, partially Completed though
she vas not in condition TO engage many Of
tEc iaHkse. vessels. On account Of the injury
resolved. 80 - s'.H = = !.''..
At "a: 1losk; almost 10 ai7minuse, General
Breckenridge OPENED the atrnck. hpoI Baton
Rouge. ! messenger wa5 despatched at
o ciock, to ascertain >,ifs strength ofrhe enc
ms fleet, and the Arkansas proceeded TO a.
point hyo miles. above Baton Rouse,~ henshec
Vas cleared for action. s-2ta e..
We learned from the. gueErillas, on shore.
that iherc wcra- only three gunboats On.
the point, the fssarhoaEd -epgire
again hroke .down:- and .Ihe', ,i!iv drilled
4shcr! il. :igpt Qf Bat9p ol!.Aise, p the; Ar
k 4Ilsa: Niir. kapaii:s tsra Immediately COM
ITenttd, ard the shiF cot .9aoat At g clock
the same evening, TIE. 5tTIs1 ecrs reported
that the engines were unreliable. It was de-
t.rr,iie1 10 make trial trip Zip the river &c
tEr sti;hnglh II the .sngiucs-7pro-
ceedcd some five hundred yards up Inc, rlver,
when fer $nsny Sain brol;c more ar c4S !.
than eyer. .1hE e,tw EeTe. engaged al light
lIexl. il yTnjit: ii o'sl"cli. the Loci .e,,@;
On shore 5ep%Sriei tn, Fsdrtnl .ilsst couing
Up. The sl,ip was noorrd, bead down
AID IL ia fniI a. tiCfl- aIId LIN thLS