Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-22

I Ill" aau cauL!ou, nc tuoj Iaa sSai' IVY '-'"G
to maks Adaira-is btfure the down l!e'Gttt
train woad les7a lba; point. Sure enough
they discovaIed this side OF Adairs'll!n three
rails tors up and other inpediments III the
way. They "took up in time 10 prevent an
accident, but could proceed with The tram nc
further Tnis was most vexatious, and 1t may
have bean in some degree disheartcning, but
it did not cause tho slightcst relaxation c! Ell.
forts, ard as The result proved was but little
in the way Of the aeaa game, pluck and re+o-
lutions Of Fuller and Murphy, who LEFT The
egi1a and ngsin put out or foot alone Aitsr
running NO miles they mot the down freight
train, ono ,n,lc cut ircm A5airsvlllu. Iney
immediately reversed the tra:n ahd rue back
wards to Adairsyille-put tho cars or The 81
ding and pressed forward, making iino tinia TO
Calhoun where thcy net tho regular dcWn
psssangr. train. Hers they haltet EcIDanl,
took Of board Telegraph operator, and u
number OF man who again yciuntocToo, lating
thliF guns aiong-and corticued the chase
Sir Fuller also took On here company CT
t1a"k binds to repair the trsck az they zen.
aonG 4 sEurt distance ako7e UalhcHn they
flushed thsir game CT carve, wh:To they
don':' 'e,e supposed Themselves "nt CT u.nsrr,
and s,a Gu1..J slim .i.,s1I. Wy. .ihinE III
lbo uack, g.. Discovering tl.t lucy woro
pmrsued, thuy ncnolcI AMI sped away, t!!r0H-
lug out UPON ihe track Us they Teit sl3Te tue
heavy cruss lies ttloy list. prepared themselves
with. This was done by the breaking out thc
end Of Tho Lindmost box.car, and pitching thcn
out ihus, "nip and luck, they pnsacd win
fearful iro.d Rusaca, r.oti, and Gu through
U.ltnn
The raiIa " Mich they had taken up last they
took Of .Ih them -besid0h throwing 0ut croas
lica upon ihU track Occasionally - h3plng
ttIarebJ the more surely 10 impede tho pur.
suit hut all this WAS quickly overcome by
Fuller and Aurphy. Uusuing to where the
rails well torn Up, they stopped, icrc ny rails
bchni them, and la d them down belurc, till
ttley tad parsed over tha. obstacle When
the coas lies wero reached, they naulod 10
and threw them eff, ani thus proceeded, and,
urdcr ;ngsc difficulties, gained OIL the fright
ened .usitivrs. At Dalton thoY halted nc
mont. Fuller put cif lhe telegraph eperstor,
with distractions to telegraph TO OhhtlanoaGa
to harn them stopped, in case 1s ehould fail To
o7elfau theEI.
Fuler pressed oil ia ho. chase -somellDas III
Sight as lnuch TO prevent their cutting the @irns
bovr, the message could be sent, ',s 10 CATCH
them Tho daring adrenlurcls stopped jus,
opposite and very near 10 whufe Col. Glenn b
regiment is eucamprd, and cut tho wires, but
the operator At Dalton had put tie n!sssage
through a6oat too mtautes bgore They else
again tore up the track; cut down telegraph
pole and placed Tue Two ends otitundeF sac cross
ties, and The middle over the rail On the trace,
The pursurrs stupped again and got oVor this
mpedment, in The sanie lnsnner they did Do
ere-Hhing up rails behind sGd laying them
down btiora. Once o1br this, they Shot on,
and passed through tho great tunnel, AT Tun-
mol Hill, being lhero only tivs minutes be
hid. ,Fhe fuy.tlVes sill hhding themselves
clJbely pHrsred, uncoupled two OF the boz cars
lrum the engine, to impede the progress OF tho
pursutrs Fuller hastily coupled them to the
froat of his engine, and pushed them ahead o!
him, to the first tuTn-out CT siding, where they
were lsft-thus pierenlilE the collislcn tie
sdventurers intended
Thus, the engine thieves passed R:nggold,
who're Ihey began TO lag. Thsy were cut OF
wood, water, and oil. Their rapid running
and natteution to the engine, had mclted al
the brass iioE the journals. They had nc
time 10 repair or rofit, iCr All iron forsa oil
more bottom vas closc behind. Fuller aG:l
Murphy and their men aocn caao within 400
Yards of tham, when the Iu5itiVss jumped
from tho engine and LETT it three on the north
side and FIVE IN he soutE-all nceIng prccipi
tatsly ard scattering through ,he thiclet.
Fuller aud ms party also took 10 ;ne Todus
aller them.
Some geEiiu,uen, also wall armed, took thu
ep1iue and some Cars of tho down passenger
train at Calhoun, and followed up Fuller and
Murphy, and tbsir party in the chase, cut a
short distance behind, and reached the placo
of tho stampede bur very lew moments
after the tirst pursuers did. A largo number
Of nen ware soon mounted, armed, and scdur.
ing the entire country in search OF them. For.
tupsltlY, .here wss a militia muster ct King
gold 4 great many countrJmen wGre IN
loot an,i OF horseback in every direction, In
frightened sad fugitive men.
Wo learn that Fuller, soon after leaving his
engine, iu. passing 4 cabin in the country; found
d mule having On bridlo but no saddle, and
tied to tho ience. "Hsre', yonr ma!s" he
shouted as be lsaped upon his back and Pnt
out as last HI good switch well applied could
inpart rigor to the muscles and accelerate the
sped of;the patient donkey.
all of the eight men were captured, and arc
ne~ safely lodged in Jail The particulars Of
their capture We havr not received. This We
hope 10 obtain in time fer a postscript 10 this,
or ior our nec1nd edition. Trey confessed
that they belonged to Lnccln's arfny, sud bad
been sent down IRON Shelly 70 burn tho
bridges he,wten here and Chattsnoosa; ana
that tho whole party consisted Of nineteen
men, eleven Of whom were dropped st several
points on the road as they came down, to as
sist in the burning Of the bridges as they went
back"
One fact We must not omit to mention is the
valuable assistance rendered by Peter BFacSen,
the engineer Oh tho down freight train which
Fullsr and Murphy turrel back. 10 ran his
engine Gf.y and haf niIes-two OF them
backing The whole freight train up to AdsiIs-
vile made twelve stnps, coupled to the two
cars which The fugitiVes hsd dropped, ano
switched them of on sidings-all this, in ons
hour and JJi0s inmates
The Uonfederscy thinks that this sttemP
to break up railroad and telegraphic coDnu-
nication, was in aid Of q scheme 10 move upor
Chattanooga and Knoxville