, 1862-09-20
Brilliant Exploit Of Col. voss, Cnr
aafy'-CaPture Of LollgstreeS's Am
MNA1ttuu Train.

Brilliant Exploit OF Col. yoss' Cnr-
N3fy'~Carture Of LOMg8treet'8 AM
muA1t1un Train.
Correspondence Of tho Fhilade1phia Inqugrez.1
GHEEscAs7LE, Pa Sept Is.
sur1a5 evening Col Miles, being iynoran.
OF all that was tskii !. place in the direction
O. Frederick, gave d 'rec1ions, oriib=rty ra:h=r,
to big cavalry, consisting Of the 12:h 1t!tn 1ts,
Sth New Iurh, four comp :nies Of this 81
Maryland, and 3 squadron Of the 1st Rhode
1slaut, in all abuul ,G01, to cut Ihsif way
ont.
They had been in saddle all dry. exposed to
tie a1;ihery fire Of the rebels, but at o'clock
the locality, they descended Bolivar Heights,
crossed the po1toon bridge, took unftequeor-
ed roads and circuitous paths among the
mountains towards ShsrpsbuEg: Tac cava1-
csde WAS two miles long. At Saarpsburg
they were fired upon BY the rebel pickets, who
cred by the sudden appearance OF such force
coming they knew not from whence
Passing Sharpsturg they came upon level
lands, hut avoided the roads and struck
thzoug h farms and corntie1ds towards & .gers-
town. crossing the Il .gerstoxn aud Willl4m
Transport, where the road from Merccrsburg
joirs it. It Ha5 about four o'clock in this
moTui' E when the head OF the column reached
the turnpike. They heard runbling Of ap-
preaching wagons. TIE column was halteJ,
and in the darkness they waited for what
might appear. Soon the advance OF one div--
ion Of LuIgstreets ammunition trliu canac in
sight.
Ii was stopped, and the drivers and guards
aeked to surrender. II was done quietly, aud
the wagon turned up the Nercerspurg Tod.
Finding oat what the prize In their hands
consisted Of, the other wagons, 100 in all, with
eeventy y-thrte men, We're also quietly taken
and turntd norteWaId, and secssl drivers
holding the rtins, guarded by our brave cay
alrT. The train passed two miles wess of Ha-
ger; town, struck into the Greencastle road,
ard arrived bere about 10 O'CLOCK
Thus LorCstrcet lost his ammunition. Thus
the entire rebel army WIS thrown into mic
Imagine the CONSERVATION Of the enemy to
hear Ct several thousand Yankee cavalry ut
Shsrpsburg. on the rear, cutting OFT their re-
treat, With General Bqrnside's comm mand thun-
eering in front. Imagine them asking.
"Where did they come from? what's be-
hind U.S." Answering, with excited feara,
THE Quakers arc out in Penne9lsanis the
great army which ne have heard Of gathering
II Greercast!e and Cbambsrso1rg has swept
luton could they give? It would no: occur
to them that 1t was Niles cavalry, for they
supposed he was hermitica1ly asked, with no
| ayerue fur escape. No wonder they bec1me
! paric' stricken, and fled, casting aside guns,
blankets: everything that ~as hipdrancs to
Iopestreet, OF Sunday, hastened from HI
ger. town With Is. .cc0 men to strengthen tue
division which McClellan's advance had en-
| ccurtersd, leaving but small force In the
town. Had the Commander OF the cavalry
knewn what was going On, he could have cul
up the Iear OF the rebels With great slaughter
srd pzecipitated the entire body into greai
ccrfusjon. But being in ignorance, aud sup
posing that be vas close upon the main body
he consulted prudence, and made his way te
our lines with his valuable prize. It. IL Il
alt respects one Of the most forsu nate and bril-
| liznt 1eats Of the Wu