The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-20

tsr's stores forage blankets and camp squipage was
burned otherwise destroyed brought Win me all
| the company books and pa ,es 1t between twelve
snd O'Clock when charged upon the camp Dinnsr
was just prepared Not having force ina. would JUS
tRy me in pursuing the enemy in his night, we fmme-
| diatey took up march homsward. We had arrived
within eighteen miles Of this place when about sine
from point OF woods the turn Of the road A.
the point whence the rng proceeded the road turns -
woods, with . thick underground when shs hrine
opened the rear guard had passed. me nrs
seventy horses and mule team laden with the fruits q
our capture, TO cucumber US for short time. The
greatest confusion prevailed Tho horses that had been
furiously For while the seemed paaic stricken,
ceivs an attack, il any contemplated, which We
| fully expected. In the meantime we ascsrtaned thAS
which was dom. within sf.ssn SECONDS After shs ars
volley. We gathered up our killed and rounded and
camped IN Che field opposite .hs wooas. Our oss Tss
wounded Oliver 8. Locke, Geo. Haynes John Buck
nsr and Daniel Borne, together with negro whom We
Of his wounds Seven Of the prisoners escaped Two Of
the guard over them were killed two had their norsss
! our horses were killed, among them my own .
We were not further molested, and at sunrise Ienns
our march, reaching camp at half past eleven O'Clock ON
the morning Of the 10th ns with eight prisoners and
the horses and othcr property together with our dead
and wounded The property has been properly disposed
| OF by Captain MCGEE. We had, on reaching camp,
marched ninety miles, neither man NOR horss having
had morss OF food for thirty hours Of the time, and
men, with the exception Of three hours OF that time
constantly in the saddle Captain MCGEE deserves
tho greatest praise for the timely rendered when
were attacked nrst by the enemy and also for his cool
ness during the time under fire at night and for
his efforts in alaying the panic which for moment pre-
vailed among some Of his men at that time Too much
credit cannot be given Sergeants Marshall and Parsons
private Miller and Brown for their courage and
brave conduct in receiving tho two voeys in the camp
Trusting that my action in the premises may meet your
am with respect Your 9osdl .TT servant
Lieutenant Colonel Twenty first Indiana Volunteers
SENTIMENT At BATON ROUGE.
There Is very extensive Of Union sentiments
al Baton Rouge but the people stand constantly fear
Of the gucras who hover around picksts u tho
outposts.
THE GUERILLA CHIEF IN QUIZ Hands.
The chief Of the band there, Captain Henry Castle,
and two Of his comrades have surrendered thsm-
selves and COL Mcmillan has sent them to New Orleans,
where they are now detained. Castle commanded
the company that fred into tho boat Of the
flagship Hartford but he says that he did ID.
only In obedience 70 the orders Of his superior >.
Col. Winfield, who II now At Camp Moore, and thav
he has mot attempted anything OF the kind since
His two comrades Of Of the best families
in the parish They all that they only went ntc
the guerilla business to svade the rebel sonscrption
OTHER CAPTURES.
have learned since that troops there have caps
tursd ten or the gusrlas but have received ne
particulars yet. Besides the above boy Of sixtssn
years. named Pennington, was caught tho other day and
confessed to being partisan ranger but said that 10
captain told him that he wA guerilla, bat belonge0
to branch Of the Confederate army. Thus mere boys
and decent deludsd into service that they -
not approve The boy forwarded 70 General BulsFJ
and he sent him 70 Fort Jackson TO labor during he CO.
tinuance Of the war. Stephen Roberts, the old ~
shot Colonel AcMaa has been sent y Fort JackaeA @
the term Of his natural he and b b placed q such
labor is suitable 10 his age Another guerilla chief
Captain B. = Perry, native Of New York, was sanshs
his way 70 Thibodsaux where no going 70 recruit
for the guerilla service. Papers found biz person sAoW
him have BEEN very deeply engaged h active treason
General Butler sent him 70 Fort jackson untf fay.
thsr orders. He attempted 70 execute his functisas
recruiting ofcsr By trying 70 pesss three Germans
into The guerilla ssrvics bat they 70 much e hin,
and. securing him, carried him before Cosnsl Thomas ~
the Eighth Vermont. Among the papers found On Ats
person the following authority from General Levsl
70 raise company
HEADQUARTERS, DzrARsxmr No. IL
JAHsox, Miss June !, 1891 !,
Captain B. r. PERRY, Jackson, Miss.
SIR-Your application 70 raise company Of partifan
rangers 70 operate more especially In the swamps in the
vicinity Of New Orleans has BEEN approved, and ferA
warded 70 Richmond meanwhile you authorised to
raise company Of infantry Of not less than seventy 70D
men, who will furnish their arms and must q far
possible DO composed OF men not liable for duty undsr
the conscription law The captains will be commssiens1
while the company Is intended particularly for The
LEGALITY above named, the men win understand that they
ar: in service for the war anywhere.
cd 70 join In the above conditions report The
fact 10 these headquartrs In order that they may 10
be duly mustered In. Your obedient servant,
y. LOWELL, Maj. Gen. Comd'g.
4 BOLD ssCEsH NxArl-A ROW.
On last Thursday had quite exciting time she
street. young woman named Hannah Larus took ~
into her pretty little hoad appear Canal street. nean
the Provost Narshals Office wearing sscesh nag her
bosom and 10 cheer for jeff and distribute slips q
paper which printed that Mcclellan with forty
thousand Of his men had been captured, and hjzarnx
completely routed
TIE ARREST.
Such conduct tending incits riot and crowd b..
ginning 70 gather, Lieutenant Ed J. Noyes, Passport
Officer concluded arrest her. He took dstectivsi
Barney williams and placed her In his custody and
ordered orderly TO accompany them TO the City Hale
As they passed through st. Charles street Mrs. Lrud
screamed, and several hundred persons followed. Just
a they reached Leeds shoe store little above CANAL
street. rushed out OF the store and attempted u
rescue. He knocked Williams down and struck the orr
derby with club the orderly drew his pistol but juse
then another police ocsr up and fred ~ the man
with the club INJECTING wound In his left breast Tho
wounded man took TO his heels aud has not JET been
eAuR0t During mciSS nis. LAfuS esCobNu Jus WsN
soon again secured After the tight was all over Wiam
ran like good fellow crying murder. He 10 70 b dis
missed the service.
sm WAS BROUGHT suoRE TIE MILITARY GOVERNOR.
Arrived ut the City Hall. Mrs. Larus, on seeing
General shspey threw handful Of her slips Of papss
in his face, but on being informed By bin
orderly that she had insultsd the Governor q
Louisiana, she begged his pardon, saying, ~
have heard that you are gentleman" In the meantime
she INDUCED very highly seasoned language, in which,
profanity important Ingredient about Presidents
Lincoln, and other distinguished Union ofncsrs BY this
time great crowd had collected out side the building
Lieut.. A. G. Bowss, Camp, went out and ordered
two cavalry draw their sabres and clear the side
walk. The crowd fell back instantly before these two
pieces OF cold steel In few minutes Lieut. Noyss took
the rebolious little woman carriage and carried heu
e.. Data narna hA IA Mr.