New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-21

out. Thus, . nip anu tuck, Lhey passeu WIN
fearful speed Resaca, TiIton, and on through
Dalton.
The rails which they had ia Zen up last they
took off with them-besides throwing out cross
ties upon the track occasionaiiy-.kopiDg thereby
the more surely to impede The prrsait; but all
this was like tow to the touch of fire, to the now
thoroughly arouseds excited and eager pursuers
These men, though so much excited and influenced |
by so much determination, still retained their
well-known caution, were looking for th's danger
and discovered it, and though it was seemingly an
insuperable obstacle to their making any headWay
in pursuit, was quickly overcome by the germs Of
Fuller and Murphy. Coming to where the rails |
were torn up they stopped, tore fup tie rails be-
hind them, and laid them down before, till they
had passed over the obstacle. When the cross
ties were reached, they hauled to and threw them
off and thus proceeded, and under these difficult |
ties gained on the frightened fugitives at Dalton
'tej Ia ted moment Fuller put off the telegraph
operator, with Instructions to telegraph to Chat
tauooga to have them stopped, in case he should
fail to overhaul them.
Fuller pressed on in hot ckase-sometimes in
sieht-as much to prevent their emitting the wires
them. The daring adventurers stopped just op-
| poste and very near to where Col. Glenn's reg-
ment is encamped and cut the wires. but the oper.
ator at Dalton had put the message through about
two minutes before. They also again tore up the
track, cut down telegraph pole, and placed the
two ends of it under the cross ties, and the middle
over the rail on tre track. The pursuers stopped
again and got over this impeachment, in the same
manner they did before-taking up rails behind
and laying them down before Once over this,
they shot on, and passed through the great tunnel
at Tunnel H being there only five minutes be-
hind. The fugitiyes still finding themselves closely
| pursued uncoupled two of the boz cars from the
engine, to impede the progress of the pursuers.
Fuller hastily coupled them to the front Of lis en-.
gine, and pushed them ahead OF him, to the first
turnout siding, where they we're left-thus pre-
venting the collision the adventurers intended:
Thus the engine thieves passed Ringgod, where
water sss and OIL Their rapid running and inatten
| ton to the engine had melted all the brass from
the journals. They had no time to repair or rent,
for an iron. horse Of more bottom was close be-
hind Fuller and Murphy and their men, soon
| came within four hundred yards Of them, when
the fugives jumped from the engine and left it,
| three on the north side and five on the soath-al
| fleeing preeipitatelr and scattering through the
| thicket. Fuller and his party also, took to the
| woods after them. 5a
! Some gentlemen also well armed, took the
/ engine and some carsof the own,passenger tram
I at Calhoun and followed up Fuller and Murphy
and their party in the chase but short distance
behind, and. reached the place Of the stampede
! but very few moments after the first pursuers
I did. large number Of men were soon mounted,
armed, and securing the entire country IN search
I of them. Fortunately, there was militia muster
I at Ringgold. A great many countr5men were IN
town. Hearing of thu chase, they;pRt out on foot
and on horseback in srery direction, in search Of
7 the daring but now thoroughly frightened and
+ fugitive men.
a We learn that Fuller, soon leaving his en-
! gine, in passing a cabin in the country, fonnd a
mule having on briate but no saddle, and tied to-
the fence. Here's yeun mule" !" he shouted as he
! leapedl nDon his back, and put out as fast as
good switch well applied could inPart qsos to the
donkes. The cry off'' Here's yoar maae' and
g Where's my mule - have become national, AID
we generally heard, when, on the one hand, no
mule is about, and ca, the other when NO one is
,huntng mule. 1t seems not to be understood by
any one, though it is peculiar Confederate phrase
and is as popular az Dixie FROM: the: Potomac to
the Rio Grande.. Il remained for F9,ler, in the
i midst of this exciting chase, TO- solve the mysteri
GUS meaning of this national by-Word or phrase
i ana give it a practical application
! An Of the eight men were. captured, and are
ns safely lodgedin jail. The nartiesslars OF theil
capture we have not received. This we hope to
ostan in time for postscript to this, or for ou,
second edition. They confessed that they. be-
,onged to Linco,ps army, ana had been sent dowr
srom Shebyville to burn the bridges between hers
ard Chattanooga; and that the whole party coss
sisted of nineteen men, sleNem of whom were
dropped at several points the road as they ca:ae
III down. to assist in the burning OF the bridgeS as
; they went back.
One gentleman who went upon the train. .fron
! Calhoun, WAC has furnished US with many OF thest
J particulars, and who by the way, is one, CT thu
7 most experienced railroad men in Georgia, say
too much praise canEst be bestowed on Fuller ant
! Murphy, who showed a cool judgment and fore
4 thought in this extraordinary affair, uasufpasse'
? by any thing he ever knew in a railroad emergen
: cy This gentleman, we learn from another, oi
a.,
d man. for the apprehension of the viilalas.
;, Had they succeeded in burning the bridges, tn
S enemy at Huntsville would have occupied Chatts
3 ncoga before Sunday night: nesterday tney #oal
d all East Tennessee. Our forces at Knoxville
Grecnve, and Cumberland Gap, would, ere tn;
al have been in the hands of the enemy. Lynsl
. burg, va, would have been moved upon at one
is This would have given them possession OF tn
N Valley of Virginia, and Stonewall Jackson coul
of have been attacked in the rear. They would hay
10 possession of the railroad leading to Chaflotte
Vile, and Orange Court House, as well as IL
it, South Side Railroad leading to Petersburg az
n, Richmond They might have heen able to uni
#, with McCIelan's forces and attack 10. Johnston
a army front and flank 1t is not by any means il
d. probable that our army in Virginia wonld ha
n; been defeated captured or driven out OF the sta
la this week.
II One fast we must not omit to mention is the "
~ liable assistance rendered by Peter Bracken. t
~ ~ engineer on the down freight tram " wnleh ~! y
ne and half mes-two of them backing the Wh
on freight train up to Acknowledgements twelve sto
ay coupled to the two cars which the iugtlVes3 l
eu dropped, and.switched them OH on sldihSs-ail
5nt in one hour and five minutes.
,ra v We doubt if the victory of Manassas or Corn
, were worth as much to us as the Illustration OF
nv grand coup detat. 1t is not by any means cers
Wv 9hat the annhilation of Beauregards whole ar
w Mt CoTipth would be so fatal blow to US as Wo
have been the burning of tho bridges at that til
be and by these men, 20
the When we learned by private telegraph =,
sig patch, a few days ago. that the Yankees L
n IS taken Huntsville, we attached no great lmpora
liar to it. We regarded it merely as dashing lo
hey of a small party to destroy property, tear up
ler, road, ETC., a Ia Morgan. When an additional II
and cram announced the Federal force there to
and from II 600 to 10000, we were inclined to do
leet it-though coming from perfectly honorable
Jun, upright gentleman, who would not be ant to Sc
lere upon Wild report to send here 10 his friends
hey coming to that point with large force, WI
they would be aanked on either side by our ar
rty. we regarded as most stupid and unmllltary
king We now understand it all: They were 10 III
mon Chattanooga and Knoxville as soon as
,cre hridres were burnt and press on into Virgni'
All > far as possible, and take all our forces IN
the State in the rear. 1t was the deepest lad sen
and and on the andest,scale that ever emanated
arlv the brains of any number OF Yankees COMP
< II was one that was also entirely pracucaole
the almost any day for the last year There were
and two miscacuIations in the whole program a
Law thew did not expect men to start out aloo. 10
resh sne them and they did not expect 1hAse purs -
,reat on foot to find Maj. Cooper's old ionan 81
ne to ing there all ready fred up: Their calcua'
train nn every other point were dead certalnt'es'
dis. would have succeeded perfectly.
n up This would have ecpsed any thing CAPT. H Nc mo
took ever attempted. To think of parcel OF re.
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