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


THE RECENT MOVEMENT Of TIE YANKEE
FROM fhEDERICKsBuEa TOWARDS ORANGE
'o1RrR0UsE-A SCREW IOG.E tONEWEERE.
ME>SkS. Lo!t":i. y furnished you, a short
'iIi,e since. with { concise account q the raid
0l Lincoln : horse tii.rss aiid kidlspPers froTo
kccSocE t"I'. t.: nrar Louis. Cumrt House,
and their return, i;maiosted. 10 their quhT-
tees Ih ''nirelfe, snl propose n1'E TO give
yen short sketch "r some Of tie Gperaiion3
u. another ,..st 0t til" .a,nc hand ofrobbsrs,
whu wr.,t u. tic ri.,,h road from Fredericks-
burg tu within lev miles III Orange Court
llnuSc on last friday.
The information ihsl have 7scei7s1 is
from persons who were witnesses Of their ope-
ralions OF the plank road from T1TjiersTi:is
to the point theE reached near the Court
House. Som" q them were victims Of their
tb;ev;a;: c::,: ::ntal propcnsities. -
th2;z tnaTc!t isS cult: acGalthE, as their
ap!'r"ach 'saa not known along the road in
;ke locaEty ua!!:cj ',utll they we're discover
ed, @Ii Ihis WAS i'll consequence chiefly Of
their arrc>ti0s: ali citizens living on she road,
aud all they inet with it their march, whe
.Sars detained Until tbsir-sI.snee:h had reach
cd several ullleS. They ;Stct2c-ci bet llttlc
nacch ur, bat ;ts;r ccaiuc; on ti,e;r return
:"nI::i di>;7rscr ;ly oyEar Taa2 ci teinG5 E5;-
;c:.s :A2 ilriaev.; ikT ktY: iorr since
reii1il...i A%F'n g. 'niainr with which slarn
Is HcI!,ins; l'iL /" IUrn roiIssT-ai, thiS side
81 tE.;T "t'.'': .'ia'c." which !i.eY Will IL ::e
, tnhc rr.a!... II" LoutI. They had for ST;
al; ,'..,:. :, .l>.ltn. Yankee hr the uSus "f
>:s"aIf V ho lives nsal ertticTsriile, wfio Wis
@rT21iuu iy 0uV authorities SGlne month ai
50 ;%G, tai:ca 10 Richmond, detained :nsrr e
while, anu rksa di>ch,r;: r;:?,l-ou What STclni
knoT: T0t Ifis inaT &.cT-:..l .:eIi .Esaa
OF the ARM u orange CoU-. house, aud, af
ter Tecounoitcri::2: there returned ard ioet the
advance sS:7 the liu 49,: Springs auI ..:.1
rr. .:rI Terri. :, Oh ~. Old tu1n;,iSc, ind
reported 10 the commandment tuai jackson
and t.w.ll We 10: the Court Hoi;%2 III :.sSs
force, :,.;..c lup.ruJ 6trorc Ins report
lwi igE ::ds & lie, i.cwvyer.. ,;a:::2i then. t.
call hait there. which was within five miles Of
th' rcuri Eni;2t, and there they encsupcd
10: tu NE ht. iii;i- all tk1 sheep a..i cattle
ter c-ui,! !.::..i il the Immediate Vicinity -
All 81 III. lerril!'s 5hcen; understand Herr
Killed %G"apl i"aT t'r five. hry arrested SoT,=
dozen CT llOtc CltiE.n: Tear thcr Gacar.p-
; Iur!t "'no .wsro returning; NON tie Court
Hca.c, = .ncr LII not kno% 3I tIe;r PIE
! Srr.s ;n,.l tI.uy rode up TO inein or tue road:
aud, wi nat :; sill E"rr remarkable. their scouts
welt II; within Il :.i,ic c"r tWu Of the Court
| House, md iT.,t .ttt!- i...::. the field, &C.,
0ii ..tT: grrc u" r.CA.l; Gr -.'Hiy y 1;.:' mGN
& ,!!r,' Tie Gium =! t:c T.!!.::s. .among Lie
; citizen: ":rtmrrt Tesr 1h"i cucampueIt ,SsTe
! lwu ia..s. vi.t 7hcvt thirteen Years Old and
| ii.a otEcr r:;2. or ten, who had been sent 70
! The Court House i>r lite I.;..l, lie oldesy
! boz mad ,i:s -1a.l several pest c:Scss be-
low; in : caTp2; bag-i.a wns not regular
mail c2::Tier--Il.d The I-nke-s took the mail
-lttre7s ;.0i paPa5s-sept The bo:s ali night,
and released them Saturday 51.prninc. There
was nsa iirinm Il lLa 'rGin Springs, by the
naine oi Inacksr, who H'a= al Inst arrested
h. Lnp:n. Lut al;gr private interview with
! him nv released him, ani u 7snt to his house
ami ,ovi> s,itlr1 .Tith hin, Let our authori-
ties mark that II Al, and ;Shen the proof Of
whas / fiave ;:siad IS demanded. it can
be produced; md sl-o III regard to
| Stewart, the first named III the fore
going. Il appears that Some TWO or
three hundred oi our rcaralY; liade az at
tack upon 1ben On SatnrdaSs..1aoInilE, aud
although they had several pieces Of artillery,
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and csTslry, rhey beat speedy retreat, vhich
they made good, Without muck. II SlJ, loss,
though it ws: teEsve1; .hey Lad ire cr Six
wounded iiio1 in a;i ambulance, and souue
thought there was one dead man in i. This
small force gI:5I;aii ,hetn, thoi n TT scise dis
| tsn5e bc;linVi: 1nlT occasionally approaching
! nesr suouyh ia exchange SHOTS. :" orders
vi.lc, some 5> 90 ii.2s from: taeir camp,
| on The urey"niis night. The question Tes;us
! naturally i5 arise in the mind. ii tyo CT !hrse
hundred could chase TWO or three Thousand,
whT was 1>I = sufficient ioTce sent to cop:lge
| the v hole If them Ih<y we're thiTty-iiTe
mile. frala fredericksburg, ami there arc
roads diTcrsiTt; from Tie plank iuau ~ t!e
| South. LEADING. % fredericksburg; which OR
! troops could have taken AMI got i :hc ,aar
OF them. and ti;is cu: ~. their -":Tcar -
| fredericksburg.
But wish tr 60 cG::.-G ;-cccuHt ct tEci-
operations On their retreat. The people IL
| ing on the plan!, road rs:meen DR. TerrilP s
AMI EcTdiers:iiilc are E-nerall; IN moderate
circumstances + 3"%il they nav" competency
IS tfic;r desires aid ASPIRATIONS arc limited;
but oI course, such pers"if ha".: a3tf,iT; 20
spare or to lose: bat :hcSe JOHN brownltes,
| without regard to any- case OF dcatltuti0H Or
OF necessity, tluadercd and destroyed indis-
crimiuate!y, Iearl;i evcr! thing rhcy could lind,
! Al one house, where the advance stopped
awhile, the fighting vas confined to the rear,
and $c;new hat upon the plan OF the opening
scenes CT ouT troubles, wficn the 5'uraeg o't:Gng
st TsSi.irstoD sid there Vas ''Io body hurt ="
! While the lady Of the house 'ra; ge;t;5 some
! milk a,i bread for aL officer, 10 had called
| for it 77ih the promise to pay. and 'Tnlch be
redeemed, th;. "5liivrs n'clr lit the kitchen AID
mca1-houSa; stSaiiHS everything tiiEJ could
put in then pockets CT haTerGacki- 1beJ
cut I'D and tcnk o1i several piects 81 meat
Thev broke open IL. table, II search oi
he: saz. and tte iarH, searching f3T saddles
and brides, iiaugll tEc:- fouua nole ofejther.
The rearckat; t:.r Garden af:i fourd some s;l-
yer spSons which nx.i been LI7ied. and took
them oil. On oI the officers ;v'n E lady at
that house that cha negroes w5ula ui;un:;+lv =
| cerupy az i;.r lands there. Al aIolher house,
which they searched throughout, the?- stule
some 20 or 80 pounds or sugsr, about sl50 in
! money, ~ hi3h tic lady hal hid III q stump 70
the garden, and the thiei ha1 tie aueaoit.- to
| hand her the pncEet-hcok y itn d ~ dollars
Of fredericksburg Corporations so1ip ID 1t,
fer lie had taken out the bank notes, When
she appealed - the ollce'' ii' ''io nFi '''A'
he would have the :ncilry letr at r certain
house for her tci37 ON the plank road =
The stne al tile Onion6 and Eany
potatoes, chickens, salt, cups and saucers,
; knives and forks, &c, 1t this house. 3He OF
tn. strat-lc7-, "~ha aaveT .aiSe aonE uhtL
Ssturd,,, morning, and r.as the Yankees going
back, w.::s cursine JEFF. DAVIS because lie did
rot 70 10 Washington alter the battle at Ms
90, - ifian, =" said, tie war Tcald have
been lore since ended. lie Santed the var
10 end. aad tie Old I.,t care whi2k party whip.
i p:,i. l,n5t;,.r waa cufoi"g both Havjs and
lsincr!n t',@y Tve.c The caase o; :he o'n,