The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-11
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~ FLosxscg, ALA. q. leoJ.
f5rhivu .Ioua,lsss, e,s tbissa4ieasd OF the
yarkre raid made on this i.lse "a lew days
siEoo, together with iis Ipnfal sesuls". 1T
s.-.:ns 'hat Oh Wsl,cs day.o,eni'g last, abont
che ,i.ous-Dd s'.kce,cavaits. ansier c aa,m and
oi Col. Coqline, csesfd the iiver below here
uear l!An.barg. ny toius ID North eastss'y
d,,ec,,or. they Ssucc, eded sin eyading our
iorcea, of wi,onl,there were three or four rsgi
nens siationol on Vic river below here, sonas
twelve OF fifteen nil3 distant. By forced
:.%,c, contnrcl Nc gtealer portion Ct the
nshr, they rrn,.hed hc-e Atc mex, day. Thurs
Gay the 2Sih. abobt one clock l.. NJ. We
had t"o companies 10 iowsS including the
Provost Guard under command of tho gallant
Capt. Davis of the SD Alabama. We also
tad TWO pieces Of artillery, which received
them with welcome until, seeing II Was III
tel y useless TO rcsit 60 formidable " body,
ous small squad aus Withdrawn from The tow n
ani the vauJals SLOWED 10 eater. ThenNhe-
gan scene, which it were vain for the 10 a.
tempt 10 describe They scattered over eve
~ portion OF ihc tuwn, yan.acked every priv
ale dwelling. broke open ,he stores, and com-
toittcd oa'rsgos, WHICH arc ursurrassed in
the pee ida Of the 'kroat rebellion" The
Amounts ta&su fsoru the stores III money and
goods. varc !rom $1,000 20 $1,000. Gold
| s,'c.. :. ,wclcy AMI money seemed to be
ti.sir T.. .m.cipsi olject. No, satisfied however,
| y it'll ehAgrIcy cey,d r'csi, they put FIRE to {.
block uf buildings in Tie ccntrc Of town,
vii 81, were s,ob "a heap Of em2sacelin1 ruins.
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| t!icc. ,hc"e sraii dwellings. together with
! C-rprn er, Blacksmith aai Carras, SHOPS.
They ih-n fired two sJra,cs Immediately III
tie business portion II the place, bat they
were prevented from Burning by IKE efforts
! Of sanno lal:es and others, wine were t,oid
enough 10 lead :heir assistance III spite of he
pistols presented CT their appearance. Dur.
! iug tie lime one Of tho iiies was being ks ut
down, one ct the yankees c.f,rei t. Il ss.t the
lad .es, aheu he was immediately shot hy all
officer, and died shortly afterwards. They rs
uaiue'i here only three or four hours, AID
.liens2eft ia tho drec ton oi Waterloo.
| In thc county they harmed the Wool Factory
of Darby. B.nli M IL Co., the three large Cot
ton Factories of Mar;in, Weakly & Co, and
the Wool Factory oil Martin a SONG. making
not Only private lnta national less Of many
thousands of do.!ara. These f.c;uIies have
been working fnr. the Government To- some
| line past, aad srce tie FIRST of October lasi
here has been sent from His place cvcr oGe
million yards Of Jeans ard Osua burrs 1t
would seen flotn this, that North Alabama 10 a
l.lace Of c,nsde Die irportauce after all. In
The country they made genera! havoc, barn
Ing corn cribs, fodder, provisions of all kinds
carriages and wagons. They look all the
horses to be found as we'll as all the negroes
who would consent 10 go with them fear
~e viii iiad same officially in gathering the
wheat clop now, az it is ,v,ee1ifg ely large
Indeed, tho crops generally arc in Enc condi.
ttn in this part of the State and is to lie hope
that the Fe,lerals viii rs kept ont Until after
harvest.
Agrea, degree of negligence and bad man
asemsnt has certainly been shown on our part
! III this affair. But it is Eot my place 10 Bay
| who should receive Ike ctnsure for this We
must wait tor further developments ard il
| 10 say, the yankee, escaped, with the loss Of
but few men. recrossiug the river at Hamburg.
UNDER cove of their sunboais. Prisoners re-
port That another raid is preparing 10 leave
Coiinth very soon, end will probably endeavor
TO reacl, Monig Query In their course. Let us
| ba ready to receive them.
ALAN.