The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-18
Rehel Raid on ndaYgville.

dem entrance into the city Of a force OF rebel
cavalry, numbering about 25o, under com
msnd Of Capt. Peter Everett, formerly of
Mount Sterling They came in on a full
charge, weapons drawn aDdshouting loudly.
They reported that they did this, expecting
light, having understood, they said. that
the town was fortified aud garrisoned by
strong force. They Immediately took pos
session of all the streets, picketed all the
roads, and placed guards around both the
banks. They calnped in the streets, sleep
ing on the pavements, tn eIr bride reins on
their arms. and feeding their horses on curb
stones. Early Monday morning. they broke
into the city hall where th ey found 40 old
CANTON which they spiked. and lot OF
muskets which they broke up 90 the street
in front. They entered several stores to get
shoes, .clotbing. arms, &C., to which they
helped themselves to considerable extent,
paying for some In greenbacks, fer some in
confederate paper, and taking off good deal
without paying any thing. We have heard
the amounts 80 vsriously estimated, that we
forbear to state them, the more especially as
welearn that Committee is investigating
the after, with the view of relieving the
sufferers by the avsi's of a subscription
which is. commercially going forward for
that purpose. The rebels also seized valu-
able fire arms the property of private citi- !
ZeDs, and perhaps some twenty horses, in
addition to some thirty odd the property of
the government, making in all more than
fifty horses. They also demanded of the !
Postmaster the money in his hands due the
United States, for which they receipted to
him. They arrested several citizen one Of
them. the Provost Marshal, and put them
under guard for a short time and released
them without any other inAictiou. Under
the impression that the upper wharfboat
and small propeller lying alongside (hav-
ing been used in carrying and storing govern
meat rsupplies) were public property, they
made some preparations to burn them; but
on an appeal of prominent citizens of ell
sides, they relinquished that design and thus !
fortunately for the Interests and convenience |
Of our citizens spared the boats.
They appeared to have surprising know
ledge of men, places and sntecedent local
facts, which is to be accounted for by the
fact, that quite number of them had been
born and raised here.
Altogether this was one Of the most dar-
Ing, audacious, and surprising raid Of the
war, and it seems the more enterprising, as
they had fought sharp little battle the day
before in Bath coupty and marched here by
a route of sixty miles. In the battle of the
day before, they claimed to have routed
company of the 18th Kentucky Cavalry.
killing twenty odd and wounding others,
without one of their own men receiving a {
scratch, though Everett had two horses
killed under him.
About daylight sort of desultory firing |
from Aberdeen commenced, some musket 4
balls striking houses, but doing no other
damage; but single round from few rebel ,
muskets put stop to this.
About o'clock, having secured the
captured horses and the rest of the booty, :
the rebels m arched out of the city eastward, /,
taking the Orangeburg pike. When they :
had reached the upper end of East Mays g
vile. they were fred upon from the other {
side of the river, to which they responded
by few shots, without hating, no damage
being done on either side. c
The calamities of war are heart-reudiug
enough even when conducted in the legiti-
mate mode prescribed by civilized nations. 8
But this villainy of arresting psaceabIe non
cembatants, disturbing private families and
selling and destroying property without {
granting just Compensation to the owner.
which seems 10 be becoming quite general I,
every where, is an infamous strocity, unau- ,
thorized by the rules of legitimate war, con-
demned by the laws of all civilized nations,
against which all good men of all parties,
ought to unite in execrating as savage {
barbsrism.
LATER,-Everett's party passed through
Fleming by way of Poplar Plains at which
point they turned eastward, and when adj !
vanced about miles to Triplett bridge or
Plummer's mills, on Fox creek, they en-
party of Home Guards, four of
whom they slew. one of the number being {
Major Hambrick. They crossed over and I
halted for about four hours, when force Of
the 1O.h Kentucky came upon them wound
ed two of them. 10 this brush three Federals :
were killed. Some of the rebels took to the 1
bushes abarding their horses and got Off
But large body of rsinforcsmeDts devided !
into several bodies were in pursuit with ,
strong confidence Of being able to capture a
them. This is the substance of several re- t
ports N ade to us from SOURCES we deem re-