New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-10
EXPLOIT BY REBEL HORSE
THIEVES.
They Crawl Into Fairfax Ceurt-Housc and
Capture nm Uawary Genernl-Thcy also
Awaken Several Privntes In Order 70
Take Them With Thcm-They Seize IN
Number Of Horses and Leave a. Fast
ms POssibIe-An Alarm and n Pursuit.

Special Dispatch to The N. y. Tribune.
WARRINGTON, Monday. March 0, 1853.
number of Rebel guerrss parsed through our
picket lines, between Cbantilly and Herndon enter
ing Fairfax Court House noiselessly at 2 O'Clock
this morning. They went Immediately to Gen.
Stoughtons headquarters at some distance from bis
command, and seized him. SO easily was this grab
contaminated that guard on duty within few
rods imagined il to be only the waking up and dis
patch Of orderlies, and sutler was arrested IN an
upper story OF neghboring building with 80 little
noise that on DESCENDING into the room below the
Rebels were obliged to wake up seven or eight
privates asleep TO arrest them. On leaving, they
took all the Government horses at the place.
The cavalry officer in command, Col. Robert
Johnston, barely escaped His refuge, in a nearly
nude condition, was beneath the rsfiers Of barn.
The alarm was given by sn Aid Of Gen. Stoughton
firing his pistol. As possible cavalry was
dispatched in pursuit. The Rebel detachment went
SEINE distance down the Germantown turnpike,
meeting the Pennsylvania Reierves At Centreville,
gave the coun,er.isn, and took q north-westerly
direction and escaped The last dispatch states that
the cavalry in pursuit had gained them rapidly
that they were Obliged TO leave behind them about
overtaken and captured.
To the Associated Press
WAsHiseToS. Monday March 0. 1859
Information has been received that the Rebel
Capt Moseley, with bis command, sealthily entered
Fairfax Court-liouse this morning at O'Clock.
They captured Provost. Marshal Oscanners patrols,
horses, &C., together with Gen. soughton, and all
the men detached from bis brigade. They also took
every horse which could be found, public and pt.
vato. The commanding officer Of, the Poet, Col.
Johnston, of the 5ih New.York Cavalry, made his
escape. The Rebels searched for men in every di.
rectop. All our available cavalry force were, at
last accounts, in pursuit Of the Rebels.
The enemy appeared suddenly during rain storm.
Gen Ssoughton had established his headquarters at
come distance from HE brigade. The Rebeis cap
tured ITO horses. They went in search OF Gen.
wyndham, but that gentleman happened to DO in
Washington. They, however, searched his trunk
and took bis papers telegraph operator, Is Is said
was taken prisoner by the Rebels.
CONSUL AT OMoA AND TRUXILLO.
r. Bette Of this city, appointed consul q, Omoa
and Truxillo, having resigned, l.. l.. Lombard Of
M.,,aebuse,,s has been nominated by the President
TO Gil the vacancy.
COLLECTOR IN THE TWENTIETH DISTRICT
Samuel r. Allen, editor Of The Rochester DIM
oeyat has been appointed Collector Of Internal Rev
enue Of the XXth District Of New.York, in the
place Of the nominee who was rejected by the Sen
ate. Tho nomination confirmed without the
customary reference to "A committee. The appoint
men. Of Mr.. Allen was asked for by Freeman
Clarke, Member Of Congress elect, aud by Senators
Harris and Morgan.
GEN. FREMONT on THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR.
Maj Zen. Fremont was this morning before the
Committee on the Conduct Of the War.
REBELS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
A strong force Of Rebels were at Lurny recently.
and the military authorities at Winchester arc Of
opinion that they arc moving on tina. place.
NAVAL ORDER.
Acting Assistant Surgeons Robbins, Rice, and
Marvin, have been ordered 10 the Mississippi
squadron.