The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-28
M0ReAN'S INDIANA RAID.


struc;ivs in every ssnse ever undertaken by
the Consederates. He has drawn troops from
0tifsr Ststos TO hurt him. he has DESTROYED al
most everything In his track, aud has intro
dacsd the terror Of war into country never
before visited BY hostile xoops'' Writing IN
der the mistaken impression that Morgan had
been captured, the Star says:
Tho destruction or capture ofJohn Morqan's
force IL an event OF much more importance
than is generally known. !. is safs to say that
his fcue thousand light cavalry have given our
troops more work, sad destroyed and taken
more property, than any sixteen thousand
other rebels in arms. For moro than year
past thsse guerillas have kept occupied, prin
c,pally in Kentucky. . Union force OF soms
20,0O0 men the rapidity OF their movements
making 1t necessary TO sndesvor to DO prepsr red
for their sudden appearance, go where thsy
might. Even II Shacke.ford fails to capture
Morgan himself, in the present desperate con
dition Of the fostunss OF the rebellion, ii it be
possible for him 10 set another formidable
squadron 10 the Esld, he can give usiittie trou
bio indeed for year hence.
We therefore regard his utter defeat and the
capture of nine -tenths Of his entire forcs,
which has just occurred. as being Of great val
ne 10 thu Union canse, not only because it gives
US twenty thousand OF our own troops to be
employed otherwise than in watching him, but
also because il crushes out the remnant Of &C
tive treGsln in ksntucky-a concentration
greatly 20 be desired
Our Northern files do not give any ccnseet'
ed account of the movements Of the great
raider. We have number of lstters from
different portions of Ohio and Indiana, dsscrib
ing the movements Of the C0afedera.es and
the great euecess Of their parsusrs. We bavs
added up the statements of captures in eeven
lettsrs aud find that out Of 4,0UO men aud six
pieces of artillery that the Yankees said Nor
gan entered Indiana with, there have been
captured 81 GOO men and % pieces of caanop.
The guns, which were l2 FOUNDER Parrott's
when he entered, grew before they were cap
tursd to GO Founders. We make some inter
esting extracts from the correspondence,
chiefly Of the Cincinnati papers. A letter from
Portsmouth, Ohio, dated the 10Th, says:
Our expedition which left Cincinnati under
Gen. judah, reached this place At 5 O'Clock
this evening" and disen,barksd amid the cheers
of 4 delighted popnlace. 1t eh0na be said.
Lo viewer, tha. we met the Magnolia few
miles below, and msds he. return with us, AID
from her we iirst learned that the rebels were
at Piketon.
Immediately upon cur arrival we learned
that the telegraph wires had been cut at Pike
ton, but communication was kept up by
mounted c. eUriers, one Of whom came in at =
O'Clock with the startling intelligence that
Morgan was at Pikston, having driven i'll all
the pickets and out posts cf the place, and was
thrasbiae the militia in the mos. satisfactory
manner to himself. At this moment, 9 o'clock
r. NJ, another courier arris 90 with the iateili-
gence that Piketon is in flames, but cannot
speak in,e;ligsntly Of Morgan's movements;
but, az usual, ever,body--by whom / mean
Que miIitary-says that he can never set out OF
the stato-Ohio, presume, is iaeans- bat il
his present state l am inclined TO think that hu
ia in q condition 10 change 1t wn n he deems
proper.
The sar,e writer, writing from Columbus cn
the 2o:h, gives All account Of the fight at Buff
ingoa:
1t is 10 " definitely ascsrtaiued that in the
fight yestsrday morning at Bcffiagt0n, Morgan
lost all his cannon, (which consisted OF only
three piscss) fully seven hundred prisoners,
a large num0er Of horses, with their entire
equipments, and a large quantity Of his pis-
ias m a s:sss,s .s ,ia.s s s.s This 80 ssGssS
possible. which no did by proceeding up the
ri ser, bu. keeping out Of the rangs OF the
gunboats.
Whom he reached place opposite Bale
Vile, which Is situated on the Virginia side,
and is about ii fteen miles below Parksrsburg,
he threatened To destroy the place unless the
eitizsns furnished boats, RATS, &c, that would
enable him TO cross The citizens, with much
commenced gsttlug out their Old
water traps, and severely tried Johns patience
by the isisufeiy manner in which they went
about it. IL was their object 10 dsiay his
crossing as long as they could, hoping that oar
l. 1 A tt,n.. at
boats, RATS, &c, wers i'll dua course of time
ready, bat altogether they would not hold
more than three hundred men. They were
ill! cd to their utmost capacity, ani were nov
ing for tie Virginia shore, which was nearly
reached, when gunboat appeared III sight'
but too late to preveut the rebels from land
ing The boats were, however, destroyed.
and she!ling Of the rebels who had crossed
was commenced and continued, with fatal
effect in several cases. A second guiitoa:
made its appearances, and was soon engaged III
sbe!liug the rebal force remaining on me Ono
eide, which compelled the enemy to fail bacs
He then formed line Of battle, as II antlei-
pa.ing an attack from the forces which no
supposed would bs landed from tbs enaeoats
indeed, our men were preparing Tor saer
eSsurs when it became unnecessary ny the
appearance OF Col Wallace with large force
from Parkersburg.
It should here be stated that Generals judah
aud Hobfon had in The m aan.,me been closely
folio lag the rebels, and at the time OF their
u, B7lloyills they were only TWO
or three miles in the rear, it being the ooIset
Of our forces 10 capture Morgans Whole com-
maud if possible Colonel Wallace landed his
men at soma distance from the town, and W a
anatly executed raarcl succeeded Id reaching
tue eneny's rear. When this had been accom-
pished, Judah aid Hobson were there, ahd
thoir forces were GATED in al ATTACH Oh slor'
van. which proves to have been u complete
surprise, the rebels nOE having the least ldea
thas such a movement would be made Iney
were dumfounded and showed their bewilder-
msnt in their efforts to escape capture. 1t WAS
but easy work for our boys 10 pick up the raid.
ers, amt when they had fnishsd their work all
but l 800 We're taken, aud tboss who escapen
did so by breaking through our iines This
remnant of Morgan's force Immediately rs.
traced their steps in the direction OF fomeroy,
and this morning about nine O'Clock, worn out
aud in the most pitiable condlton, they passed
through Harrisonvilie, u vllAge ten or twelve
miles In q north westerly dire lion from Pome-
roy, AID which ia on tue pike leadlpg 10 Jack
son Court House, near which place thsy were
whsn our latest Information was received
Oar forces are supposed to bs after them again
but as yet ws nave heard no positive know
ledge that eaca is the case.
There can uow be but little doubt of their
entire capture, for IN tnsir present coneitiou
in ~ cannot travel fast Ior much iurther Il
mixat be mentioned that n force to head them
off has already been ssnt to the proper locality
The scene On shore 1t 10 clock, on the Oaio
side, after the Burlington bgat WAS that OF
a asds Of rebels, in siSs fsom three to a hun
.lrsd. eallopin2 in every direction, or lying on
foot do yn the river, up the river, over the
nils. AID through the roads, pursued by our
men II ere were also eq aaas to bs seen march
ipy oaea 70 our camp guarded by their espsors.
- ana. =. "a If 1inu.fAf which nnsi