, 1863-04-04
KEHEL INVASION 0F .'1+EEE
KANAWIIA VALLEY.
AttncK OH tho Steamers Victor and
IucI.E-Ixcbcl Katd on Mount Pleas.
uuts DC


ATTACK On THE STEAMERS VICTOR AND GEN.
AE1G5.
The rebels have again made their appear
ance In knnawha Valley in considerable force:
On Inst Saturday detachment OF Jenkins
caEolry, under command Of that renowned
detachment Of the 18th Virginia, in camp at
Hurricane Bridge, and were whipped out, but
'le force was too euial to follow up the ma
r1uders. ......
in Sunday they fred into our Goysrnnent
steamboats,, Victor No and Gen; me Meg g3,,o on
was quite unexpected on the part Of the o1n-
GERS Of the bolts, and for about one aud .
half miles they were obliged to run the
gauntlet Of an incessant tire from behind
every tree, stump, fence Or shls.a o. an5
Kind. The boats Tere cna,rH,y hu3ict hn'.s
to The uumber Of zoo in each, show the fierce.
ntss Of the attack The pilots on board Of
each deserve the highest praise for the noble
manner in which they stood to the wheel.
The pilot: t:housc Of The Gen: Aclss is COM
pletely riddled with balls. We noticed one
spoke Of the wheel nearly severed by ball,
and from It's position the handle must have
hcen held by the pilot at the very instant.
His name is Edward johnson. 4 braver fel-
low than be does not live, nor better Union
nan. Capt. Summers, in command Of the
Mejgs, stood to his post like man, aud By
right man in the right place" On board the
heigs no one Was injured .:*c:cc
The Victor was the first boat to pass
through the fire. Captain Ford, though Lis
boat was crowded with passengers, cVinced
the coolest daring, drmness and courage pos
sible for my man under like circumstances.
The pilots, Harry Bays and Stape Wright,
protection, regardless Of the crushing Of tuinie
balls through every portion Of the boat, and
especially The pilot house, brought of the
boat in safety, with tile loss Of one man
killed, Frank Stote, teauster, and one NOR
tally wounded. How scores escaped being
killed OF wounded on this boat, is q mystery
Drawn into ambuscade Without the slightest
warning and without any protection other
than the frail siding Of the cabin, crowded as
1t was with women aud children, their escape
Was truly miraculous. Too much praise can
not be awarded the pilots and officers Of
these boats, and we trust their courageous
conduct will receive proper encouragement
from headquarters.
REBEL RA1D on POINT PLEASANT.
On Monday at II H., word came to Gallipo.
lis that the notorious jenkins had attacked
! Point Pleasant-at the mouth Of the Kama
| Wha. Our town was instantly in commotion
| and in g very short time very large force o1
armed men left fur that place. The steam
| boat Victor with three howitzers on board
! and some soldiers under command Of Capt
Bragg, soon hove in sight of the Point. Ths
| land force with muskesry md riileh cannon
arrived opposite the town about the SAINT
t time.
| The rebels, up to that tiiue, lad =tt on fir
large quantity Of corn and some building
combining coInmissary stores. One conpan,
Of tue 18th Virginia had taken refuge III TIL
courthouse, and were successfully dtftndin:
themselves against five times their number
I Nv Ia Earn 1fa thn liz
hastily skedad1cd, leaving four or fire dead
and taking several wounded with them, steal
Ing, at tle same time, about twenty-6y
mules belonging to the United States, Gu
men, on searching the town, found thtrtcc
Of the rebels concealed III private houses, al
Among them is one Captain and three Lier
ttnan1s. On their way to this place On boar
tile Victor, one of the scamps became ycr
insolcnt to Capt. Ford, who, By thu nay, RI
sides in the Point, and Of corrsr WAS not in
humor to submit to anything Of the KIM
The Captain very soon taught hin lesson |!
will remember.
On the whole the rebels were completcl
defeated. Captain -, OF tue u Il, and ii
men fought like tigers. They lost one M
killed aild three Wounded. The rebel los
was five killed, several wounded, and thrice
taken prisoners. The covardly knaycs sht
Colonel Wagner, a man nearly eighty yea
| VI iis5E. tAGA VI IAa HaJ A4oAAS, lAo 4oooGA N'
Of his horse. liz was one of the few staunt
Union men in that quarter, and deserved
better fate. They tired on dttencele.s WON'T
and children crossing the river in ekiiIs, AT
, in every way showed themselves brutal, co
ardly assaesirs, ready to waYlay and mur!t
merely for plumber. Up to the hour of wri
j1g { arc unable to say w1e her they In,
got safr1y across the kanawha, or whe:h
G.neral Eca1nmon has been able to cobb
til, Ill up
The nlain body Of the Union forces are co
centratcd about Gauley. We have hopes til
General Scammon may be able to cllecktua
) the Ecoundrel jenkins and bay the wllu
crew. ST. long rs he il suffered to run at 1ar
.. Western Virginia must suffer from his rait
noC the sooner cavalry force is provided
cope with him, the better fol- the Uni
. | cause.
LATER.
Since The above was in type the stealnbe
B. G. Levi has arrived from Charleston Will
detachment Of thc 2;d Ohio volunteers. Ca]
: Rcgnie7 reports the rebels in sight near Nh
) pins Landing. lie had full view Of tli
: camp. They fired several shots ut the Lc
= but ull fell short or Iasscd over. The sig
G Of a number of bales Of hay On board used
g brcastworks, for the 23d, induced them
J, keep out IF rangc.
/, Capt. Ford Of the Victor, reports nincte
n rtbc1s found dead in an near the Point, 4
t two more prisoners captured. Thus the RI
/. h, rs have paid pretty we'll for their plund
t The Federal loss is two killed and thl
u wounded.
II Ifprorcr efforts be made the whole gang n
yet be captured.