Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-24

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CO, ed TIC !:s!f ie:l:sh.d EsI, 0eta u5 lat
st :!i:ht around their camp fires, c2okir
t5elr ''shlncs" ff Grncl; ureu laa;r Iau
rods, ard b!u'!lrg teir hacnn upon III. coal.
And, from this tiC'e foywryi, ihcra ~#a III
secretly ct snHpii"e, un.il iho expedition lni
the border a,sln Oh lis RETAIN.
IL passing through Wy0mirg aad Lcga;
cGuutisr, ir vas funl tia. cxtsrsivs nr. s1sr
! Eispta hsd barn n.,do To tod oiec'i"ns :ntiu
tie p!srp0n' government, Eu* tfeao s.rsr.rs
Rents wero NOS. efisetusl'y 'l's?ossd # 81
:asFrr2.,ic0 Of talr lnrl- The attempt. I,
tie EanI' SOFT. ~ The traitors IF Bcona loun
e, were ifrntTSi,I IN a siIuilss mauner :;
tho lid nf sawe firl.ughnd goldia7s # ths
Stats Line
Tns expedition recum,d its ,nn Oh f.nur Il.
en;sInpmnnt on Mud ,i:s5, cid ira 7eilnc IL
tho right If Tags Valley, cncampsd tie I'll
| loving Ugh. thrca npllss fcCm tic enemy i
fi'iiii:st;oca At Hurricane B:idge It ,irs i'm
| lssih!e to 'each that point in tiule 20 ,iase
IN attack that ,!sV. These forIitca;i,ns cnra
,aa"d tic trrrpk k, TO Uasl's ticu'h. on TIA
L :s. arI 10 B.rhoursyil'r, On The West, ~
well ~ .an roads ie.ding to White aud the
| mouth Il II wi ',ne, en- the Eqnawhs river.
| at ? oc!u:k nCxtmnrning tho 23th, tho cJ,a
mand ,ssGn.ch ~ lnarrh. int, rdirg 10 sa.-
prise sid attAc.!i n, ..'ornY bs,-S d:ylight
bI. the heavy ,s;H and danca ,,.,kur.r I'm
icr'd il iai:.rGtiols :" :sach the position unt:l
daylight 0-enei iha General, r:,.n ru2-
| p1mnE that tn supiiic c"H.d ~. +" EFT ctrl,
| 6snt IN . demsrd IT, IL, surrender uf 90
p!.re, il 1aa rcfussG snd :i;e ac,ior cc5n-
mplcsd at orce. A. { - :Einutos su:silea to
drive the enemy f7on. al pcIftt into Ria for
.idcstians; and ae i7sv wera 80 for,ui lable
thit they cnuld / he taken, without con-
! :li"T.ole l''ai On car pa tt u II ing VA OIL Y
continued lorg enough, to in,iruidato the enc
| ~, snd Md Enu ia cseck while tho CD o..
rsod ;cu!d Da.pi-s sd to tbs rear Of tho fortt-
5ccr ;,in5, ur:n thsr6ad leading 10 the Ka
. n.s 10 river. Oar loss IL this e"gigsment
was GA billed n;.... nns wcuDdad; the the
nys ,gss, ~ subsequently, ascsrlaiuei by
p, stri :rAo visited Ihor csm:s, ~ks tiys
Killed and 4 i'lsca Youn iod
The EXPEDITION antamped That sight on
hgsIicoas crssa: took up its line of march
next iao'nics aud reached tho Kanawhs river
tEontJ-six LI;la. shove ths mouth. A party
VA i-.IaediLtely sent across the river TO cut
the .clesrSrh wi.e, and to Occupy tho town
o: Is ff>lo. SIX miles below. Shortly after
wards, two Government transports passed
d IN, and, refusing tn land, were almost GU.
into splnters with our Ennsd rifles, but
they managed to set away.
That night, fiat boat was secured, and the
whole command put OIL board and embarked
on the current OF the river for Point Pleas
srt. Tbs ba:k- Taur from the Ohio river 30
choked the force of the current, that daylight
came hen the hoat was still thirteen miles
abovs the mouth Of The KnnaThs. As the
Union men on either bank took the COM
lnsnd for Fedorsl troops, good care was taken
not to undecsirs them. Many questions
were asked by these inquisitiva traitors, and
answered, Of course, az tho military EFFICIENCY
cqnirfd. Some, moro inqrisitive than 9TH
crs, came cut 10 :ha boat III skIffs and canoes
Ttey were qIia.!y taken aboard and not sui
fsrel 10 return. o., reaching point thraa
and half milo, no ,ve ths mouth o! H.
nIa hs, the General deemed 1t prudent 10 dis
eubag k 'hs command. rhej ihan rroce.dsi
at the double quick TO move On Poins Pleas
ant, which plsco ~as captured after sharp
engagru,ear. Oar loss Taa two killed and
FIVE or Fix wdu5tod tao enCmy's much
srn,teI. A number OF the latter were killed
10 attempting to :ecss The Ohio river i'll boa.e
and shifJ
Ocr m9a supplied themselves with boote,
oY.7cca'o, and many other Rrtioioa; snd de
st-nYcd as mu 4 a. possible Gf what they
coul'i "pt carry sway. The torch was set 10
gssnaaiss continuing i.SmoHes enDnlIes of
q1srtsrraketor' store9 and tho work of do
| st.uc'ica continued for two houra. AZ this
p3rrpd, heavy reinf9rCcincnta arrived on the
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their =, I'll arv, rdeI ed tia farther occupation
of tie town imp!6c .icsbls. Oar frees ct ons
! tina hsi nes:ly one hundred Yankee prigo-
| Hers, hut III tbs confusion incident % the
sudden ava custio, 81 t. p!eca & y. r::t. Pr
! role was ch!ainedhnly from p,Tt If them
Frola LIE gaDe csuss ANAL detachment Of
va KEGS who had taken refuge In tho upper
a;cIy # toe court house were mt captured
| Over uro hundred had Of hc:ses .Ssro csp-
~ I'd AK; brought eff. L.u5. S,Inuols, {!
l.c 18Th "a. cavalry, w.s wou oded and ieil
| !. ci,:ncr III the hsaHs Ct thu enemy. Lieut.
! Goo. H"Iic,hy and Or. linz, # tho Rsne
| regimen, Tsrs il 5cia; remote pat If TIC
! ;uWE anI I'D E0t hear tho o:dar to lvacu.ts.
, and y era 81 o caIlared. Some three Or four
% the msD ne! will the same f.ta from tan
| :.a:ro cause.
Gen Jenki1s' cn'"msna ih-n mo re up ths
| north hs:.k Of the ka6awrs and recro 4ssd
| the riser, IN the Eght, At q poiut ten miles
| above the mouth. Next morning the march
| was resumed three ml;es up the Kanssha,
| thenes up creek called Sixteen, thence
ACROSS to tho waters Of a creek called Ohio
| Eighteen, AMI enranped FIR tho night; thence
m>sing through Putns'n and Csheil counties,
BY way Of Little Guyan-thn enemy, in the
| nSantilnr, hsying determined to cut off the
,etrest 'y WsNsng his troops from above md
below. and occupying the tnrnpiks extending
| from GuYsn iotta, on the Oaln r,vor, to The
mouth Of C,al. O. thu ksnawhs; thua co n
p.otey surrounding our troops, who were y,
the peninsula termed by The two rivers
| Cen. Jspkina however, out generated tho
Yankee co,uman6.rs, and ny feint moves
managed to cross the pike at en- un-
! gusrasI roint--Poore's Hills, three miles
east Of B.' bou.sVille, but, even then
10 cl'ae!y wcro the movements Of
sur men watched aud gusrje by
the eneG,y. that our scouts OH the left flank
encountered his advance Spusrt, aud his main
b,6y arrived A. Poore's Hill in less than hal
sn hnur sfer General Jenkins force had
! parse d. So dark, however, wss the night
thtt ,l,s sncuy dill not observe by the signs
| that the Confsdet atos had creased, and be
| marched on t5s back track Of our troops
solne two milns, ernecting to intercobt them
in Crossing Mud rivor, st Howsl'a Mile
The ccnnar WAC Thea regarded in perfect
ssfe;y. B,iRE partially mounted, the mount,
ed ru.r relieving alternately tho MN who
vera OH tsot, no danger could be appreheDded
by the Onemy's iufsutry, sai pursuit by his
cassisy wan Just what our forces then do.
| sired.
On reaching the Falls Of Guyandotts river
ana crossing that river, the command divided
| rnd thses who reside in the upper end o.
Wayne county we're allowed to return by
way Of their ho,Gcs, under Colcnels Cormt
AMI Fury,son. who will net return f,r 4 e"
d.ys. The rem ildu7 rsturnod with General
jenkins, keeping to the right Of Guyandoite
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