Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-12

he narrowly escaped capture by the Yankee free
hooters He saw appr0achng him a BODY Of
cavalry: misiakng Them for Wrenns battalion,
he the point OF ridins up them. when
h's AID discovered their nationality. The Gener-
al ard AID galloped OF Ielnrely, soon leaving ne
jaded cattle Of the Yankees out OF sight TINS
was the same pvrty who visited Mr. Dung
farm A Lieutenant James Brown. who bad
been on visit To Nr. Paleskes, = few miles up
the pike, had a short time before been arrested
and paroled BIZ them, after being robbed OF hls
horse
The circumstances OF Mr. Browns capture. a.
reported 20 Us are interesting. Seeing number
OF csvalrvmeR the Pike ne rode up 10 them and
inquired who they we're In turn they desired TO
know Who he Wa lie replied that he was one
OF Gen Winder's officers. giving them his rank
One Of the cavalr, men then told him that he was
officer in the New York cavalry. and
that he Brown Vas prisoner and desired him
10 dismouut The men accompanying the words
of their officer by leyelng their pistols at Mr..
Brown he acceedei 70 the demand. be was
then "a ken To the Colonel commanding the cav
airy, who gave his hume a. Fitzpatrick, by whom
ne paroled Mr. Brown then said to the
Coouel that il impossible that he or his men
could escape: that their movements were known
in Richmond. and thar they were watched 'nd
would be captured fitzpatrick replied that he
bNs
that he would go on doing what mischief he could
until he was captured Mr. Brown. being de
privel Of his horse. walked into town.
RAID NAKERs CAPTURED By CITIZENS.
Six of the Yankee cavalry were captured by
citizens. Yesterday morning. Two. whose horses
we're broken down. were captured by Mr.. Garland
Haines, in the vicinity Of the city; another WAS
found asleep in one Of our batteries on the Brook
Pike and three Others, who had lost their way.
were arrested AZ Mrs Aliens, near Hungary,
and brought into this city by Major Thomas
Taylor and the Rev. John c McCibe. They
all stated that they expected to be captured,
when they started the expedition. and did not
regret that their expectations had been realized;
that thew would be paroled and go home. which
considerable better than tearing over the
country without food sleep.
THE NUMBER OF YANKEES IN THE RAID.
If we were 10 believe the stories that since
Saturday have been brought the CITY by couri-
ers. startled farmers and telegraph operators. We
should set down the number of Y rnkeeS engaged
in this raid ut not less than 10 O0O But on
calmly reviewing all the facts before ~.
not clearly account for more than ono or 1OO.
unless the story be t-ie that separate squadron
went across to Columbia. The Rev James B
TAYLOR who was on the ambulance train captured
at Ashland assures us thar he counted the cav
airy NJ tlat ftont Whe0 tucN Ieil INTO lnt. pre-
paratOry 10 leaving for Hanover COnrt house. and
that they numbered pa Add to this twenty or
thirty that stationed pckets the direct
road in the vicinity. and we have about three
hundred The same force direct tn Hano
yer Courthouse, where they were ~ once m Igni-
fed into a Thousand by the asfOnished natives.
This was the 18th Illinois regiment Col Davis
The part7-Col. Kilpatrick's regimen'-who
visited Hungary and the farmers on The Brooke
Turnpike. for "a time intercepted Major Wrenn.
and aiterwari burned the railroad bridge over the
Chickahominv. might have been 500 strong. One
of Wrenn'' troopers who SAW them IN number
of different places estimates fhem.at 3 600. But
to his ina cina,i their numbers were distorte,
from the SINE cause that never so small pistol
bore looks vast 10 tie man AZ whom il il noint-
ed. These two regiments, amounting 10 500 or
90O men, arc all that we have anv authentic ac-
count of There may have been more. but
certainly they have not been satisfactorily 10
Gated
THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE ENEMY
The rmount ofiamage and property de .trovel
by the Yankee cavalry. that we have certain in
formation of. s- rlculouslv slight. considering
the distance thew have traversed to effect it; that
which we have from time TO time heard of is much
more considerable We have heard that they
tore IN miles of,rack about Louisa Court house,
burned all the holdings IT mover Court house,
and the Central railroad bridge and the South
Anna bridges besides doing incalculahle mischief
nearer this city But from gentlemen who left
Hanover Courthouse after the departure of the
enemy, we lesgh that the only buildings burned
there belonEef to the railroad. From a de
tailed account OF their proceedings, we gather
that the mischief done by them the burning
of these buildings. tearing upa piece of trestle-
work stealing number OF broken down COnlei-
er,te hor-as nd r,nleS and drinkiner all Ia
whisky in BrillS tavern Our informants think
that but for BTg's whisky. thew would not have
fired any of the houses Thev a squad t.
burn the bridge over the South Anna, who, be
ing fred on bvshe watchmen ut the bridge. re-
treated. and could NOT he prevailed upon to re
turn. We NAV here remark that our informanis
state that the whole party. except when drunk.
were under coutnssl apprehension Of being sur
prsed and captirred. a statement cOrrobOrateG BY
all persons who have come in contact with any Of
them during Ore raid. The damage done tie
Chickahomiuy bridge, is merely nominal and can
be repaired in q few hours On the Freieri ks
burg road, ther have torn IN few r,ils. burned
an old shed at Hungary and singed the wood
work of four calverts That's all. In their
course. they bsn-e stolen good many horses and
negroes. pcrha3 two hundred horses and twenty
FIVE or thirty Negroes The consolation IN this
case. i thafiAe parties from whom fhev have
stolen eithef &fcies Of property. for the most
part able 70 sear the loss Few people have.
nova DAYS. e;s.er negroes or fat horses
wHk<eEcAME OF THE YANKEES.
From all the 5nforma ton before Us. are die
posed 10 believe that the two regiments--the one
from Hanover Court house. and the me which
visited the subtrbs of the citv rendezvoused YES
terdav evening at the Old Church. in the lower
end of Hanover COUNTY from which nlrcn they
cor.ld bear cit srr northward toward Port Rpval
or eastward ia heir cunhoats on the York River
Mr. L;a-cnmi. r<he kenner If tho tavern At the
Oh Church Is IN town last nigh. and reported
the Yankee G, Dairy in heavy force III that place.
and that they came from the direction of Rich
mond
THE LATEST
As We co 10 pres rumors come IN npon Us
thick and FIST Conriers are said 20 ne arriving
with arrnuuts Of Y,nkees here there, there and
every where t5ne who left Ashland A. 3 P VI
reports thar frev have burned the Frederic kshurC
railroad hrlge,over the Chckahominv. ten miles
from the city A a train started for Ashland
this evening. some uueasineS> is felt on account
of this report
"A FROM COLUMBIA.