Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-10-30

with the Army Of the Potomac, oatl'is from
WYrrentor 22l instant. says:--' Last Sunday
T rode from Alexandria 70 Bull Run. II was
nv misfortune TO meet with Nloseby, and my
good fortune nos to be captured. / was ga'lS
caoDng along the turnpike thinking OF this
very individual little imagining him to be the
devil that would soon appear. As l Inounieo
nv horse observed on the newly "hite"a5n,
"a wall Of the building notice written III Ereat
scra,,,,ling letters, similar to what boy would
compare the autograph OF Jack Sheppard;
written upon the paror wall OF a pundereu
mansion. The writer Begged leave 10 IN,
torm the people Of Alexandria that ne had
this day ''dined in the MarSha House, On
the same line with the date, September 50,
MAJOR MosEBY, "
Wondering very much il this man mad
been here. and II he had slept in the room on
the same landing where Ellsworth was killed;
I failed to notice an excited cayalrynlan, who
was hastily telling me that the Individual "ho
now troubled my mind SO much mlght trouble
me Tor NY purse, my Watch-nay, more-uly-
self paid less attention to this lntormatlcn
than did Lochiel to the foreWarnlngs OF the
Llaitled a.d bonneted seer, Soon came to
company OF the ID New Jersey Cavalry,
and was quietly passing, when tw~nty five men
IN gray homespun sprang from the bush,
shot sergeant through the thigh, and cap
tured Gait Gallagher, after shooting his
horse They effected their escape: Ihe men
were not drilled, but one or two had pistols,
and | ehnk they should have rescued their
captain. They did not. Two or three trains
turned back, and | was almost persuaded that
it would be impoesl le 70 get through 70
Fairfax [ started, however, and gaIlpped
through in Il short tine, Moaeby has den
in the forest He captured man in the Tooth
Pennsylvania the last time the - Corps cross
into the woods about 80 yards when a little
IMAM stepped adroitly from behind the cover OF
a huge oak, presented revolver at the sol
dier's head, and intimated to him to keep
quiet. All this time the Second Corps was
slowly FLEEING along the road within sight OF
Moaeby and his prisoner. lie led hlm by
secret and unknown paths TO lar il the
mountains where We're other prisoners, suffers
wagons and others engaged IN the same
kind OF calling. Every one living in this por-
ton OF Virginia would die to serve this man.
They are his lookouts, his pickets his vldette$.
Nothing passes their dools but Is seen hv them,
and information sent 20 Slossby. lie gives
Ihem q share Of the plumber. a few miles
from Anandae, On the road leading to Fairfax,
stands comfortable looking frame building,
wi, the usual Southern our buildings. 1t IS but
little oyer ewo mouths since Que Of our soldiers
stood ut the front door Of this house and Shot
Moseby. Every one thought the wound fatal.
4 friend took HIM to Upperyille, where he vas
| carefully nursed by Mrs. Moseby, and now be Is
waylaylnx people on the same road, lie can
| never te captured by cavalry All last win Ter
S1ahl' . cavalry were busiy engaged in hunting
hun, We could attend 10 brigade OF Stuart
caya ~ nuch easier thAnh3. His haunt IS about
l.nnerxlA ilne hl1ndred Go1.d men march