, 1863-06-25
TIE GUERILLA RAID.



From Mr. Comingore, editor Of the Pao1i,
Orange county, Euyie, we learn all Of the his:
tory Of the recent rebel raid into that county
worth knowing, He says the band numbered
flfty-nine men When It left the Kentucky
shore, but one deserted On their arrival on
this side. They crossed at Flint Island, below
LtayenTorth, on Wednesday afternoon, and
went northward some miles beyond Lcaven.
worth, where they camped. On their way
they stopped and exchanged several Of their
jadel horses for better ones, representing that
they were Union soldiers in search Of desert.
ers, and that the difference In the value Of the
horses would be made good by the Quarter.
muster. here on the presentation Of tic re-
ceipt which they gave TO each owner. At their
camp they we're visited by d number of c;ti.
zens, who, supposing they were really Union
soldiers treated them kindly, and gave them
information Of the whereabouts Of two de-
sesters, whom the audacious scamps dciuaNs
till the ne1t morning. The next morning they
moved on towards Paoll, occasionally ex.
changing horses and giving forged Quarter.
masters certificates. and t4kIng The thing As
coelly as If they were what they said they
were.
|. By this time, suspicions began to spring up
and spread. and word was passed around
through the country Of the probable character
Of the visitors. Some miles south Of Paoli; a
| farmer, who was strongly impressed with the
conviction that they were On i stealing excur.
sion. mounted hts horse, and by taking short
cut got into Paoli ahead OF them, and aroused
the citizens, who turned out promptly, to the
ready to resist the daring intruders. In about
half an hour, or nearly O'Clock p. H., they
came up, but stopped just ontside Of the
town, and made some inquiries Of 3 person
they met ss to the course Of road lying in
view. They could sec people riding round
Il ,~sN
ders, and this Was hint enough for them to
change their course. They turned westward
On the Viucenncs road, aud kept on ahead Tor
a mile or two, when they turned north again,
aid went some fye or SIX mics beyond rloll,
where they stopped and took two horses, lear
ing but one in e1chaugc. Some three or four
citizeDs Of PaoI who encountered them, rode
with them the first mile Or two out Of that
town, and all, except DR.. Dill, were convinced
by the plausible talk Of the Captain u1iues, a
notorious gnerilia) that they were Union sol
6iers; but the Doctor wasn't to be fooled.
He had been In the army, and knew ''secesh''
By instinct. He took back to town The report
that they were rebels, and straightway prepa.
ratlons were made to follow them. Soon af-
ter, a number Of citizens from the adjoinlng
country and some Of the Crawford county
Home Guards cau1e up, md pursuit. was conf
K 1,,tncel.
The rcbele, from the farm where they took
the TWO horses, turned eastward, aud some
ELK or eeycn miles northeast Of paolf, encoun-
tered foul teen or fifteen Of the citizens posted
in the road, evidently with a hostile purpose,
and made them give up their 1orscs and arms.
The horses they kept; the arms they broke
ard threw away. This was between nine and
point, two citizens rode up, With guns on
tl.eir shoulders, TO joiu the others. nnd tho
rebels commanded them to surrender their
horses. Thry refused. One Of them was
Knocked off his horse with the butt end Of 4
gun, and the other, a Mr. sisk, seeing that the
same kind, jumped off and started to run. He
was fred at, and the shot struck him in the
back, passing through his body, and inllicting
q probably fAtal wound. After the shooting,
Of Mt. sssk tie guerillas went on to within
three miles Of Fredericksburg. There they
terribly bad bargain for them. They reached
the Ohio several miles above LeaTeuworth,
and for some hours travcrsed the bank hunt
inE for a ford, which the guide could not find
Al last, the guide protested to have found a
ford, and led the guerillas across shallow
be said, they could easily reach the Kentucky
shore. The guide q sucked" the rebels badly:
The stream beyond the ts1ana was deep and
| unfordable.
| whvn Clendcnnipg's Guards came up with
the Orange county men, to the number Of 800.
| They had chased the rebels closely, following
| them all night, and were only about twenty
minutes behind them when they reached the
| island.
The gueri1las, thinking to scare our men
fired couple Of vollcys, but they wouldn't
scare "worth q cent" But few shots wert
tired in return. Four or five Of the guerilla:
| started across the river to the Kentucky shore
but one man was drowned in full view Of oul
| men, another Mas knocked back into the va
| ter rs soon as lie attempted to crawl out OF
| tie bank, by some Kentuckian who had evi
IDENTIFY been watching the scoundrcls dnr1nE
the day, and three, including the Captain, 90
away, but 1t is said they we're captured by tn
Kentus kjans; fifty-three surrendered, mt
we're taken to Jcfersonyille to the penlten
tiury. They we're members Of the 4th Ken
tucky {rebeI cavalry, and said they had beel
with Morgan for = long time. They also sail
that they were the men who robbed Adams
i Express Company Of some 81, coo Or $500
| not long ngo, somewhere north Of Nashville
They Thought this could best be done BY play
ing of t'Un1on soldiers on the people, pre-
tending they were on the hunt Of deserlers
They said that after they got as far North d
they wanted to 60, they meant on their wa
back to steal and rayage at will, but our peo
pic gathered. up for fight too rapidly, an,
Compelled them to run without rayaging any
thing. It was badly ruined expedition, an
Its. final and complete destruction is duo t.
the guide who led them to the Island.