The New York herald., 1863-10-21
The Operations at tEooneviIis-Pr0mfsc mi &c "a
ous Robbery OF the Citfzens-S200,G0 GOO
Worth OF FrOperty stolen.

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From prominent citizen OF Bonneville. himself one OF
the victims of tho rapacity or 10. shsbys rebels
learn some artcnafs ot ther occupation OF that cty
and of their robbery or the czeas The rebel force tho
entered Booueve about twelve hundred strong un-
der shelby, with Coffee as second in command they
all mounted. They entered the city about twelve
O'clock on Sunday and remained til after dark the
day robbing and pillsgng indiscrininatey during
synpathles robbed all alike. Not single store la
the place escaped. All pundored- of them Of
large amounts Of dry gocds groceries, boots and shoes
The saddery shops Of which there were two in the city,
objects OF particular attraction 70 the villains and
were stripped OF every thing 10 them All the horses and
mules OF any value they could nd seized
off, The farmers in the country suffered nearly heavily
as the merchants In the city. II is estimated that the
rebel thieves is 100000 The following s list of the
chief sufferers city, with estimate Of their losses
II does not include the farmers who were robbed In the
johnson, clo.hier, So COO worth Of clothing Iamy
McFadden merchants s 900 w0rh Of dry goods Dunke,
gunsmIth 81 000 worth Of guns and tools Sah. shoe
dealer Sc 900 worth OF boots and shoes; Wortmeier,
co.hier 50 900 worth &C clothing Barnes sheriff. s. 600
and shoes; w. b. shortsider, saddle, robbed of every
thing hs shops Dorr, saddler, robbed u everything in
Eppstein, $500 worth Of dry goods; ". E. ghompson,
grocer 5000 worth Of groceries, Dr. rrgg 81 900 worth
fdry goods sombart, 5000 worth Of sroceriss and
hiram Rantz, $500 worth ofgreceries.
The county treasurer had $50 900 in bis Office, but
fortunate enough 10 get IL the river safety be-
fore the thieves entered the CITY
Joseph l. stephens, broker against whom the rebels
SpcCial Epnc on account Of tho loan mo
bank he copncaed with 10 General Lyon n 1851 had
his vault broken open by the rebels With sedge hammers
They tried TO break open tho safe aso but failed Had
they succeeded they would have been well rewarded for
their trouble il contained about s5 000 Mr. Stephens
succeeded in transporting the greater portion Of his funds
10 the opposite side Of the river before the enemy reach
cd the city. Hc lost however, about $500 in horses
The vandals destroyed all the records they could find
In the Court House. Dr. Trigg, prominent citizen,
postuate1 with them this piece OF wanton desruc-
tion and tod by the rebels that 1t thor deter
mnaton to destroy all the records and archives OF the
"Gamble dynasty"
While the rebels the city small force OF
State militia, under Major Leonard, appeared the Op
posite side Of the river and firing the river
took place, but II was attended with little effect Three
or four rebels wounded and horse belonging to
Major I.eonards party killed. shortly after the
enemy loft the town. and when about three miles out
General Browns force came upon their guard and
attacked it. The enemy made halt TO give battle, but
running fight was kept mp OIL the way to Marshall in
saline county forces harassing the rebels and kill
ing and wounding number Of them.