Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-15
LOCAL NEWS.
FIGHT WITH RUNAWAY SLAVES

FIGHT WITH RUNAWAY SLAVES.
FIVE OF THEM WOUNDED.
On Sunday morning last, as party of thirty
fugitive slaves were making their way to this
city from their masters homes in Anne Arun-
del and Calvert counties, through Centreville,
Prince Georges county, the patrol, composed
OF citizens Of Prince Georges attempted to
stop them, and the slaves resisted, some Of
them being armed with old muskets, which
they attempted to use, but Intellectually, as the
pieces did not go on.
The patrollers fired in among the fugitiyes
wounding five Of them, two seriously, and
other parties coming up, arrested the most of
them. and the prisoners were taken in charge
by their owners, who were in pursuit and
overlook them at the point named. Five Of
the slaves were placed in Jail at Marlboro.
One of them received a load Of fine shot in his
face, totally destroying both Of his eyes.
THE FIRST DISTRICT REGIMENT ON A SCOUT.
On Saturday evening last detachment Of so
members OF the First District regiment, under
command OF Capt. Robert Boyd and Lieut..
Stiles, (acting under orders of Gen. Heintzle.
man, started down the Potomac in q tugboat
and protected by gunboat, on a scout. About
midnight on Saturday they arrived at Col.
chester, and seeing light near by proceeded
to land; and reached the shore after wading
through water up to the waist.
They discovered that guerrillas had been in
the neighborhood, but had left about tvo hours
previous to the arrival OF the boats. The Dis.
trict boys, however, marched a good distance
into the country in search of the guerrillas,
but did not succeed in finding them, although
a sacked sutler wagon and evidences Of the
robbery OF citizen showed that they had been
about. The District boys therefore returned
to their boats and proceeded on down the river,
Landing at different times at all sorts Of out.of-
the-way places, and on Sunday morning
landed at Occoquan, where they captured one
guerrilla.
They left Occoquan on Sunday morning, and
proceeded 10 Dumfries, whence they marched
SIX miles after guerrilias. Coming up with the
guerrillas, skirmish ensued, and the District
boys captured three Of them and caused a pen
eral skedaddle. Capt Boyd pursued and sue
ceeded in capturing two others OF the gang
who had taken refuge up the chimney Of an old
house. The expedition returned with their
to alsxandria yesterday morning
These guerrillas are an independent gang
who partake more of the character of highway
robbers than anything else: They are mostly
deserters from various regiments in the rebel
army, while few deserters from our own
army have joined them.
The following are the names of the prisoners
captured: Thos. Wood, Thos. Hungerford.
and Peter Morris, privates OF the 18th Georgia:
Lewis Carney, (sergeant) and ]. W. Walters
private of the 49th Virginia, (rebel) and David
Il
New York. ' - '''A
DR.. Mead, of the LIST d. c. and Mr.. Thomas
Smoot, well.known Virginia scout accom-.
panied the party and rendered good service.
THE DRAPr.-The following cases were dis
posed of by the Board of Enrolment up to the
hour of O'Clock to-day:
James Maxwell. disability.
Henry Lee, disability.
Fred Hughes, disability.
r. S. Walsh, disability.
Frank Brooks, disability.
5. Lazarus, alien.
T. Soland, alien.
Nath Blum, alien.
Daniel Leahy, alien.
VIM. Garrison, paid communication.
VIM. II. Howard, paid communication.
Richard Hunt, paid Communication.
Alfred Townsend, paid communication.
Henry E. Norris, furnished substiute-Pat.
rick Barren.
Enoch Sims, (colored,) furnished substitute
John H. Jones.
John Amber, tcolored,) furnished substitute
Joseph Marshall.
James Borland, (eolored,) furnished substl-
tute-Peter Dow.
William Stevenson, only son of widow.
John Reyes, only son of widow.
Charles Wolf, only son of widow.
James Martin, only son OF widow.
William Wilson, over age.
Thomas Connell, in service Sd March.
VIM. A. Crofut, enormously enrolled.
Michael Shugrue, only brother OF orphan
children. = - 4
Eli Wilson, only parent of children.
Daniel Bland, over age.
Robert Rainey, over age.
John Tracy, over age.
Henry q. Hack, over age.
John T. Scrivener, disability.
Charles Johnson, disability.
James Richardson, disability.
James Bell, disability
George Palmer, disability. rgz
M. @. d. Prince, alien.
Redmond Collahan, alien.
William Washington, disability.
VIM. M. Osborne, disability.
Thomas Martin, disability.
Albert CLARK, disability.
John @. Quaw, paid Communication.
George w. Downey, paid communication.
AlonZo H. King, paid communication.
George W. Cooley, over age.
Thomas Meg uire, only SON Of widow.
John Paine, under age.
Francis Hawkins. (colored,) accepted.
Frederick Atkinson, (colored) furnished
observation-disclosures Brown. |
Richard Brown, enormously enrolled.
Frederick Dates, alien. /
Wister Turner, paid commutation.
E. p. Cross, paid communication. |
Jos. Heise, over age.
Jos. Bell, colored, accepted. |
VIM. Watson, disability
Alex. Richards, over age e.-. I
Henry Nervis, over age
(}eorSe +. Wessman, furnished substitute
Edward Schrieter LIZ. r
g. Wesley Raefe; s .4.