Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-19

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| FROM SHENANDOAH yALLEY-NEWs FROM WEST
ERN yIRGINIA-DErAILs OF TIE RAID.
CUMBERLAND, MD., Jan. 9.-Perhaps by
mere accident. rather than through gross neg
| liGcnce on the part of a rebel brigade COM
| maader. We have become. possessed of m OIL
cial document setting what was intended to be
ttc original plan Of. Gen. Early's late opera
| ti1rs
have not nowtlie opportunity to enter in
| to det1ils, but il. agsneral way will state that
General Early trns 10 cut the Baltimore and
Ohio Railrosd aisrtinsburp, and by n com.
bipation OF i,,n vsirsEts attempt the capture of
suah, I Mon forces " were betwsen Martins
hurg end Nag taseis 4. tho latter, pia:e
tieneea! Earlyha,!:: heard that We were con
crutrating tr0oTs III Mnrtinsburg and having
eriil vas there with /: strong cavalry force, de;
termincd, after. Il consultation with several
rebel commanders, 10 alter his plan-he com.
ing to the conclusion that he would not at
| tack MartinaburS with any likelihood of sue
cess, and that be could not now retreat with.
without bringing censure on himself for hay
without also having at least made m effort to
secure his object CT iniurc us in sorno way
He therefore despatched Generals Fit2hugh
Lee and Rasser to attempt the capturo Of the
garrison ut Petersburg, Hardy c0u..;y. How
this failed the reader already knows
Russcr was to try and get into Cumberland,
and capture or destroy the stores there.
Both Lee and Rosser failed, because Early
could not get to them the promised reinforce
lncnts, with artillery, &c. This is what the
official rebel document says in regard to the
late movements and ths different IlGns ndop-
ted.
We have alss become poss sscd Of very i'm.
roriaut information in regard tH the strength
ard position Of the rebel commands, end the
asowrd Intentions of several rehol officers in
high position.
The question is asked, why did not General
Kelly inllow up the rebsls whom they CONS
,ncnrcd to retreat! This question can briefly
and satisfactorily be answered thus: The re'y
elements TINT iutcriCred with the rebel move
mcnts also retarded our own, and prevented us
from inilicting that injury on the raiders thet
wn otherwise could haro dons.
The effort was made to follow them up, and
our cavalry did attack the rear Of one or Fwr
Of the encuy's columns, picking up stras-
glrrs aud the like bus on 4 careful cons de: o.
ton nf tine whole facts of tho case it was
found that a general movement at that time
would Eavn Eeen hazardous in the extreme,
irrm uncomfortable physical causes, besides
entallinG fatal effects to large number of
men nod horses from the Severe state Of the
weather. Besides, what would havc hccn
gained? Even concedinS tho fact that our
plans would have been entirely successful,
the result attained would not have been any
where near an equivalent for the losses, from
from tho effect Of the weather and other
causes, that VIC should hese necessarily hcel;
compelled to sustain. Gen. Fitzhugh Leo i;
ono time beloved his object to have been Sc
cured eHtctually, and gave out that he had
captured the garrison at Petersburg, and tha!
he would certainly get into Cumherland CT
NsS Crcei: Cc tho ea;3wins day.
The Philadelphia Bulletin" of the 7th,
gives the following account of the late gallant
exploit Of Gen. Sam. Jones:
Il despatch dated Cumberland Gap, Janu,
ary G, says:
An overwhelming force, under SAM. Jones
l1;.de = descent upon email body Of our
troop, stationed near Jonesville, Va, consist
ing of about 290 nen of an Illinois regiment
communded by Major Beers, and eighteen
men of Wells Ohio battery, on Sunday last.
A desperate resistance was made by OF:
troops, continuing from A. NJ. 10 3 P NJ,
when we were obliged to surrender.
The attacking force numbered about i 900
men.
The force captured were guarding country
which wls our main reliance for forage.
ANOTHER INVASION or.MARYLAED.
TIE New York 'lIerald," of the | lLh. con
tnins an in.c:afutei Rebel letter, of Deaeml. CT
;;ist. which states that General Longatreci's
forces are with Lee, aud that the latter has
nature,i and is about to consummate series
Of manuuyres ard, albeit, bloody battles too
T!,c writer says tue day cannot be far cil'
VIXEN we shall embrace each other in Mary
lari-in the old homestead in Baltimore
beneath the victorious ''cross Of the free and
recognized South !"
The Baltimore American" Of the 18th,
sayJ the ''abovc is either manufactured ny
some of tho rIerald's' sensation correspon-
deats, or The letter is the production of some
very tiliy reEel-in either case it is equally
unimportGn.."
DEpA ARTNEST-Or IHE GCLf-REPoRTED COEcEN-
TgATIOI OF Con FEDrHATe FORCES IN TEXAS.
The steamship Columbia, Captain Barton,
from New Orleans December ,, via Havana,
arrived a. Ncw York en- Sunday.
Information has reached New Orleans, from
three or four different directions, that all the
rclel troops which have been operating in
Wceforn lmuisiala, on tie banks of the Mis-
'issip,i, and in fact the whole force Of the
: lemy, aGe gathering in Central Texas, and
uniting to form onp large army n attack our
new acquisitions on the coast of Texas. They
will numhor &c least twenty thousand. Tie
most ample preparations hayn been made to
nee. this force as we'll rs possible with TIC
number of troops in tie Department. There
will aoou be news of great interest from Texas.
REBEL RAIDS on THE KiEAwHA.
On Saturday nigHt last the rrhols, nndrr the
command Of Ferguson 'nf Wayne county,
made 3 daah into CoalSmouth, twelve miles
hanwsth this place, on tue Kanawha river
They made clean sweep of the goods r NJ.
Lewis store, and also Of a pretty good snrply
in the store of S. Benedict, Esq. ThoY took
moro or less property from private houses, and
mldc prisoners Of several citizens and few
loose soldiore, all ofwhom were released on
parole after being taken few miles from their
homes. They took away all the horses they
could find.
We learn that similar raid by dctacii-
mcnt Of the same rebel caTalry was made TN
the esunc night into Winfield, Putnam county,
tasipg away nil the goods snd horses they
c,pld capture. No Union forces were rrcfent
- protect these places. The rebels made Sord
heir retreat back from whence they came, gitl.
their plumber Charleston fWest Va Repub-
Lean
GENERAL BURNSIDE.
The New York Times" says:
General Burnside has taken ro,ms NJ the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he vii cwai! or
1ers from Washington. To wha. command
Or duty he will be assigned is unknown. The
.erorts that he has been relieved from corr!
ngnd, or that he is about to- rosign are uutrrc.
So long, ho says, as he can serve his country
md have health and strength to do so, he in-
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