The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-16


Waterloo, and yot the Yankees have fired MOAN
non, ordtred no Ts De,Ul, and proclaimed no
DAY OF Thanksgiving. What can they be waiting
for
ptnduus victory il, that it was giined over @
single corps Of q neral Hoods army, and that
that corps still retains its organization il spite O.
such tremendous loss
\ Ride Through the Raiders.
From the Hdc0u Intel iycacsr of Aug"ia.
At the request of q number OF gcntlameu, ]
write for your columns the following sketch OF
what saw and heard Of the operations OF the
raiders az wound Macon and Milledgcvilc -
l LEFT Macon Saturday night, at 10 O'Clock, in
the midst Of a drencbing shower, with special
Instructions from the Governor to the officers
commanding nc Griswoldville and MllcdgevIllc.
A ftll In WalDug creek from a stumbling horse,
and the swapping of n musket by an eNhilargtcl
picket, without commanding "Halt, brought me
to Gross Keys" There took the road 70 Grls-
woldville, with which Twas totally unac iuainted,
and which / was kindly informed was infested
with Hanks. Descending bill some TWO miles
further on, was aroused from lonesome rerorio
by the sound Of voices, and in few moments
heard the notes Of that old bacchanalian song
I'VE won't 90 home TN morning g..
l reined my horse suddenly into a cop3e close
at hand, when twenty-five drunken cerlcaus
passed, bawling at the top Of their Lungs
"IIe is jolly good fellow, Se.
1hey passed on and 20 did /. The las. fork Of
the road reached about three minutes after lt-
teen Yankees had left the honse and goue on
towards Mil edgeVille. / reached Griswoldyille
at O'Clock, iindIng il, as thought, in bl ize.
The fire proved to be train OF cars which were
fired by the Yunks about two miles above there,
in the afternoon. train of cars loaded with
refugees and their furniture left in the morning
for Macon, but was halted three miles short OF
the latter place. Another train Immediately fol-
lowed, which also stopped when II reached the
first ne To this the Yanks set fire, the plsscn-
tpFn ,fv,V pnta nd YhnnNGnlNAs a O
they could. When each car was well fired, they
uufasened the engines and started back towards
Grisvoldyille. When the train was under good
headway, they stopped the engine, but the tram
went OMIT being Gown grade-Daling and snap
pDgi fearful manner.
Arriving at Griswoldville blocks were put on
the track, which soon stopped 10, without firing
the Place, as the enemy intended. The cars were
so far consumed that no efforts were made TO
save lhtm. The en- inc wa, next fired, with dry
pine, ind the throttle opened, when IL started
with fearful momentum towards the train
which was standing upon the track lolded with
wOmtn and children. Provdentally the last
two ca g we've unocIupied. On came the engine
az the rate of hhy miles per hour, daSbing into
the rsin, split the first cur into two pieces, from
end 10 end, throwing II several feet on each side
OF the road, and passing bali way into the next
car. Three other cars were thrown OH the track,
but not person ON board was Injured. Had the
rear cars been filled, how awful would have been
the massacre!
but learning that a large force was there, they
declined to attack.
From Grswoldville / started for Miledgeyille,
thr, ugh byways and plantations, where arrived
at O'Clock L. NJ. On the way met MIR. ChOatc,
wi piloted the Yanks TO Gordon. He is n gem
teman Of wealth and intel igence. Here is his
story At O'Clock Z. NJ. the enemy arrive at
his house at the junction of the Gordon wagon
road with Macon. They numbered 22i, and
having orced him and a Mr.. Wood to mount
their horses 10 act as pilots, started for Gordon,
having just deprived Choate of all his horses aud
mules. Wood made his escape, followed by nine
pistol balls, but Choat1 they closely guarded.
! They moved rapidly but cautiously not word
spoken nor an accOutrement rauled They ar
rived at an old field close TO Gordon as General
Wayne'S train of soldiers passed in. There they
remained, still as GCath, until General Wayne
IassCd on to Milicdgeyille, and the passenger
train 10 Macon, when they dashed in, setting lire
to The depot, she'd and trains IL the freight train
which arrived before General Wayne, passed
through, there were not more than forty cars aud
two engines destroyed but if it failed there were
about sixty cars and three engines destroyed
: About thirty OF these cars and one engine be-
longod 10 the state road; one engine and eight
cars TO the Mill dgcyille road; and one engine
and The remainder Of the cars 10 the Central road
Tic cars were fired and the engines chopped with
F axes.
AT Gordon the party divided; one detachment
going down the road towards the Oconce, the
Other towards Mili,1goyille. Mr.. Choa,c was
taben ioNaIos the Oronec, but was released nj
No. 10
From ci'il,ns, prisoners, and negroes, 1 derived
the following taos, which carefully weighed, and
which, ihit Is, msy he considered entirely relia-
hle.
FROM Cor3,n "a rode rapidly towards Mil
ledcNi De. Alii,irE in sight Of the lights OF thC
city tity d, ti.cbC1 q scouting party, which went
close 20 lrlii & ptck. This party then detached
two mon dressed 10 leans, who went into the city
on iDUt and mo- ta Ihe very biyouac Of our men
tugacrg 90 ,hryCl -ntion with them. From on
mCuihty lrtTi I'd iac's which prevented an attack
Tlctucmy Immediately withdrew from Millcdge
fillc mfrctiug towards Grswodylle. Here
,ost that party, as reports beyond there were to-
confused and unreliable.
Here, then, was the programme. They were t
have burned Gordon before troops could be sen
through 10 Mille3geyille. Having done that, on
party was to march towards Ooonoe bridge, th'
other 10 Millodgcyille, and destroy both places
PIoIdeutally, they reached Gordon r half a.
hour too late.
had they been one ua!f hour sooner, the.
would have found hIlledgeyillc detensees', aut
az Ibis moment our cal it'll would have been il
ashes a shower OF rain capture Napoleon
half hours delay saved the capital of Georgia.
The iorce ht Miledgcyillc captured eight Nank
aud tWO negroes.