Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-04
FROM SOUTH WESTERN VIRGINIA
ANt EAST TENNESSEE.

hOu . " 1 II W LIZ Lt'RN flIsOANA II
ANr EAST TENNESSEE.
The sntiainei ext1aois Respecting ths stu
alton Ct aTair. in Sou.hwcEtern Virginia snd
East 1cnrassso 10 obtain from Ito Bfisto
&C .z2t:e' 9! Ths::,iiy:
oUS fIRC.s.
G:n,rai V:v-l.f, "a falli=R b:sk to Gutter:
Sstian. G"ncfal 4 :i.;a;~7 il ordered 10 thit
vicinity. lfsuoi: ID tbs l. Tas Yankees ore
coming from helow. = axe said 10 bs
o1ining throasL Pound g
The orie: OF Ganeral Ala, Calling to tht
fold every mala Of the wit: ;ruiation frvu
ae1entcnn to fifty, is heing :0T- ~ 10 known
to the people. Ihs call is Ic,t':' :.
GREAT EgciTsEEHr
Wa ore cEo;tcd hara, :. + y g lzat.e,
astho 5xI eeted rail cf Ger :, i.I.britss from
! Kentucky, through PGua.: Gap, como eighty
miles from this place. We wore excited few
days tince, learinS that va Lad not foroo cuff
uieot to meSi him. Ills l)rco il reported t,
usaeral L ;lois ui 5000. We have now read
f., ,'.uy amcygnreY in this D.: ,tiaieat forces
J suiie,rGa l, minp Lila, p.ii 10 hold in chaos
any raid tia. ,ulaJ 10 son. in thia direction
: from Knoxville.
Hen. Echols Is aiiv, as t. tha interest o
this Department. Gsasrals Vaughan, Vii
! lianr-, Dlke, Cusby aid L b;ason haTa soei
: to rluaiI If this Mar to be dsuhted by suon &
iurca AZ B.!bliigo would rweep this country
With. When last heard from, ks wls reported
10 be IT tho rcu.h or Beaver, destined ful
Pound Gep. Wo say lot him eone ia anC
welcGma.
|
The a1j;G,e We publishod las: we.E Of g
fight il S!ott county, Va, between deserteIs
| and bushwha,kers and our own forces, turns
| "a: to bd ~ gene. Al row among our own men
! IL peens ;l.At ihs Company sent tnsre by Gen
! Va ,gl.an to lock sfirr desCrters 81. instead
ri isL'iug tbs eremv, gor iutu light between
themselves. T4o following particulars oi the
! tf'.r sr, lhrh;siei lis hy Msssrs Henry L.
| der, three !;a1uutib.e G!iz,na Of the county
himref
| TEsy state ii.as tho oImpany referred Il
! cams ,h'o lha county on SaGday, AID, alter di'
vldirg into ihreo squats, Commanded Dy O
captain .ad two loutenants, encircled the
"Hinny Srk" neighbo1hood, and, after rob-
hing ard amtusbinG nearly every family
they passed, including widows and soldiers
| faniliaa, met about the csntre of the Sink
country, when each tqlal being drunk, IA
law tzcaptei,) commercod firing upon each
r..er, swearing troy hal found tho enemy
! Nhei ni:nr u tii6in Ttro wounded, several
| seVsrelY Alter this thoy b,oams somewhat
sJbered and determined - return and report
their victory, in doing 50 tLoy continued their
Expectations upon the best friends cf out
cAus. in tho c)un;y, taking every horse they
| could find.
As,hey passed II? T ,ba,t'S Cro:k they were
fred upon hy gaogur tiftOon or twenty de-
ssr,ora, who say they done it in defence Ct
their famiiics The whols affair is repre-
ssrltol aa rlaIt diagTaceiul thing and calls
loudly ulna Gsaoral E:hJls to havo it inVes-
;igated.
D5IEGs ;P DraEKTERs.
OA Friday night last como twenty or thiItJ
! daserters attempted to destroy tbs railroad be
tween tiis rlale and Abingdon. Some BIZ
niiies abova here thsY tore uD Il Ia, threw tht
WssteTn l,0uud train from tic track, aud at'
ptel 10 Lestriy WnllaGe'a tank, but be-
! nano r.a;mod ani eit befoIe executing thelI
! iesisD. Fourrf :hei7 number, we learn, were
rccCgr -, end ciFjr!s Hr3 boing mais 70 ar
rest them. Gol9nol Terry, commanding tbi:
post. Ta5 aitLr them 81 soJu OIL Information
reach Il him, and traced thum s;ms si1seoa o
| cigitccil miles from tho sJene Of uction.
The Lyra5hu7s "Rerubl:cau" Of Saturday
contains the foll5v:rg:
We have intelligence, perfectly authentic
that body Of Yaakse cavalry. whose rum
i.ar ars not stated, occupied Jones boro', II
Washington county, EAT Terresses, on yes
| te7,iay J.nesbn."' is iwan;y eight miles Iron
| 1,-istoi, Oh to E4-S Te;iaessea and Virginia
| raiiroat.
LATEST.
/ Th, FL owing y thu lai :at from i'Iia quarter
IIG.1Q'Es ARgr hosfHfRN Va,
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! Hen J. i. GEDEnS, S2critary OF War: