Daily national Republican., 1864-10-12
The Guerrilla Outrage on the Man Rssas
GRpRhIiroRd.

We find the following particulars OF the raid
aud murder upon the Manassas road in the
Alexandra State Journal of yesterday:
While going around tho long curve In the
drst piece Of woods beyond the Plains Station,
and about one and a quarter miles distant
from IL, about a dozen shots were fired into the
cabin Of the second locomotive, the Minot,"
and Immediately after both engines went over
the embankment, buryipg beneath tue wreck
all who were on board, and Instantly killing
four of the number, viz; Mr.. NJ. j. McCriCk-
EFT, superintendent of the road; Lieut.. Col. Guy
W. Fuller, late Of the 10th Michigan volun.
teers, and appointed a conductor on this road
only two days since; Charles Brooks aud John
COwling, aremen.
Conductor z. J. Bolt was so seriously in
jured that he died In about twenty minutes
The engineer OF the " Uniou," Mr. X. Whit
more, had his thigh and arm broken; Xiii III
Dry, engineer Of the "Minot," had vL,H'
slight bruises, and ball graZGd his c.-Jk .
John McCrumm, engineer, cut Ou tho head
and spinal injury; Alexander Benedict, I1u-
duetOr, leg badly bruised Theodore li'cr, ono
of the guard on the train, belonging To the
2O2d Pennsylvania volunteers was shot through
the body, his wound probably mortal; John
Roach, Ssh Illinois cavalry, shot through the
| shoulder-bad wound
Mr.. W. IL. Glascott, nn agent Of the road,
was buried under the tender OF the locomotive
Union," but escaped from serious injury by
the tend.r having fallen upon a stump.
there were also on the train two s-ldiCrs
who had been wounded in a guerrilla iigh; in
the morning, and who were being brought
down to this city. Their names arc Gilbert
| Silly, SLh Illinois cavalry, flesh wound, aud
Wilson Hunt, lGth New York cavalry, slight
wound in the shoulder.
There were fifteen prisoners, guCrrlilas. on
the train, who, Of course, escaped during the
confusion. The small guard on the train were
not able TO effect anything against the attack.
ing guerrillas, who were mostly sheltered by
the trees, and so they, with tho civilians who
escaped uninjured, fed into the woods on the
| opposite side of the track, and made theiT way
TO the station at White Plains.
| The robbers then approached the wreck aud
| commenced an indiscriminBtc robbery of the
dead and wounded, and bestowing upon the
| wounded the most brutal and flcndish malcdic.
tions. AS soon as the disaster became known
at White Plains, Major Albright, in command
| at that post, dispatched a strong force to the
scene, now deserted by the gucrrillas, and the
dead and wounded were brought OIL as speedily
as possible.
The loss OF young McCrirketi, who was uni.
| vcrsally beloved and estCg ned. has cast gloom
over this entire community, but more especial
ly do they feel his loss in the railroad depart.
ment, the scene of his brief but bright career.
His body was conveyed to Washington, where
1t will be cmbalmed and conveyed, under the
charge of one Of his most intimate associates,
Mr.. A. II. Holden, to the home Of his relatives
in Detroit, Michigan.
Lieut.. Col. Fuller was Il resident Of Iona
Michigan, TO which place his remains will be
T conveyed 10y his brother now IN this city. Allcr
serving his country noby for three years as al
officer, he was Anaily brought dOwn by the IN
famous designs Of cut throat5 and assassins.
Mr.. Bolts was a native Of Baltimore, and had
been employed on the road for a long time.
Maj. Albright instituted prompt measures of
| retaliation, and long before midnight the hGa-
yens reflected back the glare of more than one
desolated hoarth-stOne. Retribution, swift and
terrible, must be mCted out to these outlaws,
it We expect to deter them from repeating
another such tragedy as that perpetratel yes
terddy.
We noticed Gen. MgCullOm at the depot las
night personally experimenting the dlspOsa
Of the dead and providing for the care Of thu
wounded. We understand that he asserted
that he would cease the running of trains Il
the front until q stronger guard had beer
placed on the road. If such Is his determine
ton we commend him for it, and VIC hope tn
result may be the complete extirpation of thes
banditti.