Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-07-29
LA1E,T From THE SGJ1 IL
TIE RAID IN ALhBAt A.

A cSt responpent Of the Atlanta "Ap!E"','
writing from Wust PJint under date nf Jlly
20, says:
The fact il, Phillips and his raiders had
come out from Decatur and struck tho " est
Point and Montgomery railroad, hrln"' here,
and continued to hover over it until yester-
day evening. when they left; ami last i.ig';
they rested at Lafayette. ] am unable 10 give
you positive information Of their Loiiga ha-
low. bat soouts report thu! they destroyed Tho
rail from Opelika toward Montgomery twenty
miles, and nearly rs far t1Hhri Columbus. -
They behaved very badly 10 the %cn'2sra. Yah
bing and destroying az they went, a"d The
furcs il estimated nc twenty fro ku't!rri. all
mounted, ard three small pieces Of artillery.
They seem now to be making their way to
Shsrman's army. but my hope and belief -
that "Red" Jackson viii intercept and Kali or
capture the last rascal of lhcrI.
A train leaves here this morning for ore-
lika.
The Macon (Ga) Confederate # tho Cd
Gays:
We lenrn from Columbus direct that the
raiders have abandoned tho Monfg aocry rail-
road, and have gone back To Sherman.
They tore up the read from Opelik. ives.
for Il distarce Of thirty Miirs, burning the
crass-ties, bending the rails, and !'7'toTins
everything else that they r"sa'ilc Gnni!.-
They pressed tina darkies all along 'ha lac
to assist then. in the work Of Le-trna'ioa.
At 0pehka, Ohehaw md Anhurn. they
captured a eonsiderell, quantity OF titi,"
meat and corn. They allowed the citizens t"
carry of what meat and corn they wanted
before ,sstting fro to the dcpots. A great
many horses and negroes were ssclen and
carried of. The force Of tho enemy WAS var'-
ously estimated Mt from two thousand t" thirty
five hundred. most probably the '"tmer -
nearest the truth.
This was An unfortunate raid lnr uH, al 1nr
means Of repairing railroads arc very limited.
But, perhaps, when We have 10 mora raiiroa'i4
to defend, our forces will he e1Ecar!ratet, ard
Kept together.
TBE RAIDERS A NEwspirEs.
When these cnterpriain:, raiders were IN
st. Clair county, Alabama, they slapped a
Ashville. Tho sanlc evening on edition" 81 tn"
'Vidette," Of that town. Appeared, With The
following announcement
DIsrIsou ,urD ARRIVAL NJ jor faneTalL
II. Rousseau, Of the United S,n;rt Ar'uy, Pad
our town tho honor ii u vi.it thi. morning,
accompanied by many Of Iii" !:ichls and nj.
mirers. The General locks well and "rnrrv.
Il ia not known ut present hos lnHr he will
briourn in our milst. lilo expressed himself
much pleased with the hcsriial!ty al! kid
ness Of the oitIZsnH OF Ashef,ils iiili me VI
oinity, aud WAS arraraHtiy we'll sai'-i'ol WIN
the manner III which no Wa enttri"'nt'.
The Stuff OF MAJOR li"ncral L. II Il '';ssehn'
U. s. A., paid our offce O vast ih!' m"rhlng
and kindly assisted uH [" is'uc our l"iI,ar i"r
to-day. The Staff ~ composed on IT," !''I"w
ing named o%tti ,ars:
Thomas e.. William. Hnl'''" I'' i'i''-
Try, a. a q.
Thninna \ Elk.n. Iap;"'n = k:"ia'Fy
Ca'a!rY, /. Z.
; j MGCJnnGl; Captain list ". '. | n.
U.
iptA,a AlIIr" ""'''"
L;sut. q. a. &. Larp,,n jEh | .wa Cnya!cv,
A G.
L. ID. Waterman, Slrrelu S:h IalinnR AZ
alry, Medical Dirrstor.
E. NJ. Rneor, Car:ain l",h Wisconsin NtI.,
Ton. Eng.
John Fry, Lieutenant aid AssirtGat g lar
ternius,er.
The cony Gr HE "NlI",tu" irAm, w!r;rl, We
mako tho above clippings '3n'n'nr tn3rrm'
other items. one Of Which tpc.ks in very .om
ulimaDtar. TAI mr. nf Mripr W,lliaran. uf i ma
seams stbf, ard another IN whist, the editors
are made to disclaim ali sympathy for tir
Confederate Government, and atone i"r eli
they have done 10 its i, hall. Tie fl % al
the I"V,dette" was no doubt sbaniancd ly thr
~, ~
the Yankees nj Ashyil:e. vh-n thn later took
puss, s.iou Of it md published IL soc"rd 'ii
tiou NJ liza Issue nr tho is b, ia which they
inso,t.1 ~, n,ronr.u h, ubnys rnpi.I and
a|n,;rn.J Cnr ,ba;rr nun h,u.Gt ,,rj T., cr-u.,,
u 60" ,rn, ia nnI,I;. r,.,l ,...
" "'oe " i,E. y, a., ....,;.,, =
cern'hs '"o '"J"' f'"P' W ""
alabanH'
RAlOi"' J." "i"h"'"'
Another Yankee rai1 has !frs"h ESQ "a
1aors;a Tho Ansusr, "t;,. l,i. !r' ii u.
s
Zo.h says
4 Yankee 1a,iiig Party Eia lr iiin'f 'Iir.F
snce 1T Conyels lIep,t Oil frii6f. Ihi- i""n
ID enc hundred aud-iilty miioa tran Augusta
and tbirty-ous from Atlanta. Al ;!.i- rincc
,hav caui,,red fun tr.iu.-u ir, IN, and! uns-
$500 - II 20 ,,,, Lnoen ,C ho,y many
'o"sS. .... ~. ,,,,
cars tne nfs' ""n o'",l:"I.
III aoeut I"c''c 'ic''"' "i'' ~ !"
Car. Both were destroyed. inc de-
pot at CUnyers Was alsJ burned M cI!>iii""r
WHO ese"leu on W. '"'''
hs wss riJior nf. l.. $40, trrt x rairra! tame,
but WIS not %injurrd.
At c .~vinptnn, thers Nr6 three hospitals
At last accounts, there wore "hoht ti;t'n" han
dred SIX and w3nId.d il rl:m. y II" at
,heac had been rcn.ovtd. All tho r~"sgita'
st,rss were alpG lett IN the ria ..
Tba ysokeca uI,o msJ, ll,ir arn5.r.are -.
con;ng,om E,iIsv III i, TOWN il fort, on. niles
from Atlanta snJ ,n- hundred rni thirty ,rr
Iu,n.,a Parties VII e,c,pel fran This Dire,
nv tlat ,ln,y SAW y ,l.u-,, sruoko arising from
a%ont thn i]nr,lity &C ,h. i,pn,, nd hurnoso