Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-04

this city Which, a. part q the neseFY o. tue en We
deem worthy Of rec nd:
A GALLANT DkKD-PaIyATE Jas. PLRAsANTs
Fruitful as this war has been Of heroic acts none have
bean more conspicuous for daring given is author
higher claim to TIE name and hop0rs Of hero than
the following which affords Us pleasure to record and
bring to the notice Of the public
On Tuesday morning, sbOas sunrise, body Of Yam
kSs cavalry, about eight hundred strong, under con-
nAnd Of Col Dlhlgren, passed the residence Of M.
Jluel H. BOEles, in GOooband county Private James
PiesssnbS, Of Company !, All Virginia Cavalry, nephew
Of Mr. BoWlss was al his uress the time ard asleep
In his room and was not discovered but SrousedD
time to perceive the Ysnkees leading off bis two horses
which they hai stolen from the stable. lie resolved at
once to follow them with his ria' though fO't and
reeapture his hor,es, possible, Or other one.
After proceeding three miles be discovered party
Of the Yankees, hftsen or twenty, in he rear, bat
dseBiag them too stropg to stssk he stepped out Of
the read and allowed them to pass SOFA alter another
party came Oehhd, and Jumping out and confront
ing Them raised bis rias and ordered Them to surrss
der. They complied, ind be started on LA rosrn with
hls priOners. II the same be captu.ed elsvGn
OShsrs, aud when near homs, discovered two mere at
the well, and ordered them 10 surrender. Surrender
Hell was their reply and one Of the Yankees draw
ing his revolver fred a. Pelsans who closed with his
adversary, aad placing bis ride within foot of his
breast h,ed and killed him ald Sip.u;ed the other
This did not occur however, before they had Hred
Peasants thFee timer within six eight pAseS, aud
when he already had eleven prisoners IN der his charge
BRILLIANT TScIDExr-E5UR NES ATTACK SIX HUsDEEDl
We have been furnished By an eyewitness Of In-
dubtsd veIasty with particulars of incident
which occurred, Wednesday morning. The Mountain
Road ten miles from the city aud developed degree
Of sAlAnty and atepdiy the part OF four citizens
Of HenrieO, mert1g the highest cOmnendltion.
o. Tuesday light, Sergeant Harry Wiusson, Of the
Henre Lgst DsgOOhs, (WhO e on a writ to hiS
fathers on iurlougb) thinking it probable Tia tae
Yankees would pass over the AountAia Road on Tier
D, made SEorl to get together some Of the
Company for the purPOse Of hsrrassiDg the e2eny.-
BE sOoa fOuld Lieut. Mcdowell, who readily Oo-cP,r-
ased with him bu.he two from the aseness Of the hour
only succeed in bridging 10 TIER assistance private
Cross, and one other member Of the Company, WhOss
Zane did not learn. "Wednesday morning, as they
expected, column Of Abous ak hundred Yankee cav
airy moved doFn the lane a. Genalen," the residences
OF Mrs. SlsAn Allen, the Mountain Road" and
passed along Tia. road in the direction Of tie Brooke
Turnpike. They vera undoubtedly part Of Grsgs's
column, from the Westham road. Alsu,enant stopped
At Mrs. Aels and ordered for hiEsef the breakfast
which was beirg cooked for the family SsVen others
stopped about quarter Of mile below, a, Capt. Hop
kns' and ordered breakfast there. Miss D,iA Hopknl
Whcm they compelled 10 DO tie hOnors Of the table,
minated to than that the woods full Of CcnfsG
crate sharrshoO.eGs. The rasces evidently dis
composed By the very oppOrtune hin:, and deTou ed
their meal in haste.
Ia the meantime, the four Coniedera o caTalrymen
had taken favorable position in tho woods and the
column advanced doHl the road, discharged their re-
VslVers Their ERE bEOugh. tie column to halt
Riding short distance back into the woods the four
again bred UPON the eaemy, Who being thus suddenly
S.s,ksd by a Zoe Of unknown strength, formed, as
quickly as possible IN line OF battle. The breakfast
eating officers lAEDg joined The column By this time
20 doubt confirmed the apprehension tsst the weeds
vs.e fled with rebel shArp5hoO.ers. The fur men
us1t rode 70 pain higher up the read and ed again
I 5 vOlsy caused the Yankee commander to give the
I'd to his troop Wheel 20 the right and it was
Oh. va with saerity, IAs column turnrs from the
" N u-tin road" atd galOPiug down a erosl road t.
Gvo The IRE Of tie "rsbels."
Lieutenant Mcdowell and Sergean. Wnton rail- 4 70
Their aid some twelve fifteen Of their oOmptry, AID
pursued the Is;reatiag Yankees Ols Of PLrty
KILLED Yankee uho had Siarg' Of n anbu a-e, aud
doubtless other damage wa tao;,d By o. NJ on tbs
Yankees OF which ne have 10 ro.ount. The, ainly
deserve great oredi. foe VIA. they accomplish.
The Yankees carried CT three valuable 70 men
from ''GlenAllen, one of whom escspsd and returned
50 his Mistress.
TIE EsHF AT "sLxsBERRr"
We have heard various and somewhat eon6o ing &C
counts Of the affair a. near Green's fArn, o. the
Westham road, Tuesday night. Ia view Of TIE fact
that the eeh defense trooPs composed chi Ay Of
young who lad never besn eIglgel With the enc
my before il becomes interesting know the oircum-
stances under which they were ed into action. We
stated, yeStsrdIy, that Big. Gen. G. W. Gusts Lee
commanded tie entire force bat he was not on tie
ground a. We are informed, until the principle part Of
the fighting was OveF. His orders we're, understand
that the BattaOns should proceed 10 the brsassEcrks
on ne "Gfsvs road" where he PurpOsOd to join them
before the enemy should come within muskes ralge-
Il appears however, tina. Henlys Battalion received
orders from another source, to march rp the West
ham road" and We presume that the Armsry Battalion
received similar orders they formed and went in that
direction, in advance Of HsnlyS Battalion, and not
only proceeded as far the outer line Of fOrtae TONS
but from enc TO two miles beyond, to Mr. B3n. GEtens
farm, where the Yankees were reported 70 be.
Major Ford. commanding the Arm9ry Battalion, was
evidently sninstsd By patriotic desire 10 "pt;s in o.
thssnsny aud repsl them from his front without de-
lay his mea into tie business before them with
ardent zeal AID behaved we'll but being dsplOyed, (as
We hear iOm several sources on al open 6sd and tx
posed % tho fire OF ths Yankee ssValry Is NOS sur
prng that they should have fallen back in some coz
fuaiou, after delivering their Ere. Had they remained
where they Stood they would have been eu' to pi1ee
By the superior mounted force Of the enemy.
OOuhers iugitives and others conveyed information
.ho,t tbraa rnifaa in fha If