The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-05
The surrender OF Sco.tsvIIlo.

The Surrender OF ScOttsvIIlo.
Gallant and Desperate Resistance Rebel
0lttrages-The 1ol0n Pllndsred and Fired
blythe GISerT5llas-PGrtieulGrs ofae Raid.
Wo learn by private letter from SCOTS
vile, under date of the Goth ult, the par
ticulsrs of the late raid on that place.
Captain J. D. Gillum, with his company
of the sd Kentucky, was stationed at
that point to defend section Of country
covering an area of some seventy FIVE
miles, ana this, too, in q portion of the
State which offers every advantage for
the successful entrance of guerrilla
bands.
The guerrillas, numbering between four
and five hundred. under command of the
rebel Colonies Hughes, Hamilton, and
Doritv, made the stack on the night of
the 9th ult, yelling like so many tends
broke loose from pandemOnium. They
no doubt anticipated an easy victory, but
in this they were sorely disappointed, for
Captain Gilium met them with desperate
and bloody resistance. The Captain
gathered his little force in the Court
house, and fought them brsvely for up
wards of an hour, when his ammunition
gave out, and be found that they had
fred the town at different points.
Under these circumstances, Captain
Gillum cspitulsted with the rebel Colo
mel Hughes, who solemnly agreed that
the property of citizens should be re-
spected, and that there would be no de-
psrture on their part from the rules of
civilized warfare during their Oocupa-
ton of the town. They no sooner got
possession of the place, however, than
the usual pillsging and robbery of stores
and residences commenced, and every
thing that they could lay their hands
upon of value was appropriated. Not
satisfied with these uutrsges, in viols-
ton of their pledge, the clerks Office was
broken into and the public documents
mutilated and destroyed, after which
they fred the building, together with
the courthouse. By the almost super
human exertions of the citizens, how
ever, the flames were extinguished, and
a portion of the buildings and records
saved.
They broke open the Jail and released
two of their gang who were under in
dictment for murder. The amount
stolen from the citizens will reach $780,
600. They seemed TO be possessed Of
devilisb disposition to mulilate and de-
stroV everything that they could not car
~ off with them, and the damages in
hicted will be sorely felt by the citizens
of Scottsville. They made desperate
attempt to burn the Jail, but were thWart-
ed in their hellish design by the united
efforts of our soldiers and the citizens.
Sccttsville has been pillaged several
times by guerrillas, and the county rob
bed of most of the valuable property il
contained before the war. We are not
a little surprised that such an important
point should be left 50 exposed to the
rsvsges of guerrillas. The people Of
thai place have time and again appealed
to our authorities for adequate protec-
ton, but all to no purpose. The supply
Of ammunition was even scanty, and that
of itself would have forced surrender.
We hope that the appeals Of the suffer-
ers from this raid will not be made in
vain hereafter. a force of 500 men
should be stationed at Sc6ttsVille imme-
diately.-LouisUiIle Journal, Cd.