The New York herald., 1865-05-29
A T. A . A M A.
Additional Details of General GrierSOn's
Raid Through Alabama.

Business Reviving i'm Mont
sft gomery,
Our Montgomery Correspendene.
MONTGOMERY. Ala, Nay ., le6A
ASyXRs m MONTGOMERY
Business h gradually being resumed, and good Srder
pssvais generally.
Ye thoaGre under tho superntendenOs Of Professor
- MAur Bingham, re-opensd last evening" snd was
Qake respectfully attended
thousands Of negroes attend daily at Colonel Bakers
sAce who chief Of the oommissaxiat department ap
Vyng for saons and In addition 70 them many Of the
most respectable families, who have mot the wherewtha
- obtain food the rebel scrip worthless and they
Dossss no other fundA The number Of rasons issued
- whae people number dsily two thousand, ana 70
sshorsd FIVE thousand
NosrsoxKRY, Ala, May !, 1865. Il
~ transnores ] D. Swain Red Chief No !, Virginia,
- Jennie Rogers arrived from Mobile this morn
~, bringing dates from the North, which were
nost acceptable they the nst boats which fol-
lowed the command under General Steele upthe Aha
eama river No gunboat attended them and they arrived
without any trouble from gueras during tho three days
,hssok them coming from Mobile
q MoNraexcnY, Ala, May 9, 1885.
YreveG Major General B. H. Grierson, with two br-
ssaAes commanded respectively by Brgadier General +
! Lacas and Colonel Joseph Karge Of the Second New
.1snsy cavalry, moved from Blakeiy Ala
lsaeral Lucas masched on the 9th Of April towards
Claiborne on the Alabama river When nes Mount
Neasant he encountered the Fifteenth rebel cavalry,
sSoas fouEhu.dred and Afty strong He dispersed
SAAn killing number and capturing seventy prisoners,
swo battle flags and one piese Of artillery.
Colonel KsEge's brigade moved from Blakely on the
1ssA CT April proceeded northwest Greenve thence
sas4 70 Eufaula Ala the Chattahoochee river Gen.
Lnes marched from Claiborne TO Greenville. thence
aosthwest 70 Union Springs the Mobile and Grard
nAnroad
Upon their arrival Troy tho county seat Of Pike
sssnty General Grierson met BY flag Of truce with
ABspatchestnformng him that armistice had been
agssd upon by Generals Sherman and Johnston, with
visw 70 FINAL peace. Also at the sane time he was
AAasd copy Of rebel paper, printed in Eufas,a Ala,
,ansuncing the assassination of President Lincoln and
Secretary Seward.
He eonsuded TO move TO Eufanla In order 70 more
eaaty ssssst conmsnd. From this point they had
azEesd communication with General Wilson at Macon,
sosorga and tclesraphsd from thence TO General sher
1ans headquarters in North Carolina
xAey remained at the above place fsur deys when
sAey received that General johnson had surren.
spssssd tho arnisties. Accordingly they Procseaed
soay vs n. 4 sSsou county,
me people throughout the country were extremely
1saly whipped and willing to sry the old govern
aAn& miaus slavery, once more.
aspss Many Of these mech neenssd against The
aAna snd Ych secsdnists who have urged ana forced
y ID S. sss
Shrouehena Ahe country V alnnos entirely broken 1p,
saeosSs portion * the community are anxious for the
9ssssnes Of oar armies that order may be restored
oaGAKzArI0N OF TIE ExPxDsryoN.
nntxa afiopr If thQ tvwO
rnAsd in ts march, isBrevet Major General Grerson,
n Jsrsey 1sians sys1g
Ac1inG AssistanG Inspector General; Capt G. Arthur,
ssnrfssary Of Subsistence; Capt. J. n Gioius Second
General Lucas brigade consists OF the Second Illinois
Ssesnd New York Veteran and First Louisiana cavalry,
I'D Second Massachusetts, battery light artillery
SssSs consists Ssn, q rass ;nS eood .sS T niw
These troops temporarily organized In this man
as this particular expedition on the 10th April 1885
AuaAred miles General Lncas' brigade excepting de-
sahmen Of forty men under Major perryl arrived here
- the 9th, and COL; Karges on the 7th May.
PgRRY's KxyBDITrox.
TAs expedition under command OF Major Raymond n.
1s.s xprn, wnich consisted Of the following oalccrs:-
CASA w. A. snsw, Lieut. U. 8. Russell Lieut.. W.
s...ssy, - Numbering forty @ Ave % men Lieut. j. n Ellis
assompaned the expedition o. volunteer AID Passing
sssy Sestroysd.a large amount Of properly Belonging
- the rebel government and coeetcd large quantities Of
s enS %ss sso Of samaen the second nh they sa
eamped Before daylight the next morning Major Perry
s.isaiins ferce Of some two hundred and ay TO three
Anndrsd men and two pieces OF artillery 70 dispute their
psogrcss and their captre Of Camden The enemy were
iaformed Of our numbers by a Lady who lived
shs sncamping ground Of small force They resumed
shssr march, and soon encountered the rebel pickets
about three miles from the town, when or men drew
Shsir sabes charged them, driving them into
eaA behind fences from which they sent in voey after
votey This gallant little band, however, completely
routed them, capturing hundred, killing six snd
woanding thirteen; also capturing ono twevepound
Aswitzer They parolsA the prisoners among whom was
Colenel Good commanding the local militia OF the county
when they entered Camden the ladies' treated them
ssss Gs and "a tkar request disiilery, containing
sbeot two hundred barrels Of liquor was destroyed
q pet name given them by the ctizens) started for c
San, where they learned another body OF militia
hs ssns ans
sana river The maj.r, going forward, PLAYED secosh
lad been wounocd, which Ne used as his own he
bcskoned 70 some Of them 70 come over and take hun
came over and were surprised to find themselves in
Yankee hands The militia commander advising his men
., 20 home, permission was given the five 70 reaurn,
when the officers crossed with them after which
they parted on good terms fairly outwt.ed
Bridgeport where they communicated with our feet on
,the Alabama river. 0fsoem expressed surprise
any Of men in such out OF the place In rebel
dan. From this they 70 Bragg Store Snow HILL
0Ari0wvhe, HaynevHe, arriving at Montgomery the
- 04hay with some slx nunofed horses anc mules and
about many negroes There In not at pressnt better
xnountsd company In the service.
Soma amusing incidents occurred on the saute In
ramdon Lieutenant Russell possessed himself of VIOLIN
aud obs ming gong from the hotel marched the priso
through the town, playing the weH known tune "Yan
es Doodle" which caused some of them 10 look ghty
shecpieh. sOn another occasion, arriving at place
where cur army had passed through aud had taken or
all the horses aud mules most of the citizens came
begging for some condemned stock which was freely
given to such willing 70 kiss flag IN presence
Of them all Major Perry, however, competed
20 stop thL all the people In that part we're consent
anG To kiss title flag
Among the negroes brought IN three husdrcd
found sound and servceabe aud handed over, willing
sand pleased 70 General Hawkins, whose brigade they
gro In