Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-01-31
APPOINTMENT OF sfcREr.sY5r WAX.

Gsne-sl John G. B:scsinriifo has h,en al-
r9in,s,l !s;oatctarY oi Wax. IN IlAoe Of the Hon.
Jamse A. siridlnr rsoignei. The seicnioh of
This ds:ineuiahsi 9alisr, ehH rrinhinea il. u
rlta degr.a the m,rlta oi lnioii-"t With iips
erlrrituco. i. .julrons. rrpaTlnns ani !opa-
lar.
IEc1paETs or TIN LATE RA!D ~ sDuTd wRsTstN
VIRGINIA.
The lo!ssa and suffering # lhs paopls Of
Sou:h-weH!6Tn Virginia havo Loan but in,par
fe7il7 known. although THAI ze.;oa, ssrarisliy
duIiug the PAST feS months, las botn the
sosns OF soma Of tbs rnost dcsoleiins ard
ruthless raids Ct The eusmy during tho war
The spirit Of ths People, und;r their nislor-
tunss has slsl hasn immuTsi in shallow, fIr
tho won't oi Gdoisnt mciis IF intelligence
through which thsir distrc5ssj. thsir alcyi-
foos and patriotic bcaripe ooald he isp;o.e'.
A correspondent writing finn sauth wenso7E
ViTgiaip, giTea I'D few IF ths in,i!cnts Of
Ru,bridge's retreat after taeir raid, which
concluded with the csptnre ct tho Salt Works,
which Te willingly publiai. as part CT al in
teso:ting record. The writer Gays:
After thsir departure from ths Sal. Works
they divided, Gen. BurbTidgs with his Gom-
nsnd passing through Russell via p, u I'd Gap
into Kentucky, asonenan and Gillian passing
down tho Run Vela7 through Big Hoigasir
Gap into East Tfruesaee. On thsr route
thsy committed great rcsny oHtfagi5. rob.
bing the etiseus Of thsir prcTisicns, horses,
&,, Among the sufferers vas NJ. Osborn,
a 1ery nd gentl,E,an, ret hblo l1 do rlrf,aing
=. all, Ils WAS rotbal aid treaia' in q 4hAms,
jul manner. They reached tfoaoasiu Gap in
the 24th Dto:mh5r, !h:TS lhsY cniEiuoE.od
committing thsif outrag.t upon jonathan
n1arrsCn, MI old hrit zealdus S1iisieFn man:
lie Ua4 robb.d Of alnnrt every rsatiss 0i pro.
Fe!ly lid Gu. VI lsrgh HuppiY o. 0fln6Viu.6hs;
they did not Iea7s him enuosh Tor ,nssl.
lila daughters deserve great credit t,9 tksir
fzmness and devotion Fl tnr csu"s, nntrith"
stapding they ware huIIeundsi hY the ous
throsts. ThsY isfenasd orr esuss IL tie last
and i"r that wsrs ulja..:ed to Il great iiamy
insults. They stusad Mr. Morrison, hrl.old
and inhrm man, snd threatened 70 kii him,
Thsy rent a dslanhmsnt of fly ms, nnder
| The n9io;i0ns Cal Nelson Patton, 70 E;tiuS!lle,
diHtsnce OF two miles from The Gap. Tkets,
as uslsl, they commenced com,oiltiny their
barbarouS Out1ag.s upon tI,s dsf,Heeieas ei:i-
zsBs. The ladios Of tia vilIsg,,I understand,
aotsi witL thht spirit waieh is e5araat7ristIo
of our town and d.Tolsi 3onihsrn lsdies&--
Thsy Cttsinly dsscrvs great credit fer their
irmacBs and unshrinSipg de7ot!cn 10 nur
esu.., Ual The l.disa he.n armed, so drubs
Lut shat they could hare Iun It's o"vatd!7
! Eretckes thGt cainc mp to iisSIrG7 :E.ir hssn
tiful village. They burnt store c.n,s;nins
ares amount Of grois belonging t. Fl. 8.
kane. g very prominent Southern man. Ali
of the prominent oitiseDs and n3ltIers mhris
thar escape. Thn3 came 7erT n:sT csptus::;z
The rsd-hsaded phy,i,isu. H.. isine yGy
daring, waited urtil they sppr;sche, .is vi
lagc, end, in Company 1;s, : cafihs cadet,
| out rrn .h:m. On thsir return lke7 vc-c n s.
al tia Gap by fifteen of tho irlTe cst.-s1.s nt
Dak:'s brigade, and ware put ii flight. tl.y
killing one, wounding three Gnh ltpta;i.e i've
| OF them, with thsif Sr:1,:treibents, ~i:L.'t.s
resolving Bstsiai from th,H. They Tii:R
irsi Oh gsvofsl tin,Is u" ths,I r0use tk2na "a
Scjtt. ttci. Vsnirr7snter n5s ihr:e OF 49,
| hunifsi Ia1kets, thEt cem6 uP Il 1nhssTil<
"a spsii, with eighty IF kis rsn rs:fT't'' al
| taGked them, killed, 1Gnnie,l Gii'i cap'u!sa 4
g3tti rnshy, and, had We Ea:s i.si! aI'in!aE,i
ii6n. could hs,s bagged Tho whois fsrty. hi
| is doing z ,od service with his nES cothnsI
in Lac and SCOTT, and il allowed 70 rsd,s /
| can protect those c5unhs. fr:u ths :snds CT G
mSroiIess foe,