Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-20

zion and soon mad as many horses As .ne
sn,,aa could well handle, so starred 20 reJo,'
our Command. It was a beautltui saovaun
rrornsng and on QUE return we came 10
church where a large congresat''n iia 49,,
sembied for the purpose OF divine Wo'snk
ara TO discuss the rebel raid INA, my
dId not dream would enasnser u's,I pn
~ .as..,a. vactjon The grove surrounding the
s',roh was filled with vehicles OF all de-
srrintions. each drawn by from one to FOUR
az horses lust the kind that we needed
20 draw our guns. and we proceeded 20
take our, pick Notwithstanding the plead
ing tears of their owners, but our ieaoer
assured them that they would be paid for
each and every animal taken, and pro-
ceeded to give regular vouchers to their
late owners payable after ratlhcation
of peace between the Confederate states
OF America and the United States of
America This last addition brought our
drove up to about two hundred horses.
quite as many as our small squad could
handle so we pushed on in the direction
of our friends, but had not gone far when
an old woman, living in small house
Immediately by the roadside, stopped our
leader and begged that we would turn
back, as the Union cavalry were on tnat
road and would capture and Kill the
whole party. OF course. we thought she
was trying TO deceive Us, so pushed
straight ahead, soon entering the noun
tain, where there was but one
road, and no chance TO turn To
right or left The officer and two men
were In front ard the balance of tho squad
I'm the rear to hurry the horses up. As the
head of the column turned a sudden bend
in the road. behold, double line OF blue
nc rsemen blocked the way; no chance, 10
get by unless we could break the line
three against a hundred Our first thought
was to turn and retreat, but heard the
reports of volley In the rear our COM
mander, drawing his revolver, sad: men,
save yourselves as best you can, ana
started full speed into the blue line, as II
he expected TO break II. a vOlley came,
and we saw him struggling under his
horse and dozen carbines aimed at him.
He again cried: Save yourselves, men, II
you can" Dismounting, the squad took
10 the bush, and. owing to the rough ma
ture of the country, the cavalry could not
pursue, and they seemed content with the
capture Of our commander and two men
The balance of the squad turned up in the
next day or so all right, but footsore and
hungry, and minus even the horses they
had ridden out of camp. The three pri-
soners were finally paroled and came back
&c US. Not one Of them had been wound
cd. a. >. DttE w nj
Private Artillery. Third Corps.
CThe writer hardly does justice to Cap
tain Chaniberlayne in describing the
above affair He had about ten or twelve
men with him, and of these only five or
six, possibly three, were armed, and they
with weapons of various patterns, such
as could be picked up around an artll-
lery camp. When he ran into the jessie
scouts (named for Jessie Benton Ere
mont. General Fremonts Wife, crack
Federal regiment OF cavalry ne caiieu
for the five or six armed men OF MS parry
deaving the others to hold the captured
horses), and placing himself at their
head. ordered charge, and led 1t. inc
outpost fell back on the main body, ana
capture was almost inevitable, seeing
which probably Captain Chamberlayne
then told his men to save themselves as
best they could" -Editor)