Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-27

Incidents Of the MartinsburgS Battle.

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! following incidents Of tho lnto great fed, n
victory at Falling NYatcrs, IIaincsyile, and
D1artnsburg, the south of tho Potomac -
Tho feat of tho contraband'' (Virgina Mig
gcr) capturing q licutonant, regimcntals and
|all, is suggestive p'
!" Tho most brilliant, during and dashing
| exploit of the day was the capturing of be-
tween forty and fly fly tsss!.cs;! prisoners by
body ofhorsomcn. After the army had eros
sed the river at Williamsport, General Neg.
ley's brigade divcrged from the main road on
loading to Hcdgsyile; Company A, of tho
18th Pennsylvania regiment, were sent in ad-
vance of tho main body MS scouts 1t con-
sisted of sixty.threc men At tho residence
Of William McGarry, Esq, a farmer, they
called holt, aud hailng one of the daughters,
inquired for her father, when they said'thcy
had an accodnt to settle with, as lie had been
feeding and harboring rcbol troops.
The young lady said she did not know
where her fathor was, when twelve of the par
ty started out to hunt. Scvaral Of the re-
naming troops now grosslyinsutcd the young
lady, ard said to her if she did not reveal
whcrc hcrfathcr was that they would put her
to death, and pointed their bayoncts at her
breast. At this stage of tho proceedings a
body of 25 horscmen gallopcd up, under Cap
thin Robert Swami. They were on the point
Of being fred upon, when Captain Swunn
shouted, "NIy God, men, don't fire on your
friends! Down with your muskcts." Upon
which they, thinking it was some of ther
own troops, obcycd the order. AS quick us
thought, Swal,n's men were off their horses,
and, withlrawn swords and pistols, demanded
their surrender, which they did without he.
station.
They then dsarmed them, and taking the
straps off their cantecns, tied their hands be-
hind their backs, and in this manner marched
them off through Martinsburg to- Winchester.
The men were ordered to march at a /" double
quick" which they complained thoy could
not do, as they were much wcaricd but Cap
tain Swann's orders were imperative, and
forward they were pushed with all possible
dispatch. The captain of the company cap
turcd was in town this evening, appearing
much depressed about the matter; the re-
manning twelve men refusing to march under
him, blamny him for their n,isforuncs-
Swami S party each took two muskcts in front
of them on their horses, and mad these men
throw awny their laversacks, &c. This was
q daring feat and was performed by u May
lander, and citizen of Washington county.
"Anothcr feat, and one moro humorous,
! was that Of slave of Mr.. McGarrys who
capturcda lieutenant of the same company,
disarnlcd him, and divcstng him of his re.
gimcntals,' sword and pistol, doned them him
self, and marched him prisoner of-war' off
to Winchester. Niger as good Us white
man that time"
TIE MISSISSIPPI WoMEN.-In Choctow
county, Miss, company of ladies has been
organized for some time under the name Of
F" Home Guards" numbering over one hun
drcd. The Nicksburg Sun tells what they
have done, as follows:
'Thcy have been constantly exercising on
horseback and foot with pistols, shot gun, and
rifle, and have attained such perfection that
VIC doubt if there is better drilled company
III the country. Each one is almost boone
with her rifle, and an Amazon in her cqmcs-
tran skill. We have heard that one lady
Our informant, Gen. II. G.. McMackin, could
not give us her namc,) in shooting at a cross
mark, one hundred yards distant, with rifle,
struck the centre five times and broke it thrcc
times out OF eight shots fired il, siccossiuii.-
She had a rest If any State can beat this,
VIC shond like to sec it done.
GEN. BEAUREdARD IN DIsGUIss-rhc
war correspondent ortho ~. o. Dciiu tells the
following
Gen Boaurc@ard, quiet and undcnonstra-
tive rs he is, has become the theme Of any
number nfanccdotcs, rs well as aruchwphnl
stories. Ills personal movements are often
extremely mysterious Ifc is said frequently
10 disappear from his quarters, dressed in Ike
nl;,incst citizens sclothrs and riding a Conc
,to%a Of Il hio',,y unwarikc chnrnrtcr and 70
be gone in ihs euiso tnr rc(min FROM sayin.
what lcnehth Of tir,c li, highest officers,
and most intimate friends, do nnt know whore
he has bccn, or what he has been doing. The
secrets Of his journey he keeps sacrcdly to
himself. 1t is noted however, illat when lie
returns on these occasions he is quite busy
with his maps and diagrams. and the infer
cncc is that he was engaged while absent in
making observations of the country beyond his
own lines and, perhaps, even within the lines
of thccncmy.
ARRIYAI. OF a SPY.-A man whose name,
VIC were unable to learn, and who belonged
to one of the companies in our army WAS
brought to the city yesterday asa spy. When
detected, he had concealed on his person
number of files for spiking guns, and after
discovering that it was useless to deny his
guilt, hc confessed that he had, under the
promise of large remuneration from tho Yam
kcc authorities at Washington, Joined our
army with the intention of spiking all Of our
guns, and when the feat was accomplished
Of giving the necessary intelligence to the
enemy to enable them to march on u.s. Hap.
PLY the rascal was prevented from consumma-
ting hia purpose. Hc was handed over to the