Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-06-20
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superior force, have been in the same neigh
borhood with small parties of our scouts;
and the later. crazy for fight. and fully
believing, now, that half dozen loyal
soldiers can put five hundred rebels to
flight, did their best to come up with them.
but when they came to put their sabers
on them. the valiant Virginians were not
there. TF
The other night. an old and wealthy citi-
zen of Beverly, Mr.. Grain, who had made
himself obnoxious to the rebels by his un-
compromising loyalty. was driven from
his home, and compelled to take to the
mountains for safety. Fortunately. but
the day before he had sent off his family
in another direction, to secure them against
the insults of the chivalry. The old gen.
tleman, after wandering in the mountains
for some time. finally reached one Of our
camps, and was brought to Grafton, yes
terday evening.
Only few days before he was finally
driven ont. Mr. Grains life had been saved
by his only daughter, beautiful and ac-
complished young lady. who had gone ont
to the mob which had seized her father,
had thrown her arms around his neck,
and had declared that they could only
murder him by first numbering her. Das-
tardly as they have proven themselves to
be, the rebels could hardly work themselves
! up to that point, then. and SO the old gen.
! tleman was released. 4r
One reason for the hatred to Mr.. Grain.
was the fact that when Capt. Chase. of tho
Indiana Ninth. (and second cousin of
Secretary Chase went down TO Beverly
with the private baggage for Col. Porter
field. he had been Hospitality entertained
at Mr.. Grains house To have any social
intercourse with loyal citizen seems worse
to traitor than communion with an Inf
! del does to Mussulman.
By the way, good story is told of that
expedition of Capt. Chase's. The rebel
commander. after getting his clean shirts
and his epauletts back again, undertook to
pump" Captain Chase. lyon are said
to have fine park of artillery. Captain;
how is it?' said the honorable Colonel
"Well, yes, SO have been told" respond
ed the Hoosier Captain. "Well. how
many guns did yon have down there az
i Phillippi?" "Well, sir, I'm sorry that
/ never saw them myself. so that l cannot
give you accurate information from my
own personal knowledge. But if you will
llbelieve what 1 have been told by persons
whom / know. and whom have every
reason to regard as reliable. can give you
a pretty accurate idea of our strength In
that branch of the service. One of the Of
icers Of artillery assured me that pe had
forty columJiods Of the largest size at
| PhiUippi, and that hundred or more other
gans Of the heaviest caliJre. were on their
,ody TO our compi" Colonel Porterfield
looked blank at this information, and soon
found it convenient to retire to Hutton
vile!
The troops at Phillippi can hardly be
held back from an instant march on the
enemy at the Gap in the mountains
They don't care anything about the army
wagons. they say; they don't want to eat
any for while. and can do without sup
plies; but they do want to catch the fellows
before they have chance to run again.
/ telegraphed you last night how the
people were delighted with the arrival Of
the troops at Cumberland 1t is thought.
however. that this arrival will precipitake
an attempt to destroy bridges on the road
between Cumberlond and Harper's Ferry
Nothing has yet boen heard from the pro-
posed attack on the rebel camp twenty
miles from Cumberland, but before this
has reached you. shall. doubtless. have
advised you Of its results. by telegraph.