Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-06-28

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OF GUIDES IN WEST
IGRN VIRGINIA.
The correspondent Of the Wheeling
Ate0gencer relates the following thrill
ing adventures of guides to the Federal
forces:
Occasionally we hear of incidents in
the conflict going on around US that re-
mind one of the adventurous deeds OF
the Revolution. Of some such I have
been hearing some outlines for dav or
two past. They relate partially to the
Union prisoner found in the jail at Phil
lippi, and released by the capture of that
place couple Of weeks since. I learn
that man named Leonard Clark, who
is we'll known, and knows the country
well in the surrounding counties, ten
dcred his services at Parkersburg as
scout, to the Colonel Of the 18th Ohio
regimen, and was accepted He is an
athletic, muscular, determined and dar-
ing man, and would like nothing better
than the perilous adventure upon which
he entered. 1t appears that, accompa-
MED by Myers, who is young man and
a German, from Clarksburg, he reached
the neighborhood of Phillippi on the
Saturday before the attack.
They passe the outside pickets with
out observation. and were getting along
very successfully in pi king up little bits
of useful information which they found
lying about loose But, boldness get
ting the better Of discretion, they APP
preached too near the town, and sud
denly came upon party Of drag agoons-
The odds were too great against them,
and being mounted, they wheeled their
horses and endeavored to escape. The
Dragons gave chase, firing at them rs
they run. The balls whist!ed around
their heads, several passing through
Clark S hat, but doing no other damage.
They dashed madiy on. pulsuers and
pursued. One Of the horsemen came
close up to Clark and he wheeled and
shot him dead with revolver. Another
came up and seized him by the left arm.
lie instantly turned the revolver and
shot off the hand at the wrist. But an
another and more appalling danger was
upon them. In the madness Of the
chase they had not anticipated what
might be ahead, when they suddenly
came upon squad Of pickets who, com
pretending the scene, ievclcd their runs
and fired at the advancing fugitiyes.
The balls passed harmlessly by the
men, but Clark 5 horse, after running
about fifty yards, reared up and fell
dead. He had been hot in the breast.
Clark Immediately dashed into a thick ket
where the cavalry could not follow, and
for time eluded his pursuers. Myers
was taken, carried to Phillippi and a
council held at once to determine his
fate. Two Of his fellow townsmen who
were present, Bob johnson and George
Lurty, urged that he should be hung at
once and without mercy, but Bill Coop
er, another Of his townsmen, succeeded
in having it postponed until the follow
ing NJ onday morning at five o'clock
Myers was at once incarcerated in the
Jail, and nothing saved him but the at
tack and flight Of Monday morning, at
IL moment which left but about half an
hour Intervening between him and the
gallows. a joyful sound indeed was the
roar Of the first gun on the heavy morn
ing air to that man, who expected moth
ing but that in few brief moments he
would be launched into eternity, and
dangle stifening corpse from the gal
lows tree. 'Beautiful upon the noun
tains" were the feet Of those who brought
him deliverance from SO horrible te;
and what must have been his emotion of
gratitude to his rescuers and an overrul- :
ing Providence, on finding himself
snatched from the jaws Of death.
After the capture Of Myers, Clark un-
dertook to make his escape by keeping
the woods. The cavalry could not fol-
low him, but the pickets, and party OF
infantry, which was Immediately sent af-
ter him, kept up a hot pursuit. He was
known to them, and they strained every
nerve to effect his capture. They scat
tered in all directions, and frequently
had him surrounded, so that he was
obliged to lie concealed whole hours at
IA time. Several times when thus be-
leaguered lie crawled like an Indian fol
a great distance to elude observation.-
For about day and a night the pursuit
was kept up, and he suffered terribly
from hunger and thirst. But life was al
stake, and merciless foes around him
At length he succeeded in making good
his escape, and arrived at Flemmington
where he was once more among friends
whose astonishment at lis appearance
his hat gone, his shoes worn to pieces
and his clothes tattered and torn-he re
lieved by relating to them the hardship:
and perils through which he had passed
His Official report is now at headquar
ters here. | know nothing Of the con
tents, but have CLEANED the foregoin!
from brother Of his who was here thi
morning.
gsa- -:'In my time, Miss" said sterl
aunt, 1.-The men looked at the women
faces instead of their ankles. " "Ah
but my dear aunt" retorted the yoan!
lady, "you see the world has improved