The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-30
Daring boO0tins on
tho PoujuauIa

We copy from the Selma fAla.) Reporter a
narrative. reiated hys correspondent. "' o"
adventure Of two soldiers on ths ie"'.s"'"'
one ct wnoni our. uassons) was formerly an
sditor of that paper;
| may here mention an act Of bravery Wnich
10 worthy the atsen tion Of the historian, whose
duty 1t Will ne to chronicle Tue daring anu
daring this bloody struggle. II being OF great
Importance that our commanding tenefa'
should % well informed a. tn tue iocntloi!s
and numbers OF tina enemys force snsn laHd
ing nerr W Ell Point, private Cussdus AMI ser
geant Hartley, OF our regiment, readily vol
Inferred for this darg eious service. IhHy
Were both men universally liked, and well
fitted, by some experience OF frontier ne ior
this perilous deity They left the regiment at
dusk on the evening OF the 9Th, armed win
their 1rus,y rife. ihe night WINS clear, and
a full moon shone or their figures ~ they dis
iri eared from ny view beneath the dask
Saw Of poor Hartley.
Pursuing their way cauiio0sly and ia al
lsncs, they soon reached the en- eM y outpos s,
which they succeeded In safely passing. Dnf e
vtnia she ensmy's tine, their prosI sss vas
someWhss slow, Il greater csutiod had 20 NC
EXERCISE, 10 eyade IN. numerous picksts,
which we're poStsd tisoush Inc WOODS. 1t as
men. midnight when these two brave sccu IS
reached the hank Of the river From tho poe
sition they occupied, lust below the crest OF
the bank and within three hundred yards OF
the enemy, they had hne BIRDS eve view or
everything that was going Or. Two boais
were rapidly d!sem barking artillery and Wag-
o g. and for. ihree were lying on In toe ri veI
After remaining 10 his position f6r aoous half
an hour, the scouts netsf mined 70 pass q
few hundred yards higher up the river,
for the purpose cf getting ne3rcr tie en-
etay's foIces. ana learning something iiom
their conVsrsatf0r. o 90 mis-, 1t WaH heces-
sarV for them to Withdraw from tbs bank.
a,.d luax+ a detonr through the woods. ans
Hbiie shus chan xing position, a mos. lament
able casualty occurred Passing continuously
through tina deep shade OF narrow vista ~
the woods, llst as the moon was s0!Lx GOWN,
tier attention was attracted by the sharp
CLICK of a gun-look land at the sama instant
they discovered the faint outline OF four OF the
enemy sta- ding within five PAGES OF them. Ina
scents halted, side ny side, with their suns
cooked and st the "ready." After brief pause
one Of the four, who appeared TO be- IN com
mand, ordered the scouIs to advance Gus
sous replied by demand to sOTTender There
was another n use; then quick III otion OF
the part OF the Yankee Wh1 had hrst spoken,
then four shots almost Simultaneous and III
RIA instant later, two more. q. ihs hTst Ere
poor Hartley fell desc, and two c; sns ensmy
biz the Gust. CussoGs reloaded, ana s:eppeo
behind tree. While Gaping His gen at ina
moment. the four meI on the mex picAf'
post, attracted ty the driug, advanced ~ q
rus Cussops waited until they were within
.bou: fifteen PAGES, anC then snot down sac
foremost ons The others. sesinG their Gem
panion fall, turned and n cd without nIing. 81
This time ths er tire picket was arouse :, ano
Cus.ons drew OF some sixty or seventy yards
lie 20 the woods when ne lay down aud W al ted
until the enemy bad formed into SO aaea. ana
carried she pursuit. half a mile Deso him
lie Their quietly banked up the rivef, and
PASSED around them, reaching our cam hooUt
sunrise. evidently none tho worse rcy the
lights adveuturs. In tns fight Of Wsdnes-
tay, our forces look the r-manter oS the
picket cons company prisoners, ana from
tnar,, we learn that two ware Killed and Inc
other mOrteily wounded One Of re killed
va: ORDERLY asrgeant OF ths comp"
MIR. Hartley was -. s. OF the - vile
Guards " Though aCanadian T. r
WAS devoted TO tGs Southern :
avinced II noble ardor 10 be Ussfu,.
sole 70 ne country. Weak dss. ="
the ea,: nUt saiiant end % Wis -. l.
rJ accomplished soldier. CGstoAs u e
ssgeFei iIpes within ti.S enemy's lines go
tina: night, anu from the I'm poctaIt irtclt4i
lion wnicii ne Cniiseis. hes ,eAoeesi bimssii
inv IA. pis - fiths Sm. + and whiting