The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-01-14
From the Cleveland Herald
Adventure In western Virginia.

The present war already has given birth
! TO incidents Of deadly peril and extraordi-
| nary personal bravery that have rarely been
equalled in the history of any previous
campaign. One of the most thrilling ad-
ventures that we have yet heard was MARIA
ted IN the Office of the Michigan Central
Railroad Line, By 3 Michigander who han
been Serving with an Ohio regiment ia
Western Virginia, and who was now On his
way home to Jackson. We will eadeavor
to reproduce the story as nearly as possibly
in his own words. Said he:
81 had been scouting for about twelve
hours and lost all trace Of my comrades and
of the road. Night came on and i laid
down in piece of woods to sleep. Some
time during The night l was awakened bv
a singing feeling in my left ear, and /
Jumped to my feet. Crack went a rife at
q short distance, aud bullet whizzed by
my other ear. 1t was a bright moonlight
night and directly in front of me [ saw a
cussed Secesher. sitting on-a rock, looking
up 10 take another plug at me. You'd
better believe lsgrasped my rife pretty
quick and "put behind tree. So did Sc
cesh. We staid behind our trees pretty
nigh unto quarter of an hour before eth
er of us moKed..r Old Seccsh soon peeped
out, and senf ball through the tin of his
nose. That paid for the piece of nv ear
that the skunk had shot away when / was
asleep. Then both of US let silver when
ever we got q chance ard for nigh unto an
hour we peppered each other knocking off
the bark of our trees, but not hurting one
another much. A
= By this time it was near morning and
the moonlight a little duh, so that we could
not see each other so we'll Putty soon |
see the fellow making for another tree. so /
up and peppered at him, but the iarned
thing missed FIRE Jehosephat! but WASN'T
i mad, and hadnfs another cap about me.
g q Secesh got TO another tree higher me.
ana popped away four or Eve times with
out hitting me. Then guess his ammu-
milton gave out, for tie did't fire again. and
we staid peeking at each other for consid-
cradle time. At last he broke and, made
for me, with his gun dubbed and follow
ed his example. We met on a bat of opt n
ground and went at it hammer and tones
untii both guns broke Then he brew
away his gun, drew mighty ugly bowie.
and made at me with veil. iamped tor
his 4hroat but stubbed my tee and went
down, and Secesh- tumoled over me.
thought praying time bad come then, if ever
e was TO come. 1t-s ~ @
. / tell you gentlemea it was scarv
time for man about them days rolled |
over and got the fellow by his wrist and |
throat, and we had q regular rough and /
tumble for the knife He cut NE fonr or
FIVE times, but at last | got the knife. and |
jumped to my feet with a yell for the Old /
Wolverine State. | was the happiest man
in all Virginia at that moment. Secesh, he
gives one spring at me, and threw back TO
give him the full length of the bowie,
when @
Here he stopped and appeared overcome
by his FecollectionB. his hearers eagerly
pressed him for the result of the fight but
he sal o khis head9selemnly. % ,
~Gentlemen, said he, &c that was one of
the most singular things ever met with.
and L don understand st yet If heard
ybody else tell of it Ishonldn't have be-
lieTe it, s sfsi
Every one ven Eat once an ioos TO know
What had happened. ~
Why, when opened my mouth 10
saout iiarrah for The old Wolverine STATED
hang me ii tie fellow didn't jump clean
dow my swallow, | turned a double flip
flop down my own throat after him. caught
him just as he went around the corner into