Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-05-29
ADARING ADVENTURE.
i W. JOINS,
Chief Purveyor.

The Selma (Alal poEer publishes the following e1-
tact from letter 20 citizen Of that place. written by
= member Of the I h AAbAms Regiment. Mr.. Cussons,
wao 30 ignazed hiuseli Of the former editors
o. he Reporter:
al may here mention an act Of bravery, which is
Wjtny The attention. vi the historisn whose duty il vi
os " icie tho d,siag a0d gallant teats accom-
plshsd By our soldery DUNG this bloody struggle. Il
n,inc OF grpal impOf anee that Commanding Gene
ri s5ould be well informed ~ 70 the locations and uul
bsrs Of the Cnsmy force then landing lear Wes Point,
private Uussons AID S-fgeRn. Hartley, Of our regiment
read IL V5luu tor ths dangerous service. They
| wsss D0tn men universally Liked. aud well flied, by
slme xperituce ct lrOuJT lie for this psrilJus duty.
they etl tle Regiment o tx on the evening Of tie
on armed with tner trds.y rt.s The night Was clear,
| nj q iull bright moon thOnc their figures they
sappsAred rlm my view beneath the dark shadows Ct
he woods Tnis Was the last | saw OF poor Harley.
1 "Pdr uing their way eau iousy anu IN silence they
sooa reached the enemy cutposs which they saec,eo-
cd "a ssfy assing. O1ce within the enemys line, their
progress sss somewhat slow, as greater caution bad
be exercised evAde the numerous picket, which were
posted .hrocga The woods. IL near m.cnign5 When
.ese Two brave SCOUTS reached be bIk Of the river
From the they occupied jlss beloH the ores. Of
the bank aud Withn three LJnrld yards OF the tn my
thew had Zee birds eve view OF everything thst
| gong on. Two bcas were rapidly dsembabki 6 arai'
sry and wagons and iOrty three we're lying al in the
river AZ e. remaining N this position for about halt
an hour the scouts determined 70 pass few hundrtd
y4rls higher up the river, for the puPoss OF getting
ne rer the ecemy5 forces ans !e raug something from
Oh r CONVEX Eon To 90 this iJ Necessary ior ttem
70 vhbdaw from q b. k, and make detour through
zoe woods and while taus changing position, most IA
msl.able casually occurred
Passing cautiously through the deep shade Of a mar
70 visits IL the woods Isl % the moon was goiI
dOSl their attention attracted by the shsrp "cck"
o. gun.0ek nd al the instant they discovered The
fut uutle OF four Of the enemy standing within hse
pscrs OF them TIE scouts halted, eide by side, with
their gum Coz ked and AZ the ready" Aftr brief
pause Ule Of jhe four woo appeared % be IL command
ordered the scouts advance. Cuss0ns replied by
demand 10 surrender. There vas another pluss then
o lies nOuon the part OF the Ia kse wac htd inst
spoken then tour Shots almost Simultaneous ard in IN
slant la.er two more. At the first fire poor Harley
{. dead and two OF The ny BIT tie dust. Ccsso
o.oed and stepped behind tree. while cIppng
bis gun ~ that moment Tue four men on tie Lex
% tkst post attracted by the hug, advanced 81 Eun.
uss0ns waited un t1ey we're within about httsep PAGES
& then shot down the foremost one The Others
ing rlsr companion tall tuuSd and hed Nituou' fling.
~ lhs the entire picket aroused, and Cussors
dteu a some sky seventy yards Into Toe woods,
ere lie lay down and waited unal he enemy had form
e. into -quads ana carried The pursuit bali nile be-
yoad nm. Hs then qri a. linked up the river, and
.seu around them, reacGIng camp about saa rise,
cy d-ny the worse for ths nights adventure. In
uy ~ o. "Wednesday, forces took the remainder
rt t plkn' NE upsnv) prisoners, and iron theu
iL2rl Two were Attul tlG VsiSE NOEt-il
p,u dsj Que vi the Led Orderly Sergeant OF the
company.
'As Harley was o S. of the Huntsville ards -
rSguga q O,lad al by birth, he Was devoted to T.,
S5u.Gtrl cause aud CyiEc noble ardor 70 be u'ef4
a.i sIveeabe 10 the ecu iry. We ali detpy depor,
"a al Dot gallant end OF his young man and Accom-
.slsd solder. ClssOrs mas been several tines within
eatmy's hle. s-le gb4t uight and from tic ioto'-
IN .iol Nh ca Re cs,cs, has reuce.,d himself nvalga
Die 70 Gsuera.s smith and Wiling
Postage stanos il any quantity, ca be tai upon aP-
1lcs ion a, the cou-,ing room Of he Wing.