The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-29

tain dudSon. eornInaIlded- the advance
guard; Lieutenant Sthuber5 followed.
next, .Lieutenant Boufefi With one oi
the second bRttal ion /; anu IientenaiIt
Bennett ohronght up thA rear guard.
The force in advance d Lieutenant
Boutell, Immediately on nienterfnR the
camp, dispersed among The tents ON
the left of the road. oIie OF his men
rode to the tents on the right of the
T9ad; aEaones them niigs James ii.
good reasons, to mentibn the mines OF
tho enlisted men-whd, seeing a horse
saddled and bridled, With holsters and
travelling bag, held by h black man i'm
front of one of The tents, at once CLAN
ped the nnuz4le of hts Spencer to the
head of the "boy, and secured the
animal. This was Dayfs's we'll trained
and fleetest sadd hotse, which Lynch.
who w2sln Richmond when the war
broke d {, and came and joined us at
AIurfree borough after the battle Of
Stone River, claims to have recognized.
Scarcely had hi horse been secured,
when firing WAS heard down the road;
in the direction of PuFfnton. Pritchard
instantly gave the order TO advance,
and Lieutenant Btutell, who had con-
ing his mon maiily in hand for any
emergency that night arise, promptly
ebeYed, and croSsihga slough of mud
and water swept towards the firing, and
Wasigreeted with Alvnlley that Killed.
two of his men and severely wounded
himself in the left atm. He had been
previously wounded in the right arm in
the Atlanta campaign. He however,
quickly formed his ilen for fight, unit
ing them with. thosk under Rufinton,
and for n few minutt a decide dedly earn
est conflict was wag9d; when a man by
the name of Wright, sergeant of Co. A,
discovering TINT oui opponents wore
the blue uniform, Gnd diYining that
they must be the. Wilconsin regiment,
ran, swinging his hit, over to them,
and stopped the hriIiS-an act OF cool
bravery that saved without doubt,
many lives, lg-gi; sts 1r,f
So . However Yfitchard's Is arrange
mems may be cavilled at, they certain-
ly secured the capture of Davis. For
the Wisconsin force! coming in the di-
reetion it did, could Hardly have cross
ed the body ofmud and Wnter that lay
between 1t and Davis without alarming
him, and atfiording him time to mount
his horse, kept, as we found, ready sad
died and hrtdled for Hight, and 10 es-I
cape into the w oodS4surroundinR the
camp. But by Pritchard g movement,
Davis was not alnrmkd in season and
when he diseoHe horse out of his
power, she Sought to cape bE stgata-
gem hat ae bad Ilesl1 lat5 lie.l,ll 9.
Tor asifsty is e1sitiefIt foli tl1eflCt that
his arms and oncS geld tSere on the
saddle.
DAVIS IrS yyoltAfis CnoTHEsl
Andrew Bee, a pfiSSte of Company Z
went to the entrance of Davis's tent,
and was met by Mrs. Davis, "barehead-
ed and barefOoted, . al he describes her,
who, putting her htnd on his arm,
said: 'iH.i
"Piease don't go there till my daugh-
er gets herself dressedR 6dI
Andrew thereupon irew back, md in
a fewminutes u younk lady Miss How
elll and another poison, bent over ns
with age, wearing q lady g water
proof gathered Mt the waist,- with n
shawl drawn over tho head, md carry
ing a. tin pail, appearand aslsto go to
'ssthe rum for water. Mrs. Davis also
appears and says: ~ = +. telif 81
HFor Gods sake LEI my old mother
90 to get some water n r nis = =
No Objections being made, they pass
ed out. But sharp eSes were upon the
singular looking "old mother" Sud-
denly Corporal Munyer, Of Company Q,
and others at the same instant, discov-
cred TINT tho stold Intther" was wear
ing very heavy boots tor an aged female;
and the corporal excAimed :,
tsThat is not n wdman! Don't you
see the boots ?' and, tpurring his horse
forward and cooking his carbine, COM
PEELED the withdrawal of the shawl, and
disclosed JefE D2yistp
AS if stung by this discovery Of his
unmanliness, JeiT. struck an attitude,
and cried out: ma 6
= s.Is there a man among you ? If there
is, let me sec him ~ -
ssYes, said the corporal, 81 am one !;
rf If I NTsIII hlnV1T