The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-20

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of Faquier.
A few DAYS after the occurrence just re-
lated, Miss Roberta p -, from the
neighborhood of Warrenton, displayed,
in an enterprise which she voluntarily
dertook,scourage not inferior to that OF
Jiieutenant Turner: .L'record lit: mot only
as an INSTANCE of female iheEoism, but be-
cause it vividly displays the romantic de-
yotion of the ladies 81 the upper Potomac
TO the Southern cause;
A cold Decemberimorning, 1the' young
LADY walked to Warrenton, ,iniand4around
which was stationed a considerable de-
tachmeht Of Federal troops. Upon her
arrival, she was informed by Miss Il,
who was eyeroh the alert:to contrive in
formation to her, friends without, ,ithat she
had seen q negro, evidently q new conner,
Dass0 to1w|aafd the 9A Office Of the provost
marshal, accompanied By several officers.
T6ei fWToe ladies at once Concluded That
sbe negro was the bearer Of Intelligence,
and Miss RebaFsa dgternined to get pos
session Of it., In eA@ecutlonl @ rof-th pur-
bose, she went to the house occupied by
the provost marshal, and by a-bribe in
duced the sentinel ON duty to allow her
to. enter the basement under the :pretext
of wishing to transact business with the
woman who occ,picd-it AS. soon as she
entered the. Building. however she tnrned
into a dark, uninhalited apartment, i'm
mediately under the proyost..s. office; and
theta heard tie negro proposssto CONDUCT
q party of cavalry to house in which he
said Mosbysand his men could be- captul-.
red, and wherein addition q large qaah-
tity3of corn could be bI, siezed. N About the
grain the officers cared nothing but
Mcsby, they said would be indeed a
prize. With this thought they waxed
warm, and speaking in loud and confident
terms. informed tire fair listener that an
expedition tor, the capture of the guer-
rilia chief would start that night, if GER
taIi expected reinf0rccments arrived, or
certainly the next night.
Her resolution was promptly taken !;
to- oconmunicate this conspiracy to Mosby
ersseme of his men, and having rontrolof
no agency, :slle was compelled bear the
tidings in person. 80.
II was latoc in the afternoon, when, un-
accompanied, ,she mounted II borrowed
steed.- sailed forth. AS night APP
proac1ied, the weather became intensely
cold 1.-The wind hadIriSen and the face Of
the sky was covered with masses OF black
cloud which cast their gloom over the
landscapes She stopped at the house Of
n neshbur and-striclri. whosc'littlc son
Walter agreed to bear her company on
the periipus enterprise before her, Etor; in
order to reach the Salem road, which
Would conduct Icr'.to Mosby, She. would
be compelled to pass through tue Natcry
mountain, on thc'iofty summit of which.
at the far-famcd View. Tree. was cstab-
hshed an observatory, guarded by de-
taac,hmnent, Of Federal soldiers, In prose
cutting. this part of her hazardous jour
ney. darkness overlook her. and ignorant
ofthe route, she was compelled to grope
her way through the forest In the
midst of her. .bcwildcrment, the beniglited
lady came suddenly upon Il fire, at Which
she paused to enjoy the genial warmth,
not remembering that the light mi ight re-
veakher to those; wb ON she wished; most
to avoid. Soon sllc again set forth to at
tempt to osthread the labyrinth in which
she was involved. But the further the
wanderer proceeded upon her. tracklcss
way, the deeper in the INTRICATE mazcs
did she plunge: ~ .is.,s.s1. 81,
~ thousand phantasies began.fO throHg into her
OF c,alIine shapes, and beck k'ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable mems names
on sands and Shores and desert wilderness"
Weakness would have sunk by the
way-sdo.ibut the braced nerves and dar-
ing spiritlof this heroic girl carried her
forward amid all dangers and i'll spite OF
all obstacles. Her faith was in her high
Durposc, and she trusted in unseen guar
dians tosdirectlhcr steps, Suddenly the
moon. shonc forth, and revealed to the
Quick eve Of little Walter a party of Fed
eral soldiers, and as suddenly passed un-
der a cloud. Sheltered by tile friendly
darkness, the lady pursued her way until
ordered to halt by u horscman, standing
Immediately in her front: With great
presence Of mind, she determined to work
npon the dread of surpris;ll with which
Mosby had inspired the Federal pickets.
and in voice hoarsc from eXposarc, she
ordered him to surrender There WAS no
repK;;4 but onlysthe sounds Of -rctrcating
hoofs greeted her ear Her spirits rose
with this adventure, and snpposing this
to be the only picket she would cncoln-
ter, she pressed rapidly forward. On
reaching further point OF the road, she
behold with dsmay the lights from the
town of Warrentou, and discovered that
instead Of progressing or her Journey,
she was returning to othe point from which
she started
But the town lights, if they discovered
her mistake, yet furnished the Traveller
with the means Of rccttyng it. and as
from a new point of departure, she start
ed again in the direction of Salem. Bnt
her adventures were not yet over, foi