Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-14
out TO catchsthe mcos who swere a ayldg away
at the rate ofsixty miles an hour with their
train.
n EAN THRlLLINa RACE. IA ~ 4,

at the rate OF sixty miles an hour with their
train.
Aq THRrLLrNa RAoH; "a IA az
Iho twenty!tsa mon upon fhs Sasipe
had on almost Impossible task shefofoss III ahi.
They had to burn he,bridges upon their
router-sthey had 10, ept ths telegraph, wire
as they proceeded Stog pteyepta tho alarm
preceding them-.they& &hhd to mebt sandI
pass two ofthercgqlaF trhihssof the road- i
they were followed BY maadoqed onemies--.
and even if they should reach .Chntta-
nooga, tho terminds Of tie ROAD, in safety,
thoy would fud themselves in a
strongly fortified. post Of the .enomy-a
hundred miles from their own lines and in
momcntary expectation ofltho sight oftieir
pursuers. o .g
Aud yet they went nhepd, 'byavcly and
carefully. WHEN out about ono mile
from the station (where thore was no tcleL
graph operatqr) thoy stopped and cut down
the wire and pulled up q; rail or two. Re-
mounting their engino, they hurried on.
When they reached the first station above
Big Shapty they told the tpnktepder that
they woro pulling through dn'extra powder
trainifor Boaurogard, and asked fora schedi
ule. Flo gavo them one,e and they found
that they would meet the down passenger
train few stations above Having mt6;f6
than enough time to make tho schedule
they pulled along leisurcly, stopping occa-
siouallyto to tear up tho track. They had
no tools with which to t.ko up tho rails,
and had to batter them down with hammers.
While engaged at this work they woro
astoundcd at hearing short distance behind
them tho whistle of 40 engine in pursuit.
With one conyulsivo effort they tore up the
rails they were hammcring at and, remountcd
their engine. AS they didcso they saw the
engine manned by their pursuers rush
around tho curve. 1t was stopped by the
torn track, nud in tho mean time Tho raiders
flew out Of sight. They had to stop SO
frequently, however, to cut the wire that
their pursuers kept iu sight nearly all the
way. Tho chase was headlcng one. Two
mon stood on the COW catcher of the pursu.
ing engine, TO leap off aud remove obstruc
tions from the track aud tear up rails from
behind the<engino and lay them down iu
front. At length, just as they were near
Ing the station where they were to meot tho
down train, the raiders sucoeoded in tearing
up the track very badly and loading their
baggage car with some fifty rails. They
then drew in on the sidiug and waited for
the down traip to olear the track, They
told the powder train story to the conductor
of this train.
As they pulled out they saw their pursu-
ers reach tho broken track and sbalt their
engine. Two men (,he conductor and cngi
nccr Of the stolcutraip) jumped of and ran
toward tho down train. THEY boarded it
aud hastily turned 1T hbaok and. pushed
wrong end foremost, in pursuit of tho flying
Yahkaes. ThenItherc was an open track
aud fair race. Through village after
village the two trains flow like lightning
| Having to stop occasionally to cut the
| telegraph wircs, Andrews saw that it was
necessary to force his pursucrs to halt also
| Consequently ho knocked the rear end oi
the last baggage oar out and dropped cross.
tics and rails upon the track in front oi
the pursuing train. AT last when ho was
pushed very close, he uncouplcd one of the
cars aud left it drifting upon the track
The Cenfedera!es halted &c instant, coupled
it to their train, and hurried on again,
pushing it ahead of them. Another car
was finally dropped, and at length tho last
car was kindled into blaze and left upon
a high bridge, in the hopo that it might
burn the bridge and thus check the pursu :
crs. But it was impossible, with the
whirling at suoh enormous speed, to get
the blaze fully started and it went out
before il cnkindlcd tho bridge The
pursuing train coupled this car aud swept
on. $500 [
FLYING TO TIE WOODS.
Chattanooga was now only twenty miles
distant, but tho formost engine was 10 sad
plight. Its brass journals were all melted
down; it's wood aud water we're exhausted,
and progress WAS virtually ended. a hur
ried council of war was held, and bold and
brilliant plan was determined upon. 1t
was decided to let one Of tho raiders pull
the Yankee engine out Of sight around
a curve, while the others discmbarkcd, tore
up tho track and hid in tho brush near the
road Then, when the train of the pursu.
ers arrived, and the forces on it were
engaged in rcpuiring tho track, the am
pushed mon would spring upon them, dis.
pcrse them, and send their train sweeping
back down the road to wreck everything
behindi it, ond give tho raiders timo to
escape. But just as this plan was deter.
mined upon, the pursuing train rushod in
sight, and bore down rapidly on the doomed
engine. Seeing that they would inevitably
DC run down in very few moments, An
drcws ordered his men to take to The woods
and save themselves, and shaking tirc hands
of his comrades, who were huddlcd upon the
tender, leaped from the ayog engine snd
was coon lost in tho woods He was fol.
lowed by his mon, who jumped from one
side or the other and took to tho nearest
shelter