The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-22
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SIR, that you sre my prise ner, for
Stuar:'s cavaIry is in pos session O. ;he
place" Knowing i fruitless to stcug
gle against srch 3 fcrce, Stoughton
arose and dressed hursiealy, gua d d
all the whila BIZ the Confedera;es wh1
slso secured the s:Gf officers IN the
house. Plscing the general between
two cf his men. Mos5y returned to the
green, where he net the ret Ct his
p3eo who had be9n On 8 foracing *
pediicn about the towr. On faSiEG
sn sccourt cf what had been gathered
| IN It was found tia, besiGes 3 igad;e-
General Stought7n, they had secured
two csptsins, thirty other prisoners,
tof ether with their arms, smmunilion
and fifty eight horses.
The return trip was safely maCe,
though the party, whose prisoners
were stronger in number than ttel'
ca ptors, were fearful that sone oUtcry
might te m<de tbat wcu'd awake
these CT TIE foe who were Slumeering.
As soon SIS they were out CT ears5c;
OF tie town they set out S: & brisk
psce aud about dawn pas:el within
200 yaros of The Federal fort a G n
ter7ille. The grim mouths ef the can
non c,u'd be seen looming Up IN the
Gin iisnf, ard one prisocer, Capt.
Barker, OF Nes Yors, here msde &
tresk for liberty, hut wss brought
bsck by a timely shot. Passing &c
Vord TIE resca cf tie fortifoa'ions,
Nosby's men struck out ct a rail-
pace for their own lines, aud "ere
scoa safe from any fear Ct ict:rfer
erce. delivering Up their prli ooefs t
the Goa e6erate authorlt!es.
Another exciting ard very remoner-
alive adventure of the ranserS wss
VIXEN they csptured Federal pay
trsin, from which they secured 8 large
amount Of efeen5s cks. 1t vas in
Oc!o5sr, 1861, !hat Harry Heatcn, one
of the scouts, came and iDfo.m>G Nos
by tina, there was s fns o3enin2 IN
the valley on the lire o. the Baltimore
ard Ohio railroad, so party vas So
cured and they SGT out acrcsS the
mountains ;or Duf=ld station, al
which plsce the pay rain was 10 pass,
reaching the SO. just before II was
due. Distractions were placed upHn
the track, so ttat when the expless
csme dashirg down It came to an $40
rupt stop.
4 guard was placed over tie ensihe
and tue rangers entered the cars Ga
board were two Union payn as.ers,
aaving in charge TIE money FOR the
troops, the amount reaching Sl70 COO
which was secured by West Al ridge,
ore OF Mosby's men. Aldri6ge prompt
IL resorted his luck 10 Mosby, and
wien the full sum was collected it
vas equally divided out among the
men, Mosby refusing to accep: his
share. The passengers we-s leliev' d
Of their funds, which went SIS inoivl5-
ual spells. Then tie cars were set on
Ere, and the band went back with
twenty prisoners, besides the money
and :he two paymas:ers, the latter BE-
ing sent On to prison. One Of the pay
masters was brother to Gen. Rag
giles, now II TIE war department.
Another time a train was captured
near Catlett's station, on what is now
the Southern railroad. Lee was max
ing his preliminary 2, eparatiors for
his Gettysburg campaign. Hooker vas
covering Washington, while Pleasan
tons cavalry corps was stationed cD
the river about fifty miles from the
capital. Gen. Stuart bad ant to Mos
by by Capt. Fountain Beattie, small
mountain howitzar, and It was deter.
mined to use it in an attack on the
railroad which was employed by the
Union Army for the conveying of
troops. To cripple this service would
be great aid to the Confederacy. So
the teles raph lines were cut, q rail re-
moved and with the hoWitZer on the
bank the men waited ior tae train. Ia
e y minutes itcsme booming along,
tnen elided from the track, while the
infantry guard fred a volley. In a
moment q shell from the gun went
crashing into the boiler, at which the
troous deserted. The hay on board
fred up and burned brightly, WI lie the
escaping steam made noise ike that
of Infer1o's caldro1s. The cars we're
loaced with 6ne suffers stores aLd sll
of this was secured by the hungry ran
GERS. -Philadelphia Times.