Adventures Of A Courier

The Naslivillo correspondent of the Philadelphia Press relates the following series of adventures and hair breadth escapes of a courier, reccntly sent by Governor and General Negley, with important dispatches: The eourier left Nashvillo on the 2d instant with dispatches and private letters, and passcd over the road without difficulty until lie reacbed Mitchclville, and was riding over lied Kiver bridge, whon sixtcen of Morgan's guerrillas carne in sight, and ordered him t halt. He itnmediately rode near the side of the bridge, and threw most of his papers into the river. The leader, observing the movement, fired his gun, the ball just i grazing his head, and immediately ordered him to dismount, wade into the water, and bring out the letters. He obejed, but instead of recovering, used his "best efforts to destroy such letters i and dispatches as he could reaoh. The robbers, who wero looking at him from ; the bridge, flred several shots at him, which luckily missed him, but splashed the water all around where he stood. - I After coming out of the river, he thought he would try and give his captors the slip by running away, but being much benumbed and exhausted, he feil ere proceeding a dozen yards. The guerrillas soon overtook hhn, and tho Lieuteueut, ; plaeing his revolver at his forehead, tola ' him togo on his knees and say his prayers, if he had any to say, for he had but a moment to live. The captain used his authority in this instance, and prevented his subordínate from murdering him. After strippiog and searching him, he was aüovved to ride his own horse bare-backed to Grallatin, the headquarters of John Morgan, the robbers haring appropriated his saddle, blankets, bridle, &c, together with all his papers and thirty-five' dollars in money, to their own use. Arriving at Morgan's headquarters, he was placed under guard in the house Morgan was then occupying, which was, by the way, Colonel Beunett's residence, who was a prisoner in Nashville some time since, and recently exchanged. The first salutation he received from the chivalric Morgan was, "You d - d villiau, we got you at last, and, d - n you, I'll have you shot before night." The prisoner told him he could murder him, but, said he, drawing a Confedérate army discharge from his pocket, I demaud a trial by Oourt Martial. Morgan, after cursing him awhile, told him he couldn't see why suoh d - d scoundrels as he wanted to be tried by courtniartial, but remarked that he had no time to attend to suoh matters, and would send him to Breckinridge, at Murfreesboro. The courier having by this means gaiued time, which, under the circumstances, was what he most needed, he ventured to ask Morgan for. his horse. "I'll keep your horse for you safe unlil you're hung," and with this Morgan left. Soon after this he was taken to Murfreesboro, his guards riding while he was compelled to walk. During this tedious trip he several times íell from exhaustion, and had fiually to be carried in a wagon the last nine miles of the route. The dispo sal of the case was referred to Breckinridge, but he, being siek, deferred the trial a day or two. This lucky illness was probably the means of saving our friend's life, as Breekinridge sent him word that he should surely be hung, and that he need expect no meroy shown him. He was confiued in the upper story of the court-house with several other prisoners charged with being spies. The rebels whom he met reponed that Mor gan's men had burned both the railroad and pontoon bridges at Nashville, and that the rebel force at Murfreesboro was never more than five thousand men. The room in which the courier was confined boasted of neither ehair nor bed, nothing but a rickoty table aud an old mat Af ter some deliberation, the only article of furniture which seemed of auy use was the mat, which, with the aid of a brokenbladod penknife, he convertod into a rope. At night he opened the solitary window of tho room, and fastening one end of tho rope to a post, he began his perilous descent, and at last reaohed the ground safely, and made for the woods. Not knowing the points of the compasa, he was a long time trying to discover the right road to Nashville, but at last reached the Nashville pike, which he kept until obliged to leave it by the numerous guerrilla camps, seattered aloug all parts of the road for the entirc distance. Whenever he observed horsemen, or saw the liht of the camp fires, hc would strike for the woods, where he would lie until safe to venture out again. Thus dodging about, first on the road and then ainong the woods, he, after three days' travel, with nothing to eat save a mouthful of corn bread, furnished him by a negro, reached a house near the Federal pickets. Seeing no light he went around and fouud the family in the rear of the house at supper. Calling the proprietor to tho door, he asked him what road he was on. "The Nolansville road," replied the gentlemanly Mr. T. - "And how far from NashvilleV" said the couricr. "Two miles." "Are those our pickets?" asked the courier, "I don'i know," said Mr. T., "which piekets you mean by 'owr pickets.'" "Why," sak the courier, "the Confedérate pickets, o coumeP "Oh," said Mr. T., "well those don't happen to be our pickets. ," '-Then,' says our f'riend, "I'in all riyid, and muel oblifed." liefusing all iuvitations to re maiu over night, n'nding he was amon friends, he related his escape from the rebels, and soon after reached the pickets where he was warmly woloomed b the officer in cornmaud, who furuished him witl) a horse and , escort, with which h reaehed headquarters. His arrival wa quite unlooked for, of course, and greatly surprisod both the Governor and Genera ■Neo'ey! wuo were fearful that he hai had been killed by his eaptors. After three days' rest hc is as well as ever, aiu says he is willing togive JJorgau another chance to capture him, wheuever the govermueut needs his services. L."3Ír" Lieut. Muury and three or iour other Southern traitors escaped to Europo via Bermuda and Halifax, in British Bteamers. Maury goeB out with the rank of Commodore, probably for the purpose oí' taking command of one of the rebel vesaels now building in JSngland. .íTho Freeman'B Bank of Bristol. R I,, vvas robbed bctwecn Saturday and Monday last of $15,0U0 in bilU of various banks, and a largo quantity of bond notes and other papers. ïiie specie was not taken,