...her stable, within forty feet of the dwelling, evidently to burn it, too; but, owing to the active exertions of Captain Towns, who made his men carry water, the house was saved. While Hunter was in Lexington , Captain Mathew X. White, residing near the town, was arrested,. taken about two miles, and, without trial, was shot, on the allegation that he was a bushwhacker. During the first year of the war ...