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A BIG R The lamons Jrfcait Treasu Atlanta < Twelve miles from Washington, tia stands thc old Chenault home. I d> not know how many generations have lived there, but representatives <>f thc family inhabit it. In J8<?f> uld Dio nysius Chenault, a Methodist preacher of high standing, held -way over thc big plantation and the surrounding neighborhood. The house, a (inc old structure of ante bellum type, crowns a gently rising slope as one travels the old stage road hetwecn Washington and Abbeville, S. C. Tho very .satin road, crossing the Savannah Uiver at Lisbon, over which our revolutionary ancestors traveled as they him ?grated from Virginia and North Carolina into Wilkes County; thc same road, too, over which JelFcrson Mavis took his (light from Richmond to the sea, and at the Chenault home Mrs. I'avis was entertained as she preceded hus band by a few days. Old Dionysius Chenault was au old time t?corgir Mantel", living in great atllucncc, surrounded by his broad acres and his sleek, fat negro slave-. Ho was much given to hospitality. His daughters wen; great country bellos and Chenault'.s tent at old Wheat's campuioeting wa.-- headquar ters for all that was going on in a so cial way. In short, no better people lived in Wilkes County or the world than thc Chcnaults. On a day in thc latter part of April, lK?;f>, about 10 o'clock in the morning a train of five wagons moved slowly out of Washington over thc Abbeville blage road. They were bound for Richmond, Ya., and were occupied by five well-dressed, city-bred men and five wagoners, one of thc latter hoing a ne gro. The wagons were covered with white canvas and looked for all the world like an emigrant train or a party of North Georgia apple wagons. Slowly they toiled along, picking their way between ruts and gullies cut in thc road by thc passing of two great arm ies. By nightfall they had gmo only twelve miles and pulled up in front of the home of Rev. Cionysius Chenault. They asked permission to camp for thc night and were given the use of alargo horse lot, fenced in on all sides, OBBERY 1 ol' the Confederate re Train. . j with a double gat<- opening at one ,J cad. , i The sturdy old planter bade them , j wcdcoiae and offered such refreshment and hospitality as lay in his power for it must be remembered that at that j time Georgia was under thc rule of a 1 military despotism and Wilkes Coun ty had been tramped barren by thc passage ?d' L 'li Confederate ; and Federal troops tiirough our bor , Jcrs. Our travelers prepared for the night by drawing their wagons close toge th - i er in the centre of thc lot and ; stabling their horses in the empty , shed. Across the road and through thc I woods campfires were glimmering. Hands ol' straggling Confederates were resting here and there and troops of well-armed Union soldiers were mov j ing hither and thither. I My and by the moon rose full and I clear and outside the enclosure a Boli i tary horseman was seen. He was in full Federal uniform with bars on bis coat denoting thc rank of an officer. He was well mounted and the saber of a cavalryman hung at his side. Our travelers noted his appearance with considerable alarm, for he was evi dent!'.' taking an inventory of the camp. However, he disappeared as (juickly as be came, and after several hours of watching, the wagoners, over come by fatigue, fell asleep. These wagons contained gold and sil vcr coin and bullion, belonging to certain Virginia banks. It does not belong to this story to go into thc his tory of the money farther than con cerns thc Chcnaults. Suffice it to say that thc treasure had lain couccalcd ! in Washington for weeks. The guar dians of it had obtained from General j Upton at Augusta an order for its safe I conduct back to Richmond, and armed with this passport they hoped to mako their way quietly and unsuspected across thc gap, over to Abbeville, where they hoped to land it safely on board freight cars bound for Rich mond. While they were wrapt in deep slumber suddenly the camp was aroused by cries and shots and curses. A party of horsemen dashed through f 'mistil "I?"it. the l?ate, up'tO'thc'" wagons and ujtoi the J sleeping ^travelers. Itcshltanc . waSjUseless?!fvTh^e^'surprise was com plete. iV Hankers and drivers were caji turcd and the "treasure train" plun dered. Boxes and bags of preoiou gold dollars were emptied on th ground. It was said afterwards th?; thc men waded ankle deep in gold an silver. Thc raiders filled their pockets J their coats and haversacks. They tie? : bags of gold to thc pommels of thei ! saddles. They went away so hcavil, laden that they were compelled t throw away much of their booty by th ( roadside. The negro driver took ti the woods and thc rest, of the part; ! were released unhurt, after the roi hers were filled with gold. When thc report of tho outrag readied Washington next day, Genet al I*). Alexander raised a company o men and went to thc rescue. Hut i was too late to do anything exeep gather up the fragments. I Many Confederate soldiers, cam pi nj i in thc neighborhood, hearing th noise and believing thc story circu lated by thc raiders that it was Con ? federate treasury money, helped thom j selves liberally. Hut, when told tba it was private property, much of i j belonging to widows and orphans o I Virgini i soldiers, they at once turnci it all over to General Alexander. General Alexander and his comrade j kept the motley under guard for a fev I days, boping that the Virginia bank I ors miulit vet be able to take it bael to Richmond. Hut, alas! Thc towi was soon put under Federal control and one General Wilde made com mander, ile no sooner learned of tin existence of thc treasure than bc tool possession of it, and not ono dol lar ever was returned to its rightfu owners. Soon great stories began to bc circu lated about fabulous sums of mono; being concealed on the Chenault plan tation. It was said that boxes am bags of gold had been sunk in the Sa vannah River. It was told that th Chenaults had thousands. These talc were brought by negroes, and, o course, thc Yankees believed them Hundreds of arrests were made. Thosi were the days of thc freedmen's bu rcau, and if a negro had a grudge at : white man, all he had to do was ti make his report at the ' bureau." General Wilde set up his court. I detachment of soldiers was sent to tin Chenault home for thc purpose o search. Things were done that Iblusl to tell. One feature of tho search wai tho stripping of helpless, innocent young women and exposing them ti the insults of soldiers. The wholi ?---j a Chcoault family,besides many others, e I were brought to Washington and im - prisoned. Mrs. Chcnault at the time i- had a young infant, but no mercy was - shown on account of her condition s The citizen went to General Wild? 2 and begged that Mrs. Chcnault ant t other of thc women prisoners migh ? bc taken to private houses and heit under bond. Hut the request was re , fused. Old Dionysias Chcnault, hi 1 son and brother were strung up b; r their thumbs in order to extrae ? "treasure" from them that they neve ) possessed. This torture of the ?mei ; took place within sight and h Taring o ? their wives, mothers and sisters. An Mrs. Chcnault, in her awful condition had to witness the suffering of he husband and son. Their hands wer ' tied behind them, and they hung un til their anns reached above thei ' heads. Old Mr. Chcnault fainted , and they cut him down to prevent hi , dying. A full account of these proceeding was written at the time by my sistci Miss K. V. Andrews, and published i the New York World, in August, 18G; A copy of the paper is still in her po: session. I am very sorry to have to write again, but it is true history, and all ii romance centers around thc old Ch nault home. It may have thc got effect of awakening us to the horro: of war, and also, I hope, our Northei friends will bc convinced that Soutl erners arc not the only barbarians th? inhabit thc western hemisphere. An I hope wc all will remember that tl cruelties of one man should not be la, at the door of a whole State or cor munity. This General Wilde thc same who quartered a regimei of negro troops in General Toomb house. What became of the money? Aboi $75,000 was recovered by Gener Alexander, also some $10,000 or mo was found secreted amongst negroc and the raiders are supposed to ha carried off about $10,000. The wage started with $250,000 or $300,000. Great excitement prevailed i years, and reports were constant starting up of the discovery of biddi treasure. Even to this day negro may bc sometimes seen plowing arno hollow stumps and fallen trees or fis ing in Sa>annah River for bags gold. For it was told at the time th the robbers had secreted much trei ure expecting to come back soi day and get it. j MRS. T. M. GREEN. Prickly Ash Bitters .cures the ki noys, regulates the liver, tones the stomach and purifies the bowe Sold by Ev au s Pharmacy. Tennessee's Dog Kennels. Tennessee is the great wintering State of America for thc finest bred sporting dogs of the world. Mississip pi stands second in thc number of kennels and value of dogs. There are dogs in Tennessee worth a king's ran som, and borne of them could not be purchased for any amount of money from their millionairs owners. The value of the 700 kennels in Teuncsee, thc dogs and land belonging to them, has recently been estimated at $1, 400,000 by Charles Sturdivant of Stanton, who is the trainer and keep er of the George Gould and Lorillard ; dogs. I'nder the laws of Tcnessee a ! dog has no property value, and no ! license is ncccessary. Nor can dam ! ages be enforced for the accidental death of a fine dog, though his value I in thc fields runs as high as $10,000. j Thc owners and trainers are now at J work to secure the passage of a bill to i tax all dogs in Tennesse, thereby giv i ing them a property value in the ? Courts. The greatest kennel in thc world is i located at Hickory Valley under the personal management of. J. M. Avent, who is recognized vin thc sporting world. It is owned by a company of ; New York, St. Louis and Tennessee, i financiers. There are 24,000 acres of I land owned and leased by this com pany. These men are rich, for only 1 men of wealth can keep up such a preserve. Mr. Avent ^ays that tho j section embracing Southern Tennessee ; and Northern Mississippi is the natu I ral training centre of thc world. I There are more quail to be found in I the mars!) lands of this section than elsewhere, and game is very necccs sary to do cog training. The head trainers of these big kennel preserves I receive as much money for their work j as college presidents. The dogs are pointers and setters of the bluest blood, and range in value from $300 to $10,000, though but few of them reach the maximum value. There are hundreds of bird in hunters Tennes see who own their dogs, and these private animals range in value from $50 to $300. It is impossible to buy a bird pup in Tennessee of the com monest origin for less than $50, and thc prices at thc stud kennels are far beyond this. Next in importance to the big Hick ory valley kennels is the Del Monte Kennel at Waverly, owned by the George Crocker estate of California. James C. Waddell, the original dog expert of the United States, is in charge of the 4,000 acre preserve. Mr. Waddell established tho first sporting dog kennel in Newton, N. J., in 1874, having borrowed the idea from England where dog kennels have long been a part of every large estab lishment. From thc Newton kennel;: sprang all other American sporting kennels. "Dogs have a fixed standard value,' said Mr. Waddell, "as firmly estab lished as that placed on a horse 01 cattle. In Del Monte wo have some of thc finest dogs in the world. Foi Minnie I., an English setter, wc paid $1,250, and $1,000 each for Bettie B, and Sam T. For Dick Bay, a pointer we paid $1,000 and for Kick's Kit $5,000. Dick's Kid is now tho hea< of om stud, and is valued at $10,000 because wc have won some valuabl prizes with him at field trails. W have in our kennels to-day $00,00 worth of sporting dogs-that is, the will bring that much money in th worst kind of market. It costs$9,00 a year to run the kennel, which es plains why it is that only rich me eau afford such a luxury. People wh indulge in dogs have the money t spare, and they get their returns froi the pleasures of the chase. The lead iug financiers and jurists of this cour try are great lovers of tlrb sport, an find relaxation in it. "From dogs worth $10,000 and $5 000 there are thousands that aro wort anything from $250 to $500 each. Th trainer's fee is $100, so any traine dog has to be started off ia advance c that figure. Thc hunter would bardi be satisfied with one which had ni won a value of $250. There are mi lions of dollars invested io this kin of property throughout the Unite States now, all as a result of that sii gie dog kennel of 1874. "The dog is oa4?able of a traiuic almost equal to his master. In fae the dog well trained has the oapacil to follow his roaster's mind so as i almost anticipate his desire. It fo lows, therefore, that a hunter mu love his dog and establish a mutual co fidence which will enable them to woi as one. A man who would kiok a d< has no right to .-own one. If a di belongs to a dull man, ho will be du likewise; if to an alert master he wi come up to his measure. There is i limit to the training of which a di is capable save that of his muster mind."-IfazJi ville Letter in Chica* Record. ?mm -. mm An Epid?mie of Whooping Cough. Last winter during an epidemic whooping cough my children coDtrac ed the disease, having severe coughii spells. We had used Chamberlain Cough Remedy very successfully f croup and. naturally turned to it that time and found it relieved t cough and effected a complete eure. John E. Clifford, proprietor Norwo House, Norwood, N. Y. This reme is for sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. Her Motto. Thc m embers of a Bible class in a New England parish weic studying at St. Paul's rulen for Christian living, set forth in the twelfth chapter of Ro mans. 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