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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1866. VOLUME XIV. NO. 15.
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From the London Timet, July 4.
MILITARY EXPERIENCES.
DRBKCn-LOADING RIFLES IN ACTION, AND
VAST SUPERIORITY OP THE PRUSSIAN
SMALL ARM.
The great lesson to be learned by military
men from the present war in Germany
is the irresistible superiority of
breecli-loading rifles in action. The Austrian
army in Bohemia wan supposed to
be numerically stronger than the Prussian ;
it contained a far larger proportion of veteran
soldiers and probably of scientific officers,
it was commanded by a man second
in reputation to 110 general in Europe, it
was fighting on the defensive for a cause
which, as against the invaders, is a good
one, and in a country of which the populn
4lAn 10 IawbI li\ XT UarkuKiiUfli
?ivu ta iwjoi vu iiilD A1UUOO Wl lAopoinn u,
and yet it Aa? gradually been driven back,
loith a lots estimated by the Prussians at
thirty to forty thousand men, and is uoio
said to be greatly dispirited by the series
of reverses which it has sustained. It was
for some time supposed that "strategical
reasons" of an unexplained and mysterious
nature might have induced Marshal Benedfck
to fait back, point by point, towards
a position selected by himself for a general
engagement. This supposition is no longer
tenable. It is altogether incredible tbat
Auoh a resistance as was offered by the Austrians
at Skallez, Trautenau, and Munchengralz
was a feint, after all, or tbat
4'iUcbin wa? allowed to be stormed, and
Prince Frederick Charles to effect a junction
with the Crown Prinoe, in the hope
of|Jdrawiog the enemy to the battle-ground
between Koniggratz and Joseptbstadt,
where nothing but a decisive victory could
avail Austria, and where a crushing defeat
might open to the Prussians a way to
Vienna. Jn J-hese sanguinary conflicts the
Austrian troops fought obstinately and
. well, but they w^re fairly beaten?and
f thfy were beaten, accoi'ditfff ,0 a" ^,e ac~
, counts that have reached more
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jFrom first to last it is tbe needle gun that
, has apparently carried tbe day, ana l^e
, needle gun ja^slipnply a breech-loading ribV I
, of ,v$ry indifferent quality. In principle,
. as wejli na in construction, it is not to be
, comp?rgd. with several breech-loading rif^ea
.pis^uffictyred by English makers; but,
,.imperfept $s, it } ?it-has proved quite good
, pnflugh, to. apc;uj-ev victory for tbe .Prussians
..in ^Imoa^.every,epROupter. If we refer to
.the|,letter ..of.,our correspondent at the
(headquarters of t,h8 (First ^Prussian army,
wo ftnd ample p.r.oof .oftits .extraordinary
effect. ;It was, this.wbigh mainly .enabled
.fJie.Piussiaua.fco force tbe ,passage of the
.bridge Qver Jhe Iser at tPodoll,- . between
iTurnau and Munchengratz. ;The Austrian*
.had OCCUnied the ihrnnorli wrVii^K
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the .road passes towards the bridge, and
commanded ail.ttie.a^pro^ohes from win,dq^s
and barricades thrown up acros* the
.street. JBut the Prussian riflemen 'fired
about three times .before the ^.ustrians,
armed odIj with muzzle loading riflea.were
able.tp,reply." This more than compensated
for any.djsadvantage in numbers or
jpositiob, aDd the Auslxians seem to have
been completely overmatched. *'In the
.Street, the Austrian soldiers, huddled to
geujer.and encumbered with clumsy ramrodt,
wero Unable to load with ease, and
,00uld return no adequate fire to that of the
iPrmsiaps, pfcle these, from the advantage
of a better arm, poured tbeir thick volleys,
.into an almost defenceless crowd." It
tbe sprne at the railway bridge, about
,two hundred yards distant, .where a like
struggle wps going on simultaneously.?
?&ere too/' Bay* our. correspondent, "the
nefldlpjgun showed its Advantage over tbe
old JfruwoBed. .weapons of the Austrians,
/or tbe latter fell in the proportion of six to
X>no Prussian.".; Jkl last the for trie r retreatpil,-leaving
most, if pot all, of their killed
|&d vrqpnded on the field; and -it was found
JLbf&.VOt only waa the number of Austrian
de?4 ttmoh greater, but that \a the ho?piprfipprtion
of wounded Au*
trimmto paQund#} JPrusaians zoo* ni five
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These are startling jesulte, -and yet they
anjbo more than ahy oneunfettered by military
prejudices would have ndtlcipated.
Tharf rmay be- still wore lingering doubt*
among old hands a? to whether n breeohjoWw'^kioUHia
"bard^ii^ other words,
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|^'^QiiO '-)>fU^r - opinion is that '# bald
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nil si-Iee, liow can young soldiers be expected
to keep their bends cIoht and their
hand? 6teady in tbe process of ramming
down wh'.le they are thomselves under
fire? From this point of view, another
remnrk made by our correspondent with
the Prussian army deserves serious consideration.
It is not only in rapidity of discharge
and in safety of loading that breech
loading rifles surpass muzzle loaders, but
also in the average direction of qitn. "A
man mm n muMtfi uu IMO Hippie OI WIIU'H
lie has to place a cap naturally rai.?es llie !
muzzle in the air, and in t he hurry an J ex- j
citeraent of action often forgets to lower it,
and on'v pends his bullet ov*r the heads of
the opposite ranks, while the soldier armed j
with a breech loading mu.<-ket keeps Ihsi
muzzle down, and if in haste lie fires it ofT'
without raising the but.t to his (-boulder his ,
shot still takes effect, though often low; and
a proof of this is that very many of the 1
Austrian prisoners are wounded in the
legs.*' The only objection, indeed, which
is urged against the breech-loading system
for weapons to be used in war id one that
answers itself. It is said that regiments
would fire away their ammunition so fust
that it would be impossible to keep tbem
supplied. This U as much as to say that
soldiors must bo exnosed to t.h? onrtnimv
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of being mown down liy enemies firing three
shots to their one because ammunition
might otherwise be wasted, and the mean?
of transport must be increased. It might
be sufficient to reply that in the Prussian
army these obstacles are not found insuperable,
but where common sense is decisive
of a question it seems m-edless to invoke
experience.
Without experience, however, no reform
involving considerable expense is likely to
find favor with heads of depaitments in
this country. Tt is on this ground that we
have invited attention to the experiments ^
which have lately beeu tried on the largest
scale in real warfare, and we now most
earnestly represent the urgent necessity ol
profiting by them. It was hut last month
t?at Marshal Benedck cncouragcd his
troOfl* to despise the alleged superiority of\
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frussi:*" unu iu rtiy on i/ic oay- \
onct, and ice already see the consequcnces.
Every ona kno>ya l"at bayonets are seldom
actually crosse I; w'hOQ they are crossed it
by do means follows lh?t lli<Jse who carry
ibo worst rifles will givo tilt' tflOBt vigorous
Ilirust, and before tbey are c?'Ps^0(^ '3
certain that rapidity of fire will tcl? fatally.
With these-facts before us not a day thou'1*
be lost in arming our own infantry with 1
breech-loaders of the beat available pattern. (
There is do official in the War Department '
who would himself think of ming a tnuz- (
zle loader in cover shooting if he hai the '
option of a breech-loader, or who would
JiEe to confront with the former an enemy 1
provided with the latter. Then why delay *
to nlacc tha better wo.nnon in tli? ItarlHa /if *
our array ? The sranller the force we 1
maintain as compared with our neighbors, 1
and thejjreater the difficulty we experience 1
ip reoruiting is, the more essential it is that 1
we 6hpu1d forthwith appropriate an ira- '
provemcDl which multiplies its effective '
strength, and makes one man, under cer?- '
taio circumstances, a match for two or '
three. Whether the single t breech-loader,
or some repeating riflp, like that of Speo- 1
cer, adopted in the United States, would on
|be whole be more serviceable, ;ia a matter <
to be discussed by professional connois- .
seurs. Spencer's rifl? is a "seven shooter,"
and all seven charges are put in at
once into a chamber in the stock, bpt as
tbe bieaeb must be opened after each shot
to'get rid of tbe empty cartridge it is possible
that very little time is gained and
tome risk of derangement incurred by this
additional complication. Such points may
aafely be left .to tbe judgment of scieptiSc
officers, but the expediency, of substituting
brgech-loaders for musale loaders isanoth
er affair. 8cientifio,officers will never succeed,
by themselves,-in forcing lift change
opon the authorities, and (be only power
capable of doing, bo is the power of public
opinion.
<?dob? qr Dibsass.?'The odor of small pox
has been compared tt> tbe sto'ell of a be?
goat; that of measles to a fresh plucked
goose;.Marlatiaa (o^mra.
plague ha* been compared'with the"'odor of
May- fl o wers, >nd ^th^t'of typhua ?
Co&saok. That thb lyphua * ammonia ha*
often been observed, and the be?t and moat
recobt inve?tlg'a|ofs agrpethat iti?a x?ra:
pound of ammonia; (Probably tb* nere
intense the *p*? |1$S mo^.dperatke
poison; tience tfie neeewity oo,t^ jp?rt>f
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HORRORS OF POINT LOOKOUT AND ELM
IRA.
We linvo been anxious, says (lie Charlot
tbvillo. (Vh.) Chronicle, lo see from
some competent hand an account of the
manner in which our Confederate soldiers
fared as prisoners of war, and we are, therefore,
hnppy to announco that Mr M. A.
Ivelley, of the Petersburg Index, has published
in a small and very readable volume,
his experience of a protracted confinement
at Point Lookout and Elmira. There is
no much paid about Andersonville ?nd
Suulisbury, that it is well to know how
iheFfc tbings wore managed by the parties
whose virtuous indignation lun been so
much aroused against Captain Wiiz and
M;?j ?r Get'.
It is proper, however, to bear in mind
that the opportunities for providing 6ome
tolerable degree of comfort to those held
as prisoners of war were very different at
he North from what they were at the
South. For tho last two years of the war
the population of the Southern Confederacy
were not only deprived of the luxuries
of life, but it was really a struggle to procure
food of the plainest kind, Most persons
consumed no te*, coffee or sugar;
many lived without meat. Ciothinsr was
of the rudest material, and tl>e wardrobes
of the wealthiest, exceeding scantj. By
rigid block ?de th? FeJeral ships* and troops
rendered it d IGcult to procure medicines,
which, if obtained, were sold at fabulous
prices.
It is well known also that our armies
(subsisted on tbe scantiest rations and that
frequently they were almost in a starving
condition.
At the North there was everything in
abundance?corn, wheat, pork, beef, vegetable,
woolen and cotton fabrics, medicines,
wines, fruits, tea, coflf e, <Scc*
Notwithstanding tins, at the piisons of
Point Lookout and Elmira, where thou
sands of prisoners were confined, our men
were always hungry, and in he winter
were never protected from the cold.
Mr. Kelly gives the following as the bill
of fare at Point Lookout: For breakfast,
lour or five ounces of meat, (pork or bee!)
and h uliue of oread and "rather over half a
pint of watery *lop by courtesy called
f>onp." This was all a mail got to eat iu
twenty-four hours.
At Elinira the ration of bread was a
pound per day. The meat rations on the
other hand wai invariably 'scanty. "It
Bometime9 ha ppened (hat the same man
got bones ordy for several successive days."
Jiats were eaten in numbers. 'I had seen,'
ijj. vs our author,'a mob of hungry 'Robs'
3est*i>-'0 "10 t>one can, nnd bt-g from the
Iriver fni?ni4'Dta on which an August sun
!iad been burti.'"? for several days.*
At Point Lookout t.'je water was 'so impregnated
with some as ,0 offe.id
ivery nose, and induce diar'htlM in almost
3very case. It colors everything hlack in
which it is allowed to rest, and a sf-um
rises on the top of a vessel if it is ??ft
standing during the Dight, which reflects
-he prismatic colors as distinctly as the surface
of a stagnant pool.' There are 'wells*
outside tbe^prison pen from which the
Federals supplied themselves with good wat?r;
Speaking of this same prison, the writer
9&VS ! 'Diirinn^ thfl Rs\nrf*htfiry onmtnur
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whose severity during the day. is as great
an that BHtid barren as anywhere in the
Union north of the G.ilf, and through the
hard winter, which is more severe at that
point than anywhere i n the country . south
of Boston, these poor fellows were conflneu
ht-ra in open tents on the naked ground,
without plank, or a handful of straw between
thegi and tbe heat or tha frost of the
earth. And when, in th$ winter, a high tide
or an easterly gale would flood the pen,
and freeze as it flooded, the sufferings of
the half clad wretches may ba easily imagined.
Many died outright, etc. ; Even the
well-clad sentinels, although relieved every
thirty minutes) instead of every tw?.hours,as
ts the army rule), perished, in some in
stance*,-and others ioflt the feet nod handsJ
through the tejriblo cold of the season/ '
'During all this aeaaoa . the ration of
wood allowed to eaob man was an armful
for five days.andthu had tooook for himJ
a/) well aa well a* warm Biro,' . ' .!
This was opt ail.. Only one blauket was
allowed to each'man.: Tberewera regular
JnspectiQas, and every, extra' blanket*. was
seized. w . ,
Yon coald receive nothing in. the way
of clQtbing wIthoat giving, op the corre*pocd
rng article which yos might ehauoo to
poceew.;v AH money wits eteo taken away.
Every third day there ?r*fe negro md~
tineU <m doty, -whoee iMole&ce *sd brtp-V
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tality were intolerable.' If a prisoner
crossed the dead line, their warning was
tho click of the lock, sometimes the discharge
of the musket.
The shelter at Point Lookout was at the
rato one 'A tout,?covering about aix ftet
square?to each squad of Ave; or one
Sibley tent?diameter fifteen feet?to etcery
eighteen men.
The author was transferred from Point
Lookout to Elmira, where a number of the
otlicers in command were civil and kind,
and a number of them were bru'ea and
villain?. One Captain Bowden, at this
prison, bad before him, on ono ocoosion, a
prisoner named Hale (of the old Stonewall
brigade) for drunkenness, and he sought to
know where he got his liquor. Halo re
refused Lo lell, as it would compromise
others. lie was accordingly tied up by
the thumbs, suffering exquisite torture, hut
he refused to peach, and* called on his fellow
prisoners lo remember thitwhoo they
got home.?Bowden grew exasperated,
and attempted to gag him by fastening a
heavy oak tent-pin in Ii'ib mouth sufficiently?a
difficult operation. He struck him
in tho face with tbe oaken billet, a blow
which broke soveral of bis teeth aud cov-;
ered his mouth wilb blood I
At Elrnira the roost scandalous reelect
exisied in the hospitals in the matter of
providing me patients wi.b proper food.
4I do not doubt tbat many of them perished
from actual btnrvaron*'
There was also 'an inexcusable deficiencienoy
in medicine.' Several weeks, in
which dysentery and inflammation of the
bowels prevailed, there was not a gram of
any preparation of opium in the dispensary,
and many a poor fellow died for the
want of this medicine- The doctors were
also exfretnely ignorant. The mortality
which took place exceeded even the reported
mortality at Andersouville.
At Andersonville, out. of a population of
30,000, 0,000, or one?sixlh of all, died,
from February 1, 1804, to August 1, 1864.
At Elmira, the quota was not ruado ud till
j the last of August, eu that Sn|>tembor was
' the first month duiing which any fair esti!
male of tho morality could be made,
i Now, out of If'Krt than 9 500 persons on
the first, of September, 366 died that
month. At Andersonville, it was one thirty
sixth of tho whole per month ; at Eluiirn,
it, was one twenty-fifth. At fir>t it
waB lew than three per rent, per month ;
at the latter it was four per cent, per
month.
Our article is already extended. Wo
commend Mr. Kelley's book?it is called
"In Vmculi; or, tlio Piisoner of War"?
to our readers as the production of an intelligent,
well informed and truthful writer.
Danger to the Pabty.?Tne National
Republican, of Tuesday, has tho following
remarks upon the Phiadelphia Convention,
which we commend to the auention
of those who are fearful that the Dein'
ocratic party will be swallowed up by the
Republicans: .
"The tenderness with which some of our
radical friends express their fears that the
members of the Uttiou party will go into
the Philadelphia Convention 'will be swal
lowed up by the copperheads and Southern
rebels, is at t-rnes quito overcoming 'o UHWe
uhudder .at the idea, and ourmii'd
reverts to Mie-sad fate of Jonah. Then wo
turn to tbe Democratic papers, and we find
consolation in the lact that some of them
express the same fear about their brethren
namely that they will be swallowed up by
the National Union parly, members of
which initiated and called the Philadelphia
Convention. With fear and trembling, we
have looked about to ascertain who will be
tbe whale and who will be Jonah. We
don't think a cathartic would damage
either the Union or Democratic party just
at this time. It matters very little* which
party at Philadelphia is., tbe whale _ or
which is Jonah. Aftet tbe secession of
Jonah, we have no jourpalistio accounts of
of the movements of tbe whale. Wnetber
it died, or swallowed aootbor man or a
ft)KaIa ' /tnnV/tntiAn a* ~'
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ia not stated."
The Republican then Feb cartes the his?,
tory of various coalitions which succeeded
in defeating the old parties, and ooqcludda
thu
"Theri are aa. good fish in the sea as were
ever.Oaught. We are now willing to make
another coalition for these high, national
purpoeea, if necfesary^ And -to that end
' we welcome men to the Philadelphia Convention
from 0Tdry St Rt9 In'the Utrton
who cau endorse the p rinci pies of {he oal 1.
A* there i* a juat the vrijffft if!U jriV
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THE GERMAN'S FATHERLAND,
Where ia the German's Fatherland ?
Iu't Prussia? Swubiu? Ia't (he strand
Where grown the vino, where flows the Ilhint!
Is't where the gull skiuis Baltic's brine ?
No ??yet more great and far more grand
Must be the German's Fatherland I
How call they then the German's land?
Bavaria? Biunswick) Ilast thou ecaonod
It where the Zuyder Zee extends?
Where Styrian toil the iron benJt?
No, brother, not?thou hast uot spanned
The German's genuine Futl.erlaudl
Ia then tho German's Fatherland
Westphalia? Pomerania! Stand
Where Zurich's wavtlesa water sleeps:
Where Weser wind*, where Dnuube sweeps:
Hast found it now ??Not yell Demand
j-^inewuuro ine v*crmairs r'atlierlnnd I
Then cay, Wlnro lies tho German's laud?
How call they that unconquered land?
la't whore Tyrol's green mountains riee?
The Switzer's land I dearly prize,
By Freedom's purest breezest fanned?
But no 1 'Lis not the German's landl
Where, therefore, lies the German's land?
Baptize that gri-at, that ancient landl
'Tisl surely Austria, proud and bold,
In wealth unmatched, 111 glory old!
OI none shall write her name on sand;
But she in not the German's landl
Say then, Where lies the German's landl
Baptize that great, that ancient landl
Ib't Alsnct? Or Lorraine?that gem
Wrenched from the Imperial Diadem
By wiles which princely treachery planned!
No! these are not the German's landl
Where, therefore, lies the Germau's land!
Name thou at last that mighty land!
Where'er resounds the German tongue?
Whore German hymns to God are suug?
There, gallant brother, take thy standi
That is the German's Fdtherlandl
That is liia land, tbe land of lands,
Wliero vows bind less than claspnd hande,
Where Valor lights the flashing eye,
Where Lovo and Truth in deep hearts lie,
And Zeal eokiDdles Fret>d<m/a brand?
That is tbe German's Fatherland I
That is the German'* Fatherland
Where Hate pursues each foreien band?
Where German is the name for friend,
Where Frenchman is the name for fiend.
And France's joke is spurned and banned?
That is Ihe German's Fatherland!
That is the German's Fatherlnndl
Great Godl look down and bleas thatlandl
And give her noble children soula
To cherish while Hxiotence rolls,
And luve with heart, and aid with hand,
Their Universal futhpvlandl
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FOBRE ra OWN ACCOUNT OF THE PUBSUIT
CAPrT7B5 OF 8TBEIGHT.
Lnto one afternoon, long alter this, at
the moment when the emire Confederacy
was ringing with his pursuit and capture
ot Col. Straight, F<>rre*l came into the edilonal
room of the Rebel at Chattanooga,
where three or fonr of his old friends wenS
E collected, and gave m a minute narrative
of the recunt eamn?!i*n TT;_. ?
~ i a?. mis uuauii|Jl|VtJ
fiowera are naturally very good and on this
uccasiuu he was full of tbis story, and spoke
with the enthusiasm and simplicity of a
child. lie had pursued Straight's column,
fighting every day, for nearly a fortnight,
over an almost barren country for over sevbundred
miles and with an inferior force,
capturing him at last by stratagem. "I
wasn't certain when I demanded bis surrender,
which would bave to give in, him
or mo. But it was like a game of poker, I
called him on a single 'pair' to his 'full,'
trusting to luck. He seemed, at first, to
have very little cot.fidcuce in my hand;
out I said: 'I give you five minutes.
I've fo'Jowed you and fought you for two
weeks, and now I've got you ju.it where I
want you. I'm tired of sacrificing lives,
nod offer you a cbauce to stop it. If you
don't I warn you I won't be answerable
for the consequences.'.'
Streight was'tiirly bluffed.' He was in
a strange oountry. His adversary wab
known to bo a desperate roan. His com*
mand was jaded. What could he do? If
be stood out aoy longer and waa mistaken,
be might be sacrificed. He surrendered,
and in a few mit.ules himself and bia men
were disarmed prisoners under the escort
of ODo-fourtb of their number. "Where is
the rest of your command General ?" ask- !
ed Col. Straight. Forrest smiled grimly,
and made no reply. Presently when tbey
frrived in the village of Rome, tho mystery
was removed,^and tho gallant but outwitted
Indiauian saw bis blunder:
Itwasduringtbe put suit of Streight,
that an incident occured whioh Forrest re
ported with great satisfaction. The ohasa
was becoming excited and the Confederates
were beginning to be eager for its conclusion
when they renohed a stream over which
ihd eoemJ had crossed in safety, but whioh
had risen so rapidly as to be impMtibta.
Forreat rode aloDg the baDka baffled and
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about bis ears. After vainly seeking for
half an hour, be came to a cabin which
stood alone in the wilderness near the water's
edge. Here, as a last resort he inquired
for a ford. A young girl ran out
and said, "1 can show you one if yon take
rae up behind you." The mother waa very
much shocked, bnt the girl continued,
I'm not afraid. You're General Forrest,
and will take care of me." *Hop up,
then,' said Forrest, riding close to the fence.
?The girl bounded upon the horse, clung
tightly to the General's sabre saab, and
onon ?i? ?i- J *'
?uoj iuuv, uuwu ids stream and
sharp shooting and the whizzing of nolonies,
* What's that?1 said the girl innocent*
ly, as one of these came very near. Thai,'
said Forrest is a skeered bird/ They
reached the ford in safety, the command
passed over, and the General turned to hit
gallant little guide and asked what he could j
do For her! She replied that her brother
had^been captured by Colonel Streight and
was a prisoner in his hands; all she desired
was his release. 'Very well,' said Forrest,
taking a note of the name, 'you shall
have him by twelve o'clock to morrow.'
It was turned of eleven the next day
when Streight surrendered. Immediately
General Forest called for John Sanson),
wild nrnmnllo L '* ?
g t --j .fjwuou^iiiu ouuugu W UB
relieved, and wondering what oould be
wanted with him by his own General. *1
promised your sister Emma,' eaid Forrest,
when the young man appeared, 'to send
yuu to her at twelve o'clock to?day. Time's
nearly up. Tako tbe best horse you can
find aud put out. Double-quick now?
march 1' As related by Forrest himself,
with the earnest delight of his nature and
in that quiet little editorial room at the
close of a summer day, with all its freeness
about it, the story was thrilling, and
we at once resolved to make a heroine oat
of the little rustic, Em ma Sansom. Subsequently
alie received a grant of land and
a vote of thauks from the General Assem?
LI ? _ * a t
uiy 01 AiHDamA; but the remembrance of
tbat ride behind the most daring cavalry
lender of the Amerioan continent Bhould
be worth more to her than all the grants
and resolutions which Legislatures have
power to give. I know tbat Forrest looks
back upon it with pride thatoxceeds the
sense of the victory which it secured, and
over alludes to it without a touch of the
old nre und a quick returning of the old
fWh.? Correspondence of the Wathville
Banner.
Recently in a town nnf j
mvv mm iuVUMIUU
railea from Columbus, a young man who
loved wisely and well, proposed, waa accept*
ed, am! proceeded to procure the marriage
license from the proper official in the conn*
try town. He was a little sensitive on the
point of publicity, and left home for A
horseback ride to said county seat, dreeaed
apparently in his old every-day clothes*
Under these, however, he wore hia "Son*
day-go-to meetins," and on neariog the
point of destination, bitched hia horse, laid
off bis old clothes, and tripped lightly ovar
the bridge into town, a very dandy In unruffled
smooth neas. It so happened that
|,? .1.u:
oucu uis uioiaes ana tied bis horse near
a stream of considerable depth. Men discovered
botb, ?nd Boon conoluded tbat eome
reckless young mao had been drowned.?
Tbe subject was thoroughly canvassed, and
preparations made to drag the steeam for
tbe body. A large crowd had collected,
by this time, And the excitement was intense.
The proceedings were stopped bj
an excited individual plunging across the
bridge, springing on the boree, and galloping
away. The inference st once was
that the young men had stolen the horse
and leveral farmers started immediately in
pursuit. Youog man saw them and whipped
up to full speod. The race wasaoloee
one for several miles, when he dodged
them bj. taking a bypath through ; the
woods. ' fie was again discovered, howevr,
and again the chase by many Jiew
comers with fresh horses, Pell-mell, rough
and tumble, the pursued and pursers
went through the oounty for man^miiai
creating everywhere exoitem^nt.1*1
th e youog man netted thereitdetfeeoO>ie
intended bride. Be.rode at once to the
gate, dismounted, and plunged into the
Louse, af the pursuing psrty dafthed up,he
declaring-that they "couldn't have Ms j
lioenae without riding hard for them," and
| that he wouldn't give thedrbp without a
faw. SUplMntioD wcoeode4 ?xpfa|n^bfu)a
there .wu a.hearty laugh *t the expe&saof
the nntopbUticated yoothwfcp: had been
pur?ued m a horftd thief,- but who ofcly
.IM?nd ??a?- tte otoppfdMWhm tb?
hit: pavpoert wanted to rob lrim *r fek
tnfcrrage lictafe.** Ohio Staff Journal*
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