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HARRIS SHERIFF’S SALES.
Will be sold before the Court house door
in the town of Hamilton, on the first Tues
day in April next, within the usual hours of
sale, the following pronsajy, to wit:
Lot of land No. 246 In’the 21st District of
originally Muscogee, now Harris county, con
taining 202 j acres, more or less Levied on
as the property of Thomas Hickson, deceased,
by virtue of an execution Issued from the
Superior Court of said county in favor of
Wm. P. McGhee vs. Geo. H. Jjryan, admin
istrator of Thomas Hickson, deceased. Prop
erty pointed out Ly plaintiff’s attorney.
Also, at the tame time and place the re
mainder or reversionary interest, of the estate
of Thomas Hickson, deceased ,after the term
ination of the dower, or death of the widow
of said deceased, in all that tract or parcel of
land lying in the 21st District Harris county,-
Ga, known as lots Nos. 233, 234 and 215,
north half of lot 216, and the eastei n portion
of lots 235 and 214, containing in all 153|
acres, more or less, the same being better
described and known as the Myra T. Hickson
dower lands, now occupied by J M. and R.
B. Mobley, by their agent, U, S. Williams.
Bold es tije remainder interest and -property
of said deceased, to satisfy a fi fa from the
Superior Court of said county in favor of
Thomas M. Gorton, adminisßrat<;r, bonis
nou of James Simpson, deceased, vs George
H. Bryan, administrator upon the estate of
Thomas Hickson, deceased.
Also, at the same time and place, 110 acres
of land in the 22d district of Harris county,
on which diaries H. Trammell now resides
and occupies the same, number not known,
bounded by the lands of Mrs. Murrali, F. M.
Trammell and Alford Smith. Levied on as
the property of Charles H. Trammell to Wit
infy a li fa fpFued from Hards Superior Court
in favor of W. C. Johnston vs. said Trammell.
Also, at the same time and place, part of
lot No 244. in the 18th District of Harris
couDty, continuing 160 acres, more or less,
bounded by a line running across said lot
due North and South, crossing Sowhatchee
creek at the south end of the old mill-dam
place. Also two acres on Southeast corner
°,f * ot No. 243, arid 20 acres ol lot No. 4, on
the stae of said creek adjoining said land,
known as the J. B. Moore place, occupied by
w. J Mullins when levied on. 'Levied on
as the property of said Mullins, to satisfy a
fl fa issued from HarruTSupefior Court in
favor of Sarah Moore vs, said Mullins,
B. 11. WILLIAMS, Sheriff.
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GEORGIA— Harris County. "
John D. Gillespie makes applica
tion for letters of administration on
the estate of William Culbreath, de
ceased.
All persons concerned arc hereby
notified to show cause, if any they
have, by the Ist Monday in March
next, why said letters should not be
granted.'
Given under my hand and official
signature, this Jan-. 29, 1873.
J. F. (J. Williams,
jan3l-30d Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Habsis Coukty.
James Patillo makes application for letters
of administra idn upon tbe estate of James
Hatchett, colored, late of said county, dec’d
All persons concerned fire hereby notified
to show cause, if ariy'they have, by the first
Monday in April next, why said letters should
not be granted.
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J. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ordinary.
GEORGIA —Ha rri* County.
J M Davis, administrator of James
G Davis, deceased, makes application
for of dismission ;
All j) arsons concerned are hereby
notified ,to show cause, if any they
have, by the first Monday in May
next, why said administrator should
not be dismissed.
Given under my hand and official
signature, this 3d of February, 1873.
J F C Williams, Ord’y.
Bissolution.
The firm of Cowseit & Pitts has been dis
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debted will please call and settle within the
next ten days COWBEBT & PUTS.
Hamilton, Jan. 9, 1873.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
A Story of the Late Civil War.
Were there a hundred veterans of
the Army of the Potomac who never
marched' through Winchester, Vir
ginia?
Onp d°uhts it when the records of
the war tell him that the town-was
captured twenty-three times during
the war. It was “ Yank ” one month,
“ Johnny ” the next, and the inhabi
tants got so at last that they dared
not pronounce for either side—they
chfmed to be neutral, and only asked
the soldiers in blue or the soldiers in
gray to let their chickens alone.
If the list year of didn’t
sweep it away, and the fire has spared
it yet, there stands an old brown farm
house, with a front yard filled with
cherry trees, and a lot of mulberry
trees growing, up and shading the
south end of the house. It is a cozy
place for two old white-haired parents
to sit on the veranda and rock and
doze in thp sunshine while a strong
armed son cheerily in the
growing crops.
I saw it thus once, and 1 saw it af
terwards when the storm of ’ war
swept ovpr and aroijnJ it, staining
the green grass to a red, aqd when
passionato men and fiery horses swept
through the fields and dashed qt each
other a§ thq black smoke lifted for a
moment.
One day in the spring pf 1862, the
dispatches said that the’Confederates
had been driven out of Winchester,
and the Union forces held possession.
I was not with the victorious party,
but a few days after, when the Con
federates came back so close that
they held half of the town and the
Union forces the other half, I went
down with half a regiment of cavalry
and a few battalions of .he infantry
to hold the ground.
Army operations-had hardly com
menced for the spring, and the Con
federates were determined iq hold
the line of communication open ns
long as possible. J had a heavy back
ing a few miles away, and knowing
this, £le Confederates only cared to
keep me from advancing further than
Winchester for the time being.
We had our pickets as thick as bees
in the Northern suburbs of the town,
but the main force was back on the
road near the old farm house, where
the ground offered better advantages
in case of an attack. Wa had been in
camp loss than a day when I uscef
tained that the farmer’s name was
Hastings, and that he had one of the
handsomest daughters in all Virginia.
He asked for a property guard around
his farm, and iu seeing that the guard
Was properly pasted I had occasion
to enter the house.' There ‘ wasn’t
that bitterness then which came in
alter years, and we could all speak
very freely without any fear of
offence.
The farmer was old and weak, 'and
w hen I found out that he was a firm
believer in secession and rebellion, I
had no angry or hot words to giye in
reply. Where should one look for
Southern feeling If riot in the loonies
of Southerners ?
The wife was old and feeble, and
the son away in Richmond, and it
was natural enough that I should
make up my mind to stand between
beautiful Kate Hastings, and the in
conveniences of war, as much as I
could.
I don’t think I violated any of the
rules and regulations when I promised
the family that their property should
be preserved from raiders and their
personal liberties abridged only so
far as ihe safety of iriy command re
quired. Of course I could not allow
them to be passing back and forth
between the linos, but they should be
free to move in'any other direction.
I tell you right here that I jijfvev
saw a more charming, lovely woman
than Kate Hastings. I lost my heart
the moment I saw’ her, as any other
man would. But I was not so idiotic
as to believe that I had only to say
{he word to make her my wile; in
deed, I very much doubted from tljo
first if I ever should or could win
her.
“ I trust that we shall all be friends,”
she sweetly said, when I was about
to leave the house, ‘.‘lt is a cruel
war, deprecated by rill for its wounds
and griefs, and civilities from captors
to captives will certainly ways be
appreciated.”
There was an invitation to call
whenever I had. the opportunity, but
there was that modesty and dignity
in the lady’s look and bearing, which
made her anything bp.t a Jove-sick
maiden to be easily 'won.
Well, we pitched our camp; had
camp routine; changed pickets; skir
mished with the ’ Confederates, and
things at length went so-so from one
day to another, I sat on the veranda
and smoked with the old man; I took
tea with them; I riad to Kale, and
once in a while talked love, or was
just going to w hen she would check
me. She was thoroughly Southern in
sentiment. I knew it, and therefore
we passed politics over lor something
more agreeable to both.
Finally the day came for Winches
ter to change hands again. A rein
forcement of cavalry had come jto the
Confederates, and one day at nodn
they made the fact known to us.
Our pickets came running in, fighting
as they came, and closely followed
by cavalry, and we had only time to
form a battle line before the enemy
was along our front.
We had a sharp fight for half an
hour, during which time many a good
soldier hit the dust on either side,
and then my command had to give
way. We were hard pressed in
front, £.nd being flanked, when the
order was given to fall 'back slowly
to the ridge half a mile north of the
farm house.
As we fell back I saw that the old
house had been torn here and there
by shots, and fearing for the safety of
the family, wo carried them along
with ns. All were badly frightened,
and made no objections beyond the
shots of their friends. Step by step,
giving the enemy qs good as he sent,
wo fell back to the ridge, and there
we halted.
The Confederates came as far as
tjie farm house, and there Mr mod
their line and rested', throwitfg up a
breastwork and mounting a cannon
to command the road.
Wo threw up defences, formed a
uejy line, and by sundown everything
was going along as if no battle had
occurred, and a hundred men in blue
and gray had not been sent to their
Jong sleep. There was half a mile of
neutral ground between us, and the
pickets thrown out were hardly a
stone ! s throw from each other,
An hour after we fell'back, the
Hastings family came to me from a
farm house where they lmd taken
refuge. I knew that they wanted to
return home and w.as therefore ready
for the old man’s question.
“ Of course you can go,’! I replied,
though it paiued me to think that I
should lose Kate’s society. “I only
ask that you repeat alter me an oatlt|
that you will not give your Confed
erate friends information concerning
us.”
They repeated the words, and wo
walked down to the picket. A hand
shake all around, and then they took
their leave, and jriv air castle came
toppling down. The chances were
haVdly oue in a soore that 1 should
over see either of the three again.
Having soeniinglv gained all they
desired, the Confederates did not
seek to drive us further. Several
days passed without even a shot
from the pickets, when one day, to
shake off the rust, I rode with two
companies of cavalry which were
bound on a raid around the east of
Winchester to secure information
concerning the strength of the enemy
iu that direction.
We bad a long ride of seven or
eight jhijes, V’hPn coining to afiurk
inThe rorid, the major took one com
piufy arid myself the other and pushed
up the forks. We were riding along
carelessly enough, when all at once
the bushes by the roadside shot
flames and smoko. Everything was
cqufusiqtj at the sudden aftacj;.
'My horse leaped to one side and
then ran up the road. The cavalry
•mpu, some of whom wero wounded,
wheeled about and galloped down
the road, and were soori out of sight,
and the over in three
minutes.
“Hold onj hold on I Surrender,
Colonel!??"shouted a hundred voices
at me, and directly my horse carried
me into the midst of a hundred caval
rymen, handsomely coucealod iu a
bend in the road.
“Good afternoon, Colonel,” re
marked a deep, rich voice op my left.
“I’m sorry for you, but then you
could have fared worse I’’
I looked around and saw a colonel
of cavalry, a handsome man, with
bright, black eyes, and long, black
beard. His face wore a good natured
smile, and be held out his hand to
me.
“ Yes, I might have, been killed,”
I replied, accepting his hand. “I
desei ve this for my inexcusable care
lessness in not sending scouts for
ward.”
The cavalry camp was only half a
mile up the road, and as tho com
mand moved along, the Colonel and
myself rode in tho rear, lie intro
duced himself to mo as Colonel Lo
Ville. We commenWd on my cap
ture, the war, etc., and had sighted
the camp, wh en he suddenly inquired:
‘/Have you noticed, Colonel, that
the road bends three different times
between hero iind tbe forks?.*’
“Yes, I think it does,” 1 replied.
“ Weli, now,” be responded, “it
will be an easy matter for you to es
cape. Ttirri your horse suddenly,
give him the spurs, and you can
reach the forks in five minutes. If
any men chase you, and they will,
the bend in the road will save you.
I shall cry out the moment you get
started, and n\ay shoot at you, but
•shan't hurt ypu.
“You are rather given to d yy
jokes,” I replied, endeavoring ; to
laugh. “Such things are not down
in army tegulalions.”
“ Nevertheless, I mean (JJI jay,”
he replied. “We are now ten rods
behind tho men, 'Wheel your horse
and make him do his best. Tbe fir
ing will have caused the troops on
the other road to fall back, and you
can soon come up with them.”
1 looked hard at him, lut his
countenance stood the test. I be
lieved'he meant what he said. The
thought came into my head that he
meant to shoot me down, but 1 re
pudiated it when I had looked him'
over again.
“ Well, Colonel, God bless you,” I
said; “if the fortunes ol war ever
make you a prisoner, I will do as
much by you, if it co*ts me my
sword,”
I wheeled my horse, gave him the
spurs, and was off like a rocket.
Tho Cdlouel called to me to stop, and
emptied his revolver in shooting oyer
me. Just as I passed around the
first bend, I heard the cavalry after
me; but they might as well have
saved their horses. Iu ten minutes I
was again with the Union troopers,
and wo were on the gallop back to
Winchester.
I did not feel free to gq into par
ticulars iu regard to my escape;, and
the mep Rid officers looked upon it
as a great thing, inferring that I’ had
fought my way qut. It puzzled me
more than I can tell to account for
the generosity of the I had
never seen him before; had never
known of a similar instance, and all
my pondering failed to bring the re
motest satisfactory solulion.
But 1 was to secure a solution at
last.
For a vveek or so wo had a mono
tonous life at camp, without a move
ment on either side, and then we de
termined that Winchester should
change bauds again. In council we
planned an attack. Part of the in
fantry were to advance by the road,
part to attempt a flunk movement oti
the enemy’s left, assisted by cavalry,
and I was to load the balance of the
cavalry, dismounted, in an attack on
his right.
Everything was quietly arranged,
and oue noon we gave the Confeder
ates a return surprise. The first in
timation of 'our programme was the
driving iu of the pickets, and our
men came gear lpaping their breast
work. However, tile enemy quickly
rallied, and then wo had it hot and
heavy; carbines cracked, bugles soun
ded, the terrific cannon roared, the
ptqskots rattled, men shouted like
demons, and a pall of smoko covered
it all.
Having plenty to do to defend this
point, tho Confederates left their
camp exposed for us to dash at.
We swept down upon'them, and
then it was a hand fight. Someone
dashed at me through the smoke, and
I lunged back, f-eeljug thqt my sword
had found flesh.
They charged and were driven
back; we" charged and dyoye thepi.
I caught sight of fluttoririg garments,
and we pressed forward, and the
next moment stopped close to a wo
man who was kneeling beside a
wounded officer lying at full length
on tho ground.'
Through tho blue smoke I caught
her eyes fixed or mine in tprrible re
proach, and above' the cWh of arms
and the shrieks of the dying I heard
the quick words;
“You have killed him—-now stab
me to the heart!”
It was Kate!
I hardly know what happened du
ring the next five jnjiiiites, but at the
end of that time we had driven the
enemy back into the village, aiul a
few minutes later, clear out of the
Southern suburbs. Then I very has
tily returned to tho battle field.
d'ho dead were lying all about, and
the wounded were crying out on
every hand. The work of paring for
the latter had already commenced,-
and 1 went straight to Kate, who
was weeping and sobbing over the
white face of a Confederate officer.
“Go away 1 he U dead forever
she wailed, as I came nearer,
“War is but murder; be was
murdered !”
Stooping down, I found that the
officer had a sword cut in the shoul
der, and that* pistol ball had creased
his skull, stunning him fop a titrio.
Even as I made the examination he
moved a little and groaned out, and
in two or three minutes' was fully
conscious of Iris situation.
Kate was lik# ri 1 lujjatio. She
laughed and cpied until the powder
stained soldier thought the noise of
battle had driven her crazy. Tbe old
house had been riddled again and
again, but tho farmer and his wife
weye’ unhurt. It was only a little
way off, and when we had carried tfie
officer there, a surgeon dressed his
wounds.
The dead were buried, the wound
ed sheltered and dressed, and, when
niglit- came, our lines were ftdvribccd
so as to put Winchester behind us.
I did not go back to thri farm house
until the next day. The officer’s face
was so stained with blood and pow
der when I saw it the daV beford,
that 1 had no idea \vho it was, merely
noticing that he was a colonel of cav
alry. What Was my great surprise,
then, to encounter the phia.of' Cob
Lo Ville as I entered a bed-room at
the farm bouse.
“Good gfternoon, Colonel; I am
sorry for you, but you could have
filed worse,” I exclaimed, repeating
the words he had used when address-
ing me as a prisoner.
lie was bandaged up, and was still
veVy weak, but he sriiiied cheerfully,
and cordially held out his hand for a
shake.
I saw in a minute how matter# were,
lie was Kate’s lover. I had duly to
notice her blushes and the tender
look in her eyes to he'kure of the fact.
Then it chme to me that Le Ville
had been with those who drove us
out of Winchester. He had heard
from the Hastings family that ali had
beeii well used aud-courteously treat
ed, and to show me that it was Ap
preciated, he had allowed me to es
cape.
It gave me a hitter pang to feel
th..t any further struggle on my pan
was hopeless, "hut 1 tried to shake off
any sour feeling; I was in duty
bound to take the Colonel’s word of
honor, if no more, that he should not
attempt escape. It luay seem strange
$2 A YEAR
to yon that I. did nqt. The official
report of the battle forwarded to my
superior did not even mention the
fact of bis eaptui e. ’ ■'
I s<tw tbe .Colonel almost every day.
In a week ho wqs able to walk around!
I saw that he was somewhat anxious
to kuow what disposition would be
made of him, but 1 left him to work
out that problem. Gue morning $
missed him. No one seemed to know
what had become of him, and I di4
not press them for particulars. The
Colonel and I were even! • ‘
Well, there came an order which
took me to a post a hundred miles
away, and in the hot campaign I came
near forgetting the Hastings family
and the Colonel. . .. . •
Or* day, when a regipijgit of
Union cavalry was hurled against ft
thousand Confederate horsemen; and
when victory seemel about to perch
upon our flag, a battery of artillery
played such havoc among us that thq
bugle blow a retreat. , 1“ the confu-’
sion thirty or fopty of us were cut off
and made prisoners.
“Good afternoon, Colone), I am
sorry fpr you, but you could havq
fared worse.”
Close'’ at my right hand was. Col.
Le Villo, henrty and well, aqd hiq
sabre not yet sheathed after the fight,
A hundred men wondered as we
shook hands; but we fully understood
it ourselves.
“ I cau’t let you rido off as yoq did
boforc,” remarked the Colonel, as h4 1
fiassed with me behind the jine of
>attle. “ But you shan't do long a
prisoner. I’ll have* you exchanged
within three days,” **•?-' ,
And he kept his word. While
other officers went off to Richmond,
I went to Washington, and then to
my regiment, duly exchanged. Ilia
influence wag what effected it.
Ho was not married yet, but he in
formed me that he should be in L few
months, and, in his joking way, invi
ted me cordially to his wedding,
which wns to take place at the Hast 4
ings farm house.
“J' think I’ll come,” I replied; “ and
in case I should ; capture ybu 'again,
I shall clear off this debt: you ors
one ahead now,”
Nothing was more frequent than
to change the cavalry from left td
centre, from centre to right, and back
and forth, until it might be said oif
them that they did not belong to any.
one’s division. So I thought nothing
strange of it when iny regiment took
a inarch of seventy miles, and brought
Up onp night on the voad to Winches',
ter, not half a mile from the oJ<f jbr;n
house.
There was to be an advance oil
that road, and we were to take th<
front. Infantry and artillery were, ji
force at our backs, and we
from a scout, sobu after *3arx, the
the Confederates were certainly ol
the retreat, leaving not a solder hfs
tween us and tho farm house,
There Was no one in command to
order mo to make an advance, and as
wri Had selected a camping spot,' no
advance was made. ',"*T ’
Something kept tflllipg me all the
time that Col. Lo Yjlje was near. I
could not shake ‘off the voice, and so
I wandered down the road where the
pickets wero ktatipued.
The advance was within a dozen
rods of the farm house. As it had
not been disturbed, I pushed verjf
rapidly almost to tbe house, followed
wiilpiho reserve picket. ™
Ev- thing was still around the
place, but we saw shadows op th‘e
curtains, and finally entered the yard
and walked up the path. Nearing
the door, I heard a deep, solemn
voice reading or repeating a cere
mony. Stopping boldly up, followed
by the men, I opened tho door upoA
a niarringe ceremony. ‘‘ *” ”
Col. Le Ville, in toll uniform, held
the hand of Kate Hastings; a minis!,
ter stood before them, the parents oft
either side; one or two citizens were
there as witnesses. The group was
thunderstruck, and for a moment
one moved or spoke,
“Good evening, Colone’,*’ I re
marked. “ You invited me, yon rtn
member, and I am here.’’ *
I held the door #o that none of my
men had looked into the room. J
now whispered to them to go bac|
to the road and look sharp, arid them
entered the room.
The clergyman had taken a seat,
but was ordered to go on, and no
explanations were then made unta
Miss Kate Hastihgs was made Via
Col. Le Yille. Then we efjiljjra&l„
There was 'aughing and crying, anda
“ regular time,” as the old ladies say.
The Colonel did not know that the
Confederate rear guard had passed
on, but was intending to wed Kate,
arid move Souih an hoar after. Ha
looked at me and read my decision!
and Kate leaned on his shoulder and
went that lie was again a prisoner. *
What happened?
Well, nothing to you, I don’t
want lo hear anything about “army
regulations,” “ conspiracies,” “court?
martial*,” and such talk. It is, how!
ever, my opinion, that 'CoL Lb Villi
got away somehow.'
*% n t v *
I was down in the Shenandoah
Valley k few months ago, and whorit
do you think I took dinner Withl
The Colonel looked as bright and
happy as anew silver doIISt, 'Sim
Kate was more charming thafr ever.
The war rested hard upon both,
Ke and love had made the fhriw
e a little paradise, and there WS*
! - pif<
(and INCH’DEO OK TOT ?AOS.)