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F. R. FILDES, Editor-.
VOL. VIII.
PRO I EgWSIO]\AL,
DU. Eh A.JELKS,
• Practicing Physic ian,
QUITMAN QA.
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Messrs. Briggs, Jelks Jfc Cos., Screven street.
* January 81, 1873. 5-ts
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QUITMAN, CA.
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March 17, 1871.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Q I MAN. BIIOOSS GEORGIA.
February 7. 1873 6
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BEUE AND GREY.
A htoi T of the Late Civil War.
Were there a hundred veterans of the
A i nay of the Potomac who never march
; ed through Winchester, Virginia?
i One doubts it when the records of the
war toll him that the town was captured
twe.itv-three times during the war. It
was “Yank” one month, "Johny” the
i ext, and the inhabitants got so at last
that they dared not prouounce for either
side, they claimed to he neutral, and on
ly asked tfie soldiers in grey or the sol
diers in blue to let their chickens alone.
If the last year of the war didn't sweep
it awaj, and the fire has spared it yet,
there stands an old brown farm house,
witii a front yard filled with cherry trees,
and a lot of mulberry trees growing np
and shading the South end of the house.
It is a Cozy place for two old white
haired parents to git on the front veran
da and rock and dose in the sunshine
while a strong-armed eon whistles eher
l ily in the growing crops.
1 saw it etuis once, and I saw it after
wards when the stpym of war swept
over and around it, staining the green
grass to a red, and when passionate men
and 'fiery horses swept through the
fields and dashed at eacli ether us the
ldack smoke lifted for a moment.
One day in the spring of 1802, the
dispatches said that the Confederates
had been driven out of Winchester, and
that the Union foiceß held possession.
I was not with the victorious party, but
a few days after when the Confederates
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 battallions of the
infantry to hold the ground.
Army operations had hnrdly com
menced for the spring, and tho Confed
erates were determined to hold the line
of communication open ns long as pos
sible. I had a heavy backing a few
miles away, and knowing this, the Con
federates only cared to keep me from
advancing fnrtbcr than Winchester for
tho time being.
We lad our pickets as thick as bc-es
in the Noi thorn suburbs of the town, but
the main foice was back on the road,
near the old farm house, where the
ground offered better advantages in
case of an attack. We bad been iu
camp-les* than a day when I ascertain- !
ed that the farmer’s name was Hastings, j
and that he had one of the handsomest j
daughters in all Virginia. He asked j
for a property guard around ins farm,
and seeing that the guard was properly
posted, I l.ad occasion to enter the house.
There wasn’t that bitterness then which
came in after years, and we cotild all
speak very freely without any fear of
offence.
The farmer was old and weak, and
when I found out that he was a film be
liever in secession and rebellion, 1 bad ;
no angry or hot words to give in reply, i
Where should one look for Southern
feeling if not in the homes of Southern-!
ers? f
The wife was old and feeble, and the j
son away in Richmond, and it was nat
ural enongli that I should make up my
mind to stand between beaniiful Kate!
! Hurting, and the- inconveniences of wai .
Ia" much ns I could.
j I don’t think I violated any of the j
I rules and regulations when 1 piomised
! the family that their property should bo
I preserved from raiders and their person—
j al liberties abridged only so far as the
‘safety of my command required. Os;
course, I could Dot allow them to he j
! passing back and forth through the.
i lines, lint, they shoo'd he free to move il j
! any other direction.
| I tell yon right heie that I never saw
| a more charming, levely woman than j
! Kale Hastings. I lost my heart the I
! moment T saw her, as any other man j
! would. But I was not so idiotic as to
believe that I had only to sav the word
lo make her my wife; indeed, I very
| much doubled fr m the first if I ever
I should or could win her.
I ■] trust that we shall all be friends,
! she sweetly said, when f was about to!
leave the bouse. ‘lt is a cruel war, j
I deprecated by all for Ms wounds and !
! grii fa, and civilities from captors to
| captives will certainly always be ap
, predated.’
There was an invitation to call when- 1
i ever I had the opportunity, but there was
that modesty and dignity in the lady’s
| look and bear'ng which made her any •
i thing bnt a love-sick maiden to be oas
j ily won.
j Well, we pitched our camp; had carnp
routine; changed pickets; skirmished
with the Confederates, and things at
i length were so from ice day to another.
; I saton the veranda and smoked with
; the old man; I took tea with them; I
} read to Kate, and oLce in a while talked
I love, or was just going to when she
j would check me. She was thoroughly
Southern in sentiment. I knew it, and
therefore we passed politics over for
something more agreeable to both.
Finally the day came for Winchester
;to change hands again. A reinforce
ment of cavalry had come to the Con
federates, and one day at noon they
made the fact known to us. Our pick-
HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RI3HTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.
QUITMAN, GEO., MARCH 28, 1878.
ets caius running in, fighting ns they
came, and closely fjllowed try cavalry,
and we had only time to form a battle
line before the enemy was along our
1 front.
We Lad a sharp fight for ball an hour,
! during which time many a good soldier
! hit the dust on either side, atid then my
j command had to give way. We were
j hard pressed in front, and being flanked
when the order was given to fall back
slowly to the ridge-half a mile north ol
the farm house.
As we fell back I saw that the old
house had been torn hero and there by
shots, and fearing tor tho safety of the
family we carried them along with us.
HU were badly frightened, and male no
objections beyond the shots of their
friends. Step by step, giving the ene
my as good as lie sent, we fell back to
the tidge, and there we baited.
The Confederates came us far as the
farm house and there formed their line
and rested, throwing np a breast-work,
and mounted a cannon to command tho
road.
We threw up defences, formed anew
line, and by sundown everything ftas go
ing along as if no battle had occurred
and a hundred men in blue and grey had
not been scut to ttieir long sleep. There
was half a mile of neutral ground be
tween us, and tbe pickets thrown out
were hardly a stone’s throw from each
other. ,
An hour after we fell buck, tbe Hast
ings family came to me from u farm
house where they had taken refuge. I
knew thut they wanted to return home
and was therefore ready for the old man’s j
question.
’Of comse you can go,’ I replied,
though it pained me to tliiuk that I
should lose Kate’s society. ‘1 only ask
that you repeat after me aig oath that
you will not give your Confederate
friends information concerning us.’
They iopiated the words, and we
walked down to the picket. A hand
shake all round, and then they took
their leave, and my air castles came
toppling down. TWA 1 chances were
hSrdly one in a score that I should ever
see either of tho three again.
Having seemingly gained all they de
sired, the Confederates did not seek to
drive us further. Several days passed
without even a shot from tho pick, ts,
when one day, to shake oft the iu»t, 1
rode with two companies ot cavalry,
whioir were bound on a raid around the
east of Winchester, to secure informa
tion concerning the strength of the ene
my in that direction.
We had a long ride of seven or eight
miles, when coming to a fork in the road,
I the Major took one company and mysell
the other and pushed up the forks. We
] were riding along carelessly enough
{ when all at once the hushes by the road
j Hide shot flame and smoko. Everything
was in confusion at the sudden allack.
If v hoise leaped to one side and then
ian Up flic road. The cavahymen, some
of whom were wonnded, wheeled about
and galloped down tbe road, and were
soon out of sight, and the battle was
over in three minutes.
‘Hold on 1 hold on! Surrender, Colo*
! ne! !’ shouted a hundred voices at
♦no, and directly my horse carried me
! into the midst ol a hundred cavalrymen,
1 handsomely concealed in a bend ot the
broad.
! ‘Good afiernoon, Colonel," remarked a
I deep rich video on my left. ‘l’m sorry
j for you, but then*you might have faied
worse I’
1 looked around and saw a colonel of
cavalry, a handsome man, {with bright,
black eyes and long black beard. His
face wi re a good-natured smile, and he
he'd out his hand to me.
‘Yes, I migbftave been killed,’ I re
plied, accepting bis hand. ‘I deserve
tin's lor my inexcusable carelessness in
not sending scouts forward.’
The cavalry camp was only half a
mile np tbe road, and.as the command
moved along, the Colonel and myself
rode in the rear. He introduced him
self to me as Colonel Le Ville. We
commented on my capture, the war, etc.,
and had sighted the carnp, when he sud
denly inquired-: €
‘Have you noticed, Colonel, that the
road bends three different times between
here and the foi ks?’
‘Yes, I think it does.’ I replied.
’Well, now,’he responded, ‘it will be
an easy matter for you to escape. Turn
your borse suddenly, give him the spurs,
and you can reach the forks iu five min
utes. If; my men chase you, and they
will, the bend in the road will save you.
I shall'cry cut the moment you get
started, and may shoot you, but shan’t
hurt you.’
• ‘You are rather given to dry jokes,’ t
replied, endeavoring to laugh- ‘Such
things are not down in army regulations.’
I mean ail 1 say,’ In-
replied. ‘We are now ten rods behind
the men. Wheel your horse and make
hint do his best. The firing will have j
caused tbe troops on the other road to j
fall back, and you can soon come op j
with them. ’
I looked hard at him, bnt his connte- j
nance stood the test. 1 believed he
meant what he said. The thought!
came into my head that he meant to j
shoot me down, hot I repudiated it when
I had looked him over again.
‘Weil, Colonel, God bless you,’ I said;
‘if the fortuues of war ever make you a
prisoner, I will do as much by yon, if it
costs me my sword.’
I wheeled my horse, gave him tho
spurs, and was off like a rocket. The
Uolynel called mo to stop and emptied
his revolvei in shooting over me. Just
as I passed around tbe first bend, I
heard the cavalry after me; but they
might as well have saved their horses.
In ten minutes I was again with the
Union tioopers, and we were on ttie gai-(
lop back to Winchester.
I did not feel free to go into particiD
lars in regard to my escape, and the
men and officers looked upon it ns a
great thing, inferring that I had fought
my way out. It puzzled mo more than I
can tell to account for the generosity of
the officer. I had never seen him before;
bad never known of a similar instance,
and all rov pondering failed to bring tlfc
remotest satisfactory solution.
But I was to secure a solution at last.
For a week or so wo bad a monoto
nous lifo at camp, without a movement
on either side, ami then vvd determined
that Winchester should change hands
again. In council wo planned an at
tack. Part of the infantry wore to ad
vance by tho 4'oad, part lo attempt a
flank movement on the enemy’s left, as
sisted by cavalry, and 1 was to lead the
balance of the cavalry, dismounted, in
an attack on his right. •
Everything was quietly arranged, and
one noon wo gave the confederates a re
turn surprise. The first intimation of
our programme was the driving in of tho
pickets, and our men came near leaping
their breastwork. However, tiio enemy
quickly rallied, and then wo had it hot
and heavy, carbines cracked, bugles
sounded, tho terrific cannon reared, the
muskets rattled, men shouted like de
mons, ami a pall of smoke covered it all
Having plenty to do to defend this
point the Confederates left their camp
exposed for us to dash at. Wo swept
down opon them, and then it was a hard
fight. Someone dashed at me through
the smoke, and I {lunged- back, feeling
that my sword had found flesh.
They charged and were driven back;
we charged and drovo them. I caught
sight of fluttering garments as we press
ed forward, and the next moment slop
ped close to a woman who was kneeling
beside a wonnded officer lying at full
length on the ground.
Through tho blue smoke I caught her
eyes fixed on mine in terrible reproach,
and above the clash of aims and the
shrieks of the dying I heard tho quick
words :
‘You have killed him—now stab me
to the heart I’
It was Kate 1
I hardly know what happened during
Ihc next five minutes, at the end if
that time we had driven the enemy back
into the village, and a lew minutes later
clear out of the Southern suburbs. Then
I very hastily returned to the battlefield.
The dead were lying all about, and
the wounded were crying ont oil every
hand. The work of caring for the latter
had already commenced, and I went
straight to Kate, who was weeping and
sobbing over tho white face of a Confed
erate officer.
‘Go away 1 lie is dead forever !’ she
wailed, as I came nearer.
‘War is but murder; lie was murder
ed 1’
Stooping down 1 found that the officer
had a sword cut in the shoulder, and that
a p'stol hall had creased his skull, stun
ning him for a time Even as I made
the examination he moved a little and
groanrd out, and in two or three iniiintes
was fully conscious of his situation-
Kate was like a lunatic. She laughed
and cried until the powder-stained sol
diers thought the noise if battle had
driven her crazy. The old house had
been riddled again and again, hut the
farmer arid his wife {were unhurt. It
was only a little way off, and when we
had carried the officer there, a surgeon
dressed his Wounds.
The dead were buried, the wounded
sheltered and dressed, and when night
came our lines were advanced, so as to
put Winchester behind us. I did not
go hack to the farm house until next
day The officer's face was so stained
witii blood and p-ijrder when J saw it the
day before that I bad no idea who it was,
'merely noticing that ho was a Colonel of
cavalry. What was my great surprise - ,
then, to-encounter the phiz of Col. Lo
Ville as I entered a bedroom at the farm
bohse.
‘Good afternoon, Colonel; I am sorry
for you, hut yon could have fared worse!’
j I exclaimed, Repeating the words he had
| imed when addressing me as a prisoner,
j He wag bandaged up and was still
! very weak, but he smiled cheerfully and
' cordially held out his hand for a shake.
| I saw in a minute how matters were.
!He was Kate’s lover. I had only to no
i tice her blushes and the tender look in
| her eyes to be sure of tbe fact. Then it
j came to me that Le Ville had been witii
those who drove us out of Winchester.
He had heard from the Hastings family
that all bad been well used and courte
ously treated, and to show me that he
was appreciative, he had allowed mo to
escape.
It gave me a bitter pang to feel ibal
*ny further'struggle on ray part was
hopeless, but I tried to shake iff any
sour feeling. I was in duty bound to
taKe the Colonel’s word of honor, if no
more, that he should not attempt to es
cape. It may to you that
1 did not. Tho official report of the bat
tle forwarded to my superior did not even
i mention the fact of his capture,
j I saw tbe Colonel almost every day.
' In a week he was able to walk around.
I saw Unit lie was somewhat anxious to
know what disposition would be of
him, but I left him to workout that pro
blem. OifD morning I missed him. No
one seemed to know what had become
of him, and I did not press them for par
ticulars. Tho Colonel and I were even.
, Well, there came nn order which to-jk
ijio to post a hundred miles away, and in
the hot campaign I came near forgetting
the Hastings family and the Colonel.
One day, when a regiment of Union
cavalry was hurled against a thousand
Confederate horsemen, and when victory
seemed about to perch on onr flag, a
bal tery of artillery played such havoc
among us that the bugle klcivjii retreat.
In the conlnsion, thirty or forty of us
were cut oft'and made prisoners.
‘Good afternoon, Colonel. I’m sorry
for you, luit you could have fared worse)’
Close at my right hand was Col. Le
Ville, hearty and well, and his sabre not
yet sheathed after the fight. A hundred
men wondered as we shook hands; but
we fully understood oiuselves.
‘I can’t let you ride oil as yon did lie
fore,’ remarked the Colonel as.ho passed
with mo behind the line of battle. ‘But
yon shan’t bo long a prisoner. I’ll Rave
you exchanged within three days.’
And ho kept his word. While other
officers went off to. Richmond, I went to
Washington, and then to my regiment,
duly exchanged. Ill's influence q;as
what effected it.
Ho was not married yet, but ho in
formed me that he should lie in a few
months and in his joking way invited
me cordially to his wedding, which was
to take place at the Hastings’ farm-house.
'1 think I’ll come,’ I replied; ’and in
case j should capture yon again, I shall
clear off this debt; yon ate one ahead
now.’
Nothing was more frequent than to
change the cavalry from left to centre,
from centre to right, and hack and forth
until it might he said of tiiem that they
did not belong to any one’s division. So
I thought nothing strange of it when my
regiment took a march of seventy miles,
and brought np one night on the road to
Winchester, not half a milo from the old
farm house.
There was to be an advance on that
road, and we were to taka the front. In
fantry and artillery were in force at onr
backs, and we learned from a scout, soon
after dark, that the Confederates were
certainly on tho retreat, leaving not a
soldier between ns and the farm house.
There was no one in advance to order
me to make an advance, and as we had
selected a camping spot, no advance
was made.
Something kgpt felling me all the
time that Col. Le Ville was near. I
conld not shake off the voice, and so
wandered down the road where the pick
ets were stationed.
‘j'iie advance was withiu a dozen rods
of tho farm-house. As it had not been
disturbed, I pushed very rapidly almost
to the house, followed with tho reservo
picket.
Everything was stiTl around the place,
but we saw shadows on the curtains, and
finally entered the yard and walked up
the path. Nearing tho door I heard a
deep solemn voice reading oi repealing a
ceremony. Stepping boldly up, follow
ed by the men, 1 opened the door upon a
marriage ceremony.
Col. Le-Villo, in full uniform, held
the hand ot Kate Hastings; a minister
stood before them, the parents on either
side; one or two citizens wore there as
witnesses. The group was thunder
struck, and for a moment no one moved
or spoke. •
’Good evening, Colonel,’ I remarked.
‘Yon invited me, you remember, and 1
am here.’
1 held the door so that nono of my
men had looked into the room. I now
whispered to them to go back to the road
and look sharp, and then entered tho
room.
Tho clergyman had taken a seat, ana !
was ordered to go on, and no explana
tions were then made until Miss Kate
Hustings was made Mrs. Col. Le Ville.
Then we explained. There was laugh
ing and crying, and a “regular time,” as j
the old ladies say.
The Colonel did not know thot the]
Confederate rear guard had passed on, j
hut was intending to wed Kate aud move j
South an hour after. He looked at me j
and read my decision, and Kate leaned
on his shoulder and wept that he was'
again a prisoner. •
What liappcifcd?
Well nothing to you. I don't want to
hear anything about ‘army regulations.'
‘conspiracies,’ ‘court martial*.’ and ai'cn
talk. It is, however, my opinion that-
Col. Le Ville got away somehow.
I was down in the Shenandoah Valley
a lew months ago, arid whom do yo,.
think 1 hook dmn r witii? The Colonsl
looked as bright and happy as anew sil
ver dollar, and Kate was more charming
than ever. The war rested hard on both,;
hut peace and love had made tho farm
house a little paradise, and there was
money in the crops growing on every
loot of ground.
A curly-headed hoy was racing about,
! and he was named after me. If they
! had not told me this, I should not have
had the courage to reply that I had a
j handsome little daughter away op iri
Michigan named Kate.
; Neither Uncle Samuel nor Jefferson
! Davis ever knew tbe customs of war
were most signa'ly outraged, and it is
too late to court maitiai villi r one of us
now.
[52.00 per Annum
NO. 13
CURIOUS NEEDLES.
Thi' King of Prussia recently visited
u needle manufactory in hia kingdom, in
| order to see what machinery, combined
with tlie human hand, could
j Ife wag shown a number of superfine
i needles, thousands of which together did
not weigh half an ounce, and marveled
how such minute objects could be pierced
with an eye. Rut he was to see in this
respect even somolhing still finer and
morugporfoct could be created. Thebor
i or—unit is, the workman whose business
jit is to boro tlie eyes in these needles—
| asked fyr a hair from the monarch's
head. It was readily given, and with a
smilo be placed it at once under the bor
ing machine, turned a hole in it with the
greatest care, furnished it with a thread,
and handed the singulr needle to the as
tonished king. •
The second ctirioiiß noodle is in the
possession of Qnecn Victoria. It was
made at the celebrated ueedle factory at
Reddich, and represents the column of
Trojan in miniature. This well known
Roman column is adorned with numer
ous scones in sculpture, which immortal
ize Trajan’s heroic actions in war. On
this diminutive needle scenes in the life
ol Queen Victoria are represented in re
lief, but so finely cut and so small that
it requires a magnifying glass to see
thorn. The victoria needle can, moreo
ver, be opened; it contains a number of
needles of smaller size, which are equal
ly adorned with sceues In relief.
The D itrliiuauh Keniedy.
Dutchman in lowa, having frequent
occasions to employ a physician, the
head of thu family became quite familiar
with fbe form of writing prescriptions.
The doctor was one of those mixtures of
farmer, stock raiser, and physician, not
uncommon in the country; but exercised
very littlo care in the management of
his cattle, which total wonderfully ngninst
liis pecuniary interests, whilothc Dutch
man's herd boing well fed and well hous
ed, was in very fine condition. The doc
tor was not slow in observing the differ
ence, and suggested to tho farmer that
he thought something was the matter
with bis cattle and requested him to
ride over and tell him what to do for
them. The farmer very cheerfully prom
ised to come at a giveu time, and when
that time arrived lie was promptly on
band, so happened that the doctor
had been called away. Tho Dutchman,
however, examined the stock carefully,
ami then looked in all directions for
suitable sin Iter and food without finding
either. Deducing the conclusion that
hunger and cold, with lack of care, were
the only diseastfs with which the cattln
were suffering, ho entered tte office of
the doctor and left the following pre
scription:
"R—Good Shelternm q s,
Corn mealum q s,
Pure wuterum q s.‘
Apply corn mealum in form of poultice
to mucous membrane of stomach and re
new twice a day.”
The prescription worked wonders. It
pleased tho kind hearted doctor, nnd
paid a very largo share of tho bill which
had been incurred in doctoring the equal
ly good naturod aud witty Dutchman’s
lami'y.
'us ROYS.
Rilly Ross, a temperance liSstnrcr at
Rnsbville, Illinois, was preaching to the
young on his favoiito thyme. He said:
"Now, boys, when I ask von a ques
tion you must nut be afraid to speas out
and answer mo. When you look around
and sec all those fine houses, farms and
cattle, do yon ever think who owns them
now ? Your fatufirs own thorn, do they
not?'
‘Yes, sir,’ shouted a hundred voices.
• Well, where will your fathers bo
twenty years from nowT
‘Dead!’ shouted the boys.
‘That’s right. And who will own all
this property then?’
<Un boys,'shouted the urchins.
■Right. Now, tell me, did yon ever,
in going along the streets, notice tho
drunkards lounging around the saloon
door, waiting for somebody to treat
them?’
'Yes, sir, 1 its of them!’
•Well, where will they be twenty
years from oow?’
‘Dead!’ exclaimed the hoys.
•And who will be the drunkards then?’
‘Us boys 1’
Rilly was thunderstruck for a moment,
but recovering himself, he tried to toil
the lii'J'i how to escape such ft fate.
Never “Knock Under.”
No, never. Always rally your forces
for another and more desperate assault
upon adversity. If calumny assails you,
and the world—as it is apt to do in such
cas , s _takes pait with your traducors,
don’t turn moody and misanthropic, «r
worse still, seek to drown your bappr -
ness in dissipation. Ride your time.
! Disprove tho slander, if you can, if not.
| live it down. If poverty corn s upon
you like a thief at night— what then?
j [,et it rouse yon, aB tho presence of the
real thief would do, to energetio aotion.
iNo matter how deeply you may have
got into hot water— always provided
that you did not help the father of lies
to beat it—your case, if you aro of the
right kind of stuff, is not desperate; lor
!it is iu accord with divine order and
sweep of things, that life should have no
difficulties wh ch an honest, determined
man, with heaven’s help cannot SUC-
I mount.