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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1884)
CRAWFORDVIL1 4 ■> gh DEMOCRAT 7. A STORY OF THE WAR. Joaquin toll* toPtoUdoto.i. 5 eut, looking ns if luid missed the train iu the progress of this life; ns the world had gone by and left liim hopelessly behir.d~..o Un isrnas turkey lor him this year; not for the twenty years past. I reckon the old Confederate soldier (who limped About awkwardly, for he had o lot of leadi to carry) told me the stoiy, the other day, in the Shenandoah, it it is untrue or dull, blame him, not me. 1 only give it as l got it. . Gen. “Jeb” Stuart was banging on the Federal flank. His midnight camp the was pitcned on the hillside. Fp hill a little way my a faint house $ two th.ee Iwtocl* hung upon the hillside. The wornout horses fed there and nodded their drowsy heads to the hay. AIL around #0 the ground under the trees iu camp the troopers lay—black men, white men, brown men, men who were gray :.u A, little lads, boys who had seen . hardly yet a dozen battles and as many years, a mixed and molly lot ; ragged, wretched, hungry. They lay-on then bellies before the fire, munching roas¬ ted corn, gnawing it off the cob greed¬ ily, husking it, roasting it, rolling it in llie ashes on the coal, singeing it in the blazing (ire of old Vliginla fence-rails. Now and then a shot rang out m the clear still night away where t.ie tired pickets met too closely for peace, and now and then better disposed men on the picket lines, Or more favored and fortunate, met together, and leached each Other on their bayo¬ nets tobacco and old lagged newspapers in a sort of exchange j>£ prisoners ot war. The moon rode high and white iu the great blue sea above, and all the stars of heaven looked down in pity and m peace. Jburst out. , Tlie, black Then a song with inen singing louder, sweeter, moie pathos and memories of home, than the white men. It was a sad, grotesque, weird and unique picture. Suddenly uart stood in the midst of toe ragged a ;d uproarrious lot. ••Discipline! Look here, Sergt Zeb. I want discipline or death. Discipline, i sav! Do you expect me to fight bat¬ tles and win victoiies with a howling mob like this and the enemy right there waiting to recoil on us the moment we give him a chance? Discipline, 1 say. Hang your blacks and shoot/ youi whites, or have discipline!” itLENCE OVER THE WHITE AND IJLA«K. Silence in a second! And the long, lean men and the sleep! hg lads pulled theinselv -s together and tried to look, act like soldiers, while the Hacks, at the suggestion cf their being hung up, melted Arnck fr m the tit tel embers into the nigln, usjf tiiey were a part of it. *'l ’1 ief threw Tiieii the weary, bgiml d lies d Jtt hand iinself oil a Iteap he loosed - ml foraot his Harness as ;,i)nu over tiie fwiviched group ot p.Mir rVliows gathered theft for a little rest under Hu* oaks. “Bovs, L’li* hungry—hungry eat?” as a Wolf. 'What, have you got lo bait-dozen A dozen men sprang up, • 1 young, beardless Hoopers vushe tor ward, and from out the bight back Under the trees their*, ennve lriauy Black forms. And each «nttf eVnry •»**«?« Ulack men and white men. old r ' 1111 "' 11 1 H boys if adied dp anti thrust into the chieftains face, with generous alacrity, an car «. if roasted coni. Some ot these bad a few teeth marks in them, being^Almost entire intact.- Others again were pretty well gnawed down uiike In the cob. JJut they were all offered with- prompt generosity. Confederate criief ••ConiP’ and the and sickly (=1,001 his head with a grim himself; smiled as he muttered to '■OJi-n, biled Corn, roasted corn, raw corn white corn, red corn-all KiHdsJof cbm. No, no, boys, I’m hungry, but T can’t eat corn any more to-night. The men mailed back in respeefui silence into a broad circle, And there suddenly, somehow in the centre ot that circle, stood a ehild, a little boy who had been aroused from his sleep on the pile of saddles in the comnfiotiem that attended the ehieftians coming. And now, wide-awake, witii a little toy flag iu one liana and a red apple in tiie oilier, this little toy stood there in the midst of these wild and lagged men with cheeks as rosy as the apple he held in his dimpled little hand. THE INNOCENT’S RED AFPLF. “If yer hungry, mister, capten, gen real, here'i my yed apple,’’and with this the little boy toddled right up and almost . between t tne stood _____ surprised soldier/ booted legs of the •-Sergeant Zeb, where m al. Jericho did this child come from r is it yours? I won’t have children around me here. I left my babas at home; can’t you do the same V” “ ’Taint my poor little cluckie, Wen. Stuart.” mother, „ than- .. “Then take it to his dered the Chief. “its mother is dead, General. “To its father, then.” “Its father is dead, too, General. “Dead ?” “Dead. Killed the JhaAle ... yester in day, when you led over that storm fence by the farm house on the sah.” ....... The Confederate General bit bis Thec,mutterringlohimsef asjberosenp and turned half away: • bc ‘‘‘ ea 31106 farm hou«; where I led. some poor farmer 0 D defending^ a S ^bmhome ana m “Please sir, Mister General, won’t CRAWFORDVILLE, GA., FREDA Y, JANUARY 11th, 1884. Here the child reached’ its little flag, li ving hard to make friends with the -««?«'[,'£* »“j"* *“'«« come flow. -Had it in his hand when » * j * 4 . sail, and lfe. won t give it up, san; says it father gave it to It fdr the Fourth of July,juh. bolf of J. y, „ I P lf ' waving the fiVe-eeiit start ana Strips overhmd theft Is midst of,,the dark ai d g< g ot soHiers under tll ^ kS ‘ 1 Ur ‘^v fito * tooped ooed and " ,d ca “£"t the cl ild in his am. Keep youi pretty little flag, and wave it when and w N 6 rtj 5 Wl like. You done wish I kno o.ia * t 1 kno " J' lie difference* dl “? rer :^ gw ^illSVSher i . b“ cb “i yesterday; Let’s take care of it. We ri«to‘TlSd!%S»* us luck. What do you say, boysi tub infant of thb regiment. The wild shout that shook the leaves of the oaks overhead startled the advo¬ cate for discipline, and, turning to Zeb as he strode away in the night for another part of his camp, he shouted “Silence 1 and, Zeb, discipline, dis¬ cipline! Damn it, discipline or death, I say !” and he was gone. They gather about the wide-eyed, little rosy faced orphan with its aud flag and red apple, and many a black white and not over-clean hand reached out to toy with and stroke the hair of gold that hung heavy as corn silk in summer time over the lad’s shoulders. “I fotlnd it in tlifl ffence corner,” said ZeOj “all a shitrering’ arid its daddy and itS mammy dead, shot down by stray bullets when we storms ed ttie place.” dar rabbit right “Yes, and war a aside ub him,” said a black face back in the dark, over aiiother man’s shoulder. “An golly, we kotched and eat der rabbit.” chuckled another black man. “VVal, we’ll keep the kid ; keep ’im till the cows come home.” And with a grunt of universal approval from all as they gradually melted away, old Zeb hoisted the little one high up on his Colossal shoulders, and turned sud¬ denly to ldbk and to listen, for there was a shout doWri the hill ana a sud¬ den sharp volley of shots aboTe, beyond the hay stacks. It began to look as if this little squad of raiders laid got into a*bite. ShotitS of the enemy down the bill j shots of the enemy up the hill beyond the haystacks. Which way should thri surprised and panic-strick¬ old en soldier’s fly. The colossal Vir¬ ginia Sergeant, with the .Child on his massive shoulders, was the otily officer in charge. The blacks were hiding about bChirid trees, behind each other, under Saddle*, blankets, anywhere. The shoiits from ttie advancing enemy UHines loud and The cloar from lielow song'of jyid very near. campffire, the This t!ft S A ^ S 2 Sr,«-as 3 fS'Sii’asss time over old Zeh, the tall and airga lar old Sergeant. Alums AND 11 .UII UNHAND. The old Sergeant came near throwing It away With the heap of negroes hid¬ ing away finder tire saddles. Where Stuart ? The Sergeant put his | uilld p 0 ins car and leauCff tW listen ua j le could, between the sliarp vo i| e j 8 from behn*, that wefA ruining t| le piositccts of the next year’s De tfould acorn cr0 p j u tn e treeb overhead. | u ,. u . ttie c i a ttef of iron lioOfa on tins ( . l . j l t „ West. The moon waft aeiidu g large- and ibuiul and low. Over the bare crest ot this hill and against tiie moon he could see the Confederate cavalry pouring in impetuous flight. Stuart, the cautious aud wary leader ••Gome, men 1 We must follow our General on foot—any way to get out of this. Co Hie 1 Up by the haystacks and on over the ridge ” the The strong man started up stony hill to pass the haystacks. The child, as if it was affaid it might fall, wound its little left ihiti affectionately about the great gfay shock of hair, And that little act saved it; that acciden¬ tal show of affection won the old fel¬ low's heart entirely. Why, be would not now have pitched it aside with the terrified negroes for gold. swiftly, the Up the lull he led men following in groups, knot3, singly, armed, unarmed, limping, leaning erect, in all mauner of ways, only so as to escape ferocious Federals charg¬ ing up the hill frotri below. They could| 8 ee the points of shining bayo nets entering tlieir camps by the light ^e burning fence rails as they fled otrt 0 f ^ an( j the black color haid near a lf faded .from the flying Gonfeder a tes as they Deared the haystacks, oid Sergeant 1 Here the gray-headed shoulder, paused ^hef child on his f or a moment right under the hay- 8tacks to ge t, k j S bearings. The moon haid fallen down behind the crest of b be hill It was nearly dark now. Tiie Federal bayonets were only a few steps in tiie rear/ Tiie ragged aud de moralized Confederates huddled close and j, a ipiess up and after the tall and grizzled old giant, who stood there mogjug oU t which wav to lead them, the cMld 6n i,i 8 gboulder.its little a f 0 f hugging the great shaggy gray bead, its right one holding the flag, Tne tall, gmf soldier threw up his great) h eavy hand to his brow and looked oat under ins broad palm to try which way to lead. death in front and rear. Suddenly tbe haystacks blazed out And now as they stood there, huddle* together and helpless as sheep, they And StoH,.m, “bSS dlpii- Vt was a matchless and magnificent •«££ .... „ so hi "lit rid sun j It pieaswl the child, excited and delighted it. What could it care for the long line of gleaming .iu ^ , g Jeveletl onlv ^ ;l few rods away ^ , Whii UiJ it know of tlie death hiding down iu every gleaming gon barrel of that compact mass of un¬ informed men just before? Nothing at all j te i, u i e |, eal t leapt with der delj<rllt discipline, at t |, e beautiful uni forms, this the quick action into which every gun was brought in stantly to the shoulder. The bayonets »«• W^tl-tb. Btamiug tosmtf. tlSVrSto V 0 think t bi 8 a =»« [ »t .b, fttfl* )e3S of Hi delightf just as the bfficer drew his sword and was giving the word “Fire 1” the child, holding tight Oil tb ti.e great grizzled head With its left hand, and as if to cbntrlh tite its yart to the celebration, waived its little flag there iu the glare and light. And in that awful stillness which comes always before any dread¬ ful catastrophe, piped out in Us shrill little voice, as it raised itself higher for the occasion : “Foff of July 1” Put it upon record in gold and red that the Federal officer lowered the point of his sword. The heavy breech es of the guns struck the stony ground with a thud. The line of blue div ided and the old gray Oonf ederatb with his little Charge dn his shoulder still waiv¬ ing the little flag, passed on through the line, while cheer after cheer shook the bullet-riddled leaves of the oaks overhead. And this is the story of the old Con¬ federate soldier of the Shenandoah, who had missed the train on the line of Progress dowu in old Virginia. A lilttie Gold was Spent. Mr. Z. A. Clark, of Atlanta, Ga., in peaking of Sis '*.00 in gold, desires to say to the readers of this paper, that the whole of the above amouut was spent In a fruit ess effort in finding relief from a terrible Blood Poison affecting his body, limbs and nose—presenting ugly running ulcers. He Is now sound and wed, having been enre.it by the most speedy and wonderful remedy ever before known, and any interrested. party who may need a' Blood Purifier will learn from him that three Bottles II. B. It. restored bis appetite, healed ail ulcers, relieved bis kidneys, and added 2 t pounds tef Iris Weight it* 30 days. decl4jut NEWS ITEMS. ^ (t ljnh , id(?e ,,. m u „ a uv ,n d ' its ^ffilSet Ud B MUm ‘ W M ‘ ,k U “ a ^ *«*. attempting ***** to wheat speculators with starve the European markets. Two shop keepers in Boston have Strawberries from a Ne«r Jersey liot- 1 10 use sell for #1 a dozen. Reaches may be ordered for 83 each in very small quanitietf. There was a midnight wedding in Washington Oity on the close of the year just gone. The ceremony was be¬ gun in I 8 a 3 a fetf minutes before mid¬ night, and ended in 1884. Two weeks more and the comet of 1812 can be seen with the naked eye. It is now nearly as bright as a .star of tire fourth magnitude, and is rapidly growing brightei. , Tlreie were 1.775 violent 1 deaths in Philadelphia last year, and >10 of the victims have never been identified. Seventy of the latter were infants, the others were men, and all White but one. Only nine of the thirty-ef^ht fttates have regular sessions of their legisla¬ tures this winter, Massachusetts, Con¬ necticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky and Nississipi. The claim is “made for Cleveland, Ohio, that it shows a lower propor¬ tional'death list for 1883 than any other city in the Union. Speaking of the intense irritation to horses of the bearing rein, th-e Medical Times says: "Many a weH-rncanirtg owner of horses alU.wes his- animal* to be tortured for six day.-, in every week, who would shudder at the thought of tbe decapitation of a frog.” The Jaws are more numerouse in Hamburg, Frankfort, Amsterdam, and Warsaw than iu any other Lutopean towns. Of all European countries. Ireland has the least number of Jews in it. In .Sweden at 'one time thir.y-five gallons of brandy fall annually to the share of each inhabitant. The custom was discontinued many years ago, hence American immigration into Sweden is unknown. , j doy d Logan, of Winchester, Va., rece j ve d by express from Cincinnati, Q^ie on the day after Christmas, eight de8aerl sjioons which were taken from his house wi.ils occtmied as a Union headquarters during tiie war. No n:tme accompanie<l the package, and so Mr does not know to whom to . of feel gra teful for this tardy return owned these sovenirs, which have been by the family since 1832. r 1 Daniels McIntosh Ga says; IW ft B » r '. ff t *» vjg Cure of Coughs, Col^ls, ir, v a iS, Bronchitis,Croup, Influ¬ enza, cipient Asthma, Whooping and Cough, the In¬ Consumption for te liefofconsumptive persons in advan stages of the Disease For Sale , L all Druggists.—Price, 23 Cents. to — , BLOOD KING. v A Kidne>i Complaint Cured. f Atlanta, t\k., July ll ,1883. illls *filood Balm Co 1 am a merchant of city arid a ni over 50 years bf ago My kidneys have been exceedingly inactive arttl irregular for many years, attended with great pain in small of the back. At Junes my appetite failed, arid I became so nervous'that I could not attend bad to business. the During all this time my case all attention that money could secure, and many physicians and various medicines \jere resorted to, but a, complete failure was the regular result. B. B. B. was that recommended ule by some magi- one, and to say its action on was tftl made woulu feel be like ii mild term, (file juSt bottlh like I me anew man, I was young again. In nil my life never used so powerful and potert a the remedy. best I For the blood and kidneys it is eversaw, ana one bottle will force any one to praise it. If you doubt this, call on Dr. (vlllaim, and he will send you to me, and t will take pleasure in telling liiive you of my case, and tliat of others who been Cured. A. I.. D. ful Send for a pamphlet Poisons, of proof Blood of wonder¬ Balm cures of Blood Co., REID, Atlanta, (>si. Call on DR. It. J. at Cinwfordville. * lies, aura lit. I have opened up it first-class restau-' ant over Mr. Thus. Akins’ bar-rooiri, where 1 am prepared to give yoii a goad Gall meal at any hour you may wish. arid see me. (liiABtiE Ware, Orawfordville, Ga. carpets: Carpets and House Furnisnfng Goods. The Largest Stock South 3-Piy of Ingrain Baltimore, Carpets, Mo (|uet, Brussels, & Rugs, Mats and Crumb Cloths, Window Shades, Wall Papers, Borders, Lace Cur¬ tains, Malting*, Cornices Upholstery, and Poles, Cocoa & Canton Engravings, Cliro ■ s. Picture Frames. Write for Samples 1 Prices. KVil.irc a. go.'KI.ky »(,/• ™*igP&SSgF**** 1—ri- to fleo^ A. Itulllc,, Liu^.;.iy. v* a.'•</ 1*lc Vo,, j*- r\ M Cl /a r'Mi u r*9 m SWIFTS SPECIFIC tfi'D»uRU Is not <in* ;» triiifTi'ph instinct f tW *>clencff, juttatopftd but ft revelatjoi 1* ( a toniplric HHlidile to All LjiuU of Bloou Boifton ftiul rikiu Huuiur, hurcditary Swifl’s family Hn* UUrod 1 liavo mu of nuffer«id 8cj*ofnla, with which^fi it for in tn y phy**lcian8 niiiiiy venrn, mid liave tried n hut Rrcut many and and air suit* of treatment, to po purpose; wlien I Dpgnn to take Swift's Specific I waa in a hortihlc Condition; but thanks to this great rcmwly, I uni rid of tli<5 discane. There is no doubt that it y* Hu'. RT^'ftfcwi. fiutlicriio fft existeoeft, and I bop# any vvli'o’doubt wilf write to me. Clarkaville, Ga. E C. llANVICS, Jit., a: Buffering twenty five venrs with a I palnfdf Dry Tetter, nml trying many physician.. wa» at lieu ri'HvreU l,y .itr v-y uf Swift’s S,«N*.tfie., and I clleurfully comn'ieml it to all similarly ntllictca. 1(KV I It. BRANHAM, Macoo, Qa. CATARRH. Xrjzmncnt is urfnocfffsnry to eholf that thift Is i ftloou Disease. S 8 . B. cures it. H tv S hu* cured me of a troublesome Ofttarrh, which hnd baffled ihe treatment of all tbe best pb j waaiis Nortli und 8ouih. McBItlDE, . Ga. 8 . L Atlanta, Ton can recommend 8. S. 8. for Catarrh. It-ls ft anre care. It felieved my case entirely. Ind. C C. UUJiNS, Grcciisburg, Have tnken 8 S. S for Catarrh with ^rest b«n«fl». Three ttolUea more wilt completely cure me. S. C. • E It. mtOVVN, b par tan burg, 91,000 REWARD! Will ne paid tosny Chemist who wJU find, oh Anal* lodios ▼sis of KM) hottles S 8 8 . one parttcie of Mercury* PoUMsiuni. or any mineral substance. •riiR s VVIKT SPECIFIC CO. A ■* ^rpilfgi= r%!t lib WLW i-T|pI-=l|f n S.S ;|i iefc *3- New lot buggies just ^n/^ 7 Jr ♦ul!tnni ,i, I»{v. tr frnm °nl^ Nuthbet 0. MS MB 23X2 t remember cit !»* ' P» .y- the merchant must not only fill his store with ki.ods cplfeulated to pl*i the people in both qua ity and price, but ne must nnnbuiNe mi ■Bargains and Inducetaletitii New and seasonable goods i ft*. In All Departments 4E » No branch *of my business receives more careful attention tliau niy < ’ 0l n| ^^ ing ^egp n ’ L*test Styles, Uniijii r^srasnTMisjisS ^glvellubeneflt i ^ ° ^ CHASE of the DISCOUNT TO My customers I only n 'k tint yi u caUand * 0 th f oroURhly ^ nv,nce yourselves thatlsucllltf really »rue. Dutch I Jolting, Cloth of nil Ntyaberfc Polite.Att§ntion Shown to All. r/f IA MtLLfiR’S CORNER. AUGUSTA, GA DR. R. J REIL sa Crawiordville, Geol'gia venitiun red, white lead, linseed, machine and kerosene oils. Powder, »hot arid gun caps, tobaccos cigars and snuffs, which lam offering vpry LOW for CA 8 H. CALL' on trie and you will be surprised to knbw how CA'EAP my GOODS are selling. Feb. 23; 83’fy. ,W W* -•.v v THOMAS /kXXjpCtib Crawford^ille, * m Gi —DSALSB 12?— Ifj e t . Fine Wines, liqadrs, C^fifara^ Tobaccos, Bn.T.IARD BOOM IN CON^ftcfriOM WITH IjTf. * > 1 ' > <’!> • • I will bs, hererfrfsr compelled to mR. (trletly for Mab‘ and dll those indebted to,me are requested to oome forward and settle their seceool et once dr I whl lie forced to put them inthe hands of an attorney for eflnecnon. I thank idy custuiucrs for past 1 avors and Invite them and mf new friends to giro me deal!. THOMAS AKINS. »M -.tot - HOLDEN- & EAHMHH a » Post-Office Building, Orawfordville, Ga, —DBALSR 8 IN¬ Fanoy Groceries ’JG AND Plantation Snppli^^ HARDWABK CUTLERY. TOBACCOS. SHOES, it. The successful man all over the world Is he who underbuys and *1 wars undersells. Vo such signs as “selling out at cost,” ‘giving Have goods Tiie away” Goods, and Let not to The be undersold, Brices etc.,' etc. No such chaff *h that wins. H* Right, and the people will soon find |t out and look you np: Many a time flie eruds* rough-diamond has pulverized the liner gem bee*use he knew-Where tb Buy Itighf t»<f. had' the Nerve to Sell Cheap. J. ffl % -THE—— Great Furniture Palace of Augusfcft WE takp pleasure in announcing that wa have qloved otfr elegant *t«»ck of rnml ever offered We fomr/ete.with any market or any dealer has in STYLE, QUALITY DR PRICE The steady increase iu our business Is what caused us to wove OEOttGf* so of ten We now have THE FINE 8 T STOKE and FINEST STOCK IU Write forcf*<iinY«« , or call and see us. BOWLES & CO., J. L. 840 Broad Sreet.,Augfisi a, (if* AUGUSTA HCrr£L AUGTSTA, GEORGIA. LEWIS k DOOLITTLE, Proptfetors. ■Table first-class in every particular. Large and well ventilated robdftH Rates $2.00 per day. Centrally located, near Railroad crossing. ’/Telegraph offce and barber shop &
