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VOL. VI.
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A Reminiscence of the
War.
BY UONTOW.
It was in the full of 1865. The
writer, Gen. Gordon and a grade
man by the name of Jameson
from , Ala., was returning
from Washington City oveT' tlie E.
T. ii Va. R. R, then run by the
United States military authorities.
The train was filled uncoinfrrtubly
!u!', with tray eleri of evt ry age and
d s ription, with here and there a
blue coat, some with shoulder
straps and many without, with on
ly one gray coat to be seen.
The train halted rather abruptly
at away station, when the conduc
ts a Captain, with a lull suit of
blue and a hat turned up oa the
side and a long, black feather dan
gling ov r its rather wide brim,
popp d in his head and cryed out
‘"Morristown Station.”
Two or three pass'ngers came
aboard, and seated themselves as
best they could, where a vacant
seat could be found ; among them
an elderly woman, tall, gaunt and
rather coarse feutured, dressed in
a faded home-spun dress md sun
bonnet —beirg the prevailing fash
ion in the South at tbatlong-to-be
remembertd period. A pull of the
bell rope, the silver notes of the
bell, a whist'e and the ‘"all aboard,”
and off'dashed the train for Knox
ville.
The oly lady 1a 1 found a
seat on the opposite side of lit
train trora the trio of Southerners,
and in front of a yankee Major of
diminutive pi (.portions. ,
An aged gentleman, rather tall,
and evidently a favorite of the Mil
itary Conductor, had come aboard
and found a seat in front of us.
Very soon the conductor came in
and with an air of importance,
stopped opposite our old lady and
in a gruff manner cried out,“Tick
ets 1” hut the ticket had not been
procured. The captain shouted at
the old lady, “Tickets 1” Where
upon she turned upon him, and
with a kok of indescribable hate
and indignation, remarked :
“Sir, I told you I did not have
the money to buy a ticket, but if
y u would wait until I got to
Knoxville. Tom Johnson would
pay my fare for me. I am going
thereafter my grand-children, 1 heir
parents are both dead, a- d Tom
J ihreon wrote for me to come
a'ter them, he’ll pay you.”
“Madan),” said our military he
ri, “I told you before you came
aboard to piocure a ticket.”
“Yes,” replied the old la>'y, ‘hut
I told you Tom Johnston would
piv my fare when I got to Knox
ville.”
“Y"U shou’d have written to him
send you the money or bring you
the child-m," replied the ('apt,
“We can't le; old rebel women ride
on this road for nothing, you must
pay or get off.”
The md lady with a look of su
preme contempt, ai d defiai ce. and
area flashing with indignant rage,
loosed our hero full in the face
and said with deep emphasis. “Sir,
1 have a much right to ride on this
road as you detestable yankee*;
this road was hui t by Soutl ern
men and owned by them too, and
if they bad their lights they w..uld
have possession of it—then decent
and respectable old women w >uld
not be insulted by such low down
vagabonds as you are. Rut I'll
ride to Knoxville in spite of you.”
Just at this point th» Major who
sat just behind our heroine raised
uptnd thrusting his hand deep
down in his p 1 cket, drew out a
welUw >rn and well-filled pocket
book and bandit g the Captain a
dollar and a half, said, “Now, old
woman I have paid your fare and
want you to sit down and ke»p
your mouth shut, I am tired of
\ou abuse.”
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1883.
By this time the eld lady’B blood
was fully up. She turned upon the
Major, and with looks 1 cannot des
cribe, scream'd out at the lop of
her Voice, “you nasty itlnkirg,
mean, lousy thieving, s m-of-a-gui,
befo e I’d ride to Knoxville on
your money, J’d walk. I have
walked it before this toad was hui A,
and would wa k it a thousand
times before I’d he beholden to you.
Give him back his money, I’ll walk
first.”
Another pull at the lell-rope, a
whisde, and we suddenly came to
a stand still. The conductor and
a soldier with repeater in hand
confronts our heroine with the an
nouncemen*, “you must pay or git
off.”
The pld lady in a subdued voice
culls out, “Iftherearenny Southern
men on the tratn that will pay for
me I will ride, if not I'll walk.”
This brought the ga 1 int Gordon
to his feet with his li.nd in his
pocket, Jameson and the writer
followed Listxample. Fifty cents
apiece was placed in the bund of
the conductor, the old lady’s face
relaxed, a hearty “Thank you,
gentlemen,” and we are of! again
for Knoxville.
These were squally timfsinKast
Tennessee and ex-rebels were net
anxious to show their faith too
plainly, nevertheless, our dentity
was fu ly revealed.
The con luetor and guar! retired
to the adjoining car and held a has
ty consultation and very soon re
turned re-inforced by half a dozen
well-armed soldiers, 'They siezed
the old lady by the arm, Blo| prd
the train and told her “she must
walk t e remaindr rof the way to
K. nr hack home.”
Again she * x austed her vocabu
lary of abusive epithets, and prov
ed by the old g i.tleumn, the depot
agent, and a Union man, who en
tered the train with her, that she
was a la 'y of property before the
war. ui d a good citizen.
As they drang'd ler out, she
seized the rat line m d zefused to
be tnr >wn off, until the money her
friends bad paid for her was re
turned. This being don", she was
thrown off, nnd the train again
moved off, while she exercised her
her abusive talents in
yankee in particular, and all in
general.
Whether she arrived ~at Knox
ville and took off her orphan gra id
children or not, we never heard,
but there is one thing we do l now ;
the old lady was the worst subject
for reconst ruction that we ever
mat.
Atlanta Letter.
Atlanta, J u y 10, 1883.
Tbs Lesislature mCt last Wednes
dry ami worked ai hour, though
it was tin 4th of July and the
streets of Atlanta wire crowded
with excursionists and proceesions
celebrating the duy. Tlie adj urn *
meal in both houses after a short
session was tad without any refer
• nee whatever to the nature of the
day. The Legislature was fuhy as
respect.ul to the Fourth ns Con
gress ha* frequent y been. That
illustrious bo ly frequently work*
through the whole of the Fou't i
of Juy and often haa appropri
ated the Sabbath for its woildly
work.
The pr sp- cts of he present L- c
lslative see ion indicate that it will
run into Sept mber. Ths m iss of
local atid spec al bills, mtny of
them of the flimsiest character is
so great as to shut off all hope of
fini-hing before the exp r tion of
two niinitu. 7be roundabout
way in wnich the present Ci nstitu
tn n requires 'lie iiitroducti- n of
such hills adds still further to the
difficulty, There are really not
more than half a dozen measure* of
public importance to be determin
ed at this se sion. Toe truahy
part of the work will fill the bulk
of tNi session The only bill of
any general interest discussed so
far was that by Mr. It ty of Cow eta,
providing th it ia sui's on notes for
the purchase of fertilizers, a plea
of fulure of consideration migh.
be made. The House discussed
lb a bill a’l of Szturd »y’• leasion,
an 1 came writhin one vote of pass
ing it. It was rc-corsi<!cred Mon
day morning and will stir acoth :r
lively debate, when it comes up
again. 7he übj.ot of the bill is to
discourage the purchase of fertili
zers, but it i* in terms so broad
nnd sweeping, «n to at ow a'id
even to iuvite fraud. The present
law ought to he amended if it per
mits the perpetration of fraud iu
ihesale of guano, but the proposed
measure throws a guardianship
around the farmers of the State
which is not at all flittering to
their common sense, while its
spirit i* contrary to the best es
tablished principle* of law and
justice. The bill will probably
pass the House, but I doubt if it
can get through the Senate. Mr.
Wood, of Walker v t-d, against it,
Gove nor McDaniel’s lir«t mes
sage win brief. It called attention
to the Trei' Vant claim, which
would have paid the Stale ovtr
835 000 fur monies advanced by
her in the revolutionary wa', had
not the first C'omptroll|r of the
tieasury stopped the payment, on
the ground that th** Stale owes the
General Government the Inml tax
levied during the war. Governor
McDaniel says the Cotnpirollc. ’a
law i„ deficient and that he will do
all iu bis power to secure the
rights of the State in the premises.
He recommends several amend
mints of the Siate depository law,
ami then addic.ses some (oinsel
well woith the heed of ‘.lie General
Assembly on the subject of taxa
tion. He justly observes that lie
burtf- us of State are not equally
borne by the people and recom
mends such legislation as will in*
sure a fuller and f i er letu-n Mall
tlie properly iu tne State fur taxa
li m. The message w.s all business.
It shows'hut the new executive
hues c ear comprehension it! toe
condition of the .Sttte, and a firin
grasp on the living questions of
the d iy. He will oe found a
thoroughly practical G veroor in
all things. *
Judge Martin J Crawford
is now lying verv low at Chip
lay in Harris County, twenty-five
mil from Columbus. His condi
tion has excited the gravest appre
hension of In’s fr ends. His trouble
began with a sort of dysenlerry an 1
a general exhaustion has ensued.
I noticed M«jor Gus Bacon at
the Capitol this morning. He w g
warmly welcom'd by his manv
fri' mis in the Legi-latur. Though
he declared in his speech ir, At
lanta alter being defeatel for the
late Gubernatorial nomination
that he was out of politics, be still
bus a strong following ready to
ba.k liiiu nxt year. Some peo
ple say that he will be a lively
factor in tl e next race foi G ivernor,
while others predict that he wi I
antagonize G iv. Brown for the
United State Senate. Spy.
John Brisben, Noble
man,
Cclonel George W Symunds in
the Detroit Fl-e Press, says the
Governor pardoned John Brisben,
a Penitentiary convict to-day He
was sent up from Bourbon for fif
teen years for forgerv. and had ten
years yet in serve. Our reade sure
fami.iar wiih ihe history of this
cute, and the hu nane action of his
excellency wi l be generally com
mended. —Frankfort (Ky ) Yeo
man.
I read this little pa ngraph and
my mind went hack six yeais. I
knew Joha Brisben, and I also
kuew hie twin brother Joseph. I
was familiar with the details of the
ac'ion that placed John Brisben in
a teh n’s cell, and now when the
sad affair is brought back to my
mind so yividly I must write it
out, for n.’ver before have I met, in
prose Or poetry, in zeil life or in
romance, a grea'er hero thdh plain,
D attef-of fact John Brisben.
Toe Brisben* came of good
stock. I think the greatgrand
father of my hero eonigr.<te I to
Kentucky when Kenton’s stitio i,
t ctween the present City of Mays
vide and the historic old town of
Washington, was the principal set
tlement on the “dark and bloody
gn.u id.” He came from Upper
Pennsylvania and located about
five miles from the Ohio River, oo
Luntstone Creek. He was an in
dustrious, strnrg-limbed, iron
1 he-irtid old fellow, ai d in a few
yeais bis siirronding* were of ths
limit com foi table description.
O.iu of hi* ton*, KMwm Brislam,
O'ice represented Kentucky iu the
Federal C mgre-s. 1 think lie was
the grandfather of John and
Joseph Br;»'eie Tin ir father'*
name whs Samuel, and ho died
wlien th y were little children,
leaving his widow an excellent
blue-grass farm and a sn ig little
fortune
gages. The widow remained un
mairiid until her death. Mis,
Samuel Brisben was ugoid woman,
and eke idol'zed her twin boys.
Like most twins, ti e brothers re
sembled each other in u striking
manner, mid even intimate ac
quaintances cou'd not toll them
apart. But although the physiru'
resemblance was so strong there
was great dissimilarity in the din
positions of the twin*. Joseph
Brisben was very »urlv and morose,
sometimes cunning and*revengeful
He wa* withal a dreamer and en
tbusias'; a man wall learned ii
books, u brilliant, frothy talker
when he clm,e to be sociable
(which wa* seldom), a splendid
horseman and a most cxre'Vnt
shot. John Brisben, on ths con
trary, was cheerful and bright,
honorable and so giving. lie was
a man of high moral principle in
tensely practical and metl odi ai,
cared little for books, m d although
he said hut little, was a splendid
o unpaid l). He wa* a poor liorce
raan, and 1 don’t think he • ver
shot a gun in his life He saw
nothing of the poetry ol life, and ns
for spur*, he enj ,vul him olf only
when hard at work. Hu loved hi *
brother, and Khen they were b y*
together Miffcred puni-dunent many
lime*, and tmcompleiuiiwly, that
‘•Jodie’’ might go scot free. His
life was theicfore a constant sacri
fice, but the o'j ct of this loving
adorn ion made hut shabby returns
f<>r this unsi lfisb devotion.
They were 20 years old when
their mother died very suil lenly
Joseph made a great pretense of
grief, and was so hysterical at the
grave that he had to he led away.
John, on tbe contrary, never de
monstrative, took the great afflic
tion with hi* customary co dness.
He said but little and shed no
tears.
The properly left to the hoys was
com iilerable. dhe day they wem
21 years old the trusteis met and
made sett ecent. There was the
b'ue-griiss tarm, valued at $50,000
and 8100,000 in wellinveited te
curit.es, which could be turned into
■coney. Joseph demanded a di
vision.
‘You can take tbe farm, Jack,”
he said. ‘I was never rut out for a
farmer. Give me 875 000 in monpy
for n v share.”
So thi* sort of a division was
made. John continued on at tne
homestead, work rig in his plain,
methodical way, and slowly adding
to bis share of the mi ney what he
could raise out of the profi sos the
farm Joseph, with hi* newlj-»c
qnired wealth, get up an es'ablieh
incntaithe nearest town and be
gan a life of plea»iirc of the pro* er
sort. His brother gave him no ad*
vice, for be km-w it was use ess.
Joseph • pent his money with
great prodigality, ar.d before be
knewi' be via* a beggar. In the
meantime John’s 825 000 hud
oubled itself. One day Jn»epli
came to him niif a full confisniun
of his pecuniary troubles.
“Jack,” he said, 'f am io*. only
a I but I am heavily in debt.
Help me out like a good fellow,
and I will s tile down and bc r i
lite ir. sob r earnest. With my
capacity for busiuers I can rooii
m ike m may enough to r pay you.
I have sown my wild oats, and
with a hide help I can soon rec tv
er all lint I have squ m itred so
foi lislily.’
For an answer Jo' n Brisben
placed hi* name to an order for tbe
825 000 lie bad eirned so laborious
ly-
‘Will that be enough, Jadio,’ he
asked, 'because I have is rail'll
ni ire, wh’ch you can have if it i
necessary.’
'Tbi* wi'l be sufficient, old fel
lov.,’ was the reply. ‘ln two je.ir*
I will pay it back.
He went lack tc towo, drew hi*
NO* 50.
111 <iiey. paid his debts, sold aume ol
Ids horses amt discharged sewal
of his servants. Twenty thousand
tiollarrt wns» left nut of ‘he l> ai.
He invested thin ill bus n as, and
fi.r awhile seemed In hflve really
reform'd. John Wan encouraged
to »ai:
'Jodie will com • nit nil r'.lit.
He is ►lu llter than I, and in live
years will lie worth more money
iliuu I could make in a 1 ileliiue.’
In lean than three yearn Joseph
\lrisi»en’« all drs were in the hands
of his creditors, and Siierilf’s ofli-*
cers closed out his business. Again
he tuned to his brother for help
and sy nipathy.
') own that 1 managed a trifle
carelessly,’ he said hy wav of ex
planation. 'Experience is a dear
teacher, and the lesson I have
learned I shall neyer forget. If
you come t > my assistance now I
can soon recover myself.’
thico more John llrishen placed
his name to a check payable to the
order of lira brother, and Jos jib fil
tered into business again. In two
years lie was a earn nipt.
‘I shall never succeed in busi
ness, Jack,’ lie suiil. ‘Help me out
of this trouole and 1 will ii e with
you on the farm. I shall succeed
as a taruier. ’
It took all of John liris'ieii’s
hoard to nay his brothers debts,
but be m >de no complaint, uttered
no reproach. He said:
‘I inn glad you are coming back
to the lirm, Jodie. You need do
no work,'and we will be very hap
py together.’
.So Joseph to >k up his residence
at the farm, and remembering his
brother’s words, devoted his lime
price pally to hunting, fishing and
riding about, the country, In tin
mcaiitiine John Brishen had fallen
in love, and the daught r ol a
neighboring farmer, Compton lay
name, was bis promised wifi . lining
a man of strict honor himself, and
having full confidence in his i rott
er lied d not o j«ct hlien Jiseph
began to piy lira fjflUuced very
marked attention.
‘I am glad he likes her,’ lie
thought. ‘I am so busy on the
firm that I have little time for
plea-ure, and Alice is so fuui of
am usement.’
()-.e night Josnj h came to him
j rat as the shadows of evuiiug
were beginning to fall. There whs
a triumphant ring in his voce as
lie spok-.
‘Jack, old hoy,’ he s iH, holding
out his ha;id, ‘congratulate me. I
think that f uni to-day I can dale
the beginning of a new life Alice
i Compton has prom «,ed to ho my
wife.’
He was too much nynssed with
bis new happiness to see the ifl'ct
of this announcement as poitruyed
on Jobu'u hoc. He did not notice
h iw the'strong man's haul tiem
oled in iiis owr.
•Is this true?’ fult* red J din ut
lu-t.
‘Why, of ionrse it is. Are you
not glad? We love each other and
shall he vtry happy.’
‘Welove each other, and shall li
very happy I' repeated John me.
chsnicitlly, mid all tne sunshine of
his life sunk behind the heavy
cloud of despair. 'Y.s, Jodie, I
ax glad, and I wish you long years
of hapi iiiess.'
He turned awav and staggered,
rat er than -wu ked, to his iwn
ns in. He did nut stir all ui ht.
Once a deep, sobbing groan strug
gled to iiis lips, and the moon
beams s’ruggliiiff through the wh -
dow tell lull upon his face, and
suri ri-ed two great tears stealing
down liis pa e cheeks. Jle brush
ed away this evidence of weakness
and sorrow, and when the morrow
came, no one look! g into his calm,
serene eyes would have guessed
now hard was the battle that had
been fought and won in that locely
chamber.
Tney were married, and the man
rejee'ed by ibe bride and supplant
ed by the groom vies tne fi st to
congratulate the nearly-marred
pair A vacant house on the larm
w..s fitted up for their reception
and John Brisben's money paid tor
tlie furnishing.
‘Hero*ft r, Jodie,’ he su’d, ‘«e
' wi 1 divide the pr fits of the fie in
I don’t need much,end you shall
have the larger she re.’
Ti ii years parsed nifav and J ihn
Bi is l on, an old man before his lime,
hi ill win ked fr in di.wn til! dark
that Ins brother might, play (lie
gent e ao and keep in Co.nfurt the
large family which tbe yearit hull
drawn i.round him It had been
necissnry to niorigage the old
liomeslead th raise money to pay
Joseph's ei'trtbling diM<, for of
late years ha hud played hea.ily
an 1 had iuvnriifhly lost.
One dav it was In the summer
i f IS7l—a f irged check was pre
sented at one ol 1 lie hoiks of the
s lire ttiß’i/,- bv Joseph Bri-iben, and
moil -v for which it c died was un
bi'sit I'ingly paid over to him. He
was under the i fl enceofliqtl rat
the time, and deeply interested in
a game of curd* t'i r high stakes,
wiiich wa J in progress. Tne d eck
was for $2 500, I think. Befire
daylight the next morning Jnse| h
Brishen had lest every dollar of it.
To ornWn his chagrin he became
beastly drunk, and while in this
condition an nllicer ariived aid
»pprs|iend"d hi in lor forgery and
uttering a forged check. The priso
ner ms confined in jail, and word
of iiis ili-graetf w-.s ►eht t.. John
Brishen. The hitter read die mes
sage mi * a ini-t came over bis eyes
Ho groaned audibly, and but f-r a.
strong effort of the will wuiild have
fallen to di" floor, ho weuk was he
hy the Shock.
She ii us' n >t knew it.’ he said
to himself, and he made iira'nut
preparations to vi-it liis brother.
A'hen’ ho rescued die jail he was
admitted to tin cell of the wr< tcho I
criiniii-1. The 1 rot hers remained
toeetier Several hours. What
I assed d ring the interview will
never he lfnown. Wiien John
Brisb.-n emerged from the jiil ha
went s'r tight to the magistrate
who had issued the warrant for the
apprehension of Joseph Brishen.
‘inquire,’ he Hiid in liis slow hes
itatiig way. 'You have made a
mistake.’
‘ln what wav, Mr. Brishen?'
asked the magistrate, who bad a
high regard for liis visitor.’
‘You have caused the arrest of
an innocent man.'
‘But— ’ began the magistrate.
“Issue an order for my bruliiir’s
instant role is *. He is innocent of
die intent to d • wrong. lam the
guilty man. I f ngb 1 tin n one of
Chillies Ellison to the check which
he intern 1. no die*, not know it
was a forg.trv.’
•You!' cri d the as'onished
magistrate. ‘You a forgir—imp' s
sille.’
‘Nothing is impossilile in them
days,’said tbe whi*e haired old
man, ster-ly’ 'I alone am guilty.
Mv broth- r is ii.nocanl.’
So s'oully did lie uvt r that le
was the forgir, that the magistral
rlucinntly i-sued thu warrant for
his arrest, and at thu same time
wrote an order to the jailor for the
relearn of Joseph Brishen.
‘Mv comtahle wi I he on so n,’
said the im gi-trate ; I ut the old.
liero picked op both the papm.
'I will not irn ible him.’ be mid:
‘I wil l ex cute both papers.
Arid lie did. liuidng the jii-
I r hoi h papers, he explained their
meining, tliu ;
‘ i'liey have made a mistake. It
is I who am to hi vonr prisoner.
My brother is innocent.’
Arcording'y Joseph Brisben whs
relessid aid returned to the farm.
John r nuinid at jail a prisoner.
Wiien die extrimri inary affair be
cimc known, s< veral promim nt
citiz-ns of]' red ti go on the aeons
ed In in’s l>ond, t.ut he wou’d n<
accept there kind offices. At the
tml he pleaded guilty, and was
sent -nciiil to fil een years’ impris
onment at hard labor in the Pei i
ten iary. •Josephcame te see bini
before he was removed to Frank
fort, but thiir interview was a pri
vate one.
Joseph Brishen remained at the
farm, hut lie was a changed man.
From the dav of his releate from
.jail down tn the tin c of his death
lie was never ki own to touch a card
and a drop of liquor never passed
hi* lips. Lae! Apiil lie died and
iiis o iilesdi n. duly sworn to b<-
fore u Justice of the Pi-are, was
made public afier his burial. In
substance, it was this: That lie
was guilty of forgery, for wh cli his
heroic bro'ber was suffering* lot g
impiisnnan nt.
‘lt was roy brother’s wish, not
mil e,’ reads the docnimnt. ‘He
insisted that lie, who had no ti 8
of blood nr mariiag , could belt r
suffer the puni-hment an I tlie
disgrace than 1, who bad ileptn
den> upon me a i .rge family ’
Noble J tin Brishen I of such
sUII .ie heroes made.