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OL XV.
[Written for The Hisrald.]
THE CON SCRIPT’S FIRST
DUTY.
In May 1862, Gen. A. W. Rey
nold’* Brigade was in camp at Big
Creek Gag, in ihe Cumberland
Mountains.
No engagement had taken place
between the comma'd, and the
enemy for nearly two weeks, al
though ‘the boys’ were daily, nay,
a moat hourly, expecting an at
tack.
They were well aware of the fact
that a full corps of the opposing
“blue coats,” under the command
of no less a personage than Gen.
Buell himself, was also in camp
just over the other aids of the Gap,
barely two miles diutaot.
Still in spile of the danger, that
momentarily menaced them, ihe
jolly “Johnny Reoa” kept up brav 8
fronts and smiling countenances'
Jests ran high, jokes were ex
changed, while at night around
the camp-tirUkaetastio blaze, song
and story, each in turn, ruled the
hour. Never had “the boys”
seemed gayer, and never was the
opportunity to play a mad prank
of some kind--the soldiers ever,
sought for xieans of breaking the
monotony of dreary camp life more
eagerly sought for tbun during
the period just recorded.
Reynolds’ command was made ap,
I believe, of the 36th Georgia, the
29th and 39th Alabama, aid the
3rd Tennessee.
Ah, that glorious old 3rd Ten
nesse! How at mention of the
name, memory leaps to the now
nistoric battle of Taswell C H.
While fame twines for heroic
soul her chaplet of undying bay,
A second Balaklava—though thank
God! not *o disastrous in its re
sults. A misunderstanding of or
ders —a change too soon—the fail
ure of tae Colonel of another regi
ment to do his duty m time, and
the old 3rd Term., swept on to
immortality. A mere handful of
ragged, shoeless, hatless, and even
eoatless veterans charging three
hundred yards, or moie, over a
field covered with flint rock blood
left behind on the stores at each
contact of quivering flesh, yet oth
erwise not a muscle faltering.
On! on! like a whirl-wind, bent on
ly on sweeping everything before
it, “charged the eight hundred!”
Eight hundred against four thou
sand well-clolhed, well-fed, busy
Germans, “fortified behind a stout
rail fence.” But—though they
numbered more than four to one,
the appearance of that wildly'
sweeping, grimly determined band
of bare-footed heroes, with tae
old rebel zell ringing like mad
from every throat, was too much
for un heated teutonic blood-
Breaking ranks they fled in dis
may ere more than a couple of
rounds had been fired, 'Tit said
that when /hat heroic band of bare
foot veterans, with the iatrepid
Col. Vaughan at their head j
struck that fence it disappear as
quickly as if a cyclone had sudden
ly embraced il. In every direc
tion flew the rails, no doubt has
tening still more the mad flight ;
of the, by that time, thoroughly j
terrified Germans, who “went’’;
and spedily “without standing up
on the order es their going.”
But I am digressing.
Among the moat gallant of the
“boya in gray,” eDcamped at /he
time before mentioned with Rey
nolde brigade at Big Creek Gap,
was a rolhcKing young liaute nant
ot longing to Co-, E. 36 th Uu , reg
iment.
as I have int>mated, there was
not a braver man in th 6 rank*, one
wbo obeyed orders more readily
or cheerfully than this same Lieut.
H. But he was young, fairly bub
bling over with animat spirits,
and delighting in a joke as a bun -
gry colt delights in a field of new
jy-blown clover.
Many and varied were tlio
pranks he had played, and great
the number of threats that stood
against him in consequence. But
little did he appear to care, how
ever, but ou the other hand he
seemed as though constantly seek
ing fresh fields for exploits.
After they had been in camp a
little more than a week some nrw
conscripts were brought in.
A moug them wa* one tall, rasr-
boned fellow, with a tangled shock
of “whitey brown” hair, of blank,
puttish expression of countenance,
and an under jaw, that constantly
had the habit of dropping ir or
der to give the oft stereotyped
phrase, “You don't say?” room to
pass, tie hailed from Whitfield
Co., near Dalton, and, to all ap
pearances, had never been a dozen
miles away trout home before in
his life.
The moment the eyes of the fun
loving Lieut, ii rested upon the
‘Georgia Gawk,’ as hu was almost,
immediately christened, he looked
upon him as lawful prey.
The next morning at “guard
mount” the Georgian was auiOLg
•hose detailed for picks/ duty.
No sooner were the names called
than Lieut. H. had, apparently, a
most urgent —business engage
ment wun the sargeani in charge
of tbe squad, it was also remark
ed the great solicitude displayed
by him /hat tbe new men should
be properly armed.
IFhou the newly polished
Springfield was pui into the
Gawk s hands he looked it over
critically a moment—ran his finger
slowly up ana down the gleaming
barrel, and /hen very complacently
remarked:
“It are a powerful shiner, to be
sure, but PIJ bet you a plug o‘ to
backer you ever cliawed that hit
can’t tech a caudle to my Miss
Nancy ter home. She’s a stunner
she is es she ain/ no rnore’n one o
yer ole-fashion flint locks. She
biings down t'er gameev’ry time,
she do.”
The Springfiell was worth a
dozen Miss Nancy’s, so the sar
geani told. him. In tact, it was a
most wonderfu. weapon, indeed
Why it could even “kill both ways
at OLce when loaded for the occa
siou.”
N o sooner had the words issued
from /he sergeant’s mouth than
down came the guu from the
Gawk's should witn a charge that
would have made the ground trem
ble, if such a thing could have
been possible. With one quaking
hand clutching at the barrel he
fell hurriedly back, still holding
the dangerous weapon at arms
length, while his eyes, rolling
from point to point, tuaue a des.
perate effort to rest upon the sar
geant’s face long enough to ask
the ques/ion his shaking lips rer
fused to utter.
Evidently the sargeant was an
adept in eye language, for ere tb e
wildly working orbs had “quite”
time to g«t out of their sockets
the assurance was given.
“No. this is not one of the oc
casions. Fact is, the Lieut, was
so particular about it, knowuing
you were a new hand, he saw t 0
the loading of it himneil.”
Exceedingly kind of the L ieut
to bs sure.
The post to wnich the Gawk
was assigned for picket duty was
on the very summit of the ridge,
in a i hick clump of young chests
nuts, the outlook from which com
manded • fia# view down the op
posite side of the mountain, the
direction from which /he enemy
were constantly expected to make
their attack.
The order given lo each picket
iu turn had been, “/f the enemy
is seen approaching, fire and fall
back.”
Immediately be had reached Lis
pos‘ our Georgia friend safely es
tablished himself behind a huge
c hestnut trank that lay near, and
awaited developments. It is’nt to
be denied, however, that his heart
was doubtless well up in his throat
and driving against it like a trip
hammer.
In the meantime the rollicking
youLg Lieut, “aided and abetted
by the sargeant and two other
boon companions, was preparing
the “developments.”
A few days previous tc this
time a party of prisoners had been
brought into camp, all iu full Fed
eral uniform. To borrow four of
their suits the Lieut, bad set him*
self lo work, finding it a task easi
ly accomplished through /he me*
dium of tobaeco and cigar ‘treats,’
the oolinging (?; Federate actually
feigning sick and goiDg to bed
during the time their clothing was
•‘out ou trust.”
In each instance /be Lieut, bed
Our Own Section—We Labor For Its Advancement.
LA WHENCE VILLE GA February 2 1886
managed to secure n suit a size or
two larger than “the fit” of the
man for whom designed; so that it
was an easy matter to draw the
Federal blue over the Confederate
gray. Thus equipped “tha de
velopments” were well ou their
way, indeed.
Meanwhile, the Irony Georgian,
doing picket duty high up on the
ridge, bravely (?) kept hie place be
hind ihe chestnut log, continuous
ly raising his head every now and
then to “view the landscape over.”
Suddenly, right in the midst of
one of these “extra exertions,”
just as he had succeeded in ge/tmg
the point of his nose well lifted
above the surface of the log and
his eyes rolled to the right focus
for an unobstructed visw.au aw
ful sight broke upon his astound
ed vision. It was such a sight a 8
would have succeeded in breaking
him quite up into small fractions,
wi/h pure fright, if only the ossi
fiel part of him had been brittle
enough.
There, charging right up to
wards the spot where hmUy was,
as he afterwards told it, “a whole
regiment of Yankees ce>min‘ like
yearlins skeerd out by a fire and a
hollerin' like they was plum wild.”
His order had been, to “fire
and fall back.” That he obeyed
ii “literally” the bang of the mus
ket, which by the way ihe Lieut
had taken care to load with a blank
cartridge, and the headlong pitch
“backwards,” together with the
after rolling of a heavy body down
the mountain side, gave ample
evidence.
How he reached the bottom 1
am sure be himself, could never
have told. At one moment he
would be upon his fee l , the long
legs carrying him with flying
strides through matted tangles of
under brush, huire heaps of jag
ged rook, old stumps, fallen trees,
the next, losing his balance, over
he would go to begir again a
headlong plunge that would eud
directly in another setting upon
his feet, aud so ou.
At every bound, atevery plunge,
at tvery jump, whether striking
upon his head, feet, or hands, a
most unearthly yell of “O Lawdy,
the Yankees is er cumin.” “would
issue from his capacious
Again as skin came in contact with
sharp stone or piercing snag,
howls, both dismal and terrible,
would be partly smothered in the
shock of the concussion.
Hearing the report of the gun,
as well as blood-curdling cries of
“the Yankees are coming.” the
whole camp was at once aroused.
The long roll sounded and by the
time the Gawk, with his clothes
torn to threads, and the tattered
streamers waving wildly in the
breeze, hands and face scratched
and bleeding, and hair literally on
end, rushed ii.to their presence
nearly every man stood in line
ready for the charge.
He had thrown his musket down
immediately be bad fired i/, his
hat rnd one shoe had been left be*
bind in the downward plunge, so
that it was in a mos/ woe-begone
plight, indeed, that he stood bes
fore the commarding offioer.
“Well, sir,” demanded Gen.
Reynolds, a perfect thunder cloud
upon his brow, “where are the
Yarkeesf”
•‘Cumin* right np tber mountiu,*
Gen’ral, right np ther mountin'
fas* as ever they kin, a whole rigi
mint or more of ’em. Lawdy, sir,
es you don’t be peart about movin'
they’ll be down on us quicker’n
winkin.”
‘He is mistaken, General, said
the voice of Lieut. H. at that mo
ment, as quite red in the face and
perspiring freely, yet otherwise
uaruffied, he appeared u pon the
scene.
“The sargeant and myself,”
contined Lieut H. “happened up
on the mountain a few moments
ago, very near to this, this man’s
picket post, and we witnessed the
whole thing, the scare, flight and
all.
We could see nothing to war
rant each unsoldierly conduct.
What he saw without doubt, were
a couple of old stumps, <?r maybe
as many stray cows. I suppose
he i« near-sighted, sarcastically,
“and so mistook them for a whole
regiment of the blue ooats as he
so permanently declare.
Allow me to assure you again,
sir, tha/ there isu’t a yankee any
where in sight.”
“No, indeed, /here isn’t”
agrees the sargeant.
The Gawk was immediately oi
dereii under arrest, J/is last
words, as he was borne away,
shaking in every limb, were:
“l clare—/ dare—l claro—clare—
dare ’fore God Geu’ral hi! were—
hit were the yanitees,—hit were a
whole rigimint o- yankees.”
WiNTHRor Burroughs.
NASHVILLES’S GHASTLY
FIND.
Monday forenoon Mr,Clifton an
employee in the Nashville and
Cb&tanooga railroad yards, was
walking along Belleville stn et, in
the western portion of the city,
when he stepped upon something
that caused his foot to slip, lie
paid little attention to the occur
ence at the times only casting a
glance backwards, Aft3r he got
to his work he began to think con
siderably of the matter. The
notion could not be driven from
his mind that what hs sa w wben
be looked back was a human arm.
So impressnd was he a/ the
time that he imparted the belief
to several of his fellow workmen.
Yesterday atternoon, abont five
o’clock, Eugene Hoyt, a workman
in the same yards, was comiDg
by the spot, got over into the
field as did the other workmeu
and there i/ was sure enough, the
iimb of a human being, tie look
ed at it close/y withoat moviug it,
and saw that it had a rope tied
around the wrist &bd the interior
of the hand was badly mutilated.
The arm was cut ofi between the
elbow and shoulder, nearer the
latter, and was in a badly mangled
condition. The news of the find
spread rapidly, and shortly alter
dark more than 150 men aud boys
with picks, forks, lanterns aud
spades had assembled on the
scene to investigate further. Dep
uty Coroner J, U. Hood was sum
moned, soon arrived and took
charge of the investigation That
immediate neighborhood is not
vary thickly settled, but the ex
citement occasioned the most in
tense feeling.
It was at first believed to be
the arm arm of a woman, but sub
sequent investigation showed it to
belong to a man,
The soft tan bark was scattered
without very great trouble. Aftei
a few licks with a pick and the re-,
movai of a few shovelfulls of the
debris, a leg, from above the knee
to the foot, was unearthed. At
this discovery the excitement was
at fever heat. “Who could have
been the murderer?” ‘lf found
the stake was too little for him !'
were the exclamations on every
hand. In the meanwhile the dig
ging continued, and the left arm
and hand of the nnfortunate man
were revealed, Close by was the
leg from the thigh to the knee,
then tne other teg cut away from
the trunk and iteelf divided. The
six pieces were laid together and
a messenger dispatched for a coffin
and a wagon in which to take the
remains to an undettaker’s- It
was some while after this that the
trunk of the body was discoxered
several feet away from the other
parte. But then it was shorn of
heads arms and legs and as hor
rible a spectacle as the human eye
ever rented opon;—American.
STOLE A HOUSE
A Louisville special says : Prob
ably the most remarkable robbery
on record, in any country, was
reported to the mayor’s office by
Mrs. Ross, a well-to-do lady, aged
perhaps fifty ysars- who lived in
the ooun/ry about six miles from
the city. The story she tells
sounds more like the nonseeical
rumblings of a lunatic than the
revelations of a sane person, but
it is true in every particular.
Mrs. Roes said she owned a
lot on the corner of Fifteenth and
Prentice streets, in the west end
of the eity. ou which, in yipnl
last, there was a substantial prick
house, containing eight rooms.
During that month the tenant oc
cupying the house was ejected for
non-payment of rent, and the
house was not again rented. Mrs:
Ross’ health not be : ug very good,
she does not visit /he city often*
aud iu consequence could uot pay
much attention to her property.
She went to look a/it in regard
to some repairs cn the Ist of
Marcb, when everything was in
good order. Since then she had
not visited tbe premises until yess
terday morning. This visit was
made in somewhat of a hurry A
few days ago a mau called on he r
aud offered * her five dollars for
the old brick on the lot in town.
She did not know what he was
driving at until he explained that
there was about one thousand old
brick scattered over tbe lot, which
bad evidently been left when the
housewts lorn down. Alarmed
at the mini s statement Mrs. Ross
came to /he city, and to /he con
sternation discovered /hat hvr
house had vanished cowpietelY,
only a small pile of brick remain
ing to show where it had stood.
The building had been carried
away brick by brick, until aimost
the last vestige was gone.
The most remarkable part of
the story is that no one bad beer*
seen working about the premises
at any time and no wagon or cart
had been noticed t huuling any
thing theiefrom by the neighbors.
The work of razing the building
must have been done at night und
ihe material carried away by hand
To make the work of spoliation
complete, Mrs ltoss say- a frame
house on the ba ;k part of the lot
has been moved across un alley to
a vacant commons, and is dow oc
cupied by a family who claim it as
their own.
HE FORSAKES HIS WIFE.
As already stated a strange, cou
pie drove Madison a few
nights ago, and took a room at
the Madison house The man
left orders at the oflics not to be
aroused uutil 9 o’clock the follow
ing morning, and at that hour tne
two made their toilet and came
down to breakfast.
The young man, a farmer, seem
.ed to be about 23 years of age,and
gave his name as Uritfin, saying
that he had sold his possessions in
Putnam county, and was going
West. The young woman he pass
ed off as his wife, but subsequent
developments prove that her real
name is Miss Simmons, of Putnam
county, aud that instead of being
his legal wife, she hud usurped
the place of the one who had the
only legal right to his care, und
fled the country ua a criminal in
truder.
The brother of Griffin was in
the ci/y yesterday, and furnished
a detailed history of the elopement
to Mr. Bearden. He stated /hat
Griffin married a beau/iful and
cultured Columbus girl two yeans
ago, and that their union had
been blessed by an offspring, now
nine monthe old, and so far as be
knew their married life had been
happy.
He said 'hat uou nis brother's
m there lived Miss Sims
muLa. a winsome girl of about 17
years of age, who, ever since his
marriage, had exertrd al/ the eff
orts of a cultivated schemer lo
gam the attentions of the newly
married man. She was successful
to the extent of receiving frequent
visits from lum, which led to some
doubtful ta|k in ttmneighborhood.
//eliad never beleived his brother
guilty of wrong conduct, however,
and after awhile the affair ceased
to provoke remark.
A short time ago his brother
sold his land, witb the expressed
intention of going West. He
gave about $501) of the money re*
ceived from the sale to his wife.
This amount she still has, with
some live stock that was not in
cluded in the land sale.
Last Sundry night Griffin drove
down to the residence of Miss
Simmons, took the fair intriguer
in the buggy with Lim; and tne
two drove off to i/adison, where
they arrived at 4 o'clock, a, in
Mr. Griffin, the brother of tne
villainous rubject of tb s sketch,
condemns his brother’s conduct
•n unmeasuied terms, and la s
taken the horse and buggy left by
him with Mr. Bearden to his out
raged wife.—Madisonian.
JOHN T. WILSON, Jk., Publisher
H.EU DEAD BABY’S DRESS.
While a reporter, in company
with one cf Inspector Bynes’ de
tectives, was searching books of a
Bowery pawnshop for traces of
some stolen articles, a woman (
poorly clad in mourning, wuh a
bundle under her uriu, entered
and timidly approached the coun
ter, and said she would like to
have some money advaucud on it.
The clerk opened the bundle, and,
shaking outfits contents, lifted up
a baby’s long dress, made of lace
and tine white chambric. Gazing
at it with a critical eye, in order
to carefully rppraise its value, he
turner* to the woman and usked :
“How rnuob ?”
“Ob, sir,’’ she replied as tears
came into her eyes, “I can’t say. I
don't know its value. When my
little baby was christened it was
given to her as a present. She
died the other day, und lwant
some medicine for my little sou
who is now sicii.’’
The clerk listened with a re
spectful attention, and after u con
sultation with another clerk turn
ed to the woman and said :
“Thirty-live cents,”
“Thirtydive cents !” echoed the
woman, and tears ran down her
cheeks. “Please can’t you gixe
more than that? I will redeem
it as soon as 1 can get some work."
“That’s all we can afford to
give,” said the clerk. “It may be
worth more, but we don’t care to
take any risks.’' He then wrapped
up the dress and handed it back
to the woman, who after reflection
took it, and drawing her faded
cloak about her, left tue place to
fry elsewhere—New York World
DIGGING UP THE BODY.
Wednesday last Israel Stanford,
colored, while at work at a freight
depot in Atlanta, was caught bet
tween a box car and a platform
aud fatally iujured internally,
from the effects of which he died
the day following 1 Friday his re
mains were buried in the cerne/a
ry a Decatur, by Joe Smith, the
sexfon, who is a colored man. Be
fore the remains were laid away
Smith called upon the cemeUry
committee of council and invited
the members to be present, giving
as a reason that he wauted them
to see the body p 'it away, so that
they could testify to that fact In
event that it wa* stolen. The
committee thought the request a
little queer and unusual, as if had
never been made before, but they
attended and witnessed the burial
That night th- committee cons
eluded to visit thecemeiary and
aud take a look at the grave, think
ing that the probability was that
something was crooked, or the
sexton would not have made the
request. A s they approachen the
grave two men dropped spades
ar.d took to their heeis. Upon
investigating the subject further
they found that the grave had
been reopened and the body car
ried ofi. The matter was taken in
hand aud circumstantial evidence
gathered sufficiently strong to im
plicate the negro sexton and a
negro by the name of Vaughn,
wno for years has been the janitor
of the Atlanta Medica 1 College
To-day Smith and Vaughn were
arrested aad put in jail. Vaughn
was arrested in Marietta several
years ago on the charge of body
sna'chmg, and upon being tried
he was found guilty and ordered
to pay a fine of one thoasand dol
lars. He paid the fine, or it was
pud for him, and ihe sensation
that the affair created passed,
aw Ay.
The faith cure case at Hot
Springs, Ark., about which so
much ado was made a couple of
weeks i‘go, has terminated fatally.
The patient, who had consump
tion, relaped as suddenly as lie
improved after being played over
and anointed with oil.
There is a woman in Canton.
China, whose soles are so small
that she can stand on a silver dol
lar. Thas’s nothing. vVe have
seen men in this country whose
souls are so small that they can
stand on ten cents.
Rather set iu their ways— Com
positors,—Life.
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NO 49
GEORGIA NEWS.
There is a general stampede
from Murrah county to the west.
Geneva has gone dry by raising
the liquor license to $3,000.
Baldwin county is ir the throes
of a prohibition contest.
Auuie ;s the name of a new
post office in Lowndes counly.
Three for ten cents is the way
rabbits sold in McDonough last
week.
Atlanta liquor dealers have
been visiting Griffin with a view
of locating there.
There is a letter in the post
office at Eatontou addressed lo
Gen. Washington.
A pen of eleven hogs were froz
en to death at Vinniug’s station
last Sunday night.
Tke gram fields throughout the
county of Wilkea look as if they
had been burned over.
Aunt Silvia Dwile, a negro wo
man of Burke county, is said to
be 130 years eld.
Frank Small, brothel of Geor
gia’s revivalist. is at piesenf ad
vance agent for Clara Morns.
Two districts of Washington
county have petitioned for an elec
tion on the stock law qqestion.
Gnflir has been called upon t u
raise her subscriptions to the
Georgia Midland $5,000, making
$30,000 altogether.
Howell, of Pike county, cons
tinues his squirrel bnsiness. Three
hundred and seventy marks the
number he nas killed this season.
From all over the state oom s
the report that the grain crop was
entirely destroyed by the freeze >
aud the fields will be replanted.
A little tbree-year old coloied
child on the place of Mr. Goolsby
near Moutioello, wandered off late
in the afternoon of last Friday,
aud when found was frozen to
death.
W, E. Bird, of Guyton, had
good luck in getting a tine buck
on Tuesday, Five Biarted to
swiu from the South Carolina
shore to the shore opposite Ebe->
nezer, Mr. Bird junped in Lis
boat and headed one off, and suc
ceeded in killing it as it reached
the shore.
HE WAS RETAINED.
*/ have had trorble with one of
my neighbors,’ said a farmer yes
terday after he had climed three
flights of stairs to interview a Gris
wold street lawyer.
‘Exactly, sir, 1 suppose it is your
misfortune to live neighbor to a
mem man.’
‘His cattle got into my field last
spring.’
‘Did, eh! Well, we can take
k.m for damages, and you are sure
of your case. How many head
and what shall we put the dam->
ages att’
‘Well, you see I got mad about
it and turned my hogs into bis ’U
ter patch.’
‘j4h! Can he piove itt’
‘Oh, 1 owned it right up, and we
agreed to call matters square.’
‘l'mphl Perhaps, however, we
cm make out that you were teun
pjrarily msaue and not in condi -
tion to make bargains,'
‘Oh, it isn’t that, sir. Three
days ago one of my horses was
killed.’
‘Exactly.’
‘if he beast ran against my neigh
bor s barbed wire fence.’
‘lsee. Tue fence was n dann
gerous obstruction. Your horse
was in the highway!’
‘No, sir. He woe in my neighi
bor’s field and tried to jump out.’
‘Uml’
•Can you take the case and make
anything out of it?’
‘H-asr d -1-y. Hold cn. I
wou’t agree to secure you any
damages for your horse, but I’ll
fix it so be cau’t collect anything
for his fence. That leaves you
with a hoi hide worth $2 and
the proud consciousn. ss of having
stood up for your rights like aam
american.’
The farmer laid down a $5 bill
and the lawyer was retained.—Den
troit Eree Press.