The New York herald., 1861-12-08
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awoke and finding the guard noddng in front OF tne nre
and all the rest in deep sumber determined TO enocs an
escape. Leaving his bed quietly AZ possible he ap-
proachoi the guard and ascertannS that ne Was
took CAPTAIN wi,her's hat picked up his own shoes,
raised tho latch the door and seeing m GEAR ouiuet
ran with all his might about two hundred YARDS down
sh' Guynnfntte riyer Here he PAT on ms SHOES, ana
looked about for smo dfwood upon wlch TO cross tho
stream bat indng none concluded to swim the river,
which he did with considerable ease He then proceeded
down the river about mile ana half and commenced
% ascend mountain the summit OF which lie reached
just daybreok and just as Wlcher was hng his guns
a. sigma Of ia, oscss ie nrins was answered from
% attempt travel in daylight, sought thirket Of red
oak brssh. Ia which ho found sort OF path To and
fro over this path he walked all day. bleak wind
bowng and being wet throngh, and having coat he
compelled to walk rapidly in order to his life
When night came on be star ted down the Guyandoe Val
lsy tracing the foot Of the hills, distance Of miles,
Whsl he upon camp Of about one hundred cavalry
and knowing it would be folly 70 attempt TO pass
treated again to the mountains. The next day he took
circuit the top Of tho hills to try ad trace the val
10y aI keep OF the river. which he supposed would be
guarded
Al last he came upon Hars1 creek ana supposed him
esn To be In the vicinity OF Union settlement at the
bead o'Twelvo Pole. lie wen. up Harts creek and in
quircd Of an old lady named Adkins who, with her
end in the house, asking her TO direct
him TO Kycr's creek which he knew to be one of the
sanches q Twelve POLE Young Adkins finally agreed %
Cd tho Major observed that the inlaw Thompson,
started in another direction The Major suspected that
Thompson knew him and feared pursuit, so he hurried
young Adkins along good doa faster than that young
gentleman desired 10 Arriving the creek the
MAJOR, having been robbed Of all his money Guyan-
Aote the night Of tho light could not comply with his
contract with Adkins but him twenty i've cents all
the m ney he had and pair Of soldier shoes taking
n exchange the guides old moccasins. The MAJOR struck
down tho creek along very narrow road, passing two
houses at of which he little girl but had
gone great distance bere he heard the tramp OF the
cavalry coming IN pursuit The Major about turning
bend Ia tho read, and had barely time TO jump
fence and lie Hat upon his belly when along dashed
pay led by the fellow Thompson, before mentioned Tho
Major was lying not six feet from whore his
passed and could see their eyes peering anxousy for
ward in search Of him. II is hardly necessary TO that
- stuck closer TO the ground than did bat to
van and for the first time in his life yearned for the
power to mako himself invisible. After tho pusuers
passed he crawed up ravine and spent another twelve
hours exposed TO the hardest kind OF rain accomla
nicd by the 6ercost lightning aud the oudest thunder
(The Major afterwards learned that tho little girl whom
he had seen had info mod his pursuers that he had just
gone around tho bend In tho road and IN their anxiety to
gain tho bend and capture him they thought Of
booking TO the right nor 10 the lcft.l
beng exceedingly weak and feeble in consequence Of
having gone three days without food the MAJOR deter
mined 70 approach house short distance ahead and
ask for something to eat Accordingly be waded the
creek about waist deop picked up couple Of boul3eFs,
and gong TO the house spoke to the occupants. He
answe - by tho OF the house, Union man--who
recognized the Major almost at once, and him not
70 remain minute he wanted to escape, tho cavalry
fsi been there hunting for him. The MAJOR one ed the
man $500 to conduct him 10 the Queen setm mt and
the house Of Absaom Queen. The man, although ayow
Ing himself geod Union man, refused the oer stating
nat he woad be Killed by his eanaibai neighbos Il dis
covered lie however the Major bllnket TO throw
ever his shiycring shoulders, and directed him to the
house OF Queen for which kind acton the Major desi
his name TO be suppressed in this narrative
The MAJOR plodded and at last reached the mouse OF
|Absll Queen where he found Home q. Of twenty
nvc men, who had assembled 10 keep the rebels from
driving OIL the cattle from the In Te,t en Here
was the first place he got anything y after making
his escape. Queen and eleven of his mcA accompanied
The MAJOR, and by travelling only ieht 10 tho
lug Fork Of Big sandy, crossed int ErEtt cy, stopped
At the house Of Roland Samnon until lr ht then
moved down in a boat, reaching the forks Of the Big
Sandy before midnight There they fogd encamped Col
aban Moore's command, who had just returned from
Prestonburg, Ky. The party reached the mouh of Big
Sandy on Sunday at twelve o'clock, and there great
etoic ng all along the Ohio river, ing Of cannon &c
Major Whalcy gave each OF Queens Enfield rifle,
ne thousand rounds OF ammunition large lot Of lit
o necessaries for their devotion TO him aud their loyalty
70 the cause of the Union.
Absaom Queen was a brave soldier in the OF 1872,
md Is as true and loyal lives. There about
NO hundred Union in the settlement in which he re-
ides, one hundred of whom, through his individual
enoe have already joined Colonel zegler's Fifth vir
fna reg,m ,ment.