The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-10-22
From the Guards--A Contrabnnd.


came into town, directly from Boonville
and The Iowa Fifth AS soon as our PEG
pie heard from whence he came, they
crowded around him eagerly, and piled
him with inquiries about tie boys" of
Company f. He is young fellow,
probably 90 years Of ace, about half
white, and is quite quick, well,spoken
and intelligent. lie seemed to be re
markedly well pleased at being out of the
State Of Missouri, aud out Of the land of
bondage. lie wore the uniform Of the
Iowa Fifth. contributed by some of our
own boys.
lie was one Of the three slaves who
gave information to Capt. EPSTEIN, oil
the Home Guards, stationed ut Boonyille. |
of the contemplated attack upon them Of
the rebels under Col Brown, the inform
alton probably saving Capt. EPSTEIN
from surprise and defeat. The result,
as our readers know, was the defeat OF
the rebels and the killing Of Brown and
his brother. The slaves, of course, were
marked men from that time, and one OF
them was almost Killed by the sheriff and
citizens of Boonvlle, and would have
been, had il not been for the personal in
reference Of Capt EPSTEIN. The To-
wa Fifth reached Boonyile a few DAYS
alter the fight, and This young fellow at.
tached himself to Company f.. which,
il seems, took lively interest in him
He became cook for mess composed OF
Capt. LEE, Leuts. JORDAN, MARSHALL and
PIcKERILI, the latter Of the Ninton Com
pany. Al first he was assured OF protec-
ton by the higher authorities, but the
day before he left Major ROBERTSON, oil
the Fifth, came to him and told him that
arrangements Were being made TO take
him back TO his master, and that lao had
better leave. Capt LEE gave him let
ter to his friends here, and told him that
If he could not do better he might come
here and work on his farm. The others
gave him money, and he started down
the river for St. Louis, where he arrived
READILY. There German befriended
him and sent him over INTO Illinois in n
skllf. Thence he tramped it to Hamil.
ton, above keokuk, where he got on
board an upward bound steamer, where
Mr.. RIDER, thanks to his generosity,
found him and helped him onward 10
this place.
He left our boys at Boonyille on the
9th of the present month. and all in fine
trim. lie gives an authoritative contra
dictlon 10 the many reports which have
been circulating around relative TO the
shooting Of this one and Of that one. and
Of the change of officers Capt. LEE is
at the head of his Company. enjoying
himself hugely, being as young as any of
his command The other officers are in
the same delightful fix. and the men, as
far as we heard inquiries made, were in
good health. LEWIS had been very sick.
and was At Jefferson City, looking rather
weakly. Mr. JORDAN writes Us, howey-
er. that he would soon join them again,
the Colonel intending TO make him Sar-
geant Major Of the regiment. Mrs LEE
had been at Jefferson City for some time,
but has probably again joined her hus-
band at Boonyille. The orders TO march
to Georgetown had been countermanded
on the evening of The 9th, and whether
the 9Th has since left Boonyille or not we
are unable TO say. We are inclined,
however, TO think that they are not CON-
prised in FREMoNr's army. now chasing
/ PEIcE towards Arkansas If they are
not, there IS one sorely disappointed reg
, meut somewhere in Missouri