Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-06-06

his back for half an hour, while the guard

MS back for half an hour, while the guarc
was smoking within few feet Of him, I'm
iii be broke cover in the open country, be
yond the suburbs, when the moon shont
out brightly, and he found himself sudden
ly confronted by two sentries. He mad,
n rush to pass them, when both of them
seized him. He grasped one by the breast
and threw him 10 the ground, with such
violence that he wrencbed of one of the
Virginia army buttons, which he now
wears on bis watch guard as trophy
The other sentry dropped his gun and fled
but third soldier more powerful man,
clinched him from behind, and after a
brief but fierce struggle, he was hopeless
ly prisonea.
He retained his presence of mind, and
BY ready wit and fertility of invention saved
himself from personal violence; and ulti-
mate'y by his own stratagem and the di-
plolnacy of his brother, be slipped his neck
out of the halter. He was carried back
to the hotel, his captor proving to be its
proprietor, and the captain OF large or
ganized guerilla band of horsemen, ready
to act anew the atrocities of the "Skinners"
and "Cow Boys" of the Revolution, when
hostiliiies commence along the borders.-
He was good natured man, and was SO
pleased with the genial manner of bis pris-
oner, and was lost in such admiration of
his daring exploit, and of the sublime con-
fidence expressed by him in the power of
bis friends in Washington, especially of
his brother, to release him, that he was
treated with distinguished consideration"
and permitted to 60 to his room on his
parole not to escape. Every seductive art
was tried to induce him to become Sc
cessiobist, bvt Mr.. Fuller said he "would
rather swing for it than prove false to the
Old Gridiron." His captor told him that
he "was i'd sight too smart for mis-
cradle Yankee" for he had done more than
a regiment of them could accomplish, by
hauling down his flag. Mr.. F. tried to
bribe him, and to buy the flag, but was
told that it could not be bought for $40,
0OO-tbat 'old Lincoln had threatened to
pull it down, and he wanted TO see him do
it,, After night of anxious unrest, Mr.. |
F. came down to breakfast, and found that
everybody was observing him and pointing
him out as the sd Yankee who had |
hauled down the flag. He sauntered |
through the city, made small purchases of
tobacco, DC, in the deserted stores, and
went to a secession meeting at night
One of the speakers alluded very feelingly
to the imperishablc glory which covered
the Stars and Stripes, and related with
thrilling pathos how his father, veteran
of eighty years, still cluDg to them. At
this point, when Mr.. Fullcr's patriotic feel
ing had overcome his prudence, he clapped
his hands loudly in applause. when the
whole meeting electrified by the speaker,
npplauded to the echo. But the excita-
bility of Mr.. F.. caused the crowd to glow
er at him SO ferociously, that he applaud
ed everything which followed and it was
the raukest sort of secession lying and fe-
rocity. The audience were told that the
troops were all Northern barJarians, who
only wanted beauty and booty. "Yes,"
exclaimed the orator, almost drunk with
passion, "they only want to ravish our
wives and daughters and steal our proper
ty; "and much more 5osh of. the same
kind. Toward night Mr.. Fuller's brother
thoroughly alarmed for his safety, took
carriage, rode down to Alexandra, and
succeeded in laying plans that resulted in
his release the next day. As the safety of
other parties (Union men) would be in
volved, l cannot reveal the nature of these
other than to hint that the
guns of the Pawnee and the movements
of troops contributed largely to the result.
had been thoroughly made
10 assault and burn the city, had the Full
lers been detained after to day. Several
of the Massachusetts 5lh took
; solemn VOW that they would take the
,ity, "orders or no orders, and Ellsworth's
boys" were sin the ring" But the orders
would have been given. Last night Mr.. F.,
'ure Of cooperation by water, again tried
o take the flag; but it was guarded by
wo soldiers, sleeping in the attic, and
watched incessantly by sentinels outside.
30 he contented himself with taking the
lag which hung up in the hall, which he
wound round his person, and which he sue
eeded in bringing here with him. 1t was
at the quarters Of the Massachu-
etts troops in the treasury building to-
tight, where it was received with immense
heering; and the detachment which went
Iown to aid Mr.. F. last night regretted
incerely that they had not hand in its
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