The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-11-21
Misrel
AN INTELLIGENT CONTRABAED.
BOLIVAR HEIcHrs, Virginia, !
Saturday, Oct. lS, 1869. {

! DoLNAh IlElGhTS, virginia,
Saturday, Oct. IS, 1862
Our Autulnnal storm dwindIed TO &
fve.hours' rain, and our forward move.
ment to reconnaissance in force. The
warm, sunny days have returned
Oharlestown is oace more in the Rebel
lines,and quiet is resumed in the army Of
the Potomac.
Yesterday, two years from the day
when the guns of old John Brown shook
every foot of slave soil--our troops re-
turned to their camps. The movement
has developed the enemy's position. -
May it prove a forerunner of an early ad.
vance.
Have you not learned by the published
reports that "Meagher's troops behaved
nobly" True, doubtless, though they
were not In action at all. "Gen. McClel.
Ian and staff rode boldly ot!t to the front" "
So they did---soioe hours after the firing
ceased. But there Was nothing to call
them there earlier. and the expedition
accomplished Its object.
What more remains to be said of it?
But we have another topic--a once hon
ored theme which has lately fallen into
desuetude. The Intelligent Contraband
has come again.
On Thursday, beyond Charlestown,
our pickets deserted a solitary horseman
with bucket on his arm, jogging sober
ly toward them. He proved to be a
dark mulattoj of about 35. As he ap-
preached they ordered halt.
"Where are you from?"
Southern Army, Cap'n,' giving the
military salute.
Where are you going9
Coming to you's ALL"
"What do you want?"
"Protettion; boss. You Mont send me
back, will you?"
"No; come in. Whose servant are
you?'
"Cap' Rhett's, of tSouth Carliny-
you's heard OF Mr.. Barnwell Rhett, edit
or of the Charleston Mercury? His broth
er commands battery"
"How did you get away?"
"Cap'n, COVE me fifteen dollars this
morning; aid said, 'lohh, go odt and for
age for butter and eggs So you see,
boss, (with broad grin, Use out forag-
ing l pulled my hat over my eyes and
logged along on thb capn's horse (see the
brand S. G. on him? with this basket on
my arm, right by our guards and bickets.
They never challenged me once. If they
had, though, | brought the cspn's pass"
And the newcomer produced this docu.
ment from his pocketbook, written in
pencil and carefully folded. l send you
THE original:
Pass tny servant, John, on horseback,
anywhere between Winchester and Mar
tinsburg, in search of butter, &C., g.,
A. BURNETT RHETT, Capt. Light
Artillery, Lees Battalion.
care there many negroes in ths Rebel
,orps?"
"Heaps boss"
"Would the most of them come to us
f they could?"
"All Of them, cap'n. There isn't
title pickaninny SO high (waving his
land two feet from the ground) tha:
wouldn't"
"Why did you expect protection!"
"IIeard so in Maryland, before the
Proclamation :
"Where did you hear about the Proc
amation?"
"F cad it, sir, in Richmond paper"
"What is it?"
"That every slave is TO be emancipa- '
ID on and after the 18th day of January.
can't state it, bossH' S
Something like it. When did you
,arn 10 read?" d
"In 40, sir. l was head waiter at o
FRS, Nevitt's clearinghouse in savan- j
ah, and Miss Wacott, New York lady t
ho was stopping there, taught ne" a
"Does your master know it!' S
Captain Rhett doesn't know It. sir; S
at lie ishh't my master liz thinks I'm
ee, and hired me at se5 month, but n
e never paid any oft. l belong to Mrs. !
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