Daily union appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-186?, 1862-08-13

1OO TEXAN RANGERS EyCAMP AT HIS
COUNTRY SEAT.
HIS PforadesftaI DeIirerance.
THE FRIGHT OF HIS FAMILY

The Princeton IN. j. Standard has letter
| from niece of Rev, DR.. z. j. Breckenridge
Of Kentucky, dated at Lexington, Ky, July
| %, 1861 The Standard introduces it as fol-
lows:
| DR.. Breckenridge was at his country seat,
about seven miles from Lexington, and as
| Morgans cavalry were expected to make
raid on Lexington, DR.. B. urged his female
| friends who were then there to go out to his
| place. for security. They did SO. One day
! while DR.. B. had gone to town, expecting to
return st six o'clock in the evening" COM
pany Of mounted Texan Rangers appeared at
| his residence and planted guard around it,
several armed men having made repeated in
| quiries as to the hour when DR.. B. was expect
| ed to return from town. Several efforts were
made by the family to apprise DR.. B. of the
! danger that awaited his return, but the mes
sengers were all intercepted by the pickets,
except one, who, by making wide circuit,
! succeeded in reaching the road where DR.. B.
| was returning, just Ia time to prevent him from
riding into the lines of his blood-thirsty rob-
| bers. Providence thus delivered this valuable
| UI ion man, whose services have been SO emil
nently useful to the national cause in Ken
tucky and elsewhere, from the violent hands
| of his enemies and the enemies of his country
I
| him into captivity worse than death. Let
| God be praised for this delverance.
| a man who has been so inspired by God
with courage, wisdom, patriotism, and intrepid
| loyalty, is specially under the watchful care
| of God, who orders all his steps, and delivers
him from his enemies. This cowardly attempt
| to seize private citizen, venerable clergy
man, has aroused the Kentucky blood. and as
might be expected, the fendish banditti, which
a Il
murder, are compelled to flee for their lives
before the hot pursuit of the citizen soldiety.
| Perhaps DR.. Breckenridge has done all for
| his country that he can 90 except to die for
| it. He certainly has done much and if the
| Union cause now demands the sacrifice of his
| life, be is doubtless ready to offer it. But we
trust that this mighty counsellor this bold
| defender of the Union; this man so richly
endowed with Christian courage, sagacity and
wisdom, may be spared to the country, st least
| whiic me storm is beating upon it.
The letter, which was hurriedly written by
| a niece, who was at the time in the family of
| DR.. b., will be read with interest: r.
| Extract from the Letter.
! When came home from the hospital, on
| Saturday morning, l heard the first news of
Morgan's approach. He was near Lebanon,
and the people here were in perfect panic
! Our last regiment had gone a day or two be-
| fore, and fearing that troops could not reach
here from over the river, the home guards
were collected and thrown out on the Danville
road as pickets, Morgans approach being in
that direction, and some of our poor fellows
from the hospital were put under arms, in case
of an immediate attack. All over the town,
guns and pistols were swapping through that
day and night, every body loading and getting
ready for the worst, and we did the same turn
ing the parlor into an armory, for the determi-
| nation was, if noting else could keep the guer-
rillas out, to shoot from the houses at them.
The next day uncle Robert came into town,
and urged and insisted that we, women and
children, should go out to his farm which was
place of perfect safety, in the opposite direc-
tion to that by which Morgan was coming J
and leave the gentlemen free to join the home
| guards, and close the house if they choose. !
wanted to stay in town, for had kind of in
stinct we should not be any safer in the count
~, and then it would be so dreadful to wait
and watch and wonder, and perhaps hear the
firing in town, and have no news of how the
battle was going on; but we were per-
suaded, and started off on Sunday evenirg O.
a train of carriages full of refugees,
some of whom had come forty miles, flying
for their lives, TO take refuge in Lexington,
where they thought there were soldiers and
safety, many of them the wives and mothers
!
hatred for their activity and influenza, and
had threatened them, as he did Uncle Robert
with hanging as soon as he caught them. Ths
night passed quietly, but was in no humoi
for sleep, and SO stood picket for the rest
There is something terrible to me in being
reused from a sound sleep by an alarm, and
| when there is any danger | am more comfort
able sitting up and listening, even if they die
} Taught al me next morning. l was thankful
1 III - II l. =.
keep awake. The next morning Uncle Rob
ert insisted on going into town, saying, in an
swer to our fears, that there was 10 danger
and that he would be out at six Ia the even.
, ing. We were not 9 very united family, fol
among Us had come some secessionists, con
nected with us by certain ties, and il dange
of some unpleasant scenes in town, IS all tn,
Union men were much reused, and many
houses were searched for arms, &C., but M
+ mention was made of our opinions now
1 Early in tho afternoon man came and asiIe<
l when Uncle Robert would come from town
| and servant, suspecting nothing, told him
, Soon afterwards three other men came, al
armed, asking the same thing and this tim
: our answer was very vagne. We did no
: know, he might not (which was t-uel com
: at all. There was evidently something wrone
| 1t could not have been many minutes afte
: this that, as / was sitting on the porch, look
l ing through the trees at the blue, distant hill
| | and thinking of you all and wondering whel
L these stormy times would be over, and Ishoul
T see you all again once more, it was as wa
sitting so, that was reused by hearing tn
servants calling to each other to alooki look
/. and then they all came running round tn
house. calling to me as theT went past, an
ran down tbs hill In front of me and pointin
uu the road that lay in full view some hund
IS red Yards, and then lost itself in the wood
n / looked as they pointed, and saw what
d never shall forget. Up the road IS far as
"a could see, and coming en- out of the wood
: were the widest looking horsemen, ridin
g three abrest, the sun shining on . long ste,
y blade at their sides, TheG servants though
$. they were our soldiers, and ran down 10 me'
v theIn nnnr foolish thinps litfla knowing {