Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-04-02
Is, returned the arch.

Well, Jack YOU Will 90 | suppose. and
! take from us our little navy; but mark it.
/ if we IL of course | know we won't
but if we do, the stigma of an eternal re-
| proach will rest upon your name You
will be blotted as the cause of the ruin of
the Southern Confederacy. You will be
marked, branded, aye, cursed, by the pos
terity now arising, by generations yet un-
born You know as we'll as tie entire
world that, if we lose this fort and sur
rounding positions, the confederacy is =
dead letter, YOU and |, with hosts of 9TH
ers, will swing from the end of some
Northern rope Deny this if YOU can,
General Floyd" replied the indignant
Passing to the uppermost rampant, the
scout took froGl his pocket a card and be-
gan to draft the position of the fort in all
its parts The moon had arisen TO a
greater height than when he first came to
the ground.
Let's see, here is eight roads, put that
down David or, | ought to say, William
Hebensack; and that must be the Clarks-
vile railroad away down yan':er." Dave
would take good look, and then would
walk the embartlements as though keeping
guard, thus avoiding all suspicion in
fact, the rebels were SO conscious that
they could hold the fort that they scarce
" deemed it necessary to have any watch
at all.
d" But how many men have the r-bels,
that's pint that Halleck told me to get
by all means. Floyd said fifteen thousand
and / guess he's nearly right
He counted ten twenty-iour and eight
thirty two Founders on the second para
! pet, and those on the first he fully noted
4 In rho itStonaa h.. ..l,SaryaH tho
! telling the trees; one by one the noble old
elms would fall, Dave heartily wishing
that Il rebel regiment would be crushed
beneath each of them The negroes de
parted from the fort in gangs of twenty or
thirty, led by lieutenant The intrepid
scout moved noiselessly around he went
to the magazine, and judged there was
ammunition sufficient for three days
siege he noted, also the commanders
quarters, and desired, in his report Il
Halleck, that these should be battered
first, which, as the sequel proved, was
most unceremcniot sly performed. In
fact, there was not Il preparation or work
of protection that Blakely did not observe
most scrupulously and now he felt his
work was done. Slipping down behind
one of the gun carriages he pulled off II
boot, tore up the lining, and inserted the
important despatch that was forthwith to
be communicated to the CON aland ng gen
eral at 81. Louis. Eluding the guards as
much as possible, he calmly walked to the
lowest parapet and began To prepare for
his departure 1t was two hours past
midnight and the wind was blowing fresh
from the northwest. As the sentinel plod
his weary round he watched his move
ments, and, when he had gone to the ter
minus of his beat Blakely scaled the
works and ran towards the shores Of the
. Cumberland
These documents must reach the Gen
eral by telegraph from Cairo. All is
ready and will be advanced as quick as
reach the other shore, for some secesh
will hail me | go up on this here side :"
soliloquzed the confident Dave.
1t was not difficult thing for him to Sc
cure transit to the opposite bank Ma
ny of the soldiers had constructed small
boats for the purpose of amusement, and
several we're lying quietly in the stream
/ few yards from himself The river runs
very swiftly, and this uld assist him
greatly in his escape
And now William Alphonsus Ifoben-
sack thinks as how he has fooled thcse
blind rebels in this fort. | will cross here
and land about five miles below; then take
to my heels, assisted by another Onion
farmer AZ lives about that distance Oh
there is lots of Onion men about here; |
knows EN-; jist let our stars and stripes
offer en- protection, and they will jump up
( thicker and quicker nor crows in corn
field. They needn't think as how every
body Is going to curse old mother Onion.
Some sheep will be niggers, but the main
part is alters whitish Stick that in YOUR
craw, old jeff, |, William a Hobcnsack
gives YOU that to chaw"
/ When | reaches Gleason's | will take
4 fresh hoss, and then for Paducah and
then for Paducah and Cairo. Hallcck is
agoIn to have this fort in less nor three
days, or | IN no David, and forget wheth-
er he was a prophet or no guess that
he warnt though, but he was a big king
and lived better nor the prophets. 1 con
slider myself an Onion man an every on
ION man is a king and prophet too And
now he had reached the boat; untvine the
{ fastening he looked once more towards the
doomed fortifcation, and his overfiowing
heart burst forth again in prophetic de-
nunclations. = The beast that thou saw
est was, and Is not, and hath ascended out
/ OF the bottcmless pit, and goeth into per
! dlton, and they that dwell n the earth
shall wonder. How muci. she haiti, nlori-
he'd herself, SO much sorrow and torment
give her; Tor she saith In her heart, 1 sit
/ n queen, and send ambassadors TO the end
Of the earth, and am no widow, and shall
see no sorrow Rejoice over her thou
heaven, ye apostles and prophets, for God
hath avenged you on her for by thy sor-
eeries were nations deceived And the
beast was taken, and with him the false
/ prophet that wrought miracles before him,
with which he deceived them that had re-
cel1cd the mark Of the beast, and them
that worshiPped his image These were
cast alive into a lake burning with fire and
/ birthstone
Who goes there ?" Bang went a
musket, but Dave had gone Untrue was
the aim Of the sentinel
sS Time infallibly brings round its
reYenoes IWn years arn Coy W lsr fc.