Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-05-07

a stand and thus r.pel oar advance .uard
They arranged several cribs o. rails across
the road about six feet in breadth and
four feet i-h bch;nd which they secreted
and awaited the approach Of the Harris
Cavalry. 1t WAS Just III dusk when the
Cavalry arrived IN sight Of the wooden
structures. and mistook them or a column
o. ;nian1ry hey Immediately formed in
line and made grand claige on the rails
and Secesh, receiving 10th the blunt Of
the compact cribs and voleys Of musket
ry. Ere they had time 10 torn. for anoth-
er charge, Secesn was IN iul retreat
( Our cavalry followed and with Anger
Brigade Obliged them Gear 10th towns.
capturing six OF the Secesh Cavalry, who
are now prisoners in falmouth. The
/ Wisconsin battery WAS arranged on a high
eminence and commenced shellin- the re-
treating chivalry But a few shots was
necessary to clear both sides of the liver
y niger came over the I.ext morning from
Fredericksburg and informed the Captain
OF the battery, that yankee balls w,.s good
for nothing. as they aIl \ .rst~' ito
sdered The Se,e~
w - h1i:s superior to ours.
e can blame iLe man tor his opinion,
considering that lie knew not the differ
ence Ietween shells and balls
Cur boys have done we'll in the way Of
trading to day The ceces, refused to
take the I. ; Treasury notes, preierring
to take the Il edericksLurg scrip. / hey
also refused the Richmond scrip except
III denominations OF five and ten dollars
Gus boys were wei supplied with guam
tty OF the fac-simile notes printed ut hill
adelphia, which cost them cent on the
dollar This proved to lie better III ,nev
than Uncle Sans notes, and was passab!e
at any place in town. One man could
boast OF having taken over TWO hundred
dollars in exchange Tor his goods, and an
old Iady. who continued to laud up the
powers of the South. received ut least 4
hundred dollars in exch me for her gro
ceries. There were several others served
in the same way, and all seemed delight d
in receiving them. by noon the conieder
ate scrip was played out and those TIA
ken in had discovered t..at they had been
badly deceived, and must mourn ever e
i'm tt possessor Of Il quantity OF coun-
terft scrip.
The inhabitants OF this place are loud
in their expressions in favor OF jeff Davis
The women in partic liar are terrible If
not ridiculous. For the first time in my
lie ha stood lie ore the woman tina /
feared and hated. hut | trust may be re
LEVIED from hear.nt any more OF the kind
give vent to their feelings The lady in
question had the impudcnce to upbraid
HE IN the strongest terms sparcint NOT
my young and devoted head from the
worst OF aims. She Leieive US TO be d set
o. merauderS, ready to deyour she inuoceul
women and children Of the south; thai
Rnsb;nds and sons | ed the poor
thing, yet | feared her even IS much. /
have heen IN several houses and convers-
ed with Il number OF the s-ecesh l;dieS.
but one good whole souled at Northern
gal is worth dozen 0! these eaudv suck
up pieces Of calico. he niy.ers are con
sdcred the bud class, md the poor
white folks are third class and the aristo-
cratic are the lSt class. Thus we find
then, tie co!ored population md best IN
the ring.
y little excitement WIS created in the
streets to-day, 10y the chan e meetin- 81 a
mister and his slave lie slave hid been
absent without leave, and tie master
had come in pursuit Of him, but Cu1y re-
fused to return with his master, whercup-
on the stakeholder undertook ,he task o.
arrcsting him CuiTy took les bail, with
the master in pursuit; was caught, and
again e. capped, leaving his IL Easter in tie
midst Of a squad OF Jnon soldiers who
felt hiGhly elated over tLc discom orture
I Of the stakeholder, without interfering
I The S!a.e escaped, and the master return
/ cd home, ranting and rearing over the
/ loss of poor Cufy | WAS thankful that
our men did not interfere ia the matter,
although Ihev were called on to do so. but
made the reply, that they id Mt come
here to catch runaway ni@@erS. III
,onSiered themselves in Letter business
Cur brigade i ordered to -uard the Ac-
/ qua Greek rsiro d We move to morrow
morn.n@ at half past eight clock
The heath Of the 2nd Regiment is good,
considering whattl ey have passed through
within The last three weeks Company
has one in the hospital The Company
is in good condition, well and happy, with
plenty to eat drink and wear
The Drum leafs Tor flights out" there
fore draw my scribble to an end, bidding /.
you al habpy good night
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