The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-20


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N ~ ssrvisse - he esass. giving some amuslns
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De- Ss.-asre ! en- q homo with whole
assslnps 70 eivs you detailed history Of ~ trip
49, Writing 70 you st xnoxvlls, bat viii
rseeevs soaee incidents until ses you. When
~tes. sea Isxpesssd 70 90 to 0eoss Urssk OF
= Vtsnie. and found plenty Of salt, aud also found
0ev. LsleAoe. with sledee-hamuel n one hand
eeA . eotsls Of whiskey In the other, swearing no
veos6ss1 o aey oss slss ont Of the Ola Dominion
css Of The limits Of said State. Amor walk.
~ roanA aaA surs1ng Virginia and Governor
s.eseaet N Iettieala1. left. ~ thought, for
49, Hs:,aeassy: Wsu. ! rsaehed Tazswen. within Ten
oi!ee Of Cumberland 0ep, and bought ten mules
snA two roaA wagons and one two-horss wagon.-
! tAoaSh& thaa wss ready to eeoss the znountsiaa
Just aboos that time there were two men brougot
se-eae deed and shs other nearly so-both shot BY
e1anwAAsks1 light on The routs was "a trsvsl-
Wsll did not say much. but tell you did mot
fancy thst road; no. cir, I did not. But ~ there
were several osner wagons just In the act Of start
tnS eonsladsd 70 risk y and started with Twelve
miles and met three man, who informed N the gen
tIemsn whacksrs had juss shot and killed Dr. Hi.
lard acd wounded three others. told the boys, -
We were 81 good place for water. W had better
stop aud feed We cid so. and kept feeding a;lday
and night. ani fsd late to. nsxt morning tbs. II.
until Aoout twelve o'clock. We then gos two bot
ties Of old peach, and after handing the aforesaid
bottles areund until tbs juice disappeared. we
felt couragcous aad thought wo could face any
number OF bushwhsekecs or any other whackcrs.
50 Ne pat Oh and went aboat three miles; met sn
old man that lived near tbs Gap; hs a6vised Us not
to se another step In thSt direction said We would
nsver i've TO get through. then proposed another
fed. which proposition was unanlmously accepted.
After resting two hours Ifouad could gst no moro
peach, and e. that had In was Ali dying out,
began 70 feel that It took seo kinds Of sptrits to
able man 10 p0ss through the moantaius and Is
haA usishef one as hand, slowly came to the
conclasioa th&t wss not In any great want of salt
any way In fact did not want It 81 ai-ard 81 /
had som. urgent business down shout Kuex ,ilis,
turned my teams and moved slowly Scuskward.-
Late In the evening made up my mind that had
no use for wagons and mules and sold out, and did
well, - made Q few hundred by that operation.
Then went over to Sewer county hos hunting,
right into the hottest bed Of the Lnconss. In Rsat
Tennessee. There arc ct least dftsea hundred Ia
the county. Several persons advised me not to
venture among them. but felt sure &C u.d manage
to get along fneiy with them - sons Of the knew
ne Well. will attempt to tell you xu that passed.
/ viii only say II JEFF Davis could know what
said and all said while there. be would have me
hung In fortyeight hours. There was NO difference
Of opinion between the msr of Sewer county and
myseH-no, not the slightest shaae-except IN one
instances. / gently limited that had sometimes
thought It might have bsea better for the elorous
UEiou cause II the Pressient-oEr President Lin
eo.n)-hsd not ssnt outAi lost proclamation. They
swore It was q id rspel lie, and concocted by the
cursed rebels, solely 70 iniure the Union cause in
Tennessee, Ksniucky. Maryland, ana Missouri, end
asked mo 1t was possible tdat q good Union
MANI could for Q mouen. be imposed upon by such
hapo ot>l 81, Z Ill xhAv hat had
never thought Of It before. but wss willing then
to bet ono thousand dollars ths. 1t was forgery.
To m IKE short Of 10 6 stery, they treated me
IKE prince-gave me peach. apple jack, brciled
ham, scrambled eggs in fact everything heart, or
rather stomach, could call for, without price or
without money. they said man who was right
In Georgia was entitled to ali the good things that
Eae: Tennessee could furnish, and told me il &C.
cash got too hot for me In Geof sa to so to shem
and invited ms to carry my family with ms, sud
have ding strong notion Of owing ali hslds up
and staying with them through back bone, spare
NIB, and chicken season. Whist do you suppose
would have been my fate could they have read my
heart or ould they have known that was a cam
didats ssceeh ticket, aod had spent half Of the
last eighteen months Ia cursiny Tennessee tcfies
never forgetting Andy johnson or Paison Brown
asn myself unable to say how or In what manner
they would have put me to death; bat csn cay
with perfect safety thst u they had been posted
you would to day have 20 daddy.
Iemployed two Of them to bay hogs for me and
drive them to Dalton. Ca, and thec put out for
Knoxville, and found Gen. Bragg srDJ, Or lsrge
portion Of thsm moving Ia the direction Of Chstts
nooga, or somewhere else. have no idea "a to the
numoer Of troops he had, NOT have any ooncsp.
ton OF the wagons aud mules /; but, from Whist I
Saw, think there were wagons ana mules enoagh to
pull I'll the houses IL Charleston, Savannah, and
Augusta, brick, shingles. snd all and thea have Q
few hundred to spars.
Naxt in order. will tell you how mahe my sa-
cape from Knoxville Afterreachins there learned
tkst Gea Bragg bad seised the railroad and given
orders for no bat wounded AID sick soldiers to
be allowed TO SO aboard until they al gtt Oh, and
after that the ROAD was to be used exclusively by
hts troops fcr fifteen or twenty days Now. was Ect
miles from home and nary mule to ride After think
ing the matter over cane 20 the conclusion that
was In want Of Q new suit ct clotaes SO went to
q tailor, bought mo gray jacket and cap, such
about their persons. l then wan: to . wood
shop and purchased pair Of crutches; then
an old blanket from IN old negro woman, tied 1t
around my sstehel-could get no cantesn or knap'
cars arrived. At lsst they came. and 1t would
have killed you outright to kavs seen ms 1nauas
my cru:ches one foot ard leg twisted UP, my blsn
kst, satchel end all tied on my back. Ths guard
gave way, and even assisted sevsrI kindhearsed
persons 70 sst on TIE train-they a:s expressed
gseat sympathy and piay the poor old sas wound
I'D colder. One chap said be thought ths old man
wAs about TO faint, and that chap did aot miss It
zQoC&a1
Iife brs at Last wxs seated among the halt aud
the MANNED. Ths crowd would not average leg !
round but had two. aad after riding about tea |
miles nads out to hcbbls to the water without |
my crutchss. one-legged gentleman sitting near
me said certaialy improved iaser than scy man |
be ever saw. By the time got to Cleveland WAS
Esis 10 dipenss with my blankets aud erutehes.-
TEE conductor walked up to NE and ssid he was !
'sold," aud promised 70 carry me back frss Of
charge, and pass me- back to Cleveland or Dalton |
Whenever |. suited ny cocve.ience. thanked |
,im, and told him hsd NO particular 0aziasss IN
Krt xville then Eus on: sCs EoIae. |
RELIGION In WAsHINaTON..-Ths following les |
or from the Rev. J. W. Moseley, Of Louisiana, who
,as recently visited Washington city, viii hs inter
,stin8 TO many readsrs:
Tne religious condition Of Washington hss seSjy |
ieteriorAted sinca the commencement OF he war
rho political preachers have become more political |
a their prayers and ssrnons, You could once
aear tbs gospel IN IL purl.y, bat he who attends
he church OF DR.. Sunderland, Mr.. Noble, e. |