The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1862-04-09
Captain John II. Morgan Again.

The newspaper fraternity owe heavy
debt Of gratitude 10 thst gallant partisan
leader. Capt. John Ii. Morgan, Of Ken.
lucky. for furnishing them, during the
past few mon,hs, such abundant material
for the most spicy paragraphs and inter
esling articles py his many dashing ex.
pIoi,s sg~ins. the Yankees, aud hrs in.
sp.r.d them with greater fear than all
the army Of Gen. Johnston besides. lis
last feat Ne are JUS, ~ppri,.d Of 10y gen.
tI-,nan direct from Louisville, and is the
most daring and successful Ne hxv- ye,
recorded.
On Sunday, the l6,h instant, Capt.
Morgan. With forty Of his n,sn, suddenly
appeared n, GslIatin, Tsun-ssee, twenty.
ei ht miles the other side of Nxshville-
After catching al tho Union men in the
place, and combining them in q guard
house. Capt. Morgan. dressed in a FEEDER.
al uniform, proceeded to the telegraph
Office ut the railroad depot, q short ds
tance from the town. Entering the Office
the following conversation took place lee.
tween Csp, Morgan and the tsIegraphic
operator. a clustering fellow:
Capt Morg~n.-"Good day, sh -
Whist new, have your
Opsrs,or.-"No,hi"g, sir, e.eep, il 10
reported that that d-d rebel Capt. john
Morgan, is this side of the Cumberland
with some Of his csvslry. l wish l could
g., sigh. Of the d-d rascal I'D make .
uoIs through him larger than hs would
end pleasant"
While thus speaking. :hs operator drew
= 6ne navy revolver aud 6oussheJ u ss
Il to sa,'sfy his visitor how desperately he
would use the instrnmenl 10 c1o hs
should meet the famous rsbsl Captain.
"Do you hncw Who ] sm r. quietly re.
CaP,ain Morgan, continuing the
the convsrsa,ion.
81 have no, ,ha. pleasure" remarked
the ops,stor.
well. I am CaP,sin Morgan" respon.
ded that gsniism.n.
A, these words The operators cheeks
his knees shook, the revolver
dropped from his hands. and he sunk to
the foor. lie literally "silted."
Aher The frightened individual had re.
covered him.slf sufficiently Capt. Morgan
required lin TO telegraph some messages
to Losis'iiIs. among Others. one TO Prsn.
,ics, Of Ii. Journsl. politely offering to
sc, ~ Lis eseor, Oh HE proposed visi, to
Nashville. Then taking the operator
~ish him - = P'isonsr. CAp,ai" Morga"
viii. Lis men s~ si,ed the arrival Of the
train from Bowling Green to Nashville.
In due time the train came laundering
in. Capt. Morgan at once seized it, A., !,
taking i've Federal officers who were pas
ss"ses aud the engineer Of .hs tain pris.
ous's, he burned to cinde,s all &: tue
care. with their eouteuts, and then filling
'hs 'oeo.notive with ,urpentins, shut dow u
al the valves and started II towards
Nashville. Before it had run eight hun.
drsd ya'Js, the accumulation of steam
caused il TO explode. shivsring il into a
thousand atoms. Capt. Nosgsa ,bsu
started South ~a'd with HE prisoners and
made his way safely to th. Coni.dsrs,.
camp.
The bridge over Barren river Lsyo.t
Bowling Green has not ys. been rebuilt,
aud the fsdss.ls had only one locono
tive and one train Of cars. with which ,e
do all their business between Bowling
Green aud Nsshvills. The serious dam
sys Inflicted upon The Fsdsrsls BY thi,
dAshng sxPloi, may be appreciated from
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