The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-10-31
An in,r,,,ucn, Co..rnsand.
BOLIVAR IIrcurs, Va. Oct. is.


is resumed IN the army Of the Potomac.
Yesterday, two years from the day
when the guns of old Jchn Brown shook
every foot of slave soil--our troops rc-
turned to their camps. The movement
has devclaped the encmy's position. May
Il PROVE the lorCrunncr vi an early sd.
vance.
Have you not learned by the publshel
reports that "Mcughtr's troops behaved
nobyl" True, doubtless, though they
wore net in action bt all. "Gcn. Nc.
Clellan ard staff rode boldly out to IN.
'front.'" So they did---soine hours after
the firing ceased. IMi there was nothing
TO call them there earlier, and the c9pc,
dition accomplished its chisct.
What more remains to be snid of i'll
But we have another topic--N once hon
orcd theme which has lately fallen into
dcsuotudc. Tho intelligent contra band
has come uguir.
On hustIry, beyond Chorl, s,or. eur
pickets described Il solitary hor.sinan.
with u bucket ON his arm, jogging sober
ly toward them. lie proved 10 be dark
mnla,to OF about 35. As he approached
they ordered halt
Where are you fromp
Southern Army, Cap'n,' giving the
military salute.
Where are you golngp
Coming to you ALL
What do you wontr
Protection, boss. You won't send inc
back, will youl'
No, come 10. Whose servant are youl
'Cnp'n Rhctt's, OF South Carliny--.you
heard OF Mr., Barnwcll Rhctt, ,dhor of
Tho Charleston Mercuryi His brother
commands u batter.
How did you get awhyl'
Cgp'n COVE me fifteen dollars this
morning, and SAID, John, 20 tut and or.
age lcr butter aud eggs NJ you see
boss, with n broad grin,) Use out foreg
ingi | pulled my hat over NY eyes and
logged along ON ths CHp'n's horse [sse
the brand y. C. on him) with this basket
on my arm, right by our guards md
pickcts. They never challenged mr
once. lfthey had, though, brouuht the
Cnp'n's pass
Aud the new conner reduced this doc.
umcnt from his pockei-bock, written In
pencil and carefully folded. | send you
the originals
Pass my s-rvant, John, OF horseback
anywhere between Winchester and Ma.
thfsburg, IN scuch Of butte DC,
A. BURNETT nIlETT,
Capt. Light Artillery, Lees Battalion.
Are there many ncgroes in the rcbel
corpsi'
'lleap', boss
Would the most ofthcm come to us 1
they couldl'
I 'All Of them Cap'n. There isn't H.
Tie piekaninny so high, (wuvipg HIS bard
two or three feet from the ground,) thn,
wouldn't.'
/ why did you expect protcctionl'
Heard so in Maryland. before the
Proclamation l
Where did you hear about he Proola-
mationP
"Reud il, Sir, in Richmond psper.'
"What is ill'
That every slave is to be cmancipnted
oD md after the 18th day OF fyanuary. ]
can state II, boss
Something like it. When did you lcurn
~ ready
'in 40, Sir | was head waiter at Mrs.
Nevitts clearinghouse in Savannah,
and Mrs.. Walcoit, New York lady who
was stopping there, taught me-
Capt. Rhett doesn't know il. Sir, Ia,
he isn't NY master. He thinks I'm free.
and hired me at $40 month, tnt be ncv-
cr paid me any Of it. ! belong To Mrs.
John Spring OF Stratford, Conn. She
used 10 hire me ont Summers, NJ d have
me whit on hor every Winter. Atcr tho
war, she couldn't come, aud they wtre
going 10 sell me for Government bccau O
i belonged to Northorncr. Sold a
grost many negroes in that way. But ]
slipped away 10 the urIny. Have tried
to come to you twice before in Maryland
but c0uldn'tpass our pckcis.'
Were you ut Antietalnl'
Yes, boss. Mighty hard battlc.'
Who whippedl'
'Yous all, massa. They say you didn't;
but | saw il, aud know. Ii v. u had foupbt
Us that hext duy-Thursday--you wou Id
have captured our whole army. They say
so Themselves
'Whol
Our officers, SIR
Did you eyer beny of old John
Hear Of hint Lord bless you, yes.
boss I've read his life, and hnve il now
10 my trunk at Charleston; sent to New
York BY the steward Of the James Adeer
and got it I've read il 10 heups Of the
colsred folks Lnrd. they think John
Brown was almost a God. Inst say Won,