The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-05-28
General Mecook Sold s,ssl

| Inc memphis people are fuil otgiee
lat the stratagemsy- they allege
have been carried on by some young
man named John Morgan, Kentuck
ian. His last exploit IS related BY the
IAppeal. as follows: s@so0as.9s b9hoq
The heroic young Kentuckian is as
\ full of stratagems as he is, of daring
He disguised himself as, q countryman
and took a wagon load of meal to Nash
vile the other day. Driving Straight
to the st. Cloud Hotel, he feft his wagon
at the door in charge ofa trusty follower,
, and went into the dining room of, the
hotel about dinner, whore he Sat down
opposite General McCook.
General McCook, I suppose" said
the disguised partisan, bowing across
the table. .s3 - : '.'''.'i - =.
.''You are right, Sir," said MoCook;
s,that is my name.
"Well, General, if there's 3 no seccsh-
ers about, | have got something to tell
you right here : : g., ''''@ :. =
Looking around, the General request
led his new acquaintance to proceed with
what he had to say. 70
ssWell General, I live up here, close
by Burk's Mills right in the midst of .
NEST of red hot 'Seceshers, and they
swear your soldiers shan't have a peck
of meal if they have to starve for it.
But, General, I am all fight on the
goose, thoug l don't have much to say
about it about home. and SO I got o
wagon load of meal ground, and I've
brung it down here to-day, and it's now
out thar in the street, and you can have
lit if you waut it. % ~''.'N 'sA.s -
Gen. McCook was highly delighted
expressed his gratitude to the plain
Hooking countrvman for his Kindness,
praised his loyalty to s.sthe cid flag" sc |.
and at once ordered the meal to BE taken
to the Commissary of his Brigade, and
| paid for it in gold and silver. This
tran saction accomplished, the counterfeit
wagner repaired to Gen. McGook' 5
head quarters, where, after requesting
"a strictly private interview, he told the
l"Ginear' that if he would send out SO
men to such place. in such aneighbor-
hood in Davidson county, he would
guide them right into that "nest Of Sc
ceshers and traitors where they might
bag" a large quantity of meal and
other "contraband of war; beside q
number of. the worst rebels that ever
assisted in "busting up" this. "glorious
Union" Gen. McCook fell Into .
snare s'as easy as falling off log" aud
all the preliminary arrangememen IS
were made, and time and place agreed
upnn. for the $50 Union soldiers TO NEE
their trusty guide. -. "'s
McCook's detachment Of $50 men
Kept the appointm ent faithfully, and. of
course Captain Morgan. sno longer
disguised, was there to NEE. them: but,
unfortunately for them, be was not alone
he had sufficienspumber of we1l-armed
horsmen toscapture the whole Yankee
force without firing a gun. So he took
them quietly, and sent them swiftly to
| Che rear, to be exchrnged in due course
all but enc, an officer, whom he released
on parole, and bade him return to Gen
MeCook with the compliments of hi:
meal selling acquaintance, who had the
pleaure of meeting him at the st. Clodd
a few days before. ga.,7
! WASHINGTON, May 18.-A dispatch
from the Arym correspondent Of the
j Associated Press, dated White House
1 Va, May Il says the advace guard, o.
our forces are on the main road to Rich
mond, by way of Bottoms Bridge
They drove the enemy across the Chick
ahominy river at that, point yesterday
morning. When our troops arrived
within half mile of the bridge, which i.
/ burned. they were opened upon BY
brisk Ere Of artillery from, the opposit
} side of the river. No one was Injured
; This, bridge is Is miles from Rich
T. mond. At this point our troops Wi
8 Experience considerable difficulty i
crossing, as the seountryHis llowbaan
t swampy on both sides of the river. I
8 ~ 4A,reconpoisance was mad yesterda
a by one of the gunboats, with two com
of infantry, under Major Willard
II and one section ofsA yres, battery, j
: the. Pamunkey river, q distancesof 2
! miles from here, rat a point known .
g Russell Landing They found th
t steamer Logan, enc propeller and 10
r tfY schooners On fire. - They werelode
g mostly with, corn, which was bsin
So urlloaded. = yiaUloss ,bai h. - ae;c
8 IS Some contrabands on shore stated ths
: when the rebels heard our gpnboat
e coming they commenced putting th
d corn on boardza gaiu, SO as to insure it
D destruction. s.aiy4,I ai. q e..3 4, gjiE
' A few shells soon dispersed the re
9 naming rebels in that locality, Whel
J, the gunboat returned tod thes Whit
e House. saa 5a@'ii q u
n The roads for the.past two days hay
9 been next to impossible, owing to tn
e recent heavy rains, A division trai
: was 36 hours making its way FIVE mile
d with teams doubted, together with tn
= assistanc of a large humbersof troops