Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-05-14
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truth, Of the weeping and langhi &
philosophers, prefer the habits Of the
latter. Let our fortunes be what they
may, we must grin aud endure
them," till We are released from the
thrnldom Of Northern dospotism.
This aPologetic preface may be deem.
ed primarily essential by those who
promote the cause Of freedom by wear.
ing long faces for the encouragement
Of their friends and ne;ghbors in the
hercucan task We have undertaken.
When | was in Chattanooga, three
weeks ago, the story camo that the
Yankees had taken possession Of
train Of cars between Marietta and
Cha'ta0ooga-tho marauders having
siezed the locomotive and tender,
dropping the passenger cars While the
occupants we're at breakfast. The tel.
cgraph soon told the story at Chatta.
nooEa, where some tao hundred mill.
lIamcn were under arms eager for
fray Gen Kirby Smith had gone to
Stevenson alone with an engine driver,
and the militia captain drummed up
bis mpskets and double. barreliei guns
70 captare the bold marauders. was
not far from the Crutchfeld House,
standing near the mouth of narrow
alley, when the locomotive, drawing
three open platform cars, all crowded
With shouting soldiery came thunder.
Ing down the broad street. As the
train started towards me, a militia.
map Elm Tweed, who bad evidently
violated the order Of General Bragg as
regards the use Of whiskey, passed in
to he narrow alley, He was n great
haste, and for some incopceivlbIe rea.
son, was rapidly unloosing his clothes
about him, He tro!tcd some thirty
steps down the alley. aud waa in q
halfsitting posture, when here cams
the laundering roaring train, An old
SOW of huge proportions preceded IT,
She groglea aud grunted and snorted,
as she ran at frigbtfll speech to eselpe
lie coming locomotive, The narrow
alley opeued safe way Of escape, and
adown i ,oled the huge SOW, Her
probossi. b scme inc&PlicabIe means,
passed Directly between the pan'alovns
and the cody of Sim, VINO had appro.
priated the alley to his own use
With the teirlGsd m,,i,iaman Cat on
his facc and on her Jack. away went
the ponderous SOW Tie der could
not dsmoant-bis pantaloons had
passed under the sow's throat. She
snorIed like Lippopotamus, aud with
noise equaliug that Of the railway
train sho ;huudcred on. Sim demon.
strated bis fitness for o place 10 Nor
gans command by the tenacity with
which he maintained bis place as a
mounted cavalier Over a lumber
pile, across gulles and bitches, down
long slope towards the river away
went the iDfurate sow. The neither
intiguments of our hero foatci like a
retreating flag oftrucc in the morning
breeze, while he huggoi the old SOW
with desperate energy about her Ions.
through hog,wallow. down into
deep ditch, and again up a long hill.
side, on and on plunging and rearing
and snoring dashed the tes.fed SOW,
each eud of her rider saving the air
up and down with incredible violence
and velocity. The dogs in the whole
ncighborhood set up frighlfnl bowl.
but each kept at respectful distance
from Sim aud his plunging courser.--
One huge eur, aroused by the uproar,
dashed suddenly around corner. He
came bofore lie was prepared for the
frightfu( vision, Immediately in front
of Snm-yather of the double.engiue
back,action, high-plessnre SOW, and
mediatcly in Sims rear. The dogs
speed prevented bis turning back. but
when he met the horrible sight he ap.'
set backwards he Strengthened his
stifFened trembling limbs above him,
and then and there, in my humble
Judgment, gave up the ghost.
Tie old SOW was evidently making
for a dlaPidalpd shnaty bepea.A which
she aud her brood had oft repOsed.--
The uprOar without sitracted to the
doOE stalwart Irishwomsu. To ses