Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-15

teroclous rebel, creeping along the aisle,
gun in hand, and pointed at us, too, saying,
'Come now, Yanks, get out of this, Il ~, quick
too" Everybody got out speedily, ia obedi-
ence to the order, and firing ceased. Thir-
teen of the stockaders had already been cap
tured, one killed and three severely wounded.
Three or four rebel horses lay dead before us.
can only give my own experience during the
succeeding fifteen minutes. | was too much
harrassed to attend to other than private af-
fairs. My foot touched the ground, and fell
into the hands of big, dirty looking rebel
lieutenant, with United States army revolver
In his band. He inquired for my arms, and |
gave him a superior pistol without a murmur,
though lnwardly cursing the fortunes of war.
The pistol did not satisfy the inSatiate person,
and he slapped all my pockets in quick sue
cessOn. until he felt my watch beneath his
hand. The watch was gold one, worth six
hundred dollars anywhere south of the Ten
nesSee line, and dOubly valuable to me Tor
associations, SO ventured to hint urbanely
that he was robbing me. He couldn't and
wouldn't help it-a watch was inst what he
had been looking for" He lett Inc in charge
of guard and sneaked away to the next
perch, nor did | see HIM more. The ''youth-
full guard" opened the conversation by inquir-
ing ii | had % pocket knife. | did, and he
him to escort me to the line of prisoners with
my haversack on my arm, although several
times on the route through the band the youth
full guard was advised by his comrades in
arms to ''snatch that haverbag." Here and
there were little knots of rebs relieving pas
Sengers of valuableS and money. and in no
case did | see anrthng taken which was not
'tlust what the rebs wanted One jew from
GAINESVILLE, there were many Jews upon tine
train, lost three thousand dollars in money
before he reached place of safety, under the
eye of an officer, and narrowly escaped with
his life. The rebels were particularly bitter
on the race.
Personal INTRODUCTION TO THE REBEL Of
FICERs.
Arriving at the line of prisoners, intro
duced myself to couple of officers, who sat
lazily on their steeds, with each leg thrown
over the pommel of his saddle They we're
majorand colonel; major proved quickest and
asked me to let him see that havcrsack A
parcel of unwaShed linen of which had hur-
rledly Invested myself in the morning,
toilet case with soaps, were lust what he
wanted" Il tooth brush he did not want, so he
gave it to me, and | stood forth puckcd as
clean as young robin.
The colonel, a great, good-naturcd provn-
cial, kindly offered me a bite of plug tobacco,
or 'mule harness" smiled, and softly felt of
the hat wore. He told me his name was
Cluke, and pointed out ragged line of men
in the. edge OF the grove as 'hs regiment" |
had heard Of Cluke when he travelled in
the shadow of that mountain of meat, Hum
phrey Marshall, through kentucky, and told
him 50. My hat. for which paid a fabulous
price in Nashville, was not good enough so
he compromised and took travelling cap
from the haversack once mine, now the mn
jor'S, saying it would be just the thing for
''some of the boys" who were short of head
gear | found Cluke communicative and
talked with him long about national affairs.
He unbosOmed himself so far as to tell me
whose command it was that had captured US.
stating their number as high as 5000; he was
very sanguine about Vicksburg, and | could
not at all change his views. He finally
invited me- to come along with the command,
promising me ''lOts of items" and assuring
me he wond inform James Gordon Bennett
that ''John alorgan's got his mule" ad.
vanced the idea that Johnny could not steal
enough to forage me, for | was rapacious
eater.
MY INTRODUCTION TO MORGAN.
So Clule introduced me to Johnny found
Gen. Morgan in the centre of bevy Of ladies
standing uncovered in the falling dew, while
all around his men were examining stolen
property by the light of fires. Morgan is Il
medium sized, square built person, and good
looking with the exception of sleepy, half
closed eyes. He spoke to me IN good Eng
llSh, and to the ladies with all the manner of
polished gentleman. He wore no insignia of
rank, being dressed in the common rounda-
bout and pants OF the rebel soldiers The
keen and active little Basil Duke, who has
risen to the rank of acting brigader. fitted
gracefully about and seemed to be the master
spirit of the party, as indeed he is. The men
say Morgan would be nothing without him.
Charlton Morgan, brother of the general,
and colonel IN the rebel service, noisy, loud
moutled pretty chap, held the parole book,
and was likewise very active. Dick Chenault,
a square jawed bull dog, with two or three
other colonies whose names could not learn,
made up the coterie most takative to the
ladies.
WHY THE TRAIN WAS NOT DESTROYED.
The garulous Garther girls and Mrs Thorn
ton, of MurfreesbOro, who was friend of
Johns new wife, saved the train from de-
struction. The baggage being all searched
and the express car rihed, the citizens were
ordered aboard the train, and the plucked
party started mOurnfully back on the road
they had Travelled joyously not two hours be-
fore. The stockade and bridge across Salt
river, lust before us, had been burned, else
we had been permitted to go to Louisville,
Morgan said. We left there at nine o'clock
amid the gurgling cheers of the whole rebel
force, who started up from their knees, as
they were reading letters and examining stolen
goods, around their fires, to bid us good luck.
Many Of our party stopped at Elizabethtown,
intending to go down the pike next morning
twenty miles to the mouth of Salt river,
and take passage up the Ohio to Louisville,
others, | understand, went back to Munfords-
vile.
Next day, near West Point, on the Ohio,
the lumber wagon in which had taken pas.
sage, passed through the head of the rebel
column on the march. We met several ac-
quaintanceS of-the previous night, but were
not hindered. Morgan had issued orders to
press all the horses in the country fit for SER
vice, and his orders were being carried out.
Secession farmers along the road suffered
with the rest, and those who could were hur.
rying their stock into secret places.
| am confident his command is less than six
thousand strong, with one battery (six pieces)
artillery. His men are very well armed,
great proportion of them carrying army re.
volvers in addition to the Mississippi rifle,
and will be liable to march fast and steal des-
perately. The higher officers-Clarke among
them-try hard to convince themselves that
they are warning honorably when they cap
ture railroad trains and steamboats,, and rob
unfortunately but the rank and file of
Morgan'S command look at it in the light of