Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-08-29
How Morgan got Three Hundred Horses,

John Morgan is as good at playing
joke sometimes as he is at horse stealing,
and the following incident will prove that
on this occasion he did little of both at
the same time: During his celebrated tour
through Indiana he, with about three
hundred and fifty guerrillas, took occasion
to pay visit to a little town hard by,
while the main body were "marching on.'
Dashing suddenly into the little "6urg,'
he found about three hundred home guards
each having good horse tied to the fence
the men standing about in groups,
awaiting orders from their aged captain,
who looked as if he had seen the shady
side of sixty years. The Hooser boys
| looked at the men with astonishment, while
| the captain went up to one Of the party
and asked:
"Wbose company is this -
"Wollord's cavalry" said the reb.
"What! Kentucky boys We're glad
to see you, boys. Whar's Wolford :"
"There he SITS" said ragged, rough
reb, pointing to Morgan, who was sitting
sideways upon his horse.
The captain walked up to Wolford Gas
he and all thoughD and salutcd him.:
"Captain how are you
"Bully! How are you? What are
you going to do with all these men and
horses ?" Morgan looked about,
"Well, you see that id horse thieving
John Morgan is in this part of the country
with passe Of cut throats and thieves,
between you and I, if he comes sp this
way, captain well give him the best we've
got in the shop"
, ''He's hard to catch; we've been after
him for fourteen days, and can't see bim
at all" said Morgan, good humoredly.
'Ef our horses would stand FIRE we'd
!, be all right
"Won't they stand :"
4 "No, Captain Wolford 'spose while
f your rcstin,' you and your company put
, your saddles on our horses ,and 60 through
a little evolution or two, by way of les
son to our boys. I'm told you are boss
+ on the drill"
S And the only man Morgan is afraid of,
e Wolford Gas it were) alighted and order
q ed "his boys" to dismout, as he wanted
to show the Hoosier boys how to give
Morgan warm reception should he chance
C to pay them visit. This delighted the
It Hoosier boys, so they went to work and
assisted the men to tie their old weary
! worn-out bones to the fences, and place
their saddles upon the backs of their fresh
. horses, which was roon done, and the men
y were in their saddles, drawn in line, and
e ready for the word. The boys were
IF highly elateG at the idea of having their
,t 'ipet horses trained for them by Wolford
and his men, and moFe so to think thai
u they would stand fire ever afterwards.
The old captain advanced, and walk,
rs ing up to Wollord, Gas he thought, said
IA Captain, are you all right nowY" VOL
Il ford rode up one side of the column and
~ down the other, when he moved 10 the
IL front, took off his hat, paused, and said
I'd "Now, captain, am ready if you anC
i. your gallant men wish 10 witness an evolu
, son which you perhaps have never seer
= form line on each side Of the road, and
watch US closely as we pass" The cap
as tain did as he was directed. A lot o
er ladies were present on the occasion, anc
il all was silent as a maiden's sigh.
N "Are you ready!'
=. GAN right, Wolford,' shouted the cap
~ tain.
ne "FoTcard" shouted Morgan, as tn,
in whole column rushed through the Grove
with tightening speed, amid the shouts ant
n. huzzas of every one present-some leading
! horse or two as they went, leaving thei
" fral tenements OF horse flesh tied to tn
'y fences, to be provided for by the citizen
rs 1t soon became whispered about that
o. was John Morgan and his gang, and ther
I'd is not a man in the town who will no
~ "own up" that he was gulled out of
ne horse. The company was disbauded tha
by night, though the captain holds the horse
all as prisoners of war,and awaits an exchsng,