Daily national Republican., 1863-10-09
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The stsrs ~ days sisee gavswAst IL called
"aovssnpr Cartin's Adventure with Guer-
rilla," and a. Il is copied into other 3oursals,
and believed by many people, ws lay the facts
as rolstsd By a. eyewitness before the public.
II seems that our nelghbor grated two stories
into one In his narration, changed the locality
of the joke on Curtin from Bealton to Falrfaxs
introduced como very broad profanity not In
the Original comedy, borrowed the guerrilla
portion from bis own experience, and The, Goa
versation between the Governor and his sup
posed constituent from his Imagination; other
wise, the Stare story may be set down Is fact.
The only thlsg, then, dlscoverab,sin the whole
yarn bearing ssnblancc Of truth b, tho state.
meut that Chapman, the New York Hsrdld's
chief army correspondent, has no equsl In the
ventriloquisl line. The guerrills story had iss
origin - folloss So - w ,5',s ,si ss,4 ''DH
"A day or rfHoailcr Gen. Meade'p syny took
possssisa o. 6ulpeper, the sditorof The Ser,
.whosc family And worldly goods Sess qostly in
thas Psrt - 0iais sbtsinsAspaaAss1sn .ffom
~ xAx p1ekt1sssi 10 vht NJ R$li.y in
os1ass ety1ln1es shslr rsneveLs H ahoss fer
~ 6sxSssiJs w sihs bsggass ~ n wAitnsy's
trsin vhieA ~ AlszssAsis 4 ifsslsHk . a.
hhaVpsssllkat On tha. day 10 stfAlA Wa j
very hsAvI dAs and il ascending ,oas of ~
abrupt gradss tAis side Of Manassaa ths poHsr
of the loeonotiys and the sklli of ~ engineer
proved insdsqusst TO tho task inpossd, and The
train cssns tp,s tall stop Just a point where
'rhe dense woods and thick undsrbsush sssm-
sdste Invite svisk from guervillss, II snywhere.
Chspman M also on tho car snd, as ID
usual with him, on the lookout for . subject
for q practical Joke. Discovering the Jolly
editor Of the Ssar he sosnsd his plans at orce.
D. W. sat a. the sxgeme end OF he Ger cr1ncA-
isg liz .. ~ s4pss.s ssa a-.sBusapenss. and
Otherwise rsfhsaAlng himself Tbs stae do.o,ls,, d.,s,
OF the vehicle we're wide open, and Chsprian
partially alled one Of tho opsaings. IAN
at once . savage voice vas heard 10 the
woods a few yards OF, apparently coming
nearer and nearer, shouting At Its loudest
pitch, e Come on, men; forward-double.
auick-march,'I n This was enough 10 srrcs,
the attention Of all on the car, and stampsds
ensued for the door opposite the side whore
the voice was heard, but Il was arrested
by Chapman, who suggested that II was only
some Of our own men out In tho timber, going
through thsir customary drill; md In erder "a
assure tho Astishted passsseas ef theItFu
state Of Affairs, he volunteered y stsR offaaul
question the new comers, and ssos,sin their
inteats and purposes. Reaching ths high,
brush-covered bank south OF Shs oFoad, be
shouted "Hallo! Who sre yoS I What ID
you want I" and was answered BY shS dlstsui
voice, "Is Dug Wallach on thss train ~ TIT
individual inquired after, whoss blanehed faea
was partially protruded past The dor stancbsen,
exclaimed, In an under tone, 'trell 'em No
Chapman; tell 'em didn't come out, MOI
aiut . coming. Tell 'em I'm In waShington
and an . goin' to stay there. Say n Quick
for Gods sake, or they'll have u ". pa Bui
the ventriloquist seemed not 70 hesr ~ sremark,
Of the Star man. and In rsIoindg, ~. "Yes,
Mr.. Wsllach 10 on the train, Whist do you want
Of himi, Then the distant volcs came, NOR
and more plalnly, "come on boys, hs's hue
Come on, Come o." while smother farther on
shouted, 'thang him" and third, "shoo,
him." while a chorus chimed In, "No; catch
the cuss and take him to Richmond" and theu
the woods seemed alive with the hovis of The
advancing demons. fu..
This was too much for W.'s endurance, and
for . moment his eye measured the distanc.
from the car door to the track; for an instant
he surveyed the steep bank opposite, and Will
. look Of despair, such as might bs supposed
10 be worn by ono whose last hope had fitted
he bolted, and would have impsrillsd his neci
by leap had he not been caught By sutlsr
who had seen Chapman before and auderstoot
tho joke. Just then the whistle sounfsd, steam
was up again, the train started, and Dougls,
breathed more freely as the distance widenet
between the cars and the rebel infested 10
ality. But % the train moved of the que
rilla chief shouted, SHOWER mind, Wsllsch
Wen have you yet before you get 70 Culpep
er." Twas the last straw that broke th,
csmel's back, and this good bye speech WA
the worst Of all for Douglas. Rushing up TO III,
conductor, he exc aimed, while tho scaldin,
brine oozed from his optics, and his voic
tremblsd with agitation, "For Gods sake
Conductor, do try and get guard for you
train at Manassas, for II them fellows shoul,
get hold Of me they would hang me, sure
They have offered q reward for me, and Il ain
safe for me to 80 on without guard. Do try
Conductor, do, II you please !" The passen
gers, by this time, had found out the Joke, an,
the car rang with laughter at the magnitude Q
the sell, and some one vontured TO tell the vic
tim Whist II all meant, which, when he heard,
exclaimed, ~ know better; them were puer