New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-17
vas achtv clipped, 40 II Il bad been grazed by the

frank, manly face. With feeling akin to horror l
was handing the picture back 10 the scout, when in
low, s,ammering tones he said to me-:
"Toiaer side Sirl LUX at 'totber side"
turned it over, and saw the portrait Of young
woman. scarcely more than IL. She had clear,
transparent skin, regular oval features, full swim.
ming black eyes, and, what must have been, dark,
wavy brown heir, but changed then 70 deep
auburn by the red ssns that tinged the upper part
Of the picture. With feeling of intense oathing
turned almost fercey on the scout, aud exclamedi
" And you killed that man 7" L" Yes, Sir, God for
guv me, done hit. But couldn't holp hit lie
he'd ine down-he'd cut me thar" turning up his
sleeve, ard displaying deep wound on his armi
" sn' tbarl' removing the bandage, and showing a
long cash back Of his ear. He he'd his arm lis
ter strike agn--;n another minhit he'd hev olus my
brain. l seed bit, Sir, an' fired! God forguv me
Il fred! Iwouldn't done hit eff Id knowd
thst." and ho looked down on the face of the sweet
vo5ne girl and the moisture came into his eyes:
"Tl hcy shot i'm somcwhar bu, yere-some whar
but ycrew Sying this, be laid his hand over
tbe rent in his coat, and groaDed Us if he felt
the wound. With that blooi-sained miniature in
nv hand. unl lis ening to the broken words Of that
i,uofan. scoG;, realized the horrible barbsrity Of
WAY.
Aleg q pause of some minutes tho native resumed
the corvorTa.icn.
"Thcy killed one on our boys: Sh7'
"Dd theyl How wa IT,
"Wal Sir ye see they blong round the Big Fork
in Scot, County; and Oein s usr down thar, Hn'
they knowd war q runnin' recruits over the noun.
t,ns ter Burnsile. they tel3 mt 'hey wanted ne IN
holp 'en q; long with the !ouSg Cunael They d
rather q notion ter hin--an' he az feer that haint
g-owd ywhar-'s,es, al the folks down thar
swar by the old Palson."
"Well, they ought to, for he is trump" l re-
marked gocd.humoreGly, to SET the native mere o.
his case.
''Yc kin bet high on thet; he haint nothin else,
lie replied, leaning forward aud regarding roo witt
pleasej. kindly expression EVERY un down my
WAY used TO take his paper; the an the B.o!e war
all they ever seed an they reckoned one war bout
equal Ter tother. Wall the boys thort could SIT
'em t,rough-sn' bein's il made no odds 10 rhar
they jined, so long ihey did jine greed Ter dU
BIZ. We put ont ten days, yesterday-,welve on
en-, au' ne-an' struck plumb fur Nashville. We
lay close dsytimes, case, though every hous n ar
Union, the kenry war swaTn.in with BuckncrG
men, IN We know'd they let slide on us jet 30
soon as they could draw bead. We got long
right smart I'LL we fotched the Roaring River, nigi
onier Livirg g.,on. We quired, IN he!u't Leerd
nv ary Res ben' round sc, ioolhardy Ike, thtt
day ws tux ter tie road fore hi! War car dark. We
badn't gone moren u mile TIL we come slap on,cr
bon, eighty Seessh calvary We skeialdled flr
the timber powerful sudden; but they war over tto
fence an IN US, lore got well under cover Bout
thiry on EN- Sid thar nags, an come Ut US in the
brush. seed warni 10 runnn'; col yelled out:
Sand yer ground, boys, al EEL yer lives jsss 10
Lign "a ye AiuH Wall, we went At hit ter close
cuarieis-hand ter baud an ia, ter fut-sn' ycd
better b1eiye thar war tall Gshiin' thar FOR
bout ten minh.ts Our boys fit like fens-thsi
h.tle chunk NV u feler thar" pointing to slm,
paie-laced youth, nos more than seventeen, " lad
out three o. 'tm. I'd done up two myself, when
tie capt coE4e oAter ms--Jui, I've ieled 70 'boat
him., and drawing long breath, DO pa. the rinl-
tuie n biz pocket. Af;er moment he continued:
"When they seed the Captin war done for, they
fell back a uiece-ihen ss war lef on 'cm-,er the
ed-e w tie timber on holeied iur toibers Ter come
or. Taet guv us time ter load uI-wed Gt ar;or tie
ius. fire wuih knivec-an we bazei inter EN-. Just
up the road, an war jst tellin tbs boys we'd hev
Ter make tracks, when the new fellers sp-lng the
fence, an core plumb at the secesh On dead run.
Thai wsrn't only thirty on 'em, yt the Rebs didn't
30 much as make stand, bu, ssedacde ed as Of Old
Rosey himself bad been arter en-"
And who were the rev conenl"
% Some on Tinker Beaiys men. They'd boerd
the firm nigh Two I.ile oG, az up suspiconin'
how thiDgs war."
"Bli ale there Union bands there7 thought /
Last Teln,seee was oyerun wi.h Rebel soldiers r.
oval, hi, ar; bat thar's a small oh ,nce Nv Union
poo.illas in Fenirers aud Preston County. They
hide iu tire monntius. an' light down on the Rebs
now an then, like death sick parson. Tnsr's
ar places in them deeerics thct hundred men kin
hold agn Ten thousand. They know em oil, case
they was raised thar, nm they know every tridle-
path through tie woods, i;s we'll nigh un.
possible ter kotch 'em. 1 reckon thnrs hundred
On 'om, all mounted, an' bein's us they bain't no
tents, nor wagins, camp fxin's, they git round
mighty tpry. Thar scouts is alters on the move,
an wharever thsr's ,howin', they pounce down
On the Rsbs cuttn 'en ter pieces. Thet IS tho how
they git powder an provisions. They never trouble
peaceaLIe folk, an haint sort o tpense ter Gnv-
er,neni; but they does q besp Nv damage ter tho
Secesh."
"Well, they did you powerful good tnrn.'
I" They did thst; but we lost our boys.
lie war oaly si1tesn-brother ter thet feler thar"
pointing to young man sitting opposite. They
hung his father, an now theys kihed him" ard
he drew deep sigh.
"Why did they hang his father 7
oval, ye soe, they d huuscripted him--he war
over sge bat they don t mind that-an' he desarted