The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-02-05

OF his poor fellows on the opposite side
they were disappearing up the river bank,
| fired upon by a whole regiment of Yam
KEGS by this time 1t was dark, and also
raining. lie knew that perfect Gordon
Of pickets would surround the foot of the
mountain, and if he remained there until
morning he would be lost. SO he deter
mined to run the gauntlet at once. and
commenced to descend. As he Hearel
The foot, leadinoh his horse. he came almost
in personal contac, with picket His
| first impulse was TO kill him, bat finding
him asleep he determined to let him sleep
on. He made his way to the house of
| Union man that he knew lived near there.
and wen, mp and passed himself off as
Captain Quar.ermaster Of Hunts regiment,
who was on his way to Athens, Tenn to
procure supplies of sugar and coffee for
the Union people of the country. The la
dy, who appeared to be asleep while this
interview was taking place with her hus
band. at the mention of sugar and coffee
jumped olr Of bed in her night clothes,
and said Thank God for that. for we
Amt seen any rale coffee up here for God
knows how long, ~ She was so delighted
at the prospect that shs ade up fire
and cooked them Cd supper. Supper
being over. the General remarked that he
understood some rebels had 'tried -
cross the river this afternoon" "Yes."
said the woman, but our men killed
some On UNI. and driv the rest back y
Now" says the General 81 know that.
| but didn't some Of them get over 2" "Yes."
was her repv "but they are on The noun
tain and can't get down without being
killed. as every road is stopped up He
then said to her: 6 1t is very important
| for me to get to Athens by tomorrow
night. or ! may lose that sugar and coffee,
and | am afraid TO 90 down any Of these
roads, for fear nv owp men will Kill me "
The fear OF losing that sugar and coffee
brought her again to an accommodating
mood, and she replied: "Whv, Paul,
kant YOU show the Captain through onr
farm. that road down bv the field 2" The
General saws, OF course, Paul you can
do it, and as rhe night is very cold. | VII
give YOU SO I'm gold.) TO help Won
| along" The gold; and the pre-, pect of
sugar and coffee, was too much for any
poor mans nerves, and he Welded, and
getting on horse. he took them seven
miles to the big road
From tins time forward he had a series
Of adventures and escapes, all very won>
derful, until he got near another river in
| tennessee wnen he resolved 10 90 up o
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! the house. while the General stood in the
| road Hearing body Of cavalry come
dashing up behind him, he quietly slipped
to one side OF the road and it passed by
without observing him. They went tray
| cling after Hines, and. poor fellow, he has
not been heard Of since How sad to
think thar he shonld be either captured or
killed a ter 50 manv brave efforts, not on
| | in his own behalf. but also in that of
the General, for the General saws that it is
chiefly owing TO Illness enterprise and
kill that they made heir escape.
! When he arrived AZ the river referred
to above. he tried to get over. intending to
stop tina, night with good Southern man
on the other side He could NOT oct over
ana had TO stop al 'he mouse OF Union
man. he next morning he went t" the
mouse mat ne ha1 Soug', me h'snt PreV'-
Gus ana ioGnd me track OF tue l AZ KEGS
>@a,ce'y co'!' i"FF ma" preo '"ere an
hlght, expecting '.'a' ne womb come mere
and had murdered everybody who had at
tempted to reach the house, without halI-
ng them In pursuing this brutal eorr,e
me- had Killed three fo'ng men neigh
n'fH OF wy Ge"' e,l'8h' anu "e"' AWAY
| After he had crossed Oke,'S River. and
go' down lh'" M'IaIe ie'ne>see tie ,"Hnd