Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-01-15

per being over. the General remarked the
he understood some rebels had ''tried to
cross the river this afternoon" Eyes"
said the woman, '.but our men killed soma
un UNI, and driv the rest back. )" Now"
says the General, II know that, but didn'
tsoine of them get over Eyes" was her
reply, but they are on the mountain; and
can't get down without being killed, as ev-
cry road is stopped up" He then said to
her, sit is very important for me to get to
Athens by tomorrow night, or may lose
that sugar and coffea, and am afraied to
go down any Of these roads, for fear my
own men will kill me-" The fear Of losin e
that sugar and coffee brought her again to
an accommodating mood, and she replied !:
s.Why Paul, kant you show the Captain,
through our farm, that road down by the
field" The General says, "Of course,
Paul you can do it, and as the nightisvery
! cold. will give you SO Gin gold) to help
you along" The gold, and the prospect
Of sugar and coffee was too much for any
poor man nerves, and he yielded, and get
ting on horse, he took them miles to
the big road.
/ From this time forward he had series
Of adventures and escapes. all very wonder
full until he got near another river in Ten
nessee; when he resolved to go up to a
house and find the way Hines went to 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 OBJ
serving him. They went yelling after
Hines, and, poor fellow, he has not been
should either be captured or killed after SO
many brave efforts, not only in his own be-
half, but also in that of the General for, the
General says that it is owing chiefly to
Hines enterprise and skill that they made
their escape.
When he arrived at the river referred to
above, he tried to get over, intending to
stop that night with good Southern man
on the other side. He could not get over,
and had to remain at the house of a Union
man. The next morning he went to the
house that he had sought the night previous,
and found the tract of the Yankees scarcely
cold They had been there all night, ex-
pecting he would come there, and had
murdered everybody who had ATTEMPTED
to reach the house without halsing them. =
In pushing this butal course, they had killed
three young men, neighbors Of this gentle
.--n .na vet ,so..s away leaving their dead
odies On the gs ound.
After he had crossed Obey's river, and
got down into Middle Tennessee, he found
it almost impossible to avoid recognition
st one time, he passed some poor women,
and one Of them commenced clapping her
hands and said, "Oh, I know who that isna;
know who that is? p bat, catching herself,
she stopped short and passed on with her
ompanions.
The General says that his escape was
made entirely without the assistance from
any one on the outside, and, so far aa he
knows; also without their knowledge of lis
intention; that the annuncemsnt Of his ar
rival at Toronto, was ore those fortuitous
condolences that cannot be accounted fer +; 1
that it assisted him materially no doubt
In fact, he says that his ''wife's prayers
saved him, and. as this ia the most agreea-
bic way Of explaining it, he is determined to
believe it. l.
The above account may be relied Oh as
correct: and, although much has been left
out, yet enough is printed to stamp it as
one Of the most remarkable escapes in his
tory.