The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-30
For THE .IorrSA'''
A child was Born

H., ,,.,r 1861, in the co''''">
A'""' ~, Wv xr,r. the sou,hcr" States S'',
mr"' "' NV child the like Of whic" Ia" '' 10"
brit" .' !" ns(ors in any land or "'!o" ."
',';" ,I,,,c-born in sin, conceived m ,'"I Ir
IL tins *l"'s, ~" ,lryi!. They called his NAME
MS '''' $50 unlike all other ''r''', '"s
""F,' ''', "a i, 's ,,c(orm,y and hO~il e"rrup,
' ',hr union or joining Of all manner ";., u
e'', anu ,,;I,omIncx, soon spread from one en-"
az" -, ~, ,ml IA the other. causing great "o'
" wv nI ,mszemcu,. The northern men ,'
"'' : " c,r III. mothers life if she sho"."
''"'" t., ,h;Il sought to take the chi"
' ""'>s nI ", ,.n On account Of its di>"ya' par
a ,' ,,' md its friyh,fal appearance fearing
,L,, infectious disease would be commune, I
wa, , ;" ,hn whole family while, on the other
r.nI r.. men and women Of tho South were
determined to preserve the chiId'S lit' an" At
,,r. future time, and tina, sOon' 10 '"'"e
him kim. w.. w.,
uo,r this time there came the Wise VIC"
from .i. Eas, with authority t" protect ''''>
,.bjyl au,i i! reed be, to call Ill !''c '''',
r,,l;,., men Of the country round about
,.,;.,, 10 did that the child should receive
mn harm from the invading men Of the North
Yrbcv came with pistols and shot guns bot"
lorIJe ard single harrclc1, with butcher
,,,;,c< and swords, with mi>kctS and with
.,r.,t o,,ps on wheels, tina, would have m"''c
area, noise il they had touched them on
/ And aLou, this time there came aiio''cr
Wise man from tie great Nty Oh E'c'''"'''''
with his company armed with muSke'S al"
sharp SPEARS on their ends, who Sw"N ny
Gov L.c,chcr that he would protect his iA'l'-
or the general, whose name was equal TO lei"
Thousand men. and tic Young child
Now there was gathered together 10y the
proclamation of this Wise man great mul-
,i,rde-!our thousand mcn-wilch added TO
! the naUc or this mighty man OF ralor, made
4 hos, Of llUuO men, which was called the
Legion Of Wise.
Eu, at the same time the "mWlS'IIS "l
the North were concentrating, like pigeons
returning to their rdo>tS in point Of numbers.
which caused great fear and much qTakin"
with the legion of Wise, yet its ya!or still t.
NAMED. Then it WAS that Elisha the prophet
offered his services to go to the lamd o! roca
ard spy on, the position of the enemy. lc;
81 eager We're the Young men Of the S"u'!l
:nr battle that the prophet returning in mach
haste. met the legion Of Wise already on ,hci:
way going down to the lan'l Of P"ta {" giyt
battle to tho yandalS Of the North VIII" were
campcd round about there
But Elisha the prophet, being sore ri =ht.
cncd. told the men 0! the Legion not /" 60
down. rs there was great host there that NJ
man could number for multitude, and having
"irat guns with wheels that would shoe; 4
thousand bullets ut one shot, and that tho
men Of the South would he solrly frightened
inSomuch that there would be great danger
tia; their terror would cause them 10 allan
don the young child, which would Gall into
the hands of the vandalS, and that great harm
might come to him., and even death. .ln'
they believed the prophet Elisha. and turLc'
about and returned to their Qualifications, -
places which they had made to shelter then
from the bullets of the enemy.
Then the mcn of the North followed aftc
them with their hig guns, and they oycltu"l
one Of their boats Of war, which was com
mandcd by Nathaniel, mighty man Of III,
South, whose eight was about four hunlrc,
pounds. And the men of the North fire., on,
Of their biz guns at this boat, and burned he
up-bnt the wcighty man who comlandc,
the boat, having more power than the troop
Of the South, and being more frightened, dc
StrOvcd more corn rs he fled through In
fields and made his escape to the mountain
than they. But in their haste to yet out &
the way Of the guns Of the enemy, having for
sock their Notifications, they fled in sue
confusion that the wheels which bore thci
own big gun ran over the body Of Charles tn
saint and he was killed.
lie sound OIL the randal cannon seemed 4
add wings to the speed Of the mighty nh
WiSo man of the East and his legion, 80 tina
what they lacked in fight they made up i
; flight. Jchu travelled from Dan to l,ecrshcb
in lO:l0, but Wise made it from Elk to Gau
; ley in 8:30-thc fastest time on record.
Then it was that Isaac, n man small i
stature but profound in law and religion
buckled on the sword, determined to hcl
save the young child's life, and he went wit
the nun Of the South back into the lastnesse
Of the mountain, where he dweIt for about Il,
space Of one year; but firing Of the sacrifice
he was making for the chid's sake, while tn
parents of the child did not look upon hil
with that favor which he cravcd, he declare
within himself that the child was now able t
take care of itsclG-and learning that the foe
of the child, who still possessed the land {
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