The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-01-21

pic "'hlihdl nPlCAiiiS 10 ho lhSplSu
with newvisor, bounded offlike a deer
up the momltAin, The last he saw Of
his poor fellows on the opposite side
they were disappearing up the river
bank, fired upon by whole regiment
of fYankoeS By this time it was dark
and also raining, He knew that n
perfect Gordon ofpickets would sur
round the foot of the mountain, and if
he remained there until morning he
would be lost So he determined to
run the gauntlet at once, and commen-
ced to descend. As he neared the foot
leading his horse, he came, almost in
personal contact with q picket His
first impulse was TO kill him, but find
ing him asleep ho. determined to let
him sleep on, He made his way to
tthe house Of a Union man that he
knew lived near there, and went up
and passed himself off as Captain Quar-
termaster of Hunts regiment who
was ou his way to Athens, Tenn, to
secure supplies of sugar and coffee for
the Union people of thecountry. The
lady who appeared to be asleep while
this interview was taking place with
her husband, at the mention of sugar
and coffee, jumped out ofbed with her
night clothes, on, & said: ''Thank God
for that, for we aint seen any rale cof-
fee up here for God knows how long II
} She was so delighted with the pros
pect that she made up fire and cook
ed them a good supper. Supper be-
} ing over, the general remarked that
: he understood some rebels had "tried
: to cross the river this afternoon. -
"Ycs," said the woman, "but our men
, killed some un nm, and driv the rest
back Now" says the general, 81
: know that, but didn't some of them
get oyer?' YES" was her reply "but
they are up on the mountain and can't
get down without being killed, as ev-
cry road is stopped up" He then said
to her: ''1t is very important for me
! to get to Athens by tomorrow night,
r orl may lose that sugar and coffee
0 and | am afraid to go down any Of
these roads for fear my own men will
Z kill me. .. ...s ..r.s.;. .a, ......
: The fear of losing that sugar and
Il coffee brought her again to an accom-.
i modating mood, and she replied!-
n why, Paul, can't you show the Cap.
c tain through our farm, that road dowr
: the teld?" The General says, 90
t course, Paul, you can do it, and as thu
:, night is very cold, / viii
y give you $40 Gin golD, to help yor
G along" The gold, and tic prospcc
e Of coffee and sugar, was too much tol
IS any poorman $ nerves, and be yielded
l. and getting on u horse, he took then
: seven miles to the big road. ..
h From this time forward he had Sc
& rics ofadvcntures and escapes, all yer,
/ wonderful, until he got near anothc
Il river in Tennessee, when he resolved
l. to go up to q house and find the way
j. Hines went to the honse, while tn
: General stood in the road. Hearing
1t body of cavalry come dashing up be
( hind him, he quietly slipped to on
ID side OF the road, and it passed by with
N out observing him. They went trav
% cling along after Hines, and poor fel
$ low, he has not been heard of sine,
How sad to think that he should b
at either captured or killed, after so ma
III ny brave efforts, not only in his ow
I'd behalf, but also in that Of the Genera
n for the General says that it is OWN
cr chiefly to Hines enterprise and ski
n. that they made their escape.
I'd When hcarrived at the river rcfel
to cd to above, he tried to get over, inter
y ding to stop that night with goo
TO Southern man on the other side, Ii
20 could not got over, and had to stop 9
w the house Of Union man. The ncA
I'd morning he went to the house that h
!! had sought the night previous, an
I'd found the track of tho Yankees scare,
of ly cold. They had been there a
= night, expecting that he would com
ed there, and had murdered cycrybod
rs that attempted to reach the hous
he without nalting them. In pursuin
be this brutal course, they had killed
ID, young men, ncighbors Of this gentl
ng man, and went away leaving the
'c- dead bodies on the ground.
After he had crossed Olley's rive
'r, and got down Into Middle Tenncsse
on he found it almost impossible to avoi
ed recognition. At one time he passC
it. some poor women, and one Of the
IN commenced clapping her hands al
he said: "Oh, know who that is /;
- know who that isW but, catching he
we self, she stopped short, and passed {
on with her companions.
ok The General says that his cscal
z was made entirely ly without the assis
= ance of any one on the outside. and,
.cs far as he knows also without the
ne knowledge of his intention; that d
ey announcement of his arrival at Toron
n was one OF those fortuitous coincide
- ces that cannot be accounted for; th
IN it assisted him materially, no doubt.
lch In fact, he says that his "wife's pra
-he crs' saved him, and, as this is the me
es agreeable way of explaining it, he
sed determined to believe it.
. The above account may be relied
me as correct; &, although much has be
nd left ont, yet enough is printed to stal
tile it as one Of the most remarkable
wn capes in history. U tH
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