The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-22

and all were more or less bruised Once
doWp, they separated, Taylor and Shell
ton going one way, HockeFsmitb, BEN
nett and MCGEE another, aud General NJ.
and Captain Hines proceeding inmedi-
a6ely toward the depot.
The General had, by paying Sl5 in
pold, succeeded in obtaining 4 paper
which informed him of the schedule time
Of the different roads. The clock struck
one, and he knew by hurFying be could
reach TIE down train for Cincinnati. He
got there Just as the train was moving
OF. He ct once looked on 20 see If there
was any soldiers on board, and, espying
. Union officer, he boldly walked no and
took s seat beside him. lie remarked to
him that as the night is damp and chill
lY, perhaps he would join him in drink"
He did SO, aud the party soon becsme
very agreeable to each other. The cara,
in crossing the Scioto, have 70 pass with
in a short distance of the PenitentiaFy.
As they passed, the officer remarked,
There's the hotel ct which Morgan and
his officers are Spending their leisure"
Yes" replied the General, and l hope
he will make up his mind to board there
during the balance Of the war, for he is
a great nuisance" When the train
reached Xenia, it was detained By some
accident more than an hour. Imagine
his anxiety, as soldier after soldier would
pass through the train, for fear that when
the sentinel passed bis rOuad at 2 o'clock,
their absence might be discovered.
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o'clock. This was the hour at which
they were turned out of their cells. and
of course their escape would then be
discovered. In 3 few moments after it
would be known all over the country.
The train, having been detained at
! Xsnia, was running very rapidly to
make up the time. 1t was already past
8 O'Clock. The General said to Captain
Hines, it is after six; if we go to the
depot we are dead men. Now or never"
They went to the rear and put on the
brakes. Jump, Hinesp Off he went,
and fell heels over head in the mud.
Another severe turn of the break, and
the General jumped. He was moro sue
cessfdl, aud lighted on his feet. There
we're some soldiers near, who remarked,
what in the HI do YOU mean by Jump
ing off the cars here % The General re-
piled, "what in the hi is the use Of my
going into town when l live here; and,
beside, Whist business is it of yours %
They went Immediately to the river
They found a skiff, but no oars. Soon q
little boy came over, and appeared to be
waiting. 'What are you waiting for?
said the General. Il am waiting for my
load" "What is the price of . load?'
1.-Two dollars" swell, az we are tired
and hungry, we will give you the two
dollars, and you can put US over" So
over be took them. "Where does Miss
- live?' "Just a short distance
from here" "Will You show me her
hOuse?' eyes, sir" The house was
reached, a fac breakfast was soon obtain
ed, money and horse furnishC d, q good
wOmau's prayer bestowed, and off be
went. From there, forward through Ken
lucky, every body We'd with each other
as TO who should show him the most at
tention-sVen 20 the negroes; and young
ladies of refinement begged the honor to
cook his meals.
He remained in Kentucky some days,
feeling perfectly safe, and sending into
Louisville for many little things he want
ed. Went to BardstOwn and found q
Federal regiment had just arrived there
looking fer him. Remained here and
about for three or four days, and then
struck cut for Dixie, sometimes disgui. =
ing himself as a Government cattle eou-
tractor, and buying large lot of cattle !;
at other times 3 quarteFmaster, until be
got to the Tennessee River. Here be
found all means of transportation de-
stroyed, and the bank strongly guarded,
but VITA the assistance of about thirty
Others, who had recognized him and
joined him in spite OF his remonstrances,
he succeeded in making g raft, and he
and Capt ain Hines crossed over. His
escort, with heroic self. sacrifice, refused
to cross until he was safely over. He
then hired q negro to get his horse over,
paying him $40 for it. The river vas so
high that the horse came near drowning,
and after more than one hours struggling
with the stream, was pulled out SO ex-
hsusted as scarcely to be able to stand.
The General threw 6 blanket on him
and commenced to walk him; when, sud
denly, be says, he was seized with a
presentiment that he would be attack d,
and remarking to Captain Hines, eve
will be- attacked in twenty minutes"
commenced saddliUg his horse. He had
hardly tied his girth, when chang, bang"
went the Mimic balls. He bounced his
horse, and the noble animal appearing to
be inspired with new vigor, bounded off
Ike deer up the mountain. The last
he saw of his poor fellows on the oppo-
site side they were disappearing up the
river bank, fred upon by a whole regi-
ment of Yankees. By this time it was
dark, and also raining. He knew that a
perfect Gordon of pickets Welld surround
the foot of the mountain, if he remained
there until morning he would be lost. So
he determined to run the gauntlet at
once, and commenced to descend AS
be nesred the foot, leading his horse, he
came almost in personal contact with
picket, His first impulse was to kill
him, but finding him asleep he deter
mined TO let him sleep on. he made
his way to the house of q Union
men that he knew lived near there, and
wentup and passed himself off as Cap
tain an Quartermsster of Hunts regiment,
who was on the way to Athens, Tenn,
to procure supplies of sugsr.snd cofTes for
the Union people of the country. The
lady, who appeared to be asleep while
this interview vas taking place, jumped
out of bed in her night cloths, aud said:
"Thank God for that, for we amt seen
any rale coffee up here for God knows
how longP She was so delighted at the
prospect that she made up fire and
cooked them 8 good supper. Supper be-
ing over, the General remarked that he
derstood some rebels had "tried TO
cross the river this afternoon" eyes,"
said the woman, "but our men killed
some on um, and driv the rest back
"Now," says the General, 81 know that
but didn't some of them get over?"-
"Yes," was her reply, "but they are on
the mountain and can't get down with
out being killed, as every road is stopped
up" lie then said to her: SIT is very
important for me to get to Athens by to-
morrow night, or I may lose that sugar
and coffee, and am afraid to go down
any of these roads for fear my own men
will kill me-"