Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-11


; destroyed snd the banks stfongly guarded; b
: with tie assistance Of About thifty otheEs, WI
had Recognised him, sud Joined him in spite
: his TonsnstTaDcss, lie sycessdei in making
, ly2ft ara be and Captain Hines crossed oYcl
His escort WITH ksToio sclEsaeri6ee, refused {
cIoss until be was Esfsly over. He thsH hirs,
: zegTs 70 get his horse ever, paying him 81
toE H. The riTor WAS 50 high thss the hoTs
came near dfoWning, aud after more than On
keur's struggling With the stream, wsz pulle
cat so exhausted as scarcely to be able 70 etsfd
4he general throw blanket on him aud com
s1eucsd % walk aim, whoa suddenly, be says
Re was sized with preseRlimcnt thst he Touli
b attscEed, snd TensFkiBg 70 Captain Hincs
''Ne viii be attacked in twenty uiautsr.n eoru
mtnced EsddjiEe his heTEe BE had Asralv tist
I Ias gifth when bang, bang" went tha Iaiuid
1 balla. he bounced bis horse, and fhs noble az
| tnaal apfearirg 70 Be Inspired with now viger
bounded Of ike deSr up the rasuntasn Ihc
| lass DO saw Of ais dear fellows on tha ORrssitS
Size, they weys disappearing I'D ths river bank,
hred upon by whais regiment Of Yankees
BY this inns i Hss dark, sHd also raining.
/ 20 knew that 8 peI.ec. r35n Of p;ckels would
surToend the foot Of the noan.siu, and Il be
reTnziaed the-e until morning IL aou.d Is lost.
/ 80 he asseTEaiRed 60 rua shs gauntlos ct ence,
ard commenced 90 debeeuc. AE he scared he
foot, leading his horse, BE cane sliaoss in Der.
/ seEai contact with picket His fsst irupulse
vas 70 Kill hin asleep, he determined 10 let aim
! sle ? az. He nsd8 his Bsy TO lhe heuso Of p
/ UnioE Elsz4 dat hs kuew lived uesr there. and
vent up snd passed hiBselkoH As csptsiu quar-
| taTnSster Of Hants regiment, who MSS en- Lis
way 70 Athens, Iehn., 70 pTocurs supplies Of
sugar snd eoass for the Union people of that
country. Tho lsdY, who appeared 80 DO lslsss,
while this interview was iAkisg place with her
Husband, at The msaticu Of Cigar and eoffse
Jumped out Of bsd in her night clothes, sns
szid: Thank God fe1 that, for We amt ssea
any ra!s coffee ap hers fer Ged knows how
lsngp She 6ss 90 delighted ct the prospect
that size made Up Ere and eooksd thsE coed
supper. AgppeT being over, The general re-
marked that he understood sosns rebels had
"tTied 70 cross the TiyeE this aftegRoon.n
isYss, sad tia Woe2su, "hHt cur men killed
some m uIn, and dTiv the rest back "Hcw"
say It's General, II kroF tost, bat din't sonae
of ihen get over" YES" was hsT TepiY, abu.
they arc on tie meuHfSin. and cant Fst down
without being killed, ss every road Is stopped
BF." He then said 10 her, at IS very iEapoy-
tHni for me 70 gos toAthens By to,moreW night,
or I may lsse thst Eugsr and c0Ese, and I an
af.aid 10 20 deHB any OF tksse roads, for fear
Eay oEE meR Vyill kill rash The fear Of losing
that sugar and coffee brought hsE EzRiu 10 an
accommodating msod, and sac replied; why
Paul, kant yoa shoB the eapssin thTOagh onr
farm, fbss road dewa BY tbs fel3l" The Gen
erEl Gays, "Of course, Paul, You can do it, and
As ths night Is very cold, 1 viii give yoa $40
(in goid) 10 help you along" The gold, and
she prospect Of sugar aud eofTse MAS tee mach
for aay poor mans nerves, and he yielded, and
getting on horse, he took them sevon miles TO
tbs big read.
From this time forward he had series Of ad. |
ventaEes and escapes, all very wondarfai, until /
A.. zak Aharv
be feBolysa TO 20 ue to a house snd find shs
zRy. Zines weu. 70 the hoUae, while tina gene /
raj stood in the road Hearing q bedT Of cav |
airy como dazhirg Up behind him, h5 qaiety |
sippsd TO ORC aide Of the rosd ard it passes by 1
without observing him. They went Yelling At /
ter Hiass, and, poor fellow, ke has not been /
aeaYd of BiRes. How hsd 20 think tkst he should I
either be captured or killed after 50 many brave
efforts, not only in his eHn hshalf, but ase in 4
that of the general, foT the general says ,hat &
is owing chiefly 10 Hines sstoTpTise and skill 4
ihst they made their esesFe.
Whea arrived as The river referred ie above, /
s tried 10 get over, intending 70 stop tEst night
with good Southern man On tbe other side. He 1
could not get over and had to rensi0 At the 4
house Of a good UBien man The next morn /
luv ke went to the h0Gss 10 had sought tie |
g eht proVieus, and found the 1Rck Of iha YsR I
KEGS scarcely cold. They had bsea thers ell |
ftlEbt expecting 20 WctlQ conc kn6Te, ana lad i
murdered every enc she hsd attempted 20 reach /
the house witheat bAlirg them. In Pursuirg /
this bratsl course, they had killed fhTse V6Rng 4
men, noigibors ef-this gentleman, en- vent |
away leaving theiT dead 5edies On the ground. |
Alter he had crossed 0bey's river sad got 4
down into Middle Tennessee, he found It almost !
impossible to avoid recognition. At one iiIae 1
be passed some poer wemsn, and oHe Of them 4
elspping hor bsnds and said, Goa, !
know who that is know whe thst B :" but /
catching horsoH sbe stoPPsd shsrt an Pased /
on With heT companions.
Tie General ssYs that his escaPo Wa mGdo /
entirely without the assistance lToEa any one on |
tho outside, and GO isr Es 10 knows, also With /
ont their knowledge Of hs intention; that ths /
Of ais arrival at Toronto was ore /
Of those f5rsuiteus eOiRcideRees that cannot be /
ioI; that it assisted him materially, no
doubt In fact, he says tbss his ''Hlie's pisyers"
saved him, and, as this is the most agreeable |
way Of explsining i, ke is determined 70 be- /
lisve H.
The above seeOant may be relied On as Gar /
rect and, atthough much hssibesn lett cut, yet !
snuueh is printed 10 stamp il as ons Of tho most
remarkable escapes in history.