The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
ASHLAND ASHLAND COUNTY. OHIO, WEDNESDAY MOI

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for that, for we amt seen any rale coffee up
here for God knows how long =" She was so
delighted at this prospect that she made a fire
| and cooked them good supper Supper be-
ing over, the General remarked that he under
stood that some rebels had stried to cross the
river this afternoon eyes," said the wo-
man. "but our men killed some on um, and
div the rest back" "Now," says the Gene
raj, II know that, but didn't some of them get
| over?" eyes," was her reply, ssbut they are
| on the mountain and can'tg get down without
being killed, as every road is stopped up
He then said to her at is very important
| for me to get to Athens by tomorrow night,
or / may lose that sugar and coffee, and am
afraid to 90 down any OF these roads for fear
my own men will kill me- -
The fear of losing that sugar and coffee
| brought her again to an accommodating mood,
and she replied .sWhy. Paul kant you show
| by the field" The General says, ssOf course,
| Paul, you can do it. and as the night is very
cold, will give you ten dollars in gold, to
help you along The gold, and the prospect
of sugar and coffee, were too much for any
poor mans nerves, and he yielded and gettiag
on horse, he took them seven miles to the
big road.
From this time forward, he had a series Of
adventures and escapes all very wonderful,
until he got near another river in Tennessee,
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 a
body of cavalry come dashing up behind
| him, he quietly slipped TO one side of the
road and it passed by without observing shi,n,
They went travelling after Hines, and poor
fellow, he has not been heard of since
How sad to think that he should be cap
| tured or killed after so many brave Efforts
not only in his own behalf, but also in that o.
The General, for the General says that it is
owing chiefly to Hines enterprise and skill
that they made their escape.
When we arrived at the river referred to
above he tried to get over, intena ding to stop
that night with good Southern man on the
other side. He could not get over, and had
to stop at the house of Union man. The
next morning he went to the house that he
had sought the night previous and found the
track of the Yankees scarcely Geld, They had
been there all night, expecting that he would
come there, and had murdered every body
who had attempted to reach the house, with
out hailing him. In pursuing this brutal
course, they had killed three young men, neigh
bors of this.gentleman, and went away, leav-
ing their dead bodies on the ground.
After he had crossed Okey's river, snd got
into Middle Tennessee, he found it almost i'm
possible to avoid recognition. At one time
he passed some poor women, and one of them
commenced clapping her hands, and said,
"Oh, know who that is !; know who that
is i' but, catching herself, she stopped short,
and passed on with her companions.
he General says that bis escape was made
entirely without the assistance of any one on
the outside, and, so far as he knows, without
their knowledge of his intention, that the an
nouncemcnt Of his arrival at Toronto was one
of those fortuitious condolences that can not
be accounted for; that it assisted him mareri-
ally, no doubt In fact, he says that his wife's
prayers saved him, and, as this is the most
agreeable way of explaining it, he is deter
mined to believe it.
The above account may be relied on as cor
rect and although much has been left out,
yet enough is printed to stamp it as one of
the most remark able escapes in history.