The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-10-06

oItNe- WHO Win abouf - others were
picking cotton IN field Of not tess than
Ioo acres: that these plantations we're
owned BY one Dr. Withers, and a Mr..
Bowman They were tie most splendid
| have ever seen in the South. The
snow white fields Of cotton, with lie
gentle slopes and undulations of the
country gave il the appearance Of the
angry Sea with its snow capped pillows
While listening - the old darkev talk
about bis '.EnarSter" and de oJer. seer
man, and almitiag the beautiful scene Of
Z Southern paradise, our attention was
very suddenly attracted 70 three or foar
lorsenen Of Very suspicious cast, riding
ont OF a little hollow just across the cot
ton field, and almost right between -
and the town, bat tie trouble was not
half begun, they still kept coming in
sight, till l. great big dirty greasers were
in fun view not half mile Oft. ohserv-
ing orr movements very closely. There
WIS trouble on our hands more than we
had bargained for: L against two. was
eNceFta Navy revolver each. And 70 all
. appearances there was hut slim chance
for Us to reach the boat without being
! captured we sat still on our horses for
some minutes and watched them, then
thought 10 play bold and ride away very
SLOW, Is though we just wanted to get
them after us-but il woaldn work. they
commenced going for Us in good style,
Intending to cut Us Oft by getting in
to tie road ahead Of us-in a moment
, they were out Of sight behind a strip of
woods and some hills We Immediately
concluded to try the speed of our steeds;
but, instead of going down the road, -
they expected, we left the road entirely,
taking 10 the woods, across plantations,
over hills. and through ray ines at break
neck pace; a. we dashed into "a very
deep and dark rayine. we came upon
fellow with three nice horses, and = fine
big mule hid in the thick brush. Our
sudden appearance in the wilderness
frightened the fellow almost to death
he thought the day Of Pentecost for him
had arrived The horses were very
t.,,,,.t3.,,, ,,r,, INIT .;t,,atol ~. wa ,,...rr
1--WE 5idn,t hob do tima~-and made
our exit almost as suddenly as our ap-
Pearance. 1 have no doubt the fellow
thought he had seen the ghost Of Ham
lot = The rahs must have slammed .
few ninn4ns If tho forr-s of rho road
where tba, LaI ax,snrtod ~ or als. tl,a,,
would have succonlel in cuttinr ns off
from the TOWN and ou, boat INIT IN
stead we beat them = few hundred
wards when we had cot half WAY throrah
the town. they we're co,niao in nj the
other end of fine street rhev were too
late. we about faeed in the street and
bid them the time of day. and told them
they couldn't come-in, by certain we'll
known gestures. with the .hand 10 TIE
,oge~ wheeled and went on our WAY re
ioieino. And I reckon we didn't feel
nretev GOOD wbe, all safe again its q
mistake If amy ba1v who roads this
don't think so let tba,n ir.t Try il otca
II takes all the romance of war out of a
mans head in about two and half sec
onds. when we first entered the town
we were certain OF finding the devils
waiting fer us-th;nqs had become dies
nay,.te we were determined not To be
captored alive. we had settled that point
between rs: we drew our reyoIycr, and
with one Grand flourish OF ~trumpets.,
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