Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-05

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last he 5,w Of his poar fellows on the oppost
sid, ti,"y mr'c '!i=arrvaI:g M tho river banl
fired upon ~ IL wiirin regiment 81 Yankees
IS His Iin.H Il WAS dark, and also raining
lie knew that Il r,risc, ,1rdon Of pickets woul
| SURROUND The l,..t III ilrr. nonntaiu, and if h
rellaii.ed there until morning he would b
lost So he determined to run the gauntlet a
| one. 'nl Geln.ncncrl 10 descend. As b.
n.a, 81 the i,"r, leading lis horse he CAM
almost in personal contact with picket. Hi
frs; impulse WAS to kill him. but finding hin
asleep. Undetermined /" let him sleep Oh. Hi
rlai. i.ia NAY 10 tn. hoIlIr Of Il Ulliun mar
that h. Ln:w !nal Hear there. and Went ul
and I,:,,cI iril.Is.Il al! Is Captain lthar.ermu5
ter Il llW"ta reg nir::. wl:1 Hus on his way
. .Athcrs, Tenn, to procure supplies of sugar
and coffee lor the Union people OF tina. country.
The lady, Who appeared to be asleep,
while tiis interview WAC taking place with
her husband, III the mention OF sugar and
:o:lte, jumped out of bed in her night clothes,
and said 'Ihank God for that, for we amt
seen any rAle coffee up here for God knows
how long" She was SO delighted ut the pros
pect that she made up fro and cooked them
4 good supper. Supper being over, the Gene
raj remarked that he understood some rebels
had tired 70 cross the river this afternoon"
4" Yea" said the woman, " but our mon
killed some IN unl, and dirty the rest back"
Now says the General, Il know that but
didn't sYmc uf them get over. EYES," was
her reply, "bnt they are IN the mountain, and
ran't get down without being killed, ~ every
rna'iis stopped up" lie then said to her, ''it
is very important Tor no TO get 10 Athens by
Tomorrow ni!,ht, or | may luae that sugar
and coffee, and am afraid to 20 down any of
these roads, for fear my own mcn will kill
me-" The fear Of losing that sugar and coffee
brought her again tn IN accommodating mood,
and shc replied: "Why Paul, kant you show
the Captain, through CIR farm, that road
down By the field" The General saws, "Of
course, l'aHl, yUuran do IT, and .as tho night
is very cold will give you SO lin gold to
help you along" The gold and the prospect
al sugar and uutloc was ton much for any p0or
mans nrrycA, aud he Welded, and getting on
IL horse. hn took them miles to The big road.
From this time forward he had series OF
adventures and escapes, i'll very wonderful,
until he got hear another r;ycr in Tennessee,
when he resolved to 60 up to Il house and find
the way. 1Iinr3 went to the house, while the
Of cavalry come dashing up behind him, he
quietly slippcd to one. side Of the road nnl it
passed. by without observing him. They went
yelling after Hines, and, poor fellow, he has
not been heard Of since. How sad to think
that he should other be captured or killed af,
ter so many brave efforts, not only in Lis own
behalf, but also in that Of the General, for, the
General says tlla. it is owing chiefly to lines
enterprise and skill ;hat they made their cs-
cape.
When he arrived az the river referred to
aho"r. he tried to get over, intending to stop
that night with good Southern man On tina
other side lie cunld not get over, and hai to
remain 1T the house Of unian man. The
next morning lie went to the house that he
had Sought the night previous, and found the
track Of Tie Yankees scarcely cold. They had
been there all night, expecting he would come
there, and had murdered everybody who had
attempted 10 Reach the hnu5e without haltium
them. In pursuing THU brutal course, they
hal killed three yuuns uici. neighbors uf this
gentleman. and went away leaving thoir dead
bodies on the "r,;iud.
Alter ic had crossed Ohey's river, and
gnt dowa int, Middle Tennessee, he found it
almost impossible to avoid recognition. At
anc time Ec PASSED SOME poor women, and
one Of them commenced clapping her hands
and said, ooh. know who that is know
whr tina! is :" bat, catching herself, SHE Stop
ped ,h"rt and l,.!,sti on with her companions
The General says that his escape was made
entirely without the assistance from any one
on the outside, and, 50 far IS he knows, alsu
without their knowledge Of his intention; that
the announremcut of his arrival 4. Toronto
was nnc Of those for:uitouI condolences that
'.annot l'r accyuutei f,r; that it assisted him
materially, no doubt In fact, he says that
!is "wiic's prayers" saved him. and, as this is
the most agreeable way Of explaining it, he is
determined to believe it.
The above account may L. relied on ~ cnr--
rraI: and. although inr.h has ler left out.
yet enough is printed to stamp it rs nI,cu l the
must remarkable escapes in history.