Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-09-23


wered, and the cannon echoed "Gone,
and he went, back again, not man
wounded.
That young officer Lieut., Kelly,
Fourth United States cavalry, and the
men who rode iu that terrible ride, escort
ed US out to Sheridan's.
We turned our horses and galIoped of
through the forest. The upderbfush
was cleared away and a rich sward OF
"blue grass" covered the ground, but ev-
cry here and there a great tree felled for
the Notifications, obstructed the way
One of these trunks-eighty feet long
and nearly ten feet thick at the base, lay
directly across our path. Garfield and
who rode on either side of the General,
reined our horses around its two ends,
and the rest of the party divided and fol-
lowed US, but Rosecrans spurred Toby
directly at the trunk and cleared it at a
bound.
"Well done, General" shouted "you
fire straight at the mark"
"Ifs the surest way to bit it, he re
piled, smiling.
Clearing a low fence into cotton field
we soon "turned" a small bill and were
abreast of the division. AS the well
known "gray" came in sight the soldiers
set up a loud shout, and uncovering his
head the General rode down the lines
Hating every now and then he spoke to
the men. "You keep yourself tidy Pat
rick. You can fight" he said to one
Il kin fight for ye, Gineral, be Jabers.
"Leaye out the hard words my man.
Brave men never swear" Passing be-
fore a company of Tennesseans he said ;
you've had the mountain air; there's
nor pale face among you"
"Ye've guv'en US exercise, Central
Give US more on it," was the answer
"I'll give you enough never fear" To a
mere boy he said u saw you at Stone
River, you fought like man." "They
have made man Of me sir, said the sol
der, pointing to the stripes on his arm.
Il saw We thar Central" said another
My old CONAN prayed fur ye, an that's
the how ya 'scaped," Tell her for me,
God bless her," said Rosecrans as be rode
on.
And so we went down the lines, the
General halting every few minutes to say
some free word to the soldiers, and greet
ed, at every step, with cheers and God
bless yous." That ride showed me why
hls men worship him.
As we reinod our horses again towards
the woods, he said TO me; DO you see
that young man yonder2" THAT quiet,
modest looking Brigadier :" asked
Yes. It's Carlin. At Stone River be
sat his horse as coolly as be does now."
A GRAND NEGRo INsURRECTToN STOP
PED BY UNION OFFICERs.
One day / was sitting alone with Gen.
Rosecrans, an aid handed him letter.
He opened it, ceased doing half dozen
other other things, and became at once
absorbed in its contents. He re-read it,
and then handing it to me, said, Read
that. Tell me what you think Of it." /
read it. It's outside indicated that it had
come from "over Jordan and had bad
"a hard road to travel" but its inside
startled me. 1t was written in a round,
Impractical hand, and though badly
spelled, showed its author was familiar
with good southern English. It's date
was May 18th, 1868, and it begun thus ;
General: A plan has been adopted
for a simultaneous rising to sever the reb-
ell communications throughout the whole
South, which is now disclosed 70 some
general in each military department in
the secesh states, in order that they may
act in concert, and thus insure its success.
"The plan is for the blacks TO make
concerted and Simultaneous rising on the
night of the first of August next, over
the whole states in rebellion. To arm
themselves with any and every kind of
weapon that may come to band, and COM
mence operations by burning all railroad
and county bridges, tearing up all rail-
road tracks, and cutting and destroying
all telegraph wires, and when this is done
take to the woods, the swamps, or the
mountains, whence they may emerge, as
occasion may offer, for provisions or for
further depredations. No blood is to be
shed except in self defense,
"The corn will be in roasting ear about
the first of August, and upon this, and
by foraging upon the farms at night, we
can subsist. Concerted movement at the
time named would be successful, and the