Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-03-08

lieutenant halted and inquired of the =,
tlnei If the general was in. Receiyin,
affirmative reply, he said he had innor
tant dispatches for him, and dismopn,;a.
followed by his men, advanced ;u %
sentinel, gave the countersign, and ~
in. upon enteri-g the hotel, the son.5
was received by an old negro ynr,sr,
who, II appears, WAS the Knight cor,S
OF the establishment; and upon m;gi,,
known their desire to be conducted &, ,Ia
room OF General Crook, the Old d,sus.,..
looked at them with a kind of hu,,,-.-.
suspicion, and remarked, Well you ~
Is de strangcst soldiers, | declar,-vr,,-
you must take de light yo'selyes and ~,
fust.. I'll pint de room ont to Won
won't carry y"u da:, dough, no how
1t did not make any difference to on.
bold cavaliers which method til. old ,
man preferred they took the ligbt ma
the lead, and in moment or two No,
in front Of the door, where the old wors,
hastily left them Alter several inf
tual raps, a response from within ~,
obtained, aud the visitors were ordered f,
enter.
= Is this General Crook % asked II,
lieutenant, holding the. light SO as TO give
him full view OF the general as he dro..
silly looked at them from his bed
= Yes, what do you want ," Was ,b.
reply
/" - said the lieutenant, "am General
Ros~er; and, drawing pistol and m.
senting it, added: g have some ye-v
important business with you, Gc1szI
Crook, and will give you precisely Two
minutes to get Up and put on yOn
clothes.
The bewildered general did not know
how TO reply, and did not dare to Tess.
He saw al a glance that II would be 4.
useless as dangerous TO attempt escape b.
raising an alarm. and he did not stap %
solve the ml-ferv of - unexpected q saa
He .yrd at once, and a genie sugg.
;inn OF the prcprieiy of kcrI.;,- qG
being whispered III his ear. he passed Oa
with his escort a. mute as mummr
On their cgrrss tht party pursuadvl %.
sentinel on duty To follow them oy i.
duccuents similar TO those submitted p
The general. and u.aking thcir lr.>Daa<
mount behind them. rode back 10 O..
main body, l. he meantime a -rc.-a
detachment rode up - the quarters / |
General Kelly, where a similar Scene o..
CURED, ana thar officer MAS, in due t.il-
under guard. But the party was not us,
tent ASccrtaiuing the quarters Of Il.
adjutant--enr.a They gave hin q gas
inu cali, found him IN bed with his VIE
who happened. oh, pity him We Ears
diets! to be b!ushing bride, and as D.
cmptOriy, but As gentle as paSsibIe ua.,
the circumstances, succeeded in "ma,..
ting from a bhsslui bridegroom int
miserable poor devil Of prisoner. lis
caPping the climax OF the nights s..-.
the rendezvous was regaincd, and WIZ
their prisoners riding behind them, i-.
command recrossed the river, and spa
away through Hampshire. By sD
means the affair was discovered ID
after HEY left, and "A whole regiment r,r
sued them to no purpose Ior fly El
upon being pres, nted 10 General Eary
his Headquarters in the valley. tn p7l-a--
crs were received with the hOme.v. ln-
no doubt, acceptable gr,c,in-: Ia,
seats, gentleman, l presume Won are @r-
aIter your rid"," and then added thp l5g
OF brilliant victories and StInulu- drtal' L
with an lntensificatiun OF that fine. tJo1-
comb peculiarly OF his enunglaliau:
expect some enterprising Yankee vii