Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-03-24


ave TO treat her as a AbOlitiOneF and GIN her
be lashes. She couldn't tell cause she dldnt
know; so a strappin big ieller hit heron the
back As he did, the scream O the woman war
ost in the crack o. my rifle, and the heather fell
lead az her side In the confusion / managed
o hold up again, and afore they could git well
settled to diskiver who shot, drappsd another.
md gin a yell, jumped over the Tense, cut the
woman loose and told her to clear for home
So soon as the yarnIints heerd my yelp and seed
me comm they broke and run. / went TO my
home-for that's what called my island in The
swamp-and found my boy, my pet, the dear
est of my family, If one kin be desFer than an
OtheT-an | think thay kin--was sick with the
swamp teaver. Stranger do you know what
they means? 1t means deathl-I seed II ss
plain as see you, that my darling as was SO
fond Of, my boy, my delight was not long for
this world. ] TUX him in my arms and went
aud set under big cypress. and asked God 90
leave this one. My baby, l war so fond en- war
gone wouldn't He leave my treasure? held
him in my arms all night, and when mornin'
came seed be was goiR' Then | forgot my
good old mothers teachin, and cussed Him
who, ] said, could help me, but wouldn't. My
wife seeIn' i war like wild man, and INT Tor NO
business, sent out our Little gal to get some qui-
nine for my boy. She never. came back aIIvei
The gal war gOnes SO lOug my wife began to get
uneasy, and sOt out to see what had become o
her. She went to town and heerd the gal had
got the medicine and started for home. She
war mighty nigh crazy when she heerd this and
ran all the way back. IL was quite dark now.
and as she run through the woods she stumbled
over something and fell. Il war over the dead
body of her child she fell. It seems the sOgers
had sought the blood hounds on my track de-
tarmined to hunt me out and the savage beasts,
had come across my little gal as she was comm
home and tore her all to pieces Ny wife
brought me the awful news, and | gave her my
darling to hold, while Lwent and made grave
for our dcr little gal. Over her grave tux an
oath not to let one OF the vaTmints what war the
cause of her death, live IN peace. They burnt
my house, I've burnt theirs; they killed my
children, I've killed theirs. Not one of them
has head of stock alive. Hor can have Every
horse, COW, sheep, pig OF dog they had / We kill
ed, and | amt done yet.
"When got back, my only child, now, waT
moaning drefful. | TUX him and sOt whar the
firelight could fall on his face, and | seed his
hours were numbered He bnt his little hands
around my neck and kissed me. That kiss
broke my heart. | list cried like woman
OH how prayed that he might be left "a me
but all in vain: for when the moon rose and the
water round as gIistened like glass in her beams
his little arms fell from my neck, aud he war
meant. We two war all alone now. No more
should | hear their glad shouts as ! come home
from the field; no more would the patter, patter
of their little feet be heerd round my home
Homel | had no home. No home, ne family
All taken from me; and for whstl Bekase l
war true TO my cOuntry-true to the flag nay
father and his father fit for. My wife seemed
to know how / felt, for she came and put her
arm on my shoulder, and pOintin' up'ards, says
she Joe, we'll meet 'em thar Poor creatur.
she's gone to meet EN-, but my time isn't come
yit; my work isn't done.
Some time afoTe this the sehOOlmasteT had
got away. He said be war goin' to try 70 git to
Baton Rouge; SO l tole my wife we'd best try
our hands at gittin thar. You see, / wanted TO
leave her in safety, and come back aud work my
plans out for | wal determined on revenge. A
suit of clothes the teacher had left behind fitted
her fust rate, SO | tole her to put EN- ON, and
we'd try and git through. Well, We sot out,
travelin' by night and hiddin' by day. gittiu'
our food from the mggeTs as we could, for we
dasent trust no white man. We had nigh about
got through to Baton Rouge, SO we thought we'd
push ahead as fast as we could SO as TO make the
Yankees line about daylight, and then we'd
get chance to rest and git fixed before dark
The Secesh war hidin' round in the bush to COB
bic up any small parties of their enemies as
might come out, and we didn't know it. so whar
should we fetch up but right into their camp
afore we war aware oft They tux US afOre the
Provo Marshal, and he axed US lot of questions.
| tole him plenty of lies. | didn't mind that
for it was feedin' them on their own diet. He
didn't seem to b'leve all ] said, though guess
he had about made up his mind to let as 60,
when who should come in but one of them cuss-
es from FranklintOn, and called me by name
made spring for his throat, and but for the
guard I'D a finished him. They TUX me off to
the guard house, and when l war gone. they
skeeTed the woman into tellin all about US. As
she was my wife they sent her to me. She
come a cryin' aud wailin, and tOle me I was 10
| be hanged for KILN Confederate sogers. | tole
| her I'd been prospectin around and had an idee
we could escape, but wanted her to keep up a
good deal O. noise while l was fixin' things. II
war a sorter board shed where We war, and had
| guard ON the outside and other guards-reliefs
| they called 'em-inside. My notion was TO
| kick off board while she kept up big row,
and fall out about the time the guard fellin.
Il awaited iu agony for the time to come, and
when it did come war as cool as could be-
We watched our chance and war off We
cOuldn ter bin gone long after they missed US,
| fur we'd not got mile on our way heerd em.
| She heerd EN- too, fur she looked at me kinder
wild like pinted to the Yankee pickets we
could see list ahead, and bid her be of good
heart and run for 'em. We war dom our best
or she war. | could have got away easy, but l
| couldn't leave her She war all had now
The cHsses come hollerin' and yellin halt but
we kept right on. Then bang bang Whiz
came the bullets tearin the ground aud breakin
the branches off on the trees ali around US. We
never stopped runnin' Hurrah we are safe in
the Yankee lines! turned to press my wife to
my heart, when l seed leetile trick of blood
! runnin' down her cheek. Great God they had
shot herl The officer in charge lent us an am
bulanee and took her TO the city. 1t warn't no
use that the doctors did all they could for her
she war dyin' She called to me and TUX my
hand, and lookin upards, smiled and said, u m
gOin to see 'em, Joe, dear Joe, and her bright
| eye grew heavy, and her breath came fast and !
war alone in the world, 'thout 10 one 20 care
| for me; no one to close my eyes when my Turn
comes to 30 and see my treasures yODder. But
| I'm not the only man in the world that will be
SO lonely. There be those revelin in plenty,
what has all their kin around em, what u be a.
lone in the world as | am, afoTe my time comes
Il found the schoolnaster in the city and had
many favors from him. He was a Lieutenant
| then and is Major now. and | hope to see him
a General yit. He wanted me TO turn sogeT, but
l thought could do better on my own account
SO iined the scouts, though | do little fghtIn
on my own account as you seed to-day. fight
| Tor my country ana iOr lSNenSel i mar pen
| ty like me all over the South I've met 'em
since I've been scoutin, and | tell you, but fOr
the heavy hand laid upon. the people by the
leaders. the people would rebel agin the rebel
lion, and drive their OppTessors INTO the Gulf
TAXATION THAT Is TAXATION.
Richmond papers of the 6th inst, contain the
new tax law of the Rebel Congress, passed on
the It'll The following details of ii should do
much towards reconciling the. people Of the
North to the comparatively light taxes they 4e
called upon to bear:
1t levies a tax of eight per cent. ON all proper
ty not expressly taxed at a different rate Onspe-
Gle and bills of exchange twenty per cent, or
.,..,.,.,,, fir nor cent Hbe i,,fercsf Con