The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-19

,-,-,,-,-s-s or E7-rT.-Scott Cham
H.. iss soldier in an Indiana TsSinent
Hss7peared bssa-a the +, <5raeE " eanesq =:
I IN eonsegueuce 81 having 'seh foe0'o- ~
appearance bespoke the hon est ran, Ao' ~
aui5 81 The turmoil and 4 st.- -.'-.
camp life, has retained that - \.
I simplicity, and unsusPiciousness -, :,
] carried with him when he LETT the ", -,
/ his native State to yiuiieate the insl
( honor Of his country. BE was allowed =
Ten his story in his own way, and It was
sipvulsr one, e follows; 81 came from
/ Cbettspooes. sir, to Nashville, on my wsy
home TO ny family. I knew no one, hal
no idea where to stay, SO, as the cars were
7 % leave early in the morning, went 70
Z the Louisville depot, aad sat down 70 wait
! fer morning and the t-ain. In the course
~ the night soae5ody called and asked
/ what Twas doing thsre-it was negro
tod Am was waiting 70 60 % Indians By
. the cars. He sid we do not allow people %
stay about here a. night Saying we I
2 thought be was employed about the place,
. q I
vas liked. he szid ne would assist me,
/ shat # I vent with him he would ind ne =
8 CON Portable bed FOR one quarter, and good
. breakfast in the morning for another, and
/ -hat. Is he wsss hackdriver and had T. Be
Z e. the road before the train left, he would
( gls6Iy bring msup in his carriage for noth-
frE, but ct al events could Tot be allowed
. to stay where was.
/ aeCepted the offer, and FOLLOWED The ne
g-7. After going some distance he turned
. 10 an entry and desired me % walk light,
doing so himself at the same time. / did
nes Ike this, but I did not know nov where
Z I was, or how to get back 70 the depot, 50
I want on. We reached q door. The man
told ne to pull Of ny boots, doing so with
hs. own, as he did not with to disturb the
other inmates Of the house became IN
easv and suspicious, but did not see how I
/ could get out Of the didiculty. / did not
know who might be around ne. We went
into dark room. The negro told ne TO
lie down On bed that was there, was sur
Drised 70 find that it was already occupied,
but taking Of some Of my clothing and
putting it under me, lay as close 70 the
vail a. could, that ] might disturb no.
body, bat felt right uneasy. I wanted to
/ lie on the foor, but the man said might
/ be n the way Of some Of the family nov
/ ing IN the night. In a little while he said
he must have a light, and asked ne 70 give
him e quarter 70 buy a candle. concluded
IL best 70 do what he wanted, and gave him
! either quarter or dfty cents. lie got
/ Light and heard him moving about. For
! q long time he was stsalthiiy feeling round
alter the light vas pat oct. thought once
be wss feeling where ny pockets were, but
| I kept ny things under me. In the morn !
ing he called me up. put on ny thin gs5 /
when he drew me 70 the door and whisper l
ed that the other man il the bed had grull- |
bed because I wss on the bed too, and I /
had better give HIN quarter % satisfy 1
him. wanted 20 have no fuas, 50 took /
out nv pocket book 10 &c. him The quarter, |
when he sua-shed i from my hands ana
ran. tried to follow, bet did not know /
the town, and my pocket book and fty |
dollars In it Eere gone"
Such was the poor fellows story, told I
with touching simplicity. The police /
heard Of the affair. They gave Chambers
money to ges food They found the negro, /
BIZ johnson, g man who has been in the 4
AL and IN the w0rkhouss times irnumsra-
bic, for thefs aud they discovered that /
during TIRE day after the robbery he had
b l-ed double team buggy, for which he
paid twenty-five dollars, and had been RI
ding cut with a negro woman. Johnson
vas Identified By the man who was sleep
iuz CT the BED Chambers had occupied,
who saw the pocksi book snetched from his
hands. Johus7n ives seat 70 jail for trial,
and It Is hoped he viii get Ieng teTll in
the peatlsutiary, but the poor honest SOL
d.e-'s Say dollars is gone.