The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-28


through diet, il is not wonderful the priso-
ners fel, The geld pains Of starvation.
We viii no. attempt 20 describe the pains
or heir il arnay their hair breadth escapes,
or TO give an idea of what they passed
through during the long and lnhuMan
Incarceration. This We leave 70
their own . sle- pens. What we have writ
ten il put Tue prologue 20 that which or
own correspondent will have to say to our
reat iers when he shall have been sufficient
IL rested and recruited. Now we have Cniy
10y s: {. meeting when we once reared
would no. Tux pace, an:l 81 q deEverance
me Government lcng since mlgE: anC
should have coupe led
Mr.. BROWNE Will arrive n t36 ely .hlS
morning, we h.ye no doubt. lie VIII toin
Iii. car. aaions at .hc Burnett Horse, and
81 VII remain u .ne city fer some Gays
'a- re-. and rerni.afater.- On, CO..
Il s.cy Account. OK 81 Rebel Panic.
The eor-es pendent Of tie Mobile -faefr-
,.scr. a.sort ing the CONSERVATION caused
~ GENERA, 3ayiasoa's raiders. -ev9 Tar
ripaso, Alabama. II frs, teIt IL -ce anl de-
fian- lnder tie p-o.- 4iAoE III lie chivalr.c
"E1.iapkir ST. bs tueaiaretl &. TIA. place
Pumpkin S5t,.ts IS tie vernacul1r for nail
..;sa and reserves II .hls country TIE
few that had guns were sent OIL. on poke.
duty those that badn': remained 20 keep
mp the courage Of tho town. Passing by
several mino. alarms, ] come 20 tine big
scare .. Wednesday midnight. The picket
guard on one OF the roads fired their guns
4. some harmless, if no: imaginary, thing
n he Ga,k, and ga.-oped into the .owE
with The report tina. the Fecerals were
right behind them. ia mine had explod-
cd beneath the town The Settlement could
not have been greater. in about thirty
I've seconds there Was no. a Pumpkin Stud
80 ..4 Il four - hnr 4
except a few officers, who remained behind,
IN frantic endeavo-s 10 rally the flying
studs One man jutaped from a second
story gallery, and Knocked away post
froni under said gallery IN the violence OF
It's start for the swamp. recruiting
officer stopping in the Town undertook 10
bride = buggy, which, IL the darkness, he
inis.ook for his horse: finding the animal
a, last. and jamp.ng for tue saddle, lie
Wen. lean over. A young doctor, just Oh
me eve III getting married, ran GU, Of one
OF bis boots, and next day, III company
with his intended, wen: up the road with
one torn boo. and one embroidered slipper.
q Captain en- route for Mobile took to the
swamp and remained until morning.
Waiting ~ : branch, the better 10 elyide
pr--.it, he heard a report Of firearms, and
soon ai,er tna: he was frightened by an
afr GIFTED soldier who Jumped INTO the
bran Cd Jus. aneaG q him. * surrender z
shouted TIE Captain, taking the fellow for
Yankee. Yes, ] surrender" said the
soldier no. hearing lie Captains personal
p-orour, airs. Tis:aR ING him for al officer
N pursuit, he himself being an escaped
dese-ter from the guard-house, with others,
and .ae calsse III the firing that had been
heard. Esv.ng mutually surrendered,
hey ook very foolish at each other for q
.nomer. ~ So, when the deserler started to
run. The Captain. sti.l believing thai;
Yankees were near. started N pursuit
shouting. Don't ron SO fast. I'll keep you
company Eu, the deserter soon var
isheo, and the Captain stole into town,
much 0isrus;ed with the state OF affairs
generally. Wen state that, owing TO
the recent heavy rains, the whole sur
rounding country was "a swamp Of mud
and wafer. you may imagine what luxury
there was III a stampede 70 the woods
The rickets on several occasions acted
very r.dicUloGsiy, firing their guns 1t I'M
aginary enemies and running Ike scared
dogs.
At CsyEa, tie state Of affairs was pretty
much the same, If not q little worse, as
there they have a telegraph office 20 add TO
any genera. confusion tha; may arise
This telegraph Office was the centre Of ex-
element, ard tire radia,ing poin, Of The
several e;anpeties tina. occurred. The live
lest scatiermen: was on Friday night. In
semtiea around tie fire, ard discussing
The situation. were the operator, post COM
randant and q number Of the honorable
ard respectable members OF the "Osyka
News Clan" Tie particular subject nm
der discussion was the general nervousness
- the community. and the ease WITH which
y panic II Ei. be started at tina. late hour.
indeed. Lieut.. Ii had suggested wha.
!. good idea j, would pc FOR some one 10 gal
ior lis horse through the town, and tire q
sho. 81 two IS ne rode, IL order 10 the ma
tives sc; .:l and sked0ddle, when clatter
nc q horses lee. was heard, and DR.. Nc
VINO LAD been keeping watch outside,
rushed II, pup-eyed, and said, in low
voice, see. oit qaick-tne Yanks are at
tie door, u .ha, party had been dis
charged out OF a mortar, their vanishment
could 10: have been more sudden or COM
pete.
They bo..eti OF. q; tie back-door like a
drove OF mad buflalOes, and went charging
over the back fences for the woods. They
had some SIX or eight high board and pal
ing fences 10 re. over, and the way they
did il was caution TO tom-cats. 1t is stated
as an actual fact that in their fight they
scared ca.f ID death, and scared another
Ont Of q years growth. (The dead calf was
the property Of Mr.. Michael Hart, a we'll
known ana respected citizen Of Osykn, and
the stnnted calf belongs to MIR. Adds, the
WOiiLy pUslIkiae.Nl. 10 eItueI W W ulIu Keu-
;lemen any one may write who doubts this
statement) The torn clothes, lacerated
han1s and bruised knees and hips or the
stsnpeders, when they reached the friend
~ shades O. the swamps, vouched for the
magnitcence Of their hegira over the
fences. The Lieut.. who had suggested the
plan for soaring the town, didn't consider
the swamp safe, and was for swimming the
Tangipaho river in addition. Capt. W.,
after getting breath, set about lighting his
pipe. "Don't.' said enc, whose nerves
still yibratel, they'll see the light and be
after u.s. "Bu: III light the match in my
hat, behind the tree" said the captain.-
''Oh, no, DON'T" was the added renon-
strana III is still, quiet night, and
they lismell the smoke" Afraid TO return
to town, they CROPPED about in the swamp
awhile, getting into all sorts Of mud-holes
and ditches and barking their shins in the
dark, until they came TO an old crib with
fodder in the loft, ard in this fodder they
lid themselves and slept till morning.
When they finally ventured back to town
they found that the supposed Yankees were
merely squad Of frightened Pumpkin
Studs, who had dashed into town, not TO
tn ko il bnt To claim its protection.