The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-05
REBEL ACCOUNTS.
General DavidsOn's Rnid-Racy
scripiion Of the Consternation {
ed by the Raiders.


Correspondence of the Mobile Adver =
Tangipaho, Ala, at first felt fieiv-
defiant under the protection OF that
alric "Pumkin Studs" encampenlar
place. (Pumkin Studs is the v,trv
IOr lnilltla ana reserves Ill lsut on
The few that had guns were Named
picket duty; those that hadnn nwn
to keep up the courage OF II come
Passing by several minor alsdnioht
to the big scare of WednesdS "a roads
Inc Plcket Suaru oh ole IS if not
fired their guns at some h9d Gallon
imaginary thing in the dar + that the
ed into the town with the hem If
Federals were right behi enaath the
mine had oeen eAPiouet have been
town the Settlement co,va saconds
greater In about thatnd in the
there was not Pump IT must ey-
to"h' anu very le" pnained behind,
cePt u re" olheers' d H.,lly the flying
III iian'iI onuo" 'o.s from second
stuus'l & Ene naI a I'D away a post
STORY gallery, anu ii ~ in the violence
nun unuei saiu mp. A recruiting
VI u, LIS stai' ioi tne own undertook to
officer stopping i'll The DARKNESS he
oriuie ougS!, Winding the animal
at last, and jumI '
went clean over. -, +be ava of
"a young I'll out of one OF his
getllnS llalIlou his intended, went
ooots, anu heAig ig one torn boot and
up tne Ioad % we Upper. A captain en-
ah eiloioit1iS W"L: i:Sok to the swamp and
roate 10 % NOD M.G;T1ptrning Wading up a
branch, the et s.oorm,a ~ e" o,d soon after
ltat nea.I - l" yhtened by an atfrighted
nin: enat ne wa lmped into the branch just
sqiui1', TnS w ~ir ~ II surrender" shouted
aneau al oi = Taking the fellow for Yam
,no Ca apW.auisurrender :" said the soldier,
et NC ,oon; the captains personal pro
@ ~. nea ,nistaking him for an officer
NOUN, a., a.. he himself being an escaped
tn nIant p,.tsI ntstom the guard-house, with
u.Se, utSen. ! the cause of the firing that
ToI -, heard. Having mutually sur
nau % oe they looked very foolishly al
t, 'er for a moment OF so, when the
daSnr % started to run. The captain
I Iii .ieving that Yankees were near
sta,. SUI in pursuit, shouting Don't ruI
of. oea. I'll keep you company I" Bu
80 80 ii,,erter soon vanished, and the cap
tn:stole into town, much dlsguste'
"a "a the state of affairs generally
Ven state that owing to the recen
wv rain. the whole surrounding
lntry was swamp of mud and water
III may imaging what luxury there wa
/ a stampede to the woods. The picket
II several occasions acted very ridi'
Ions, firing their guns at imaglnar
nemies and running like scared dogs
At Osvka the state of affairs was pref
Y much the same. if not a little worse
5 there they have telegraph office
dd to any general confusion that ma
rise. This telegraph office was the Gel
re of excitement, and tue radlatn
,oint of the several stampedes that o
urred. The livcliest scatterment WI
ate on Friday night. In the back roo
f the telegraph office, assembled aroun
he fire, and discussing the sltuatio
we're the operator, the post commandal
md a number of the honorable ana +
pectablc members of the "Osyka Nev
Tub" The particular subject under Ill
,ussion was the general nervousness
he community, and the ease with whl'
panic might be started at that Ia
,our. Indeed Lieutenant B had s'l
rested what good idea il would he I
,ome one to gallop his horse through Il
town and fire shot or two as he rode,
order to see the natives get up ana sS
laddle. when gathering OF horses 1e
was heard, and Dr. Mc-,who had be-
watch outside, rushed III pc
eyed and said, in a low voice, Get o
1uick-the Yanks are at the door!
that party had been discharged out oil
mortar. their could not ma
been more sudden or complete: -.
They bolted out at the back door IL
a drove of mad butfaloes, and we
charging over the back fences Tor I
woods. They had some six or eight hi
board and paling feAces to get over, a
tbe way they did it was caution to t
cats If is stated as an actual fact I'll
in their flight they erred a calf to dea
and scared another out of a years grow
TTbe dead calf was the property OF :
Michael Hart, a well known and respe
sd citizen of Osyka, and the stunted c
belongs to Mr.. Adds, the worthy pc
master. to either of which gentlemen q