Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-09
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keep these Internal Yankees from our sector aie
They was, down there yesterday and took o
, over two thousand bushels Of corn, and neal
ly all the wheat in the country" q y, s..ssr.
) The speaker was q middle aged man Z
rather good features, but his countenance be
tQkeneedd q Z the rather free use Of coafederat
AL sa'S'a "a va. 'cco Colonel
Ashcroft sir" 'gala aF gaits,or5, .s,,-,t
y Yes, yes have heard Of your family
You have done nobly for our cause from II
port ,,;,a,l NIX rs. =, f'l,o... IN ~,
Eve have, tried to do our our duty, General
and What little ] have leff, you are welcome
to, but / don't want these d---d Yankees, |,
getit, 4 1 sent down by General Wheeler
command, thse other dsyy, AZ handrel .bnshel
" wish We had navrc like you y said Bragg
|"Let me, fill your glass again, Colonel. -.
wish I had something better to offer you"
"Permt me-, General, to send out to M,
portnannteau fol. a bottle of rare old wine"
! eTom, here Tom, bring me that bottle o
wine p .,.i.'..,s',s ~ 80; ..r,,,.o.l.l
| Ey-os' ,,,L it' '' '' ,7'}'''' '"''." iVHhI"
'Rarevintage this, General, Its one Of Z
lot / got upinorth before the wal"
'Excellent"" says Bragg. Il would like tt
have q supply. By the way, way Colonel, did yor
see anything Of Quaker like parsonage OF
the road this morningY"
"Riding a bay horse, with bigger follow
ingl' -, -. Gu. .. ...'
Inc Inc same .g3EossD OK,
"Why yes. He came tc my plantation last
night | insisted on his staying all night but
he was in hurry and could not stop -,, ,.
"He wasa Yankee spy" said Bragg.
''The devil! and to think | gave the id
rascal his supper r l..jt ta69s tbaa7.a 20
We'll, well, never mind, Colonel, we'll pick
him up yet I'm going to ,fmake,a .feint on
the enemy's flanks Tomorrow with my caval.
ry, and we will probably get hin. He has
information that would be valuable to the en-
emy. l look for a couple of officers back in a
few days., that l. sent up to Franklin to find
out the enemys strength. If they bring me
a correct report, I'll match Rosccrans, with
allh low cunning. Besides this, Colonel,
I'm looking for some Georgia and Alabama
troops up shortly, and if the corardiy Dutch
WuH dOH luh L II bluhG DtOIc nlEcT
for him '' 2 '!sf b." ~ 'N"P 40 'f''7.Ata
Good for you, General Don't lcaye one
of the cussed mudslls Cd our soil, But it's
getting late, and must try and get some
supplies before l go back. Will you accom-
modate me with pass?' 9'l"'''.'
a"Certainly, and here is bill Of protection
for person and property No thalks-sood
day to you.' WI 'f',' 2"G'I on ATosr
HGolly, massa Cap'n, youse been talking
to the ole dcbbil hisself' 7a tm "r =
Hush! not so loud, Tom. I've got one
more for to visit and then we'll be off, and
take Straight shoot up Hoovcr's Gap"
"Capn, Capnl dey's regmental Of desc
dirty robels just started up the Manchester
road, dat's going up from Hoover's Gap, for
heerd de Kurnel say so.' 9'H" 'nr-Ii.uam
right Tom, we II take the Shelbyvillc
road and run the risk of meeting Van Dorm
Go out through the 'abatis the same way we
came in with the horses, and I'll meet You in
half an hour, by that old house. "1.isb .'"' 81
"Missus deys gemmen dat got frowcd
from his horse out here, and would like to stop
awhile wild ye, il you please, Missns. .d@
fta'Fery well, I'll send boy out to help him
in Are you mitch hurt sir" iahsis e4f
ANOJ tHliiN iut, Ui1 uooC HOl
frightened ut some object in the road and
threw me heavily on my right shoulder. A
nights rest, madam, will enable me to pursue
my journey think" a i.pa laaW,l nl
Om hero foundupon examination that there
were no bones broken, and yet tho bruise was
severe enough to make him covct nights
rest, in preference topassing it in the saddle.
So without more ado, he submitted to his
hostess desire to bathe the bruised shoulder
and p epare him u comfortable bed by the
fire. L (br'' u' u Tt !rl 1,tla .ea zg,ar1rg
ad During the night he was awakenenedb by the
loud clattcr of horses hoofs, followed imme
diately by a loud 'hilloa.' o .9s'g a2Es
During the conversation which occurred
outside he heard the name of Van Dorm
mentioned, and tho thought that they might
meet was anything but comfortable to him
Just at that time, but he resolved to trust to
luck, and if that failed he would try what vir.
tie there was in right angles, horizontals,'
&c. Presently the door opened and IN off
Ger entered, dressed niihe hight of Conteder-
ate style, gilt buttons, gold lnce and all,
Elanee at which showed one that he borelthc
rank of Lieutenant General The Iconversa-
ton til ensued Informed our hero that he
had the honor of occupying the same room
with General Hardee. D. He had as yet feigned
sleep, he heard the General ask the lady if
she knew who he was and her reply that ,slre
did not, then followed the story oths getting
thrown, and SO on. He was anxous tores-
tablish his reputation with the General as q
ssund secesh, and little ruse occurred to
him, which he resolved to practice even to the
extent of making himself ridiculousc Sud
denly calling out as if asleep qd.'i fr,se-4
'Run Tom, the Internal Yankees are, com
ing; put all the horses in the back pasture
Take every Niger with you. ! .,,,.iT w
: t'..Ha, Iha,"' laughed the General, hes all
right. I'll bet on him.; But you see, mad
am, there is q SPY in our lines that we are
anxious to each, and he has, SO far, eluded
us, and if VIC meet stranger, we are anxious
to find out his standing I'm. satisfied with
this one, ,for, nan will toll the sl truth ~ when
he 5 asleep q.iIT,,,,.,gs rasg,. ia.
I'm ready for replied sgh thc Gener- erer
al, and left the room,
Our hero moved, gruntcd, and finally TURNED
over, and found his hostess still in the room,
and behind her he saw Tom at the door,
making motions for him to come out
The lady asked if he felt comfortable? had
he slept well? &C., to all Of which he replied
in the affirmative, upon which she left the
room, and hefollowed soon after aid found
Tom waiting for him. i"'
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