The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-08-23
Just out of their Holes -Four Confcde
rates Come in and Surrender.

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The Petersburg Inder, of We'd
nesday, says the serenity of the
office of the commanding officer of
this post was agitated on yesterday,
by the apparition of four Confederate
soldiers, who gave the names and ssde-
scriptive lists" as follows:
Anthony Monkas, Go. L, SD Gcor-
gia Infantry, Sd d)Army Corps, A. n.
Thomas Wells, ditto.
James Brinbcrter, ditto.
Allan Tcwksberry, 43d Louisiana,
ditto. ,G..s
"A more ragged set Of mortals had
never appeared before the Colonel
during all the dealings he has ever had
with the t'ragged rebels" of Lees
army. Tcwksberry was a sort of
walking illustration of original patch
work. His clothing had been tied,
and sewed, and stuck together with
string, and thread, and thorns, until
there did not appear a solitary square
inch upon it which had not been tied
up, sewcd up, or stuck up, in some way
or other. His companions were not
quite as badly off, one having a pair
of blue Yankee pantaloons, with only
a half a dozen rents in it; another
hiding the raggedness of his grey pants
with a flowing, though ribbonry, Yam
kee oyercoat, and the other making
his deccncy apparent by concealing
the defects. of his upper garments with
an old Oil cloth, awfully bedaubcd
with nlub.
Tewksberry stated to the Colonel
that he and his party stopped on the
Appomattox, about seven miles above
the city, after the evacuation of Pc
tersburg, for the purpose, at first, Of
resting that they stayed longer than
they expected, and we're cut off. They
then made avow to live on that spot,
and never so home or give up until
the Confederaey was completely ami
hilatcd. The sought out a cave on the
banks of the river, which at that point,
is very rocky, and after some little in
dustry, succeeded in erecting for them
selves most comfortable home. Here
they livedupon fish and game and oc-
casionally roasting ears during all last
summer, and upon bread made of corn
they had gathered from the corn fields,
and an occasional pig they found with
out a mother, in their rambles during
the winter. This spring and summer
they lived as they did last summer, but
recently, hearing from an old negro
man that the Confederacy had un-
doubtedly "gone up" they concluded
to quit the barbarian life and surrcn-
der They marched to the city yes
terday morning. with their muskets
and accoutrements, stacked arms in
front of headquarters, sent in word
that they were the remnant of the
army of Northern Virginia, and that
they wished to surrender upon the
conditions accorded to the main body.
Col. Milton cordially assented to their
request, gave them transportation to
their homes, s,'and bade them adicu.
The illustrious four roamed about
town for a short time, had new suits of
clothing given them, and, after being
made about half drunk, embarked on
the Southern train for their homes.
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Man SHOT BY THUNDER The
Statesville American learns that a
young man in the lower portion of
that county was shot in the leg by a
peal of thunder, one night recently,
lodging eight or ten large shot in the
limb. He heard report, and in
stantly felt a smarting in his leg and
upon examination, most marvellous to
relate found that instead Of q single
bolt Of electricity, he had been struck
by veritablo leaden shot, which We're
extracted by a surgeon Of that place,
who's entitled to implicit confidence.
What renders this mysterious affair
more peculiar and significant of some
thing, to finite minds incomprehehsi-
BILE, is that the wounded man was shot
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