Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-13
BILL ARP, THE sOMAN RuNAGEE.
ATLANTA. Nav % 1864

a.,.. ATLANTA, May Z2, 1864.
1fr. E9itur :--"Remote, onfrended, mel
ankoliy, slow" as somebody sed, l am now
seckin in a'log in some vast wilderness, q
lonely roost in. some Okeeieenokee swamp,
where the fowl invaders cannot travel, nor
their poptOon bridges phloat If Mr. Shakes.
Peere were correct when he writ that 'ssweet
are the juices of adversely, %then it are rea>
sonabui to suppose that Inc and Iuy foaks and
many others must have some sweetnin to
spare. When man is aroused in the ded
of night, and smells the approach Of the fowl
invader; when he feels kOhstruined to change
his bases and bekum a runagec from his
home, leayln behind him all thoee necessary
things which held body and soul together;
when he looks, perhaps the last time, upon
his lovely home where he has been tor MANY
delightful years raisin children aud chickens.
straw berries and peas, lie, soap and inguns,
and all sich luxuries Of this sublunary life !:
when he imagiues every onusual sound TO be
the crack of his earthly doom when from
sich Influences he begins diguifcd retreat,
but soon is konStrulued to leave the dignity
behind. and git away without regard t. the
order OF his g0ing-lf there isany sweet juice
in the like of that, l haven't been able to see
it. No, Mr.. Editur, sich scenes never hap
pened in Bill Shakespeer's day, or he would.
ent have writ that line
don't know that the lovely inhabitants of
your butitul sity need any fourwaruins to
make 'em avoid the breakers upon which our
vessel wrecked but for fear they should some
day shake their CORY locks at me, will make
pubiIk brief allusion TO some of the painful
sirkumstances which lately okkurrsd in the
regions Of the eternal sitty
Not many days ago, the eveTlastin Yankees
d (unay they 1--we always when the devil gits
EN- made q violent assault upon the sitty Of
the hills+-the eternal sitty, where a hundred
years the Injun rivers have been blendin
their waters peacefully together-Ehere the
ChOcktaw children built their futter mills,
and toyed with frogs and tadpolcs, Wild these
maJestick streams were but little spring
branches, babbling along their sandy beds
For days and nights oir yalyuut trvops had
beat bak the fowl invader, and saved our pull
let's from their devourin jaws. For 8 days
and nights we badc farwell to every fear. lux
urIatlng upon the triumph of our arms, and
the sweet juices Of our strawberries and
cream. For 3 days and nights fresh troops
IRON the South poured into our streets With
shouts that made the welkin ring, and the
turkey bumps rise all over the flesh of our
people. We felt that Rome was safe-se-
kured against the assaults of the world. the
flesh aud the devi which last individual are
supposed to be the horde Of fowl Invaders
who are seekin to phlank US cut of both bread
and existence.
But alas for human hopes Man that is
born of wonlan-and there are no other sort
thakl know 0f:-has but few DAYS that amt
full OF trouble. Altho the troops did shout ::
altho their brass bound musk sweIled upon
the gale Hltho the turkey Jumps rose as tha
weikln ruDg; althO the Commanding General
assured US that Rome was to be held at every
hazard: and that on Tomorrow the big batt1I
was to be fought, and the fowl invaders burld
all bleediu ard howling to the shores of the
Ohio, yet it did transpire somehow that ON
Tuesday night the military evak1ation of our
sitty were FeremptOrily ordered. No note of
Warnln--no whisper OF alarm-no hint of the
morrow came from TIE muzzled lips of him
who Hfted'or hopes SO nhi gh. Calmly and
cody We stnOkei our kilfy5 kinick, aud sur
veyeyed the enbarkation of troops, konstruin
1t to be some grand manoover cf military STRAIT
egy. About 10 o'clock we retired t, rest to
dream OF Tomorrow Tiktory. Sleep soon
overpowered US like the fog that kivered the
earth, but nary bright dream had KUN, nary
vision of freedom and gIyry. On tho kon-
trary1 our rest were uneaSy-strawberries and
cream seemed 20 be Koldin' secession ne.tins
within our eorpoarte limits when suddenly
in the twinkle of an eye friend aroused US
from our slumber and put new faze upon
the situation" General Johnston was re-
treatin., and the biue-nosed Yankees were to
Pollute our sacred soil the next mornins-
Then came the jug of war. With hot and
ieyerish haste we started out in search of
transportation, but nary transport could be
had. Time honOred friendship, past favors
shown, everlasting gratitude numerous small
and iuvly children, kunfederate ktfrrency.
new isshoe'. bank bills, black bottles, all in
fqenees were urged and Used to seizure a
100 ls.s44tbs pressure III tine ;vss S.asfaI is