New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-16
From the Memnhis AYalanche. |

[From the Memphis AYalanche.l .N..
We like any thing noble, and especially when
exhibited by an enemy; and therefore take pleas
ure in publishing the following incident which
occurred during Wilson'S raid.
On Wednesday after the fall of Selma, some
Young ladies' OF the Female College III Sumerfeld
informed the President that one of the Female
teachers was running rapidly before Federal sol
dier. He Immediately went to the front" and
met Miss s. in great terror. The soldier had de-
| manded her watch, which was secreted in the col
lege and under threat of violence to her person
| she had promised to give it to him. The Doctor
said to her "you must not let him have the watch
he is a scoundrel and shall not hot have it." She
said, "Oh! Doctor, if you knew how he had threat
ened me you would not blame me. promised it tc
him and he must have it," So saying, and eluding
the attempt of the Doctor to take it from her, she
| ran and delivered it to the soldier robber Then
such volley of indignant abuse as hardly ever fell
from the lips of minister was poured forth on the
| ruffian. He called him scoundrel thief, robber.
brute, william, and ordered him to begone. The
william pointed bis gun and threatend to shoot This
did not intimidate the preacher, whs was cripple
and unarmed, and in ungovernable rage he con-
tinued to use the only weapon he had-his tongue
until the robber beat retreat, his ears tingllng
| with the words of impotent wrath which indicated
that the blood of the indignant Southerner had
been raised to fever heat. All this occurred in the
presence of the school the minister's wife tainel
| and was removed insensible to her room,
The robbery the threat of violating the person
of noble Southern woman, and the threat, also,
to kill the gentleman at the head of the school,
were all reported to headquarters. Captain Nc
Barney, Of General Wilson'S staff, took interest in
the matter, had the same column pass before the
school, and the man was identified and arrested
and the watch was returned. But this was not all
| The Captain obtained from General Wilson pro
lection papers for the college, and kept it guarded
whenever possible. He went still further, ant
called for Miss -, and said to her: 81 have {
present for you" He then handed her an elegan
six shooter, and said: Take this, and if any office
of our army steps his foot across the threshold Q
this college, with evil INTENT shoot him. No ON
can conceive the effect of this noble conduct o
the part of the gallant Captain. The feeling o
insecurity which had taken hold of the inmates Q
the college was dissipated and many an earnes
prayer wentup from warm Southern hearts fo
the safety of Captain McBarney. Very ditieren
was the conduct of Colonel Noble, who upon tn h
case being represented to him, simply and @ care
essly said ''Your soldiers did as bad at Chan
bersburg"
Now, IS Captain MeBarney, of the lst Ohio Ve
unteers, should ever see this, let him feel thu
t gratitude warm AID deep filed every heart
Cemetery College, and that his chivalrous ga
lantry made an impression upon free Southei
0 hearts which time will never eiface.