Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-02-20

could rise, but gut Though the cut off and
ieil ln with some empty wagins that was
/ stampedin my way.
" Gittin ON to Atalty, fool Ir:shman
st"Pd me right ut the ed se of the town aud
demanded my papers. dident have no pa
pers. Nobody had ever axcd me for par,ers.
but he wOuldent hear an argument AS
qua les would say, he woudeut J7Me isAhur,
but marched me to an offs and 1ident stay
there ten minets. l wer sent of to Dckat(r
WHY SOME Etty c"nskripts who wer all in
m"urnIn, ex>cpin their clothes. l never seed
SIch q pititul set in my life. talkd with
EN- all. and thar WAS nary one but what had
the ayspepsy or the Sw.nny or tie rumatics
or the blind staggers or the heaves or the
humps or sunrthin. Well. there war, none
ot US discharged, tur there wits bran new or
ders callin for every buIy for thirty DAYS to
Z" to the dilches. As | cUudent walk that
1ur, was ordered to AndersUmviIe to guard
the prisoners. At Makom | met an old ak
waintance, VIII" was powerful big officer,
anu he had me transferred to his department.
AMI pat me in charge uf his ordinance
Ihcte's where isundicd guns. Bill. and sIep
OH my artns. Whole boxes Of mnSk.ts was
around nIe, and dident no more mind taken
Sn""ze on gun box than if it had been "a
couch OF tethery down. Its all in gittn used
U IT, B'Il-Ill III the use"
jest SO. sed |. THAT'S the way Iscc it
cx"kel' so, my friend. P,useed."
Its bl"m lucky. Bill. that didn't 90 to
Anders"nvllle. They would have had me
alongside OF Wir:z. tIIer rs Il prisunc,,al 0r
w't"ess or Sumthin. and s''It lyin Yamk would
t'uV had Il swear or Two at Inc Il onut shuuiu
him Oh the dead line. Before tbs INV car.
ka>s would hav been eat up hy worms or cut
up by Dokt"rs, and my pik,cr spred all over
a whole SIDE Of U0rp~r's Weekly as mon
ster Of deth
Well, KEEP handlin gums and baynets
and dangerous W. epnS, onri one day got
i1fto t" - to Rome. Sherman Was plnviu
base around about Atlan1y. and su / had to
circumference around by tie Way Of Selma.
and The very day got there. everlastin blast
en-. the Wilson RAIDERS got there to-. |
wa ent II" more luokiI for them Yankees in
Selma than l were for u.d Beeizcbub, and
both "t EN- Was all the same to me. EIa,nd
II they waSemt Shuutin at me before | kuowd
'h"y Was in the State. How in the dickens
they missed me don't know for their m H.
ny balls sung yanky doodle all around Inc
and over ne and under NE and betwixt me
tell you. Bill, l run Ike mud turker.
I'"Kln ahead Of ne at every step to fud an
easy place to fall when | was plugged. An
{
take my watch and my money She took
EN- in " hurry aud put em iu her buozum.-
W ell, found gully at lasr, and rnlId in
kerSpl''sh. tor it was about TWO feet deep in
mud and wafer. The INTERVALS found lie
there jest at night, and got mc out at the
= ut Ut the baynet. They marched me to the
VOL: pen, aud there | stayd till the fuss was
over.
hight here, ELL. want to make an oh
servati0m. There was feIIcr with me when
l Was c"fch d. and seed h!uI make Sor er
Ut syn t" the captain, aud they turned Lin
lou>e III two mnct>, and he Jest went al.uu
anywhere as nateiul az king. while hau a
cr'SS cy d dutchnan standrn over uc with
bHynet Srinnin from mornin till night
J here Was some Free Masonry about that,
Dill, anu II another Une of these tool wars
cusicS along, LII jIne eui> it they'll let me.
But I'm at h"mc n"w Tor good. I'm
gwlne to stay here like u sine die I'm apyiu
all wars aud f,;htins. I'm opposed to all
rows aud rumyusses and riots. I don't keer
n:Gh as much ABOUT dog light as used to-
Now, it one could always see the eend of Il
thing n advance, u"0 til" 'N"d tCu% nU r,aht
woutucmt mind Il big fuss. but then you
know Il mans foresight, amt as good as his
h.ud sights. 1t they was. this war would. mt
have broke out. aud | wUul!cnt have lost Inv
steer. nor my watch. never seed that w0
tnum before nor since, and | wUuident know
her from any other woman that wa.ks the
yearth-blund if III certain whether she
were white or black. Bill, how is your off
spring."
Hungry as usual, thank you my frcnd,"
Sc |.
lluw's Mrs. Arp?"
'.RebeIi"us, John. very; but think shell
be harmon zed-"Werrh6e-uncr" kiIe."
Mr. Edmur, l will not relate further Of
these trying adventures at this time Big
John ere now entirely harmonious and sup
pOse his tntu'e career vii! he all screen.
LOUIS us ever, BILL ARP.
J.; S.-MrS. Arp wants you TO get back
the letters | writ her when she were sweet
s'xle''n. 1hcIn "tfis er> have got em and |
suppose have laughed all the tu nv part
away hy tl's time. They contained some
I "i things thar u"yS will write when they
tall i'll love, and my wife snmetlmes used EN-
upon me as reminders of broken promises.
She says. if they'll send em, shel try and
forgive cm-~ficrrh,ic.
Don't trouble yourself much, Mr.. Editur.
and 1t will be ali the same to ne. B.A.
a GOLDEN TH"UGHT-Nature will be
reported All things are engaged in writing
the r own history. The plam=t aud the peb-
BILE g'es attended by its shadow The rolling
rock leaves its scratches on the hnou,ta II
side; tie river. IFS channels in the soil; the
animal, its bones III the stratum; the fern
and leaf, their modest epitaph il the coal.
he falling drop makes its sepuIchrc in the
sand or stone; r"t foot steps into en"w or
along the ground. but prints in characters
more or less lasting. Il map Of its march :
every act "f the man inscr les itself on the
mens"r'eS OF his fellows, and in his own face
The air is full "f sound-the sky of tokens
the ground is all memornnia and signatures
aud every object is covered over with hints
that speak to the intelligence
WALTER Scorr's GRAMMAR.-Hhen