The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-05-21

OHef IL you ike DuG don T. MURDER
a fellow in that barbarous nanuer."
OF course | was a prisoner, and
thought it was the better part of
Ivalor to fall in and trust to change
and strategy to get me out. So I
was soon in line. and toted up to
the:rebel camp, and brought before
the notorious Stonewall. The gen
eralccyed me about one minute, and
then said: +.r..--T
"Well sir, they tell me you are a
Yankee spy .,.....s, ..z...r
Whev ! thought.I,' this is more
than l bargained for; but I was de
termined to put a jolly face on the
matter, and / said 1'. 4il
"Yes, general, that's what they
say but you rebels are such blamed
liars, there's no knowing when to
believe what they say. I thought
the Yankees could outlie any other
nation, but hang me if you fellows
can't beat u.s." ..r.t..
"Ah," said the general, "you don't
seem to have very exalted opinion
of your brethren .ftFszs
"Why should I have % said /.
'I've lost and suffered'a good deal
in that same Yankee nation"
"That's strange" said the gen
eral. "Don't the Union officers
treat their soldiers well ?" 5
''They're like all other officers"
said I, 'sgood and bad among them :;
but that's not where the shoe pinch
es. To make a long story short,
although live in Virginia, I was
favorably disposed to the Union
cause, but the beggarly Lincolnites
wouldn't believe it; SO they fed
their troops on my granary and
cupboard till l was about ruined,
and when / wanted pay they told
me I was fool, and said if was
good Union man, I ought to be
glad to aid the government. One
day one of the officers told me if l
would enlist they; would think bet
ter of me, and instead of destroying
my property, they would protect it.
So the upshet of it was, as my 10y
atty was doubted, I was compelled
to enlist to save my property
"That's plausible story said
the general, "but not very proba-
BILE one. Why didn't you come
into our lines at once if you wanted
protection ?'' Shy o. sto'F
"That's just whatI was coming
at" said 1. Il was sent out with a
scouting party, and SO I kept on
scouting till I got within your lines
and was taken by your cavalry.''
"Take care, young man, said the
general, sternly; II understand you
attempted to escape" c.s
This was poser; but as I had
got under way, thought 1 must
try and make the ripple. I felt toll
erable streaked about the result,
too, but said, earnestly
''Of course did. Who wouldn't,
with half dozen horses and bull
lets after him? I hadn't time to
say surrender, and besides the of
ficer cursed me. l don't like to- be
cursed, it's against my principles
and then 1 was SO mighty mad to
see such beastly towards, that [
half made up my mind to get away
from both sides, and go to Canada. .
The general looked at me and then
at his staff, and they all smiled,
while | looked as sober as deacon
| had heard that the general was a
pious old fellow, and / thought this
would tickle him. - = 7a
care you wiling" said he, "to
take the oath of allegiance to the
Southern Confederacy, and fight in
our cause %
"To be sure" said 1; ''I told you
before that had been trying to get
into your lines. But 1 don't want
to fight for you if I am not protect
ed in my rights. I want my prop
erty respected"
"Where do you live ?" asked he
cat Philippi" said I, "and I've a
nice property up there, and want
it to be taken care Of
"Well," said the general, "we're
going up that way shortly, and,
whether you go with us or not, we
will protect your property. In the
meantime I will think of your offer,
but for the present, as the evidence
is against you, you will be placed
under guard, for you Yankees are
too slippery to be trusted with too
much liberty. Events show that
you don't know how to use IT,"
After this I was kept under guard,
and was treated, perhaps, as well as.
they were, and nothing to bfag OF
at that. The next Gay there was a
great battle. There was much COM.
molten in the rebel camp; and, for
fear that I should be recaptured, q
guard of two was detailed to take
me far back to the rear We could
distinctly hear the laundering of
the cannon, and we knew that a
great battle was commenced. !
overheard the guard ehuckling at
the idea that they were exempt
This put flea in my ear. I knew
they were towards, and l deternin
ed to manage them accordingly.
My canteen had not been taken from
me, and, as luck would have it, was
half full of tolerable "rot-gut.' /
also had in my pocket a large pow
der of morphine, which the surgeon
had given me few days before, to
take occasionally; this 1 slipped
into the canteen. After this was
accomplished, 1 appeared to take
long swigs at the canteen. AT last
the bait took; the boys got smell
at the whisky, and one of them,
turning to me, said
"Look here, Yankee, that whisky
smells mighty good. Let us help
you drink it, or you'll be SO drunk,
soon, that we shall have to carry