The Hickman courier., 1868-07-04
TuADDEUs THE TEAMsTER
A TALE OF SHx WAR.

From the New Orleans Sunday Times.
Married, on Sunday, February 80.
1866, by the Rev. Judge Jones. NJ. D.,
Eliza Jane Dusenberry to William, only
son of Mr. Sykes DAILY Raccoon.
The proper place for the above is at
the tail end of this yarn, but as it is the
fashion nowadays to tell newspaper
stories back end foremost, well leave it
where it is. But to begin my narrative.
In the village Of l., in one of the
New England States, about the time of
the breaking out of the late "fratricidal," :"
lived benign old joskin, surnamed
Dusenberry. He had an only daughter /;
said only daughter had lover, Thad-
deus Johnsiug by name. Thaddeus
loved Eliza Jane (that was her name)
and she didn't return his love. No, siI,
she kept it and hung on to it.
just about the time they were to be
married, the life of the N,ion was threat.
ened by the murderous slaveholders,
who with the sacriligious Beauregard at
their head, had already ipsultiDgly fred
on the flag of our fathers.
All loyalty inclined people will re-
member the thrill of indignation that
ran through the country from Cain to
Malafornia, and vice versa, when the
news of this outrage was received. and
the flower of the young blood Of the
North was up and arming, to teach these
cowardly Southern asssssius a lesson
that they would never forget, for having
fired on an unprotected national fort. Il
would cay more on this subject, but this
is purely literary paper, and nothing
of political character is permitted to
appear in its eolums)
As l said before the blood Of the
North was up, and meetings were being
held all over the country to organize
military associations, and the inhabit-
ants of l., not TO be bebindhand,
held meeting up in old Dusenberry's
gable end, to raise money to equip q
company of volunteers for the war. A
few days after the meeting Thaddeus
called on Eliza Jane, and told her that
he was going to the front told her how
he'd been sut of job for long time,
and how his boarding mistress was
crowding him for stamps that he didn't
have, and how as his country was calling
him he would obey her call told her, in
fact, how he had already Joined the ma
tional forces, having that day been sworn
in as teamster to the 298th a New Hahn
shur." who we're to start on their gore
wading expedition in few days.
Now, fellow. citizens, am aware that
this story isn't exactly a u mode. /
know that the hero ought to be a young
lawyer having very heavy business,
which he throws up for his country's
sake. know be ought to join the army
as . private, and be promoted to q cap
taincy before leaving home, etc., but as
intend to give you true tale, / will
give you the facts IS they were-noI
more. no less.
At length the day arrived for the regi-
ment to depart, and as it wound down
the road out Of sight, with the wagon
train bringing up the rear, it carried With
it the prayers and blessings of the popu-
lace of l.. Ahi but many q desc
late hearth they left behind them !! Ali
when the day of reckoning comes, what
an amount Of sorrow aud suffering those
hell ll-begotten rebels, those dastardly bar
terers of human Aesh and blood thoss
ungrateful, eowardly asssssins of the best
government the world ever saw, will
have to account forl AS this is purely
a literary paper and neutral in politics,
I will say no more on this subject.
In the due course Of time the regi-
ment reached the 81 front" The inhab-
itants of L. received letters from its
members from time TO time, full OF hope
and patriotism; by and by the letters
L, srIu nd ~
word was thundered throughout the
North--s great battle had been fought !!
Thousands were killed, wounded, or
prisonersl Disaster had overtaken the
ONION forcesl The army had been
routedl In q word, fellow citizens, the
battle of Bull Run had been st. There
was an agony of suspense ! Then came
the list Of the killed, rounded and miss
ing All them lists them lists On
the list of wounded was the name of
E" Thaddeus JohnsiRg, seriously" What
did Eliza Jane do when she saw has
name on the list? Did she faint away,
aud lay for weeks lowering between life
and death? Or did she go to the front and
search through the long rows of mangled
patriots in the hospitals to hnd her
Thaddeus? And did she come upon q
mangled human form lying on cot of
pain, aud did she wash the dust and
gore from its face and find her Thad-
deus2 Aud did she hover round him
through the long summer days, bathing
his brow and those of his comrades, who
looked upon her az an angel Of light,
aud ell that sort of thing? Did she
hover shout like . ninistsripg angel .