Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-10-08

dubious General, and dashlng at headlong speeo
through the door and down the street, he was Out
of reach of pursuit. almost before the panic caused
BY his daring action, hsa subsided.
On a subsequent visit to Newberne O Conner's
audseity took loftier fight. General Terry had
magnificent horse don't remember whethe,
it was present or spurchase, Tor as was not un
frequentythe case, theft, but the General valued
it highly, and took great care Of it OConnel
saw it, and admired it enough to desire to be the
owner thereof and in all cases where yankee spoils
were concerned, with him, to wish was to obtain.
In camp, we all knew that he wanted the horse,
and bets ran high IS to whether he would get it OF
not. I felt sure he would 3D. - .'...'..
The evening O Conner vas to leave the city, q
very plain looking old countryman, with, q frizzy
head and beard, and wearing large blue glasses,
presented himself at Teny's headquarters, and
asked for. a pass to go beyond the lines To q
close examination, he gave such unexceptonable
evidence Of good faith, soft brains and Buffalo
loyalty, that the pass was given to him, when Gen
eral Terry asked him how he meant to travel.
s'On critter, sir, was the reply. i .r..
| "a horse, suppose you mean, old man where
'tHitched out thar, SIR" said the man, pointing
to small and indescribably wretched looking ami
NAL belonging tothat breed, known on the coast, as
banker ponies" %. - -.,...,:r. ~. ~ 49, =,
The little beast was miserably poor and weak,
and seemed to carry itself, much less rider.
why, you don't expect to make journey on
that miserable little wretch, do your" asked Terry,
as the laugh at the little skeleton subided.
s"Theut, if, can swap him off for a better, y
replied the man, making an awkward bow and
Withdrawing.
T About an hour before dawn. 1 man, mounted on
a superb horse, presented himself at the yankee
loutposts, showed pass from headquarters, and
was permitted to 60 through without difficulty.
When General Terry shostler went to the stable
next morning. to feed and groom his splendid
charge, he found, instead, small and extremely
I'LL looking banker pony" to whose rope halter
was attached card. inscribed as follows: Soap
ped for better and left for General Terry, with
the compliments of Edward o. Conner, scout, G. s..
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It is useless paint the General impotent fury.
The horse was gone, and o. Conner, too. A thous-
and dollars in gold was offered for him, dead or
alive; but no one was boldenough ho take him. In
theeyes ofthe superstitious folk, he bore charmed
life, 50 there was no use in trying 10 kill him; and
as to capture -whew! the quick hand that grasped
either bowie or pistol and used both 50 fatally, was
not 30 pleasant to encounter, 50 very little real ef-
fort was made to earn the reward. '~,.
Such are few out of many equally daring ad-
ventures Of O 'Connor- God bless him! Stranger
that he was, he did service that any Southern man
might be proud to own, and that many, alas too
many, of the home-born, shirked. s'
Often, in quiet hour, does the memory of the
many dangers we have shared together come over
me, and can almost see the flashing of his lumin-
GUS eyes, and hear his musical voice ring out as
clear as bugle cain the stern command, "Charge!
and no quarter.
Should this page meet his eye, an old oomrade
who slept by his side in Dover Swamp rode with
him on the Deep Gully march fought with him
at Streets Ferry, and on the breastworks below
Kinston and who shared with him the dangers
of many scout for Martin, Hill, Barlow, Hoke
and Bragg, offers him fervent greeting, and the
hope that should we ever serve again, it may be
in the same command, and with more successful
issue than our last campaign. ...
," ... HAL. NJ. LEGRANGE,
. .... r,.. ... Late Capt C. s. A.