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

mans words, uttered plainly by 9th
ers.
He was heir to all, to the houses
and lots, the bank-stocks, the hoard
ed gold in chimneys and cupboards
all had been left, in the strange
words of the brief will made years
before; TO Dave Perkins the boy
who brought back Poll, and his
heirs forevermore'' g,.; r-.5+
ANECDOTES & INCIDENTS
Very interesting incidents, anec
dotes &C., from ''The Blue Coats
published by jones Brothers Il Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
PHILOSOPHICAL DARKEY.
An elderly darkey, with a very
philosophical and retrospective cast
of countenance, was squatting upon
his bundle on the hurricane deck OF
one of the western river steamers,
teasting his shins against the chin
ney, and apparently plunged in a
state of profound meditation. His
appearance and dress indicated ia
miliarity with camp life, and it be-
ing soon after the seige and capture
of Fort Donelson, | was inclined to
disturb his reveries, and on interro-
cation, found he had been with the
Union forces at that place, when !
questioned him further. His phil
osophy was so much in the Fal-
staffian vein, that 1 will give
his views fin his own words, as near
as my memory will serve me.
"Were you in the fight p
"Had little taste of it, sa."
"Stood your ground, did you p
e'No sa, runs
"Run at the first fire, did you ?''~
eyes, sa, an would hab run soona
hab I know'd it was coming
'Why, that wasn't very credita-
BILE to your courage"
''Dat isn't in my line, sa,-cook
ms my profession.
"W ell, but have you no regard
for your reputation 7"
"Reputation's muffin to me by de
side Of life.''
ssDo you consider your life worth
more than other peoples p
"It's worth more to me, sa."
"Then you must value it very
highly =.
eyes, sa, I does-more dan all
dis world-more dan million oh
dollars, sa, for what would dat be
wuth to a man wild de bref out oh
him Self-preserbation am de fust
law wild me, sa.''
"But why should you act upon a
different rule from other men.?"
''Cause, sa, different men sets diff
ferent value upon darselves. My
life is not in de market"
"But if you lost it, you would
have the satisfaction of knowing
that you died for your country"
"What satisfaction would dat be
to me, when de power Oh feelin' was
gone ?" ..-.
''Then patriotism and honor are
nothing to your
"Nuffjn whatever, sa-I regard
dem as among de vanities.''
eff our soldiers were like you,
traitors might have broken up the
government without resistance
eyes, sa, dar would hab been no
help for it. wouldn't put my lie
in the scale 'ginst any gobernment
dat eber existed, for no gobernment
could replace de loss to me. 'Spect,
dough. dat de gobernment safe if
dey all like me-"
''De you think any of your com
pany would have missed you if you
had been killed p
MAY be not, sa. A dead white
man amt much to desc sogers, let
alone dead nigga, but I'd a missed
myself, and dat was de pint wild me. :"
It is safe to say that the dusky
corpse of that African will never
darken the field Of carnage.
THE PERILs OF a SCOUT.
Among the scouts sent out du-
ring the battles on the Potomac, was
Die B., of Ohio. He had seen some
perilous and thrilling adventures
among the rebels, which cannot be
better told than in his own words:
II was out scouting with three or
four others, when we got separated,
and on turning q bend in the road,
suddenly came upon a party of frebel
cavalry. They commanded me to
halt. replied by firing my revol-
yer at the foremost, and then put
ting spurs to my horse, galloped
away; but the rebels were not dis
posed, so easily, to lose their prey,
and they followed, all Of us going
at a breae-neck pace, and they firing
upon me as they could get near
enough. Presently I perceived a
pathway in the woods, that laid off
from the main road. Into this path
1 turned my horse, as I thought the
trees would afford me better chance
to escape them and their bullets.
My horse was feet and used to
brush, and 1 gained on them little.
I began to think my chance was
tolerable, when I came to large
tree that had blown down directly
across my path, and when 1 at
tempted to leap it, my horse stumb-
led and fell, throwing me off, and
before I could remount the rebels
were upon me.
Surrender shouted sergeant,
surrender, you id blue-bellied
Yankee, or II blow your heart out =
And he pointed his revolver at
me, which motion was followed by
the rest of the crowd