The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-12-19
NARROW ESCAPE OF GEN,
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From tnp Augusta (Ga Conaduuionahat
The following remarkable anecdote
comes In us from an esteemed con
trlbutor, He says II did not my.
self mCot with the adventure record
ed, hut Il was narrated to me by q
friend, whose word | could lmplicly
trust, but whose death has occurred
since the surrender. .n--EDIToR.
One morning, how il matters not,
four Of my company, myself among
the number, found ourselves in the
wilds of South Carolina, without
any knowledge Of the country, sepa-
rated from our command, and having
an idea that Sherman's advance was
close 10 us, but in what direction we
could not tell, as we were utterly at a
loss. This, il will be allowed, was
situation far from pleasant, but when
in addition, it is taken into consider
alton thai we were enduring the
pangs Of hunger and thirst that We
were weary, heart and body--cOm-
pletely broken doWn---aud that We
possessed sorTOwfu1l consciousness
that the cOnfederacy was near its
end, IL will be readily imagined that
very few Jokes aud hilarious remarks
enliyened our conversation as We
logged along. Hunger Is a guest
that uses very little ceremony in his
visits, and the little fellow was
knocking at our breasts very rudely,
and ctamOrously asserting his pres
encC. lie was not 10 be put to ST.
lenCe, and so, for peace sake, We de-
terntned to grant his request. As if
to Try us, no sooner had we agreed to
search for food, than we came to a
by-patl which branched Off to the
right Of the road we were travelling.
1t looked promising, and, looking
down leafy vista. we discerned,
about three hundred yards of, uu-
mistakable signs Of farm house,
and, as thing Of course, land flow
ing with milk and honey. So deter
mined to 'stand the hazard of the
die,n we filed OFF down the road to
| breakfast. We found small farm
house, inhabited by an old widow
lady, whose two sons had been killed
| in Virginia, and who, with four OF
five faithful slaves, still managed t.
keep her little farm in good order,
| Welcoming US for "the sake of the
grey,n as she said, we were soon seat,
ed on the grass plat enjoying a good
| though homely meal, and under the
influence Of her excellentb tbuttemnilk
corn bread and fried chicken, were
! rapidly becoming reinvigorated
| Suddenly confusion of voices SCUM,
| ded near us, and / caught the CLEAN
of sabre9 and bright uniforms, and
about dozen cavalry in dark blut
thundered down toward rs. Evi
IDENTIFY they had not seen us. A wore
and a touch, and all four were in th(
adjoining tlficket, awaiting their ap.
proaGh. They galloped up, and, or
/. dering breakfast, rat down on tht
bench tn wait for it. / felt touCi
| on my shoulder, and, looking up
! saw a pale face near my own witt
| eyes turned in n constrained manne
to an officer on the bench.
i "R4-,n the lips whispered, Al
| most inaudtbly, now ia the time T.
I end Tho war, Yonder sits sheI
| man.
was utterly taken by surpris
! SO that did not at first onmpreheni
him, but gradually, aa i gazed ma
ohanicaily on the officer pointed on
tn me, / began 10 understand Etha
the 50Hthis greatest and most power
FIJI enemy, The one who was rapid,
Wiping her out Of existence Us a ma
ton, who held her fate, as IL were
? in the hollow of his hand, who har
= done her more evil in four month
: than all his predecessors hRd accom-
| nlished in as many years, was sittin
> here serene and unconscious, withi
/ reach Of my carbino. at once com
e meneed cautiously to unsling II
= The fate Of the cODfederacy, pei
J haps, hung on that moment, When
; at this length Of time, | think upo
. the awful interests that were a
: stake, my brain reels and | gro1
> faint. The General arose, uncon
= scious of his peril, and walked wit
a rapid military tread into the houst
followed by his staff, and very 500
we could see them through the ope
: window engaged in eating breakfas
. / was completely baf1led, and had n
opportunity, nor had any of US, /
renew our attempts, as a body {
cavalry soon arrived, before whol
r we thought it prudent to retire, an
accordingly made sudden retreat.
AUsTRALIs,