The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-31

Having stripped them OF their weapons
| sent couple OF men after such OF the
horses as had made their escape ; and
they were easily caught, as, having re-
covered from their scare, they were most
ly grazing BY the roadside. We then
counted prisoners and casualties. The fcl-
low who tumblcd at the camp had been
captured Icy Ned and his comrade. -Four
OF their number were hit, one badly
through the body, the others slightly
one being fellow | had cut in the arm
with my sword as ne raised his revolver
at me when we ran IN upon them at the
close. Only one OF our own men was hurt,
sergeant who was shot in the leg by
one OF the guerlllas before he could club
hlm down with hls musket. This was do
ing pretty well, considering the hand-to-
hand fight We had, and especially as we
had captured eight men. The three Others
had been scnt further on by the oihcer OF
the gang, on plunderlng tramp, but not
thinking it best to pursue them myself, |
sent the nnhurt sergeant with SIX men
TO h1nt them up. lhree OF the horses
had been Int or lamed' so that he had to
leave them behind to the no small graft
lcatlon OF the negroes.
Then mounting such OF the wounded
men as could sui rlde on the remaining
horses'and taxing the door OF an adjoining
Darn OH us hihges' anu covering 1t with
oiahNets, rs stre'cner Tor the badly
wounded man, l made the Tour able-bod-
led prisoners hoist 1t on their shoulders
and carry nm along IN the centre OF the
column l need not say that took care
10 choose tne pest beast ior myself hay-
ing done which we set out on the home
ward Journey puifod up with vanity IN
no small degree,
1T was now iull daylight, and as we
could see lor some distance over the
sParsely wooded country dispensed with
the narrasslng duty OF ilankers' and under
the influence oi success my men, despite
loss OF sleep long march, and an exclt-
ing combat made along at pace OF two
miles and nall an hour The negroes
followed us some distance with their cries
OF" HaltelgiHh and Lo'd te giorlfek"
ieastlng their eyes quite as proudly as VIC
on the crest-tallen prisoners.
BY breakfast we reported at camp,amid
the widest acclamatlons Of delight and
gratulations from our comrades, who now
ior the first time saw " live rcbs," and
envled our success not little. And here
occurred little l'qca,, which illustrated
so well Colonel Stradella's ideas of discl-
pine and the rights ofothcers that | may
as well mention the affair.
As we filed into camp We were, Of
course, instantly surrounded by crowds of
enlisted men and group Of the officers
stood little further off, While l left
, my squad in charge OF the prisoners ior
an instant, to step up and report to the
Colonel one OF the men began taunting 4
rebel, using towards him some very mean
and unsoldierly ePithets' Al first the
prisoner answered no word but, finally,
ncttlcd at the unmanly insult, he turned
upon his ngSressor exclalmlng; D--n
, you, you're TOO mean lank to notice,
: anyhow Nhereupon our man. brute
=
4 slapped the detenceiess prisoner in the
e lace.
, Colonel Stradella, with his character
i'',C sliar P'i''s ol eye n"u oe'm AoePln9,
i:'!. r'.l H"''" upon 'lea' P'ocIe'inSs iS whH'
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