The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-01-13
Marrow Escape 3 81 sneral. sher- 81
From the Augusta c. EoustitutlonaIiIsl
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1Thc following ret6rkable anecdote
comes to US from ID esteemed con-
tributor. He says:st1 did not my.
self meet with the adHenture recorded,
but II was narrated tme by . friend,
whose word I ldsymplicitly trust,
ibut whose death has occurred since the
isurrcnder."-ED. ;s.i,%a,
Ono morning, hop II matters not,
four Of my companyspYSslf among the
number, found ours4lyes In the wilds
of South Carolina ; without any knowl.
edge of tho country teparated from
our command, and, ,hsyin IN idea that
sI't US, Gat ii ESst atai dIssct [Os % sSdid bot
tell, as wc werc utterly at loss. This,
1t will be allowed, was situation TAR
from pleasant, but when, in addition,
It Is taken into consideration that we
were enduring the pangs OF hunger
and thirst; that we were weary, heart
and body-completcly broken down
and that We possessed sorrowful con-
sciousness that tho Confcderacy was
near its end, It will be readily imag-
ined that very few jokes and hilarious
remarks enlivened our conversation as
wc logged along. Hunger is q guest
that uses worry little ceremony IN ms
visits. and tho little follow WIS knock.
ing ut our breasts very rndcly, and
clam orously asserting his presence:
He was not to DO put to silence, and
so, for peace sake, we determined to
grant his request. AS If to try us, no
sooner had we agreed to search for
food, than we came to by.path which
branchcd of to tho right Of the road
wo were travelling. 1t looked pronis-
iny, and looking down lcnfy vista, wc
disccrned about thrcc hundred yards
of. unmistakablo signs ofa farmhouse,
and as q thing OF course land flowing
with milk and honey. So. determined
to "stand the hazard Of the die" we
filed otr down the road to breakfast.
We found small farmhouse. In
|habitcd BY an old widow lady, whose
two sons had been killed in Virginia,
and who, with four or five faithful
slaves, still managed to keep her little
farm. In good order. Welcoming us,
for "the snke Of the gray" as she said,
We were soon seated on the grnss plat,
cnjoying a good though homcly meal,
and, under the influence Of her excel.
lent buttcrmilk, corn-brcad and fried
chicken, were rapidly becoming re.
invig0rntcd. Suddenly confusion OF
voices sounded near us, and / caught
tho CLEAN Of sabres and bright uni
forms, as about q dozen cavalry IN
dark bluo Numbered down toward us.
Evidently they had not seen us. a
word and touch, and all four were In
the adjoining thicket, awaiting their
approach. They gallopcd up, and,
ordering breakfast. sat down on o
bench 70 wait for it. felt touch on
my shoulder, and, looking up, saw {"
pale face near my own, with eyes
turned in constrained manner to III
officer on the bench.
IL" the lips whispered. almost
inaudibly, "now is the timo to end the
war. Yonder sits Sherman"
was 80 utterly taken by surprise
that | did not mt first comprehend him,
but gradually rs gazed mechanically
on the officer pointed out to me, / be-
gan to understand TINT tho South's
greatest and most powerful enemy, tho
one who was rapidly wiping her out
Of existence as n nation, who held her
fatc, as 1t were, in tho hollow Of his
hand, who had donc her more evil in
ronr months than all his predecessors
had accomplished in as many years,
waa sitting here serene and uncon-
sciou9 within reach Of my carbine. ]
ut once commenced cautiously to un-
sling Il. The fate Of the Confcderacy,
pcrhnpS, hung on that moment. When,
at this length Of time, think upon
tho awfnl Interests that werc at stake,
MY BRAIN reels and l grow flint The
General arose, unconscious ofhis peril,
and walked with rapid military tread
into the house, followed by his, staff,
and very soon we could SEQ them
through the open window engaged IN
eating breakfast. / was completely
bafflcd, md had no opportunity, nor
had any Of u.s. 10 rcnow our attempts,
as body Of cavalry soon arrived, be-
fore whom. .wo thought 1t prudent to
retire, and accordingly made sudden
retreat. ~. !AUsTRALls.
THE following is tho ministerial Or
der expclling the Jesuits from Spain:
MADRID, Oct. II. !
decree the suppression throughout
tho peninsula and tho adjacent Islands
of the regular order, called Company Of
Jesus. Allthe colleges and training
schools for priests shall be closed IN
threc days, and the temporalities taken
possession Of by persons appointed by
the authorities 'of the provinces In
which these establishments arc situated.
| In this lattor measure will bo included
all the property and cIecta ofthe order:
movable aud unnovable, buildings and
revenues, which shall form part Of tho
national wealth, in conformity With
the provision Of tho royal decree Of the
4th Of July, 1885. Tho members fthe
company shall no: longer: be; able to
meet as body or community to wear
the dress Of tho order, nor TO be in any
way answcrable to the superiors Of the
body existing In, or out Of. Spain.
Tbnao not. ordained az priests shall re.