Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-07

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forced to make stand, these cowardly thieves left
CIuseret, Schenck and AIilroy to do the fighting
while they wandered over the country robbing
farm houses and numbering unarmed men.
But my little story has nothing to do with
the march of that army, but seeks to tell what
happened to our unhappy captain left IN com
mand at Petersburg. With him the time wore
on dreGrily enough. His camp was filed with
copperheads an nat1cre3, for he had selected a
stony emnence and from hidden recesses
came out the ugly reptiles at all hours; while
around were the secesh copperheads quite as
malignant if not so poisonous. OF these the fe-
male part were by far the more noisy and dsa-
greeable. Captain - had turn for female
society, being young, handsome, and gallant,
but he soon tired of attempted attentions that
were received in scorn and garnished by such
epirhets as "Lincoln hirelingS," "Yank," and
Lincoln pup"
One sunny afternoon Captain -- was sit
ting, rather reclining, before his tent looking
vacantly at the beautiful scenery stretched out
before him. Below and more Immediately near
were the golden fields shimmering in the sun
light Beyond were the boundless forests with
their deep green foliage, and far out, framing
all in, were the blue SUBMITS of the distant
mountains, that seemed to melt in the soft sum-
mer SKY. 1t was hard to realize that in
this beautiful, peaceful scenery mans evil nal
ture had hidden death in its cruelest forms, and
over all lurked the fiend of war, destroying and
desolating.
Cuptain naau lit'cu Poet.y III MS ill-
~ ,n PtoDa5 az nc. iiG' n "aS III iII
bread and sweet butter instead of the side meat
and hard tack that made his digestion suffer on
the very thought, Whatever his thoughts may
have been, they were interrupted by the guard,
mno' paI''nS oI ni5 GeS Iotnu, SnaIet t ms
cned:
81 say, captain, what the devil is that coming
down the hill yonderY
ny 20 Spinni w. is iee!, anu oIil!Sln-
f.S Ei''SS " h'u 'n0 i"PP''0oS " ouJo5
i'e 5IvS elnot ta ao,,9u ho ,4.ono5 &c. lodi.
T., " M 'iie ueNn' ne iluttcieG' IL LOOKS
NAY ti,e nag VI u, /, uee by ue9rse' II Is nag
Wy n0ise. 555"ilS up seFeI"l vi you' llouiiV-
qG LIZ l. guy. o,oo,
% ue T Tloen was oG Ged as SUCH oIues ee
ale. tne ca2'i w iGuuu nl'iiseii On an ORDERLY
horse instead OF ms own, and two orderlies
gailoPeu altei on S'eeuS hurrleu from Il supply
"4soh. ,.,
1t was I Go nag Vi truce ana Us II aP-
iGu Va ia '''in a. Hept ltT i iauS u.
~ Gg ny oLiJ novelty u te lacl. lle Ieaaer
vi tiie CaEacdue ne met was lnounteu Oh re-
spectaoie, lal-rack lhat added 70 ms gfotesque-
" III tno P"ee ~ ~ Nitsil5
llotses, 'l d;I lue sae ailla ioon rs Il ne nag
ou seach sloe u sepaIale oeluS, aliu narihonlzed
tne t%9 tnlotSii Senel;i slalloiiig 10 move
olie si,'e at, IL. LINZ li,ler was uiesseu III
common putterhut homespun' turned 10 uni
- IL \ -.
tlle suouiuei9, an 0iu-lasiloueu s"oru, thai had
coule uoWl through no eliu oi militia husterS
iioill 'ue leNoIutiol' was sIuns " nis Shouiuer
~ ~ d eo'usioI e" I Sill i his tn'li saIlow
i i m"e su"ueu Wy " , sIoucll
ua., tl1I was uiaue conspicuous ny Whlte ana
t t cogAaQe, lIcsl irou tlle BARNARD, sporting
Lile ts VI az ig9st uGA !. IoosIels ne carried
On It ralilIou Il utty Whlle RAJ, WINE ms TWO
eohlpaniolsi OF escort, as oaaly mounted, one
vi a iii'uS III, tt elo"II ~ heI unGdsIlcss IhaI
eo t, onl5 W 'IeiI 1ea'y Inushets'
~, NapItl.L - c'llle a nall, ana deihahdeu
tuS IeasOli loi t,,is eAtIaoIuIuary na%.
co'iie, sal' VIZ Che FcspoiiSe III luG pureSt
Iotoin4c ulaleet, io'h GJ,leIdl lolhPhlhS, 10
demand the SURRENDER OF fetetSourS'
I'll, ne Ill you uo' WAS captain --s
"'tHtSSque iesy9iise'
=, san .,
wen, you just teil Ienerai lompklhs, lot
me lnat ne wants tnS uou Iorsakeh town,
10 Just come ana take IT,
fely we'll san, tich HehtIal louiphlls III
strGct ile 10 say Ior you 10 remove the women
ana cmidreh, LOT ne VIII open on the place I'M
lHeGialeE'
lei Ueheral iompklnS, Tor me, that as all
inc women ana children are secesh, he can open
and be ID to him, and them too. The more
ne Kills the merrler IL VIII De.
very Weil, san, small so report
And SO saying he grayely saluted the captain,
ana turning, rode away. AS he did so the be-
iiN'N s"NNS'i4y "oiVSuS auu lahiuS INC
olI III iler mouth went on al speed mighty
complimentary to the brood mares of Virginia.
The long legs and arms of the rider went flap
ping out OF sight as the forest closed over them,
and Captain - and his orderlies made the
place ring with their peas of laughter. The
dag OF truce, however, did not respond to this
nerrlment, out soemnly followed the retreating
mare.
Captain - lost no time The long roll was
beaten; the company, hastily drawn up in line,
was supported on either flank by all the sick
and wounded able to stand. The gallant little
force was = informed q that the enemy under COM
raid on Petersburg, that he would probably
which to respond it would be necessary to as.
was responded to by such hearty cheers as the
honest throats of the American soldier-GOd
bless hints always ready to give, and Captain
-, sitting in grim silence on his Steed, waited