The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-03-20
The Lost Cause.
By PAUL II. HAYNE.

When Shcrman's army was pass ing
through Nol thern Gcorgia, u small
detachment or the 9th Connecticut
Cavalry, that, as foragors, had wan.
dered from the main body, stopped at
the house Of u wi io.S yWpnLn, namcd
Hollls. Tho widow had we'll stock.
ed poultry yard, and umber, Of
pet pigs, which Of cou:se the Yankees
at onco appropriated to their own
use.
Now, let the reader un1ers taud
TIL It 'i"o,g'a farmer's wife UoEs
upoa the dog, great or sma II, as a
s.creu an.m.l! Never did anc lent
E4yptaln .rd = t,e Croc)lile, or
N ID era I}tAnlniu tnc IS ,rardotul GOV
wtthasvmoresaof&sre reverential com pl T.
oency. s}i.en.l 20. s,-.E
IL may,. therefore, be supposed that
our widow was terribly 'ini,gnact
when she saw ncr pigs, one BY onc,
subjected to the'"sharp sniff" Of cord
and knife.
3 AT last, when the Yankee corpo raj
seized upon a pretty. brown all whtc
grunter-hcr especial f.vorltc Ind
made preparations to exe5ut, him,
her patience entirely gave way. She
rus he'd forward, tore the struggling
and squcakilg innocent from tns
grasp of his torMe.t,r, and poured
out such torrent of abuse, tnat all
the spectators stood agNn t!
= lnf tead of apprcclatIns th, fan Of
the thing, however, the c"rroral wax.
ed absurdly angry, a"a a GiSag.I Q .Oie
scene followei. The p,or woMai vas
treated with gross ind,yhi;>, aud the
enemy went ~ far as 70 threaten the
burning Of the house and premises.
Mrs. Hollis, like IL s ::slblo woman
pretencd to yie.d. She abandvncd
everything to The NJ .raudvrs.
But it h.ppcaed that company Of
boys had been organized In the
nclghborhood and were tuon within
&C.," said Mrs. Hollis. to her
daughter, Bstsy, 60, and tell. Ton
BIakely and the rest to comc and help
me-"
Betsy mounted or n mule, rode
away uuobserved, and nighlfall, re
turned With tpcse juyenillc su1r,llas
to back her.
They waited until the Yankees had
drunk themselves noArly blind with
corn whisky found in an out house,
when rushing into tho trout parlor,
they attacked them, shot one non.com.
missed ofliyer dead, wounded several
priyates,. and put the remainder TO
fight :! Three Of the Yankees horses
were captured, and CANVASS bag,
containing groenbacks to the amount
of $3.50.
Pretty we'll, for half score of in
experienced boys, the eldest of whum
was not II years old
GENERAL MAXEY GREGG. ANECDoTE.
Sunday morning, May 2nd, the
CreDshaw Battery commanded by
Captain w. G Crenshaw, Of Rich
mond, took its departure from Camp
Lee, for the seat of war near Frede-
ricksburg. We arrived at our des-
tination about III O'clock that evening
and after unloading the cars, took up
our bed, for, the first time on tho
ground, iu the defeuoo of the South :
sone to sleep. other to think of the
dear ones lett. behind. i 70 s'i.-,
., The following day was cheerlesa
one, and we were ordered'to 'go into
camp, asqnarter Of mile distant from
the Turnout WSummitts''), on a neigh
boring hill The camp was an excel
lent Zone but tho grcuud was wet and
sobby. The whole day was devoted
to pitching our tents, and making
everything as comlortabler as possl-
BILE.
- On Tuesday, we were to be review
cd Brisadier General Maxcy Gregg,
to whose brlgaie we i Scre a.signed.
VI COURSE there was some fixing
done, SO AS 10 present. n fine appear
ahce and a good acal of curiosity
existed in the breasts Of the' 'unini.la.
ted, as to the manner Of doing it, and
what sort Of a General was 70 coin
'rnand u.s. t"t"''' f"n." T. t'i''~'o
. At the hour appointed, Ol o'clock)
we were on the gr5uad, and shortly
after General Gregg and staff made
their appearance. 1t is VOL kno sn
that the General" was Just o lestle
deaf. i On thisroccas sibn, 1when Can't.
Uronshaw> would address him, ho fre-
quently. replied, "a little, louder; !;
epfeYalks little louder, Captain" "a
-. Afters review, Capt. 1. Crenshay
asked him if he would kindly, ride
oyer to big quarters,a and partuke of
some refreshm ent,.l The Capt. kept
Q splendid article Of .Cognac.) This
inyitation vas delivered in tone Of
yoioe smuarReedly lower than usnal.sbut
to overybody,s intense amusement the
General briskly replied
"Thank you, Captain certainly,