Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-15
BRICK POMEROY.
How he Went for Cotton when Soldier
ing-A Hard StOry-Briek's Achieve.
ments on the Tented Field. 6

PINE RIDGE, ARK, August Is, 1872.
EDITORS APPEAL-It happened this
morning, in looking over my last num-
Der ofthe APPEAL, that l saw an article
on the youthful veracity of M. M. Pom
eroy, which reminds me of a bit of a
l~transaction of the redoubtable Brick in
time of the late war, while be and both
wore the yellow on Il shoulder, that
was the insignia of rank in the Federal
army Brick was known as Captain
POmeroy, of the Second Wisconsin Cav
airy Volunteers, and I was an officer in
the Fifth Illinois Cavalry Volunteers.
Nv story is about this:-In January,
1858, I was in camp with my company,
ION the plantation of D. Pike, near the
town of Clarendon, Arkansas; and the.
old man had five bales of eOttOR-two in
a little stable where / was qpartered,
and two cut by the fence near BY, and
one in q pOtatO-hOuse. One evening,
about nine o'clock, Captain PomerOy
came after the cotton where L was
chartered, saving he had bought il of
Mr.. Pike; but i had 50 little faith in
those officers who were Specializing in
cotton, that I refused to let him have it
until 1 got Mr.. Pixies orders; and while
I and the gallant Brick Captain POme-
roy were quarreling about the matter,
the old man Pike came up, and
BRICK GOT THE COTTON,
which was the last 1 heard of the
matter for some weeks, when
the old man Pike put in an appearance
at my quarters, near Helena, to find out
who got his cotton, and told me the fol-
lowing story: az sold the cotton to that
man, and he was to go in the evening
and get il, to keep our folks from know
ing / had sold il, and / was to 60 down
to the boat and get my pay. ] went to
the boat, and he paid me eighty dollars,
and said he would pay the balance when
his partner came on board. l waited
until the boat started, the next morn
ing, and the money was not paid, so |
thought
IwoULD FREEZE TO THEM
until L got my pay, If 1 had 10 go to
Helena. The boat started, and when it
had got a few miles, l wa reported to
the Captain Of the boat as a spy, and he
landed me at Rock Roe ferry, on the
opposite side of the river from home,
and, the river being high, / had to walk
to Duvalls Bluff, and there make a raft
and come down the river, to get home,
hAAANA DDuh lhC DNHEldA Nayo AoAo WIN
and expense" The above is the old
mans history Of the transaction. Then he
asked my advice as to the proper course
10 pursue, in order 10 get the pay for his
as it was all he had to get
anything for his family to live on. 1
vent him to the Provost Marshal's II
10 not remember who he was), and
N a few days Brick took his notorious
exit from General Printiss's lines, which
the scene Of the cotton matter;
but the old nan Pike never got his
money, so he told me since l moved to
this State. He is still living, and if any
wish TO know all about the matter they
find out by addressing him at Clar-
Monroe county, Arkansas, and
what he says I will vOUcb for; and if
of those Southern people think
is their friend for anything but
her money 1 think they are badly mis-
as his s~peculations in cotton and
medicine while he was a Captain in the
army of the United States showed to
officers like myself who had not the
TO speculate. A CITIZEN.