The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-05-18

vision wagon.
Ydon't remember how I got to the
wagon, but 1 got to ride the balance
OF the evening. That night we stop
ped at town called Brandon, and
were lodged in Jail for safe keeping.
The next night we were camped out
of doors again. Just after we had
got in camp a citizen rode up to
where we were and inquired if any
ofus would like to be turned loose
He sad ifspy of.us would, it would
'be gratifying 20 him, as he had a
pack of hounds that he would take
us In with, and we wouldn't be worth
picking up after we were caught
Nobody requested to be turned loose
just then, to CRAFTY the obliging old
gentleman, so he commenced look
ing around for ''full-blooded Yank.'
He said ne could tell one when he
saw him. His eye rested upon Hen
ry Ingram, regular Missourian.
Henry was red-headed, with red COM
plexion, small-pox-marked. and spoke
the pure, broad "down-South" negro
dialect. The old gentleman eyed
him a while and remarked, 'There's
a Yankl I'll bet my mar that he can
say keow (cow) neowl" ingram step
ped out and said, you're mistaken.
1 am Missourian, sir, and you are
no gentleman, or you wouldn't insult
unarmed prisoners.
The old gentleman saw he had
made bad shot that time, and want
ed to buster little, so he jerked
out a revolver and presented it at
Ingram, and began abusing him for
his disloyalty to the South. Henry
showed pluck. He opened his jack
ct, dared him to shoot, and called
him a coward The officer that had
us in charge stepped up and order
ed the old gentleman to put up his
revolver and leave the camp if he
couldn't behave himself, f he want
ed to shoot anybody, to go to the
front, where the wild Yanks stayed.
Nothing more of interest happen
ed until we landed at Meridian, with
the exception of the last days march.
The big Alabamian would march by
the side of Billy Marooney. Billy
would change sides of the road, and
big Alabama ditto. Along in the
evening" Alabama got Billy cornered.
Poor fellow! he was scared. He
thought his time had come, and he
would be denounced as a deserter
and taken out and made to face half
D dozen well-charged muskets. As
soon as Alabama could speak to Bill
ly unobserved, he says to him,
Il know you, Marooney."
''I don't behave YOU do" was the !
answer.
Yes I do, and have known you all
the time"
"And now, will ye be after telling
on me?'
''No, sir, I won't tell on you, for I
wish was in the Union lines myself.
I never saw such a change as there
was in Marooney's countenance. He
got better Immediately.
Billy Splitter discovered an uncle
of his at Meridian, but the old gen.
tleman wouldn't agree to help Billy, |
unless he would renounee his ale
glance to the Federal Government,
which Billy had the patriotism to
decline. He told his uncle he would
rather be a prisoner than rebel.
At Meridian we were put aboard
of the cars, the first we had seen in
crossing the,,State of Mississippi, and
started for Demopolis, Alabama.
The first station we stepped at, q
very MISUNDERSTANDING lady and
gentleman stepped aboard of the car
we were occupying, and as the lady
took her seat the brakeman told her
that we were Yankee prisoners. She
jumped as quick as if she had been
shot and exclaimed, ''People say that
they are lousy" She snatched up
her dress about eighteen inches from
the floor, and passed through the car
to the other door with about as few
steps as it was possible for lady to
take in going the length of a car.
don't think any of the pestiferous
insects got hold of her.
We arrived at Demopolis on the
Tombigee river, all right. We had
to lay over one day for transporta-
ton, and put in our spare time in
pipes ont of a peculiar kind
of soap stone. 1t was so soft that
you could cut it out with a knife,
and burn it hard without cracking.
While we were at Demopolis we
took the cars for Selma, Ala, and
here we passed through the most
beautiful country 1 ever saw. The
famous blue grass region of Ky, or
the grand prairie of Illirois, are not
to be compared to the section be-
tween Demopolis and Selma. We
arrived safe at Selma. We had been
travelling and felt in better spirits,