The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-08-03

there was OF IL. We knew we could take
: Vicksburg, and knew when il would be
taken before Wall street did. We knew
the Missippi would 60 down. so we could
, land on the rebel side 1--WE had already
, landed on the other side). and know that
when we did land on their side there
would be trouble So in April we organ
lied together, a number of our officers.
and formed q club [laughterl. all drew
our pay and got all the money we could
We all put in this money. our pay as sol
diers, and made purse Of il, and sent a
man to Wall street TO sell gold short at
sellers option on ninety days, and put up
our money as margins. 1t was simply
bet on our part that we could take
Vicksburg, and that we would do il, and
bet on Wall streets part that we could
mt and wouldn't We staked our lives,
too, on top OF the bet We did take
Vicksburg. Great cheering, frequently
repeated. The river went down, and
We went in. lRenewed cheers We
won our bet. and Wall street lost
Laughter. We made money, made
money, lots Of il, and ] am glad Of il. 1t
served a good purpose to the Union, too
as well as to our pockets. IL was not
known the day our gold was sold whose
it was. But the next morning il was an.
I
was the money Of the Union officers be.
fore Vicksburg. their bet virtually that
they would take Vicksburg. In twenty
four hours gold went down fifteen cents
| [Cheers. Some of the noble men who
fell at Nicksburg were in "the club and
their families to-day are saved from pow
erty by the profit Of this soldiers bet
with Wall street. [Subdued applause.
/ You may call il bet, and morally wrong,
il you choose. / am willing to accept
the responsibility Of il as il is [Ap-
plause So / did speculate in gold
while / was actually at the head Of my
division, and that one charge is true.
Laughter.
THE BURNING or RICH REBELS HOUSES.
Another charge is that am q house
burner. The news that / have left the
Democratic party seems to have got away
down in the old rebel country, and some
one down on the lower Mississippi writes
to st. Louis paper, wondering IL ! am
"the Gen. Tuttle whose troops, on the
march from Milliken's Bend to Grand
Gulf, burned so many fine houses on
Lake St. Joseph, among them the finest
residence in all the Southern country.
that Of Col. Bowie, the inventor Of the
famous Bowie-knife. / am the man,
much laughter and applausel ]. the same
Gen. Tuttle who with his boys went
along there. Nearly all the houses were
burned before my command came up |
The Bowie mansion was not. was in t. |
1t was the grandest house ! ever saw or
read about The house and furniture are |
said to have cost S5O0.0O0. The uphol- |
stering was grand beyond all description. |
/ found a number OF Union soldiers in |
the house. belonging to Steele's Division, |
which was just ahead Of mine. They /
were lounging around in their muddy |
boots, enjoying the luxuries. / sent |
them on to their command. and passed |
on with the head OF my division. Ny |
command was probably five miles long, |
along the road. After about half the /
division had passed, and | was about two /
or three miles away, / looked back, at |
tracted by an immense blaze, and the |
Bowie house was gone.
/ suppose il was burned by some Of my |
boys. | do not doubt il. Some Of my |
soldiers-of Iowa regiments. too.-were
Just out of a rebel prison, with all of its /
tortures fresh in their minds-and this |
was their first march. They remembered |
well, and they probably knew something |
about il. Our orders were all against |
burning the houses. / suppose we could /
have prevented their burning, too, IL we /
had made il a speciality Laughter. ] |
But we had another speciality on hand /
just then. Renewed laughter This is
my record as q house-burner
TIE STEALING WOOD CHARGE.
They charge me. too. with stealing
wood, and name the amount-twenty
cords The amount is right. LGreat !
laughter.l | got the wood. [Renewed
laughter Philo there (pointing to Mr.
Case. the drummer OF the martial band
present, sitting at one side. rnd who was
Iowa) knows about that Also Mr.. i
Moore, sitting there, (pointing to Mr. w
s. Moore. of the Second) knows about il,
too and was there. Both of you helped
load the wood-helped me to steal il.
Mr.. Case-"That's So General The
Second Iowa can swear to that" The
circumstances were these:
/ was ordered to take my regiment \
and proceed to Paducah and join feet
going up the Tennessee River to take
Fort Henry At Cairo | learned that /
Fort Henry was taken. My orders were 1
changed to proceed 10 Smithland, and /
Join the fleet going up the Cumberland /
River to Fort Donelson. The officers Of i
the steamboat that / was on with my
regiment were bitter rebels. and sought 1
every opportunity to delay US, so that /
we couldn't reach there in time. When |
we arrived at Smithland, the feet had /
been gone six hours. The captain Of the /
boat said he had no Cumberland River /
pilot, and couldn't 90 up that river. i /
forced him to 60 at the point OF the bay /
onet, and placed a file of soldiers in front /
4 = 4. =
low the captain and pilot TO live a minute /
il any accident happened to the boat. |
TCheers.1 Capt Mills, Of Des Moines, az |
terwards Colonel. was officer OF the day |
and had charge OF the squad. and all who |
knew that noble man and heroic soldier |
knew that he would have performed his |
duty. But we bad not been going long
till one Of my soldiers. who was an old
steamboatman, told me that the Captain
was playing il on me" and there wasn't
half a cord Of wood on the boat altogeth-
er, and that the purpose was 10 run out
OF wood at some point beyond the reach
Of fuel. and so prevent our getting to
Fort Donelson.
began to watch for wood. Laugh
ter. Soon saw some-this same TWEEN
ty cords. ordered the captain to land
the boat for the wood. He protested
that he didn't need il, that he had plenty
Of it, / told him he could pull ashore or
pull hemp. Laughter He landed the
boat. LCheers. A fussy old rebel was
on the spot, the owner Of the wood. The
captain asked him If he would sell it
with a rebel wink. The owner, of course,
said no. / said we would take il without
making a bargain. He said we couldn't
take it. / replied perhaps we couldnt,
/ but we would try. Laughter. We
/ triad and averv man in the reuimeut