Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-02-01
From the Atlan'a Constitution.
A ROGUE in REVIEW.

a RUGUE IN REVIEW.
!; !, Tie Lust Of the CarpetBag De
Uetopers
= AN HOUR WITH N LlTTLEFIELD
| The NORTH CAROLINA FUGIrIyE-
p. HIS Success IN FLORIDA-PEN
, STONED LEGISLATORS SHARP DODGl
FOR HIS CAPTURE AND sHARPEI
ESCAPE OF TEE PRISONER, ETC.
: On any pretty day in Jackson
Vile, Florida. you may see stand
before the Grand National, with
his hands dropped carelessIy il
his pockets, and rich gold tooth
pick shining between his lips
VERY HANDSOME MAN.
He Is, indeed, the handsomesi
man III Florida if not in The whole
South. You will find him an ex-
ce~dinglv sociable fellow and one
hat will charm you heyond
expression with his ready wit, his
ready rdconture, and his sweet
sauve manners. Great extremes
If wealth and poverty meet in this
haudeome debouuaire, standing
there btfote you, chatting of the
old English wits, than in any man
you eau find in Il months journey.
He is living miracle o. up and
down. He Is Il fellow that
HAS CLIMBED AT TIMES
until his eyes were blinded with
the upper lights, and his head
dazzled with iufuite contempla-
ton. He tumblcd, and now lies in
an abyss.
You ask him to walk down the
street with you. lie smiles pleas
antly, twitches his flushing tooth
pick in the sun, and compies.-
Or your right flank tho ST. John
lies throbbing aud painting Within
IT'S banks. Its bosom is covered
with ships of all sorts, from which
You may hear the buzz of the
sailors voices. Ii you could get
ytur handsome friend to step with
you On one of those ships, you
would
BE RICHER BY $4,000
ihan you We're before he sauntered |
tcrrss the gangway plank. !
This man is M. S. Littlefeld,
he great eS-railroad operator. He
t> the Iuost wonderful of nlI those
brilliant but brittle developers
With large watch chains, bright,
gray eyes and Roman noses, that
come South ou the shoulders of !,
,arpet- bag coutituency aud lit the
Hull skies of the reconstruction
period with some Very creditable
mock lightning.
lhe world never saw the equal
'f this squad Of heroics. Napoleon
vas simPiy a different manifesto
ION al the causes that made these
men. He went up to Waterloo by
l ditfe ent roGte-that's all. They
ran through all the startling sur.
orises Just as lie did. He Conquer
ID them they conquered ciicum,
stances. He yielded to Yelling
.on they gave up to fac. With
he last dollar in the bank of no
where, they drew huge sight drafts
N the bank OF anywhere, kite.
ns, when necessary to the bnnk
II somewhere else. With fabby
pockets tut rhrobbin3 brains, ana
1ackb"nes If steel, they went to
he front and took chas ge ut affairs
WITH all the ASSURANCE and grace
hat II Chambold would walk up
he ta'one steps of France, we,e
le To see white flag Hutteringi
'b"ve lie dIadem. Tney were
<Ing> of their time. They ruled
~ tue e.ace of gold. Tuey al
'wered all prlt inquiries with "a
;heck to hearer, and ciosea the
eyes of the lnqnisitlve, laying
1lece OF silver alter the old fashion.
over the sealed eyellds. They
Tapped their hands and palaces
'rose l> ii by magic. They pointed
heir hngers Into forest, and the
rees shat had stood the storms OF
eutnrl' tumbled backward, and
! steam euglue WhIrled its tain of
.ato 'nl"ugh the path that was
feared for 1t. Gold fell from their
lDgeIs. ana their merest acquaiut-
noes were giided over till they
ooked little brass gods
AT last lhe crash came. The
ky-locket having reached its :
llghest poiut, fickered Tor an !.
ns,ant, then flashed u shower If :
reen and gold and red over hall :
be sky, and dropped-a smoky
tlck-ln:o some swamp. Aud
hen people rubbed their ewes
'onderlngIJ, and remarked: ',By !
oye !! thai was splendid |
He GREATEST OF THESE DEVELOP !
ERs,
y all odds, was Littlefied. In a
'outh Carolina he began his t
southern career in the lumber 4
uslness. He soon went to North i