The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-27

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well, said, amy own opinion Is that the
quicker wemoye, now, the BETTER 60 $50
"Right,' was Stuart's reply; "go to tho
head . !. q the column and tell 1t to move on at a
The order was delivered, and also that to
Col. Fltz Lee, who sounded Ito horse" and
| follOwed-the movements Of his men some
| what FASTENED, no doubt, BY the report that
one of the. burning tents contained q large
quantity Of powder. rejoined Stuart at tho
that he had fully resolved to ride around the
Federal army 1t was neck or nothing. In
twenty-fOur hours the whole command would
By dead or captured, or would have escaped.
Stuart had plainly determined to take the
chances, and was moving steadily toward the
/ York River Railroad, connecting the Federal
| army with It's base at the aWhite House"
| landing on the Pamunkee.
| FALSE ALARM AND SOME FUN.
| Everything was now On the qti vive, IS an
! attack might take place at any moment either
on the front or rear. A langhable Incident
proved that the men were looking for one, and
| that Stuart expected 1t would come from the
rear, as he sent me to Colonel Martin, COM
handing there, with The message:
TELL him to have his artillery ready and
| look out for on attack Of any moment"
was riding back after dell ering this order
when cry passed along the line:
Yankees In the rearl'
Sabres flashed out horses wheeled, AMI then
alarm was false. Many Incidents followed on
| the line Of march. The people ran from their
| houses, delighted at the sight Of gray coats
In that blue infested region, and the men
girl who fastened UP and threw her arms
around the neck OF q brother In the column,
kissing him and crying with delight. Another
| incident was the capture OF q wagon full oil
champagne and other luxuries ON Its way
from The Pamunkee to the. quarters Of o
Federal general, aud keg OF whisky, which
was part Of the cargo, played All important
part in rescuing one Of the Confederate cannon
This had sunk into q bottomless mudhole or
the low grounds and was buried to the axle
efforts to drag it out but could not succeed
| At this crisis one OF the men, evidently OF
Dutch origin, cried to Lieutenant McGregor,
com handing the guns:
But Just put that key Of whisky on the gun
only pull through
The scheme was at once adopted and the
the cannoneers rushed into the mudRole,
seized the gun-carrage and lifted 1t bodily
to firm ground. As 1t mounted and was safe,
presume the key was dlsnounted. / do not
remember, having ridden on. The alarm was
now given and wagons we're seen hurrying 10
every direction. They were overtaken, rihed
and set on flre--a fate shared by two or three
Federal transports on the river, from which
a dense black smoke arose. We were now In
sight OF Tunstal s--the railway crossing
where q heavy picket was stationed. This
WAS charged at once and retreated rapidly,
the officer ID command falling into the hands
81 the Confedeiates. He had Just filled hid
eous looking wooden pipe, and was about to
him to surrender.
II want to SMOKE growled the Federal
captain. greatly disgusted. apparently, at his
capture.
80 do l." was the retort
"The pipe Is my own property
.'Oh what q mistake T. responded the other,
reaching from the saddle and taking the pipe,
which ne placed between bis own lips.
FIRING INTO TRAIN.
The railway crossing was now In Stuart's
possession, and under the quick blows OF the
axes the telegraph poles were soon crashing
down. An attempt was also made to burn d
small bridge near BY, but the timbers were
too damp. In tue midst Of all this scene of
hustle shril whistle was heard from the d.
rection of the Chickahominy; railway train
seen coming around wooded bend. A loud
order to halt was given, but the train did not
stop. On the contrary, steam was crowded
on, and 1t shot BY ia the midst Of q fusilade,
on the train and killed the engineer. In a
moment 1t disappeared. and getting his men
into column again, Stuart pushed on toward
the, village OF Talleysville, directly In the
temptation to attack and destroy the great
depot Of stores at the White House was al
most Irresistible, but the risk was too great
and, looking at the situation afteWard, with
full information OF the state or affairs, It was
obvious that this movement must have re-
suited In his capture or destruction. He
rightly determined to move without delay in |
the direction OF the lower fords OF the Chcka- |
hominy, and did SO just as night was coming |
having first burned huge wagon camp IN q
field near. They we're loaded with grain, cof- |
fee and other Stores which were all burned. |
In the horse-trough OF one OF the wagons | |
found a volume OF poems with the name OF |
Its owner-a young lady Of Williamsburg on
the hy-leaf, which gave me an elevated idea |
Of the tastes OF the wagon drivers.
We reached Talleysville about midnight and |
the men proceeded to rifle a suffers store O.
edibles Of every description-beef tongues,
canned meats, pickles, candy, tomato catsup,
preserves, lemons, cakes, sausages, moasses,
crackers and other stores, and 81 were now
In fine spirits. In the morning, when, we went
whole command cut to pieces This same
friend was now In the most hopeful and cheer-
full # moods. After brief rest the column
had occurred IN connection with friend of
mine living near, which he had ample reason
to deplore. Having near relative,
a lady living in the direction Of the Chicka-
hOmlny, asked PERMISSION OF Stuart 10 make
the attempt to see her. st was out Of the
question" he replied, II would certainly be
captured. 1 could send her note through
Dr. H, living near" and as 1 knew the
Doctor, proceeded to his house for the pur
pose He was lurking under some trees near
his house, on the lookout, and he at first took
meas he afterWard told me-for "a Yankee"
| made M self known telling him my errand,
and was soon writing the note for my relative
In the Federal lines, while the Doctor. oppo-
site me, was writing letter to his wife, who
was Ia the Confederate lines The notes were
soon finished; we exchanged what we had
written, and then took my departure after
drinking a glass Of water, brought by
y-looking negro. Ny visit had disastrous
results, as found on meeting the Doctor
month or two afterward in our lines. He was
IS thin and pale as a ghost, and / asked him
Il he had been sick.
mot exactly SICK" he replied; II have
been starving for three weeks IN Fortress