The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-13

ever "a FOR colEeDltnCt : tlC AllTl person 1
IL the following narrative. =. -
toNTINJ ALTON. ten. Warren hap
pened 10 be taking a nap on a pile OF blan-
kets at the foot OF u tree. and the sentry
pacing TO and tro refused 10 awaken hun.
This was fortunate Tor the prisoner be-
cause his guards. fearing their regiment
would move of insisted on turning him
over 10 the custody OF the headquarters
troop, leaving only the unstg,cd note word
ed about as follows-'I send this man 10 be
examined he is a rebel officer, and was Ia
ken inside of our outposts. When the
General awOke no one could tell what com
mand had sent In the captive; and amid
the inquiries, ten. Burnside rode up. He
looked like an British officer having the
beetv face and form, heavy side whiSker-,
and stout. bob tailed nag, just as seen in old
English pictures. Both he and Gen. War
rem pressed the prisoner very closely, but
elected nothing except the retUctont ~
admission that Lee was steadily receiving
reintorcements, and meant to repeat the
story Of Fredericksburg as often as Grant
felt like assailing his lines. Seeing that
nothing was to be gained by such question
ing, they ordered him to be taken to Brig
Gen. Patrick. Provost Marshal OF the Army,
until further investigation Of the cIrcum-
| stances of his capture. A Wearisome march
VI a 81 uOLCu ullIC u us
to Patrick s headquarters. The close array
OF tents, sutIer booths, wagon camps. and
artillery parks, on each side of the narrow
country rad made it seem like walking
through the streets of a city and Lieut..
$. rejecting on the thin line of half-clad,
half fed, t~entless, and warwor Southerners
confronting this formidable host, felt for the
first time that the cause was lost unless
some extraordinary interposition of Provi-
dence. or Great Britain, should turn the
tables.
even more marked In the scene he was about
to witness. A drenching storm had set III,
on which account, no doubt, Gen Grant,
with half a dozen of his staff, had stopped
at Patrick quarters, and We're taking lunch
under an enormou t~ent-hy, stretched as ar
awning. All were seated around a table
sriendidly spread with delicacies then IN
Known IN Dixie, and very tempting to &
youth who had eaten nothing since the pre-.
yious noon. As the cigars and brandy
course In the bill of fare had been reached
the whole party were laughing and Joking
regardless of the weather, or Of the lac
that more than one Thousand OF their peo
dupes were lying unburicd between tn
lines. One could not imagine Gen. Lee
thus enjoying himself even after a grea
yictOry-much less a series of daily defeats
such as had bathed the whole country iron
~Rappahannock to the Chicakahoniuy IN hu
man blood!
THE INsoLENCE OF OFfIck.
On reaching the ron Of the awning
Lieut.. S. stepped slightly under 1t rim t
escape the drenching rain. Stand back
Get out o here. Contound your impu
dence .'-bawled one Of the party, a puff
and pompous major. as he waddied forward
-sSergeant, who this fellow He's
johnny, and he says he is an officer
Looks more like a scare-crow, grun1
ed the jackanapeS, cycling my well wor
garments, wet, b~edraggled, and stained b
the swamp muck,-''Who are you"
8 Lieutenant Randolph $, iii OH :,
and a gentleman, who has never ins,ltci a
helpless prisoner, was the reply.
You talk mighty big, but there ipf>
your fellows deserving every day. ut
Bull-Pen full Of them down III the teI
yonder right now.
Birds OF i feather. We don't Wal
!, such trash, said the prisoner.
Here, Gen. Patrick, who had been Iea.
o ing the paper, said-''Take this man
u Col. -, aud have him put IN irons till v
e get ready to deal with him!
Accordingly, d strong guard escorted ii
:. wretched youth half d dozen miles fartht
), through the sand aud rain to the ticaiqua
tiers Of the 10Th New ! ork State Troop
} A cayalryman rode in front. and two iii rea
e all having carbines across their knees, j
n that there could he ~ thought "t e@.aI
( even if he had been physically stI. 10 a
y tempt 1t.
e GRIZZLY M4ilTtt Aftb.
IL was nearly midnight when TIE cavs
! cade drew up at an old tnal-ion, %=urround.
= by once handsome grounds, and the Sc
{ geant weut inside to report t. the colop
The prisoner was So exhausted being no
two lays without food that he sat down
: the mud, and almost fell asleep. with II
q rain pouring down his neck AMI back. !
| length the Centurion Of t e guard return
Q with the Caitif ofthc Castle, whereupon ii
= captive was cast into the dungeon. that is
- IN nld naarn cabin "a filthy Oh uuife