The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-29

Remarked bile Faculties OF Q Union
Scout and Spy.

From the Buffalo Express.
One cf the most remarkable pri
vate soldiers on either side ia the late
var was u Young man nsm-d Tom
Kelley. a private in the Second Mich
iigan infantry. The remarkable mau
began with bis build. He had arms q
full hand longer than any man who
could be found. He had 20 more
backbon than snake, and could al.
most tie himself in a knot. He could
tell the date on q silver dollar held
twenty feet away. and he could hear
every word Ut q conversation in Q
common tone of voice acruss a street.
He could run half mile ~ fast ss
any horse could gallop, and there was
a standing offer Of $40 tp any man
who could hold him down. On . bet
Of Il box Of ssrdines he once passed
six sentinels within an hour. On an
other occasion he entered the coioneIIs
tent and brought away the officers
boots.
When Toms remarkable quali6ca-
tions were discovered he was detailed
AS a scout and spy. and was changed
from one department IL another. In
the capacity Ut spy he entered Rich.
mond three times. He entered Vicks-
burg and preached = sermon to the
soldiers a week before the surrender
He Was in New Orleans five DAYS be-
fore that city wss taken. He was q
man who firmly believed that be could
not Ike killed by an enemy, and he
governed bis movements accordingly.
While under the orders of Gen.
Hooker. Kelley proved on several &C.
casions that he could see further with
the naked eve than any officer could
with field g:sss If he could get q
place of concealment within fifiy feet
of picket. he could catch the coun.
tersigp. He visited Lookout noun
tain. intending TO spike A. many of
the confederate guns as possible. H..
disguise was that Of farmer who had
been driven from home by the union
forces. The enemy somehow got a sus-
p;cion Of him, and he vas placed in
the guard house for the night. There
was . sentinel ut the door, and Others
near by standing guard over guns and
stores. but it Was all the same to
Kelley. With an old tin plate for |
use as shovel and scoop. he burrowed !
out at the back end 6f the building, |
and walked up to two pieces Of artii- !
lery and spiked both before any alarm
was raised, when the sentinels began
firing at him he ran out Of camp. but
before he wss clear Of il he was fred
upon fifty times.
Kelley Was once captured when
,sleep BY Missouri guerriIlas. When
he opened his eyes he was surrounded
by FIVE or six men On foot and others
IN the saddle Ii was under q tree in
IN open field and he had bsen tracked
~ . dog. AZ he rose np At their
be resorted to his wonder
ul skill as a gymnast. BY Goaging
md twisting and Jumping. he got out
# the crowd. pulled . man ID his
addIc, and would have escaped had
'ot the dog faetened to his leg. He
vas then put under guard in q lcg
'ouse with only one room. Two sen.
ineIs eat at the door with revolver in
heir hands, and kept watch Of his
very movement. After an hour or I
wo Kelley approached as il to offer !!
hem tobscco. and jumped clear over I
heir heads like deer. He had half {
mile Of open field to eros, and be |
rossed it under the Ere of Q score of
,uskets and revolvers without being !
it.
During his three years and Q half i
the service Kelly captured 6fty-tvo >
and turned them over % {
He himself Wa captured =
I'd escaped Eve times. Az . Spy he J
atered moro than thirty confederate q
lmps and forts. He was fred upon o
least 1000 times. and vet vas J
ever wounded. He said that be .
ould never die By the hands of an d
'emy, and bis prophecy came true. {!
! the last year OF the var, while q
ringing q captured confederate scout q
to camp, both were killed within d
rty rods Of the union lines By . bolt D
tightening.
-Casee in which the heart u 1eak and
regular in action, ere sooa ssssosed to u
alsh snd regularity By Fsllos5 Syrup Of
yPoPbospbiiea. Az pessoos whose heart. q
tion d feeble are most ssoeptibls 70 lie q
a0ence Of cold, Il 10 u ~ sdvset Of IL q