, 1881-07-23
A housekeeping. Young Nabob Who
Wanted a Room and Didn't
Get II.
Gen. 6herman's Narrow Escape from
Capture at Colliersville,
=. Tenn.
The Famous Raid Of Gen. So0y Smith,
and the Fizzle In Which 1t
Resulted.
For Ins Chteaap Tribune.

stolen march OIL l1te nt1t( gone to Flcks'
burg, was directed by CApt. Fuller to 20 to
Henderson. Tenn., oil tho line Of the Mnbllc
g. Ohio Road, md relieve Mr.. J0e Isl!sl'.
who III turn was ordered to C0rfnth.
There wns mighty little at henderson, to
nttract any ono save Joe, who w0l,lA
apparently have hem satisfied to llave
lived md died right there, could lie lave won
tie affections Of 4 very pretty young ladf
who resided III the immediate vicinity. Therc
were but two companies Of Infantry Mt the
post, md, becoming decidedly loncson,e.
made special endcayurs TO Kct Into Tho good
graces Of Joo's girl, but It was Of 10 usc. The
fact that / had taken his place and that lie
Ind been sent away had evidently been
charged against me; and the little bov who
Ind for Il long time carried notes and many
delcacies hotwccn her t,onso and tic Office,
was out Of business after JoG's departure.
At Germantown II lad beeti my goolt fort
une to make many friends with the officers
al,d men; the quarters were good, and by
pooling with tho ConIinissary and Quarter
master we lived high, 50 IL speak.
W. 4. Thayer, who Ind relieved mo III
April, seemed to be- IN especial favorit Of
tho Superintendent for time. lie wns n
dandy boy by birth nlul education; In
played tho guitar. md sang "Tlie Mocklng-
Bird" with variations, but was, ns we after
wards learned. ns utterly tuyo1d of principle
as one cnnl.t be. As Il telegranller liz was n
travcsty OH tie profession. Appealing TO tllo
Superintendent to return tho. 10 German
town lie complied, atltl returned after IN
absence Of n cnuple of months. Thayer wns
sent to Lafayette for II short time, FROM
which pniMt liz was orturcd to Fort Picker
Ing, Mesnphis, wIcra Inst sAw ltiul. Willie
at The Inter plnce he was lnurrIu,l to a very
pre..y s'I, M aI".n i,u!a!o' A. i =, anu ~ ms'ss
DO said that SIG iiau tho heartfelt sympathy
of every member OF the fraternity. 'rlle next
heard OF Thnycr w,s IN tIle aprtng of lstl,, at
~ .n' WIN ao "as W So ss.sn ,.t !l,u Gu.s's'es'
o1afsoh' a'a sen1ehcet 10 Slnk-s'hc tofa LONE
term. According TO tho newspapers he
Ind prepared for I'M extensive con'lagrat1on.
nthor tns1o :. ,u,,,, t,,r.'a,.;,, a,, ~, ".s
othes tnalefla1s win t"rpehtine ana on, mn
stA1tea t1le iiso III a room III tllo Arcatu BLOCK
one very windy day. and lad nut the ,Ilscov-
,youl,, i,w Ind ,,ts @ ,y,slna rro,,,,",l nr hin
=, M"u'u n"s1 a4 '',s "'s4os e.a1'e". ~ h'!l
II eaN 10 sa'a tlaat NC was wlthost pflheipl0
OF honor. alla II tilcFe Wa5 ono fet!celhifK
tlaiti his character 1t was never detccted
p"5inr s % Mav H a rs tSo nl'lnr troon. flint
Ind So lcnE 5ecm ell toinr I'll guara % and u snrrisoH l
,,,t,, ,t, 49, ,,..,,a ..",.. " ~" T..
hutY a1ohR tha l'nes OF communication III
the department wer"
ORDERED TO TIE SUPPORT OF GEN, nRAST,
vim wns Mt TINT t1nn c1ns,nr II, uu,l,t,,i
ycksrr " Forrest orr. tu was ''unG .1s1aiiy IL % netIvs
however, and tue eavalry co'hn'aln's Of t'ens.
0rierson and llntch wcrc kept busy guar.l-
rest l,ad Invaded Wcst ani Midi" Teunes.
see with portion Of Ills furces. and II, getting
south asaih wns struck hard by Hatch, near
s Moscow SEQ Tenn an and ,etty roughly anasa
5;otch 1,o,xsxsr ,vos sl,nt tLr",,r, sNo.H, ~
..et,' nunusett N"s a',os .n'oukh uhe
body,but retained command during The fight:
lilo recovered from bis wound after several
mouths, nntl n0atn took command Of his
hrlanlc Soon nftnr Tim f,vht at SIosco,y tho
cnafaIoro t.s ,,,,"r sa,,. u a. - n" ts,,n, .o
md George made demonstration OIL Coll
larayllle, nine mics east OF Germantown.
Ear Or1orsn,, ho,,tnr r,,t - r,. ~. hnots fro,r,
po.on non@" ,,.. E w .a 1ro
natoh lsohge wlt'' ms cas0lsy, was tho', at
6crmantow,, and prepared for anything
o'tes' N% ~