The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-23

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case it should have been able 10 crt4a ~,
trans.M Mississippi Department, and then
uniting with the armies of E. X. Smith
aud Magyuder to form ar -rnv. which
in the portion Of that country aboui,iine
in supSI:S4 aad deficient in rivers and
railroads, could have continued the war
until our enemy, foiled In the purpose of
suDiugatiop, should, in accordance with
his repeated declaration, have agreed on
the basls of o return TO the Union, to
acknowledge the constitutional rights OF
the States aud by q convention or auasi
treaty TO guarantee security Of person
and property.
THE CAPTURE OF NR. DAvIs.
The account Of the fleeing Prcsidenps
capture is beat told In his own words, as
follows:
"After short time was hailed by q
voice which I recognized as that of my
private secretary, who informed me that
the marauders had been hanging around
the camp, and that he aud others were
on post around 1t and wore expecting an
assault as soon as the moon went down.
A silly story had got abroad that it was
o treasure train, and auri sdcro fdn,es
had probably instigated these marauders.
as II subsequently stimulated Gen. j, II.
Wilson to send out large force to cap.
ture the came train. For the protection
Of my family travelled with them two
or three days, when believing that they
had passed out of the region of ularaud.
ers, determined to leave their encanp-
ment at night-fail, to execute my origi.
nal purpose. My horse, and those of nv
party proper, were saddled preparatory
TO start, when one of my ataff, who hsd
ridden into the aeighboring village.
returned and told me thnt he haa heard
that marauding party intended to
attack the camp that night. This Geeid.
ed mo TO wait long enough to see If there
was any truth In the ruEcr. which !
supposed would be ascertained in O rev
hous. Ny horse remained Baddled and
my pistnls in the holsters, and Law
down fully dressed t rest. Nothing
occurred to rouse ma until just before
dawn. when my coachman, free colored
man, who faithfully elung to our for
tunes, came and told mo that there was
firing over the branch just behind our
encampment. I atepped out ofmy wife's
tent and saw some horsemeu who i'm.
med'ately recoguized "a cavalry. deploy-
ing around the encampment. turned
back and told my wife these we're not the
expected marauders, but regular tYonp-
ers. She implored me to leave her at
once. hesitated from unwillingness
to Go so, and lost few precious mo.
menss before yielding to her importantly.
My horse and aYma were nenr: the rnnd
on which I expected to leave, and down
which the cavalry approached; it was
therefore impracticable TO reach them.
was compelled to start in the opposite
direction. Ae it was quite dark iu the
tent, picked up what was supposed tn
be my raglan" q waterproof, light
overcoat, without sleeves; it was subse.
quently found to be my wife's, 30 very
like my own as 20 Us mistaken for it;
40 started, my wife thoughtfuliy threw
over my head and shoulders shawl. I
had gone perhaps fifleen or twenty yards
when q trooper galloped up and ordered
me to halt and surrender, 10 which
gave defiant answer, aud dropping the
shawl and raglan from my shoulders.
advanced toward him. He levelled his
carbine at me, but I expected if he fired
be :=soa!a mics ne, ant my intention was
in that event to put my hand under his
foot, tumble him OFF on the other side.
spring into his saddle and attempt to ca.
cape. My wife, who had been watch
Ing, when she saw the soldier aim his
carbine OF me, ran forward and throw
her arms around me. Success depended
ON instantaneous action, and, recognizing
that the opportunity had been ,os., /
turned back, and ihe morning being
damp and chilly, passed on to !. fire be-:
yond the tent. Our pureuens had taken
different roads, and approached our camp
from opposite directions they encoun.
tered eash other aud commenced firing.
both snpposing they had met our armed
escort, and some casualties resulted
from their conflict with an imaginary
body of Confederate troops. During
the confnsion,l while attention was con.
centrated upon myself, except by those
who were engaged iu pillage, one of my
aides, Col. j. Taylor Wood, with Lieni.
Barnwell, walked OF unobaerved. His
dariDg expIoits on the sea had made him
on tho part Of the Federal Government
an OF tect OF special hostility, and render.
ed 1t Nuite proper that he should avail
himse.F every possible means of
escape. Col. Pritchard went over TO their
battlefield, and ! did not Gee him for
long time, surely more than an hour
atter my capture. He subsequently
claimed credit, in conversation with
me, for the forbearance shown by his
men in not shooting me when I refused
to surrender.
i"Wilsnn and others have uttered
many falsehoods in regard 60 my capture.
which have been exposed in ,,ublica.
tionR by persons there preaent--by Sec.
retary Reagan, by the liiembersn COT my
personal staff, and by the colored coach
mai, ), N Johes, which must have been
convincing 10 ell who were not given
over to bsiiere q lie. For this reason
will postpone to some other time and
mora appropriate place any further
notice of the story and its variations, all
the spawn of n1alignity that ehamea
the civilization Of the age. We we're,
when prisoners. subjected to petty pill
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