The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-07-13

|
day will come Bringing more substantial
aggregated wealth without than witt, ,
protective tariff.
War Telegraphing.
The Union army in 1862 lay camped
On the north bank of the Rappahannock
opposite what was to be to the Union
eoloiers the disastrous feld of Freder
icksDurg. On the bank of the river, in
!no extreme front of the Union line, stood
lhe house of Mrs. Gray, long, rambling
stone building: whose front of three sto.
ries faced the river. The roof sloped
steepiy toward the rear, while the stone
side was but one story high. Mrs. Gray
herself an elderly widow, received the
Union advance with every demonstration
OF welcome. and in the course Of time il
became fnvorite rendezvous for young
oihcers. A prime cause for this aside
from AIRS. Gray's cheerful hearth and
good fare, was the beauty of her daugh-
ter Sallie, brunette of perhaps twenty
years, a young lieutenant was badly
wounded by those batteries, and spent all
ms spare time at the feet of the fair
Southerner, who professed such sympathy
| WIN Vic OulOu cause.
Late one rainy night sentinel pacing
back and forth before the stone front Of
the Gray house heard q faint but sharp
Doise cutting the air. 1t sounded like
the click of telegraph instrument and
seemed to come from beneath his feet.
Greatly perplexed he called the sergeant
OF the guard. They listened carefully
and were presently Joined by tho gallant
lover. of Sallie Gray. Conviction of
treachery smote his heart and with the
sergent he unceremOniously entered the
Gray. dwelling. Sallie and her mother,
despite the late hour, were busily sewing
by table in the sitting-room. The la.
dies rose in apparent surprise and indig-
nation at the intrusion.
Step aside if you please" said the
sergeant.
What does this mean ?" ask i Mrs.
Gray sharply.
Frank, Iappeal to you for protection"
cried the young lady to the lieutenant.
That officer could only shake his head
and stcrnly wave her aside. "You are
false. You have deceived me-" ne said
hoarsely, as the girl who had promised to
be his bride sank sobbing upon sofa.
The soldiers corld hear the ticking
more plainly now. They moved the ta-
ble, lifted the carpet, and discovered q
trap-door leading to a cellar of whose cx-
istence they had no suspicion. A ligh.
below WAS instantly quenched, but they
fearlessly descended and discovered
| telegraph instrument with an insulated
wire running through the cellar wall and
evidently passing under the river to the
enemy on the opposite side. Crouching
10 corner was the operator, young
and handsome man, who had never be-
fore been seen about tha house, having
lived for days in the cellar. "You arc
my prisoner from the sergeant brought
the distressed vail from poor Sallie of
MY husband, oh, my husband" The
| heart of the Union lieutenant went back
once more to the girl he left behind him.
But not withstanding the detection of
this line of communication, the enemy
seemed to know every movement of the
| Union troops. II was q mystery to The
| officers how they gained their knowledge.
| There were no more telegraph wires, and
there was no passing across the river.
At last the mystery was solved. Within
the Union lines, but in sight of the ene-
my, there stood 3 low frame house occu-
pied by negro who did washing for the
soldiers. He hung his clothes to dry in
the front yard but it was noticed that in
| the porch there hung three flannel shirts,
| one red, and ono white and one blue.
| The negro said they were not always in
the same position, and q suspicious SER
geant finally became convinced that the
negro used them to signal across the
| Rappahannock. The arrest of the ne.
gro and the effectual use of the shirt to
| deceive instead Of to inform the enemy
! followed.
At another time the army of the Po-
tomac were nearing Berlic, Virginia.
To receive orders in the rear the troops
had laid ten miles of insulated wire, run
ming through the woods, now beneath
the leaves and again among the tree tops.
1t was impossible to picket the entire line,
and large part of it was exposed but
it was thoughtto be effectually concealed.
A scout lying in ambush one day heard
| a sound like the ticking of q clock.
Creeping forward, he was astonished to
see Johnny" in his gray uniform sit
| ting on the ground and chuckling to him
self, and busily writing. The scout
sprang to his feet and leveling his revol-
yer, said to the laughing rebel: "What
are you doing here?" "I surrender"
was the chagriued reply the smiles sud-
IDENTIFY disappearing. The scout discov-
cred that the rebei had cut the wire and
had connected the ends with loop run
ming into q clock, the electricity securing
the escapement so that the messages tick
ed themselves plainly into the rebels ear
The ingenious machine was captured
with the rebel.-Phikadeiphia Press.
TIE BICYCLE.-As Il mere machine
for transportation, the bicycle is entitled
10 high consideration In England
and more especially in the large cities
like London, the bicycle has taken an
acknowledged place with the cab, the ON.
nibus, the tramway and the steam car
In London thousands Of them are in use
by men who employ them for the same
purpose they would n saddle-horse. They
go to their business on them in .he morn
ing, return on them ct night with the
same regularity that other men traverse
the same routs by means of the regular
transportation. This is the case otter
with men who live rs many as from siz
TO ten miles from their places of business
They escape the fetid air of the omnibus
they have no fare to pay, and, as q rule
they make the journey in less time thar
they could were they to travel by th'
usual vehicles of transportation. In thi
direction the matter of economy is of M
small account.
The person who uses the bicycle to e
to and from his place of business in Lon
IL