The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-05-26


Harrington, now the Marqui$ o.
Huntington, aud with Sir John lscse
I met them in tue following peculiar
wey: When Mcclellan evacuased
tho peninsula, / covered tho embark
a-,l,a -thf
last officer to got in tbs steamer
Having been III lost my senses
when I got on tho steamer, and
knew nothing moro till I found my.
self in the hoase OF General Wads-
worth, at Washington. As soon as
7 was ablo 10 got out, I made ready
to find tie army again, which was
then at An.ictem battlefield. Bat
before started l went iato General
Ingalls, Office, on Pennsylvania ave.
nue., hc being tho chief quartermss-
ter Of Mcclellan, and he and Mes
mith, of 0rogau, aud Colonel Saw
,clle and myself sat down
TO rLAy A GAME OF POKER.
1t was o pretty long game, and
consecutively, ingalls, and Nermith
were frozen out, ani the game was
loft to Saw!silo and mo md / won oil
tho money. Sawtello then said: Now
Averil!, l have no moro money, bu.
Iugalls has plenty Of wine and good
stuff hOro, and / will stake you q
basket OF champagne on another
round Iwon again, aud the cham
pagn was mino. Then they put up
some Chateau MarseauS, md | Won
that. Said /: Gentlemen, if you
think I am going TO leave this stuli
here, you arc mistaken. am going
to carry i! up to tho army with me"
80, when l started the next day,
had my wine loaded up. and some
Of my staff oflicers were with me,
and it took me all day to 60 to Har-
por's Ferry. On tue way Certain
Englishmen. seeing me with Gen.
erals insignia, introduced themselves
rs
lords cAvEgDIsH AND HARRINGTON.
ana with them was Rose / was pret-
ly illirom having played that poker
Tue night before, being barely conva.
escent, but lying down ss ! did most
IF tho time, ] heard them talk, aud
divided lunch with them. Cavendish
~aa young fellow, pretty we'll made
md Of u frank, blufl style. His elder
brother, Harrington, was something
over thirty years old. When wo got
,ut at Berlin, in Maryland, to fad
he srmy these young fellows still
ven: along with us. aid wc casno to
, small house ut the roadside, stand
rg rather on q hill, which had but
que bed in it, aud was Inhabited by
. poor woman. We concluded to
stop ihcro for the night, and these
young Lords lay down on the floor
With my staff, making no complaint,
md insisted on my taking the bed.
then got at my supplies, and some
u the boys had
HUNTED ICE IN THE NnouD ;RHooD.
They probably thought that an
American officer lived just Us 1 did
hat day on the results OF my poker
,smc. We had champaign aud ice,
aud then Margcaux and pork aud
beans. The noxt day. while we were
It the same house, General McC!e!-
an rode past aud called out to me:
'How arc you, Avcrill? Glad to sce
you back General Mcclellan, thank
you,' said ]. Hearing his name. these
.wo fellows rushed down 10 the fence
10 get q glimpse Of the General they
aad read SO much Of, but I did not
them. The. staf officers
got to like them pretty we'll. and
lsed to say to this Cavondish who
Who was killed Saturday: 'Caven.
iisb, give mo some your tobacco.
THEY STAYED AROUND CAMP
some time, and suddenly Harrington
disappeared, aud turned up in Loe's
army. The others did not 60, /
,ever inquired as to whether dencr-
Il Mcclellan permitted Harrington 10
pass the lines, but have tho idea
hat he just walked out Of tho picket
inc aud went over. Sir John Rose
when I saw him aiterward in Cana
la, rather apologized for Harting-
;ons disappearance. which was the
irst time I know that ho had gono to
Lee." -
"what do you think Of tho crimes
asked Ayerill.
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