The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-07
For the Farmer and Mech anic.
A Mississippi Veterans r ellie.

AT the battle of Cedar Run. on the
18th OF October, 1864, Mr.. A. T. Rabb
OF WllklIson county, received a wound
Immediately under the right eve. which
destroyed the sight of that member. but
did not otherwise seem to do anv injury
The ball was not extracted. On De-
cember 10, 1882. Mr.. Rabb was seized
with a coughing fit. when the ball. a
huge mimic, battered somewhat and en-
cased in decayed bone and flesh seemed
oy Its great weight to drop loose, and
IalllnS into his thro 1T was coughed up.
having been imbedded in his head or
neck Tor a period of eighteen years and
two months.'-Natchez Democrat.
This coincidence reminds me of q
similar one. While my sympathies are
with the Aiississippian, and at the time
OF the occurrence We're with the latter.
L shortly thereafter had cause to feel
that 1T would have been well for me at
least had his fate been different. The
circumstances were these: In the sum-
mer OF fall succeeding the surrender. a
young man giving his name as C. C..
Moore claiming to have served the Com
tederacy at its close as a captain of a
guerrilla company, operating a por-
ton of the time in his native State.
Kentucky. where he obtained such no.
toriety as to render it unsafe for him to
return. With this claim on our hospi-
tally 1t Is useless to say he found a
warm welcome in the homes of the best
families of on county. In the winter
OF tS66-'67 / met him at the hospitable
home of the late Mr.. Jesse HI. Powell.
and found him a great sufferer from a
wound that he had received in the neck
during the war. He neither slept or
ate Tor "a hours, or more. during which
time the writer, as well as the members
OF Inc family, extended him every care
N our warmest sympathies, his agony
constantly increasing till it eliminated
III his drawing himself almost double as
he lay in bed, and with a spring would
have fallen some Ieet in the room had |
not caught him In my arms restraining
INN. As L did so it seemed that he
would choke to death. but a violent
heave enabled him to throw of aminnie
ball, more or less tiattened at its point.
and having some pus adhereing to it.
After this he speedily recovered, and
this old advertisement will show YOU
how 1.-THE viper bit his benefactor.' /
neither caught the rogue nor recovered
my mare:-
$3.50 Reward!-Stolen from me in
~Edgecombe county, y. c., on the night
OF the 18th inst. II iron grey mare. five
years old. SNOWY appearance and quick
action. | will give fifty dollars for any
information that will lead to her recov-
cry. and three hundred dollars for the
apprehension and confinement of one
/ Contain CHARLES T. NTpAra ,1ia, n.
Jordan, who carried her off. together
with my saddle and bride; the saddle
is a Mcclellan tree. and has the name
| OF K. j. Powell on n Of the skirts.
This man who passed here as Capt.
Moore, and in Warren county as DIR.
Jordan, is apparently % years of e
beardless face, tall and spare, thin
visaged. black hair, dark full eyes, thick
lips, long neck, and wears rather a wild.
sad expression.
lie stole from parties in Warren coun-
ty, a horse, bride and saddle, a gold
watch and some money. who offer
twenty-five dollars in gold for his arrest.
MARCUS j. BATTLE.
Whittaker's, Edgecombe Co.. n. c.
March, 1867.
Several years later / revoked this by
the legal process. / traced this rascal
through Raleigh where l lost sight of
him, afterwards heard of his riding my
nag into Knoxville, Tenn. 1 am in
clined to think he was one of a band of
horse thieves who deprecated more or
less in this State and Virginia in 1866
81. He had an accomplice who lived
With a Silas NJ. Stone, near Wake For
est. in the capacity of a farm laborer,
but he quit Mr.. Stones employ about
the time my horse was stolen, and
doubtless Joined my man Moore in his
exit from the State. l did not obtain
any trace of Moore in several days after
he stole my mare, then heard that he
took breakfast the next morning about
sun rise a few miles west of the town of
Wilson. | proceeded at once alone, on
horseback. and followed him as he went
through Nash, Johnston and Wake.
Had l I'll up with him it would have
been at much disadvantage. l was
armed with a Colts pistol, it is true,
but after l had abandoned the pursuit,
as | slowly ~journeyed my way home
ward | saw several wild turkeys and
tried to shoot them. but not a barrel
wOuld fire Nj. j.. b..