The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-24

d;n;na' auu "ueu we went back into the
olning room everything was gone. MOI
a, morsel of anything to es. was left
me dishes were all gone and eyen the
taoie cloth was taken. They 10 doubt
we're very much delighted to fiji nice
ainher aireaoy prepared for ttetl. large
turkey, ham and various Other thipSs
nicely cooked. We were tc3 mncb
frightened to feel hungry then.
AS we were outside the pic;e line wa
were were not molested during tie night.
Inc army regulations were gery strict
requiring all to be in camp b,f re dark
ana we were not able 10 get. guard ,
That night, however, about 8 1'.lock we
heard slight knocking on Il g window
who is that ?" asked my La. band.
irieud,' was the answer: az am a
Confederate SOLDIER - Q
Upon opening the door a yorng Con.
iederate officer came in. H, ,sid his
name was Carter and that his command
being near by, he had come iat, Jo,is.
vile to see his wife, who va, visiting
relatives there. She was siste of Cen
Hanse Wright. That morripr before
daylight he left Louisville, h "a Ing that
the Yankees were in the ne ,borbood
ana knowing that he would la taken
prisoner II he were found. Iii; friends
nad provided him with proyisi OILS to last
MIN several days. He had been hiding
in the woods all day and he crne to ask
us II we could direct him to {. s ,fe place
IN which to conceal himself until the
enemy passed by. Judge Il direc,ad
MIN tc place in which he thought he
might hide without mitch danger Of
being discovered. The young man &C.
cordingly provided himself With some
water and set out, having avoidel letting
the overseer or any of the negro es know
Of his visit.
Early Tuesday morning til. Yankees
began to come in from every quarter.
One could not look in any direction
without seeing them. They searched
every place. One of them loudly de.
clared that he had heard we hal a Con.
federate officer concealed in the house
and that he was determined to find him
The intruders thereupon looked into
closets, trunks, boxes and every couceiv.
able place. One man came In and said
II know you have got Rebel officer
hidden in here somewhere; he was seen
to come in here last night" lie accord
ingly began to search the bureau drawers
|
into that. "Sir," said halfIauyhingly.
just as he was about eaving the room,
there is one place in the room you have
not looked into" "Where is it?" he
asked.
pointed to small pill-bo& on the
mantel and asked him if the Confederate
soldier might not be hidden in that. He
turned away with curse upon all the
Rebel women
About noon some of the men Insisted
that my husband should 60 down to the
swamp with them TO show them where
some syrup was hidden. He called a
negro man who had assisted in hiding it
and told him to go, but the Yankees in
sisted that he should go himself. He
told them he was old and feeble and not
able to walk so far. One of them there.
upon went and brought mule and put
him on it and three Of them started with
him to the swamp. felt very uneasy
about him, but was assured by some of
| the soldiers that no harm would be done
him.
| APPLYING THE TORCH.
| While my husband vas absent the
destroye.s set fire 70 the gin house, iu
which were stored over two hundred bales
| of cotton and severll bales Of kersey,
which we had hidden between the bales
of cotton. The granary, in which were
several hundred bushels Of heat, was
also set on fire. The negroes went out
and begged for the cloth, saying that it
was to make their winter clothes.
The cruel destroyers refused to let the
negroes have single piece. They told
| them they knew it was to make clothes
for the "Rebs."
One man, who had been particularly
insulting, came up to me and laughed
| harshly.
swell, madam" he said, sneeripgly,
show doyou like the looks of our little
| fire. We have seen great many such
! within the last few weeks"
:, l had grown desperate, and told him
didn't care. II was thankful that not
lock of that cotton would ever feed a
Yankee factory or clothe g Yankee SOL
dier's back"
He turned with an oath and left me,
but after few minutes came back, hav-
ing discovered that my home WAS in the
city of Macon and that I had heard
! nothing from there in sometime, and
told me, with chuckle, that the army
had passed through Macon, had sacked it
and then burned it to the ground.
A rough looking Western man was
standing by, and he interrupted him.
MADAM" he asked, shave you friends
in Macon 2"
told him I had home and brother
there.
He then turned to the miscreant and
looked him squarely in the eyes.
UyNhu - ha damandod- ,fHn UOn tiA an
to this Iady2 You know we did not
touch Macon, but passed it by. God
knows she will have enough 10 bear
before this army leaves here without
being made the target Of lies. am glad
you have home outside of Sherman's
track" he continued, addressing me, "for
Heaven knows you will need it before
many days pass. You will have nothing
left here" y
Just then I saw my husband coming
up on q bareback mule with Yankee
soldier on each side of him holding him
on. He was brought up TO the piazza,
lifted from the mule and brought into
the house. They took him into small
room and followed. He turned to me
aud requested me to give the men his
watch.
"Why?" asked. "They have no
business with your watch"
"'Give it to them," he repeated, with q
gasp, "and let them 60. am almost
dead" 80 IJ " =.
Mrs. 8. was standing by and I told her
to get the watch. She, without thinking,
| asked Inc If / meant Judge H-T7-'s
watch, and answered yes. q.
OF course the Yankees inferred from
her remark that she knew where other