Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-02-01

| whereas this kind Of covering 70. the
| feet is unknown in England, and the
English parvenu always comes up to
London with only half a crown about
| him.
RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
| "A Well known St. Louis Official
Hears Fro m a Man BE Saw Killed
Twenty Years Ago.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
just twenty years ago to-day the
Thirtv-seventh Virginia Regiment, un-
der Col. Bob. Claiborne, now Prosecu.
ting Attorney Of the St. Louis Court OF
Criminal Correction, sailed forth
from Moorhead, Va, to meet that holy
terror Of all Confedrates, the celebrated
"Stoneman Brigade" Gen. SLOVENIAN
was On his famous raid, the object OF
which was to assail Lees army in the
| rear, while the Army of the Potomac
attached him in front. He had already
met and whipped half-a-dozen bands Of
rebels, and Col. Claiborne's regiment
was the most formidable antagonist he
had yet encountered. The engagement
was not an important one, and Purvis'
Record Of the Rebellion" is the only
history Of the war which mentions it.
But it was remarkable for the daring
! bravery Of two men, who proved them
selves the only true soldiers out of q
! whole com pany. In the early part of the
day Col. Claiborne's regiment was, with
the exception of one company, bearing
the Whole brunt Of St0neman's terrific
| onslaughts. i}y three o'clock in the af.
ternoon the fine body of men which
that morning formed the Thirty seventh
regiment had been reduced to mere
handful. They had been decimated
again and again. One more attack and
! not soul would have been left. With
the best of their men either killed or
| wounded, and the balance ready to sue
cumb with fatigue and wounds, there
! seemed no possibility of escape for any
| one. But suddenly the missing COM
| pany appeared on the field, and though,
| even with the re-enforcements, the
fight was hopeless, shout of relief went
| up from the wearied aud bleeding sur
yivors. There was only one chance for
them, and their commander was quick
to see it. In flash he had leaped from
| his horse, and, calling on the new ar
| rivals, he shouted:
Every man dismount and follow
! me!'
But at that moment the blue coats Of
StoneInan's brigade appeared over the
| crest Of the hill in front. and the cheers
| Of the Union soldiers were ringing in
the ears Of the confederates. In vain
| did their colonel try to rally them and
| urge them on. The solid line of steel
| in front was too appalling, and almost to
| man they broke ana fed. A second
later and Col. Claiborne found himself
! deserted by all his men but one. That
man WAS rough backwoodsman from
North Carolina, whom he had. but a
short time before, taken from the ranks
and promoted to a captaincy for brave
and daring conduct on the battlefield.
His name was Roberts, and as b pressed
close beside his commanding officer he
shouted: ''l'Il stay by you, Colonel, if
I lose every drop ofblood in ray body"
The words were hardly out of his mouth
before he fell full length on the ground
| with ritle-ball through his chest.
| Tie next moment Col. Claiborne was
surrounded by the boys in blue and cap
tured. He a'terward reported to the
| Capt. Roberts, aud from that day until
|
heard nothing Of the man who aided
| him in his CHI rye on Stoneman's brigade.
Yesterday morning Col. Claiborne.
while looking over his letters, came to
one with the postmark s'Kale;gh. n. c."
| addressed in lead pencil TO Maj. G. r,
Claiborne, St. Louis. On opening it the
first thing he saw was the name Capt. T.
| e. Roberts. Jumping to his feet he ex-
claimed to a bystander: MY God, I
! have got q letter from the dead. saw
this man shot and killed with my own
eyes at the battle of Morehead, Dec. 81,
1868, aud here is his writing to me-"
The letter, however, explained how
! Capt. Roberts escaped, and as all the
| circumstances are SO remarkable, it is
| produced here verbatim:
Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 56.-Mai. Clai-
! borne: have been trying to find out
your address ever since the Wsr; have
asked hundreds of people about it, and
| have only just succeeded. | believe I
would rather see you than any other
| man on God Almighty's earth. Do you
remember when you rode up to me at
the battle of Orange Courthouse? was
| only a tarhee soldier before that, but
| when you done what you did would
| have died Tor you. Then do you re-
you and I started alone to charge
Stonenlan's brigade? I tell you that fell
low SLOVENIAN was the worst cuss in the
whole Yankee army for US fellows to
tackle. But that d company of
mine. VANITY the the meanest, most
cowardly over saw7 I
tell you they were the worst God Al
mighty ever had hand in making. No
decent man would have run off and left
you in the lurch the way they did. IF
they felt like me they would have died,
every d-n mothers son Of them, first.
You thought was dead, didn't you?
Well. I am the healthiest dead man in
North Carolina. T got an ugly wound in
scrimmage at Morehead, and never did
know how it all turned out, but long af-
ter you had all gone 1came to and found
boss there and managed to get on to
him and ride until I found some friends
who took care of me and brought me out
OK. s..sA@t zz
Now, Major, / want you to write me q
long letter, and tell me all about your
self and what you are doing. Your
true friend, -, CAPT. T. B.RoBERTs, u.
Overseer at State Prison, Raleigh, N. G..
/ Capt. Roberts speaks of Col. Claiborne
as Major, because he first knew him be-
fore he was made a Colonel. The lat
ter said to a Globe Democrat reporter
yesterday that he should spend most Of
his time to-day writing to his old CONF
rade. :..z4 81. D.
In India the remarkable sunsets ot
November created uperstit;ous fear. and
numbers of holy men vent about preach-
ing impending disaster. IS