The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-17

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The General in command of the nos,
nad refused to grant eny permits, but be.
Ing temporarily absent, bis snbst;tnts
granted number to his friends, of whom
1y brother happened to bs one. kffa,
permit waD obtained 1t waysubiecteS n
board Of supervisors, who backeS II N IN
snelr neafts content, aud It frequently
sa'ao 9ack 10 lts owner 80 much mutilated
as 70 90 hafdiy worth having. These
I pstIm'ss were limited to very few days,
sna II bY any accident the owner Wan
feited. ''' "eio ior'
Mr.. BIS wagon and mules were on bis
plantation, fifteen miles below Memphia
ana Honconnah Greek having beel rem.
dered unfordable by recent freshet. /
waited In the grestest anxiety, dey after
gay Tor theis arrival. Finally the last
day OF grace arrived, and found myself
oblged TO have my effects hauled on
drays outside of the picket lines, there 20
a"elt the coming of the wagon, The
picket lines were three miles from The
city, and If I could have gone 60 far on
my way homo it would have been conve.
nient enough !; but while my road Law
directly East, the wagon was coming from
the South, and I had to go to meet it.
PASSING THE plcKErs.
On every road leading out of the city
there were stations where travellers
effects were overhauled, and every pack.
age compared with the permit. In addi.
ton to this, we were subjected to most
disagreeable personal examination. For.
t.nstely the woman whc performed .I;is
most disgraceful duty was out of the way,
and q young officer had undertaken to
perform the task OF personal inspection. I
could not resist the temptation to tease
the young fellow little, and insisted on
his undressing the baby, who assured
him from his weight might have any
amount of gold and silver hidden about
him. He positively declined to touch
the baby, and thoroughly ashamed of his
undignified position and occupation,
passed us by with very cunory exami-
nation.
On arriving at the farm house where
we were to pass the night we were de.
lighted to find that the wagon had
already arrived and we soon had it filled
with meal, -four, bacon, dry goods, chill.
dren'e toys, &C., ready for very early
start in the morning. Next morning,
just at dsybreak, I took my seat on q
hard box, hemmed in on all sides by
packages and barrels, with my baby in
my lap, and no companion but the driver,
an old family servant. These were the
circumstances under which eet out on
my long, weary, perilous journey home.
ward.
We we're obliged to makea wide cir.
cult In order to keep outside the picket
lines, for if we had once gotten inside of
them we would not have been allowed TO
come out again. There was no road, go
we had to find our way through woods
and hollows, after retraciDg our steps.
Whenever we came in sight of q picket
station we were halted, catechised and
overhauled. I underwent six of these
detentions during the day. Once when
o number of negro soldiers had been
nursing and romping with my baby, I
found that his shoe was gone, and from
that time his chief occupation was in
kicking off his stocking.
After many worries and detentions We at
last emerged from the woods into our
homeward road, but the last beams of
the setting sun as they shot down the
long. dusty tTecks, reminded c,s she. .as
day was done, and We we're just six miles
from Memphis. We pushed on for six
miles more, but our team was jaded, we
had eaten nothing all day, and the air
growing chill we Determined to seek q
shelter for the night. But where should
we stop7 knew that the country was
infested by robbers and desperate char.
acters of every kind, and Remembered
with horror our encounter with the
drunkard.
would say to myself, "I will certainly
stop at the next place." but as ap-
proached 1t my courage would fail, and
I would decide to drive on little further.
At last the old man grew so tired and
sleepy that he began to demonstrate, and
seeing light about a quarter Of mile
away in the woods I ordered him 70 make
for 1t. In response to our application
we were told that we could not be &C.
commodated, 80 we had to find the main
road and take Up cur weary journey
again. After going what seemed to us
for hours, we drew up In front of little
white house, and in response to our "hai.
To-" woman's voice said, "Who's
there 2" I shall never hear o sReetar
voice than that woman's! All my fears
were gone in moment, aud walked
into the house perfectly confident that !
should receive care and protection, and
certainly did need It.. had sat all
day long in one position, on hard box,
with q heavy baby in my arms, who, at
every jolt of the wagon, pounded me az
though I had been in mortar. I could
not sit up for moment longer, but went
supperless to bed, while two sweet girls
(shall I ever forget them took charge
of the child.
THREATENED WITH DEATH.
The dawn of day saw us on the road
again, but good nights rest and the
consciousness that this was TO be our last
day renewed our courage and We plcdded
on very cheerfnlly. The ann was setting
as ne passsd through Mount pleasant,
but We determined If possible to reach
home that night. We were hardly out
of sight Of the town when ! saw two men
approaching on horseback. ] thought
they were romping, as every, little while
they would come together and q hat
would be knocked off id the struggle.
But was soon undeceived, One of
them was our old friend, the drunkard,
aud the other O young man wild with
drink and Honrishing huge army pistol.
They rode up to Us and cried halt The
latter demanded whiakey; and aew into
q rage when my driver told him we had
none. His companion, however, who
was sober, gave me q reassuriBg nod, and
succeeded in enticiDg him away. We
had gone but few steps when again the
CRY rang out "haltr I told the driver
10 90 or, but in an instant the man was
at r,ia side. and placing hia pistol against