The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-08

''taildoly aTTlVed III faf1S IN WOOueE
shoes and with 40 sous in his pocket,
whereas this kind Of covering 70. the
feet is unknown IN England, and the
English parvenu always comes up to
LONDON with only halt a crown about
him.
RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
n Well known st. Louis Official
Hears Fro III a Ian He Saw TX lied
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 Confedrnies, the celebrated
"stoneman Brigade" Gen. Stoneman
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 hali-a-dozen bands of
rebels, and Col. Claiborne's regiment
was the most formidable antagonist he
had yet encountered. The engagement
was mo- an important one. and Purvis'
"Record Of the Rebellion" is the only
hist; ry 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 a
whole company. In the early part ofthe
day Col. Claiborne's regiment was, with
the execution OF one company, bearing
the whole brunt of Stoneman's terrific
~onslaughts. Hy three O'Clock in the az
%ternoon the fine body of men which
that morning formed the Thirtv.seventh
regiment had been reduced to a mere
handful. They had been decimatcd
again and again. One more attack and
not a soul would have been left. With
the best of their men either killed or
wounded, and the balance ready to sue
cun,b with fatigue ami 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, asliout oil relief went
up from the wearied and bleeding sur.
vlyors. There was only one chance for
them, and their commander was quick
to see it. In a fash he had leaped nom
his horse, and, calling on the new az
TiNhlS, lit SlIolteO.
Every man dismount and follow
mel"
But at that moment the blue coats OF
stoneman's brigade appeared over the
crest of The hill in front. II 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 OH. The solid line of steel
in front was too appalling, and almost to
a man they broke and fled. A second
later and Col. Claiborne found himself
deserted by all his men but one. That
man was a rough backwoodsman from
North Carolina, whom he had, but a
Ishort time before, taken from the ranks
and promoted to a captaincy for brave
and daring conduct on the battlefield.
Ills naIne was Roberts, and as he pressed
Eclose beside his commanding officer he
shouted: "Ill stay by you, Colonel, if
I lose every drop ofb!ood in my body"
The words were hardly out of his mouth
before he fell full length on the ground
with a ritle-ball through his chest.
The next moment Col. Claiborne was
surrounded by the boys in blue and cap
tnred. He aiterward reported to the
Confederate Government the death of
Capt. Roberts, and from that day until
Yesterday, exactly twenty years, he has
heard nothing CT the man who aided
him in his CHI rye on ~Stoneman's brigade.
Yesterday morning Col. Claiborne,
while looking over his letters, came TO
ono with the postmark "Rale:gh, N. c."
addressed in lead pencil to Msj. G. r,
Claiborne, ST. Louis. On opening it tho
first thing he saw was thu nalne Capt. I.
B. Roberts. Jumping to his feet he ex-
claimed to a b%ystat.der: "My God, I
have got Il letter from the dead. I saw
this mar shot and killed with my own
eyes at the battle of Morehead, Dec. 81,
1868, and here is his writing to lne.o
The letter, however, explained how
Capt. Roberts escaped, and as all the
circumstances are SO remarkable, it is
produced here verbatim:
Raleigh, N. O., Dec. 56.-Maj. Clai-
borne: I have been trying to find out
your address yer since the war; have
asked hundreds of people about it. and
have only just succeeded. | believe /
would rather see you than any other
man on God Almighty's earth. Do yon
remember when you rode up to me at
the b title of Orange Courthouse ] was
only q ,arhcel soldier before that, but
when you done what YOU did / would
have died Tor you. Then do you re-
member the fght at Morehead, when
you and L started alone TO charge
stoneman's brigade? / Tell you that fell
low Stoneman was the worst cuss in the
whole Yankee army for us fellows to
tackle. Bat that d. company OF
mine. VANITY the the meanest, most
cowardly-of-you ever saw?
tell you they were the worst God AL
mighty ever had a handin making. No
decent man would have ran off and left
you in the lurch the way they did. II
they felt like me they would have died,
every d-n mothers son of them, first,
You thought l was dead, didn't you!
Well, ] am the healthiest dead mar in
North Carolina. l got an ugly wound in
sCrimmage at M%orehead, and never did
know how it all turned out, but long az
ter you had all gone Icame TO and found
a boss there and managed to get on to
him and ride until 1 found some friends
who took care Of me and brought me ou,
o. X.
Now. Major, I want you to write me a
long letter, and tell mo all about your.
Eeelf and what you are doing. Your
true friend, Carr. T. H.RoBERTs,
Overseer at State Prison, Raleigh, NC
Capt. Roberts speaks of Col. Claiborne
as Major, because he first knew him be.
fore he was madea Colonel. The lat
ter said to Globe. Democrat reporte,
yesterday that he Should spend most o,
his time to-day writing to his old com,
rade.
In India the remarkable sunsets o
November created superstitious fear, ant
numbers Of holy men went about preach
ing impending disaster.