The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-09
Cush and CaIIs ntry--A Story o
SheYman's Visit TO Raleigh.

In Charleston Courier (sent to Us by
a friend we notice a lengthy narrative
by Rev. DR.. A. Toomer Porter, the re-
ligious chief of the Holy Communion
Institute, an Episcopal charitable inst.
tuition at Charleston, largely supported
by funds begged from The North. (See
remarks on this subject in another ar.
ticle.)
DR.. Porter. narrative sets forth that
during the occupation of Columbia, his
family, with that Of DR.. Reynolds,
abandoned their home. A young Yam.
kee officer, who was loafiing on the
street, volunteered to help Porter and
Reynolds guard the deserted dwelling,
They had hard work TO save the house
from the prevailing con~tiagration, and
the young officer exerted himself man
fully to put out the ''Bummers' from
below, and the sparks on the roof. He
remained all day Saturday and Sunday,
and seemed 10th to leave on Monday,
even after Sherman's army had march
ed on. (What sort of a soldier was he
to remain away from his command
three days, at such a time ED
Finally" says the Doctor, I'VE pre-
vailed upon him 10 leave; DR.. Reynolds
saying he would be arrested unless he
left. My wife offered him a small gold
pencil as a keepsake, but he refused to
take it, saying that he could not per-
suade any one that he had not stolen
IT," (What queer ideas of personal
honesty must have prevailed in that
command ED
DR.. Porter then handed the officer a
letter r~eciting his acts Of kindness, and
asking that he should be treated kindly
if he happened to fall into Confederate
custody. A month afterwards Porter
heard that the young officer had actual
ly fallen into such hands, and was in a
Confederate hospital at Camden. We
now copy DR.. Porter's narrative which
has some local interest -
AS soon as / reached Camden 1 went
to the hospital. AS l opened
the door L saw a soldier clad in blue
rise up from his pallet, and as he rose
he threw up his hands and exclaimed:
Thank God! Home!' Springing
over the beds of several of the wounded
Confederate soldiers | caught the poor
in my arms, and with our heads
upon each others necks, from very ex-
cess of emotion we wept. 1t was a
curious spectacle for the men in the
hospital to see a Confederate captain
and a Yankee lieutenant in each others
rms.
Mcqueen gave me an account of his
movements since we had said goodbye
Columbia. While on a scouting (?)
party and forty miles to the right of
right wing, Mcqueen and
lis party had a skirmish with some of
Cavalry. In this skirmish in
county two Confederate and
Federal soldiers had been killed
and two soldiers had been wounded on
each side. Mcqueen had been wound
I'd and brought to the hospital in Cam
len and here / found him overioyed at
lie good Providence that had sent me
% him. l went up to Bishop Davis's
house and told him the story of Nc
Queens services while in Columbia.
that he was now in the hospital in
camden. The good bishop was de-
lighted to hear this. He, too, had been
he object of the wounded soldiers
care. When the Yankee troops |
passed through Camden Mcqueen had
placed a guard around the bishops
house, and he had not lost even so
much as a chicken, and the same kind
less had been extended to the Rev.
loldses and the DeSausseres. The
rood Bishop gave Mcqueen his apostol-
C benediction as l made ready TO get
Tim put of his trouble. | went to the
Iuartermaster who gave me an old
anne mule, Mrs. DeSaussure lent me a
and Mr.. W. C.. Courtney gave
ne 2 suit of citizens clothes fer my
and Mrs. DeSaussure made up
lot of biscuits and provisions to last
IS on our journey, for | had determined
o take Mcqueen to the front where l
night secure his safe passage across the
'hCos ! Put A1eNtuCCu III Tie Du8Sy
nd walking alongside of him l carried
i'm to Chester. Here L met Gen. A..
l. Colquitt, who gave me a safe pass
with Mcqueen. All along our
from Camden to Chester and be-
ond l was afraid to let it be known
Tho Mcqueen was, so deeply incensed
7ere the people at the outrages they
ad suffered, and so adopting a little
trategy | made him appear to be deaf
nj dumb whenever we stopped until l
ad told his story and tested the tenn
er of my audience. When L found out
there was no danger Mcqueen sud-
recovered his power of speech and
as voluble as any of US.
Alter we LETT Chester we iourneyed
n to Salisbury, y. c., and there we
'und something in the air, an indefin-
BILE something that we could neither
eel nor see, but something that seemed
presage calamity. Here we had TO !.
-op. There was no telegraph and all :
,mmunication had been pretty well cut q
i. | was for pushing on to Richmond {
18th the intention of Mr.. G.. A. Tren-
Dim, then a member of the COpfeder- q
e Cabinet, to send Mcqueen through {
Ie lines home. | turned Oft and went 1
'wn to S~mithfield, where Gen. Joseph b
!. Johnston had established his head a
There / met Gen. Hardee. a
saw Gen. Johnston for me. | was T
Id by him to take Mcqueen to Raj
5h. Here we were taken care of by :
e Rev. DR.. Mason, and the next day a
ent to see Johnston, who told me that e
ardee had related the young mans
DRY to him, and asked me where be
He sent n of his officers and
We McGue q a permit to 90 through e