The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-11-05
auANTRELI.


Ing o school at Canal Dover, on the
Muskingum. Members ofhis fam.
lily describe the young man asa
person ofslight 6gure, almost fem.
mime appearance, with the soft
speech and gentleness Of a woman,
manifeslly bull! by nature TO tit
Byfons description Of "as mild a
hammered man as ever scntlled ship
OF cut a throat The dawn Of
sectional troubles furnished this
psllid young man an early OPP.
portunity to show that he wasmade
Of sterner stuff than bis nighbofs
suspected. In the village Of Canal
Dover be was almost the only per.
son who sympathized with the
south. Furthermore, he was open
in his sympathy, and boldly said
that ifitcame to fight he would
give up his little school and go on
the warpath. This aroused the
loyal people around Canal Dover
to such an extent that they MOTIF.
ed Quantrell that be must quit
talking or "take the consequences"
But the young man defed them,
and kept on talking and teaching
school; SOL mob gathered one night,
and went out TO the suburban cot.
tage where Qnantrell lived. They
had a bucket Of tar and a bag Of
feathers. The pallid young man
did not scare at all, The mob
found the doors and windows barr.
ed, but through a crack the piping
voice Of Quantrell called out that
he was in the castle, and the FIRST
man who put his hand Cd the latch
would fall dead. The mob laughed,
held up their tar and feathers and
invited the enyironed teacher to
come out and put GU "a new coat
that would stick to him like a
poor relation" A flash through
the crack was the response to this,
and the leader fell dead on the step.
Then there was rush Of the crowd
for the door, but the second fash
and the dying shrek of another
leader caused the mob to roll back.
The men who carried the tar and
the feathers had fallen at the first
two shots. Before the crowd had
begun torecoyer from the confusion
into which II had been thrown by
these tragedies there was a third
flash at the crack, and another man
jumped high into the air, and fell
dead with groan. Then panic
seized the mob, and in a moment
every intruder had disappeared in
the darkness leaving their three
dead comrades in the front yard.
An hour later Quantrell was ten
miles away, mounted on his mag.
nifcent black horse, which bore
him at q sweeping gallOp toward
the Ohio river,
A few months later, at the head
Of one hundred desperadoes, he fell
upon an encamped federal regiment
and annihilated it, and his name
speedily became the synonym fol
cruel and remorseless warfare
Like the James and Younger boys
Quantrell's effectiveness as a guer.
lila arose from the extraordinary
accuracy of his aim. He used q
sharp's rife, which will kill man
mile away if the ball hits in the
right place, It is said that on The
day Of the battle of Oak hill, in
Missouri, Quantrell stationed him
self in the branches Of a tree which
afforded him a full view of the fed
eral line, 1,4OO yards away. Ii
two hours he had picked off thirty
eight men, so perfect was his ain
and nerve. For a long time Quan
trell's ambition was to lead a raiG
through Ohio, and he was partiCu
larly anxious 10 pay a visit to hi;
old friends at Canal Dover, but tht
confederate officials declined to up
prove a movement which afterwarc
proved SO disastrous under the lead
ership Of John Morgan.
More or less mystery surround
the wauderings and fate Of Qaan
trell after the war. The end of thu
war found him near Springfield
No., wounded in both legs and the
right shoulder. There was a priCt
on his head, and his friends didn'
dare to let the authorities know
who he was. He was hastily plac
ed in a two horse wagon and driver
as rapidly as his condition woulc
permit through Arkansas into Tex
as. lie found q resting place at til,
home Of Mr., Imboden, in Hun
county, near the town of Green
vile. Quantrell was in an almos