The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-06-27

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b. content myself with picket duly
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mhnd we're in tho neli Aner
an abscnco n eleven days, the
baithllio n returned having reached
the neighbufhDI NJ Fort Henry
after The place hld fallen into the
hands \ The enemy narrowly q.
gaping an nmbusoade laid fof their
reception The only instance u
the expedition that had come
% my knowledge worth repeating
here, H. the manner Ia which
Harmon + alias Jack smith, Of.
Capt Whites Co came into pos
session Of a fine piece of horse.
flesh.
BY a rule Of the service in this
department land which rule has
cost your humble servant $3.50 IN
the last six monthsD when a man
breaks down u horse in the service,
he is expected to supply his place
by Il new investment. Mr.. Smiths
horse had become the worse for
hard service, and | am told he
went out and said he would return
with u fresh arrival. Reaching
the vicinity Of Fort Henry, astrong
picket was thrown out, on which
Dir. Smith. had the good fortune, as
II turned out, 10 be placed. On
careful inquiry he had learned
that a strong "Union man" lived
IN the immediate vicinity Of the
picket stand, who was in posses
sion Of an abundance Of this
worlds goods and among other
things, a number OF fine horses.
Now the main question with Mr..
Smith was, how one Of these horses
was to become his lawful property
without due process Of law.
Under an act Of Congress twould
be unlawful Cor him to pay for
him, and he had an adherence of
taking a mans property without
leave, and without compensation.
He slept upon the subject, and his
dreams were full Of fiery chargers,
curyeting under the curb-rein, or
flying over the ground with the
heetness Of the wind, at his COM
mand.
We will leave Mr.. Smith to
complete his plans, and suppose
ourselves at the residence of the
"Union man. the following morn.
ing. Looking down the road in
direction of the Confederate pickets,
we might have seen n lone foot.
man pressing forward through
mud and mire, minus a coat and
,all those unnecessary appendages
that could in the least impede his
rapid progress. Glowing with the
heat of his rapid movements, and
out Of breath with the exhaustion
of his hasty flight, he approached
the "Union mans" door, and could
barely gather sufficient breath to
inquire for the proprietor Of the
demesnej being confronted by that
individual, with a voice trembling
with fear and hasty articulation
the traveller recounted the cir
cumstances Of his hair.breadth
escapes from tho Confederates,
their rapid pursuit, the breaking.
down of his horse, and his subse.
quent feats as a pedestrian with so
much pathos that he at once gain.
ed the confidence and sympathy
Of the Federalist, who expressed
himself only too anxious to aid a
friend in distress. A fleet horse
was soon provided, the traveller
was mounted, when turning to the
Federalist the grateful man
assured him, that by calling on
the authorities at Fort Henry, he
should receive double, yea, treble
pay for the splendid animal; rails.
ing his eyes to the face Of hi
friend while his "feelinks" almost
lchoked his uttcrance. the t'nionisl