The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-29

known seas one Of these had made
seyetaltlayelyoyages, another had
been on accomplice in q famous
mutiny where the crew killed lie
asisrand mates and we're run.
ming the ship TO turn her into q
pirate when oyerlaken and caplur.
led byan American man.of.war.
There were The fsg'ends of.human-
lity enlisted for pelf and from hat.
red Of work, and associated with
honest and patriotic men. Like
The crusaders Of old they were fight.
ling for meat and drink, and pay,
10 8 glorious cause. Yet mercen.
aries as many Of these men were,
and frankly acknowledging them-
selves to be, they were mostly
brave and were loyal To the flag
they had chosen to follow. Aud
over Us all was a captain who was
an earnest man 10 the cause Of the
Union, q gallant and skilful sold
ief, very pious withal, and a great
hater Of Intoxicating drinks.
Ia frontof the fire, within a
semi circle formed by all Of US at
the shanties, lay PARIS body, de.
Gently stretched out on the blanket
in which be had been brought
across the bridge. Fifty faces look
ed down upon their dead comrades
rugged face Parr was a finely.
shaped man with ssfoug but go0d
features, and, in sailor fashion, fOf
be had been a man.o'.war's man, he
wore a thick beard encircling his
throat from ear to ear, The rest
Of his face being shaved smooth
There we're nosign about him that
We could see Of a violent death
He was scarcely even paler than
usual. The captain ordered the
stngglCrs placed in the front rank
Of the semi.cirCle, and his indigna.
ton burst into a scathing haran.
que against drinking.
The Welshman, however, drew
the covet scrutiny of all by his
behavior, lie shook violently as
his eyes searched all the faces
about the ring, and it was noticed
that never once did be let his turn
toward PARIS body. But while the
captain was at the height of his
eloquence, pointing to The lesson
of total abstinence to DO drawn
from the tragical incident, one Of
the stragglers, a very loquaciOns
fellow, Of an envious mind aud bit
ter dislikes, had been uneasily
watching the Welshman. Sud.
denly, as ii by an Instinct, herush.
ed over to the body, and, kneeling
down besides US, called the lirsL
lieutenant's attention TO something
under PARIS beard; ii was a three
cornered cash sinking deep into
the throat. AT the exposure Of the
wound, now for the first time OBJ.
served, another one of the strag.
glers, usually the sprightliest
young fellow in the company, fell
in a faint across the corpse.
The captain ceased his sermon and
whispered conference took place
among the officers.
The stragglers were ordered 10
give over their muskets for inspec
tiOn. All were found to be loaded,
a. was usual at such an outpost,
and none had been recently fired
of. Barrels, and bayonets too,
shone like silver, without stain, or
rust, or flaw, on stock or lock. The
bayOnet.Scabbards TOO might have
been examined, but somehow In
the excitement this was overlook
ed. The delirious fellows arms at
the guard house bore the search
we'll. 1t was certainly
mysterious. The eight sOberstrag.
glers all agreed about one thing,
OF seemed to agree about it, that
they had drunk liquor freely at the
negro hut aud had then broken up
into small parties with no show Of
ill.will so far, but none appeared 10
re,ollect who constituted the sew
eral parties, or when or how ParrI
became separated from the rest, or
who had been last seen in his com.
pany. All but Parr had returned
to the hut for more liquor aud we're
there found by the FIRST lieutenant,
The nine were sent up to Romney
next day aud put in irons, but at.
ter preliminary examination all
were released but the Welshman,
who was sent to Cumberland Jail to
await his trial for murder.
stonewall Jackson shortly after.
wards displaced US all from that
gloomy region and destroyed the
beautiful bridge, The Seven Days
tight was scarcely over when the
WeIshman, wasted away almost to
a skeleton from the effects ofnturly
a years imprisonment on low diet,
rejoined us at Harrison's Landing.
de had been let out of jail for
want Of evidence against him.
But what was always curious to
US was the after career Of the Young
fellow who tainted over PARIS body.
He was never a day well after that,
though he had before heen remark.
able active and vigorOus-lhe hest
athlete in company Of athletes.
He was constantly in and out of the
hospital, astudy and puzzle to the
men who saw that he was
Riling, but could not diagnose his
lilment. He wasted finally away