The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-17
GEN. I.i.I"S EoDY SIi;.\\T.


lie Takes Up II Er>iirur,' iu E">ton
anl H. iatr> Storn> ~. the south
ern Leader
HAS. sab. -, ~ man. | VA, Mas~i
Robert H., , hoiy servant durin' lie uuh.
sure enough" Authnm Riley. negro
of ii years. wa, hu>lIy engaged IN scrub
hing the ilnor oi horticultural lldll
when Il reporter acco>ted him. \ curi-
on, chain of circumstances brought iu,
thony To- Boston. after an ryrnttui IIr as
ten. Robert T., la,''s hoaly servant. the
fortunes of war drprN iug INN ut a rom.
fnrttblr home ami a KIND master.
som" interesting ilct~ weIr clrtri
from Him during "A conversation. It
seems that AntlIony ~prang from i lHr!.
line ot slllc~. lii father. Atrplll, III.
l"y, AMI his grandfather we've slaves. ht'.
longing to ia. ,'tistls family ot Arling
ton Heights, Va. into which family
Washington ami len both married.
Andy u now over - years old, al
though h" looks much Younger II"
Ia, an intelligent face and "A lully ,llsro-
sltIon, always cracking jokes with the
employers IN the building. he Ms born
on the tustiS plantation. When Grr.
lnr married Miss Gusts, hniy wa a
boy of H.. With many of the s,o slaves
IN the Gusts family, Nndy fen 10 Lees
share after the marriage. AMI eventually
became his body servant.
During ten. Lees courl,hir Nnly re
members hut little. lie used to scr hlnI
Il IL,
path. lined with magnificent trees, To-
the HOUSE, jump down from hl- morse.
Rob Roy. and lngrr near Mis-, ustls for
hours. Just after the marriage Andy
was made one ut the house servants, aud
witnessed Il continual round of ga,ct,
and pleasure. l.e. WAS then captain
nitrd state army, according tu AndN +,
recollection. llr rrlnrmlrr, seeing two
stripes on the shoulders nt hi masters
uniform. When Tia" Young officer went
oil with Il hunting party 1t was hnl 81
duty to brush the ilirs from l.ors hnrs,
and open the gates of the ,stAieA Part
rIdEe hunting wi5 one oi lFo cVrnt~ 0n
the plantation IN the sea ;uu 4 spout uf
which l."e WAS v'tl fond. ,sln .tllN "a,
he Was "a crack Shot with the spprllng
gun.
~. white folh, lived hish " hen Nt.-a
L"r was on Il" plantation lnet dr same
as sun I" S,rdtnga, b'--, remarked
Andy.
Aftcrwdrl Nn!v was placed IN charge
ut the horses. When I.oe went to ilar
prrs Ferry on john iiroNn'e rand, NniN
hltrhri up the carnage aud drove To-
I"eshurt, Wlrr' thrcarrii.." was put M
and lee, accompanied by hl- yuun. s''
want, rode on hJr7rhnrk H. llarp"r~
Ferry. From tins ,nr untIl Nudv ran
away from his master and lpin"i tn"
northern troops, he VI, inr'~ hndv ser
want. His s".pcrlAl duty Wa to taxi rlt"
of the horses. Robert and pIcE. both uI
which were krutuWky thuruu2ihrrls
nuu,l. and was present with huu when
Ellsworth was killed in Jark,pn Hotel,
\lrNandria: thence t. Manassas. tIlrka-
homlny and many other places IN Nr-
cinia. His position as body servant
brought him near hiS master always.
Audy states that it was hl., duty t. Lurp
very near lrr. even ~ engagements ~
order To- take rair ui W, hur-r at Il uIp.
mcnt Is notice. l,rr's moum + was aI"aN
kind to- his s"'Nant- though II" rirIl
expressed ln opiulon before tlrm. When
everything wa running -runOtlIv, lc
would Hoinctlmc- speak to- NndS aul
show evidence uf his terllng~. tndy
says he was often decidedly tlcklrI after
l}nll Run. He very often CAV" his men
n +, bll suits Of clothes AMI other pres
rnt4. He loved hsown people. and wa4
a domestic man. according to Nnly-
statement. AZ hnne, be- n-"d his lave,
very kindly. and all were happy AMI
cont,nted. Andy remained with H." ~
his body servant until the war had pro.
grcs,cd about two yolr- When Lee"
went up the Sh,naniunll Valley. rn
rnntr tu Whit" Mountain. tudv tan
away. Instead of leading IT," general
horse around to h'm. a. was his custom
every morning. hr turned him over tu y
small darkry boy AMI l,ft the camp Il
wa- three days before hr reached the
northern lines at lAlIfaN count huu-c.
Arrl,in there h. hpramc tII" servant uf
General Rnyurl,l-, peri, rnlng the -ltt,
duties NJ h,'iuIc. He never SAW IT," gen
cral again. n5r the small boy tn whom
he gave the horse In charge. tflcr the
war Andy roamcd about III N"w IuIk
state, working IN stables, hotels and
clubs, coming to Boston som" fourteen
years ago. He has been III hj4 present
position 1T horticultural hail for the past
twelve years. according to NrIN
story leo was very fond uf the thorough
lrrd4. "Rplrrt ami Dick. il" Wuui
ride them very hard at tru hut was
always particular in giving nI~trurtlon1
to Andy to give them the hrst ot care.
Even when at home on Tia" Virginia -.
tate. the four horses attached ~ the
family carriage would rrceiy" the great.
c-t car" after drive. and. from tnds
story. th" general had a great ln aiT,"'
tlpn for hi4 horses ~ for h's lmdy AM
men IN general Boston Post,
nr. Sunirrl1nl, vino mrrrpa tbn
President. says hn omitted H." WDrl
''ul+y' in the ceremony h,rau-o Hat
word i1 rtiIy used IN th" scripture in tr-
frrring To- bond slaves and slavery. III"
prefer ~" word "honor" in il. place
What has heconcof thr Dakota -.
t"lltUu. ila- the new eli urlc rprih.
lican state cre"lpI inioa hole and puiiei