Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-02-26

posed to be Somewhere. II hav
fought four years." said q tall, dark
eyed Georgian,s "lost health, home, ev
rythine; this old ragged uniform IS ev
erythins | own in the world, and II
take all can tote, gold Or grub"
AT last train was ordered south
and as many as could squeezed into the
Wretched box~cars got g ride as far al
Charlottesville. Just before we left 6
| rulnor was current that Mosby haC
shot President Lincoln; this was the
trss news OF the assassination. Char
louisville was swarming with men some
leaving as fast as they came; all stop
ping only long enough to get rations
OF which there seemed no lack any.
where. Where were all these great
stores OF provisions while Lees army
was starving?
Onward again; no lettering now.
Onward from daylight until too dark
90 see the CROSS ties Then down. in a
fence corner to sleep, and up and on
again through North Carolina int
A5bevllle, South Carolina, where the
railroad stopped, and q few wards
frcEn the end stood what appeared 10
be the same baggage car [ had seen In
Dal2Wllle, and III it was stored the same
preclou cargo. The car was in charge
OF Major Steele; and although only a.
single sentinel was. on guard, suill it
was evident that here was some anx-
lety. for two or tRree times in as many
days a Gordon of eavalry suddenly en-
clrcled The car, ant tho precious kegs
were hastily loaded ON six wagons and
moved rapidly away, only to RETURN
again IN che same mysterious manner
delayed awhile RS this place, ieel-
ing sure t.Ntt either cor own men or
the Feder~>ls would saeze' the money.
Mr.. Davis and his Cabinet were here
with guard OF Marnyat!s1lScrs cavalry.
q detachment OF naval.dudes. and a
Heterogeneous mass Of volunteers.
Several OF tine latter n2antoM me that
there would be q scramble for the
money as sCon us it Became certain
that it could not be saved: from, cap
oare: and a p:wt OF it dia:go that way.
The night before they ;oft to. march
into the hands Of the Tederabs, the
Specie guard WEES suddenly increased
.: about fifty men. At about 9
o'oloek, while taking to one Of them,
1t GAIL man on horseback c,me. down
tEe street from tbe town, and, being
informed the sentry that
he.was Gen. breckenridge. SECRETARY
ofrWar.
'tAlar General" ~said the sentry also
a Rtentuckian, "thsre's nv: Confr1ler-
acyrnow, and no War Department,
and'nay orders are strict"
'Well, call Major Steele, t}3en.''
THIS; being done, they bot*.. entered
he @tsa lighted ca,dle, ard renaain-
I'd some time.
T}:at night Breckenridge" eft Mr..
)av,s>s' party, made his way to H}cri-
la, tsi1d escaped from the coe:z,try. J.
,. Ban! gnlin left at ABOUT tAe saprle
lnae, L believe, and ntvt moaning the
government had cisappeare,1-caval-
y, maaEness, specie, ard all-ssluch to
he disappointment 6 q n,saber' Of |
men 3H' Abhevile and the village |!
,bove';:wtax, were discu ,sing taa pre-
'rlety OF taking possessions of: the |
reaszc5.. And indeed there was only |
ne thing which had prevented it
espect:aad sympathy :or the hunted !
confederate president.
OFF again. southwark, / Weny,rsste2 !
nd refreshed; now with lone uartv,
ow with smother, until iallimss: with
group4of wounded mel., one cf.thenn
n crutches, 4 remained With them. car
ylng ts2eir traps, until they. we.e pro,
lded fcsr The negroes i:ofar seemed
be Wor k5r1s, and tho,,g eager for
ews, very retlcent themselves. Thrv
new nothing OF their ire@ton,, EXCEPT
runlorS, which tn sN' dis
redlteG&. crossed the Savannah
liver cEe evening at dark, and forth
rst time m four years Was again lEn-
er tho donainon Of tbs: Stars a,ud
tripes:. The Union troops he'd Au-
lstss, :slst} had establish ID o.: vnrolc
ffice and posted notices ?5roclai,3:ug
S outlaws those found withsalt II
ArOle..
From this city the ! ellro~t:I w2,s
pen r,,,Mtltsnta. How il est>,t},xn the
.neral obstruction is ,s4y~ryry, for,
ON tichMonu to Mobll1; she CANAL
i OF hcthl armies had s,E.r;nctj ever
&c country, cutting rS,lirool lines
hcrtVer- they touched t!:a,n, i4stroy-
q bridges and trestles On, to, At
INT =, or what had been Atlanta, for
w;sa,s!s dead forest Of tt,ppliilg cFtim-
eys. SGT amid desciate ruins. From
ere We were on the tran>p ;sy4fsirn, but
ne stream OF men had e, own THINNER,
s they dropped off haze ;a,ssl there
II the way.
Attor.many weary miiJH we reached
lcn5gonlery at last, and found a
.eaEaboat ready 70 carry us. to Mo-
| ie. y Federal officer generations to +
Il applicants; anothergANa transport
alton tickets to MoLaA, several of
.15sal were boarding at the hetel pay
,S $50 q day, Confederate money
'ha steamboat was packed witt, meE !
S she started down tie river. The
egross here had leanaed that they'd
ERE free. and every landing plaes,1
AS crowded with the.poor creatures, l.
18th their little bundles OF householaj
GODS, begging the Capt sin 10 take.
hem away. During:ths darkest days !
t the war the negro, had worked!
nth a faithful industry for the~unr-
rejected ones at;honae, for which the
o%lthern people cannot be too grets-
H. but even this early they had been
elnded by wild: stories of easa,ard
bundance, and, were leaving their
ONES to starvas MissouriarAs,. Tex
MS, and Louisianians were waiting
in Mobile for soma. mode
t getting across, the lake; and at aast
he government furnished boat and
way we steamed On our way to, New
orleans and hcane. We landed at the
Dot OF the shell road, six nclles from
he city.
Four years before, almost to the
ay, I embarked for the seat OF war,