The National tribune., 1890-03-27


miles from Weston, and here he raised Tom
JacL son and his brother I'd, who was two years
older Tom got religion when quite young,
and was quite q steady boy. but this did not
stop him from running of with his brother
I'd. when he was about IL years old. The
boys went 10 the Ohio River, and worked all
Che Winter chopping wood for a man who was
getting up RATS Of logs TO take down to Gin
cinnati or Louisville. When the RATS were
completed and ready TO 20 the boys demanded
pay for their work, but instead of paying the
mar gave them a thrashing. They started
then for home, % miles distant on foot, and
EleTf out in the woods the first night. Next
day they made Alec McQuain's on Coon
Creek. then in Lewis County. but now in Gil
mcye. There I'D was taken sick with the
tyghoid fever, and Thomas went on home.
When his uncle. old Cummins. saw him. he WIS
mech surprised. and asked him where he had
beca. lie told his story. and having bag with
hius Cummins asked him what ne had in IT,
he said that he had his clothes. Cummins
made him turn them out on the ground, and
they we're the same clothes he carried of with
hiIp 10 work in, bnf were worn out and dirty,
anG not worth . cents. Cummins swore that
He WOULD LICK THAT MAN
the boys had been working for IL it took him
all his life, and went and got his horse and
gun. Tom told him about Ed being sick, but
attend 10 I'd better than Mrs- Mclsuain, and
he started for the Ohio River: but the raft
had got too Ear down for him 10 oyertske il,
either az Point Pleasant or on the route.
Tom went On working for his Uncle Cum
minis. and before he Was IS years Of age was
appointed Constable by the County Court. Soon
afaerEsrd SanIuel l.. Hays. the Member Of Con-
RTass from the District, stopped at Cummins
JseksOn's, and related in conversation that he
h.. -.
and had offered it 10 Gle Butcher, q young
clerk in the County Court Of Lewis County,
b5t Gle had refused 10 take it. Tom over
heard the conversation AZ supper. and the next
dfy asked his I ncle Cummins 10 write TO Con-
FT sssman Hays in his interest Cnmmins
laughed al him, aud told him that as he hadn't
mach education. he couldn't pass the eKauina-
tioB; but Tom argued that he was young; that
he had been studying up ct nights. and would
Keep 81 mp and try 20 pass. Cummins wrote
foF him, obtained the appointment, and Tom
Stadied up and passed the examination salts
fsstOriiy. graduated from West Point and be-
esDe Regular Army officer"
Most Northern visitors 20 Charlottesville
bsttlsfeld come by way Of Fredericksburg
I Ii5e town has very Bluch improved since the
WET, and the grain and timber business are its
principal sources Of trade. Three large -four
fnE mills are IN operation, and shoe factory
yards hold the teams which come in from dis
tant points. At each Of these Wagonyards is a
house for the drivers 10 sleep. for the most OF
FFedEricksburg's trade is done by wagon. and
a. ~ 10 Its interest 10 care for this means OF
transportation. A little narrow gage railroad
o. Orange Courthouse runs almost side by side
W9h the old plank rad, and passes through
y bAtilebelds Of Charlottesville and the
N5leerness as well as shricking past Marye's
j. ghts, where Gen. Sedgwick carried the
Nssrks that previously resisted Burnside. and
mssrcbec On 10 meet Hooker at Salem Church.
OH this little railroad are three stations in ad
niRion 20 the terminals-PsrkeT's Store, Yer
a!eTEgsiie aud, strange though it may seem
EaiOngilie.
When Burnside attacked Fredericksburg
DC. y. l5l2. most Of the people refugeed. The
children q the Episcopal Orphans Home, some
a. an number, were taken on 10 Richmond by
the Misses iOss. who had charge Of the ingti
fDfe. Most Of them never returned, being put
OBa To trades when they became old enough a,
thf rules 81 the institute required The build
inti was used rs hospital by the Federal troop
wlfle south Of the Rappahannock, and Mis-
Feginia Knox. one Of the trustees Of the school
ans Daughter Of Ihos. r. Knox, grain Incr
cb SBt, told me that she and other ladie
lel% their aid 10 the Federal wounded lef
thke. host Of the people Of the town wen
ou%neSTly i've miles. 10 Salem Church. In car
Tis}fes. wagons and all kinds Of vehicles, takIpt
VITA them their most valuable things.
ALL KIEIss or PEOPLE
wesS mized up there, rich and poor. aristocra
au&spiebeian. Two women named Martha AN,
Lifeie FarraT who kept houses Of III reput4
we 81 "a the party, and were amongst the frs
20 tencer their services 10 the Confederat
WOanded, and nursed them night and dav
subsequently purch asing shoes and clothing Ia
thfdn. These actions led 10 their having grea
Tesieect shown 10 them afterRard, 50 that ghe,
thsF reformed their mode Of life, aud Marth
ma3ried man named Stevens. with WHOM
she bad been living, respectable peopIe wer
willing 10 overlook the past aud Belle Steven,
tbeHsHRhter, married well-to-do liquor deaie
nalaed T. Mcguire. who has since died.
Well. well / Just happened 70 think tta
KHSy Smith, afterWard Confederate General
wa born in New Britain, Conn, while Ger
tiuttAgus w. Smith was q New York maT
KIRBY smith commanded d brigade at the 6r.
Buit Run. or Manassas. in which the 18th Y,
serEed. tie brigade being subsequently com
naisded by Col Arnold Elzey. We also had !
Inl9eper lawyer named Samuel SbadrjeL
who defended John Brown when tried. In IsJ.
Sam was threatened for this, and on one oeca
elOp was about 10 be attacked, but bv a tir,eI
nse Of pistols prevented IL. He died a Unio
man after the war broke out. can we'll =
IneulbeF how Old Sam looked a. he STOOD =
the steps Of the Courthouse at CuIpeBer who
the diflicElty occurred. He was riding du
horse, and had very capaeious saddle-bags /
which be carried his notes aud briefs-af,
perhaps also due bills. He was a gamy littl
Enan. but q thorough gentleman, as w
considered them here. He was ready alway