Telegram-herald., 1890-06-15

of som@ length- Ihlsea cavern may become
an object II curiosity ~ travellers IA
the future a. being the place where The
eieW - MOshys sudden and mysterious
appearances and disappa4ranoes about
thai very spoJ has long bsen concealed .
Is - co 0fses 20 the trustworthy source
whence the story eonnsesed with this
rocky cavern comes. that 10 comes out
now sos ths Aras tine after al these
years-
A strangs mYs.e-y hangs about
Mosby. lie was the spectro-chiet of
Una shenandoah The caves ot The val
ley ior which it IL celebrated have loft
their dark. mysterious furtiyenesses
rpon bin
A. The breaking out % shs var IA
was about thlrty-dve years Of age. He
stood tn IS stockings about hve feet
seven, had wiry. slender form, small
hands md feet. biscx hair, gray eyes. a
cuttinglY sharp aqailine face. a bold
Roman nose al1 weighed about one
Aundred And talrtY pouadA lie was .
fine horsem4n-
IN view Of ths n stertocsness that
has Always hung about his movements,
she following thrilling and trustworthy
Atofy. 50 far certainly as he Is con-
cerned, 5oid BY the assistant surgeon OF
the First New York Veteran Cavalry. and
an eye witness % nearly az oi the facts
which he narrates will De intensely in
teresting. John Lozler. the author %
the story. Is q son Of John Lozier. who
constructed tho New York viaduct and
Itts mouth
lie himself was graduate OF tho
iColum hia College. an assistant surgeon
dn tho FIRST y Y. Veteran Cavalry.
which VAS the nrss cavalry regiment
raised FOR the war. Tie IA an able, up
right and truthful man, who has tho
lconhdsnce and respect Of all who know
hin. His statement. II we mistake not.
will bs valuable In more particulars
1han ons iu the riake-up Of history, in
lasmuch "a &c gives for the hrss time n
complete and reliable account OF tho
hiding place OF tho guerilla chief as
we'll as tho reason for his often strange
and sudden disappearanoe when pur-
sued By Union soldiers The story as
told By Surgeon Lozior IL as follows;
Tn "a band OF gueriuas 20 the num-
fber q perhaps eight hundred mon ap-
,peared in the valley 81 tho Shenandoah.
They were all OF them we'll Mounted.
tEone OF them splendidly. They Wsro a
mixed company q men- Many Of them
eano ous % the valley and operated
about thsir own houneS They we're all
undsr the command Of Mosby. They
carried beside the rebel flag y hitO
flag with black skull and bones
on it Above this grim ooat-of-arras A.
the top = the Tag we're the words.
l''valley DISTRICT" giving is 4 semi OF
fcial character. A. the bottom we're
the words. written In two short lines
ono above tbs other "No Prisoners
No Quarter" This sar vas head
quarters fag and was frequensiY seen
by our men.
This body of mon srouted and swept
The valley from Uarper's Ferry 20
Lynch burr distance Of ono hundred
and twenty niles They took no pris-
oners They never loaded tbcusel YES
with that kind - cargo. On one occa-
sion ai0ns. seven men were brough :
in to uo AMI buried All these non
were shot throuEl tae body. Tho black
marx Of the muzzle was on the blue
coat of every oue o. tbera. and the coat
vas Burnt showing chat Tho gun was
mt ciose to th8 coat when it vas fred
Z speak ~ that which 7 have sosT-
This body of men hung about rs and
ha-assed IS iB every way possible
Probably En- our campaign with them
lwo lost trv0 OF three times "a many mon
as they did Sometimes Nosby would
D. heard from az four widely remote
places on thc same night
The rnerillas wore az beard
lees boys. youths. and some old gray
bearis. They we're ~ different grades
and professions. Some we're farmers,
sornc mechanics. some lawyers. some
sioctors. s0r1e worlying-men- They
nlade sheir attacks both ~ isy and bY
nirhs They wer~ god shots AMI good
.ho-semen. They carried ssvsn-sbeot.
ing carhines. q sabre and brace oi
'pistois
'At last. sfter v~a-s - annoyance 70
the Union army. is vas determined r.
.puean end n Is aiL For this pn-pcss.
n csvaIrT force - &c regiments. ie-
tsfis-i frou, the regular Union cavalry.
.CrE,SlSIarE cf ene tirsf NeT \ CRY FeF
euzn CsvalrY, toe Seventh West Nir
krsnia~usvai-y. tne First New York Lin
,cosn. Cava2rT. the Twelfth PeunsTlvs-
-,is-a-sv>lry. srd tss Second Nsw Eors
rse.eran CsvalrT. vs. put under com
,narri of- Bri I'D ier-tFeneral Taylor, 0'
fST-as-ase. ~sth oriars - cruSt 1u'
Noshy. This tcrce numbered IN she
neirhhcrbrcd - 49, thousand men.
Fr',z,~ ---- rnf1 --~rr-tef Tha~ go
as an sc- ~ reta4atscn In scr-e ~ tnet'
ekiraishes hcistsa . faE siu1ilar ~
McEhTs win re ssr1e devices upCn
g. They Vere -allea sae ''Shsnaniosh
haurersf They -Rre vel u1un7ssi
snd s-negt - he teeth
This t'rce 81 cavzlrv srru-ei snd
SWEPT tte railr~ Sr-ne-irres rrev
would sight Mcshv. hut a. soon ss the7
pursued be aisa~resrei en- ere scct, a7d
ss sccu as thar lrav 80 31wn the "a
isv be r9arreared ready for anothe-
krush. He lad ths helr % the vaileT
rarr.s "a x1ev IA r-cea&