Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-06-28

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III 4. for % human ibe. m1n Storm ~
No storm, tho msssag,s must gor'
As the principal characters In the
story ann abcni to tell arc still living.
AMI have not their consent to U.s. their
true name-. must take fictitious ones.
While this will not detract frUm the gen.
eral accuracy Of the narrative, u will
give me more latitude In the grouping
and presentation % serie- % incidents
quite n startling In their way as ever
the brain Of roinanccr conjur-i up.
have aid In the course ~ ihc-e ar'i.
clcs that. a. rule. the mountain men
of the south w,r. strongly attached Ia
the Union. and that wherever there were
many .lavc- and much wealth the I--o-
ple were ~ strongly In favor of .ec-s-
sion. Of cour-. there wer. mountain
men who fought earnestly on the side u
th. south. and Shareholders who swore
to stand by the Union. night or wrong"
and who kept their oaihs II follows
that there were sections of the border
states where the icople were pretty well
divided. and ,hi. division broke up Low.
ing families, arraying brother against
brother and father against son, and
Iartci ncighlor- who hal l-cn as near
anil dear to each other ~ " they hal
b-en kinsmcn.
Howard rurbe- lived In the eastern
Part of Madison county. Kentucky. In
i~Ji. Ia this section ~ the state the foot
hills - the Cumberland range meet the
undulating uplands 20 the famous blue
grass region. and the result u n country
NOR, picturesque. " not ~ rich, as that
- Bpurbun. fayette. J--samine and
Woodward Ia the wet. In no part OF
Kentucky or In no tart - tho south
wcrc the people morc divided n 20 49,
cc~siOn than in eastern Mailisiu. About
one-half the young men here joined
Morgan and Chenowith. AMI the other
half entered the Union army,
Howard forl.s, 81 Madison. enlisted
in the SscOnd Mounted Rife, and Ia the
fall Of isSJ hc hal risen to the command
% q company and had been repeatedly
mentioned 10y General Thomas AMI other
officers Tor his gallaniry and efficiency.
In November. is6l. Captain FORBES was In
camp near Danyille. having just come up
from a successful raid agains, the bush.
whackcr- south II the Cumberland. lie
had orders Ia join his regiment. then at
Knoxville with Burnside. and he was
rcaly to pull ont In the early morning
when black boy. mounted ON u foam
fccked horse. rrincd In before him and
threw himself frOm the saddle.
This 10y was Jake, the property Of .
widow named Campbell. Whose fine farm
adiUined that II the senior forbss. That
Jake hal ridden far and fas, the condi.
,iun of his thoroughbred showed. and
that hi. mission was QUE Of great i'm
lorianco was manifest IN his excited
manner and the ashy hue % his face. In
reply 20 the captains inquiry a. 10 where
be- came from. the 10y pulled a letter
from his breast Iocket and gasI-'l,
"Mauss Howard. dats from Miss Jsn.
nie!'
The Miss Jennie In question was q
daughter of the Widow Campbell. and
before the trouble cam. she was engaged
o. young forb-s. Mrs. Campbell and
her sOn and daughter were intensely
southern In their sympathies, and their
dislike for their Union neighbJr was. II
Is,ssiblc. more bitter than that they en-.
tsrtain.,l for the Yankees who came
from north Of the Ohio. Mis- Jennie's
letter was stiH and formal In it, olcning.
bu, the terrible strain under which she
wru,. -oon showed itself. and she gave
full vent Ia her piicous pleading.
Briefly this was her story; Her brother.
Edward Campbell. had raised com.
lany called the Border Ranger" In.
tending To- join Morgan, but without
any authority he hal carried on sort
~ guerrilla war on his own account.
harrassing Union citizens AMI disband.
ing in the hills whenever pursuit b-came
threatening. During the camIaign 81
the previous autumn an old and helpless
Union man named Rogers was murdered
near Bardstown, and Captain Campbell
was charged with the crime. Recently
he had l-en captured near Richmond.
under circumstances that warranted
his bring trca,el as spy. lie was taken
On 90 Camp Dick Robinson. then com.
mandei by General Boyle. tried. found
guilty Of every charge preferred against
him and sentenced 10 L. hanged.
Miss Campbell's letter to Captain
FORBES was written from Camp Dick
Robinson. and IL urged him by every
memory of the past Ia come To her nj
once and use all his influence 10 save her
brother from an ignominious death. The
Union captain had every reason 10 dis
like the Confederate, hut the love for
the sister still remained. lie realized
how utterly helpless he was In the
premises. but a. Camp Dick Robinson
lay almost directly In his line Of march
he determined 10 20 there and answer
the young lady's letter in person.
In driving rain the captain left Dan
Vile with his company, and reached the
camp la the afternoon, and. under the
pretext Of having some u his horse- re-
shoj. he decided 10 remain till the follow.
ing morning He at once sought out Gen.
erai Boyle. and found that officer sorely
troubled over the coming execution of
the suy Edward Campbell. which was set
down for the morrow. The general had
Known Mr. Campbell and her family
Tor many years, and this made his posi-
ton the more trying. The findings and
verdict Of the court that had tried young
Campbell had been approved by General
burnside, NJ that there was nothing lefi
but Ia carry out the sentence.
In reply 10 Captain Forbes question
as 10 the guilt Of the unfortunate man.
General Boyle said;
The court was composed OF good
L,en. and I think they tried TO be I'm
partial. But Campbell was caught In
citizens dress sneaking within our lines,
and the proof Of his completely In the
murder Of Rogers would have convinced
any Jury In the land Of his guilt"
II have no reason TO like I'd Camp
bell.- said Captain FORBES In response.
'.for he has made himself obnoxious to
the Union men In his old home. but ]
cannot think that he would commit
| ,~.,,or ,rur,i.y Uas he no excuse "a