The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
4 U.fE- TINS PANIC
How Smoky Ucndcrson's Company OF Des-
pcrate Men Kan for Dear Life.

from tis s.. L1us ,iiot> Dern,e,a.
! GALVESTON. June THE other day n group
| OF Confederate veterans sat on the gallery OF
the Beach Hotel. and the conversation drfted
from the interment OF jefferson Davis to rem
| iniscences Of the war between tho States.
| Ono old fellow told OF regiment that became
| panic stricken while the men wero ut dinner.
| and tore down tents and everything else in
! there frantic eadeavo.s to get away. although
their was not n Federal soldier within fifty
! miles OF them at the time The men Just got
scared and broke. That was all there was to
it, said the veteran. Nobody knew what
| started it. and nobody stopped to ask what
started it 1t beat anything ever saw"
" The worst pani. saw during the war was
right hero in Texas" exclaimed DIR. S. c.
Young. 1t was a panic about three miles long
ana about two miles wide, and it spread all over
the prairie for the best part Of five hours. 1t
WI mono IF your phantom or ghost lanic,s.
e. you the whole story. It makes mo laugh t?
th!nE IF IT n"w although the affair happened
In 1855 he Hon J. W. Henderson of Hous:
e com HX ra Il ana
prominent lawyer, and spm"thtrr; Of IL sport
ye t TrsnGzSd the priM%S nihn rEn
with the sporting element, and aimed to get u
man paid for his own outfit. horse and every
thing else and as result they were the best
lnenuer had n gun record ranging from ono
to three men, for they were almost without
exception desperate oh Iracters.
We'll. tho com PAW started out on the war
path. and never stopped until it wound up
Yankees down there were "ut on the cunboats
and blockaiers. The company wanted to see
~, Yankees any WAYS! it went down there and
wis rewarded for its pains. tor gunbOat was
seen 2i.t in tao Gulf OF Mexico. about live
mills from shore.
into the gulf and bay. I; was very narrow near
the shorn en,I. Tut Uroadeaed out into n sort OF
i9oE nj the anKee GunG9aL Ths H9at re-
tentlon to th,r cavalr'men.
After little the men dismonntel. and
peninsula. and nna IS, forgetting all about tho
nanEe" Gnnnoa.. pSE.n game or two OF
Roa a Go W m"n'e Tns sesuysd Tor
hombshell that had exploded between them
and the r horses. They jumped to their feet.
SAW cutter full Of mea about BOO yards from
The beach between them and their horses.
In@ c@tt;r hal = small gun mounted on tho
Inmped 4p the Yankees turned loose about u
rnnic he Captain there spoke nt n While ago ago
was nDthipgt to what happened then. ! know.
The minute before we thought We wantei the
horses out but when the Grnpeshot tore up
the sand and weeiS around Us We found We
horse he would have been III Behind. for we
made quick time. tell you or course wo
~ THAI was the proper direction 10. Us to take.
for e led toward the mainland.
We made. il in agolt hall mlnuie- when
,DanG right in front OF US. the Yankees
opened up from another cutter There WAS "a
who'll hostlo9d Of them. ana they We're pun:
ing Ike irnds 10 ROACH tho narrow neck OF
ana sna he" Was Of" Sna il ya ever
Ncw rho ianNees saw there WAS no use
compe,in: w:tl such fast Ayers as we were.
shooting. Forunlte!y for. US tho Gulf was
rough and they could not shoot accurately.
then We scattered You know 1t is all bald !
{Erare 1 lev 1ner. SO 'hsre was no shelter
in: for ten or firen minutes. ,-.,1,,
six 81 Us. in'!u,l;nS tine ta!t2in., headed FOR |
The pnnhnn.!Ie as near a. we r!uIl nIakcc out,
from innEcrr, and after we had 3 'He beyond |
H." ram" d '1G comtH9d.4 gmn we st}bledd e
i"-ie ahont half an h"Nr wh"n bang" ,whiz! |
NJ uIt u tlir grass ANA saw that the big gun |
boat had @t"am" in near the -hor" and had |
naa- bat W. ia ~, Migd any a HIN. s Tine
The Yankees were his'ng lots Of IAN You'd |
long AZ q pan would land pear him and then !
y"I wpu Sc some o'tre fastest running on !
record Those Yankees amused themselves |
for AN hour "r two Smelling "vcry hi. bunch OF
Grass thcy could a"". llnalY. There was not a
gambler In sight. and they ceased firing.
Tho crowd WAS wIth went 10 an old house
about quarter 4 lui!c out Of range OF tho
guns and sat down t. gost. The family WAS
away. hut we broke or"n the door, and. fnd-
ing some fresh besi. We prepared to cook
ninner. just as "" got tho meat cooked, tho
Hptain sad h. voli 10 M on the roof and |
see IL no could find an OF the boys on the
prairie. llo wns Il: man. and weighed |
about 200 pounds. When he rot up on tho
100, lie found he could not sos well Tor the
chimney So he stepped on the cistern top
It Was i im-Y AFFAIR. ami Just rs a cannon
from tho shin WA Arel II gave way under him
with u crash that shook the house and preclp-
itated him into ths depths hollow. Hrarirg
tho cannon and ihnn the crash. We naturally
concluded that the house had been struck hy
n shell, AMI II would explode the next minute,
SO We He'd to u man. an weia 200 yards away
before we realized W hat had happened. Hear
ing no mol eNh.nslnn. We returned and 1t
nearly drowned in the cistern We hshed him
out and without stopping t. eat or do any
thing else we struck OUT for the next town.
, what became OF our horses2 | mover