Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-08-02

attempt to arrest me. You ana your
men are covered by foul hundred re-
peating rifles. One move on your part
to arrest me and your force will be an
initiated. l mention this in the in
terest of humanity. If you decline to
treat me with the courtesy due to a
brave enemy, you had better retire. /
viii give you two minutes to rejoin
your men"
The impu1sive general wheeled his
horse, galloped into the center of the
lawn and called, in a oud voice, as he
drew his sword:
Capt. Hawkins, mass your men.
Bring up the reserves Prepare to
storm the house."
Hendricks leaned against one of the
pillars of the balcony.
You see" said the sheriff, resist
anee Is useless. 1t would be better to
surrender at once, as I propose to take
you now and he made a motion to
draw his pistol.
Before he could get it fairly into his
hand, there was d sharp crack of a
rifle at short range and he half raised
himself in the stirrups and fell heavily
backward upon the horses launches,
the pistol falling upon the ground.
Hendricks stepped down and picked it
up as the horse reared and backed
ayaY-and at that moment a crack of
firearms was heard and he went quick
" back into the house and shut the
door.
As soon as he got to an opening In
the ~barricaded window, he saw the
general wildly galloping up and down,
fourishing his sword and calling upon
his men to fall in. But many of them
were past falling in. Their bodies
were conspicuous by their uniforms,
lying where they had fallen in the
| grass and the rest We're budding con
fusedly, running indeterminately into
| the trees at the foot of the slope under
a murderous fire from all parts Of the
house.
He could see when the general turned
his head that a stream Of blood was
running down his face from a cut in
the temple and had dyed his white
whiskers.
Wounded as he was, the old general
| succeeded after awhile in withdrawing
| his men across the road to the opposite
activity, where under the shelter OF
some rocks, he reformed them and tried
to them. His condition was
a distressing one. lie had lost, ont of
a hundred and forty-four men, at least
fifty. He could not even bring them
| all off and consequently did not know
| if they were killed or wounded. The
sheriff was dead. He had no hospital
| stores + ~Stretchers, for it wOuld have
required more than the ordinary mill
tary PRESENCE to have calculated upon
such a reception as this. However, he
did the best he could, and the first act
was to dispatch couriers to the nearest
telegraph station to ummon assist
ance and notify the governor. he Civ
ing up his own horse to one Of the
messengers.
What was his surprise about noon tC
receive a communication from the
house. A man dressed like an ordinary
workman was brought into his little
camp by a picket and delivered the
following note with a military salute
ITO the Commanding Of1cer:
"SIR: You can safely remove-your dead ant
wounded. If You are IN need Of banIages
surgical assistance or medical stores, and viii
| send for them. they Will be supplied until 20,
receive help from the state Respectfully,
"OFFICER COMMANDING OPPOSING FORCES.
The audacious GOODNESS of this pro
ceeding aroused the old general to al
eruptive state of indignation. He tore
the message to pieces and ordered The
arrest of the messenger. Half an houl
later another arrived
II am ordered" he said. "to say K
You that if you do not release the mes
senger a sufficient force will be sent t.
take him"
Away with himt' shouted the iras
chile old general. IF he attempts t.
escape shoot him."
During the night Gen. Waterson ant
Fenning got in at the bayou entrance
and before morning Gen. Luscomb'
forces were fallen upon and complete
ly routed.
CHAPTER XVIII
InJune Of that year there appeared il
several of the Indiana papers the fol
lowing advertisement:
MILITARY EXCLUSION.
"Uniformed military companies in Indiana
wishing to Join the excursion battalion TO max
q summer visit TO New York in July. will pleas
report to Lieut. Bidweu at Indianapolis Ur
usual inducements are offered to organized con
panies 70 join this pleasure party. The batta
ion Will be the guest Of New York for tw
days"
This vague announcement of a pre-
| JeCCGO eXcuTS1cu dlo NOT 1oll 10 dLtIdC
some attention in New York. Severa
Of the papers referred to it in para
graphs, which briefly stated that tn
militia of Indiana intended to visit tn
city during the. summer.
On the 9th of July the superinte1
dent of police in New York received
formal letter from Indianapolis sayin
that if the arrangements could be con
pleted a regiment of Indiana militi
would visit the city on or about til
18th, and asked for the usual right I
parade and a police guard to clear th
streets. at the time of the receipt {
the letter every man of the regimen
was in New York. The men of til
force were SO widely and carefully di
tributed hat a military organizatio
was invisible. Each man had in h
possession a light uniform consisting {
:. q blue flannel shirt. duck trousers ar
belt, a thin glazed hat, a knapsack al
Spencer rifle with twelve rounds {
!, ball cartridges. This uniform could /
put on In a few moments.
. At half-past five on the morning
: the 18th the men thus equippe
came to Tompkin's square from a
points of the city. The inhabitants
, the neighborhood looked on with tt
!. lazy interest that. a military parad
= awakens In the metropolis, but no or
knew or cared to inquire whether tt
. regiment had arrived en- -1nasse by a
carly train or had come in the nigl
before.
The troops had to wait till mir
o'clock for the platoon of 1nounte
i police that w a to precede them. &c,
Waterson, the colonel commanding
communicated with the sergeant
/ the squad through his adiutant. The
had been invited. he said, to visit Wa
: street and the s~ub-treasury. The