The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-06-08
BISHOP JOHN /. VINCENT WAS HERE,
Rev. James A. Duncan, of Kansas CITY
Delivers the Annual Address Before
the Literary Societies.
They Issue MANIFESTO hat Central College Must Have
Fifty Thousand Dollar Buiding-Indorse Presi-
dent Archibald A. Jones, and Abolish For
the Preparatory Department.

| thousand five hundred pounds of pow
der and a few percussion caps were
captured, and at that time the news
! was sent abroad that great deed had
been done. Many things which then
! appeared great have dwindled into
nothingness compared with later
events.
About the first of June the Lexing-
ton ''troOns" marched to the "Blue,"
near Independence, where little
scrimmage occurred, About the 10Th
of June they were back in Lexington,
getting ready for a march south. The
first distribution of arms was made just
about where the water tower now
stands, and the first distribution of
blankets occurred in building now
part of Elizabeth Aull Seminary prop
erly. Verify, the boys began to look like
, soldiers with their guns and blankets,
and the war seemed to be a reality.
About the middle of May, 1861,
Kelly's Irish brigade arrived in Lex
ington. They had been run out of st.
Louis. They were exhibited aud drilled
in our streets, and we gazed in wonder
ing admiration at the precision of their
work. and II; their wonderful capacity
TO drink whisky. They were petted
by our people, and all things were free
to them. We had an idea that they
were giants, and the federal govern
menL ..would have n Time" whenever it
came in contact with Kelly's brigade.
We started south about the 18th of
June, imagining ourselves an army,
able to catch sight of Il .fe l." We
knew nothing of the plans of our
officers; We knew nothing of war; We
were poorly clothed, and the worst
armed lot of fellows that ever went tn
war. Some had old revolutionary
flint lock muskets; some had the
ancestral squirrel rifles; some had
worn out shot guns; few had pistols
and few had bowie knives. One hot
afternoon we had To double-quick about
five miles, 10 get across Il bridge over
the Marias des Cygnes river before the
..feds'' got there and headed US off.
We beat them, crossed over, aud that
night had wonderful ram. We
burned the bridge, and started forward
marching across prairies covered with
water, sometimes three feet deep. We
then realized that we were not bunting
for the ..icds."
On the morning of July 9TH We
dOuble-lnicked about six miles to get
in position to receive AN attack by the
"feds." We chose our ground and
did not wait long until we saw them
coming, with glistening guns and gleam-
ing bayonets. The fight was on; we
whipped them and did not half try ;
we drove them through Carthage, and
routed them everywhere. We had
heard the cannon roar; we had smelled
the smoke of battle; we had seen men
torn down by cannon shot; we were
now soldiers.
General Price had no further trouble
!. going south. We drilled for some
weeks at Camp Cowskin, and then
started to Springfield. On the 10th OF
September the battle Of Wilson's Creek
was fought, and General Lyon was
, killed and his command whipped. A
few days of rest at Springfield and the
welcome order came 'sOn To Lexington
We met detachment of ..feds' al