The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-05

the Cumberland river In the direction OF
the Blue Grass region. Pursue him aud
drive him from the State. ]. J. Boyle
II repeated the message to General Nor
gan, and. OF course. Colonel Bruce never
rot IT, As soon ns General Morgan re-
coiycd the message. he said; boys, hold
ZIP the wire. This is very important The
boys We're having a hard time OF II in the
rain, for the ropes that they We're holding
the loop UP with were soaking wet, and
they were being repeatedly shocked by the
electric current. We remained there until
about o'clock IN tho morning, and
drained Louisville OF all the Information
the Federas had, General Morgan then
sent tho following message:
:" General j. T. Boyle, Commanding. Lou
isvilic:
I" Nashville, Tenn. July ., 1sGa-~Gcneral
Forrest with largo cavalry force attacked
Murfreesboro this morning. mud routed our
forces. Stanley Marshall
Provost Marshal.'
MoRGAN's sHREwD TEST.
ut was the hrst time had done any
work FOR General Morgan, and | nftcrward
found out that hc sent the following mos
sage to his brother.ln-law. j. y. Hunter,
at Lexington to zee If l was doing my
duty:
Send two barrels Of whisky TO
Nashville by express G. o. ID,
/ "Ho signed the message John Cogle,' q
namc that he used when he was leuten-
ant IN Mexico whenever he was out on q
lark and did not want every ono to know
who he was. Mr. Hunter knew who the
message was from, and about a month ar
terward wo learned that the whisky had
beon shipped as directed and then re-
! turned to Lexington With $ll charges on
II. had the satisfaction Of drinking sew
oial glasses Of that whisky In Lexington
eve had thrown the Bowling Green
I forces off OF our track ana proceeded TO
! Lebanon, Ky. which was held by Colonel
| A. Y. johnson. We attacked the town about
dusk and entered It about 3 o'clock IN the
I morning The telegraph office In the depot
| was deserted, but the lamp wah burninB
! A musket was standing In the corner Win
fresh grass under the hammer. when
showed that tho operator had been out
! with the home guards defending me Town.
| tried the circuit and found 1t all fight
! ! was heard by the operator al Lebanon
/, Junction. but OF course did not know who
| answered my call. The unknown operator
began calling for b., aud took IL Tor
granted that II was Lcbannon's cal. anu
responded When he asked what OF tho
marauders now7' knew that ] was right.
and answered that we were sun keeping
| them nj bay He then wired back, III you
can hold them until 8 O'Clock train uom
| louisville viii bring soldiers to your as
| sistance, This operator had been signing
| hinlsclf 2. and General Morgan asked me
| who IL was I was talking 70, NOT being
able TO give the general that Information.
and not wanting to give myself away, i
| told u that a man was standing IN inc on'ce
who wanted TO bet me that he could not
spell the name OF HE station right the first
! lime. He said take the bet, and wired pack
I Il b a n O n u II G { | n
n then wired, How did the greenhorn
think ! would spell III" and answered
WIKI two BIS.
THE TROOPS NEVER CAME.
"Thc troops from Louigyille never
reached l. ,banon In time to modest us. for
Captain Jack Alien OF Company u had al
| ready fired a trestle between us and Leban-
on Junction.
"our next point was Midway. and when
VIC got within about four miles Of the place
General Morgan ordered me to take man
named Cabel Maddox and capture the OPP
orator and his instruments before he could
send the news of our approach. MADDOX
and rode ahead and entered the town un.
observed. as we did not wear uniforms.
went Into the telegraph offic5 and asked TINS
operator 10 ask Lexington what time y
told the man In the office that was also
an operator and would like 70 come inside
OF the railing He invited me in. and asked
him why II was that he had only one In
lstrJment In the office. when he had twt
wires running into It. He said that I'M
top wire was the military line and did no
have d connection In his office. then tolt
Maddox to get an ak and chop that to-
wire. The operator Jumped up from hi'
seat and wanted TO know who was ant
what was going to do / pointed dow
the Versailles pike. where cloud Of dus
could be seen. and said, That is com
pany OF cavalry coming under the COMMAND
OF General John II. Morgan; you are m!
prisoner and Will take charge OF this OF
flee for the time being The military lin
being cut. Lexington and Franklin wer
compelled to send their messages over IN
railroad wirs. which ran into the railroa'
office. The first message heard va
from General FnneH. commanding .
j Frankfort. 70 General Ward. y LexingtoI
i II was - foil0ws; General Morgan Wit