Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-05
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Lecture by General John h. Gordon
Sabbath School Convention-Recolle
tions of Mosby.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
ETA JANE, April 29.-General ].
B. Gordon will lecture at Gafney City
on the 26th of May. His subject will
be "The Last Days of the Confed-
eracy."
I had the pleasure of attending the
A. R. church at Hickory Grove last
Sabbath. Rev. Mr.. Johnson filled the
pulpit in the absence of Rev. ]. P.
Knox.
Each Sabbath school in Cherokee
county is requested to send three del
egates to Gafney City on Saturday,
May Is, at II a. m, for the purpose of
organizing County Interdenomina-
tional Sabbath School convention.
Cutworms are doing considerable
damage to garden plants in this Sec
ton.
A few fine fish have been caught
with gill nets and hooks.
Last year, we advised the girls to
make good use of leap-year, as anoth-
er one would not come until the year
1904. They have taken US at our
word, it seems, and are still going to
see the boys. They don't intend to be
cheated out of their rights by astro-
nomical calculations, and I don't blame
them.
Universal regret is expressed at the
great misfortune of Colonel John S.
Mosby, and the prayers of many an
old comrade are going up to throne
of mercy in his behalf. In order to
show what kind of a man Colonel
Mosby is, wish to tell of an incident
in his military career (Which is only
one of thousand) and in which some
South Carolina troops took part.
1t was on Friday, October 9, 1868.
A large force of Federals were in
Alexandria, Va, making preparations
for general advance. Colonel Mosby,
with 40 picked scouts, was on the
lookout for them to begin moving.
He and his men had lain in ambush
all the day and night before, and they
were hungry, tired and sleepy. Soon
that morning, the advance began.
About $50 cavalry preceded the long
wagon train, which had strong in
fantry escort. Colonel Mosby and
Walter Whaley hid in the bushes near
the roadside to observe what was
going on. Captain Smith, with John
Munson, took similar position further
up the road. Right in front of them
was an ugly hole in the road, the
wagons and teams had some trouble to
pass, and the third team from the last
stalled, and the other two wagons
could not pass. The column moved
on and did not wait for the stalled
wagon to catch up. At this juncture,
Col. Mosby came out and at the point
of his pistol, ordered the three wagons
to be driven out into the woods and
down the hill to where his men were
in readiness to take charge of them.
The wagons were loaded with suffers
stores. A picket was left to guard
the road. Soon an old gentleman and
lady came along in an empty one
horse wagon, and they, too, were
ordered to turn out of the road and
follow the others down the hill. Of
course, they knew nothing better to
do than to obey orders, even if they
came from a private soldier. AS the
little wagon drove up (or rather down
the men were helping themselves to
what they needed in the suffers line.
Of course, Colonel Mosby wanted an
explanation for this intrusion, which
was given, the substance of which was
as follows: These old people had
started that morning to Alexandria
with a few vegetables which they had
managed to save from the hands of
the soldiers Of both armies. These
they expected to exchange for some of
the essential necessaries of life, and
had started to Alexandria that morn
ing for that purpose. But meeting
the army, their load had been confs-
Gated by the "pluguglies," who gave
them nothing but insults in return for
it. Besides, the proprieties of war
were such that they could not be
allowed to pass the provost guard into
the city, and they were turned back
empty-handed toward the home where
they lived and which they might in all
probability find in ashes. This state
ment was enough. The soldiers began
to fill the wagon with the choicest
goods in the capture. Everything
from a broadcloth suit to a cotton
handkerchief, or paper of pins, to-
gether with all kinds of eatables,
drinkables and wearables. They liter
ally packed the little wagon to over
flowing, and q dozen Confederate
soldiers took hold of it and pushed
and pulled it up cliff and turned it
over to its owners with supplies
enough to last them until the end of
the war. Truly, to that home Mosby
was Gideon. SIGMA.
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