The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-12

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George Cadwallader's place, few
miles distant, to steal horses. There
were about one hundred and twenty
five horses on the place, but the gene
raPs manager knew what was going
on at Magnolia; and / have learned
since that they only succeeded in steal
Ing twelve or thirteen horses, the man
| ager having hidden the others.
| Both trains were burned; and that
which arrived last was backed on to
the Gunpowder bridge, which conse-
quently was destroyed for a distance
equal to the length of the train. Some
OF the baggage was rifled by the rebels,
ana some of the passengers We're
robbed by them So far as I could OBJ
serve, the robbery of individuals was
not general, but the rifling of baggage
was; for / saw scarcely a rebel, from
Major Gilmor down, who did not have
about him some article of private
| property, taken from the trunks of the
passengers.
| I'VE crossed the Gunpowder creek
| five or six miles from the railroad and
mad good view of the burning bridge.
About 10 p. m. we arrived at Tow
sontown, village near the Northern
Central railroad. seven miles from Bal
timore. I believe we remained here for
a short time, when a skirmish began
and party of our cavalry, which had
been sent out to intercept them. / do
not know its result, for, as soon as 1t
commenced, I was sent off in charge
of Captain Owens and a party of six
or eight men, which was increased by
stragglers coming up to about twenty.
We Travelled in a southwesterly direc-
ton and at fast trot for about two
hours, and then for another hour at a
walk. BY this time we had crossed the
Reistertown turnpike ten miles from
Baltimore.
AT this point we stopped on the road
to feed and rest the horses. I was al
lowed to get out of the buggy, and
some hay was brought for me to lie
upon in fence corner. A sentinel was
placed over me, and Captain Owens
was sent off to a house near by to get
something to eat for us all. AS soon as
he left another sentinel came to keep
the first one awake; but finding him
quite wakeful, he went to sleep him
self.
When Captain Owens returned the
first sentinel soon went to sleep: and
the captain, who found him wide
awake when he arrived, went to sleep
| himself almost Immediately.
During this time had been wide
awake, scarcely daring to hope for
what had just occurred. But this was
the fifth night that these marauders
had had no sleep, and as they had
drank a good deal Of whiskey druing
the day, the fatigue had been too much
for them.
Il rose to sitting posture, coughed,
yawned and finally got up and l1obbled
to the buggy. Seeing that these move
| ments attracted no attention, delibe-
rately walked through the line Of
sleeping troopers! A dark wood Dor
dered the road where I had been lying,
and further on thick row Of trees
ran along the road for some distance.
/ I attained the shelter of these trees,
and kept along the road for about two
hundred yards. Then T crossed the
road and went through. an open grass
| field, in a northwesterly direction for
about three-fourths of mile. Then I
went through a thick wood, and upon
emerging from this found myself upon
the brink of broad, we'll cultivated
valley. AS it would have been broad
| daylight before I could have crossed
this valley, I determined to hide my
self for the day near where then was.
I therefore went through a wood,
which I knew no mounted man could
pass through, and finding beyond it a
small stream of water, and a clump Of
! blackberry bushes and weeds, I crept
into the clump, and burrowing a pas
sage for myself, laid there securely all
day; merely leaving my hiding place to
get water.
I'm my weak state, annoyed by the
sun and mosquitoes, / passed an ex-
! ceedingly uncomfortable day. I dis
tinctly heard my rebel friends inquir-
ing Of the harvesters in the fields near
by If they had seen me, and could hear
| their conversation at a picket post on
the turnpike. But I was not disturbed
during the day.
about nine o'clock in the evening I
| started to cross the valley, keeping the
course upon which I had travelled in
the morning. The valley was about
one mile broad, but I was three hours
crossing it.
''Qn the further side of the valley I
passed through a garden, in which
We're some cabbages; I pulled up one
of these, and was good deal refreshed
by eating it's leaves. Then reached a
wood which bordered the valley, and
finding in 1t small stream Of water,
spent the remainder of the night there.
II had become so exhausted that I
was determined to get something to
eat on the next morning either from
friend or foe; so at daylight I went
through the wood towards a small
house. When I arrived near I saw two
men coming from its direction with
bundles of hay, and accosted them,
telling them that I was a refugee, and
asking for breakfast.
''They told me that they were Union
people and sent me to the house, where
/ saw the proprietor Of the place. I
was treated in the kindest and most
hospitable manner by him and his
family. They gave me an excellent
breakfast; and afterwards the propri-
etor (whom I shall call Mr.. b.. with a
| friend who was staying with him, went
out to learn whether any rebels were
in the vicinity.
II returned to the wood; and while