Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-04-20

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his darkies. He kissed and bugged
the whole outfit and I left him wan
dering about the place like delight
ed child.
That is the last ever saw or heard
Of him. Alas, many OF these poor
lunatics scattered all over this great
State perished In this cruel war for
want OF proper attention | remem-
her on this same trip l could not get
through the military lines to deliver
a patient, DR.. Hill at bis home In
New Madrid and left him In the jail
at Cape Girardeau. ! never heard
onything more of Dr. Hill. Then fol-
lowed some other lively experiences.
After the building was cleared OF pa
tients, all the valuables, including
clothing material, blankets and bed
ding Of every kind, was carefully stored
away and locked up in the fourth
story of the main building. One night
while was sound asleep and guard
at my door, somebody, supposed to be
rebel soldiers, entered the building,
forced open the store rooms and car
ried off everything OF any value, in
Guiding large lot OF lead pipe for the
purpose, doubtless, of moulding it in
to bullets. Who did this? l doubt
not there are some men In Fulton
and Mexico to-day that can tell.
/ was not awakened at all, ,and knew
nothing of the transaction till next
morning. DR.. Smith was not allowed
to leave his room. The building was
closed to patients, but occupied by
Union soldiers till some time In the
year 1868, when 1t was reopened under
the superintendency of DR.. @. HI.
Hughes. or this war period it is not
my purpose to write, except to refer
briefly to some incidents connected
with my own life Immediately after
we transferred our home from Fulton
TO Palmyra, where my wife,s parents
and my own lived, and where she had
been brought up and where we were
married In the fall 1858. At this
time we had two children,o ,one of them
born on the "ioth of May" that noted
day that commentaries the capture
OF Camp Jackson" The excitement
that event produced in Missouri no
pen can describe. But there was one
episode in the history Of the war In
Missouri that occurred In Palmyra
that can never be erased from the
memory Of those who then lived there
and that sent a thrill OF horror all
over the land. Suddenly one day Col.
Porter dashed into PALMYRA and made
an attack upon the court house and
jail, where the Federal troops under
Mcneil were quartered, and where a
number Of Rebel prisoners were held.
Porter's men were quartered all around
our residence, only two blocks from
the jail and court house. From there
they kept up a lively fire upon the
Federal troops, which was promptly
returned, many of the bullets rattling
against the side of our house, and
some Of them penetrating the wall.
My wife and two baby boys were hid
den away In closet The result was,
Porter succeeded In capturing the jail
and releasing the prisoners. When
he retreated he carried of old man
Aulsman, a noted Union man, who
had made himself very obnoxious to
the citizens by reporting them to the
authorities. BY way Of parenthesis |
will say also that he carried off my
horse, and was not so fortunate as to
recover him this time. / suppose
was paying the penalty OF my disloyal
act at Fulton. Then followed the
celebrated Mcneil order and the
shooting of the ten men that Mortified
the country, and that has been SO often
written about and has been made the
basis of a novel by Representative
Sosey, of Marion county. One picture
In memory's gallery stands out more
vividlY to me than any Of all the wal
that OF Captain Sydnor, a gallant
and handsome young man from Mon
roe county, who, standing by the side
of bis coffin, as the wagons drove ir
procession up Main street, was grace
fully bowling goodbye to his many
friends looking In speechless amaze
ment and grief as they stood along the
pavement on either side of the pro
cession. Tall and slender, of graceful
figure and long raven black hair fall
ing down to bis shoulders, he was ar
Apollo Belvidere of beauty and Bay
ard Of chivalry. All the others fel
dead at the first fire, but this gallan
tyoung man, mortally wounded, raiset
himself to his knees, and In that at
titnde was dispatched by the pisto
Ishots Of the ruthless soldiers.
| Somehow have the death OF this
brave young man associated II
memory with that Of the unfortunate
Maximillian, as thought OF him whilI
standing on the spot at Querretaro
where, by the side of bis two generals
he met his death so bravely at th
hands of the Mexicans, bis las
thoughts and words going out 10 hi
"poor Carlotta" far away In Europe
interceding for him with Fapoleo
and the Pope.