Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-23


Won. and ia which you are described u
as belonging 90 the Rebel army
1T should reckon I did DIDN'T Y
write n and put Il I'm every blessed ar y
ticle I thought we Reos. "a you eaii q
as. could get and make use OF y
looked at Colonel buchanan ano
saw a palIor slowly creeping over nis {
face. !
"Do you mean to say. sir, ne ASK ASH. :
chat this prisoner did not voluntarily
meet YOU people. and of his own tree
viii agree TO sell and deliver the aru-
cles mentioned in that papers Inc
witness threw his head PACK anu
laughed b0isterously. The oio Co.o
neTs face changed from white 10 al
anonlectic red. and he again raped
Cor order. and said sarcastieaily.
..please restrain your merriment anu
answer my question: remember tnis
IA a court room and not theatre.
sRer pardon. Colonel. but II you'd
soan how the old sinner tremoleu |
L when i showed my six-shooter unver
I his nose and told him I'd blow out nc
Il brains n he didn't sign II, you Va.
10 laugh. too. The six-ShOoter haon
nary charge but ne ua. to,S -
that You see. the way we got hoie %
hin, was this. Some OF our boys hNe
In Ration Rouge. and they know the
oil fellow has always been considered
/. = bie.c-or Yankee than old Greeley him
: self when we saw him inside our
lines. near the Ferry. where W
= learned he had been 10 visit some ST. !,
: relative. we made up our minus 20 =
!, cot a Dretty good thing We knew nc
: vas n rich old cock. and that bis stor,
= carried one OF the biggest stocks OF
Goods outside OF Orleans ueci'ieo
III. thot I could scare him into slgninl
"a most ANYTHING. but It was tough work
~ thought at one time I'd really nave
- 10 load ND and give him flesh woun'
~ ~ make him ante up. Then Just a
or ne had signed the paper you h"nA
swOOped down upon US.
n "Do Won mean 20 say. on your oat
on your oath. sir" said the Colont
n imperiously. that the prisoner did no
81 | sond word TO you that he would NEE
"a Won mt that Ferry and furnish 20
81 certain information and contFaietn
Fl articles for certain sums OF money
III The Young Confederate Jumped n
~ and balancing himself on MS ~
~ cried out. with the most Intense scot
And you call this Yankee cou
II Justice, Couldn't any OF you ~
trouble enough 20 nnd out WIZ n. n.
~ n man YOU were trylngf WY ~
child in Baton Rouge could have ga
Won who old jew tsaacs was ~
twice he's had n rope round his ne
and been nearly choked into Nih-u,
Come by our boys because he woulu
toll where you'uns were camped-a
ali the old fellow would say
Hang away Couldn't you ma %
through some OF your smart witness
that my own capture was due TO
pluckv old devil, who was or
enough and loyal enough 90 YOU Nai
- 10 send word 10 your Captain by his
% tie son when and whore he had aEr
~. 70 meet US. In spite OF my oath 10
that I would shoot him down Tx
dog IL ne breathed n word 20 any on
And the indignant Southerner =
down In his chair. wiping the persp
ton from his face.
That the dramatic part OF this ST
ling dcnouement was partly arrau
by the lawyer has always been
conviction. He knew from the
that he had a sure case and he
been greatly nettled by the 81
words and rulings OF President Buc
an At any rate. the eject was
that he could have wished Never
fore. In his long military career.
the old Colonies pride received su
blow. His boast had been that he
presided over more than htty @
martials and had seldom had MS
fncs dlsapproved. as he elaine
W I
<.1. military law.
The room was cleared and the
mel. after a few words OF eXplana
added. "Of course. the case viii b.
,pdingl missed at once and the priscne
dared leased. l desire 10 confess 90 You
tlemen that for my part fear
r." he allowed my prejudices TO infuenc
emf OF Judgment. and that have been n
mo To than ever before in all my militar
If m committing "A very grave and 81
We the error. We are none OF US too c
ion. 70 learn"
ear or After adjOurning the court, n
BILE old man went into the adJ'
painful room. shook hands most hearth.
ur dis courteously with the lawyer. the
coming federate Captain and the old Jew
aanner. said that none OF them could De
be I'M pleased than he that any Suspici'
may have had were found 70 be
asident. AsI was arranging my papers,
ummon one touched me on the shoulde
N that looking around / encountered
20 then swarthy cOuntenance. He said.
broken English: Il see you
led the Mason Answering in the affirm
luce the and learning that he was one.
why he had not made himself
sue the before. "Oh, no." he said, mot
was under charges, but now
till the very glad TO know YOU as one
lin," TO you TO bring some OF your
nmOns- friends and dine with me mex
'ur wit day" handing me his card. l nc
hen the his invitation and had an exp
for the first time of dining in n
.Sted al ily OF wealthy Jew.