Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-12-17
for school In those days and never re-

turned.
When the riot was at last stamped
out, another reckoning came Dozens
of the ringleaders were arrested con,
victed and sentenced to state prison
with merciless severity by Recorder
afterwards Governor) John T. Hoff.
man. And the city, being liable by q
state law for the acts OF rioters affect4
ing private property, was compelled
to pay millions of dollars for that
weeks work
AS specimen of the treatment that
the fiendfsh mob had at the hands of
the soldiers, where they could reach
them, I cite a brief story OF volun-
teer artillery officer to me in Louis
lana the next winter
II was in New York, recruiting, and
took two field pieces and mon to work
them into one Of the lower streets. I =
loaded UP with canister. The mob
came bowling down, thousands strong.
Men, I said, we must kill those fed
lows. Depress the pieces a little more
-t1re!' By George, that crowd was
lifted into the air! We tore great gaps
through 1t; we strewed the street with
their carcasses, They didn't come
again"
The great riot was one of the worst
phases Of the rebellion. When it was
overcome men breathed freer. A
dreadful crisis was past.
One a "Yank," One a "Reb."
Standing In the lobby of a hotel
during the visit to Richmond Of the
Pennsylvanians who attended the I'M
yelling Of a monument at Cold Harbor.
several days ago, was Capt. E. D.
Christian, we'll known veteran Of
the confederate service, of the 41st
Virginia Regiment, who was enter
tanning a number of the visiting fed
eral veterans with an account of a
duel he had in 1862 with a Pennsyl-
vanian near what was known as the
"Cowpens," now the Mechanicsville
pike, a Richmond (Va.) dispatch to
the New York Herald says.
TN some way" said Capt. Chris
tian, I'VE were coming through field
cut apart by long line of rail fence.
AS we approached the fence we sa
coming toward us line of blue-coatel
soldiers. Before I knew it ] was fac
to face with a Yankee who was send
ing balls at me, but luckily aiminS
wrong l loaded my musket time and
again and we had it there face to face.
Presently the Yankee mounted the
fence to get better whack ct me, for
I was as bad a shot as he in the ex-
citement Of that duel. Well, gentle
men, down came the rail fence and
down came the. Yankee, spawling on
the ground. He managed to get up as
my old musket banged away, but the
ball never touched him.
Wait a moment" interrupted one
of the visitors, land I'll tell you the
rest Of the story" All eyes turned
toward the military form of Capt. w.
H. Rauch, Philadelphia, who was
the center Of the listeners to Capt.
Christians story.
Well" continued Capt. Rauch, "the
Yankee just took to his heels at that
and you after him. You fired as long
as he was in sight and he ran as long
as his legs would hold him up. The
only reason he did not fly was because
he was q man and not a bird"
That's about right said the con-
federate, and then the two men faced
each other with eyes glued on the
faces that had seen the changes of
nearly half century.
Iii, man." Capt. Rauch cried,
finally breaking the intense stiffness,
F'are you the Johnny Reb that had
that duel with me and came near max
ing me a prisoner or putting me out
for good?"
eff you are the man who jumped
on that fence and fell and then got up
and ran, while a confederate soldier
sent bullets after you to help you
move, l guess we have met before"
Eff any other man had been in my
place and had not put up good rum"
replied Capt Rauch, che would have
been a fool. Why, that old thing
you were handling looked as big as a
cannon and sounded like two or three
of them"
Following this the veterans shook
hands and Capt. Rauch took Capt,
Christian in tow to introduce him to
his WIFE Then Capt and Mrs. Rauch
had to get into Capt. Christians auto,
mobile and the end was that Mrs
Christian got a telephone call to have
dinner ready for two extras. The
party spent the evening in the hand
some home of Capt Christian, who
had to promise visit to the Rauch
home in Philadelphia.
Before leaving Richmond Capt.
Rauch declared that he would not
have missed meeting Capt. Christian
for all his worldly possessions. II have
never forgotten that rebel" said he,
land I see him now in my minds eyes
with his big oId-time musket plugging