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FOREST AND STREAM. 



463 



colored regiments oil Stop your rations or 



Hour :"iii fresh meal and you will have'no use for drugs," 



This wttled Lite problem, the council was dismissed, and 

 all returned to routine duty. 



Tlir next Ulornihgl was giving Sergeant Charles Hull, ii, 



i. in chief of land transportation, some instructions, when 

 an orderly rode up handing me the following order: 



Mllp, 



"JIkjdquArtojis, i CI i. 

 OVaghllf, hii-I .l.llv.-iillllly lii 



, . . :i i : . 1-1 . • ;i - 1 . -t 



the post wary, Forty wagon I" 



11 . in ■ -iiK.ii on iln- Ail'miani General l 

 . for prod etfan an. i fatigue 



I read ii and handed ii to Charley, li wns.a surprise to 

 iioiii of us, for al thai time ilic whole country between the 

 !>■>-: find the Tensas was raided ty EiAftison's cavalry, a 

 reckless, darinjEsel of men, led i>\ their brave, enterprising 

 colonel, who was always watching foi a brush with qUi 



HUM. 



While discussing the mi ins of the order, and the proba- 



i.iiiu ,ii 1'iiiiM ii into effect, :■ u old darkey who lived on 



Utndoued plantation liveoi six uiilessoutliwestof camp, 



, ; NhuRliujc up hai in liiinl. wiih bis usual salutation: 



'•Morning, Masss Cap'n," Forgetting Che order tor n 

 moment. 1 queried, "Any deer or turkey in Hie cane brake, 

 Nel&y" No deer, but Bome turkey, saw them last evening 

 u.-iniili. place 'I'lii news stirred up He- huntsman in 

 me, and turning to Hattenlsaid: "Charley let's haven hum. 

 and neihap- we will liml some com on the trip." Il was 

 soon settled thai we iwo should start earlj aoxi morning, 

 and we miii ahoul our preparations, brushed up our Sharps 

 carbines, that we bad trained to close shooting, each taking 

 :, package of ten can;ridges, and providing one day's rations 

 cooked read) 



Long before the sun ins,' on Hie following morning We 

 were Far beyrmd the vedettes, cantering on our way to Nel 

 ■on'i place. We found the old man up; be pointed <>ui the 

 t'Jump Of woods where he. hail seen the turkeys, and we 

 struck across the old cotton held to And them. We searched 



I! 



for hours through the wood-, 

 i, ii..'-. iiui ii.. ihi io\ was I I • ■- ■ 1 ■ - 

 we had turned our horses campi 



flock ahoul half a mile on our ri 

 Of the field. We, b) careful dri 



stopping i" -l t, discovered oui 



open my package and load was i 

 Oharle-y remarked, i Have I. 



to lose lime. I handed him live 



deliberate nim, fired, and found 

 made for the brake, we iii hoi pursuit, 

 ten feel high, With thickets of cines ih 



i ur way wiih our pocket-knivei 



one, bul '.vi- -.in eceded in planting 



i iiir a large ial hell. [>y Ibis time Ihe Si 

 on us, and telling with terrible effei 



<i-.-il.-liiiiL 



Mole up 



cartrtdg 

 over tall 



Iipo 



had laki 



md Ihi 



ill.,, i 



rle\ s: 



in thi 

 n ther . 



itcmply. To 

 uncut, when 

 lion.' ,\oi 

 ■s: we look 

 . The Hoek 

 'ii logs, eane 

 ■h we had 



Shots, kill- 

 ami- down 

 r panilng 

 and fol- 



fleld? I hare heen watching it but eannol make it. out.." I 

 bad mounted while he was speaking, and looking in the di 

 reetion pointed out noticed a horse pass an open space in 

 the bill cornstalks, and close after it a man leading econi 

 horse. 



'Charley, we are trapped," was my answer; and wheeling 



tiiv horse In r.lielr-ft. passing round Ihe -tables. I saw a road 



iliinked on both sides by broad ditches running, as I sup 

 posed, easl toward the river. At ibis moment u shot rang 



Out, clear and sharp, and to my dismay about titty men 



mounted their horses, naif on our right, hull on our left, 

 forming a letter V, the apex drawing in on the road before 



US, The iwo troopers that we saw wen- on oin right and 

 considerably in advance of their followers, while those on 

 the left were closer together, and about two hundred yards 

 from the road. No time for thought; 1 touched Black Tom 

 with ihe spur; be knew its meaning and fairly flew over the 

 hard road, while the two troopers on ourtfght were closing in 

 on us and threatening to bar our waj . When within about 

 onehnndred yards Of us. comingtcarihg through thedead dry 

 cornstalks, we saw them raise their guns, ihe leader empty 



ing two barrels at u.s. The report was followed by a shower 

 Ofspenl buckshot, which maddened our horses lull did no 

 damage, The second one, dropping bis bridle l,, shoot, 

 relieving his horse from the pressure of ihe bit, il ilaggcred 

 and fell, throwing the nder in a hair circle over its lead. 



when both barrels were discharged in He fall ('hai!. \ 

 was by mv side in a moment, and -aid. 'We will have to 



kill that fellow." Without auswering I tired al Win, bul 

 missed. Charley then .-lopped ids horse, tired, and the 

 noble animal thai was preparing to Spring the ditch in fronl 



of us. reared and fell dead on its bind,, and al I be sinir lime 

 disabling his rider. When he fell Ghaxhy pulled off Ids hat, 

 waved il over his head, and yelled al the lop of hi- ydiOC, in 

 Which 1 joined most heartily. 



Now il was a race, willi lil'ty shotguns behind us lo pu-h 

 us on. Our hors 

 lanced our pursu 

 miles, during wh 



The 



;o6d, and at lir-i 



up fo 



idge left, 



when, w 



id "zip" came a bullet 

 We touched OUT horses w 



id looked ai each oil 



ivhi 



elw 



horses bul w i determined to ha 

 lowed the il 



targe plantation. Spurring onr hors 

 lie- turkeys, whi. h had k. pi together 

 wiih their wings extended, panting, i 

 II— at IbC bo sioeof ll„- li-ld. Disi 



them, mill, gelling within a hundred 



killing nothing however; lor when 

 -,w Hi- la. i of the gang across a 

 which completely barred our way. 



Tin- huiil being over, wo took 

 leu or twelve miles from camp, 

 country, and two round.- of ami 

 examination we found w, had 



■ '.. :b bad revelled to ;. .. 

 being abandoned, the plantation animals left alone, took 

 lo Ihe Woods, and wen hard lo approach. 



Discovering the plantation buildings a mile, distant, wc 

 walked toward tlioiu leading our horses, and eating a check 



a- we Weill. U e advanced lo Ihe residence will I he-ilii- 



lion, hitching to the horse rack, we tried the trout gate, 

 which wa-. fastened— nailed fast. Che yard In front of the 

 rosebushes, flowers, vines, lilies, a. 



flight 



inie in Sight of 



elheli huddled 



ivide-gpreading 

 nulling, we crept on 

 ml lil'ty yards, fired, 

 ■ reached the tree we 



Fide and deep lagoon 



ivi Koinn, judffJlgW: ' 

 D the niid-i of an unkn 

 lunilion in our pockets, 

 beep hunting domestic 

 wild slate. The country 



[■lose, 

 -.bull. 



songer of death. 1 said 

 Glancing over my shoulde 

 coming after us al the top 



leap, the leader, an officer. 



his e ade. and about a 



m at Shorl inteiv 

 .tout; the road lo 

 v. they will gel 



'Charle 



. 1 saw ' 

 ,f their. 



about to 

 mndr* 



ui dh 



r or live 

 skirt of 



g and laughing 

 it that we each 

 !ca-t warning, 



een us an. I very 

 • at the same iii- 

 le another incs 



s no shotgun," 



>|, | |....|,er- 



ng at 

 adv 



i- of 



ilelibt 



■ ; No. ait 



aid was a 

 lis saddle, 

 nv shot, v 



swered I 



Mj tu 



•hich wa' 



drew iciu. jumped 

 look deliberated ail 

 or three convulsive 

 the brave fellow thi 

 and was still sitting 

 hub h: 



t.y yard: 

 d from us. BhO0ting wit 

 bile the whole troop WHS 

 the woods. 

 IS vet." I said. 

 jr; he ilri-w rein, wheeled, til, (I. 



a shot that shattered the pommel of 



l had conic; our safety depended on 

 ,u, last, StakitiLT all in my nerve, I 



inn the saddle, dropped On "one knee, 

 and tired. Tl: 



quick, tl 



;pri.,gs. then reared 

 L rode him. 1 was 

 when Charley retm 

 iic distance-. He - 



•v will he on us." We were soor 

 1 finding that the chase had ended 

 reached camp in safety. And 

 ,rv would be incomplete wllh< 

 the officer of the day led up to 

 lady 



md fell back ol 

 ted lo the spot 



that had led the 



I in full bio. 



SO deli, -ale. that ii lairl 

 • walks and paths wei 

 showing that no !,,-!, 



the garden that Beosoi 

 luntcd the steps, fouiicLtl 



l l... a....* /...:.,.F . 



ished 



nlocked. En- 

 showing taste. 

 the rincst, of car- 

 the walls; a piano, 

 silent on oue side, 

 •uc. In one corner 

 ile on the luxuriant 

 hers open as if just. 



b0USe was a thickel of IllSel.llsl 

 hundred dill'eivnl kinds of animal 

 lb.' air with a perfume so sweet, 

 inlo\i,ale.| the senses; while til 

 choked up with tall, coarse weed- 

 ing care had been bestowed on 



Spi inging over ihe gate, we mc 



door locked, and windows barred by shnltc 

 Ihe back door, to our surprise we foun 

 tering we found every room linely turn 

 luxury and refinement. The parlor leu 

 pete, -asv chairs, settees, oil paintings < 

 Hanked by a stand of select music, stoo 

 Opening ihe shutter- we surveyed the - 

 stood a stack of Ih Bovfi Keoiea, w 



sola, lace down, lay one of the last mi 



le:.,i 



1 opened the piano and touched the silent keys; tin- 

 awakened sound slartlcd us. Sitting down, [ sang ""Annie 



Laurie, " which awakened -w, ,t and tender memories of 

 scene* long pasl in dear old Scotland. Then I played 



II Sw-et Home." How sad. how touching 'the 



thoughts started into life bj its heart-searching notes. Then 

 1 sung to its bold accompaniment, Campbell's "Soldier's 

 liiviiii " The laSl notes had scarcely died way when I 

 sprang up, closed the beautiful instrument, shut the blinds, 

 ami told Charley, who was drinking in every note of the 

 music, "This will not do, Harrison maybe about." We 

 passed through the hall, and seeing a door ajar, entered. 

 It was a young lady's bedroom, with a large downy bed 

 -oveiedwith dust, a wardrobe, with a number of dresses 

 and garmejMs oh the hooks, and a dressing stand. We both 

 felt i hat we were trespassing, and withdrew, closed the 



•nl, sad. alone , hearing 



ot war's tearful desolation. 

 we passed on to the quarters. There 

 disorder, showing plainly that the 

 n baste, with .u; though! as to the 



ISsing on to Ihe -in house and stables, 

 valors, hues, baskets and tools scat- 

 e-t confusion, and to our surprise 



y building lull to the top of corn in the 

 eked ami pit-d in every corner; also a 

 is. full lo their tops. Thus we had found 

 ... and as Ihe boy says. ■•f,|| ,.-,,od." 



I dismounted, handed my bridle to Charley, and exam- 

 ined the ion., found it all sound and in Ihe 'best of order, 

 and had returned to my horse and placed my fool in Ihe 

 Stirrup, when Charley 'aid. "What is that ovei in the stock 



I left all as we found 

 everywhere the imprint of wa 



M itin^ our horses, we pa. 



we found everything in disor 

 flight had been mad;- in hast 

 mode of departure. Passing 

 w e found plow <. cultivators, 

 lend about in th- g 

 and pleasure. ,y, 

 shuck, stored. | 



number of rail pi 

 turkey and a.oru 



theoffl 



Ferguson knowing of 



myself and llallen, 

 entered I he office, aud 

 kindly, "Madame, w 

 tried to say somethin 



.■rappedabeautifu 



ot i 



i ih, 



no i 



s be 



iii- 



oll'e 



I: "1 have 



told her lo nam, 

 wounded Willi. 

 There is no pin 

 that you s 



;-iiig furnished 

 I can 1 do for \ 



buled; blushed 

 oquet of How, 

 id having gait 

 ask a great fa 

 mswered, "Yo 



III. • 



Mount. 



Cap'. 



SOOI 



on ll„ 



way 



ded 



slackened our 



Ve bl 



dourli 



rkeys. 

 The 



1 its 



sequel 



iv qi 



arlcrs a 



ha mi- 



She 



wished 



ll, see 



revi. 



,lls .bu- 



Capt. 



leol 



ttle lil 



eshut 



Sll 



• dismounted, 



1 s r 



it, I ask 



ed her 



The captain, Robert Tburber, was an Englishman from 

 somewhere about Deal, if 1 reiin niber rightly. His two 

 officers belonged in the south of England. The\ wen 1 all 

 quiet men, not given to bullying of blustering, and as the 



crew was a. ve.y good one (for in those days the merchant 

 service was not made up of the mixed foreign element mm 

 posing our present-day crews) the voyage proceeded without 

 any meidenl WOTtllJ Ol noliee. until' tin- little event lh.it I 

 am about 1.0 relate. 



Ry the time we got Up with I lati-nis. the wind, which 

 had been foi the moat part bom Ihe south and southWtwt, 

 hauled round into the nor'wesi. ami begun 10 blow us ii only 



can off thai stormy eap- in th >nlh of February I 



March, lieiu" -rank, and very deep with her heaw i |tgp, 

 Ihe William aud Mary was not a. very marked success on a 

 wind— indeed. 1 am inclined to think that she made nearly 

 ■h leeway as headway, for the thirty-six hours ili:.l 

 the nor'wesi er 'lasted. 



it was in the middle watch - , the second niu;hl of the gale, 

 nd blowing harder than ever 1'nder I luce reefed topsails, 

 Ore Staysail, and reefed spanker, the old ship, wiih her 

 .-mis braced sharp upagHraBl she backstays, was staggering 



Ion- through, into, and under, a tremendous , i -.,-.■. -ea. 

 nearly as fast as one could whip a crab through a barrel of 

 Oft tar lo use a sailor's simile. As she bulled up against 

 ihe tremendous billows, or sank info the great auysses thai 

 yawned beneath Inr kcl. sea after sea ho. I., me'r her con- 

 ,ler. that Captain 

 2 lookout stationed in the sling's 



I tin 



>ip i 



her had lie 

 , and callc 

 •e side of ih, quarter, for 

 till the main deck, w itho 

 loard. I remember my w» 

 linnrv run of common 



id in tin 

 aid, up 



i Ih, 



i hei 



mid, I 



nys, 



A i 



( '; 



iii 1829— a ship which 

 Howes, once made thi 



York in sixleeu days, 

 passage ill thirteen daj 



shipDreadoaughJiss 

 other was a young ma 



Ihe ten years of his s-: 



, An 



> washed 

 alia I mil 

 ncralh found On 

 icricaiis. One of 

 i to ii- as Tom. 



i Thomas B. P., 



lis tini 



-. he hai 



also 



sailed 



Ai'istra 



in a Oh 



ill. If 



pea 

 mis 



junk, 



ake II 



'apla 

 iclhysl, built in BOStOn, 



commanded by Captain .lakes 

 ige between Liverpool and NeW 

 I. the lied Jacket made a like 

 . liniir. and twenty five minutes, 

 y, the forinerh famous clipper 



have done almost as well. The 

 ueilj a Harvard graduate, will, 

 i Boslon blue blood. He had in 

 i life visited almost every navt 



I ii was his laughing boast, that 



rv Hag 



I \\ h 



lo Meb 



afloat. 



These two were crouched under the lee of the after house, 

 while my third watclunate a fall, reserved Russian, niok- 

 named "Silent Peter. ' by reason of bis peculiar n licence 



look 



nly regarding hi 



" ugc by 



the supe 



S pos 



days 

 ,ho 



My 



•nil oin 

 or pr 



■ >t iii-in 



l the thigh, while 



hors 



In 



this 

 bmisi 



ndthc T 

 lion in his dei 

 wimp to proc 

 It is needl, 

 known to Gen. H 

 geon with the 



man's relief, and 



lie tO take 

 ic Ihe Wife 

 y. Charley 

 it shot had 1 

 fall had lire 

 d can 



The 

 se, and they I 

 and his brave 

 ridden some lifte 

 d 



irof yon, 



lie Ih'eolli, 



lis, and 1 i 

 are of hill 

 if the lirav, 

 3 shot, hai 



ceuplanle, 



-qua 



Tied hiiiitobishomi 

 ing wile, daring th. 

 miles tothe Yaukei 

 husband's wounds 



to add that, when the request was made 

 kins it was cheerfully granted. A sur- 



-y appliances ,, as sent, to the wounded 

 Jrter a few days' absence retiirned and r 



ported thai the daring fellow was out of danger. 



Cape Rock. 



Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



rpH 



when 



even 

 they i 

 As 

 of thi: 



A SEAFARING REMINISCENCE. 



ii. co.nvkusk. 



ally Superstitious, goes wiihoul 

 Ot SO much to be wondered at 

 ration Iwo facts- -ihe ignorant 

 many of them, and the strange. 



eei-iain sea phenomena which 



i.ysie 



jular 

 ame into i 



king my a 

 a very old ship, a 

 -hip Toiiawonda. 

 nab, and with niii 

 board Ihe William 

 were low in those 

 The William an 



antiquated appca 



built, during the p 

 .1 



mly cncounl 

 md, I must . 



rely old fashi 



ill:: 



hull \ 

 high and 



r.'lhough 

 J coals of 



length ,,t 



the bos-like deck, wiih its shoulder high bulwarks, and Ihe 

 bows were as bluff and swelling a thpSK ol a Dutch galliol, 



, inexplicable 

 vheu I was Mli 

 voyage before 

 I a'nd Mary. I 



- Philadelplftai 



d-d i,\ lb, 

 ,lly applie 



elUilll ih, 



self, bul ill general eon\ clsal i,,n - 



id, in the partial shelter of the long 



which was secured on Ihe lop of the house. Now, 



i„- sailors, for some i-ea-on whose origin 1 have never 



able to discover, a Russian, or Russian Finn, is looked 



n pn In -nd-d iiiidci'the generic title 

 le Jack assert- I hat some of them 

 ■ bad luck tO S Ship; thai they have 

 and can also sec phantoms of I heir 

 1 wa.s not so very much surprised. 

 rdly spoken since wo took our seat 

 isked- 

 yoii of Ihe supernatural, what you 



ything of the kind. 1 I an'i Say I do 

 know." I answered carelessly . 

 -. who not only spoke English quite 

 anguages besides "well, look you. 

 ' he continued with an earnestness 

 . Iiicb impressed me strangely, "but last nighi wheel from 

 ig. In to ten, I did see one strange things. You knows how 



I nodded without speaking. 



"For all the. I.aik." I'.-ter went on, "I sec plainer llian 



Jress man who belongs not to Ihe 



hour in the weather gangv. ay her-. 



■d of CI 



1— all c 

 ird." Forecas 

 canai will bring good i 

 thegifl of second sight 

 drowned shipmates. S 

 when Peter, who had Ii 

 on the house, suddenly 



"Sec. Harry, believe- 

 peoples call Ihe ghost?' 



Aslnevi 

 Seeing is believing, you 

 •I'm" retorted Pete 

 fluently, but two other I 

 Y 



,. stand for 

 l of thetoj 



' backstay. ' 



of s 

 kind. 



. perhap 



''l suggested, more tor the -ake 

 • I really believed anything of the 



■The stowaway shall not he a man thirty three or loin- 

 year old, dress in old-fashion soldier-coat and top-boot with 

 tight breeches," returned Peter with a quiel shake ,,f ihe 



•He bad to him a lace that 

 the speaker slowly, as though recallinj 

 mysterious stranger, "11111 you would s 

 Bharacter determined, His hair was 

 and tied at the back of his head with 

 .Id. 



head 



till net 



of the 



of 11 



black 



as in the times 



on after a little. "All 



when you rub the matcl 



t >f course. I affect 



idle fan 



told 



impr 



Vet c 

 for W 

 lie.-. 



sy, though 



alii 



calthy funic; 

 1. Such an,, 1 

 :, will, past hi 



requently md 



„ who wishes 

 ntity. tha 





1 see him s„ plain 



" Peter went 



roil 



id 11 iln was kind 



of light, like 



•h 



1 your lingr-r in tin 



dark " 



lo 



augh at the whole 



thing as an 



et!\ 



, Peter's singutar a 



mmiinicalion, 



f la 



•t way. had really 



uade quite an 



As 



nay be imairined IV 



„„ bis quaint. 



iam 



. which I bavegiv 



•iiahnosi word 



riai 



of more tha dii 



irvcducalioii. 



1 W 



th myself than wi 



h the others, 



m f 



■aginentarv bits of 



lis half cotili- 





n his life, be had 1 



■en an officer 



TJ 



is mtlCh, together 



wiih Ihe fact 



-r ii 



New York, who \ 



as the wile ol 



, li 



roadway, was all 



did know of 



111, 



:■ I- 



|,la. 



1 fo 



aalu of his pasl life and pre. 



ccaslle. 



- reply 



id bul li'itlc iii reply to my rather llippanl coin 

 m, iii. up,, 11 his narration, until I he si liking of four bells 

 call,,! him to relieve lie. wheel. 



''No one Shall know what may tohiin happen. "Iii ipiielly 

 Observed, a- be prepared loobe.i the summons, and should 

 il com, I,, me ali\ lime, tell my' sister thai will eolueaboard 

 it) New York, there is the letter for her in rjM chest." And 



before 1 tldauswei this singular [equest in- had leftmy 



i,i, 



Two hours later, while we were stowing the un/.'.i'ii top 

 -ail in one Ol the (i-rc-st 11,,1'west squall- ,.l -I, ■ 1 and hail 



