Show AlKUTTIIBCAMMWaE 1 1 TRUTHFUL TALES TOLD OV THE VETERANS Oh Jshnsr 5n UnnUil In ea Illl 5u55lspar t5neeal leook and she aeonsIs HUM nc l Inrotnl Joke en 1eselA test lest4 A Truthful Knuth erne A funny war Ineldenl eurred down there held John W Woodruff panting rioMrntvarJ from the 1VirMflh reel bridge to the track running hue tween the bridge mill the National hotelWhen When liirret captured Colonel Slrolghr raiders at Itoiiia they were brought to Atlanta In box ears and were switched olt nn that truck Ai Torrents Inn lint tn return to Ilomr niletall from Majur hoyden artll Itry then In innii hale was Mill down to guard the prisoner I wan a member of the company am the facts In this cato are freth In my nee > illectlon yet Tim dar on one hide nf lust cart remained looked and the doors on tho other aide were open In front of rneli nf I these doort ono of Ieyilcni men stout on guard llverylhlng went on mnmilhly until the relief COllie nrounil after dark flue oflleerin charge of Uia relief re-lief wjiiail found to his astonishment that one of thus can was gunrdod by a Yankee with a miitkoL llcllot What dots thtt meat asked thololtlwr Oh Its all right replied the Yankee the young man on duty lucre wanted to K < > and nee his girl and ho promlMxl l ma his rollout I would 1 take lilt liars till ho eama back backVo 11e took Mr Yanka musket from Mm and nude him ruler the ear and stationed OliO of our men at tie door 1 lime fellow had told 1 limo truth in wn found out when the nbwnt guard re turn < 1 fume youngster wa truth and I knew nothing aViul soldiering 1 He uw no harm In slipping off lo see lilt girl and as luck would ham II he I hail picked out a prisoner wlio wat a nun of his word 1 Our comrade would have been ae sorely punished If hls raw haul been roporliHl but tlia boys 1 enjoyed 1 the juke ao shuck that they kept It from Major lcyilou until It waa safe to let It bo known Wouldnt that Ynnkra and lilt friend thus Confederate have a Jolly thins If they could l meet at some reunion re-union uf tho Line and gray If limy are both living they ought to gal to Kclher Atlanta Constitution < n > rsl 1 tlrtofik anil Hit Ofool Several montlia agodeiiernl McCook paid a visit to Hanta Io wilts atone railway ufllclalv On arriving ut San ta 111 his lint Inquiry was fur ono Ill clan Stewart lie win told that Slow artwaaln tho hospital nnnltlng death from old IIIIICI rThen tie may ills tonight and I will tee him first the general quietly I quiet-ly 1 remarked And then with hula aid 1 ho wont directly to the liospllnt and WIIA quickly by this cat of the old man Htenart dont you know mot hen Inquired In he-n tender way at the ame time extending hit hand Htewarl did not reply for fully ono inlnuto all tint lime holding this gen orals hand and acannlug hit frntur < At teat a ray of light broke over lilt countenance and with n 1 smile ho wild Yen I remember you You ao thu young lieutenant oho never araoked bcfiiro breakfast Hero the two bruise 1 I ui Into u laugh the heartiest laugh pcrhnpt the old 1 Invalid had enjoyed for a dccada Stewart had been tha chief of acouU when forty yean ago McCook win lighting Apaches on the frontier Tha general had not icon him slnro 1 that war but ahoivcd his deep regard for isle 1 old friend by remembering no liuiulilo a coinrmle limo rcmurk of the old ecollt referred to n tliun when I McCook then u lieu tenant nod a detail de-tail under Colonel NL Vrnln were I chasing the Apachot They hail l kln truck n hot trail sand had been f on It thirtysix hours without food Tearing Tear-ing to wait to prepare a meal fur every mlniito was then prcolouv no clone was tho trail Colonel St Vraln delermlnd 1 to keep on thin march llMiIUIng lie rondltlon of hta m nand n-and onicen ha hal given normtaalon for tho men In purttka of aiiili ri tlona at User could In the anddl and turning to Nontenant he remarked McCook have a cigar No thank you air Ivan thin quick response I never tmoka bo fora breakfast lljtrpcra Weekly lUjriiu Ihiuf 1 have an old book entitled 1 Tnelra Yearn u Slate niirrntlre of Solomon Norlhup n colored spleen of Now York who was kidnaped In Wath Ington II I c In tell unil wiiarenoued In IHil from a cotton plantation 01 llayou lloauf pronounced Ilya I lief LitSoon Soon after tha war I mot n 1 number of rnturned koldlent who were will llanga on hit Ited river cxpodltlon who told mo of having read limo boot at the tlma It wss putilUhod In 1834 and who had visited the plantation of IMwm Kpp where Xorttiup or Plait at lio svgs knonn as n slave passed yrnra of hit life They told of teeing and talking with his former alnvo comradrt whiMo naiucs were Uncle Abrnm Wll < y Ann Ilnubc Patsy Hob Henry and IMward A man by the name of line one of tho clmraclora In time book tie one who by time nay was Inttrumenta In NorthupH obtaining Isis freedom in talking with Hppt adored a prophecy which wui fuiniletl MMine than anyone at that tlma rcalli II I would be Ilattnaa n carpenter who was at work on KppV new haute and ui Platt was bandy with tools to WAS taken from the field and put to work on the house One day a friendly eunrenatlon took plae between Ippt and Ilavt on the right of one nana holding nuother In besiege In answer to a remark mad by I KfP + < to the egret that a nigger wt no more than u bright baboon Hau Hid I If they Are baboon or stead no higher In the Mate of Intelllrow then auch anlmala you and men like you will have to answer for IL 1 ere Is I a aln a fearful eta rotting on this nation that will not go unpiialte forever flora will be a raekoalng 10L Yea J1pI therea a day enohig hat will burn a an oran It maybe sooner or It may be later but its coming aa aura at the funl l It Juil Vatlonal Tribune IInnosne Ina on uieeaet The first eerie I commanded by irneral Reynolds was reviewed by the president on a beautiful plain nt the north of Iolnmio creek about eight mile from Hooker heal quarters Vorodethllhor In an tm balance over a rough corduroy read 1 and nt no patted over some of the more difficult ortlona of the jolting way the nmbulaneo driver who x at veil In front occasionally let fly a volley of upprei cd oaths at lilt wild team of alx millet Finally Mr lie Kiln leaning forivanl touched the nan nn hiss shoulder and Mild Eves l me my friend nro you an iplseornlluuT The man greilly startled looked nriHiud and replied No Mr President I nm a Mrlho dlsUWell Well MM Lincoln I thoajht your mutt b > an lipUooptllnn Iwomo you swear just like llovarnor Herd wlol It n aliiirehwnrden The driver swore nn IIIOeCIII lory sac jjjjjj Uses I Notbiar last sansbet staple nave Talueresl as4 lorn hMflai It rae lee walk bselh 5151 ssrelasteal Noe Iblnk tf bass of set htrdt Who tc teed lonlnIn dire cane bj Wllh bornlni camk aaJ M or era Aid tmilMd tM tells In lltoa red side AaJ dylaf blmMd sec btaitlnA 1 UM I Volklni but IU theyre btllwd In leers riwif Ullodrluoipbv boplsRlfetrt 01 tallers twalrs Ie be away rkti lie niurn seas cuvlni die claims sMr smesa an I txrs olll sUrt w o IM latm now with tetilnr LAt L-At shlsk or sbese wtsdte acne form Ihtlr Ms ewe hose whir name Iher act Nolbtse bill n i awo hall our brush Cad taw wlth are shoe sits iof dlb Nolhlni busses jn lhauihll will com Tb Mart mnsl peal mooch lips M dunk Ttxfrn sorel pure we IM no tltla On those moved n n tome Issue M ln ll4tliAl In hlAoJ our purest bait TillnroU and lon lhri re now si ml Ihs I3ll7 JIIHirilsllr In January loll I at Orgnd Vapid Mich this battery Iras organtied to servo three year Callahan II Olll inlaii was ehosin captain lie reigned re-igned 1 June 10 of the same year Charles Pupont succeeded him and wu In command nt mutter out July ItliU On Iebruary 7 the regiment left the slate going to Vathlriglon II I C hero It 1 was stationed until May II when It wat ordered Fort Klemmer II a It took part In hiss battle of Tort Stevens and assisted III suppressing the guerrlllatln Maryland Mary-land Two of the conspirators engaged en-gaged In the nstatstnatlon ol Lincoln woo arrested by Oils battery No men from thlt battery veers killed inaction In-action but several died ol disease tiesnnse nor Israel Tk A llotton man lint dltcovercd that a big rock nl llIno mark limo hit tombs nehlevemont of an nncrttor It It I tho rock btililhd which Ururania Hoy lurtcl Traak stool and beat his ralaplan when tha homeipun tumor lean army twcpt up the cliff under the glue of old fort lleorge Tratkx captain looped upon tho rock and fell dead beside tho lay pierced by a i llrltlth bullet Mill the rattle of Ihs drum ent coiiragooutly on Th llonton mini who hat discovered that Israel freak Ivan hit nncettor haA had tho MI 1 rock photographed from 1 every > olnt of observation > > cnili his mimoM nl Ca tlno and site uptn the Imivlder for houra every day lowlt ton Jonrnnl A nuluInn il terms notice the aoldlvr boya often writ of little Incldonlt that occurred during dur-Ing the war Wlilla oillcur of the guard and going tho ronndt one dark night whllu on duty In tho MIBIUII duals alloy under Orneral lull Shoe Idau limo orders word very strict and thin countartlgn win not lined but ovcryone luwlngnat required to bo recognlned On mUaualng to tin outer bests 1 wa were nceottol and ordered or-dered la halt advance nest be Teein cllcd Tha UIHK IrUh toldleronguart jot tha word recognUed and reo oncllcil oai nbit mlxoct Wo users only ton glad under the clrcumtlan cca lo bocomo reconciled and go In peace A Lull Morl wenlsl l I C Nelion Ciptaln Co II I Mtn Ohio ill Muntrmc Iloulovard Chi ouzo III writ01 At tie battle of Chlckamauga nn Iho SOtli nf Seplnm bon IS43 l my aword lempornrlly In use of my Second Itoutoimtit John V liulnl wat with him captured at Iho battle ot Mlwlon Illdge Two nionlh after the word nnt rceapturdd sad for u time veal In blue potteatlon 01 some iiiKiiibor of tho Oath Ohio I mado an effort lo recover It but liars failed limo mark on one of the band of the tcabbard wan 1 Nelson Co II I B Ills OMo I would bo very mud obliged any comroclo pulliui mo lu I this way of recocrlng It |