Show BUCK mu remarkable career of an ex slave aho vho will frena in seiko tex jan 27 peter fleury field a colored drayman dieda i i thin city S n a s g dal year be w is a with a history which n ith all me attendant details would read like a romance i field waa originally a slave and fell 1110 tue sion of gen hamilton P jaee about floriy years ago he had been raided by the lather ot gasc bees wile who receive d him aa a gift on her bedding ved ding day and from that time after the civil war lie WEB tha generale body servant bee went into alie bl rugsle for the confederacy peter field went with him whichever way tt e fortunes or misfortunes of war the maler there alao was the faith ul peterwitz Peter with a skin black as ebony and a heart brave and true aa steel at the cloae of the war gen bei went to mexico which was then in tha throes of ity last national struggle field went etli him after having arrived at monterey gen bee decided that he had no ir use for peter as a body servant he was a tree iman by vii me of the emancipation proclamation and ibe general decided that if feld would bol take advantage of hia liberty ou hia account it should be epou him bee took tue deci biye iu and fortune he presented him with 50 in boldt a rifle a pistol and a and told him 10 do alie best tie could for himself field received the presents and parted fiaui hi former maager etith teara of re aret abe next that was heard croaa him lie was with the french forces under the command ot bol hey a nephew of the maibel ney of france the divia iou commanded by col fa art of the military body called jontra Guein SIas the eris in this division were bold fearless and adventurous lyddy at any lime to toe up head rt iila for their lives with these warriors field remained lema ined one year passing ii many remarkable kable ad and liter breadth escapes he returned lo 10 texia tex ia located in rian an tonia and had highly successful As evidence of thiis he left an estate valued at nearly besides having raised and provided lor a larye family gen bee iha iahey the memory ot tie slave lie M us himself a leading chir ch ir acter aud maker of history in mexico during the aias as foucht the bitter struggle between the aristocratic church party and the masses between which the liberal minded australian prince fell as a sacrifice to the contend ine factions and the craftiness and cunning of european agitators startling chapters in history were made in those days the humble ex slave with a face as black as night did his share in in between the lines |