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Show y&misik- , - m raumaiw 'so that no suspicions or inquiries could sliotil I I;: u.irce, and if it did not come at once, wlmt more natural than to send for scut ahead, DURING AND SUFFERING. I be Thus we passed through Ackworth and It? Seeing the impression that he had Alluloona, and than slopping again to ent made, Andrews, who, of course, did not the Wire, also emleuvorud to lift a rail. work at-- throwing on wood, but left that While toi were sure that no train from to his companions, asked if he roifld Hot A History of the Andrews Railroad Big Shanty oould follow us, We wished bo supplied with a schedule ot tho road, as It might be useful, I.tistcl, in his ulsO to make it dilficult for ono from At' Bald Into in 1862, Georgia lanta, it any should bo sent from there, to patriotic fervor, took dertvn alid handed out his own schedule, saving that be run rapidly; and what was of equal importance, we did not wish the local freight would rend his shirt ti 15outi regard if The Host Heroic and Tragic Episode to proceed southward after wa tnct It, to the latter wanted iti When naked afterward tf he did not Suspect a man who be turned hack by any pursuers, A lifted of the Civil War rail is almost sure to tliruw an unsuspect- made such an unreasonable demand he No; I would as soon have ing train from the track; and we put such answered: himself as one Embratlnf a Fall and Aet&rml Arcotfitt an obstruction before eat!h train that w suspected Jefferson Davis on this Journey. Yet the process of who talked with the aeeurance that Anmef to of tire f tM Secret AoarneJ' Heart taking tip a rail, I hough we made much drews did.1' the Confederacy tire Capture Of a of it, was Wa were now within sevon miles of fuf from easy with tho ImperHallway Tralw In a Confederate Camp fect tool we possessed. A single tool a Kingston, resupplied with wood end ater, without haring tnct the slightest expressly for drawing out the Terrible Chaee' That PoMtAreri, and bar constructed would have enabled us tobalueall hindrance and with a full schedule of the the Sabeecjuent Fortune el tire Leader spikes pursuit. But this wo did not hare, and road. But at Kingston we hail more reaand Hit Party. tu&rd than five ft dilutes were Consumed son to apprelu-ii'- l danger titan anywhere the rnuto A brarcU raid from tor..eah mU .fikcv..Tjv- In battering out Home comiw ted there with the main some spikes with our iron bar and afterThe expedition, ki thte daring of IN frfwptlon ward prying tho remainder loose with track, ami the morning train from thu had the wiidmut of a romance while in handspikes and With the rail itself. This tovsu would he awaiting onr arrive.! fngantic aixl overwhelm tag rveuiu it sought aud delay wan of no great importance now, Tins, with the local frcgiit winch w was likclj vO tfrtaw it wae abwoiutriy aubUrno. Jrjx A mxri6 Gzstiui, llotr a oiticui. Us for we had a supertiiitty of tune, but ia hopcil to fneot and tlie complicated the quick and terrfblo struggle further up arrangement of the rmr, switches, would conIt wat all tins deepest laid ecbeme, and on the the road, when seconds were decisive, it stitute no small obstaclo to our onward , i grandest acale,- that ever emanated from the brain of any mimbT of Yankees oonibmM. Qx. Th ScWTHtnir CoyrcoEXAcr (AT?-vApril 1 IMA Despite ht tragic termination, it thowa what a handful of brave men could undertake in Amer lea. CttiTB tm Paam History or to Civti? Watt lx America, yoL it p. 187. B By WILLIAM PITTENGEH, i MCMUCH or TOC EXPCDITIOXi hr War Piiblfshhii? fYi , V. Y., (Copyrighted, U(I published by arrangement aittl them.) IHH7, Thl di1 not take more than one or tiro minutes. At this first stop Andrews, who had ftot shared our uneasiness about the flro inf the engine, came back atul clasped our hnndeln ecstasy, manifesting more cxoitc-fnethan I exer saw In hlhf before; exclaiming that we had the enmny now at such disadvantage that be could uot harm When we have us or cave hlmaolf. ho declared, passed one more train, well have no hindrance, and then weli put the engine at full speed, burn the bridges after us, dash through Chattanooga aud on to Mitchel at Huntsville. We liavo the upper hand of the rebels for nt once! The rails when lifted were carried away with us, and the break thus left was for a time a barrier (to a train not supplied with track laying tools) as absolute as a burnt bridge. Tho feeling of security nftcr such obstruction was In very delightful and not unwarranted. Ho case did a pursuing train pass ft place where we had torn up a rail in time to do us any damage. There was ah exultant sense of shperf-nrit- y while running along hi the midst of onr enemies in this tnartnef, such as a man In a balloon might feel while drifting over hostile cnuqxi, or o' ex Uie raging fitves of tfie Ocean. As long ns all (s well With Ids balloon the man need not care what takes place in tho world below and as long ns onr engine retained Its power and the track was clear before us, we Were iu p similar state of security. But Was fur otherwise. A . By saying that we Jiad only one more train fo pass before doing this, Andrews did not mean that there was bat One train foming toward ns, There wore three, which had already left ChattiEmga; but only the first of these, a local freight, which might bo met at any point between this and Kingston, was a real obstacle. Andrews knew the time schedule of the other two, and could plan to meet them at any given station, even If we tvero tat ahead of our own time. Had there beeU none but these threo trains hie triumphing would have Ikon well The following Is the basis ujon which Andrews made his calculations: lie believed thnt no engine could be had for pursuit nearer to ' 'fE.Vr.fNO cr TRACK, a knife Wade thrust in the silk globe overhead, or the slightest fsnf in the delicate fabric, will In a second tnkCf away thS security of the man in the clouds. So the loosening of a bolt, or the breaking of a wheel would leave us powerless in the midst of our doadly enemies, i It was such possibilities, always so near, thnt Iminterest to our passage Big Khanty than parted thrilling through towus and fields and woods in on the Kingston the heart of the enemy's country. north, or Atlunta on the south, ench about thirty miles CHAPTER V. distant. If the rebels A LOCOMOTIVE LEFT' DEftlND. ' pursued thotoward At length we reached the Etowali river best Kingston they could ilo wus and safely passed over the great bridge to follow us oil fleet at that point. No stop wns made, though horses, and the time, tho first serlons cause for anxiety was allowing for delay here visible. Hitherto every .liing had in starting and the worked exactly ns we hail calenlated, and state of tiie roads, our confidence In our leader and In final could not well bo success waa correspondingly increased; but on d side (rack which connected with a lltllo branch road thnt ran up the river about five miles to the Etowah iron short of three or woiha and rolling milts, there stood a four hours, by w locomotive! s It was but a short distance time we ought to bo out of reneb, wtth nil from us, niul the smoko from the funnel ottr work done. If they showed too plainly thnt it ready for rode or sent back to J work, thus constituting an elemont of the eita (where we had lodged for most dangerous character which bad not the night), which would seem been embraced tn our calculations. It to be their best plan, that would was named tho Yonah a private entake at- least nn hour; thee a tel the owners of the works for used THE WEKTKKX ATLANTIC OR GEORGIA gine own by their purposes. Thoroughly as Anan STATJ LINE RAILROAD. hail drews explored the road, he had no egrnm to Atlanta could very soon start knowledge of Its existence until the moa train after us, but It would be forty or ment when he saw it standing on the side fifty miles behind: and, long lieforq it track not a doxeu yards away, and looking nld coma up bridges would be burned, M if It was reiuly to enter upon a race the track and telegraph cut ami the road with eur. General on equal terms. It completely destroyed. AV expected to was still thir.ecn milos to Kingston, trad run on our regular time to Kingston, the enemy, if there was auy direct purwhich would thus take about two hours, suit, would be able to get, on engine there but t obstruct the track at several places much sooner than we had supposed possion tM tvayj the with the local freight ble. Several men were gathered about It,' safely passed, hurry on to the Oostenaula hut not enough to make an assault' seem miles very formidable to our party. At the (or Resnrn) bridge, twenty-fou- r further, lu half an hottt more, burn that, first sight, Kulght said to Andrews, "Wo luid weep on over the eleven bridges of had better destroy that and the big the Chickamntiga, aud leaving them In bridge, but Audrews refused with the flames (also the one of the East Tennessee remark, It. won't make any difference. road, over s'renml, pnshy Nearly nil critics of the expedition who (.hatlftiioofi.i Oh the running over knew of the presence of this locomotive to the Memphis and Charleston rood end for a long time 1 did not, ns I was shut ress ns rapidly ss possible westward to up in the box ear are disposed to tbtnk Bridgeport, and on to Mitrhcl, Wherever that here Andrews made a most unaclie might be. It will be seen that lcav'ng countable mistake. But this is far from tit of serooet any accident to our train, certain.and any diflleulty in passing the trains we It must lie remembered thnt the burnwere to meet, our calculations tvcTe al ing of l his bridge formed no part of Anmost dead certainties. With two ex drews original plan, and could have acpertenped engineers, and caution In run complished nolliihg more toward the Ding, Accideuta were not likely to occur) furthering of Mitehel's plans than the pod Andrews trusted to his own marvelburning of the Oostenaula bridge. The ous Address (and not vainly, ns the result local freight train Was now-fluand if it ,liowcd) to .disarm suspicion from any came In sight while we wero engaged in t.ahis met. On Friday, so far ns huirn destroying tho Yonab,or the bridge, visUm ran now iwnetrale, these calculations and getting the alarm, as wottld be almost would hove worked out with the precision inevitable under th firemnstanres, of a uwwhliie, and nil the results indicated should get away from us and run back to were oJknvcd. new Jinv there Kingston, or should run on us and cause elements which were to task our powers a reck, onr ait not ion wrmld be far worse ns we of these tiotlis utmost, tut yet thnu wtth MiiS engine left behind us. But knew nothing. even if we could lie assured that the local All careful and prudent preparations would hot come, but remain for us at wero now made for a long run. A red Kingstou,, still the attack here Would flag placed on the Inst r.r showed that alarm the enemy, and we would be folanother train was lahlnd, mul serve,! as lowed from tht point as readily as from a kind of silent excuse for beiug ru the Big Khanty, hut eighteen miles further up time of the morning mail. The engine the mud. It would he hut little more Wa also carefully inspected by Knight, than an hour's gallop to Kingston, where Whose meehutliial knowledge wus most a train for pursuit would surely be found. useful, and fonnd to be fn erccHvut work- The eaptuiv at Lig bounty aesured us ot ing condition. It was thoroughly oiled. a longer start under any circumstances 1'heA' w moved leisurely onward until than seemed ptwsiule if we stopped to t.e came near Moon's station, where some fttr'ke a How hfcie. Workmen were engaged on the tmrk, and hoi, ring toe engine and bridge behind, the opirtusUy of getting necobsvry tools wo glhu-.- l on through OirtervrUlo, a town Was too good to be lost. Brown sprang of considerable sixe, where there were down and asked a man fora wedee pointed many dhayv'lntvd p"sengers on the Iron- bar with which he was pryiug. The pb.tform, and continued without incident man gave it at oueo ira.i Bowu' ateppvU upi'l we tear bed Cass staiioh. The town berk wtttr his booty, but- a liule disap- if Cans villa Is I some from the pointed, for oi it the bent, cinw (noted railroad, but lUu ut i.Vvtuut u.i bars for pulling MU spikes would have for ns as tho regular place for taking on been worth much more, but they had wood and water. Hem unstopped and none. The bar taken wma the only oue of began to wood up. V.'iUinm UitoU, the their tools that seemed likely to be of tender, wus naturally curious iilmut the value, or more would have lieeu borrowed appearance of such a small train running by force, if not otherwise. , on the time of the morning mail, with no As wo went ou Andrews cautioned his aud nono of the regular hands. engmeara not to rnn too fast, wld h they Here Andrews told a most adroit and inclined to do: all of ns would have carefully planned story, with enough of relished more speed lu this first pnrt of foundation to make it probable. Be tho Jpnmey. . But miming on all southclaimed to have been sent by Gen. BeauWAT t ion's was slow; our regard. who was tn desperate straits for ern roads in trslu-WAnot Echodtift'd at over sixteen ammunition, to Impress a train, have it Tho mad Itself was cx-- e loaded with powder and run tt through mile an hope.. of at lightning speed. Hsd he been pressed Adi ugly : crocked, viih abnmlunc short ecnrves, and, having tint light Iron more closely, he could have produced rnllsf wan tinfllted for high speed. We pa-r-es proving himself worthy of belief. were nuxlons to get past the local freight But it waa not. necessary to go so far. that we might tgst the mad's capabilities. The very appearance of Andrews, tall, These on lb engine were very much commanding and perfectly self possessed, amused, as we rnn by station after stapeaking like one wito bad long been tic tion, te see the pussengers rotno tip with cu touted to authority, was so much like tiioir sarhels in their hands, and then the ideal southern oilleer thnt Kussels shrink back in dismay us we sped past credence wns won at once. He knew very Without a sign of halting. But when by well that nftcr snrli a battle an Bittsburg loimhui it ,u natural Unit powder We would "top hinTenf th: felcgrcph wire, wart-ante- s ' T. e, To-da- - v. re progress. The real difficulties surpassed expectations,' Andrews hod mode himself familiar with fha minutest working of tho rood at this point, na also ot Dalton and Chattanooga,- aud we would soon be sble to see how ha would overcome tlis hindrances in his way. We reached Kingston a little ahead of tlmo. A glsooa showed us that the local freight had not yet arrived. Without the slightest hesitation Andrews ran a few hundred yards past the station, and ordered the switch tender to arraugc the switch so as to throw us on the side track; then we backed out on it, stopping on the Wost side of the station, and ulinost directly alongside of tho Borne passenger train, then lying on Its own track, which joined the main line still further north. This train was expecting the coming of Fullers moil, and of course the arrival of our partial train In the place of the one they were expecting was a matter of the greatest Interest to them. The engineer stepped over to our locomotive and said, with an oath: How is thts Whats upf Heres their engine with none of their men on hoard." F'ortunatcly Andrews was just at hand and promptly replied, I have taken this train by government authority to rnn ammunition through to Gen. Beauregard, who must have it at once. He wa veil his hand toward the car in which we were shut up (representing the powder!), and they inquired no farther in that direction, but simply asked when the passenger train would he along. Andrews responded Indifferently that he could not tell exactly, but supposed it would not bs a grout while, as fhoy were getting out another train rheb he left Atlanta. With this cold coinfort they were obliged to bo contented, and Andrews, louring tho engine' in core Of bis three comrades, went into the telegraph office, which was on tho sido of the depot next us, and asked, Wlmt is the mutter with the local lie was freight that it is not here? shown a telegraph dispatch for Faller, ordering him to wait nt this point for its comingan indication that It Was not very far away. This waa the only information vouchsafed to n by fhe' management of the road during the whole of that eventful day! Andrews returned fee his engine, and stood there, or walked about bn tho end-othe platform near by during tho tedious moments of waiting. He did Sot seek to enter into conversation with any one, hut qnictly answered any questions asked. He appeared abstracted And a little anxious, ns was natural for' one running an express ammunition train, on which the safety of an army might depend! It was fortunate Hint his real1 and assumed ehuructcrs were so much in harmony. Brown, Knight and Wilson attended to their engine, seeing that uM was in good orucs tt it h a rentonablo head of steam, and refrained, as far as they Could, from any kind of conversation, Answering nil demands In monosyllables. Tlieiv position during this enforced stop wns embarrassing, but far less gainful than ours fn the box car. We could ticar low mnrmurs outside, wo knew that wo were at a station, and alongside another train,- and could hear the trend of feet:, but we Could not learn why we did not press on., A thousand conjectures will spring up at such times: and the possibilities of our situation were ample enough for all kinds of imagining. We had a tolerably high cstimato of our lighting power, and did not doubt that vre could capture any Ordinary train, or the Usual crowd aroma a village station. Bat to be shut up in tho (lurk, whilj for aught we knew the ouetny might bo concentrating na overwhelming force against, us, was exceedingly trying, and pill the implicit Confidence tve had in our leader to a very severe test.- There was no precaution Andrews had neglected probably because he trusted so fully in his own mnrvelons genius Imt the need of which was felt keenly afterward. No lieutenant was appointed. One who could have taken charge of the men, leaving Andrews free to plan and give general directions, would have been a support to us now and a help to all of us fatef. With George I). Wilson or sonic other of the soldiers ns authorized second, the force would have been In la tter fighting trim, and. what is of still more importance, Andrews would have felt mote free to order the capture of any pursuing train. But at present we hud, nothing to do imt wait till the ! .. road was cleared for ns. Before suspense beenm intolerable tile whistle of an approaching train was heard, and the local freight rumbled tip to the eastern side of the depot and stopped on the Wain track. Andrews made histe to begin the inevitable conversation. lie went over and spoke to tlie conductor, telling him to pull his train, which was quite long, on down the toad an that we might get out or the a witch and proceed on otir way, adding the same powder story.' This eondurtor ww thnt Andrews was treated with marked deference by the people about Ihc station, ami did not hesitate to believo his story and oliey the order. But before he uud moved his train Andrews noticed a flag on the hind car. and nt once cx-- i lalmedi "What does this mean? I nm ordered--t-o get thi powder through to Hennreenrd nt tbe earliest possible moment, and now yon ere signaling for number limn ou tins track!" No doubt the vexation It expressed. The r.mn paid he very sorr.-- tut it ould rot he helpel; and F ft I: gavel...' reason, width was r tfartHn" piece la tclliTore. M'O'hrl bed raptured ins "MleanJwas said to advanctug eastward toward Chattanooga by forced mid no forco to had tic marches; they him, they were running everything out of Chattanooga, and had rnt a large extra train on tho track to Got tho rolling stock, r.A well rs tho poods, ont of tho way. Andrews thanked him for the and told him to go a long way down the road so that the extra would have room enough to get by, adding, "I must ho off the wry first minute that is The eoudncior made no obpossible. jection. Imt usked, What will you do about Mitchcl nt Huntsville? Andrews replied!- - i do not lieiicvo tho story. Mitchel would not be fool enough to run down there, but if he is, Beauregard will soon sweep hfm out of the road, At any rate I have my orders." Tlie train was pulled down tho road, and t he tedious process of waiting continued. , - wj , C re-s.- st CIIArTEU VI. rvr.st'EP, tVl'.il.' the nmnetiis pro drtteging JcmUn v , ;! . ; huig oj tho tlr" their trritu tracks at Kingston, It may be well to narrate the expei iouros of those whoso engine was uncercmuuionsly wrested from them at Big Shanty. We hod counted on a gicat commotion and sxcitement following tho seizure, and In this we wero tally vvarri ntod; hut we also bolicvod that for some little time no one would know what to do. In tills vvt were mistaken. Tlie absence of a telegraph offitj or engine, or even of any Lorsea, did utterly confound tlie great majority; but a fortunate m I on the part on of man served the Confederate cause hotter than the deepest calculation could have done; tn fact, gave rise to the Uinliing railroad Test on thus that fol- lowed. Conductor Fuller, En- CAM. W. A. rCLLEB. gineer Cain and (from war time photo" the foreman of reh ) the road machine shops, Ur. Anthony Murphy, sat down to the breakfast table not far apart. Ecfore they bad tasted a mouthful, however, tlie sound of escaping steam, tho loud whir of the wheels on the track and the' outcry thnt rose in a moment from gnards and camp, brought them and ail the breakfastera to their feet. By this time the locomotive hail started, aud Fuller and Murphy, wtth lond exclamations about the robbery of the train, rushed pell mell with everybody else out on the platform, the passengers who hod been uncoupled and left on tlie rouil .sot being behind others In their complaints and nproar. The wliolo camp also was in a turmoil. A single glaneo around showed Fuller that there was no chance for help there; and being a man of quick thought his mind fastenod on an Idea utterly wrong ns it proved but which hud tho merit of putting him vigorously to work The nearest guard declared that only four men were engaged In the capture he had only seen those that mounted the engine and others corroborated him. Fuller remembered tho conscripts he had been warned to watch for, and at once tho thought flashed across his mind, Some of those neo, one of whom happened to know enough ot an engine to pull open the throttle, hnve jumped on my train to get ont of camp, and as soon as they are outside they will leave the engine and run into tlie mountains. I must follow as fast aa possible niul try to get it hack before I get very badly out tt time." The presence of Mr. Anthony Murphy that morning wns purely accidental. He a was going to examine an engine at reported out of order. As nn officer of high authority on tlie road, command lug alt engineers ami firemen, knowing all the engines and everything about the road perfectly, his presence at that time was most unfortunate for us. He was a mnn of great coolness and good judgment. His first action was lio sent Mr. William Kendrick on horseback to Marietta to notify tho superintendent at Atlanta by wire. Mr. Kendrick arrived in time to hold a freight train there till orders were (lashed back to drop all cars but one, run up to Big Shnnty, load on soldiers aud pursue with all speed. This was the first train In chase. A message wns also sent fr.m Marietta to Richmond, but no result followed that. My opiuion is that Andrews had in some way arranged for cutting the wire between Chattanooga nnd Knoxville, which was the only route by which the message could have gone around nnd got on the line of the TV cutern nnd Atlantic railroad ahead of us. Hail these been the only measures of pursuit wise and judicious cs they were our task would have been easy. But Fuller's error and his ardent temperament prompted to another course. Ho had called Murphy nnd Cain, Come on with me: they promptly followed nnd the three of thsm started at a dead run tip tho track. The spectacle of three men running vigorously after a flying engine, as if they expected to catch it, instantly restored the mob to good humor, and they cheered and shouted with laughtert What would have been the fate of these runners tf they had orertakcn us at the flrst stop, where w rut wire and obstructed the track, it is needless to inquire. They would bare hardly begun such a cbnao bail they not entirely underestimated our number, as well aa mistaken our purpose. The Atlanta Southern Confederacy of the next day, in an article full of panic, written before the issue was determined, speaks of ua as some four torn yet unknown. The different running powers of the pursuer were soon nmile evident tn this apparently hopeless chase. Fuller was extraordinarily fleet and of great endur-nuce- . Ilia companions were equally zealous hut less able for running. They were, therefore, soon spread out fer c considerable distance. While putting in his best efforts. Fuller shouted back encouragement to his comrades, bnt did not wait. Tlie hope of getting liis train soen was too strong, aud he also feared that the rookies men who hod taken it might do some injury to the engine before he could come up. The idea that they might offer any resistance did uot enter his mind. B..L the chase could not long have continued in Ibis manner, for human muscles cannot be pitted successfully against steam. Tlie labored breath and the decreasing pace of tlie runners allowed that they were well nigh exhausted; and os curve after curve was rounded for with the instinct of railroad men they clung to the track they grew discouraged; but just before their second wind was exhausted, they received both help nnd renewed excitement. They catne to Moons station, omo two miles from the place of starting, nnd have never been able to make even a plausible conjecture of the time consumed In this first stage of tbs journey; bnt it is certain that It was Just as little as straining muscles and iron could well make It. - " Here they learned from th track laying party that some of their tools had been "borrowed, and short distance beyond some ties placed on the track and the telegraph cut. This was our first halt, and the track had been obstructed that a train coming from Atlanta might lie hindered. The pursuers here found a hand car not one of the elaborate machine ears, which may I driven at great speed, hut what Fuller termed a pole car." It was at once Into service and gave welcome rest. Fuller ran it hark a little way and picked up his eompsnions, who were behind, then' drove forward as fto ilw cousti uction of the car would permit. Pushing iv ith a long polo in flat boat fashion, quite rapid time could bo nmile on tl:o levol aud on down grades, while on the steep up grades two would jump off and push nt a full rnn. At Ackworth they got a of two men, Mr. Smith and Mr. and hurried forward. AU idea that they were following conscripts had now been s givuto ur. They had learned that the had boon seen oiling their engine, aa if prepai ing for a loDg rnn, and seeming to perfoctly understand their work. Fuller and Mnrpliy were now able, for the first time, to consult nbont their plans. We wero mailing on regular time circnm Rtaace that they had noted in the reports received from tlie different stations and that time was only sixteen miles per hour which meant two hours to Kingston. They were making seven or eight miles ou the pole car, and that, if kept up (it was the utmost they could do), would bring thtin to Etowah ta two or three hours from tire stall "Then if, Fuller continued, we can find the old Yonah t rends-ecur cad of the branch, w c can Alla-toon- . i prcd i.-- st cap-tor- take her and run up to Kingston in fifteen minutes more. There ore to be tome extra trains on tho road today that will bother the scoundrels tip there, and the chances are that we will overhaul them at that place, where we w ill get plenty of But if we do not find the help. Yonah read)? was asked. Why, then, so far as I can sec, we are done, waa the reply. They did not stop to speculate, but were all this time pressing ou at the very highest speed possible, it might well be that one minute would make all the difference between finding tlie Yonnh and her starting back to ths iron works, miles away. But there was a sharp interruption just before they came in sight of Etowah, and while they were straining every nerve and looking forward to see if the smoke ot the engine was yet visible. We had taken up a rail, and there was a crash, a sense of fulling, and they found themselves lying, bund iar aud all, iu a embeep at ike bet tom s t s bankment had been ns high ut thnt place as at many hi hers ou the road, all our danger would have ended, for no other party that day originated anything agniimt ua; but the ground was almost level; and except a few bruises, they were unhurt, aud nt once placed their car on the track again. While doing this, they were greatly stimulated aud hurried by noticing the smoke and steam of the Yonah, vrhich they coaid see ucroes the long bend on their tide of Etowah river. If they could only make the distance, a little more than a mile, before the engine went back on the branch I With all their power, like men working for their lives, they drove forward. They were noon to soon. The engine wns on the main track still, and the tender waa just being turned on the half moon turn table, preparatory to starting back. But the people there saw the furiously driven hand car, with the shouting, excited men ou ft, and at once suspended their work and gathered around to know the cause of theso frantic ges tures. Fuller had not much breath loft to spend In talking, but managed to say that the Yankees bad taken his train, and that he wanted thoir engine, and all of them with their guns to follow in chase. He, with every man of his party, was well kuown and there waa no stopping to question. Their very appearance, streaming with sweat and almost exhausted, bore witness to the urgency of their haste. A score of strong arms whirled back the tender on the turn table, and pushed it and an euipty coal enr up to the engino, while a number of Confederate soldiers who were waiting to take the next train southward to Big Shanty, piled in also. Now they were off with a strong, well armed party, and tiie chase was on more in the Tho Yonah, equal terms. words of Fuller, was not a strong engine, but had large wheels, was as active as a cat, nnd with a light lond would ruu Sho was now just iu the sersery fast. vice adapted to her, nnd her drivers called out nil her powers. As t hey flew over the ground, it waa a refreshing contrast tc the exertions on foot or hand car. The thirteen miles were made in sixteen minutes. If the extra trains nt Kingston only entangled us as long as Fuller hoped, tho whole affair would soon be brought to a final issue I He did not dread the fight that was likely to fellow, for onr number was only reported even yet by those who bad seen us working aa right, while be had some twenty well armed men with him at this stage of the journey; and there were the crews of the four or five trains at Kingstou. Indeed. Fuller and Murphy might he excused if they rather feared that the Yankees might be captured they arrived. think there was only one thing, aside! from ihc dungerous delay, which he really dreaded." tie kept very near the telegraph office, and, without seeming to do so, closely watched the operator. The atJ tempt to telegraph any Lind of a messagk up the lino would have probably brought on an immediate collision. Brown relates a curious little episode a occurring here, lie noticed a man who watched Andrews for h short time, and then, when no one else wns near, stepped close to him ami handed biiu a large and seemingly well filled envelope. Andrews smiled and placed it in bis vest pocket. Brown intended to ask nliout It, but more pressing business pnt ft out of his mind. Probably this waa an incident of Andrews contraband trade, and the package contained an order for goods, with the money to pay for them. Fuller luid his party were now not many miles away, nnd were making more rapid made time toward us Liam into ever mi. that road before. But we knew nothing of that supposed thut we were still an hour ahead of any pursuit that could be Imagined. TVe lmd been at this place one hour and five niiuuteei It seemed to those shut up m the box tar nearer half a day I and when the whistle of a train wa heard, which fortunately for us was first from tlie north not the pursuing train from the south it was about oa welcome as the boom of Mitehel's cannon, witV which we expected to be greotrd in the evening when our work was done. This last extra came up to the platform as the others had done, and wag at ouce ordered by Andrews to draw on down the road that we might have room to go out. The conductor obeyed without hesitation, and this obstruction was removed. It only remained to adjust the switch so that we might again get on the main' track. This Andrews directed tho old switch tender to do, lint he had been getting In a worse and worse humor for the wliolo of the last hour; be had hung up his keys, and now roughly declared that he would not take them down again until Andrews showed him by what authority he wae ordering everybody about as if he ownod the whole road I We who were shut up Iu the box cor heard the loud and angry voice, and euppoaed that the time for us to act had come; yet we waited for our leaders command as we remembered how he had counseled us But he against being too precipitate. only laughed softly as if the anger of the 1 old man amused him, and saying, have no more time to waste with yon," he walked into the station, to the place where he had soen the keys put up, and taking them down, went quietly and swiftly out and made the change himself. The tenders wrath knew no bounds at this; ho stormed, declared he would have Andrews arrested, would report him, and many other things. Andrews then waved his lrand to the engineer, nnd na our locomotive came promptly up he stepped ou board, and we glided' out on the main track nnd were off It hail been a fcarfnl ordeal, hut it was well mot The three men, Brown, Knight and Wilson, who were outside, declared that they did not see the slightest i ml i nation of fear, chagrin or impatience on the part of Audrews, save v.hat he exhibited when telling liow much Beau regard was in need of his ammunition, and wlmt a shame it was that the road should he blocked by any ordinary travel wheu the fate of their brave soldiers was trembling in the balance. Andrews had explained thut it was because he rould not get his orders tilled without ruinous delays by the ordinary channels that had sent him to bring this powder through by force, if necessary, and declared thnt if the officers nt home (lid not support the army in the Celd better, martial law would soon he proclaimed! CIIArTEU VII. 8uch grumbling and threats were apTFRimil.K fl'S?KNPE. plauded by those who wished to be But where wore we while this train wns thought especially loyal to the Confederfl)ing toward ns? Lying still on tlie side ate cause. For at least half au hour no track at the left hand of Kingston station, distrust was shown. , The hour nnd five minutes wo were at those agonies of suspense nnd intense alternations of hope and fear which were this station, added to our two hours ran, harder to bear, thnu all the exertions of made its now three hours nnd flva minutes Fuller and his tompanionsl The local from Big Shanty. Fuller was throe hours freight train came as previously narrated, and nine minutes on the way. He came and had drawn down the road to let the in sight of Kiug.stoa just four minutes extra follow it, and still give us room to after we had glidod around the sharp haul out above. Long and tedious was northward curve beyond; so near were the waiting. Bnt wheu we almost des- we to the final collision at this placol Aa soon as we were well out of sight of paired the extra Came. But nlas! on this traiu, also, was a red flag I On being tho station we stopped, and Scott, with a man at each foot to give him a start, was questioned cs to the meaning of another train, the conductor said that there were in a moment at the top of ths telegraph too many cars mil too great a load for one pole, the box was knocked off nnd the engine, aud that another section was made wire cut We wanted no message of up, and would bo along shortly. The y for these two trains had already been little less than an hour; and hero was a third train still blocking tho road before usl How Andrews wished that he had taken the risk of running out in the face of the first extra aud bad tried to make, at least, the station abovel We could easily have succeeded, But now, in the absence of some telegraphic message aud no report was mads to that offlos, while Andrews hardly thought It prudent to telegraph forinstructions! It would bs madness to run out betweeathe two sections of a belated train. It was better to wnit, even If that entailed the risk.of a fight. For this possibility Andrews made ready; he said to Knight: Go back and tell the hors, without attracting attention, that wo lir.vo tw wnit for a train that is behind tlmo, find for them to be ready to jump nt tfxp signal, if needed, and fight. Knight sauntered cnrdessly rffong down the train, just ns If he wav tired to death with waiting nnd did cot know what to TIIE EOS W.'.S KNOCKED OFF. do with himself; und leaning against onr car, without turning his head or eyes inquiry sent ahead, preferring ourselves toward us, a!d iu a low tone which wc to tell the story of the impressed' powder heard perfectly: train nnd Beauregard's need of ammuBoys, wo hare to wnit for a train that nition. While this was being (lone, others is a little bohlnd time, nnd tho folks threw a few obstructions on the track. around are getting mighty uneasy and When once more on board we noticed a suspicious. . Be ready to jump out, if you quickening of speed that after onr long are called, and let them have ft hot and rest was delightful. We had been run.. fast." ning slowly iiuce leaving Big Shnnty, hut We did cot know how many of the now Andrews viid to his crew, Push her, Wilson heaped in the ."uneasy folks there might be about; boys, push' liei. nnd so unbearable bad become the sus- wood, ami ths lire, which waa hut moderpense of being shut np in that dark car, ate when we lalt Kingston, was soon roar- and bearing the aonnd of voices outside, nnd great clouds of smoke escaping. without being able to distinguish the irg Our leader's intention was to reach Adairs-vill- e words or know what wns going on, that a In a few minutes. In order to meet command to spring out and begin a deadly two strife would have been welcomed os a Thesotrains there which were noweverdne, were tho through freight nnd the relief, without much regard to numbers. southern passenger trains, and they would We said we were ready; we bad been wait for us (Fullers train' there. Our ready nt any tlmo the last hour! Still we tcrribls iu Kingston waa in every carefully examined the priming of every way mostdelay unfortunate. revolver, and saw that reserve ammuni- no extra trains we could If there had lieert by this time hnve tion was in pocket within ency reach. been at.Dnlron. forty miles further tip the We did pot iutend. ifitrapiq to n fight, with the Oostenaula bridge burned to shoot at long range, but to close right road, behind us, and, these two ftaidn passed, In, where every shot would be deadly. no further serious obstacle to Tnat we couldi with tlie surprise of nn leaving unexpected assault, and firing each time, ' But while so anxfons to reach Adnirs-villto kill, have cleared the station of four times our number, 1 have never doubted. wns tho next station above, where ihcre a side track, it would never do to Ccnld any situation bf Imagined by poet leave tho way open from Kingston, os the cr novelist more trying thnu that ot this distance is only ten miles, and if the enecarload of Union soldiers shut up in the my choose to make Up a pursuing train nt midst of Confederate trains! that point, on acconut of suspicious But we wero not called upon to quiet formed, It might be very embarrassing. tlie uucasincs3 outside, which waa fully So it seemed that we hud scarcely got bs great as Knight hal described, in any under full headway at a tremendous mtd such summary rnunnci. Andrews played of speed before the tender brakes, all tbnt his part with surpasair.g skill. 'Ibepeoplo we had on our train, were put sharply around, and especially the old switch ten- down, and wo were on the ground almost hefore to tho train lind stopped, and under der, began grumble somethiug about beiug sure that oil wax not right. A good the energetic leadership of Andrews were many questions wye askod as to why hard nt work lifting the track, the readiFuller, with the regular train, was cot est mode of effective obstruction in our power. We nguin cut the wire, and also along by this time, and why the superintendent of the raid at Atkin's had not loaded on a largo number of ties and sent notion of the powder traiu. Andrews other kinds of wood to be used in answered each suggested question very the bridge. We were the more burning anxious briefly and plausibly, but without appear- for abundant fuel, as the oeuseloss rain, ing at all anxious about their op.nion; which was now severe, would render grumbled a little ubout the had manage- kindling a fire without much wood slow ment of a road that would allow it track and difficult. No time wns lost in these to be blocked nt a time like t his. nnd gave operaiionx. as but a fciv could work nt n recant of himself in tiie camp of Beauretrack lift 'tig nt once, and other.) Mere wiili so nn f air rwiflden! mid truthful ready r any other useful cm; he incut. gard that i.o on xeutuicd to qwe 'ion him. I to in: (. i.n bt-e-a TVttMatuli County Oftic Probate Judge T. S. WaUon. Selectmen A. J. Alexander, lUrint,,. tiling, J. K. Mlrdoek;. , T. H. Clerk Gflcs.-- ' If Assessor and Collector' Thus. Hick ''d Treasurer Joseph Hatch; Attorney Wai. Buy. Sheriff R. Jone. Coioner John Motion a (d, Recorder T. H. Otic.; Surveyor Wm. Boys. Superintendent of District Schools. wall Wootton. T si. i - . ,rs V ii li Precinct Officer; Hxaaa raaewer. Justice of the Peace II. g. Clyde. Constables -- 4 strj ' John Clyde. J. T. Will - MIDWAT FBaOWCT; m ' Justice of the Peace David Van T1hi Jr. t onstutdeEreriee Bronson. ' W cKAjraaaroM raacixcT. Justice of the Peace J. P. Terry. . Constable Juba Power. wALLsanao paarracT. Justlce"of the Peace-Aus- tin Glena. Constable Marquis Batty. ; A1 ClYxistlan toHandCbfa 1 Frtrt do General prepared Blacksm thins JL On khort antic Md rtuoubto Traduce taken ia ptymeat, LTain Stxwat, ZLc'bar Just Thus. south of m TJ( ClH Smiths restdeftta .nr J F RICHARDSON, Undertaker, Funeral Director A ud Ec!&, full line of Fndertaklna Goods ceasbeq on Hand. Office, Main Street, Park City, Opsse Park City Hotel. Office open Day and Xijji F. H. WHITE Pt I Bean-regar- d Main Street, oppodte Poatoffiee Park City, 2 e, uri,!. . UtdtU ' doors north of Poetofflee', Perk Ctiy. Everything Heat,WeClean and Cetr. 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