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Show $nxaahM hmAi'jftst DARING AND SUFFERING. 7 - Vpt"s4u"-- (CnrcimU Cit l tint o much running n utli izr'ti lionlike tjotinl4 ulong fNMirMii tin- - trie-s- from the loss arid fell in its eeu.- - less Inotivc as it d I a pul motion, tide houses, wmsls rushed hy. was Wonderful utul glorious, In the box almost worth the risk to enjoy! utr we were thrown from side to side nml bnfllcx a manner tliat jerked about lu description. Tbe ear waa so close to I be engine that it felt every Impulse of power hml tbere was no following train to stiauly It. Many times we were startled with the momentary eonviition that we were off thetrnek; lull then- - was no cessation of mir rapid flight. We hardly knew what it meant, and though we pushed our door partly open, the risk of being thrown out was list grout to permit us to open ft w fate; and gazing at tbe imnornma that flitted hy, with lightning like rapidity, we could guin tioclcw to tins frantic unit perilous chase, for there was no ludirntmii of a following train that we ronld pen die. Tin-rwas no danger of being seen in the opening of our noor, for tin- rapid flight of the trawl Would have nltnatisj all tlie at r tenlion Unit tine tiling tis.ii could. Andrews scare looked alieml while ! ( nn and making I Ms rib: freight, a harp lookout, sun however, did ply for the pursr-- of seeing when we r.iiin- - near (lie station that (hey might shut off steam and nhlo to stop Un re. They had no hoe of reversing or slopping, if they saw the hclntcd passenger x well train approaching try to reverse a camion ball In its fligbt if the train had stnrled out fngu Callioiui liefore we isimr iu sighl, it was simply nml fneninhly death for every one of ili nml the jieopln of the other tram would flirt have fans! much U'tter. Our fireman, .T. A. Wilson, tofy graph-ally des rilies tlii.s fearful effort to conquer Imiei "Our loeommiv was under a full head of steam. The riigineef stmelwlth his hand on the lever, with the valve wide 0ien. It was f riggli t f ti I to see lmw the .v orf ill iron moustir under us would leap forward under tin- - revolutions of her Urow a would si ream to great wheels. ever ami anon, '(live her more wood, Alf, which command was promptly She ris ked nml reeled like a drunken mini, while we tumbled front side to side like giiims of in n hot frying pan. It was lien ilderiug to look nt the ground or objects on the roadside. A Constant stream of fire ran from the great wheels, and to this day I shudder ns I reflect on that, my first nml last locomotive ride. We sjh-i- I past houses, stations nnd fields aud out of sight, nlmoxt like u meteor, while the bystanders, w ho scarcely caught n glimpse of ns ns we passed, looked OH ns if in lx it li fear and amazement. It has always been n womb r to me that our locomotive and ears kept the y track nt all, or how they eotild stay on the track. At times the Iron horse seemed literally to fly over the course, the driving wheels of one side being lifted from the rails much of the distance over which we now .ssd with a vehs ily fearful lo eonlrmplato. We took little thought of the matter then." Andrews kepi his watch iu his hand, eeming to notice nothing else, for time was the only element In this part of our Inolilem, nnd he nnd Knight, who looked An the same watch, nlwnvs joined In dei hiring that the Interval of tiino miles the two stations Wax rim III and a half minut s; and tlds not upon ft magnificent road with Meet rails, as that mad is today, but over a pisir nnd neglected track! it must, in candor, however, be nllowed that Andrews piohaldy reckoned the interval from losing sight of Adairsville until coining In sight of Calhoun, When near tlie two stations lie would tie olhervv Iso engaged, und thus the rave may have lillle over tv mile a minute surely enough for all the fear, wonder and sublimity of motion! on this run wax exeeedingly Our narrow. Tbe passenger train bud to move out we arrived, but it had only just got tinder way while we were slackening tip for the stiiiion. A minute ciirfirr In ihclr starting would have ended the raid. Hut seelti us coming, nud our whistle sounding mil loud anil perempns up the track, tory, they hacked nud the proier officer obliging!) opened us let on the side track. Of the switch to course this was done ns much in be interest of the passenger train, which could not go on tilt we were onl of the way, ns iu ours. Itut they ilfd not go on for sumo time ami wu were obliged to await taeir moveIn backing they had gone far ments. ctiongh, not only to give us room on the aide track, hut Hlso, as their train iv.xx n long one, to eotuplctely block the far end of It, mid we could tint proceed ott tlie main track until they should pull ahead. Before doing this they naturally wanted some explanation. Tlie lateness of tlie regular truln; our having Fula r's engine, without him or any of his men; and nnl least, the manner In which wo had swooped down Usm them like some t of prey, coming without any signal man ahead at a time when under railroad rules they were emtiled to tlie road all this, which only some most nrgent occasion ot public e timidly could exi use. called for Andrews dimly told Ids explanation. story, aud the nrgent need of ammunition was felt to justify everything: mid nil tin were asked and nnsvvered that nre common mining railroad men mi meetVet Andrews would have lalkv-ing. little and would have made a very sliorl top, had it not been for tbe manner iu which the passenger train bound hi Ids own. AVe had a pssl right to is nneasy here, for we bail not ettt the wires between tlds station and Adairsville we liad not d.xreiU in the terrible urgency of reaching Calliou i, to delay even for tld A question might eoimv on the purHse. wires at nuy moment which Andrews, with all his adroitness, would not find it easy to utisvyer. Kelt her liml we put any cibxtrmtimi.x on the track. This latter omission prepare-this way for mart her riiee against time, only less sw Ift and fearful than .air own. Thu wo were again delayed. Andrews tried "entfe anil Indirect menus to the eonduefor of tlie passenger tirdn that It was safe for him to run down nml p-- t o Adairsville lafore Fuller's (Kissetiger train, lint he was riot The lime emna- - from easily pet Hiailcd. colli. Son with our train hail shaken Id nerves too nna li lor him to wish at nine to repofit tlie experieiK e. Neither did he at ml m s hnrrv to move Ids train ahead mid I a i ot.i on the main track; hut ry hw train woe the only It would uni I: .vc lex u long, hod he couliii-uiobstinate, mill the reserve force of our parly would have le'etl brought Into ?t may ! v"! )" Hia requisl'H-ti- . drewswas i fixity simile mulling Infix that there would abundant time for him to reia li .Vhrirsi die before Fuller with his Irani would idmig, V.'e did not think lli.il Fuller would la- - along that day. und itli his owu train lie was uot. Hut us tuultcrs were, if the I'allioun man had allow id himself to Is- arsuaded to stmt southward, a fiarful collision would have ended ail pnsxihilltinx of pur-minml left us free to burn bridges at our leisiiie. lU-r- was am it her of tinescaiat tnude by tlu- - enemy. To un to recur to (lerdiuid this it is iieccx-ar- y Fuler and Murphy, ho wen- - within two or three nitiiutcs of Kingston when wo left that place. They were terribly dlapKiinted when they found tlieluselvi-(.topped quite ft long distance Mow Kingston by (line heavy freight trains, and learned lu a brief (sinversation witli the engineer of the nearest, uml the erxonx who had run down that way on hearing their w hist le, that their game hud flow u. Tliev heard wi'h womb r how long the inuunumli r of Ha'll bad be. u in Id theeq-luto, and the s held-mi- vv A History of the Andrews Railroad Raid Into Georgia in 1862 The Host Heroic and Tragic Epiaodo of the Civil War, j ' By WILLIAM PITTEtf CJEIt, un a C.rlKlilI, ami pul.iuavd or tub ErrKrru,.vi by lu War lullltitii.' t'o . V. Y urrauriurut uieb t,,in. j Lifting n rail sconix envy enough. blit It I hr rail Wax (ar from may in practice. is lung and heavy: it in fitilteel tei other rails, aim Listened with gicnt pikc driven feito solid oak ties, wlueh in turn are (Imply in the ground. This was the first place tic to lake up ft hail Very (juickly. Mini neeoidinglywo Were far iinire seiixjble of the rtli-irithan when we had ahund.im e of Me Were nor excited, tor we believed nhejtd tf any n, liable pursuit; lint to press the twtl tininx still liefore nx. and lmrry to titif real Work of bridge binning, was an ardent desire. Slowly a drew out spike after spike, haltering out thu nailax ax great rapidly possible with our one iron hnr. I cannot tell how many we hut time went by ndmny.x siienf, swiftly. The large load of ties, which x ere not far nwny, was a grenr nrquist-tion- , nml xvere nil on board bt fore tlio stiibhcun rail wax linlf loosened. The rail wax loosened at the Miulhcrfl end, nnd for crbnpx two thirds of Its length was e loured of spikes. Fight of its, including our strongest men, look hold of it, to try to puli out the remainder by the rail itself. Hut they were loo firmly fixed; nnd we were uliemt o give up the attempt and wait to baiter out n few more, when nwny In the distance wo heard, faintly but unmi.xtaknhly, the whistle of a locomotive In pursutl! But faint nnd far ofT ns it was, no sound mote unwelcome ever Ml on human cur. lie fore Its, only two or three miles aWny, there were two trains possibly blinking thetrnek; and behind us a pursuing engine, whirli In a minute or two mine would tie tiKu us. It nearly hi mod ns if onr race was ended! But we did not pause for moralizing; we lifted again and with every particle of slmigth, ns men lift fur life. The strong rail bent under tiie terrible pressure nnd snapjs'd with a dull Ixxnng! All of us tumbled in a heap down the grade, but in n moment store on our feet and hurrying toward the ear, taking onr precious half rail with ns. Tor the time we were raved! No mailer who the pursuer v.nx he would lie arrested by that break, nml give tux time, with fatoring fortune, to the trains alxive. fiiilK-ildc- - eon-fuse- d ps CHAITKII VIII. AN AITXIUMl STIU t.l.l.r. Onee more we were on board nnd nwny! We would Siam know whether he Xvere to have n clour track at Aelalrsv file or to rollout the vexatious and dangerous experience of Kingston, Once more the engino was given full force; we lu the box tar wete thrown ftotn side to side, sometimes a In t le roughly; but this did not diminish our joy over the rapid motion which was devouring' the distance between us and our friends jn Tennessee! As we enme in sight of the station, there to our grout eat inflict ion lay the freight train, w liieb, Indeed, hud long been uniting for us, a we were now n half hour behind the time of fuller's passenger train, nml also waiting for the morning passenger train from Cliatlnimogn, whli h should have overtaken the freight at this point, hut which woe also Into. I tubed, the panic In Chatinnnngn nud iheextrn trains on the road had disordered iho whole schedule mul enormously Inereuscd our difficulties. A we come near the station, speed was slackened and we stopped on the main track Iwslde the through freight. Andrews at mice miswcud the Usual storm of (pieHtious nnd asked others In turn, lie heard still more of Mitehela lmw he seemed to have oHrutlons, Captured nil their trains on the western road, so that for twenty-fou- r hours nut a cur linil got through, unit that the telegrams were being interrupted (urtherund further up the road, so that, front every Indication, he wils coining tuCluittunooga. Hut Andrews was still more interested In asking news of tlie dow n train, rtvhUU was now Iwdf an limir late. Nhv Information was received, hut the freight Conductor lind determined to run on south n the arrival of fuller's train, lu harmony with their rule of rnllroudlug at that time, by which n following train was to lie wailed fur only it certain length of time, afier which the waiting train had the right to proceed. Andrews approved of that intention, saying tlmi fuller with I he regular train would probably wnit for him nl Kingston. Andrews might have held Ihis train hero by giving a message as from fuller, hut lie preferred to get rid of It, so that If emniH'lled to hack Indore It might not he lu the Mated the way; mul it compelled to fight, the fewer of the enemy the liedter; otherwise Its running dow ti In the place of the brio unde-- i table. The conductor ken rail w said to Andrews; Von of course will remain hen until pry iu.xcnger train comes, mul tell them " tosneOmul me at 'No, I returned Andrews, I must t oner the fate of the army hangs un my gci Hug promptly through w ith those of jnnmmiitlon. s Suppo-- e the attack 1 Vaii regard! lie has not pow-wlenough for three hours' fight. This was a startling pcisxibilitr, nml forguttUig all sUmt Mitehel being in the way., she conduct or (i ho mer.on both sides hail heard theeotiver-ation- , lua had not joined in It) patriot teniiv said: "e let t h rough by all tnean-- g tuff you will have to run very slow and put a flagman out on every curve, or you will liuve a collision. ' Andrews answered quickly: I will rtteml to t hat;-- 1 stepied u engine mul motioned to Knlgld, who was still at t he throttle. Tlie latler, hearing the words atmilt. running slowly, bail put on the steam In a gr.ii'u d manner, and the engine glided away at a moderate rate of seciL lint this was not to la-- t; neither was " scut ahead; there had Any flip 'man o delays enough. The tune had come w , when if was to .lake a ; crifile risk. M u da ed not wait for the passenger train because of the pursuer we had heard, nnd of the freight wh'.vli had started toward the break: urn! reach tlie station ftlsne liefore the pussengi-- started out) from Adairsville to fallumn, the next At.itioii that had a side track, U a lntl more than uine miles. The road runs directly north. Is almost (might, and but lillle removed from level; litis hs the most favorable xtreleli for limning i t; the whole line. Andrews said to Ids comrades: "Make her show how fast she can go; every second saved in getting to Calhoun counts. The effect sif giving such nnlrw lu men whose nerves had all morning been thrilling with suppressed lire may Is imagined! The engino was iu tlie finest running condition. Knight had oiled it carefully during (lie long vvai'fng ut Kingston, and Again, in part, at Adairsville. and a heavy pressure of aleam hadiieetiumhited during Now tlie the iKiit.se at the latter station. full force of the mighty power was turned on at once, while cil via.s poured on stii ks And these fed into the furnace. The three-car- s and twenty men were no load for the jsiwerfnl engine, and it sprung to its work vvillia slunk that neatly look every man fr ua In feet! The race against time which aud terrible. Tin in followed -x King-ton!- i s Van-3-ee- rr Id-o- is-e- r i , s , ! ,t II i i - llu-ea- 1 p e ! ! tit-- . Kijx-or- jKis-ild- ls-e- I ls-n- s . 1 per-snui- as-iii lr, I vv - l. - s 1 nnr-tv.- t nd bow he had Attreeeded In concealing lus red (harm ter. The formidable Damn: reof the etc my ahead wo-- now vealed, hut It l.s.ke.l for a moment lo Fulli r us if ull his ialsif hail Isx-for mrtblug, and that he Would be aide lo continue the pursuit only after a ruinous delay. Tv-- lou k all these t ruins up tlie heavy grade so tliut he could get on tlie shle truck, ami then down again to get off nt tlie npa-end, would require ml mount of "seesaw lug" that Would give (he luptors of ins train a b.jsh-s- s start. Here arose a diffeiriiee of opinion Fuller and Murphy, who up to this time had vvurkvsl together in perfect aeis.rd. Murpliy ruu ahead and i Ut l.sisc tlie Now York, the new ami g.ssl engine of one of the freights, attaching it t.) the ear vv tiicli hud brought their tools from Ktowuh. He then rutied to Fuller to move the Ilona- - engine hack out of tlie way that he might eomo round on the V." Hut Fuller had different plans. The Home engine nml train had stood on its own Inn k all tins time waiting for hli coming; the In liliifl Aj.vliew any Jifu 4 nnl -- ur tium s rn.MMKi: x, n r. iCorne iiuk it-- uli tin imjHiijmentM. Wli tmt take that eiHXin Nottmiicr thoulit than ex eritfel. Fuller liad taken one foot rare that day, and he now tok another, tdmrfer Ini hut imt fNrtant. T!ie eu heailrd ine already toward haU.tijoo"rt with only one ear attiu lnd, and in tin mot fawraMe Nsjtin. Then wjo aiaindanee of 0t11nteer4, and no nel of explana-- f lorn, for now eertMdy was sure that the imprewd jMmder Mnry was f.ilnoand absurd had thought ao all tlie time! fonduHor Smith, of t!ie Home train jrnvo it for the mrvleoat omo. All was douo MMjiiickly that Mnrpli) saw them Martand had t ntn at hi ImM sieefl to keep from left lehmd' Fuller prolmldy made a mistake in ftn( lakin the New York, us the other eiujiritt teas much inferior, witli small wheel mid incapable of ureathfNed. Hut the distance In which tJiey muld It turned out to Ik hhot t, nml beitu' drheu nt the height of its power, it Is not proba bl Ibat much was Jost; while the tune ftlnt iu elmninc the freight train out. of the way miiht have lo-- t the bridge. A mile or more from Kington they found some ties on tie tint k at the phue whcie we cut the wires, and were obliged to top nnd throw them oft. Of coute an effort was made to si ml a menace from Kingston to t hai tahM-- a as mwui as FiilU r Armed, but we had ut tlie wiie t tU k for them. Continuin'' on the waj,the camo in ft few minutes to tlie plate wlicte the track had Iwn torn up. A Mmihertt nrecmnt mija sixty ard had leen bttt this Is a i;ros r xacL'eration. Trtwk liftinf;was only intemhsl to make the road teuiMrnrily Impassalih, ami onr broken rail answered this putpoM ns wed a ft dozen. Had there Imi n regular track lner with the put niters a rail would not haw caused a c;re,tt but ii was in all cases suflletent for it.-- putpostMut this d.iy. Though we had heard thew histlo of the pursuers, they neither heard imr saw ns ut this polut, nml c.mie near wreck; Imt tliey were on their tfiuird lieenitsauf the similar break w hich lmd caused tlu ir fall from the e hand ear, und by reut ifloit and emthie they were aide toprrwnt an accident. Fut tlu ir progress Minted to be completclv !iarrd. As usual no one but I uler nml Murphy set mtd to have t lie least idea what to do; in fact during the whole day e cry hojufnl plan of pursuit sprum from their indomitable energy. Timi much credit (from the Confederate point of x lew) cannot be ien to them. They wete ulrend.v practiced in ffNt trnci, .and once mote set out in that manner; ail the rest, remaining behind, had no further intluem e on ihe foi tunes uf the day. Hut at full 'peed the Iwo iKvIcstrians pulud over the slippery m.d muddy rotl and through thedrhiuGt rain. ri!. ; felt jure of lindn:; the freight train, or the pn.seu ger, either nt Ad.'Ur: ille or further on this side. Should they be obliged to take the terribly f itiguiiu' run to tin station itself tie would pifbabU tr too Kite; but they were determined to do Iheir utmost, Nothebowall iliingx CMnhd To work against us cm this ewt.tful daw If we bad not Mopped to take up tli' rail r.t nil, w would )m had ebttiwlnit time to rcadi the freight and Mali it sttdh ts we ilid: and the freight train ruhning jcmth. ami Ftillrt train running at full ctd would have produced a frightful rollisieu, wlueh cotihl Maiecli haivbeen jmwenied; for the freight man had lecn ;duerd ft et out by the representations f Amltcws, and Fuller on lus part probably Indie ted tint Andrew wn: still limning o'i low t'U uml bad not readied the kit! n The stopping to lift this rail, as ii turned out, was probably the greatest mistake Andrews maile. On the otlut hand if the freight had waited for I'ndi V, great a delay would h.ftxc ensued the Ustenaukfc bridge, width v wertj now wtv near, would have been in flames. IVut the pursuing pair had scarcely In eti well beathed iu this third font v:u e w hen they beard the welcome whittle of a loco motive. Fuller, who was ahead Mopped in a place where the dew was clear, and) gave t ae signal of danger; the freight wa check'd up ns quickly as possible, and while Fuller told in a few wonls whnt had hapiened nml whnt he wanted, Murphy, who had lcen distniirod, mine up, nnd tliey prang on Ismrd and tKk comnuiud. W ith nit the Kwcr of the Texas, w Inch wasoneof the vcr 1st rtiglne on the had jet! rnd, ami tlie Ust the d backward toward obtained, they ill nnd Icatned that Andrews Adairs had left a few minutes Indore. Fuller tNkh place cm the lnt freight ear. which w a now tlie fmntof the train, nnd directed their movements. Murphy was the oflleinl ulterior of nil flu engineers on the rood. Ue M4hnI b the UVer to render n.HMManc when neisied and all lus orders were cheerfully olieyod. It w as not long till they were back at tbe it lion, when Fuller Jumped o(T. threw the switch oxer to turn the freight cars, which were detached nt the aim time nnd allowed to cir with their own line ment muon the side track; nml thentis. i one passed by. he c hanged the ibe iv'uUu back, prang on tlie engine and nr-- , t 1km b.ch eonhnutMl t mm e uutrai parallel with him! 1 hi vvn quh k work, hml a Tiny nftvr eompnr tlv ly i revr, but they were ll nrinril witli etnn, anl h0r1 un thetemlrniKl enirlnr ahmr. Ii w triM that the engine wa.s reversetl, but tlua, while It 1. omevvhut les bmnly, fl'.-- uot dimini.-- u treiigth or spevnl. The r Urst qmstiou vvjih b tvtilrontevi the wo whether to ri'-- running up to iCnllioun In tlw faie of tliedcJftvisl snr train. They 1M not a tho way had Nmh mmlechar for them. It was les that) ten minute since Andrews hal loft, promising to run lowly and carefully, mid if lie kept bin word, he Could lc overhauled and imloevsl U tsvnn tbe two train fore he could reach nml even if ha did nor the danger ofroMUIon wouhl Ik Urr.c b tin tram ahead nml dk b tlie following one. Tbe tn.irvdou had fiiglit which Andrew mode was not, if course. t!reuind of. llnl Andrews Ukii ahk to perptmde tlie cumluftor to puh out, n he Uil tlie freight eoudmOT. Fuller nnd Mnrpb) emver wotikl bftve ended. indoitiir ihle min injw b.id ni ex-- r Went engine and orden-full spel. The whole of nine mile was made in J.ule more than mu luinufe! fl hre ob-Tio t f m as .ml and f rm j,n , h, iliO -- pu-e- m It ! Joseph Match' T. 11. Cedes, wait W'oottuu j HKBT Jutue te - l e v, n oo-- ti structf Kristian id urepiiitM C T. t f, WJena, Att to d (jfiifral Bliu ksm tiling nrftircr Ui and rra.inb3 ttr. takFii In payment. i'riiur Street, isia Jut XZeber CIS soiilli of Tims. rrW,ift7' eultU's J F RICHARDSON, Fluid Dlralti n( UnMiktt, V " fail line of Fnrtert.Ving i.uodi on ll.uirt. Uttive, Main rttrert, rirk I hr, Paik t ity Jlotei. ufflrf open iv. F. T. J. II. J. PftUw Kurd lfi Phj Phillips Bros.&Baifl T. O. Adilr ss ager. I.ock Box lfi : J. ritti.tm, Mm .m, Mu. ra Mrilt K. We will give a suitablv to any person furnisliing mint inn tbit " ill ie.eel to the reeov erv of any .iiim.il 9 our rHiige lie. ring tlie hIicts tir.nilt, f sell no stock, exe apt href .leers. e llor-- ( on left thigh. tine nd, e JOHN X. CAKIiOLL, ; .1 cattle v AVawatcL Iostoflice ; : dealer Count), I tal. IN' MrftWl VMftUt try. s k ' r, tVasatch f'ev., ftfl, 17,-l- 0. Al ovrrtlic lirid'i , nficr (inii)inK the s nr, nnd on thrum'll tbe village of Itceaca. Tin irtir.sni rs took up tljiv car a ; tliey liad done the other, nud imriird them lmth throtiKli the liridqe, and left thru; jit tlie Ke':n .1 .side track. It may fie well lo notice hero lmw onr iKtinrance of the enemy and ids i atoranee of ns licit h inured loliisadvantare. There liad he cn already many internal ions union us tliut it veoi'M lie well to turn and liehr rather than to lc c', cased any fitrilicr. liad t!ie real weakness ol ihe ene:.iy on tlie iirst train fiee n Ino'vn. Ani'revvs vvotihl have reiiaint. onci . d the all nek. On t!ic ot lie r hand, :f Fitllers parlv liad kaov n how Mioua; we were im coiilil ! ol i I o t Meals at all Hours, at tlie Gotec Prict 'z. -- i 2 dMrH north of rostoflh, Hark Cltf. TV sot Nrat, F.rtrthinjr TahU irtilj .nlwHT b auiUertl wilb thki the market mbm!. char-Hctv- si's" A fifi.dgv "y ft r ro tlie J ; H. GKlf F, rroprTetor K. )? lime indcucd them lo cm noc tiie ch.'M1 oven if the resolute coruncti r Immeif ad not I'c'cu w iHlii to wait for help. H w.i liei,eved at firt tliat vve v.erc linl four llie nmnlier on tiie eiiKine. Tin- estimate was never raked luchcr titan ciqlil, Mnr-plisitfnre'.lmK to tiller even tlim timt it would be in iter to wait for Irani lieiiind and lake on more men. Hill Fuller AT 1 MI. v.rxif) STMtOV. resolved in peT'cvc re and at least delay tt.s of the woo!) aril tliat ho uilht tit tlieri.sk ef ids own life. Had it been litmle-- r ns from getting a full supply. Hut know it I hat w c were twenty, lie and his this did not discourage us. for even when siender hand vvonlrt tint have boon (putty Andrews rclmiamly gave tiie word to of tin' madness of eiovvrtim' on nearly come on board, wlm as fireman tvvire the ir mu llirr, even if helle r armi'd, a groat appreciation of tlie neeel of had and erne of help at every staiion. Hut (tied, lingered tilljo get a huge armload tliis ntailne s., t his unreasotialils pursuit, nnd the enemy, seeing our engine tlie result of itnperfie t know tesipr, served more, standing there, were oiiligeel to tliem well. "slow lo avoid the collision that After pit'SitiK Jesnra. we foreesi seemed up" inev italde. Movveve-we did not our pursuers fine k fiy e!roppiiu( ties on tlie w nit for them to get lose enough to use tr.tek. and not knovvltn' whether it was o their shotguns at hast m,t to any effect, teleKtaiili statimi er not, we naaui cut tlie Wilson is positive that fcome 'wires. No obstruction, were placeel em thoughwere fired. quite He says: tlietraek at tliis point, Imt it na.irati gnus "Yc had. however, secured only n par"ttrve, and taking n mil wliit li had lsen tial supply w lien the (taxing train eame iient in liftitiv' iL 1 phierel one end under in sight, loaded with armed Our tlie rail nl one side and the other project-ini- ' were worked up to an infuriated diaKonaltv tow nre I Ive train cm' the pursuers of xcitement, ami rent Ihe verv air iiilior Mile. Tiie pursuers saw u rturt, pitch sere-olies t mi yells as "tliry but .scfiinz tin obsiruithins tliey ran at a with tlu'lr eame in sight of us. like-- dogs when the uoml rate of ejii'ed ria'lif over tliis taill is sprung. They opened on ltx at Their was marvelous. lcrsons on eUarry long range witli The bullets t he teiaie r jiunpcil n fisrt Mali, and one of rattled amutiel usmusketry. like hail, but fortuFuller's stanelii' t helpers dein.xniled that none of our party was hii. the traiu Ik- stoppeil to let him off! he nately wnnte'd no more sueh rtinniort as that! t IIAITF.lt XI. Hut Fuller, thoech eoei.iderinrt this tl:e a ihr " ;;n v n ( iiask. greatest of titer datt"rrs. vvimhl no sop: oi.d it was impos.Mhle for him to keep ft Hut we now- had a gessl fiend of steam, closer locikout iltan he liad done. and vv itli a joy fill bound nur engine, as if Hm what eon jet t tires did vve form to refreshed ftnm its rest, speel on again. aeconne for the unexpeeted appearanex of Wo had lioe-- eateftfi to so olistritet the this pursuing train? Tlie story ns ipven trae k that tlie enemy- - was obliged to enme lo tlie retnlor wns tofiiiij unknovvu then to a full halt, nnd iiius give Us time to ami we were creailv perplexed. Ihe once more get out of sight. taaiter Intel stent practical implirtatire. Wc pasM-eTilton in safety, and tlie 'Vine tlie engine ntsrted after us hy nn wate r station, wide ii at timt time wns nt authority wliielv. had also alarmed tlie a different place from the wood van!, wax vv linle ri ad nit end of ns? If so, we would soon reached. Oi-- r supply of tin's necesdo well to aliftudou our efforts for the sity was low, ami without it our preigre-- s destruction of bridges nml seek our own Would lie at om e arrested. We stopieefi safety, of line lliim; we felt- sure it adjusted iho pipes, told tiie powder story must Imve fiieu one nl the trains we hail ftllliotigti from t lie haite-rciltisx,.rt at Calhoun or AdnirsviHe that was of our only ear, with a hole in follow intr. hut why? There were three caedi end. tiiai story was Ito longer plans imt it fidi. IKi'stlii lit les only to choose from. ansu for the meiuiettt and The vve Mieceedi d in t first and less sesriests tiie getting ull the water we Had any olijeetiou IhsU made eotidiator at Calhoun, who hail is.su so turn filmy; to let us pass, hail do we Would have taken it hy force, and the ; witli which vve went to work , his own motion hail set out to follow us. j aided in eonfielence. IVfore the Tiie plan vvi, e a t prese nteel ise if t ' If so, vve would have lo xieal only with tank was full the pursuers unite iu Sight, mid, spun ill sp;nt ,.f Atidts evs vv:. to tr-t but hint, and might us a ran seeing of art tliey accomplish slowly, unel as a twvi of onr eat- - project'll" and hurl our work. Or it U' that tiie freight party of our mete had ruu tiark nml might lis m five k at ti.e m my ins put liad ruu to where we had broken up the some the track, out of gun inanoid un with lo- - gemns, wtneheie-li-!itetrack lin had were shot, wreck, y ami. to omo obliged to a fuff turning ft st ' rgv . than tiie pi oil eogr-- e bad telegraphed tsfore stop t here, tints givingus (hotline ncciled. . 1'ii'li l.r tie stthln - nl Id finv c 1. d Ti'i e motinted it In tie and !,is sjM,,i r " - S elicited. atrenage rji- - e1 ' .Tur'- - 7-- ,7 Sr c l-adi- ; esl I Of Hein r and Surrounding Country. I V nmn 001 MEW MILLINERY! S JlftT - ARIIfVF.fi. v -t Large Shipment 1 te 3 ltd- - ttItl VARIETY GREAT I At the new Millinery Establishment MRS. -- ( X3TTTC.AJtf. , m In old Post Office Building. 117.. XOT nv VSDEnSOLDl IU e pas-eitg- er b pt fnir, tuy pntfmi for trfrr iiUntUtii f bftin nd I hup tr inrtlt ihar? of font Thnnklnjr prir. Hum;'. I l MMxr j 1 v - I ? rd u- pur--ue- ixfts-et- , 23 lYalliibttfg, t'rtnh. furrier th WJHbt Mnil from !lbr anl JntrnieH:ite ,, point, "N -- 1 G! ob. THORNTON, v b'.-t- 4 lleber. t'fxlt. 1, e u t.v d, :tnd vv itli tiie khiis of (lie jnr-mificiniid. vve could not L'ive time for tins; mi v.e low iy nnd relnctnntly -c , r el i 1 Ci ?! eo-r- !' I mtssi vv mir-iiu- 1 d Jf l.TirV. " t I.MU Ui ! KP 'Umttrc )f t tu Vur-Jn- rfn ( (mitubJt MarquJ i.Attr. ! i - imp.-ta-- m mr J. unsltiM; -- Jutm Hotit'fi. - I ' 1bon,,n maui f tlu e ;; . vv r strict ess-a- CliKkameuga hjidges. ol 1 ( vj John rivde, J TV. Wm xuow r rap rv Tt tlie Peace Iiavh) ari W K. v v.i-i- c aM und around tlie whole circuit of the Confederai. fiai k to t 'hattnnooqu. nnd, fore tiie wires had hcon cut. lo uno of tlie trains vve liad passed, with orders to follow us closely and prevent us from ilaiuayTinrt the road until a traiu could fie si nt out from ( 'liaitanooKa to secure our capture. If cither of these latter conjectures wet e true and tliey were the most probable onr race wax nlmoxt run! We would lie oliliip-- to leave tlie road, and the far Inure difficult task of cscapinc on foot. If Andrews Ihnuy'ht either of these probably true, it would fully nctirtint for his reluctance in order-inthe capture of a pursttiiiy; train; for such a capture could do no jicrmaiietit KOoil. while every one iff his party wounded in the lli;lt would be disabled for the inevitable mid terrible land journey aiiead, and would ttrely fie lost, in view of thr almost hopeless situation as it appeared tons then far worse tlu.1i the reality, for tlie road aiiead liad not lieen wtirmil ns yet tlie heroic constancy of Andrews, wlm i out i not to put forth every possible effort as coolly and quietly as if suurs.x hail I within his urasp, is made fir.ffhtly conspkuous. There were now three clmsiiu; trains; first. Fulli r nml his men with the hxotnotivc of the down fr.iKht: seeutid. tiie Calhoun passenger, w fiieli had ii'inirilintelyfolowed him and Vis m.t iij far fiebim.; mul last, the train taited tiom Marietta, und loaded vv . sjirihi'v. Fi f i time idler h avim; I! es.'ua we did not run fast. It vvasevidmt that nt eould not get away from the engine ns fiy fa re speed; tiie only hope was in sumo way lo them, or to ol struct the track: amt no were obliged tc fie saving of onr foil. Hut now v.e were upproai'liin" rinvn's. a woo station near Tilton, ami vve were determined lo haveft fre-!- i So tbe last wood supply at any in the box. itli A little of our precious oil, was shoved into the furnace, ami Urow it, w lio had mo. taken tiie throttle, turned on a full bind of steam, nud wo once more lit vv along the traik. At the tame time vve vv ho were in the box car put a line of ties along its floor and kept in ihe end. and them mov ing to l let tliem drop as f.t- -t as jioxs.rde on the track. Tin, was rapidly eviiatisiing our ammunition, imt it vvaseffei ttml in enforc-int- f slow no's and caution upon our pursuers. Fuller I'rtild not run rapidly in the face of sueh a Mireescjon of obstacles. He 'ltd tlie best he could, giv ing tlie signal to revt rse whenevrr lie saw a lie on the track, jumping off ami removing it. ttnil on again, when tin- - ingfiu-c- r would start will; a full head of spam, end reduce peed, ns 1c i ngine gathered headway to sueh a rate as would admit, ef stopping in time when another lie was seen. It wa- - feat fully rilotis. and t.o only womler is that he was not wrecked lie 'ion-- , Iho foie was chase l'.tu lie long that vve were, racing probably uuder-toofor the vvimil yard alioad. When we teaelied it tiie rev..-- , rfi'firr-in-g in the work f h ailing up. Tlie w issl vva.s piled in frantically by men working for life; lint liefi.ro v.e had half tilled the tender vv e again heard our reieul le'-- follower. fm eager were v.e lo get tlie largest supply of wood t i.nt we- - did not lake their lir-- t v, hi lie as a sufficient inlinintinn to start. flThen enme scream r, alter sere un of the most unearthly to alarm tli (ilivioit'ly puss-ifi-- vv 1 Shunt), and a dispatch sent to Atlanta -t ra-i- ' tiiw '.d.ed. e.lat! te.i. at (' pf.'ial Or, onie mote, a ni'xsciiKir miKlfi have Inin sent down to Marietta hum Hiy; Murphy e.xpre. e the opinion that we made a great mistake at this j oint. TJu-rv.a at this time a Jong and high woodeu wliiclt the Kcaca budge is up pron hed. A- - v.e came near we slowed aud up," right in the midtllecf this trestle we dropped our last car. Murph) ays Thai it we had but thrown it aero- - the track the bridge would have Uen at our mercy, a w ell as all tlie bridge nUve. lb - light, but iho difiicultv in doing this ii gnatrr than J:e thinks. To pull or ofT by means of the engine involved nunc il-- k of getting the engine olT, whieb wcatld b. vc been fatal. We lmd no good means of moving it io an) other wav , and the dement of lime was all Important. The pur.stiws were I Tt! s ov .,- w:,s ' 1( iMes Con-- t lirl lit ljte. ( t. PlUt'Is K Justiet of the Peace right behind, and while they could not have II red on its rt elTetlive range, they luiv.' .'ilnnncrt tin-- town '('l nhend of ir, anil I lien hr rat k ( ottld liav e Itch uhniem led to prevent onr to imaoiiie vv hat tniqlit lmvl' It Ik on lutie than artuallv to do it, run if the ( ueumstniK rx were repeated. Tin ir opimrttttuty to turn mid ii'rtht ii tliis point. The town of llesaca was '. H Ii n n few bundled yards of the finder, mid anv noise would firim; help fium that qum lor. Iiesnlcs our purMirrs r aimed wuh ml our only churn - of ip'tlin t close quarters washy an nuihiise-le!I;ul the day liecu dry, we (oulirimve IlniiK fagots from In cm cine upon the roof, hut now a lire even on tho it side of lie lare frame firidym would requite careful ;. Will; o s'ation only n few littndred feet ahead, wlicir the traik might la- so easily oh- of ls pfi-e- Ircrlnct if. and i pur'-uer.- s , fpm iiUti cmierttff-Tht- rs, Keerder f ebng of despondency of the w hole route took of us ns we approac hed tlie bridge, witli our pur-n- er t lo-- e behind. Tbe Mtuation v.as in every If we pas-e- d by way unfavorable for U- -. w u felt that without leaving it iu one important part of onr bu-inwould be undone, even if we were complete!) ncct'sful afterwaid in evading pur-nu- t -- l!e-a- h The d; n- pti-hr- v iVt,oa. Surveyor W iu. liuva. sii..TlntHii.rm uf tM.tri'f -t pieni-- nl-- icvors-inj?th- ) i n, dla, er . Attorney W m. liuys, sheritf K. Jones. t oroinT John The bridge was mw ju- -t nt band. What houid we do To leave it intact wa.- - to be thought ufonlyinthc d; re- -t m.ec-s- ii f. We lad carried our . iimnuui t.oii-t- he lmd we had gathered into t.nr kiv cm, am! hia .1 v, a; g(nd a we would have like tit tt in a little t me w e could make a hre. We now punches! a hole in ti.e h.iek end of om tai-i- n lact we had done lki n from 'me ear tiiaiiodur p:cvmui c!roppng the d or.e nnd nu began t ict tie. II out on the i ri k wluie We ran. They followed u mcud mer end, and showed verso un lu get uT ti e trac k. but a few runaiucfb 'lh;s nodcrated the speeded the pursuing engine, v. hn ii w as a help that we solely needed, for it was t:uw evidc nt that they eitlu r had a faster engine than ours or bitter fuel. The laii it was lertmnlv the case, for w e bad been wood very rapidly without any oppoiiunity for a long time pu.- to re , whi.-Ue- of m pas-4ng- r AM-oTrea-ttr- I -- u-- tul-hout- i; T. J. rtl'Snurt'r, uiings, J. It. Muntotk Clerk T. 11 Olles 4 1 i u 1 F2 Comity Oltlce I'r.rtmte rilAFTHU X. oosTtwn.A imipur. bltsMi-lied- u i they (jiihomi. was rehavd from ins jariious pillion. After be lmd chatted with the eondiictor and engineer of the down freight for ome tune uml found tin in to go on tluir wa, he aid in the nm- -t matter of f,K t and manner: ptnie t on without in more delay. pro- Full nmr engine ahead and b? me out. When the order w.ls given iu tliis direct form thev were oblige to oU r give a g'MNl reason for refusing, and it may 1m consiii;red certain that if the) lmd delayed. though Andrew did not threalen Molcm e, yet our engineers would nt once hftc taken control and executed the . order, probably not whhnut At l.M we are on the ream trick, with no tram iietwecn us and Fhatlanooga! and if the rcjmrfH from Iluutswlle are true there is no obstrm tion w cM of iliat town, ii travel is rut off h.a Miielud. TIicmo is rea-o- n for exultatiou on our tart. An ojwn road ahead and cores of nub of obMrmttd and bv,p it t:juk Ul.i:.d Hi! For tin whole niondng we hae beem running with a train right in fjont of us. or w.,t mg ft ,r a belated one. We had pas-e- d the train-- , all but one t it h r extra- or behind time a womlerfulm hiew-men- t ! now tlie wav is dear to our own lines; and live Y at Chattanooga - no more l flit u!t of pavage than any of the many side track we June already ucces-full- y No mall amount of enrountered. the t tdta ion we fell on llr-- t taking tlie train was again ours, u- - w e rushed rap idly on for a mile or more, and then the w ir, und to take up a lopped fi rail (as we hoped for the hist time. fl he Oo.strnnuki bndgcvwa Just ahead, and when that we would imply run fiout biidge to bndge, tiring them as we and no more of this hard drudgery of track rais- till more terrible ing and woikj ot Ulmg silent .and housed in a dark car Ye had waiting for trains to arrive! heard tlie a tnllowing train a docn miles bac k. but it was one from King-toaud if not wrecked by the broken rail, would return there for tool. We knew nothing of Fuller nnd Mur- pursuit, and if we had IveutoM tbe phs full tory. ns alieady narrated, w would hae thought it too wild und improbabJe es eu for gool fiction. Hut ir was expedient lo take up this one rail mote before w e finally f hanged our mode of opi ration. A ynev of tor track lied been put before r after cer train that we had ri..t. It wa e.l ii, put a broke n road Uhind tins passenger it train now that turn back migia aftir - on any tldih n suspious freak ami come tijiou u v Idle wmkin ' at the tOo-t- i a nauln) bridge. The our f..te approac hed. nnd we lndicved il vvotil.l fin t r n i n ;1im m y Nntliin inn! :is y rt licnn lost lull time, nml if wo wire f.iiilv irospcroii.x lor fiftocn mimtios Iho more, nil v.onlil lie oi nil our ns fur us iiuimsn (otilil l aili. iro in our own iuiiils. No tvomior lliut v.'o vnrkoil kindly nml cliH'rfuIly'' Sf.rtt ( limfioil lie ;oio witji cvi'ii imiro Ituui tirtiul utility. Soiuo oi K1 t tlm tnKiuy in of nil kind- - of t omfiiis; ilvlos, fur wo to well provided fur lie firiilfro. Kvory stick nud vvlKsi vre oiiidd L'rt liohl of was of vrt t, fin' fiy fironkitu nml Inttling t In y cuulii lie made to add lo k flamo, mid fruiu lie ( uqiuo, vvliii li was kept full of wood for the purpose, vve 'tlild fi'ive a chsI .tart to n fire. VVo .ui only mio iron fiat to drive out our snkos: a is nt 'crows iuol" would liavo Iren worth ; inure then its v.'emht in f. lut v e liaini.iered nvvnw with vv hat ve ii'id, and spike after spike was rt law a. Hole I raw . All'll 'vvs show real lor the first-- -! mu tiot uic tint tuny say tlu-- ' He had ailcrrd hit (Ir'-oily- - time. Oiruv' ini' off iholr.'ipe and liih ii.,1 lli.il he wore while :fl stations, ami lad ;t Miml (it, which peat ly i him ;i d lii Tl.c ncjirin jf the t!rw ppcnratire. when bis j laws would all culminate in t : not ecned to lit ill nml inspire him. 11 sunt !nd the iron bar mil of the bands ol the nan who wn widilin ' it, nml though vv had stiong and piaetiecd v.oiknun iii ctir party t lad not before a t!m blows raliuvi dow n with m!i picTidoii ami forr tsanc t nv Ihat be rno'tii on but rsougb itamling by I did t.ot I did hear bebear him. oidvword ing ibteeiions about the work, given in Icnmihl torn.s, but with quite an emlie phatic ring of triumph m them. wanted that rail tip in i lu fewest number of second nud then the bridge! There were several uinga lour of green wood, and Irvin r to tear up the cud of a rail frotrt v. l.icli the pikes had not vet been drawn; but the lever bent too much, nml a h me lad was ntb)'d and v.e lifted nga.n. At that fi taut, loud and clear fioi-- the out it, came lie w hi. tie of the ngine iu pun tut! It 'vasnear bv rMd running at ii ,htmng peed. rlie roll f a thou-au Id not have startled u move. Ihumlet liat t otdd we do? At the end where we had been pfVlhg Fu rail it was bent, hut it was still lm lit ml) fixed for ns to hope to lift it or break it like t he last. Hut we did the be.in nur lower; vve bent the loose end up til! fuitbi r and pur the fence rad carefully under ii, with tlie the pursuer hope that it would mmp oil In r to flop atul ndjti-- i n or throw thun from the track, nml then piled into the car aud engine with a celerity Ikui of Ion 4 practice, aud with one of its old iHMimls that j rked n from our fert for Htownatnl KuiglP threw the valve wide open the biierul 1niv us r.ipmly on. ilie impnt nre f Andrews to reach the brhlge had not lvii dmdr.Hhed by tlie appearance of tluS new element in the situation. Here t; r purstu r-- were great ly startled. Their stoiv had Inch utftlv iold when tliey reached (lhonn.;ind the engineand temler of tlie ear. with a eluent f armed men. followed tliem ,iHr-the road. up sto)d ui The tender of hi own tr.dn, vHiTcli wa in front, gazing intently forward to wetf there wa an langrous olietmde or break in tlu track, m U ns they hai til read) man) titrn s m ntiatered. S)ti he Is lu 11 us at wotk with feelings 'fehich e,.nn t he Ik for gtthig mar enough t fee our rumber, we h.d mounted and sjKd awn . nml be Miwuitli exultation that we bal not broken the tin k. and that then seemt d fh In no ob-- ti action. NVttii full peel m ail on t ill oo elo- t top, ami tiieu Ik ,ieid w mil he believed, rt tit a, to o a auken and gave him. If up for I !. but it was on tuc in ide of a nnd nit eugti.e kuunlug tiiphll cuive, throws most of it weight mi the outside, when be ran on it thr Uml tail was onlv straiten down, nml they wen afd mi the other si,ie of tliis danger. The next train, wlueli followed almost immediate!) after, bid not ihHitt the obstruction at all Tlure is car. Iv a doubt tliat two mimur nure, enalding ns tr fub-- h gett ng n rail np nt this point, would ha e giv n he eont rot t tlu da into nur -, hamlt here w re no nnn tnunson the rojul either to debt) n or to lr tunvcil ubak after -. Hn a ft was, thJ Te n ntti r u- - w ithout t he lightest loss if headway. The coining f this train Ufre the track was tom up was by far the nm- -t e- li 1 hraruh)rd in a huer. nfjre Andrew r Into the MUM Wasari fight wu! i!ie purUtiig frnm. Aeord mu 11 we tngly onr ngine was nvir-e- tl have mMci a dow n grade tut haute of sue res- would have Uen Uttei, but we wm coming so near the bridge that w could not delay to ehoo-- i -- and when the i luc kc- -l af.d jkmsJ iu tJiLs way iid U-- -n the pursuing train was quite c lo-- o imt un going fa-- t, we tincouplod and ImuucUs1 on again. Uut the kditul pursuer-- w ere not thus to U bentem They aaiv what tliey werealH'iit, and c hei king their headway when the ear ws diopped, they al.--o lewr-e- d and coming uj) to u w It U mo!er-at- e force, i oupled on, which was eaicr leau.'C their tender was in front. j l Mondays, Wednesdays 'VMt rfirrv Tikiuft bur-', ui and Saturdijt Fiipkt nr or Trtipr,Oiartcdtuo, in Milieu) JM , KeascnaTsl Terras ' it - i iipH-.iram- kune-he-i- l i pre--tlo- ore-e- l was-tlm- -- :::r; lu-s- ' e ye-- a- ' Wines, Liquors and Cologne Spirits Kon MCMCINVI. mn'riES. v c d e iRM-k- , V, v ' ! d a To e ,, PtrnE braiteiS5 Jcmfs S- - Murccck Frrppffcr. III . f nn b |
