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VOL. X
WAYNESBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1867.
NO. 47.
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THE STAMMERING WIFE.
BT JOHN O. SAXR.
Wlnu deep in lovo with Miss Emily Prime,
I voted ll'tlio maiden would only bit mine,
I roulil ulwiiVB endeavor to lile tse her :
Shu lushed tho consent, tlio' tho stuttering
luFS
SaMtcwr a word, except, "You're an ass
Auass un ass-idu-ous tcazcr !
t lei
viieu wo
were married, I found to my
tith
The simmering ludy had spoken tho truth,
For)teii, In obvious dudgeon.
She'd st it' I vcut'r-d to ive her a jo;.
In theWny ot reproof "You'ro a dog
f re auog
u dog matic curmudgeon."
Atoncilvhen 1 said, "Wo can hardly afford
'PI, in ..vl ...in. ..... ..... i ...
Hint, "
An jhiuted we ought to bo wiser,
She loiild, I assure you, vxccudinirlv blue.
And fnlilly cried, "You'io u Jew you're
we w
A veiu-diclous adviser !''
Again, lien It happened that, w Isliing to
siik
Some ratir unpleasant and arduou? work
1 Degg( tier to go to a neighbor,
She wantl
to know w y 1 made such a fuss,
And sum
You w
Bind, "iou'rea cus cus cus
ul'vays accustomed to labur!"
Out of trior at last with the insolent d.imo,
And I'ccliittlial madam was greatly to blame
To scolaie instead of caressine.
I niiiuickelier speech like a churl as I am
And angricnid, "You're a dam dam dam
A clam-m instead ot a blesiiig !"
rum Ilcadle'a Monthly.
STORY OFfEUNARD BARTLETT, THE
I UNION SPY.
lniiio of Hurnird 1? il licit,
I will to diiiiriiiidi ilie jiursonaliiy of a
vounsr inanf not more iliau twenty
three years loge, formerly a pnvnto in
one ol the eblry regiiiiunts of Cutar's
oonunan'l. st his extraordinary atory
should he tlijtiht one ot the fictions to
which I haviilmU'd, I nm prpparcd to
say that frol personal know ledge ol
himself and illiuilitary situation in the
Slieiiiuicloiih l-y nt the timo of liis
ndvcntnre, I tit unhesitatingly helievc
it, and can leiit tny lull indorsement,
nd can leijt
It rek'i'B to k ot the most exciting
and important hsodci of tho war die
surprise of Slielim's army near Cedar
Creek, Va.. onb morning of October
19, 1801, and va how comiletely a
n great militaiyWstcr (as our defeat
thai morning eoliuly was,) may hinge
upon one obscul soldier. With the
wonderful spy r'.oiii which Sheridan
organized, and lh tlio daring acouls
whicli hu had at I headquarters, it lias
alA'itys seemed iiimprehensihle tome
how our Goiieralliuld have remained
i,i such utter ign ice of the designs
I
and movements ofjo enemy as prevail
ed among them uj that terrible inoro-
The rebels wore possession of im
portant intormaliols to our Dumber
and disposition, andoy knew, or claim
ed to know, that iridnn was absent
from his army ,- buta false security in
which we had envetd ourselves will
be remombei'ed by tnen of that com
mand. In my brii, as I distinctly
remember, orders lubcen issued two
days before to disooiue standing to
arm before dayhgh and when the
rebel advance swoopl down upon us
tram the Marsamittauoutitain, in the
fogs of that October mjing, they found
a foe asleep in his can! Why was it
we repeatedly asked, r tho final glo
rious result of that d.ilhat we could
not have had some wabg, somo inti
mation of this fearfulj priee ! The
story of Bernard Hai ti was first re
lated to me by himself W cince, and
in it I found a full answto this ques
tion, I present it as anportaut con
tribution to the history chis, the last
battle in the Shenandoah as a good
illustration ot tho almost iertible risks
which wero constantly it taken by
the scouts and spies of thelites.
Bernard was a farmer li before the
war, and since its closo hei returned
to bis home iu Niagara Uy, New
York, and recumed his urthabors at
patiently and steadily as Idreds of
thousands ot others, herein blue,
whose name will never be iwn, have
done. 1
; Bernard is no beauty-lve have
I'Oen thousands of sleek, shLoldiers, '
with straps and without, whiuld play
the pert of military dandyisimuh bet
ter than could ho. Il hi Ordinary
ooiiiinoii school education, It ooua
sionally in his grammar, atnluinblei
in bis speech, and he has Borough
oontetnpt for blacking and pa lollars.
But he has a quiet resolute wi tthieh
shows a oioser observer that he much
in reserve, a chiowd, shy ma , and
an eye whiuh takes notes of t thing
within scope ot its vision ajsingle
weep. He told roe his itorj U own j
"" "j preter vo ici uirn
speak in the 6rt person, preserving bis(
language as neatly as possible.
1 don t know exactly what it was that
gavo ueneral Custar so much confi-
deuce iu me, I have always thought
the Colonel bad something to do with it,
tor he used to seud me out every lime
with the skirmishers for some reason or
other. The Sergeant Major always men
tioned my name to the Captain u-til the
boys icpeuted tho words for a joke:
'Private Iiartlett and nine men from
company C One day, shortly alter
Sheridnn took command in the valley,
an order same down detailing me for
speuial duty at Custai's headquarters. I
went, and found th.it I was to be a scout
for tho command, to go and come when I
pleased, outside or inside tho picket, visit
the people of tho country and pick up
information whenever I could. It was
exacty tho life that suited me, and I went
to work with a will, There w.is a kind
of freedom in it that pleased mo alter
living three years in the ranks, and I
don't think General Custar had any rea
son to complain that I was not active
enough. I was in tho saddle pretty
much all the tuno, scouting between the
lines, and had some escapes and adven
tures which I would like to tell you of
some other time. I was veil mounted,
armed with a carbine and two revolvers,
and sometimes curried an old oiifedc
rato unif inn wrapped up in my blue
overcoat, strapped to my saddle. Some
times I would ride out in the. night,
change my iPess, palm myself ott tor a
rebel at the planters' house, and learn
whatever I could without exciting sus
picion.
One nrht I fell in with two rebel
ivulrymen, at the house situated be-
ween the lines. Tho men of tho house
ad plenty ot applrj ick, and I stayud
with them half the night, worming out
f them all they knew about Early
army, and pretending to diii.k every
mo they did, until they both rolled un
uer the table, and then I rode back to
our lines, leading off both their horses,
eported to tho General, and both tho
Johnnies were safe in the hands of our
'rovost Marshal before morning. But
think that adventure I had with tho
rebels on the morning of tho Cedar
Creek fight, and for a week beforo it, a
bout an curious as any of them. I think
was about tho twelfth of October thut
wont out on a scout towards Stras
burg. Our army lay at that time, you
remember, about three miles this side of
tho town, and tho enemy Bomewhere
near Woodstock, beyond Fisher's Hill.
I went out in tho night, and had two
other men along with me something
which I did not usually do, but which
luckily happened so this time. It was
hardly dusk yet when we rode into
Strasbnrg, and as we rode down the
etreot at a brisk gallop, I saw a boy run
out in a hurry from a honse, untie two
horses, and lead them around to a shed
buck of tho house. I understood tho
thing at once, although I did not sup
pose that any oi tho rebel scouts would
be fool hardy enough to be caught so
near our lines infthat shape. But I knew
that dozens of the git la in all the valley
towns had lovers in Early's army, and
my experience showed me that they
often ran great hazznrds to visit them
sol concluded at once that there were
two ot tho Johnnies in that house. I
sent one of my comrades around to look
after tho horses, left another In charge
of ours at the door, and dismounted my
self and walked in without knocking. I
suppose we undo noise enough to alarm
our viotomi, tor as I walked aorosa tho
hall I heard a Bhufliing and bustling
about, and when I opened the door of
the first room, there were only two girls,
and handsome ones, too, sitting quietly
by the table, knitting stockings. They
looked rather frightened though.
I took off my can and made one of
my awkward bows.
'Excuse me ladies.' I said, 'but I came
.lira. .iriA T A. L!
goi iwo reuei soiaiers nere. ana 1 mean
they shall make Gen. Custar's acquain
tanoe. Don't disturb your.-elves in the
least 1 11 go and find them.'
I took the candle from the table and
started for tho door leading into an in
ner room, a cocked revolver in my hand.
They followed ine, the older of the two
insisting that her su.k grandmother was
in the room, and that no geutleman
would think of searching tt.
'I would'ut be sure I am a gentleman,'
I said, 'I'm rnly a private in the New
York cavalry. However, thut room
must be searched.' I threw open the
door and presented the pistol at the bed.
'Come out ot that now,' I said 'or I'll
spoil your bed clothes. There's two
more of my kind out of doors, and you'll
save time and wholo skins by moving
quick.'
At that they threw off tho covers nnd
jumped out two good looking young
fellows, drcssstd in bluo, but not another
Yankee look about them They acted a
little sheepish, laughed and gave up their
pistols without any nonsense. I did'nt
want to be hard on them, so I gave
them three minutes to say their fare
wells, am stepped jint outside the door,
so as not to see their ki-sing performan
ces My ears were open, though, and I
must say I heard pistol volleys that were
not so loud. However, we mounted
them on their horses, and iook them
back to Cusiar, leaving the poor girls
sobbing at the door. I hope the fellows
escaped all the dangers ot the war, and
I think I should like an invito to their
dwellings.
Well, I delivered tho prisoners to
CVstar's Provost Marshal He examin
ed them thoroughly, buttliry bad no
papers, except a ragged pass hich one
of them carried iu his boot. It had Ju.
bal Earlj's namo at the bottom of it,
written in his own hand, and it read
something like this :
'Ukadquahtkiis Au.my ok tiir Vai.i.kt,-)
Near Charleston, August lo, lHb' l.f
All confederate guards and pickets,
allow private Drake Dewey, th Ala
bama Volunteers, to pass mounted at all
hours. Jriur. Eaui.y,
General Commanding.
The Provost tried to pump them, but
they were shrewd euough to hold their
tongues, and not a word could he get
from them, except that they belonged to
tho Alabama Volunteers, and to Early's
army. Some of the staff ' gathered
around while he was questioning them,
and I was standing quite near tho man
who carried the pass. The Provost
Marshal looked from one to the other of
us, and suddenly slapped his leg with a
loud exclamation.
'By thunder, here's something queer 1'
he said, 'Evans, Newton, Roberts, all of
you, come here. Now look at these two
add tell me if you ever saw a moro strik- j
ing resemblance.
They looked at us and fairly shouted
with surprise; for five minutes tbey
stood looking at us, comparing feature
by feature, and each ct them declaring
the resemblance was perfect.'
'Well, Johnny, this is queer,' I said,
speaking to my donblo as they all said
ho was. 'Let us be acquainted. My
name is Bernard Barllott. Is yours
really Drake Dewey 1 I used to know
some Deweys in Alabama years ago.'
He said yes; his name was oorrectly
given in the pass. That was all I want
ed to know, and I chuckled somo over
the way I took to be certain cf it. Most
likely if I had put tho question abruptly,
he would havo refused to tell. That
night I lay in my tent and planned a
scheme which I had often wanted to ex
eoute, and whioh 1 now sa r a good
ohance to carry out. Bold and reckless,
almost as I had been, I had never been
inside the rebel army, although more
than once within their pickets. I believe
I was not fool hardy, aud had made up
my mmd nover to tako a risk unless
there was a good ohance to make some
thing by it. Up to this time I had nev.
r seen a reasonable prospect of my go
ng into the lion's den, as you might say,
Without being hung for a spy within the
rst hour; but now there was a ohance
f success wbioh I grasped at oncei the
hore promptly, perhaps, because I knew
hut our Generals had no reliable infor-
batiou nbout reinforcements which it
aa supposed Early had received from
eesiuoa tno battle ot Winchester.
Then I first saw the past with Early's
hme on it, something of this kind oo-
brred to me, but when afterwards I dis
vered the resemblance between the
bel and myself, I began to think there
as something almost Providential about
.... .. .1 , 1 ' .
it. To be sure there were grave chan
ces to be taken which oould not be
guarded against; but after thinking it
all over, and weighing everything that
could be said, for and against, I found
my mind made np to go. What I told
tho rebel soout about visiting Alabama
was true. I had been there, and knew
something about the couutry and th
people This knowledge encouraged me
very little, for to offer it was the risk of
meeting some oue who might have
known me there. But I thought a bold
face and my experience would carry me
through safe; and tbey did, as you shall
hoar
The next morning I submitted my
plan at headquarters, and it was approv
ed at once. Mr. Drake Dewey was com
pelled to chango clothes with me, much
against his will, for he now bo-jau to
understand me, and I mounted his
horse, and with tho pass and his arms
rode away on my adventure. I had tri
ed to anticipate everything tint might
by any possibility happeu to mo before
I found myself within our lines again,
and to prepare myself for any emergen
cy. It was a m ight, clear morning, and
I rode briskly southward, passin"
through Sirasburg, where I noticed the
two girls sitting by tho window looking
sad and lonesome. I rode straight down
the pike, without seeing a single horse,
man troin either side until within three
miles of Woodstock, as near as I could
calculate. When somebody called to
me to halt, and I discovered half a doz
en rtbel cavalry under a shed. I rode
toward them, but was stopped again.
'Halt! Who goes there?'
'Dewey,' I answered, thinking it like
ly that un advanced party like this would
know tho name.
'Yes that's him!' two" or three cried
out, and I joined them under the shed.
They all seemed to recognize me as
Drake Dewey, and gathered around in
quiring eagerly for Basconib. I told
them that he had fallen into the hands
ot tho Yankees, and I had had a narrow
escnpu; and showed them a ball hole
through the skirt of my jacket which I
had made before leaving camp. Then I
told them I had important news which
must be carried to camp immediately,
and two of them volunteered to go with
mo. So I found myself known as a
rebel soldier, and riding to the rebel
camp with rebel comrades.
Wo were stopped several times on the
way by rebel guards when we had to
show our passes, mine proving perfectly
satisfactory in every instance. Twice 1
met soldiers who nodded to me with
'How are you Drake!' and the inquiries
for Basconib were repeated. I gathered
enough along the way to satisfy me that
Dewey and Bascomb wore both expert
scouts attached to General Early's head
quarters, and that both had left Wood
stock the morning before with the in ten
tion of getting inside the Union lines
'The headquarters are over there on
the hill to the left,' said one of my com
panions. . 'They were changed last
night.'
They left me and I rode straight np
through the camp to the headquarter
tent, dismounted, and asked the orderly
to admit mo. 'I am Drake Dewey,' I
said, 'one ot the scouts.' He went in
side and spoke to the General, and I was
immediately u shored into the presence
of the 'Bad Old Man,' as they called him
He was sitting by the oamp table calcu
lating with a penoil and paper. Look
ing np he fixed his keen eyo on me aud
said :
'You are ono of the two that I saw
last night Y
'Yes !
'Then tell mo everything that has
happened to you, and all you havo dis
covered.' I repeated over the story that I had
pretty well prepared in my mind. It
was that Bascomb and I had fallen in
with a Federal oavulry patrol, just north
of Sirasburg, about dusk, that he was
taken prisoner, and that I had saved
myself by a hard ride, the Yankees pur
suing mo to Fisher's Hill, and tiring at
me repeatedly. The Genoral seemed
disappointed that I oould not tell him
more, and wished tollmow it I had talk
ed with the people of Strasburg I laid
yes. Well, dil thoy say anything about
Sheridan T Had he gone to Washing
toot and did they think tho Sixth Corps
was in the yalley yet. I told him the
people knew, or pretended to know,
nothing about the Yankee army. He
seemed more disappointed by my reply,
nd after two or three more questions, j
dismissed me I should have inventep
something; but as it was, I tjot off with
out telling a woid; truth or lies, about
our army. You may better believe I
!e!t much moro comfortable after I found
myself outside tho tent. ,
This was about a week before the
19th, I wont to work carefully an
cautiously, learning the mime and tane
of everybody Biound heailqiiarters.foiind
out what was genoVally expected of me,
and began to obsorve everything nnd re
member whit I saw and heard. Afifr
three days I was satisfied that the impo
sition was so perfect, that I need have
no fear for myself, aud so commenced t
ride around among the camps.
It was not long be'oro I saw that
something unusual was on toot. I leamoi
that two or thre new divisions had jmi
oome up from Staunton, and I conclude
from the looks ot all the camps that
there wero t ot less than twenty thou
sand men present. One d iy a Union
safeguard wab brought in, wh'i had been
protecting some property near Srusluirtr.
IIo was asked the same questions i h it
had been, and declared that Sheridan
was absent, and that the Sixll- Corps
bad left tor Grant's army die week b
toro. He told just half the truth, the
Sixth Corps wore still with Sheridan
I well knew. Tho man was most likely
one of thoe stupid yonkers who never
pretend to know much.
However, I believe l)"it General Ea'
ly hid made up his mind before thai th
Sixth Corps bad left, an 1 that this mauV
report bad confirmed his belief. Tint
night I listened in a safe place outbid
his tent, aud beard him aud his General
arranging the plan of atiaok on the
Uniou position. They talked it over'
just as is happened afterwards; tint the
army should cross the Shenandoah,
leaving a reserve to bring the artillery
down the pike at the right time, creep
around the Mirsanutten, cross the river
in rear of our left, aud attack before
daylight. I wanted to laugh at the
wholo plan at first. It seemed so absurd
and impossible; but as they continued to
discuss it I began to think that it was
one of thos j foolhardy exploits which
our people would never suspect, and
which might, perhaps, sucoeed where a
less risky plan woul J be certain to fail
At all events, I grew alarmed the more
I heard ot it, and resolved to leave for
the Union lines as soon as possible.
It was now Monday; tho movement
was to begin that night, and I had need
to be stirring. But here I was foiled in
every direction. Not a man was allow
ed to leave camp;the guards were doubl
ed; the pickets strengthened, and every
precaution taken to guard against deser
tion. I felt sura that, even it I oould
elude the camp guard, the pickets would
not let me out on my pass, and that I
might expose myself to suspicion by
trying it at this time. Sol kept per
fectly still: and you can imagine what
anxiety I felt the work of preparation
wont on. Like myself most of tho soN
diers thought it was foolhardy, but I
knew ihey would fight well for all that.
Vou were on the ground and know
something.about the attaek. Kershaw's
division had the advance, and tbey
moved out a little after dark and crossed
the river. I rode at the head of a small
detachment ot scouts in advance, and a
difficult and tedious time we had ot it.
We passed some places that a horseman
could not safely rida over, and thsn we
had to dismount and lead tho animals
around, and it was within two hours of
daylight before we crossed the river
again At some points we could hear
the Union pickets talking together. My
beart sunk as I saw thousands of rebel
infantry wading the river. Here they
were exactly in the rear ot the Eighth
Corps, and our men all quietly jwlecp in
camp.
By this time I got desperate and de
termined to go off nt a gallop, when the
general gave an order to go forward and
seo if there was any scouts in front. I
rode straight for the pike, calculating
that I might yet be able to rouse the
army, I dushod on and found nothi- g
stirring, and but a sii.gle guard bffore
the tents. A sleepy officer thrust out
hia head and asked 'What's np f
I was so full ot excitement that I oould
haidly apeak, and very likely I acted a
little wild.
'The whole rebel army will attaok us
in twenty minutos I' I replied. 'Go to
your regiment, or I'll hand you over to
the Provost Marshal.'
I protested that I wai in my sober
tenses, tad urged to be allowed to tee
General Wright so loudly, tl at the noise
awoke tinu and his head, too, was thrust
out
'What's all this row about f he asked.
I told him the whole story in lesa
than half a minute, and assured him that
the rebel advnnaa was all in order of
battle at th t moment on Crook's left,
waiting for d tyhght to begin the attack;
and he merely laughed at me.
'You've probably been soared out ot
your senses by a g-ierrilla.'ho said. 'Go to
your regiment.'
So there I was left all alone, with the
tllll knowledge ot what was r-oinw tn
, . O '
hniipen in htieeo minutes, and no body
would credit me ! I can't say now that
I lilame them; I presume it I had been
th ? guard before the tents, I should have
doubted the soberness of a man who
would come in and make such a roport,
But it was true fearfully true; and I
think they began to behove me before
they had taken brty winks more !
There was but one more ohanoo one
faint, desperate chance. Custar would
believe me; and remounting my horse, I
plied whip and spur and galloped ovr
i he rough hilly ground toward the et
tie.ue right, where the aavalry were en.
camped. It was almost two miles from
Wright's to Custur's headquarters, and
I might have known there was no houe.
I h id not reached tho right ot the Sixth
Corps, ami daylight had not. come, when
i near.i mat Ui'st terrible Vollev from
Kfir.haw's loading biigide, followed bw
the cheers ot the rebels as they burt in
oi the silent etmps ot the Eghth Corps
,ll lJe the mer. like sheep before
diem, making prisoners by ihe hundreds.
I l;oke I back no from th hi.rh ,,nnA
ver beyond the pike and saw the flash
ot their rifle through the fog, and heard
their cheers and yells as thavtnt
down upon the Ninth corps hurrying
into line to meet their onset. I foimH
General Custar as quiokly as I oonld
and told lii.n my story in a few moments
II.- dispatched a staff offices to General
Wright with the report; but the oftW
did not find h,m wb,,,.,, j n(1 eft ,mo
lhe General an I hU staff hud left in a
hai ry. and the enemv went in i.n..t...
of the ground where We had our oonver-
salti'ii.
I did not bcirirt to toll the slnr nftk.t
blooiy buttls. and don'i n.n n r-
vers ba il- whipped in the morning and
In ven off from ti e bike and hill? ...j
clear back to the woods. The cavalry
went with tho 'est and made little till
the afternoon Then the ti.l.i t a
wilhS ierid hps cominir. and wa .'..I
into them with now spirit and chnK.rf
the fortunes of the day. I fought with
Hie cavalry all the toreiio.ni. A
one of the foremost in hunting down tho
flviiig rebels. And now, after vou
have heard all this, vou can !,i,la'-
whether we need have been so
wretchedly whipped that niornimr it
story had been listened to as vou have
listened to it. Jas Franklin Pit
A COi PER HE AD TRIUMPHAL COLUMN.
The Tioga Agitator havinu d
that -the Jefferson Davis Democracy'
had neglected to keen nosted in tli
chronology of tho six eventful veara
last past, has prepared a triumphal ool
umn ot recorded triumDhs uainn,! h
that party during these years. And
muoii 10 uieir loss in summing up the
series c t 'Demooratio victories which
culminated in tho election lately held in
Connecticut. The series beirin. ith
801, and may be recorded thus :
vUMPTElt, r
BIG BETHEL,
FOItT PILLOW.
FIRST BULL RUN.
FREDERICKSBURG,
PITTSHURG LANDING.
TI1K SECOND BULL RUN,
Til K PENINSULA CAN PAIGIC.
BANK'S RETREAT UPON W INO'S
ANDY JOHNSON'S WEST'N TOUR'
MASSAfillRIM OTWnin unto V
iui.aAUO.
BURNING off CTIAMB RS B G
NEW YORK RIOTS. 18G3,
CIIANCELLORSVILLE,
II A RDSCUA BBLE,
LOLLYPOPOL1S,
LUNGTOWN,
Connecticut 1
Our Coppery ootemDorai les
this out and paste it up in their asno '
turns for luture reference V.Atn
should keep posted in the ohronoloev ;
of victory 6J ;
Napolkon. Arkansas, sends us an an
eodoie'of a Texas Soldier: '
Wbilu trudging along one d iy a sol
dier met a Methodist circuit rider and at
( nee recognized him as such, but affect
ed ignorance of it,
Preacher What oomrnand do von
belong toT '
8oldier I belong to thethTexae
regiment, Van Dom'g army. What ar
my do you belong toT
Preaohei-(Vtry solemnly) I belong
to the army t( tho LordI '
Soldier My friend, yon have cot '
wry great way from headquarter ,