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WADESBOROUGI NcniijRSDAY, AUGUST Ct l863,
nynpiE no. 242.
Por the North Carollaa Arpt.
A YEAR
XH. TOR L L: .1. ...J
. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
RY UILDEOARDE.
Jfr. Jamci was utonuhed, but, m Be conld
not help himself td to anpeoder. He told the
officer th$ bo btd oeier been in the CcofedertM
' Mrvice7nd wi simply pUa (inner. IIU Cip
uioihip replied thit he matt h?e proof ot the
uUteroeut. So they jogged op; Mr.Jaraes in
moody silence, the Cipuin bamming " E Plari
bus Uoom . At length they met an ecquaint
nee of 3Ir. J's , from the Point; the Federal,
- also, knew the man, md asked him aome ques-
tioni concerning hu prisoner. Thi man con-
n.,n.A fh Utters' own Katetneot. In the aame
uaooer aererl men were met and interrogated
n. reichioi? the Pnblio Bqoare at Friar'l Point,
theCapuin halted, d.ew forth a "pUtol and point
iog it at bis prisoner said: M Stand, here tiU I
return."
After an absence of fire roinntea he returned
followed by an old negro uan ; pointing" to the
prisoner, he iid, to he negro, there's the man,
do you lnow hiiu?" ""
" 0, yes, massa, dafs Mr. jeeml berry eleber
rl,1r! 00. no. Maasa, I is'nt
man, tW j , , - ,
neber heara nopWoti V him by nobody."
fU'it maguiOceot trial now beiog at an eod'the
prisuuer was released and went on his way rejpic
in. '
I am a woman, and trust that I do duly com-
.. Jinn J mvohereasoneof the "weaker fesseU
I koo-r that I do admire gentleness, amiability,
nd all the" toft an4 lorely qualiues which do, or
WamlJ, harcterie the female race I know, too,
that nolcas a woman pasaesstbese Deauwui iraiu
f character, ahe is not filled to fill the station in
life for wjweb God designed her. Bat 1 th?nk he
v ouht to hare killed that mVn; and then gloried in
djFng at the report of a thousand Federal guns.
Mr. j, said that be did try to shoot him, but his
piatol tapped. A fe das subsequenj to the abo?e
iDcident, a hdy, raiding several miles from my
ocl's, sent her carriage and a note requesting
rue to sf end some time with her. She thought
m ehtnee would be beoeficial to my health. I
weot. One morning the lady'aliuaband told her
he was gviog up on the Puss," and would not
be back till late in the evening. Mrsi F., and
I had a nice time although I was sick and not
able to be up. She nursed me so good, and said
as soon as I regained strength sufficient to bear
the iatigacs of travelling, she would take me to
the HilU. I was so delighted at the idea of go
iog where the air was fresh and pare, I could think
. of notb Ing else after she mentioned it .
Uut ere, the san scfthat day I had other and
tnoro weighty things to think of. Mr. F., re.
turned in great excitement. He said there were
five handred Federals in the neighborhood who
were takiog the negroeJ, Worses and cotton, and de
stroying everything that they could not carry off.
y twelve o'clock that night Mr. and Mrs. F-, had
packed some of their most valuable things and
' tumbled them topsy turvy into wagons. Whilst
the paoking was going on I layon the bed, with
' burning fever, looking at them, and wotdcring
irhat would become oLme iln all thewnfusipn
I was fearful they would mistake me for some
thing else and pat me in a box, or tie me up in
sheet. ; The servants were lullen and kept mut
teriog half aloud, " Pd like to know where they's
gulne to drag us off to note ; for my part I jest
as live be wid de Yaokoci ai i whar I it, ever bit
an' grain " Some of them refused to obey orders,
and Mr. F. doubted whether they would go with
r him. When all was ready jta start I was carried
and put in the carriage with Mrs. F. Out on
the road we were joined by several families who
wefe going the same way, .' They held a; consul
tation a few minutec and then, putting the wag
wuo. in iivuh, vua uciuco uct uu iug iiuiuj sir
cerili pt every description landed at ' diflerent
points all along on the' river where, the planter
would meet tbtm, in the night, with cotton which
strange house, and a strange woman standing by
the bed with a bowl of chicken soup io hand urg
ing jneoJtakemejMjin I needed ' rcfrcsh
ment after being so fatigued the past night.She
fold me thst Mr. F. Cad loft me there the night
before, requesting her to take care of me until my
uncle could send for roe.-'. And where's Mr.'.F.
and all of them f I asked her. 1 ,
f'They-are going to Marshall county, and,"
ihe continued, " I am afraid they will not better
teir condition "by doing so, for the, Vanfcees are
expected if they are not already there." -v
' I felt very desolate, but could' nt help laughing,
the Tdea of running from the Yankees in tle dead
hours of the night, seemed so ridiculous. It i im
possible to describe, so as to give a correct idea,
the excitement audonfuMoowliich pervaded the
vfle country. '"People running to aod fro, not
knowing where to go fur the best; some went to
the cane-brakes and caumed ont. some left' th'
county, and aome stood their gpund at homeT
To complete the picture Caj)t. Pinder's gncrilla's,
u if gifted with omnipresence, were everywhere
at the same time. Thcygalloped up ode by path
and down another apparently looking for the Fed
erals, but io reality dodging them. They had
however serera! unavoidably skirmishes the most
important of which was called'the Rattle of
Waller's Point." I never saw an official report
of the engagement on bur aide; but the cDemy
stated thst their loss, in ' killed, wounded and
missing," "was two or three epokes knocked, out
of a wagon-wheel and ao old mule that had been
turned out to die. After making a successful
raid through the country they would rctiro with
their booty to their gun-boats on the river, where
they remained several days "shelling the woods"
up and down the river, then go to Helena, Mem
phis or Cairo, ependsevcral weeks "flyinroijod,"
I suppose, then back again io make another raid.'
I don't know what was their object in shelling
the woods no much unices they feared Capt. Pin
der'suerilbs might he stationed therejo fire on
their boats, and certainly they dreaded the Cap
tain ever after the renowned battle of Waller's
Point. There were a crcat many necroes deooyed
off by the enemy at first, but some, who had tried
the "Und of milk and honey," which' was prom
ised them, aod made their escape back to their
masters, brought such doleful accounts pf the way
they were treated that the rest of them were afraid
to try it. I learned from good authority that there"
were hundreds of them at Helena and other pla
ces sick and dying out on the open streets with
out any attention; and their dead bodies thrown
into the Mississippi. I noticed in nn article,
written by a Cairo correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, a statement which ought to convince the
most rabid abolitionists 0 the error of their ways.
lie says ':''3
As I ait, Iv my window to write, I look out
at the negro quarter beyond. Such a scene my
eyes never, witnessed before, and the groans of
the sick and dying, their bodies exposed to the
scorching rays of the sun, with not cveu a drop
of water to cool their parched tongues fill my
ears with horror. All manner of foul disease is
there, and starvation reigns supreme. Still every
boat arrival addi new victims to this abode of
misery lam notajibolitionwt, never was. If
I were one of thw rankest, this would convince
me of my error." f . ; '
Mid acencs of confusion and creature eom
plaints' the Summer passed away and ! hailed j keep her if possible. I tell you, it'll never do
to give her up. In the present state or anairs
& nil Vitt--
he apprehended no difficulty in getting along after
we left Mississippi. ; , ,
. "How will you cet out 'of the Swamp'f" hit.
was given in, exchange for their goods. At first, J NTnterposed:
this urlawfnl trade was carried on with great se-J Well, that will be the worst part of the whble j -crecjr
at night ; but, as time woro' 00 and there ! trip," said Mr. Clement, we'll have to go in dug
outs about sixty miles and run the blockade in
several places, whioh I an? told, is almost impas
sable; still, it can be accomplished if Miss Hi W
degarde is a pretty goodsoldier." '
"I tna a daring soldier, at least, for I am de
termined to make the attempt," I said, lookiog
at Mr. N. '.. . .
was no notice taken of it, (the Government au
thorities seemed to be sleepkig, .or, which is the
same thing, were trading as much as any body
else,) hey grew bolder and went to and from with
their cotton and goods in the broad open daylight.
In ling the authorities encouraged this trade,
1 allude to Capt.- Finder, as he was the only per
son, in that section of country, at the time, who
had s right to interfere. If the people had bought
only necessary supplies for family use it would
have been right, for they could not procure salt;
medicines and other articles really essential to
6uwstcnce anywhere else ; but many of them
n$Se large purchases in view of speculation and
xrtAerssold their cotton for northern money. .Yef
these very meniav the impudence to call them
selves patriots to even boast of their patriotism.
I dtclare, such nien ought not tolive; but they're
not fit to die, either, for in that case tbey would
have no placo in which to stay as they ; could'nt
go tu Heaven and His Satanio Majesty would'nt
lik to trust them in his kinzdorar".The amue- 'Trustinsr in the cuidance and Drotection of an
"You have made your plans," he said, "now
you must paddle your own canoe. I would't un-,
dertake to send you to Charleston "for five hun
dred dollars." - -
" 0, Mr. N., you think you have touched the
right chord, at last, knowing I have not that much
money; but pay me one fifth of five hundred and .
I can go all the way home on it." , '
Charlestou is a small town in Tallahatchie
county, on the verge of the hills, and the point "
to which I was going hy water. My next step .
was to ascertain . whether the Federal' had left.
Tallahatchie riverr I learned by inquiry that -
they were gone to Helena but would return soon .
glj.igbad been going on two months, when a re-
ponoi it reacnea iieadquarers ana troops were
sent in to check'it.. Theo, how the " patriots",
did charge. They thought, 'things had come
to a Dice pass, when they could'nt be allowed to
exercise their just rights." Our soldiers, divided
intovjuads, stationed themselves on all the roads
leading to the river, burned the cottou and con
fiscated ail the goods that passed."Among other
thiogs they frequently found oysters and sardines
which they appropriated to thamselves, and, from
tntS,tbe Swampers" called thclo, io contempt,
" Oyster Kangers" aod "Sardine Cavalry' .
There are some citizens in Coahoma who were
not concerned in the smuggling and. who are well
riages inthe roar, we starred to go, I knew not
where ; in faot, I was too sick to-3hir any thing.
with joy the first white frost of Autumn, for then
the dreadful sickness ceased to rage. In Septem
ber,' my health being restored, I commenced a
private School in a pleasant family where I re
mained all the Winter. Though my situation
was very agreeable I could not be happy any lon
ger away from home, for I knew that all comniur
nication with my friends was cut off so long as L
stayed there, but 1 resolved in ruj rnind to bear
it patiently until spring, and then, if barelypos
sible, try to get home.
Smuggling on tho Mississippi is the featuro that'
marks the pages of that Winter's history, I mean
the history of that portion of the. country. --Fed-
known to the proper authorities77 -:
After a long, long Winter, Springcameahd I
mentioned to the gentleman' and lady for whom
I was teaching my plaps about going home. They
opposed it bitterly, said, "it was such a great un
dertaking, they knew I nsver. would accomplish
it." I told them that my mind was fixed and all
they could say would'nt change it, that I knew,
arwell as thy did, that I should have many dif
ficulties to curmouot, yet I was willing to make
iny sacrificcs to get home. Mr. and Mrs. N.,
vere clever people .and very kind to me daring
By stay there; bnt I felt that it was selfish in
ilieni to try to prevent my going, by throwing ev
jry obstac- they could possibly think of in tho
way, knowing, as they did, too, how long I had
been absent from home and for the last eight
months could'nt even hear from my friends. Mr.
X. tried to frighten me by telling me that he heard
.he railroad, was- torn up fifty or sixty miles be
yond Jackson. I knew; so well, his motivo was
t) secure my services as teacher,, that it disgust
td me and I replied that I was going if I had to
tt ' i . .e v .' ' r ,1 'r "
vcuk every siep 01 tue way-10 - wynu varyiiua.
One evening I inadvertently overheard 'Mrs. N.
say to him i ' ; '. ... . . ; ..."."
" Mr. N., don't try . to persuade Hildegarde
any more, for, you see, sh is determined to go,
and it will wound her feelings."
Wqy7 Charlotte,1 he said, " l am bound to
AH Wise Being I parted, not without regret,
with my friends and started.
- Mr. N's. last words were, "Pll bet the. best, .
horse on .my place you cry before you go tea
miles." . ; ,
I was not schocked at the bet, having become
accustomed to all such in thatland where the
gentlemen wear koonskin caps and vests made of
rattlesnake skins. , - ;
" Wo lent up Hopson's bayou, and down Cas
sada into Tallahatchie river, not meeting with any
thing to iaipede our progress till we reached Til
latoba, a e mall but deep stream running into the ..
j last mentioned river, which was completely block
aded 10 sevewl -places, by large trees which bad -
Ibeen thrown across it from : bank to bank ; this
was made more impenetrable by drift wood, logs,
brush and chuuks collecting and filling up every ,
opening. - At such places' I had to climb upon
the brush and sit there until a passage was cleared
for the dugout; and it required no small amount
of time and labor to do this. ' While sitting on,
the brush, I saw on one occasion, not far from
metwo very' large cottonmouth snakes, stretched
outfull length sunning themselves; their attitude
seemed to express," "if you'll lei tie alone PU let
jou alone.? X did iet them alone, and' glad of
the chance. Tho ""cottonmouth" is equally as
venomous as the rattic-snake and very much like -
the latter except it has no rattles. We heard
on arriving at Charleston that the enemy was in
possession of Jackson, and remained there till
that place was retaken. V v v
V TO BE CONTINUJED. ' ;
-it'
we caut qjau ivooa ( nice. same,; ct:,
des", if we can just keep Mis HildegardcthreeJ
or four years longer, she can be educated with?,
out having to pay out board." . -
Well, I thought, that i truly a grand scene,
and I must saorifico my feelings, everything, and
risk' my life auptlier Summer in this miserable
Swamp, all to save.hiraj a wealthy planter and,
to me, a comparatiwstranger, the petty expense
of paying Umrd. Tho next morning I addresseoT
ja note to a gentleman, iu the neighborhood, who
was going to Virginia, requesting hint to see me
home. He calledg on reception f the. note and
TATE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIOH-' OF
NORTH CAROLINA. The next Anual Meeting
ot the State Educational Association, of North-Caroli
na, will be held in Lexington; the session to,commeno ,
at eight o'clock on the eTeoing of Tuesday the 18th
day of. August n9Xt.---.----- --..-
This Anoual Meeting is called at an earlier. day in
the year than usual, in order that it may precede the
meeting of the - National Educational Association to
be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in the' month .of Septem
ber; and it is to be hoped that the members of the
body will consider it a duty to attendlf possible.
The Association has by the, blessings, of Protidence;
beenlept alive during this trying crisis, and has been
made a means of great good to the State: and through "
its aeency friends of education can do much for the '
independence and prosperity of the country. '
This elass of persons should set an example 01 nn-,
iiieriuit uvFts in ucu&IT of moral progress; ana ino
accumulation -of trials and diniculties should only stir
thena up to stmings. . K . '
The delegates to ihe Association wi.ll be carried by
the Railroads at half the usual fare, and will be en
tertained by the people pf Lexington free of charge:
? C. II. WILEY. V ,
, : Sup t Common Schools ofT. C.
J. UAMl'BtSLL,
Recordiog Secretary Association.
W. PALMER. '
Corresponding Secretary. J
J. Ex. Com.
Jaly21, 1863.
37IVE CENTS TER POUND WILL BE PAlI FOR - -
clean Cotton or JJnm FgMt;
Regis teniOffice, Rockingham, Richmond, N. C.
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