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THE CATHOLIC PROGRESS.
[Copyright. 1905, by G. T. Ilmer.]
PRIL 27, 1863, Colonel &. D.
Streight set out from Moulton,
Ala., on his famous ride through
Alabama and Georgia which
had for its sequel the remarka-
ble tunnel escape from Llbby prison,
Richmond, a few months later.
Streight's raiding force numbered 1,700
men and was composed of his own reg-
iment, the Fifty-first Indiana; the Sev-
enty-third Indiana, Third Ohio, Eight-
leth Illinois and two companies of the
First Tennessee cavalry. The infan-
trymen were mounted on mules, for the
most part young, unbroken and very
wild.
The orders to the raiding chief di-
rected him to penetrate the enemy's
lines to the interior of Alabama and
Georgia and destroy the railroads
which carried supplies and munitions
to the Confederate army under Gener-
al Bragg, then operating In middle
Tennessee. It was hoped by the plan-
ners that this raid would put an end
to Bragg's campaign as effectually as
the work of Forrest and Van Dorn had
thwarted Grant's overland campaign
against Vicksburg in December, 1862.
Just at the time raids ill the enemy's
rear were the Federal order of the day.
Stoneman's cavah'y was on a similar
errand in Virginia behind the army of
Lee, then stationed at Fredericksburg,
and Grierson wits riding over the coun-
try behind the defenders of Vicksburg.
Iu order to mask Strelght's move-
ment from the eagle eye of Forrest a
heavy column of Federals, marching
from Iuka, Miss., eastward, made a
feint upon Tuscumbia. But Forrest
was too clever to be thrown off the
trail. He was a raider himself, with
a reputation to sustain. Strelght's frst
long halt was at Day's Gap, in Sand
mountain, and when his rcar guard
marched through the pass It was at-
tacked by Forrest.
Strelght prepared to give Forrest a
taste of his own favorite game. "When
the rear was attacked, the head of the
eolmnn had reached the other side of
tim mountain. The line came to a halt
and faced about, with one flank rest-
Ing upon a ravine and the other upon
a marshy creek. All the roads leading
in froln the right, left and front were
strongly guarded alul two twelve
pounder mountain howitzers placed in
the center oil the road. Tile Tennessee
cavalry, acting as a rear guard, was
instructed to fall back before the ene-
my's advance and pass through the
line of battle.
Streiuht's arrangement was hardly
conq)h,to(l when l,'orrest's 1)rother,
Captain "W. II. Forrest, (,har;'ed the
el'ennessceans, who pronlpt]y gllvo w'ny
and wel.o followed into llw Sup by
theh' nssuilqnts. Then lhe wllolc Fed-
eral Ibm arose from their hidh;g aud
poured n rallld fire upon Forrost's
ranks. Two Confederate guns Ol}CmRl
fit elite Ill)on Streight's line. |lnd (Jolo-
llel ltoddy's reghnent ('h{lrKed vigor-
ousty, but was quickly reln[lsed. For-
rest's guns were wlthhl ;{00 yards of
the Federal center, and Streight sent
the Third Ohio and Elghteenlh Illi-
nois forward to charge the fouled ene-
my aml capture their artillery. The
raiders shot dewu the horses at the
Cotlfederate gnns, and thost, were
abandoimd, with tlmlr caissons, togeth-
er with forty wounded and nearly as
many dead trooper.
It was nearly midday when the Con-
federates drew off from lhe fight.
Strelght surmised from the boldness of
the attack that lm had Forrest to cope
with and expected the nexL hlow uI)on
his front. Posting a st.rong guard in the
gap, i,e pus!rod on wilh the inIllI1 body
to a crossroad six miles from tile bat-
tiefleld. For once Forrcst wus misled.
Two of his regiment8 were not up yet,
and he waited for their helI) to dis-
lodge tile enemy from the gap lind con-
tented himself with a long range skir-
mish until 3 p. m, Massing his four
regdments, with fern" guns. he dashed
forward only to enconntcr a tltln skir-
mish line of Federals. win) galloped
away without firing a return shot.
Strelght had rightly Judged Forrest's
tactics, for Ie was soot[ assailed on the
flank by Forrest's advance guard. Hhl-
lng rapidly on, he selected the next bat-
tleground at tim crossing of Crooked
creek, in another mountflbl pass. The
eal)t]red guns. with tile alouniailD how-
itzers, were stationed to cover tilt' road.
An hour before sundown Forresl calrle
on at the head of three reginmnts and
rode up to within a hundred ym'ds of
Streight's line. For three llom's the
combat raged so close tbat at times the
flashes of carbine and pistol lllmnlnat-
ed the features of the combatants with
It ghastly glare.
Again Streight pulled out hls main
eolunnL leaving the pass to be lmld by
a handful. The captured guns, having
become a useless burden because the
ammunition fitting them lind all been
fired back st its original owners, were
lplked and left behind. Twice during
tim night retreat Forrest's advance was
ambushed, and next mo,'uing Strelght
lined up his column for battle [,t
Bloutsvllle. Forrest failed to come Up,
and the raiders puslted on avross tide
Bhtck Warrior river, where the rear
guard engaged the pursuers in a lively
skirmish.
After crossing the stream Streigtt
destroyed the bridge and posted sharp-
iaootet's along the bluff. Forrest rode
up at tlDe head of hls conlnta[id. "llDd n
young farnt girl of tile region offered t t)
lead him to a ford near by. The impetu-
ous warrior took the fair guide up eu
his saddle and hurried toward the riv-
er, but coming under the fire of the
sharpshooters dismounted and asked
the girl to follow and point out the
way. Suddenly several shots were
fired, and the brave miss, who was
Emma Season, stepped in front of For-
rest, saying: "General, stand behind
me. They will not dare shoot me."
Forrest prevailed upon the girl to
keep back out of range, but she said,
"You may be wounded, and it is my
purpose to keep near you." Finally
they found the ford, and while Forrest
was examining it the sharpshooters
opened fire, and several bullets cut the
bushes close at hand, one or two actu-
ally piercing the girl's spreading skirts.
"They've only wounded my crinoline!"
said she, waving her sunbonnet defiant-
ly at the Federals across the ravine.
Instantly the sharpshooters stopped
firing, took their own caps in hand
and waved them, with three hearty
cheers.
Forrest's delay at the ford gave
Streight time to reach the town of
Gadsden and destroy the stores and
supplies and to capture fresh horses
for his men. The raider hoped to reach
Rome and destroy the bridge behind
his column so that Forrest would be
baffled in his pursuit. A detachment of
200 men of the Fifty-first Indiana rode
away to seize the bridge at Rome, and
Strelght disposed the remainder of his
force in ambush upon Blount's plants.
tion. At that point the road ran half a
mile through a dense growth of young
pines, then turned sharply to the right
through an open field.
Strelght barricaded the road at the
bend, compelling his pursuers to turn
into the field. Behind a ridge he con-
cealed 500 men and posted his sharp-
shooters in the pines. Forrest had been
caught before ly ambush and decided
to take this with a rush. With a dash
he chmred the barricade and rode on so
rapidly that the sharpshooters had lit-
tie time to ply their shots. Firing their
carblues and pistols right and left, the
Confederate troopers dashed for the
second line beyond tile field. This
charge also carried home, and the line
gave way.
Finding that Stretght's men were still
undaunted and ready to dispute the
road at every point. Forrest sounded
the recall and allowed his weary troop-
ers a night's rest. Strelght took adva,D-
"THEY'VE ONLY WOUNDED MY CRINOIINE !"
tage of tim lull and stealthily set out
for Rome in the path of the detach-
meat sent to seize the bridge. At Ihe
Coosa he found that the citizens had
run off tim ferryboat after his advance
guard crossed, and he was compelled to
nmrch to another crossing seven allies
distant. Tlds unfortunate detour gave
Forrest time to cross the river and get
between the raiders and Rome.
At last it became clear to Strelght and
Ills officers that the situation was des-
perate. The men were worn out and
slept as they ,'ode. Many of the mules
were footsore, and the sol(llcrs were
obliged to walk. It was decided to
struggle on and if possible overtake the
detachment sent on ahead, but on the
morning of the third day of this run-
ning fight the whole command sank un-
iter hunger and fatigue, and the leader
reluctantly ordered them to rest.
Forrest after resting his men on the
late battlefield had selected 500 of the
best and hurried on the track of the
raiders. He found titem In their biv-
ouac and quickly divided his force to
surround them. Streight at once formed
his line, but some of his men dropped
asleep while under fire of the Confed-
erate skirmishers. Botll leaders sent
out a flag of truce, and Streight offered
to surrender If Forrest would show
that he had a superior force on the
ground. Tills Forrtst declined to do,
but h} answer to the questlou as to
how many guns he had rcplled,
"Enough to destroy your command in
thirty minutes." Streight, however, de-
cided to fight and turned back to his
comnmnd. His officers Insisted upon
surrender and thus ended the great
raid. Streight eventually escaped from
Libhy through a tunuel.
GEORGE I,. I,ILMER,
"Fortune Knocks ONCE at Every Door."
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[ HOW DUNWOODIE
[000T lib SMOKE ]
Copyright, 190e, bU McClure's_Newsmper {
Dunwoodte liked hls pipe as well as
the next man and perhaps a trifle bet-
ter, and when he had settled himself
In his bos'n's chair near the toll of
the big bridge's tallest suspender and
found he had left his beloved corncob
and his bag of "Paluters' Delight" In
his other overalls at home his despalr
was so great that his head swam and
he saw red clouds before his eyes.
"it's the curse of the trade," said
Dunwoodle. "Here I've been at the
brush for forty year or so, and never
the time but I was painting in the
wrong place. If I worked on a red
fence, a bull was sure to be In the
field; if I'd been off on a bit of a bat,
the boss would set me a-painting of
scrolls and wriggly things till it seemed
as If I'd got 'era sure; if I was dying
of thirst, they'd give me the steeple
of a meeting house to color--Baptist
at that, more than likely--with never a
drop to drink 'twixt me and the earth.
And now here I be hanging 'twixt
heaven and lhe East river--and the
river much easier to reach--perishing
for a smoke, and my pipe might as
well be on top of one of them burning
volcanoes for all the gohd It is to me.
It's the curse of the trade."
Dunwoodie laid on with a heavy
hand. Well for him that hiDE perch
was high and that the eye of tim boss
was not likely to inspect his work crit-
ically !
Just then, as If to add insult to in-
Jury, there came a pungent smell
athwart Dunwoodie's nose. Young
Pitt MeCnbe was slnoklng in his com-
fortable perch five strands to wind-
ward of Dunwoodie--young Pat Mc-
Cabe, the impudent fellow who had
dared as'It Dunwoodle for his only
daughter's hand in znarriage!
.Dunwoodie's daughter, the peerless
Pearl, the glrl Dunwoodie had been fa-
ther and mother to since that sad day
when her own mother was laid be.
neath the sod in the ('emctery of the
Evergreens and of whom the old man
was as jealous as a hen with oue
chh'kenl Need more be said? I)un-
woodle looked upon young McCabe. a
likely fellow enough and as bandy
with his brush as old Miclme] Angelo
himself, wtth keenct de[estatlon. He
hated him all the worse because deep
down In his soul he knew that Miss
['earl favored the handsome Irishman.
McCal)e's pipe was considered the
dirtiest In the gang. tie had the low
of his race for a well colored dhudeen,
and he snmked a tobacco so strong
that it wouhl draw tears from the eye
of a rotate. Dunwoodie had often
iTlt ! I
ease aspel'SlOlS upon It. But nOW--
now the odor which the winds wafted
to his hungry nostrils was sweeter
than the spicy breezes of Araby the
Blest.
Ite glauced darkly across the chasm
of twisted cables and dizzying heights
of air whteh separated them and re-
membered some of the hard things he
had said about McCabe and hls pipe
and his pretensions. Now It seemed to
him he would willingly barter his
chances of heaven for a smoke of the
same.
"I swan," said Dunwoodle, overcome
by a craving which made hlm desper.
ate, "it would boa pleasure to mur-
der you, yomlg man, if I could get pos-
session of that chlnmey by the doing."
Tho thought of murder seemed to glve
the palnter much temporary Joy, for It
sprang from the heart of a father Jeal-
ous of the child who was his all in all
of life saving and excepting the pipe
of which he was deprived.
Murder, however desirable, behlg out
of the question, Dunwoodle resorted
to strategy instead. It was hard work.
But after clearing hls voice a few
tbnes he managed to say:
"I say, Mac, could you lend me your
plpe and a bit of tobaccy? I'll retm'n
them up at the house tonight. Swing
It across on a string; that's a good
lad."
McCabe looked up iu anmzement. It
was many a day since he had heard
such friendliness In Dunwoodle's
voice.
"Tile fact is," said the old man, "l
left my pipe at home, and I'm dying
for a Sln0]¢C."
"Oho!" sald McCabe to himself. "So
that's where the winds are blowln'."
And then he sald loudly: "But ye can't
smoke my pipe, Daddy Dunwoodle.
Sure, ye said I put it to soak In the
tannery." Dunwoodie coughed and
looked uncomfortable. "Ye said It
would be afther ruskin' a dog slck, so
it would. If I reckomember correctly,
Mr. Dunwoodle, ye said I smoked
scrap leather an' findin's."
Hard blows, these. Dunwoodle
winced.
"I was only Joking, Mac, my boy,"
he said, with a feeble laugh.
"Was ye Jokln' when ye said I
touldn't marry the darllnt of me sow[?
Ye know whom I mane, Mr. Dun-
woodle."
"No!" shrieked Dunwoodle. "I was
not Joking! l'd rather see the girl ly-
ing lu the cemetery with her dead
mother thau marry a tarrier llke your'
"Oh! All right, Mr. Dunwoodie. I
guess ye were right. My pipe would
make a dog sick, and It's not fit for
the likes of ye." McCabe's brogue
grew broad when his anger was high'.
He llt another pipe and whistled
"One Girl." As the odor saluted Dun-
woodle's nostrils he grew frantic. He
must have that pipe and tobacco! It
was hours before he could descend for
the nooning. He looked at McCabe,
who was smoking away as if uncon-
eious of his presence, and it occurred
Io Dun woodie for the first time in his
life that McCabe was not a bad sort
of man after all. He was clean, sober
--that is, reasonably so--industrious,
and he had the best and sunniest na-
ture in the world. Besides that, he
loved Pearl, and Pearl loved him. And
if It was not McCabe it might be
worse--very likely would be.
Dunwoodie cleared his throat.
"Mac!" he said.
"Vell!"
"Lend us your pipe--do. I'm perish.
tng."
"Will ye I'ave me marry yer daugh-
ter, Mr. Dunwoodie?"
"I'll Pave you anything!" said the
suffering one.
"Put it down on paper?"
"Anything, anything, If you'll only
give me a smoke!"
"I'll give ye me pipe and 'baccy,"
said McCabe as solemnly as if he were
surrendering the dearest treasures of
his life.
In three switches of a lamb's tail
McCabe was by the old man's side.
Dunwoodie was clutching at the pipe.
"Sign the conslnt first," said the art-
ful Irishman. He had a bit of paper
and a pencil in his pocket, and he
quicldy drew up an article of agltee-
meat. It read as follows:
S.S.:
vVhereas In the course of human evezte,
I, Michael Jay Dunwoodie, being of so,rod
mind and robust constitution, hereby dive
consent to the marriage of my daugllter
Pearl to Patrick MeCabe, Esq., late of the
County Cavan.
[Signed] M.J. DUNWOOD.
P. M'CABE.
This formidable looking document
was duly dated, signed and sealed
with a gob of brown paint.
Soon Dunwoodie was In the ecslasy
of smoking the favorite McCab" r,ix-
ture. Then he noticed the younger
man packing up his tools of trade nd
making to descend.
"Hotel Heyl What are you ui, to
now?" he demanded suspiciously. "Go
back to work, you young rascalr'
'Tin only afther goin' to tell Pearl
the good news," said McCabe, with a
quiet smile.
And when Dunwoodie got home hat
night the mischief was done aml a
homemade wedding supper awaited
him on the table.
Trees Are the Friends of Mem
All trees display constantly and
broadly their nature and the mar.s of
the class to which they belong. The
oak, elm, willow, birch, beech, together
with poplar, chestnut and pine. are
among our native born trees, and hoe
most familiar to us as the ancient land-
marks, remembered so well in child-
hood--the mulberry, olive, ilex, hem-
lock, spruce, apple, pear and cherry
trees--go to make up the almost sacred
circle of friends so dear to us because
they are monuments of other and hap-
pier days.
The homestead and its assocla0,ms
recall all the dear old trees so fovlly
cherished in days "lang syne" and so
dear to me now that it is pleasani to
write what I know of thei hlstcry,
utility a]Kl wny tlDey 'ire wllua{Dle ,'is
lumber or the more valuable n[echn-
leul need which they meet. They all
afford the human race a certain amount
of reliable service and are the founda-
tion of many industries. They furnish
the ships that cover the ocean with
white sails and afford easy commu-
nication with all nations. The arts
and sciences depend upon them for
subst'mtlal aid in completing palaces
and churches and all the gTand and
lasting buildings which have dotted
the earth with beautiful cities and
comfortable dwelling places for man.
And thus we find that the trees are
really the steadfast and never failing
friends of tues.--Exchange.
An Anecdote of Hrignoll. "
Though one of the most nervous sing-
ers that ever went before an audience,
BrIgnoli in his way was one of the
most conscientious. He refused to
sing if he did not .feel that his voice
was in a condition to do Justice to the
song and to himself. He was. a firm
believer in homeopathy and was never
without two small vials, one contain-
ing bryonla and the other spongia,
which he used alternately. His body
servant, Barbagelata usually admin.
istered the drug.
On one occasion it happened that
Barbagelata gave him a larger quantity
of bryonla than he had asked for, but,
like the faithful servant that he was, " ":'¢-
he informed his master of the mistake.
Brlgnoli was furious. He thought he
was a dead man. He raved and storm-
ed and swore as only he could swear.
Barbagelata, thinking to relieve his
mind, swallowed the entire contents of
the vial.
"You see, Signor Brlgnoli, there is no
harm in the medicine," he said.
"Ah, misery!" cried Brlgnoli, forget-
tins his own danger at once. "You
are a dead man! What have you
done?"
All the doctors in the neighborhood
were sent for, and all had to testify
that the drug was harmless before
Brignoli would believe that Barbage-
hta could survive.
.i
Asking Questions In Society. iL
This from an authority: "Don't ask
ak
luestions; don't mention names; listen ,
occasionally, and you will find yourself n
a society favorite." The first "don't" n
seems to have been most correctly
placed. There is nothing which creates s
a pleasanter impression and which re- d
ally leads to the most complete confl- a
donee than the tact which listens sym- b
pathetically to all a companion will s
say, but never probes deeper by an im-
pulsive interrogation. One learns to n
trust such an acquaintance and feel In a
his eompany a peculiar sense of secur-
Ity that is very satisfying. Many of
tl
cur small attempts to make an Impress- is
h'e recital are, we know, most vulner- n
t ble. One or two sharp queries would
riddle them, and we leash, as a burned b
dtlld learns to avoid the fire, Just whom tl
ze may not and may impose them up-
on. The latter please us the better,
