FOOLED BY MOSBY.
The Confederate Guerrilla Got the Federal Password and Made a Raid.
"The man with the coolest nerve I ever met," said Colonel A. E. Seiffert, who was in a reminiscent mood, "was Colonel John S. Mosby. I was a high private at Harper's Ferry when that place was captured by Stonewall Jackson in 1863. After waiting for some time for our exchange we were ordered down to Fairtax Court. House, Va., where we were on the lookout for Mosby.
"One cold, clear night in February, 1863. I was on picket duty on the Warrenton road. I had post two. I was walking my post almost on the double quick, trying to keep warm, when I heard a troop of cavalry coming down the Warrenton road at a quick trot. They were stopped by the man on post one all right, and then came down on my post. When they came close enough to me I halted them.
"Friends with the counterign,' was the answer to my challenge.
' 'One man dismount and advance with the countersign,' was my next command.
"A well dressed officer dismounted and advanced to the point of my bayonet and gave the countersign 'Jamaica.'"
"Countersign correct," I shouted.
"Pass on."
"There were about three hundred of them; a molley crew in appearance, but they were a jolly lot, singing, talking and laughing. They passed on, and in dine time I was relieved and soon was sound asleep.
"Early the next morning the sergeant of the guard roused me up and told me I was wanted at headquarters. In charge of an orderly I went. When I got there the man who was on post one was ahead of me. He was ushered into the presence of General Alexander Hayes, our commanding officer, and when he came out I went in.
"You had post two at — last night?"
demanded the general
"I had, sir.'
"Tell me about the troop of cavalry that passed your post."
"I told him what had happened.
"Well, he said grimly, 'you did it,
and he dismissed me.'
"I discovered pretty soon that the mei I had passed were Mosby's command with Mosby at their head. They have ridden through the entire camp, take the tent of one of the general officers mounted it on a mule and escaped wit it to the Confederate lines.
"How did he get the password? We found out that afterward. At one of the outposts was the rawest kind of a raw recruit. While he was on picket duty a man dressed in a captain's uniform, with the red sash of the officer of the day across his breast, approached him. He challenged and the officer responded."
' 'Officer of the day with the counter sign.'
**Advance and give the countersign.**
*The officer advanced and gave a word which was not the correct one.*
"That's not right," said the sentinel,
and you can't pass."
"After considerable wrangling, the officer insisted that his word was right, he exclaimed angrily. 'What word have you got?' The man said. 'The sergeant of the guard gave me the word, "Jamaica," and nobody can pass without it.'
"For cool nerve it beat anything
ever heard of."—Near York Herald.
"The officer was no other than Mosby himself. He had all he wanted, and, waiting for night, got his men together and made the successful raid."
The Best Joke.
As I was leaving Pittsburgh I was approached by a young man who, after giving me his card, thanked me most earnestly for my lecture of last night; in fact, he nearly embraced me.
"I never enjoyed myself so much in my life," he said.
I grasped his hand.
"I am glad," I replied, "that my humble effort pleased you so much. Nothing is more gratifying to a lecturer than to know he has afforded pleasure to his audience."
"Yes," he said, "it gave me immense pleasure. You see, I am engaged to be married to a girl in town. All her family went to your show, and I had the girl at home all to myself. Oh! I had such a good time! Thank you so much! Do lecture here again soon."
And after wishing me a pleasant journey he left. I was glad to know I left at least one friend and admirer behind me in Pittsburgh—Max O'Rell.
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