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INTERE8TINQ INCIDENTS RELATED
Y ALFRED R. CALHOUN.
Vhe Daring Ktcape of Union OMeer
Captured In tho !hattannoga Oarapalga
In November, IH63 A Story of the
Oltll War.
lOopyrlglit, IMM, by American Preai Aatocla
tlon.l A Union officer cnpturml In the Olmtttv
the followliiK M nniotiK hla moat thrilling
prlion extN-'rlcncei:
It wm (lurk, cold nntl raining when we
reachetl the itockmlc or prlion pen at At
lanta. The Incltxttiru comprised nbout half
an ncre, hut there triw neither tent nor
other iholtor, tho prlioncni Iwlng kept here
but it few tlnyi uefora being lent on to
Itlchmontl. The lurrountllna wnll, about
fourteen foot high, wm compoavd of logs
set solidly In tho earth, and waist high
from the top an the outer side wm n plat
rorm on which the homo gunrdi wnlktxl.
Iniide and fifteen feet from tho stockade
wns the ilcntl lino, Indicated by a chain of
Utile lard Innips.
PRANO TO TIIR TOP.
la the eenter of tho Incloiure there stood
a large brick chimney, the honno to which
It had been attached having lecn burned
down. Wet, stiff and hungry, I sat down
with say back to the chimney, and I had
been there but a few mlnutca when I heard
the rattle of a chain, and looking up I saw
la tho Indistinct light the tail, lithe form
of a young man dressed In a well fitting
trarellng tunic; but what particularly at
tracted mj attention was tho fact that
there was a heavy Iron ring about his
right ankle. To this ring a chain wan at
tached, aad at the other end of the chain
there was a 100 pound ball, which the man
carried on his shoulder. Sotting this ball
on the ground near me the man sat down
oa it. and reaching out his hand he said.
with tho unmistakable accent of an east
Teaneeseeant
"Cap, I'm blanked glad to see you h'arl"
"Then you cannot be a friend," I
growled.
"You can Just bet I'm a friend, cl'ar
through anil through; but don't say cc how
you've forgot cap walker," and the man
bent over that I might the better see hla
bronaed. cleaneut face.
I shook hands with him again, for I re
called him as a brave, patrtotlo soldier and
one of the best guides and scouts In the
west. He was at this time about twenty
f ve yean of age. and one of the handsom
est men I had ever seen la the saddle. lie
had been captured by Wheeler in the Se
quatchie valley some weeks before, and tho
indignity or the ball and chain he proceeded
to explain as follows:
When the war broke out he was follow
ing his trade as machinist in the railroad
shops at Atlanta. Like all the other me
chanics, he was sworn against his will into
the service of the Confederacy, and then
detailed to continue oa with his work.
Being a strong Union man, and having no
tie to hold him to the city, he escaped to
hla home near Kaoxvllle, and subsequently
"retugeed"to Kentucky and was mustered
Into the Federal service.
Oa his being brought to Atlanta as n
prisoner he was recognised at the railroad
station by some of his former associates,
aad was at once tried for desertion and
sentenced to be shot This explained the
ball and chain, and ho told me, with sur
prising coolness, that he was to be exe
cuted oa Friday morning It was now
Wednesday night.
While he was speaking I could feel
"goose less" rising all over my body, and
when he had concluded I asked. "My God,
Walkerl la there no help for thUf '
Ho bent forward till his brown mus
tache touched my cheek, and whispered!
"If they shoot me, by heaven I It'll be on
the wing, and that's why it did me so much
good to see an old friend h'ar."
He then outlined his plan of escape. He
had made a saw of a knife he not from one
of tho prisoners aad had cut the rivet, so
that with a little' effort ho could free him
self from the ball aad chain. Resting
against the chimney there was a stretcher,
and by placing this against the stockade
ho could got hold of the top, and so awing
himself over.
"But there are the guards," I Interposed,
"and outside the stockade there Is a bri
gade in camp."
"That's wbar ycr help'u come In." he
said. "They're only home guards, unil if
you can get a lot of the boys Just at u
tonight to creep near the dead line and
heave bricks at the guards up at the
north end, they'll all run down thar and
leave the south end cl'ar for me."
To draw tho fire of the guards was rather
a dosperato scheme, but then Walker was
la a desperate situation. I told my friends
wat was wanted, and to my great Joy I
found every man ready to risk his own to
glvo tho condemned man "a show for bis
life."
I was very nervous, but the darkness
prevented Its being seen. At 0 o'clock the
guards began shouting the half hours from
their posts. Boon after half past 11 was
announced I crept over to the chimney
and found that walker had freed himself
from the ball and chain and was fastening
a waist bolt to the upper eud of the
stretcher.
"At 12 o'clock," I whispered, as I gave
him my hand. He caught mo to bis breast,
kissed me and replied:
"At 13 o'clock. Within a half hour 1
will be a free mau or a dead one."
I eould bear the throbbing of my heart,
as with a lot of bricks under my arm 1
crept back to where the brave fellows were
lying ja the mud waiting for the signal.
The minutes were like hours. Then,
from the sotth western corner of the stock
ade, rang out the cry:
"Twelve o'clock, Post No. I, and all's
well!"
On the Instant forty men rose, a volley
of bricks rattled against the stockade, and
no well dlrvctrd was the aim that the
Itunnli were either thrown off or they
limped off.
Firing Into the Incltwure as they ran,
the other guard hurried to tho point of
attack ami the south end was clear.
I saw Walker running with tho stretch
er In his hands. He placed It against the
stockade, sprung up to the belt, selxcd
the top of the wall, and then with the
swing of a gymnast on n trapeia and a yell
that toll of victory, he was overt
Within a few minutes wo heard a cheer
In tho fnr distance, tho signal that told ho
hail cleared tho camp and was free.
Boon after a company won marched Into
the stockade. They found ranks of sleep
ing men and a ball nntl chain, but no one
who had "heaved a brick" or who knew of
Walker's cscapo. And It was an enenpu,
for within four days be was back in our
Hues.
fighting an Kqual.
While dueling Is dying out In tho south,
there nre still many excellent men there
who believe tho code Affords the only prop
er means of rudrcas for a gentleman who
has been, or who Imagine ho has been, of
fended, Cuptaln Wells, who some years
since lived on tho Sabine near Orango,
Tex., was n man of this character. When
angered ho would rather fight than cat.
though ordinarily he was most peaceful
and generous.
Tho captain ona day was subjected to n
severe, ami perhaps needlessly harsh cross
examination by n lnwyer whoso home was
on tho Louisiana sldo of the river.
Tho next day, Snturday, Captain Wclln
secured a second and dispatched him over
tho Sablno with a peremptory challenge
for Uwyer Phillips. Mr. Phillips, al
though a church deacon, had not tho
moral courago to rcfuso a meeting, so ho
accept til; and the light, with repenting
rifles, was set down for Monday morning.
Mr, Phillips, his mind troubled by other
mnttcrs, went to church tho next day with
his wlfu mid six children, from whom ho
had kept all knowledge of tho thiol.
As ho was leaving the church with his
wlfu nntl fnmlly.tliu lawyer was not u little
surprlwd at seeing tho captain outside,
and still moro surprised at seeing thnt hot'
spur dolling his hat to Mrs. Phillips and
the children.
That night tho captain's second appeared
at tho Phillips mansion with a note
marked "private," and which read as fol
lows:
"At tho risk of being sot down in this
community as a fool or a poltroon, 1 beg
thnt you will permit mo to withdraw my
challengo and to confess that I havo been
greatly to blamo In sending It."
Glml at tho prospect of peace, yet weak
enough to deslro to poso as a brnvo man,
Mr, Phillips wont over to Orango early tho
next morning, and' seeking out Captain
Wells, ho said:
"I am at a loss, str, to understand your
conduct. Why did you withdraw the dial
longer"
"Because, Mr. Phillips," was tho reply,
"yon and I cannot meet on the Hold aa
equals."
"Am I not your equal f" Asked the law
yer hotly.
"I will concede thnt you Are. llut you
know that I am a single man. with no de
pendents." "Yes, I understand thnt, captain."
"You have a wife and six children, Mr.
Phillips. I saw them at church yesterday
and I saw then that I had taken au undue
advantage of you. When I get a wife and
six children we will be on tin equality And
then we can light It out If wo choose."
Struck with the Impetuous captain's
manliness the lawyer gave him both hands,
and from that hour on they became de
voted friends.
Avoirdupois Measure.
Crab Orchard, Ky., Is ns famed for the
medicinal power of its springs as the state
at largo Is for tho excellent quality of Its
Bourbon whisky.
Squire Harden tho "squire" was entirely
honorary, for the old man know nothing
about law and cared less lived not far
from the village, and ho was a frequent
visitor there, not because of tho healing
waters, but on account of the whisky. Ho
never went homo without carrying with
him a supply In a Jug, whllo he toted more
than was good for his ballast Inside.
Ouo dny Squire Harden went to bed very
sick, and his more abstemious neighbors
wondered why he had not been taken down
before. A doctor was sent for, and after
feeling the pulse, looking at the tongue
and asking as many questions as If he did
not know all about the case from the first
ho said:
"It's the whisky, squire."
"But I ain't a drinkin man." said Har
den. "Ob, 1 know that," said the wily doctor,
"but a very little affects some men more
than a great deal will affect others, so
you'll have to let up."
"Great Glneral Jacksonl" cried the
squire, "I'm gittln to be an old man, and
It's agin natur to choke me plum off, all
of a suddent like. I must have a little.
Just for medicine."
"Havo you any whisky In the house
nowf" asked the doctor.
"Nary a drop, doc, or I'd a gin you some
afore this," said the squire.
"Very well; take four ounces of whisky
a day, and no more, mind. I'll leave you
some medicine. Meanwhile, when I'm
passing I'll drop in to see how you're get
ting on."
The doctor left, and about ten days after
ward he was sent for again, tho messenger,
one of the squire's younger sons ho had
ten of them declaring that the prescrip
tion promised to kill his father. "For," he
said, "dad's bound to tnko every doggone
drop of them four ounces ovory dny. Tho
consokense Is ho's nigh 'bout done, fo'
shuah."
"Why, what do you meanf" asked tho
perplexed doctor.
"I mean the whisky," said tho boy,
"Well, what of thatf "
"What of thatf W'y, doc, there's some
powerful heavy drinkers ovah Cumberland
way, but mam allows thar ain't one of 'em
could drink four ounces of whisky a day
for a week and not bring on the everlastln
Jlmjams."
"Four ounces," said the doctor. "How
did your folks measure Itf"
"Wa'al, that's w'at bothered us for a bit,
for you see we ain't never measured whisky
Just as we does sugar. But all to wunts
Sister Sue she remembered she hed an ole
'rlthmetlc, and sho fetched It out, and thar
she read, 'Sixteen drums oue ounce;' then
she got a bit of chalk and ciphered out
thnt that was Just sixty-four drinks a
day. Dad hex took his medicine right
straight along llko it llttlo mnn, but If you
don't come ovuh and shut off two ounces,
doggon'd ef I think ho ken hold out another
week." Alfiikd It. Calhoun.
Tnere's Many a Blip.
Toff er Have a cigar, old boy , I'm afraid,
though, these are not very good. lu fact,
they may be worse than those I gave you
lata.
Friend (in a burst of politeness) Impos
sible, my dear boy, Impossible. New York
Weekly.
ORIGIN OF A FINANCIER.
Why Prod I. Olrntt Preferred BaslaoM
to I'ollllrs.
New York, Ajiril 7. Thomon of Now
York stato who havo gained reputo by
reason of thoir achievements usually do
vote themselves either to politic or to
literary pursuits. Yet it is probably
truo, aa waa once said by Commodore
Vandorbilt, that tho mon who slmpo the
business of the nation, at leant so far as
nance Is concerned, are more Influen
tial and yot loss heard of outside the
circlo of financiers than are tho politi
cians or tho literary mon. Just now
Mr. Frod P. Olcott is Attracting atten
tion to himself by reason of certain
nehiovctnentr which ho has consum
mated in tho financial world, and while
his tmtno may not Appear in tho nown
pnpqra an frequently as does that of
somo of tho men who are prominent in
Now York state politics, yot Mr. Olcott
Is n man of greater influenco perhaps
than any politician, because through Ida
management ho controls millions and
millions of dollars.
Mr. Olcott has recently attracted to
himself tho attention of financiers, not
only in this country, but in Europe, bo
cnuso he seems to havo been ablo to ar
range for tho reorganization of railroad
proori'icn which practically gridiron tho
ontiro kouth. Tho securities of tho vari
ous companies involved in this reorgani
zation nmount to moro than $400,000,000,
a much larger sum than at tho beginning
of tho civil war it wan thought that tho
national government would havo to pro
vitlo in ordor to pay thn expenses of thnt
contest. Tho arrangement also involved
tho management of nearly 0,000 miles of
railway, or practically almost all of tho
railroad communication between tho
states cast of tho Mississippi river and
south of tho Ohio and Potomac.
Mr. Olcott some years ago was doubt
ful about his career. Ho had been bred
in Albany ns a batikor in tho ofllco of
his father. Tho senior Olcott was presi
dent of a bank in that city at a Urns
when Albany wns almost as important
u monotary centor as Now York city.
Tho politicians of tho north mado Al
bany their centor and somo of them es
tablished the closest relations with the
senior Olcott.
Olcott was a inero lad when those men
used to meet in his father's back par
lors, but as ho heard their conversation
ho becaino impressed with the idea that
tho basis of political parties is, after all,
a financial ono, and tho great issues
which divide tho parties are also financial.
Young Olcott, impressed with this
idea, enmo to Now York just after the
closo of tho war Ho had mauy friends
FRKD P. OLCOTT.
who wero of great influence in tho bank
ing and financial world. Roscoo Conk
ling, who at that timo was just begin
ning his career as United States senator,
was a wurui friend of tho young man's,
and used frequently to say to him that
there was no moro important relation
between politics and business than that
which the bankers of Wall street con
trolled. Francis Kernan, who was a
Benator from New York also, was much
interested in this young man, and used
sometimes to Bay that tho opportunities
offered for a career as a financier were
far more tempting than any of tho al
lurements of politics. Mr. Olcott spent
somo twelve years on Wall street, learn
ing the methods of that great financial
whirlpool.
To his surprise he was offered the ap
pointment of comptroller of New York
Htato by Governor Lucius Robinson. To
bo comptroller of New York is practi
cally to bo tho banker of tho state.
When Mr. Olcott became comptroller
ho realized tho very great political ad
vantage which ho hold in that position,
and when the politicians of Ms party
said to him "Wo will now nominate you
for governor," tho temptation was very
great to listen to such proposition. But
Mr. Olcott had already received pro
posals from men who controlled vast
amounts of money to return to Wall
street as the head of a banking institu
tion, and after u good deal of delibera
tion ho decided that tho rewards of u
financial career were for moro tempting
than those of politics. Ho therefore
went to Wall street about ten years ago,
and ho becaino known as tho man who did
not desire to destroy properties, but to
preservo them. In that capacity ho took
rank with Mr. Pierpont Morgan, who U
generally regarded as tho greatest finan
cial and constructive genius that Wall
street has known in tho present genera
tion. Olcott is esteemed a moro auda
cious and risky man than Morgan, and
some of thoso who havo found fault
with his methods have insisted that
some day ho might go too far and entail
rain upon himself and tho proportiea
which ho undertakes to preserve.
Like most of the men on Wall street
who accomplish great things, Mr. Olcott
is a good liver, He likes tho good things
of lifo. Ho is fond of a fast horso, ho
enjoys tho theater, and ho thinks that
perhaps tho highest art is that of perfect
cooking. Ho looks llko a man who
lives well.
Within tho past year Mr. Olcott has
financed properties amounting to nearly
half a billion of dollars, or au amount
more than tho national dobt, and of
course tho man who is ablo to do what
he has done in tho money world is recog
nized by tho men who control millions
as a person of great financiul genius.
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this week.
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