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v m m u i 5 q M k-f u H i-i ,vi rf IH .. - I . I ': Is: fe n h if 'T I' tf 5 It 5 U I i?. Ifri !. I'i ' ifi la I'; I Itff! (J ITS I 31 DARING AND SUFFERING. A History of the Andrews Bailroad Eaid Into Georgia in 1862. The Most Heroic and Tragic Episode of the Civil War. Embracing a Full and Accurate Account of the Secret Journey to tbe Heart of tUe Confederacy, the Capture of m Hallway Train In a Confederate Camp, the Terrible Chase That Followed, and the Subsequent Fortune of the Loader and His Tarty. Tbe expedition. In the daring of Its inception, had the wilduess of a romance; while in the Rigantic and overwhelming results it sought and was likely to obtain it was absolutely sublime. JCDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL HOLT'S OFWCUL RE PORT. It was all the deepest laid scheme, and on the grandest scale, that ever emanated from tbe brains of any number of Yankees combined. Toe Soothers Confederacy (Atlanta. Ga.), April 15. 180J. Despite its tragic termination. It shows what a handful of brave men could undertake in Amer ica Comte oe Paris" History of ths Crra. War Ef America, vol. 2, p. 167. By WILLIAM PITTENGER, a vcunzn or the expedition. Copyrighted. 1SS7. by War Publishing Co., X. YM and published by arrangomont with thain.J Continued from last week.) CHAPTER XV. THE OLD NEGRO JAIL AT CHATTANOOGA. Tho sufferings of northern prisoners in the south constitutes probably the most terrible chapter in the history of the war. Attempts to soften the fearful story have met with slicht success. The lot of the prisoner of war is always deplorable, as accommodations are scanty and the hard ships of camp life greatly aggravated. But the Union prisoners in the south suffered more than is usual in military prisons. The southern states were slenderly supplied with means for the care of" todies of troops numbered by thousands; the northern armies were pressing severely and tightening the blockade by sea and land with the express design of depriving them of necessaries for prosecuting the war, and in case of scarcity it was natural that northern prisoners would first suffer. But to this was added a terribly bitter feeling, which sometimes found delight in gratuitously embittering the prisoner's lot. The hor rors of Andersonville cannot soon bo palliated or forgotten. But the sufferings of ordinary prisoners was far exceeded in the case of tho An drews raidors. Our leader had been trusted by the enemy and had betrayed them. "We had inflicted an amount of fright altogether disproportionate to our numbers, and we were now believed to be beyond the protection of tho laws of war, and almost beyond the pale of humanity. It was thought that we were selected for our desperate character and therefore would require an extraordinary amount of guarding to prevent us from escaping or doing farther injury. Such considera tions no doubt had weight in the minds of our captors. But these alone are not sufficient to ex plain the story that follows. I have hesi tated in regard to telling it at all; but there is at least one good reason for re cording all that the proprieties of lan guage will permit a reason which also goes far to account for the full horrors experienced. Nothing better shows the Bpirit of the institution of slavery, and the debasing effect it produces on tho master class. Those in whose power we now fell had been used to seeing men, women and children publicly sold, whip ped, hunted with dogs, or shut up like wild beasts in dens. With such experi ences they would not be likely to care much for the sufferings of enemies, whom they had come to regard as the friends of the enslaved race. Accordingly it is in the negro prisons that our band found their most fearful experiences. The story of the little, old, Chattanooga prison cannot be fully told. Terrible hardships which had to be lived through in agonies of shuddering disgust, and in utterly helpless disregard of the decencies of life a daily and unceasing combina tion of pain and loathing can hardly be told by one friend to another, much less spread on the cold printed page. The reader will remember that for every pain ful thing related, a dozen more nre be hind, which dare not be named. Let it be understood that there is no exaggera tion. Photographic accuracy, within the limits already indicated, is aimed at. This worst of all the prisons has long since toen swept away; but its memory will never grow faint while one of its hapless victims survives. The story rests not alone on my evidence, lait is estab lished by sworn testimony published in the war records. The captain, who was appointed my conductor, called a guard of eight men and led me for some distance through the streets of Chattanooga. Two of the Con federate soldiers linked arms with me, one on each side, two walked in front and four followed behind. I could not help telling the captain that they took better care of our men than we did of theirs; that I had once guarded a Georgian a long distance without any help, and with no handcuffs on him. Ho did not resent the implied reproach, only saying that they meant to make sure of me! At length i e came to a little brick building, surrounded by a high board fence. It stood, as I learned long afterward, on Lookout street between Fourth and Fifth. The ground sloped rapidly upward, so that the back of the jail was built into the hill while the front was level with the sur face of the ground. The jail had two stories with two rooms in each story. It was quite high for its length and breadth. The jailer and family lived in the upper and lower rooms at the north end, and the rooms at the south were the prisons, the lower being entered only from the upper, and that in turn only from the jailer's room. This prison when built was intended for the accommodation of negroes by their humane owners. An other and much larger prison, in which were confined the great majority of white offenders and afterward of war prisouers, was situated on Fourth and Market streets. Swims, the jailer, was a peculiar char acter. He was old, perhaps 60, with abundant white hair, and a dry and with ered face. Ilis voice was always heyed on a whining tone, except when some great cause, such as the requests of pris oners for an extra bucket of water, aroused his ire, when it rose to a hoarse scream. Avarice was a strong trait. He seemed to think his accommodations vastly too good for negroes and "Yan kees," and that when ndmittcd to his hospitality they should be "thankful and give as little trouble as possible. "With Euch notions it is easily seen how much he could add to the sufferings of prison ers. One thing favorable was that he was fond of a dram, and when indulging became very talkative, revealing many things that we could not otherwiso have learned. "We halted for a moment at the camp Are of the guard outside the gate; then Swims came out, grumbling about their being disturbed so much, and, unlocking the gate, admitted us. We crossed the yard, ascended the long outside stairway, and from an outside landing entered the bedroom. From this a door opened into the prison. The room was quite small, square, and entirely destitute of furniture of any kind except a long ladder, which lay on the floor. There were five or six old, miserable looking men in the room, whose clothes hung in tatters, and who presented a terribly Btarved, dirty and wretched appearance.' It was a dreadful place, and I shuddered at the idea of tak ing up my abode in such a den. But I soon found I was not to be so highly favored, and a little more experience was sufficeut to mcke me look almost with envy upon thes' old men. Said the jailer to the captain: "When hall I put him?" "Below, of course," was the prompt Tho jailer ad vsnoed to the middle) of the room, ana Knecnng aown, took a targe key from his pocket, and applying it to a hole in the floor gave it a turn ami then with a great effort raised a ponderous trap door right at my feet. A rush of hot air, and a stifling stench as from the month of the pit, smote me in the face and I in voluntarily recoiled backward; but the bayonets of the guard were behind and there was no escape. The ladder was then thrust down, and, long as it was, it no more than penetrated the great depth. The wretches whose voices I could hear confusedly murmuring below were ordered to stand from under, and I was compelled to descend into what seemed more like the infernal regions than any place on earth. It was hard to find the steps of the ladder for the candle of the jailer gave almost no light, and 1 had on handcuffs; but I went down, feeling for each step, to a depth of some thirteen feet. I stepped off the ladder, treading on human beings I could not discern, and wedged in as best I might. Then the ladder was slowly drawn 111 W ':'Jf r PI wr km 1 THE SWIMS JAIL AT CHATTANOOGA. up, ana in a moment more the trap fell with a dull and heavy sound that seemed crushing down on my heart, and every ray of light vanished. I was sliutftnto a living tomb buried alive! 'I could feel men around me and hear their breathing in the darkness, so that I knew the den was crowded full. Though it was night and cool outside, the heat here was more than that of a tropic noon, and the perspiration soon oozed from every pore. The feted air and the stench made mefor a time deadly sick, aud, worst of all, there was an almost unbearable sense- of suffocation. I wondered if it could be possible that they would leave human be ings in such a place till death came in this horrible form death, which could not be long delayed. I thought of the Black Hole of Calcutta, where so many English men were suffocated in oue terrible night by a savage East Indian; I had heard of negroes being burned alive or whipped to death in our own south; but these horrors wcro always, I supposed, meant as ven geance for sonic fiendish outrage. Yet of all tho forms of death, that by slow suffo-" cation had always appeared most dreadful, and this now seemed imminent. As I had been brought to this place in the dark, I knew nothing of its character, and after the first moment of stupefaction, resolved to explore its size and nature. Xo one of my companions had yet spoken to me or I to them. Whether they were black or white, soldiers or citizens, chained like myself, or with the free use of their hands, I could not tell, and I scarcely liked to ask, lest the answer should add new misery. I jambed my way through the living throng to the wall and felt along it to learn if there was door or win dow. There was no door, the only en trance to the fearful place being by the trap door down which I came. Neither were there any windows, but I found two holes in the wall, opposite each other, each little more than a foot square, and filled with three rows of iron bars. The walls, as could be told at the holes, were very thick, being made of an inner case of oak logs and a brick wall outside. Even in day time, these holes gave little light, for one was close under the outside stair way already described, and the other be low the level of the ground. Yet a little air could come through the thick set bars, and served to levive mc making it pos sible to endure life here for a short time. When the first shock had passed nnd I became partially inured to the terrible oppietsion of the atmosphere, I tried to ascertain something of the condition of my companions. The most fearful de scription of this place of torment that can be given is contained in the plain cold figures the number of the prisoners nnd the size and mauuer of their lodging. Be fore I entered there were fourteen white men nnd one negro. Thw evening tho number was increased to nineteen and soon after to twenty-two, at which point it remained for many days. lfce room was just thirteen feet tquare, aud about the same in livicht. These numbers nre not approximations, but are meant to ba accepted exactly and literally. The entire furnituro of tho room consisted of four buckets for water and slops 1 And here twenty-two men had to remain day and night, with no respite, and no power to leave the room for any purpose, for mora than two weeks! It was possible, as will bo seen by reference to the accompanying sketch, for all to lie down at once; but it required tho nicest fitting and no small degree of crowding. There were two rows of ten persons each, occupying the space of thirteen feet, and two persons could rest between the feet of the rows. But when ono turned, all in his row were obliged to turn likewise; and as all were chained in some manner, the crowding, the exclamations, and the clanking of chains in tho black darkness of this dun geon presented especially at night as good a representation of the realms of the lost as has ever been known. MANNER OF 6LEEPIKG IN SWIMS' JAIL. My prison mate3 received me very kindly and nnswered questions freely. I had no hesitation in telling them who I was, and this at onco won their confidence. They were Union men from various parts of East Tennessee. Many of them had been In prison for six or eight months, and the offenses charged varied from that of sim ply preferring the old government to the new, slave built Confederacy, to that of bridge burning, or of being helpers of the Union army. The latter were called spies. One of them was blind, the Confederates accusing him of only feigning blindness; but from all I could observe, I think it was real I was greatly interested in the one negro in this miserable place. He was very friendly and anxious to bo of service to us in any possible way. Some days after my arrival he was taken out and brought back again after an hour or so,eeming to be in a good deal of suffering. His story, which ho gave as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world, moved me to indigna tion which I would gladly have expressed in some way more vigorous than words. He was arrested and imprisoned on sus picion of being a fugitive slave. The law in such cases did not put the burden of proof on the person arresting, but on the negro. Aleck had been treated as law and custom provided. He was first carefully examined, and whipped till he made some kind of confession; then ho was put in jail, and advertised in accordance with that confession. If a master appeared nnd proved property, he was obliged to pay all jail and whipping fees, costs of advertis ing and a liberal reward to the person ar resting; and then, usually flogging tbe negro unmercifully for the trouble and expense he had caused, he could take his property. But if no answer came to the advertisement, it was taken for granted that the negro lied, and he was brought out and flogged into a new confession, after which he was remanded to Jail and again advertised. Thus they continued, if no master appeared, flogging and adver tising, for a year, when the poor fellow was sold at pubue aaetjon, and the pro- atEy( to mt the mmm ef an these barbarous Inflictions! No trial was allowed by which the negro might prove himself free. When once arrested, unless he happened to have some powerf nl white friend, his doom was sealed; and in this way, in the old slavery times, many a freed negro found his way back into bond age. No answer having been received to the advertisement for Aleck, he had been taken out for one of his periodical whip- pings, iie naa now oeen in mis prison w for seven months, and was to remain five more, witn no prospect duc tnai ot Dcmg sold into perpetual bondage. We pitied him from the bottom of our hearts, and are glad to believe that, if he lived, the triumph of the Union armies relieved him from his dreadful position. These things were not all ascertained on the same even ing, though sovernl of them were, for I did all I could to get a complete mastery of my surroundings, that I might be ready for any possibility of escape. But tho chances were slight indeed. The floor and the walls were ot solid oak, many Inche3 thick; a circle of guards was all the time on duty outside; and the only egress was by means of a ladder put down in tho presence of the jailer and a strong guard. As we were talking in the darkness, we heard the tramp of many feet on the out side stairway, with tho clank of chains, nnd listened to learn what next was coming to pass. Tho noise came over head, and theu the trap door opened and a stream of comparatively cool air poured , down from the room above, and drew In through our narrow windows. We i breathed with a sense of indescribable re- ! lie" drinking in tho air as the desert traveler drinks from the mountain brookl i oh! what a luxury it would bo, if that , trnn door could only be kept open! It . might have been if our life or comfort had been valued by those In authority. A number of men were seen above by the feeble glimmer of the jailer's candle, and tho long ladder was thrust down and seized by a man below to prevent it from striking some head, and it was clear that other were being sent down. Tho Ten nesseeans cried out: "Don't put any more down here. We're full! We'll die if any more are pnt down." CHAPTER XVT. OTHER PRISONERS BROUGHT VS. These most reasonable remonstrances produced no effect, and were not an swered. On came the new victims, clam bering slowly there were three of them as men chained together were obliged to do when on such a road. I stationed my self at the foot of the ladder, and made to them some such safe remark as, "This is a hard place to come to!" and in a mo ment found my hand caught in a warm, s.'rong grasp, and "Pittcnger," "Ros," was mutually whispered. It was An drews, Wollam and Ross. I had seen them chained in front of Lcadbettcr's room. Now they were here, and tho sense of misfortuno seemed lightened by half. To die in the company of friends was bet ter than to die alone. I pitied them and wished them free; but it was far better to be confined together than for us to en dure the same suffering in separation. A whisper uioro to Ross brought mo tho in formation that they had given their names aud character. I told nv story and the kind of a place into which we had come while they gave me the history of their odventures since wo had parted on leav ing the train. There was so much to tell of the past three days' history (this was Monday evening) that wo did not do much more in making the acquaintance of the East Tennesseeansnhat night. The latter kindly allowed us to take a corner close to one of the window holes, where we could the more readily converse. Ross and Wollam agreed with me that our best course would be to claim, with all our strength, to be detailed Union soldiers, not denying what we really did only claiming that wo were not volunteers, but were ordered on this expedition with no choice, and simply obeyed orders. An drews also approved, but said that his case was separate from ours and much worse. An hour or two passed in such conver sation, not altogether unpleasantly, nnd it came time to sleep. A soldier is not particular in such matters, bur never had I been placed in such a situation as this. Laying down in the woods unsheltered from the pouring rain was bad enough, but this was far worse. The night before in the Lafayette jail I had abundance of room, air and blankets. The lattice cage was a palace in comparison with this loathsome "hole." Wo were warm enough, though wc had no bedding what ever; in fact, one of the first things wo did was to disrobe as far as our Irons would permit. Many of the East Tennes seeans who were not fettered were en tirely naked, because of the intense heat. But we adjusted ourselves in our corner so that our chains might cramp us as little as possible, aud, ceasing to talk, were soon asleep. The others in the room were already unconscious. Tho oue advantage of tho terribly close atmosphere was that the great heat and the slow carbonic acid poisoning from the impure air rendered slumber easy, and we found little trouble in sleeping early and late. The arranging for rest required very nice adjustment, nnd if any one wanted to change his posi tion he was sure to arouse all who were near him; or, if ho rose up to go for a drink, he had to take along those who were chained to him, and was apt to tread on his neighbors, which gave rise to some warm altercations, with the result of still further disturbing our slumbers. We were aroused the next morning early as it seemed to us, but really late by the opening of the trap door, and tho delicious shower of cool air that fell upon us. As we looked up we saw the whito head of our old jailer framed in tho open ing, and heard him saying, in drawling tones, "Boys, here's your breakfast." Then he lowered, hand over hand, a bucket at the end of a rope, till it was within reach, when it was eagerly secured from below. THE CHAINED MEN DESCENDING INTO THE DUNGEON. There was a strong brotherly feeling among the East Tennesseeans, and not less in our party. So the division of the food a matter of great importance was scrupulously fair, the weak getting as much as the strong. Aleck was given as mnch as any of the rest. There was bnt a tiny fragment of corn bread and a still smaller slice of unsavory meat for each, not one-fourth as much as I could have eaten with the hearty appetite I still re tained. I felt hungrier after devour ing it than before. It was now nearly 9 o'clock, and we were told by the old citizens of the jail that meals were only served twice a day, and that we would get no more till the middle of the afternoon. They also encouraged us by saying that after we had been in there for a month or two, we would not feel so hungry! It was not hard to believe this; in fact, we thought that less time than that would cure our hunger forever! There was now a feeble glimmer of light in our den, by means of which we could form a better idea of Its character than on the preceding evening. Bat there was nothing reassuring in the survey. Our eyes had become used to the feeble twilight, which was all that ever visited us here, and we could look on each other's pallid faces. The Union men had not been able to change their garments for months; no water was ever given to them ortousforwamhlBff; and their faces wow 7 JiffM " YmwW a look ef Bopejfa iBefstT. f tbe or cases, wlilcn- was terribly pathetic. Under no circumstances did our spirits sink so low, or did we suffer soxnuch from mere imprisonment, as did tBese men. i The very danger we were in, the assurance that our fate, one way or tho other, would probably be determined in a short time, the confidence in our own power to make a bold strike for freedom if the faintest chance was allowed, and still more the I sense of comradeship, and tho Interest in I A..11:. ,.: ..1 . ' ituiug our aiurius, uuu cneenng eacn other all theso contributed to make us bear up courageously. During the day G. D. Wilson, Dorsey, Buffum, Bensinger, Porter and Hawkins came in. They told an interesting series of adventures. After capture they were taken to Ringgold, and tho same evening to Marietta, where they had been placed in a prison but little inferior in every vile element to our present abode. They were guarded by a heavy force of cadets from tho military school at Marietta, and nar rowly escaped a mob. They finally heard a clanking of chains, and wero called out and chained by the necks in couples, and also handcuffed. Then they were taken north over the line of our fiery chase, and stopped at Dalton. WhDe waiting here, some of the ladies came with their ser vants and brought them a really first class supper. This was 'one of the few pleasant incidents in this part of our his tory. Dorsey complains that he and his companions were not accustomed to eat with irons on, aud that they wero not very graceful The ladies probably ex cused them, for two of their number drew near and talked with them, weeping freely. Ono lady gave Dorsey a rose, which he preserved as long as he could. There was a mob outside threatening to attack them, aud seemingly tho mob en raged by the presence of the ladies. But i the suards withstood bravely, and they reached Chattanooga in safety, where they were taken to a hotel to await orders, and the landlord at his own cost gave them a good breakfast. Then they wero brought to us in the Swims jail. On the way through the crowded street, with their chains, a loud voiced man called out, "Will them hounds hunt?" Had they been free he might soon have learned. CHAPTER XVII. doomed! Others of our party joined us in bands of two or three at short intervals and told us the thrilling story of their adventures. After a little the East Tennesseeans wero removed from the lower to the upper room as others of our number wero brought until at last wo were all below and they were all taken out, to that we had the dreadful place to ourselves. Buffum, with grim humor, would greet the new arrivals, saying in his nasal way: "Well, bovs, they took you in out of the defr!" Every one was brought in chained iD some manner, but expected when put into such a dungeon that these irons would be removed. In this wc were mis taken. Either from an excess of precau tion or from the wish to punish us the irons were retained. Some wero fastened together by neck chains and others by handcuffs. They economized in the use of tho latter by making one pair serve for two men, the right hand of the ono nnd the left of the other being locked to gether. Rcddick was the first to whom I was strongly attached for some time, but was afterward glad to exchange him for Buffum, who had a very small hand and was able by a little painful squcezins to draw it out altogether, leaving me with simply a pair of cuffs dangling from my left hand. That this terrible place was swarming with vermin, not only rats and mice, but other kinds, smaller and worse, will be understood without further statement, as well as our helplessness in guarding against them while in the dark nnd in chains, with not even as much water as wc needed for drinking. Ono of the grievances of the jailer was the great amount of water we drank, or rather wished to drink, for our persuasions shouted up through tho trap door could not induce him to greatly increase the allowance which ho deemed right, but tho officer of the guard would sometimes order him to bring us more, which he would do with great grumbling. Usually the water buckets would be empty long before the time at the giving of food when ho judged it proper to replenish them. Hunger was also very pressing, and as one or two of tho number had managed when searched to secrete a little money all the rest had been taken from us we resolved to try to buy additional food. Accordingly Swims was asked if he would buy for us. He asked the guard, nnd, finding no objections, said: "Yes; you can buy, if you have the money." We had a very earnest consultation as to the form in which the money would go the fur thest, and finally settled on wheat bread and molasses, ns the latter was very cheap. The money was handed up in the evening, and we made great calculations on having a royal breakfast next morning all we could eat! The time came, and wo were more eager than usual for the lowering of the bucket, but when it was seized there was only tho starving allow ance of corn bread and spoiled pork! Somo cne called out: "Swims, how about tho wheat bread and molasses?" He leaned over and said, in his slowest and most provoking tones: "B-o-y-s, I lost tliat money!" Could we have reached him, I am not sure that he would not have been lost also! It is hard to Imag ine how augry starving men could get under the circumstances. Wo called to tho officer of the guard, who came to the trapdoor and heard our grievance, but only laughed at us, saying that if we trusted Swims with our money we would have to take the consequences. Fortu nately we had not put quite all our funds on this one venture, and the officer tried his hand with better results; but the amount purchased was too small to be of any considerable benefit. A very erroneous impression would be given tho reader if he imagined that we spent our time here in nothing but help lessly bemoaning our misery. There were times when our situation seemed over whelming; but usually wo kept our minds busy during waking hours in telling stories, in speculating on the prospects of the war, or planning escape. We had no idea that the rebellion would last much longer; the great armies of McClcllan and Halleck, we thought, would soon crush their opponents, and Mitchel would be upon Chattanooga, and thus deliver us from our horrible confinement. Could we live but a little longer the chances of de liverance were good. We also talked much of home life and friends, and thus became really acquainted for the first time. Hitherto we had known little of each other; but now this inter change of thought and history brought us close together, and caused 'the hours to pass very much more pleasantly. Wo talked of future plans when we should be released from this place. We permitted no one togetdownspirited. Had we been confined in solitude, the dread and fore boding would have been more terrible. But wo made a league against fear and fretting. Every precaution was taken to preserve our health that we might be able when there came a chance for escape. No one was allowed to stand so as to obstruct the ventilation through tho wall holes; the exercise possible in such a limited space was taken; and the help and good will of all was a wonderful relief; but we needed every possible support. When all of our party were brought into the prison we carefully reviewed the situation and ascertained how much the enemy had learned in regard to us. Most had already given names and regiments, and had claimed to be American soldiers. Nothing could be gained, therefore, by denying what we had done, or our true character. The first could be proved by those who saw us on the train, by our captors, or by our own admissions; the latter, so far from wishing to deny, was our only possible defense. We therefore resolved that we would say, when ex amined, that we had been appointed by our officers to serve under a man whom we had never seen, but whom we sup posed to bean officer from some other regiment or brigade; that the nature of our service was not clearly made known to us further than it was to destroy some line of communications in the enemy's country; that we were in citizen's clothing only that we might not alarm the citizens among whom we were to travel; that we did sot see any Btokete ef ke eaemrer pass them at any point; that we were in no camp; that we supposed our cxpedi- . tion to be within the rnle3 of war and i ourselves entitled to protection as prison- ers of war; that we had obeyed Andrews : as wc considered ourselves bound in duty ir uu, uuu liim ji nv iiiuuo iuie rcprc- soniationo. it was only what we were ktl : to do by fear of discovery. Wc were not j to saraoythingnbout Campbell beingonly ' a r.itiTw ud were to refuse under all cir cumstances to tell who onr engineer was. Admitting that wc were under the or ders of Andrews would not in the least embarrass him, for this much could be proved from whut he was actually seen to do on tho train, and he had already de clared as much when captured. But we never revealed anything that would throw light ou his employment as a spy in our service. The story wluch we thus planned to tell was so closely adhered to that the enemy never learned that we were volun teers and intelligent participants in the enterprise. Nono of us knew just the line of de- fonso token by Andrews, or upon what he based the hopes he did, certainly, to some extent, entertain: but tho following is the most probable: He was known to tho southerners as a J blockade runner. This trade, if he could ( only persuade the Federals to permit it, ! was of great advantage to the Confeder- ' ntes. He might afford to do a good deal for tho Federals, and tho balance of ad- I vantage be still on the Confederate side. Now ho claimed that he was offered by i Gen. Mitchel, who greatly wanted an en- ginc, the privilege of trading south to tho J extent of $5,000 per month as long as the ! war lasted, on the simple condition that ' he wotdd seize an engine and carry it through, ho (Mitchel) supplying tho men for-the enterprise. Andrews did disclaim to tho enemy that he intended to burn any bridges, or do any harm beyond the com paratively trifling ono of carrying off this engine. Tho defenso was but feeble, though it wna possibly as good as could be made under the circumstances. But the enemy had no notion that n Federal goneral like Mitchel would send his men away down to tho heart of Georgia for an engine, when, as experience showed, he had been able to get them by the score in Kentucky and Alabama. No decision had been publicly rendered, when suddenly twelve of us were ordered to Knoxville, Tenn. Onr parting with Andrews was sad and solemn, for we bad little hope of meeting again, nnd our worst forebodings wero realized. Before this wc had bean removed to Madison. Ga., under fear of an advance by Gen. Mitchel; and when we returned the great indulgence of a short daily airing in tho jail yard was given. On a warm after noon, when tho remaining nine wero in the yard, an unknown officer entered the gate and went quickly up to Andrews; without a word he handed him a paper contained in a large envelope, and turning away walked rapidly out of tho yard. Andrews broke the seal and glanced at it, turning pale as marble. It was his death warrant! All who saw him felt thatsome tidings of evil had arrived, and the officer of the guard spoke very gently as he told them that it was now time to retire to their room. When there, Andrews gave his comrades the paper and they read tho fearful Intel! igeuee. Iu ono week July 7 he was to be executed by hanging! This was Saturday, and on the Saturday following ho was to die! (To be Continued.) A PAN'IC IN A THEATRE. The arnele Mutluess that Sometimes Tukei Hold of lVopI. It seems impossible, when you look around at gallant men nnd amiablo wom en, sitting placidly at a play, that iu a moment, on the utterance of one word, they can be turned into dumb, driven cattle, senseless, suicidal idiots. But it Is so. Any night the auditorium of a fashionable theatre may echo to some un fortunate note of alarm. In an instant the gray haired banker, whose dignity gave tone to his whole section, is walking up the backs of women and over the heads of children. At the Park theatre one night (the theatre that happily was destrojed by flre about three hours before the time when It would have been packed by New York's best people to witness Mrs. Langtry's debut), some dude, entering up the unsafe and tortuous stairway, threw his cigarette through the iron grating of the steps. Some accumulated rubbish began to smolder, and a volume of smoke poured Into theiuditorium. About half the audi ence sitting there knew that the stage had an enormous square opening direct upon Twenty-second street a door not ten feet from the level of the street. Every soul in the house could have gone over the low footlights, crossed tho stage and been in Twenty-second street in three minutes' time. They had all entered the theatre by the crooked, narrow passage; they all knew its miserable limits; they saw the smoke coming in at that narrow passage, and yet when some scared scamp near the door jumped to his feet and screeched "Fire!" they all with one accord started to the rear, regardless of life or limb. Luckily that night a stalwart police man, with the lungs of a Stentor, calmly said: "There ain't no nre; it's been put out." He grabbed the first lot of mad people and bodily put them down into seats; but for a few minutes there was the wildest kind of scrimmage. A well known and dignified citizen had sat in high bred case two seats ahead of me dur ing the performance. As the panic struck him he rose, mounted over the back of his seat and started to walk on the shoul ders of some fashionably attired ladles. It seemed an occasion for remonstrance, and I had a slight but severe remark to make, and made it with an opera glass; the old gentleman took the kindly hint and concluded to walk on his legs In the aisle, but he had mado a fair start to tramp to safety over his fellow creatures. Another time, in tho Cosmopolitan hall, the place was crowded for a first night of minstrelsy. There was a low gallery run ning round the building, supported oc a series of iron posts. During the evening ono of these posts slipped off the "block" and crashed through into a billiard saloon in the basement; tho gallery in that par ticular spot sagged, creaked and some beam split with alarming noise. In a moment all was excitement in the crowded gallery. I was sitting a few feet in front of this spot, and being fearful the people might jump down on my devoted head, I pushed my escort, a very important and self-sufficient gentleman, and suggested we get into two broad aisles beside him, where, if people jumped, they would not jump on us. I got no response, and I might as well have pushed at the side of the house, he was so immovable. With "level fronting eyelids" he confronted nothing and looked at it steadily. He clasped a hard Derby hat against his stomach and was as near petrifaction as Is consistent with life. After the alarm subsided and the per formance was resumed, it was discovered that my scared friend had crushed his hat on his body as flat as a mustard plaster, and pressed the nails of one hand so venomously Into the other that the blood had started through the cut skin. Cin cinnati Enquirer. How Volapnk Sounds. Much as I have heard aud read nbout Volapnk, tbe new language which M. Sclileyer hopes to make universal, I never beard it talked until last week, when, among the guests at tbe hospitable table of a well known medical man of literary tastes, there were two guests who had actually sat at the feet of the Inventor of Volapuk, so to speak, and started that tongue under his personal direction. To oblige the rest of us, these two visitors one was a Russian and the other a cosmo politan engaged in a conversation in Vol apuk for onr edification. I would rather not write down in black and white my impression of what I heard. One of the guests suggested that Volapuk sounded like double Dutch spoken by a Choctaw Indian suffering from a chronic croup, while another suggested it was more like a Welshman trying to cough in modern Greek; bnt it must not be supposed that I Indorse their evidently exaggerated state ments. Seriously, however, I do sot think that Volapuk sounded like the uni versal language of the future, though I must say that many of fta vorda seem taken from roots common to our own mdA th fferraaa laaguage. Laadea Flfai. Autumnal agues are long or mortal. Electric Bitten. This remedy is becoming so well known and ao popular as to need no SDecial 1 mention All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove all Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of headache, consumption and indigestion try Elec tric Bitters Entire satisfaction guaran teed, or money refunded. Price 50 cents and $1.00 per bottle at Dowty &Becher's drug store. Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome. Good Wages Ahead. George Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine, can give yon work that vou can do and lire at home, making great pay. Too are started free. Capi tal not needed. Both sexes. All age. Cat this oat and write at once; no hatm will' be done if yon conclude not to go to work, after yon learn all. All particulars free. Best paring work in this world. 4-lj Though old and wise, yet still advise. Look Oat For It! Hoarseness is the first symptom of croup, by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy freely as soon as a child be comes hoarse, it will prevent the croup, which can always be done if the remedy is kept on hand. There is not the least danger in giving it. Sold by Dowty 4 Becher. Slander is a shipwreck by a dry temp est. I am selling 'Moore's Tree of Life" and it is said to give the very best satis faction. Dr. A. Heintz. 30-Hro3 Old wine and an old friend are good provisions. Worth Yonr Attention. Cat this out and mail it to Allen & Co., Au Kasta, Maine, who will send 70a free, something now, that just coins mozoj for all workers. As wonderful as the electric light, as genuine as pore gold, it will prore of lifelong value and importance to you. Both eexes, all ages. Allen & Co. bear expense of starting you in business. It will bring yon in moro cash, right away, than anything else in tbis world. Anyone anywhere can do tho work, and livo at home also. Better writo at onco; then, knowing all, shonld you conclude that you don't care to engage, why no harm is done. 4-ly Happy is he that chastens himself. Is Consumption Incurable? Bead the following: C. H. Morris, New ark, Ark., says: "Wa9 down with Abscess of lungs,and friends and physicians pro nounced me an Incurable Consumptive. Began taking Dr. King's Xew Discovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and able to oversee the work on my farm. It is the finest medicine ever made." Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says; "Had it not been for Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption I would have died of lung troubles. Was given up by the doctors. Am now in best of health." Try it. Sample bottles free at Dowty & Becher's drug store. Well burns. uirv he smell lire, whose gown School children will learn much fast er if they are made eomfortablo and kept in perfect health. Very few escupo severe coughs nnd colds during the win ter months. It is nn easy matter to avoid the discomforts and distress of coughs and colds by using Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. It is by far the beet treatment ever brought into use for coughs, colds and hoarseness. When the first symptoms of a cold appear, use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and the cold can be broken up at onco. Sold by Dowty & Becher. Welcome evil, if thou comest alone. Try Moore's headache cure, it beats the world. For sale by Dr. A. Heintz. Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your own hedge. A positive cure for liver and kidney troubles, constipation, sick and nervous headache and all blood diseases is "Moore's Tree of Life." Try it. Sold by Dr. A. Heintz. The bit that one eats, no friend makes. Promptness is a good motto. It is hard to find anything more prompt than St. Patrick's Pills. They are a pleasant cathartic and a good medicine. Sold by Dowty & Becher. A drnnkard's purse is a bottle. ? Its Delicacy of Flavor And the efficacy of its notion have ren dered the famous liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs, immensely popular. It cleanses nnd tones up the clogged and feverish system, dispels headaches, colds, nnd fevers, cures Habitual Consumption, Dyspepsia, and the many ills depending on a weak or inactive condition of the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels. Manufact- ured only by the California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For sale only by Dowty & Becher. She spins well that breeds her child ren. Buckles ' Andes Salve. The Bxst Saxvb in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcen, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dowty & Becher. july27 mperstloa of asor uum On Handled anelleatlen for BtalS ta 1 irnltad Bias maA Foniea eraa- triea, the eabUsaers ef the Seientlfla I Aawrleaa eeatiaae se sat as eoliettera for eeseate, eayeateyteaee stirs, oopy rirfts. ate.. for taeUaited But. and to eMaia paseess ia Canada. KagUad, Fraac. Germany, aad all other eoantrlea. Their xperl aee is aaeqoelel aad their facilities are aasor paaasd. Drawings aad saeaiaestloM prepared aad Sled In the Patent OSJo ea short aotlee. Tana vary reasonable. Neaarsjfrxaaslaatta of models or drawiaa. Advl by assJl frae. 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The Mechaalc needs it always oa his work beach. The Hlar needs It In case of emergency. The Pieaawr needslt caatgetalongwliltout it, Th Firaer need It In hU house, hl (table, and his stock yard. Th Steaaaboat saaa or the Boatman need It in liberal supply afluat and ashore. Ths Harse-faacier need It It Is bl Wt friend and safest reliance. The 9tock-grower need !t It will tave Mm thousands of dollars and a world of trouble. The Railroad man needs It and will need It o long as his life Is a round of accidents and dangers. The Backwoodsman needs It. There Is notti- , lngllke It as an antidote for the dangers to life, jjnb and comfort which surround the pioneer. Tho merchant needs It about his store among his employees. Accidents will happen, and when these come the Mustang Liniment Is wanted at one. Keep a Battle la the Hesse. TIs the test of economy. Keep a Bottle la theFacterr. IU Immediate use In case of accident save pain and loss of wage. Keep a Bottle Always in the Stable far se when, wanted. EIGHTEENTH YEAR. Nebraska State Journal Pronounced by all Nebraska's Ltadiig Republican Newspap. PUBLISHED AT THE CAPITAL; thhah.t joumm. Clght Larg Pas, with, laaday Baeple sea. The year lHSwUl be one of almost usprseadsau Importaoes to the Amertaaa people, la last It wlJ friuaeuoaeor taesjaosaatansUDgaaa xciungaav uoiiii ramp Mpi m ue aanorr or ine oounu 1 m tae usury 01 '111 also bat Hoof gr 'rest local Interest to tbe pspi DDJ Of ' Ksbraska. as srral eagroaln laauea la Vm state will damaadthei attention forlntelllnat dclloa, TO submission question aad the sIctioa of a Unite States sanator are questions tost every latalllfani votrr should meat squarely aad decide fnr tiliatalf la view or thee facta it babooTea rr clUua to se lect wisely his soareas of laforsmatloa for taecomlae, r. For tae year IMTrb State Jouuax. will be such aa epitome of curraat ereats that ao intelli gent cltuxra can afford to be without It, ao matter of what shad of political belief, since our last ea uounceroeat extensive arrangsmeaia Have bean per fected by Tbk JotraxAX. for raoalTing and haelllaf the news of tae day. aad tae publishers are pleased to announce that for the year IMS Thb JocaKix. will be second to no paper published wast of Chicago as a rpu Wl leaeral newsDauer. lth the reports of the As- elated preea and the United Press sasoclaUoea. with tbe telegraph wires leading direct to IU edl- s from all DArts.of.th world.lt talMrana columns will be found each day replete with the lit- est intelligence. In addition to these faculties Ti jocaSAi. maintain an able oorpe of special corrav spondee ta distributed all over the atate. -tHt thee located at Washington. 1. C. Chicago aad other of tbe principal new centers of the oountry. Published at the state capital Tmk Jocual wOI al ways contain the latest news from the atate doner Bents and proceedings of tbe snpreme court which are of aspeclal Interest to Nebraska readars. Tbe bows or tbe day will be discussed and eoauaaated upon In an able manner In It editorial columns, special articles will appear from time to time frosa the most gifted writer In the country, onr maraet reports from the principal trade centers of the world will be complete aad acenrate. and In maay other nspeci tnijocsuL win oe iouna to oe tae newspaper of the wait. THE SUNDAY JOUMUL. Twelve Large Pages-Eighty-roar Colasssu For tbe accommodation ofthoee who do not have time to read a dally paper aad yet dealr to keep abr aat or the time, the publishers offer Tea Svsv dst Journal. It will consist each week ot twelve well ni'ediages. and will beta a measure a resume Of the week' events. 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