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DARING AND SUFFERING.
A History of the Andrews Eailroad
Eaid Into Georgia in 1862.
The Most Heroic and Tragic Episode
of the Civil War.
mid shots were bcniii rtrat rapidly, while
loud commands and screams were min
gled. I feared that many of our number
were or soon would be killed. Then I left
the window and went to the front room
passing uoianess ana success.
Porter and TJensingcr led at the back
door. The former grabbed the gnu of n
guard that stood near, and jerked so hard
fell flat, but was on his feet in a moment. whc.re the Pnera of war were and to
Bensmger caught the sentinel who waj
disarmed and held him perfectly quiet.
Another enemy was in the corner of the I
vara, anu, seeing inu iush, wuuui uu
Embracing a Tull and Accniate Account
of tlie Secret Journey to the Heart of
the Confederacy, the Capture of a.
Hallway Trsrw In a Confederate Cainp,
the Terrible Chase That Followed, and
the Subsequent Fortune il the L.eaJr
and His l'arty.
TtaeesiMilition, in the daring of its inception,
had the wildniss of a romance: while in tho
Rlgantic and overwhelming result it sought and
was likely to obtain it was aloolutely sublime.
Jl'dcs Auvocatx Qcnkiul Holt's Official Re
port. It was all the deepest laid scheme, and on the
grandest fccale. that ever emanated from the
brains cf any number of Yankees combined.
The Sol-theus Confederacy (Atlanta. (Ja.),
April 15. JStii
Despite its tragic termination, it shows what a
handful of brave men could undertake in Amer
ica. Comte de Paris' Histoiit or the Civil Was
lv America, vol. '-i, p. Ib7.
gun tip. but before he could take aim Por
ter's miteket had covered him, and hu was
emphatically and brielly warned that any
movement would forfeit his life. The third
guard in the back yard was at once over
powered ami knocked down, though not
seriously injured, and in a moment tho
victory was completely won in this quar
ter. It was time, for matters had not
gone as well in the front yard.
Knight and Brown went down the
stairway as softly as cats, but the passage
behind them was filled for a little time
with those who were to make the attack
nt the back door, which left them without
support, two men against four, and the
latter armed. But they did not for a mo-
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By WILLIAM PITTENGER,
A 3inSiBF.lt or TDD EXPEDITION-.
Copyrishteil, ISs.:. by War Publishing Co.. N. T.,
and (uMi.-In.-U by arrangement with them.
iC'oniin lied from latljineek.)
CHAPTER XXV
THE ATTEMPT.
Th last night that we ever spent to
gether was a very quiet one. We snug
but little only the usual number of
hymns in our worship. But we talked
late and thoughtfully. We were never all
to meet attain in this world, and the sha
dow of the separation was already upon
ns.
The next day was long and tedious.
All our tiMial exercises had lost their zest,
and we could do little but discuss in low
tones the coming effort. We would not
risk an attack in the morning, for that
would have given our enemies all day to
search for lis. It was far better to wait
for evening, even if the day teemed well
nigh endless. Slowly the sun rose up,
reached the meridian ami disappeared be
hind the jail. We watched the shadow
slowly moving up the hill opposite our
window till it had well nigh reached the
line on the summit that usually marked
our Mipj.-cr time. The hour wjis come!
We hiiimk hands with a strong, lingering
clasp, for we knew not how many of us
might lo cold in death before the star?,
came out. C'apt. Fry, who was tender
hearted as a child, wept at the parting.
He had two coats, and as he had imme
diate use for one only he loaned the other
tome. It was a wonderful boon, for I
was nearly destitute of clothing. Every
thing that we felt ought to be taken wo
secured about us, so as not to bo in the
way of the comingstruggle. Wostill had
on hand a lot of books belonging to Rev.
George MacDoncll, vv ho had sent them in
not, long lwfore. We had not dared to re
turn them for fear of mousing suspicion,
and I carefully piled them in the corner
and wrote him a note thanking him for
the use of them.
At length the noise of shuffling feet and
the voices of the colored women who
carried in our provision was heard in the
hall a sound always welcome, for we
were hungry enough to make the coming
of our miserable dinner a great went.
Tho door was unlocked only one was
kept fastened in the daytime now our
food was handed in and the door locked as
usual, white ihe company moved on to
give rations to the other prisoners.
Again we heard the :huflliug feet in the
hall as the waiters returned. For a mo
ment I felt a sharp, knifelike pane shoot
to my heart. So keen was it that I
thought for a moment that my physical
strength was about to fail iu 'this time
of sere need something that had never
happened or even been feared before, for
always in the presence of danger I had
possessed more than usual power. But iu
an instant it passed away, and I looked
about to see it all were at their post. A
glance was enough to show that there
would be no flinching. The men looked
pale, but their teeth were firmly set, and
they were leaning slightly forward like a
horse straining on the bridle. If there
was any fear it was that they would
strike even too soon. As for Capt. Fry,
whom I had seen weeping a few moments
before, he was perfectly calm and his face
wore a pleasant smile.
As the jailer unlocked and opened the
door for the bread pans to be passed out,
Fry stepped forward in such a manner
that it could not be closed, and said very
quietly as if it were the most natural
thing in the world:
"A pleasant evening, Mr. Turner." I
e had no thought of hurting the old
man if it could possibly be avoided, and
hoped to frighten him into surrendering
and giving up the keys without any alarm.
"Yes, rather pleasant." resjionded he,
in a dazed and bewildered manner. He
could not understand what Fry had come
out there for.
The action of the next few moments
was so quick and under such a fever of
excitement that accounts of both words
and deeds vary widely. I have reconciled
them as far as I can, not always follow
ing my own recollections when the pre
ponderance of evidence is strongly against
me.
"We arc going to take a little walk
this evening we are going out of here,"
continued Fry, standing close to him, and
looking in his eye to see the first symptom
of a motion. 1 was by his sideequallv
watchful. There was no fear of an alarm
being given by the colored women. They
were frightened nearly white, but were
our friends, and had enough of their wits
about them to remain silent.
Turner seemed undecided. "How about
the guards"' he said in a feeble tone. We
were nearly all in the entry now, for
there had been a slow, almost unconscious
edging forward, and half a dozen low,
quick voices answered, "We'll attend to
the guard, Mr. Turner."
"Well, you can go then." he said trem
bling, while his face seemed to grow even
whiter, for our looks were not pleasant.
"Well, give us the keys. then, and
you'll not be hurt." said Fry, while BufTum
reached out his hand to take them.
The action seemed to rouse Turner like
an electric spark. "You can't do that,"
he said, and then sprang back, and opened
his mouth in the cry, "Guar" when my
hand closed over his mouth aud stifled the
incipient alarm. It was scarcely fair, but
in a moment the three of us were upon
him. Fry had clasped him round the body
and arms in no gentle embrace. Buffum
liad wrested away his keys, and was off
like a shot and unlocked the doors as if his
life depended upon it. while my hand had
effectually stopped all noise, "lie bit my
finger with all his might, but the teeth
were not sharp enough to do any real
injury, and the other bands were gliding
down stairs.
Buffum unlocked all the doors easily till
he came to the last one, in which were the
four Union soldiers and the rebel deserter.
Xot one in the other rooms dared come
forth! But the deserter was intensely
anxious. He encouraged Buffum, saving,
"Don't hurry, it wiU come in a moment."
Finally it yielded, and the poor fellow
flung himself out like a shot from a can
non and was soon in the front of the flight,
hut the four others remained inside.
One of the points about which there is a
little difference of opinion among us is
whether the attack on the guard below
was not a few seconds too quick a most
natural error under the circumstances. If
all the doors could have been first un
locked, and aU who were willing to go
have been ready, the jailer bound and
gagged, and the whole number, led bv
those who had been appointed for the
work, had burst upon the guard together,
it is possible that the victory would have
been more decisive and the number of es
capes larger. But Knight thought, as he
was gliding cautiously down the stair
way, that there was a movement in the
group of guards bv the front. mf ni.n.
ing alarm. In this case the attack eonld
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meat hesitate, though the guards were,
unfortunately, not near the door. Knight
darted on the nearest, who was by the
fence, and a he was bringing the gun
down to a charge. Knight seized it with
his left hand and struck its owner so pow
erfully with his right that the guu was
instantly released. Brown had dealt with
another in an effective manner, and re-enforcements
for the prisoners were now
coming; but two other guards, who were
close to the gate, instead of standing their
ground, ran out and raised a great outcry.
Wil-011. Doisey and others threw some
loo-e bricks, which happened to be handy,
after them, and prepared to charge out
through the .r.tte. when Knight heard the
running of the reserve guard up the road,
and, Hinging away his musket, gave the
word, "Bovs, we've got to get out of
this;" then, hurrying through the hall
and down to the lower corner of the yard,
was in a moment to the top of the fence,
being the first over, but was closely fol
lowed by the others. The fence was" nine
or ten feet high and was no slight obsta
cle, but it was soon passed and then fol
lowed a most desperate and exciting
chase.
All of this took but a moment. The
negro waiters had kept perfectly quiet,
looking on the proceedings with the great
est interest, and only beginning to scream
when the noise outside convinced them
that they might as well contribute their
share. Buffum had just succeeded in
opening the last door, and flinging it wide
with an impatient "There, now," when
the thrilling outcry from below warned
him that his own departure must be no
longer delayed. Fry and myself hud been
engaged in securing the jailer, who, though
old, was powerful, and fought vigorously,
but had not finished when we were warned
by the uproar that all thought of a quiet
departure was at an end, and that there 1
was 110 longer a motive in holding 011 to i
Turner. We all rushed down stairs asbe-t
we could, well knowing that we would t
now be last in the flight, which was not
the post of safety. The deserter passed
us all like a tiger ou the leap I never saw
such speed in a narrow place and getting
to the back door found two guards await
ing him with bayonets at the charge. He
seized one in each hand, cutting himself
severely, but flinging them aside so forci
bly that the men were very neatly over
thrown, and then with the same swiftness '
continued over the fence and on to the
woods, soon being in advance of all the '
fugitives. 1 learned that he escaped to
Washington, but months after returning
south secretly to visit his family, was cap- ,
tared, recognized and hanged. 1
Buffum followed after him and got over 1
the fence with ditliculty. but though a
very brave man and a hard fighter, he !
was a poor runner. One Confederate,
who was quit" swift footed, kept right j
after him, gaining considerably and
threatening to shoot him if he did not
stop. To this Buffum paid no attention,
for a running man has an unsteady hand
and no certain aim, but he soon stopped
because of exhaustion, just as the man
overtook him. Now Buffum thought it
the right time to try his "Yankee "wit;"
so he threw himself down and said: "I
i;m so done out that I can go no further;
you run on and catch that Yellow," point
ing to a fugitive running .1 short distance
ahead. But the man saw the design, and
with a great oath declared that he had
him now and meant to keep him. Poor
Buffum was allowed a very brief time to
rest, and then was marched back again to
the prison. I have scarcely a doubt that
if he had not waited to unlock t Iih doors
my inexpressible surprise found that they
had not gone out of their room at all I
They said that there was too much risk
in it that it would not be possible for
any one to get off.
Parrott and Peddick were captured in
side the prison yard and Buffum outside.
Bensinger, who had been so gallant in the
struggle in the jailyard, had a fearful ex
perience afterward. After the first race
for the woods he was discovered by some
1 men with dogs. For some three hours
they pressed him sorely. He could get
out of sight of the men, but the hounds
clung to his trail, like bloodhounds as
they were! When wearied almost to
death, he found a stream of water, and
by running for a long distance in that,
was able at last to get away from them.
But he was utterly exhausted in this long
and critical clmse. and, being alone, was
in no lit condition for the terrible journey
that lay before him.
The next evening he went to the negro
quarters on a plantation and was received !
by the slaves with the sympathy they ,
were always prepared to extend to fugi- I
fives. But the planter also saw his ap
proach, aud, coming unawares upon Ben
smger, revolver in hand, forced his sur- j
render. A messenger sent to Atlanta '
brought a company of cavalry very
promptly, and we had the melancholy
pleasure of welcoming back our comrade.
Mason was brought in shortly after, and
the account stands: Six recaptured, and
eight of our own part-, with two others
Capt. Fry and the deserter escaped. 1
This was a better result than we had any
good right to anticipate, when pluuuiug
the attempt.
The most lamentable part of the story
was the case of Barlow, a young East
Tennessee soldier, who alone attempted to
go with us. He was only 18, but brave
and very amiable. No harm came to him j
-in the light, but in jumping down from '
the fence he broke his leg just alwve the
ankle, and was dragged back to his cell in !
a very rough manner. No attention was !
paid to him till the next morning, and
very little then. He died from the injury,
after enduring great suffering.
Diiatr 01 tue nine.
During I he day we hid. but some men caused
m to chancy our position once or twice to avoid
them, the second njght we also made but little
progress on account of Mason's sickness, and
after hiding alt day again, we still found him no
better. We held a consultation. Mason urging
ns to leave him to his foto and save ourselves.
But we decided not to learo him in the woods, at
anv rate.
We selected a houe that was on a little cross
road between two main roads, about a mile
apart, and with woods near. So lirown and I
went to the house and asked for lodging, telling
the man that ono of our uuniler was sick. Bo
did not wish to keep us. but we told him we were
going to stay, as we could go no further. lie
yielded and gave us our supper. Mason was put
to bed, aud vre staid up with him part of the
night, and then went to bed ourselves and had a
good sleep. Wo bad not yet determined what to
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Rata we num uttc an itie nre wts muum, anc
halloas loud as we pleased without danger. U
did look as if the hril One would hare quite a
tasK to Unci us here. Then he gavo us counter
signs and promised to corac again, and left us to
enjoy our good fortune alone. We began to eat
the provisions brought along, and continued till
it was nearly gon VW would eat and lie down,
but get hungry again before going to sleep and
eat (Ome more. Finally we quit l'st our friend
should not come buck in time: but he did, and
brought plrnty of food with him.
For five ilays we were fed and rested in this
safe retreat: then our kind friend took us down
again 10 the rirer and gave us a guide whom we
followed over tho mountains. After a long time
I noticed a light in the woods and that he was
making for it. There we found an old house
standing alone and surrounded by tho forests.
When we got to the door my guide opened it.
aud to my surprise it v. as full of men. They told
us to come in, for we wcro jjiong friends. We
had a good Immltdiake all aroeml, and then onu
old man asked iw if we lud anynioaey W told
him v.v liad not. He said that our looks showed
tiiat we had no clothes, and turning to the com
pany he said, "We nn:--t ct them elothcH and
no:iev. for men cannot t.avcl without them."
V.V . ere taken to a liarn an.l kept till tho nest
lit. and were then given 11 suit of clothes t'his
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do, but wo ate our breakfast in a back kitchen,
and then went Into the large houne to get our
hats. Just then three men walked In. Ther
talked a littlu time about :i;e weather anil
tho war, and we began t j -dge toward the door.
They asked us if we find not broken jail in At
1 lanta. We told them that we liad. Then thev
advised us to surrender, saying that the fen ie-"
and roads were all guarded, ami tiiat part of our
comrades liad been shot down in the woods, and
that they had come to take us. Hmvvn said: "Xo,
v.e won't; now yous-eif, we do." We jumped
out of the hack door and made for the neighbor
ing wood, jumping the fence and running like
tvodeer. They ran out at the front door and
lyund th: end of the house, calling, "Halt, halt:"
t but we did not halt. Wo had no choice v"tto
ul'audon Mason, who was taken back to AcuSu j J
tie: same day. We undertook to cut across the
road to get ill behind them, as we feared to crosa
, the open plantation; but k failed and
; had to take the risk. Tho old fellow with
. whom ve had stayed turned his hounds loose
aud put them on our trail. We liad a big hill to
' go d iv. 11 and then one to go up lx'fore we could
' ii:ili M.e wood; Wrt nut in our lwf. lielrc nml
I could lie-tr the hounds coming their best. We got
j dou 11 the hill and across the llat, and were climb
, tug the hi!', when we saw that the hounds were
I iib.iut to overtake us, end we prepared for liattle
1 by slopping 111 a stony place and getting a pile of j
i rocks ready We waited for them to come close I
uo, anl 10 k them at short range. V.V rolled .
them doun thi lull, and then, ns the southerners !
, used tosiy aftera ba tie: ",Ve won the victory, j
; but we evacuated the ground:" for by this time.
, e could s-e our three callers coming around tliu ;
I 10 id near by, on horseiiael:, to get ahead of us.
' We got to the woimIs ils s.mii .is Msihlc, and
i u hen w e were out of sfoht changed our course so
j .. t sit awav from the horsemen. They got
p-.rl of their hounds rallied s,, that they would
' u, 1 w along and howl on our tra-k. but thev
i :ilil tint Ik ma I 1o elos,' up on usau more, j
Vtierawhile 1.011M see these horsemen head- 1
lag us oil ugain and then we would nit in an- I
! liierd.reetioii. and the hounds would give them
our course again, bout noon wc came to a small j
. Vr:mi of water We iihni'-ed into that, nml I
, would stoop down and take up our hands full of j river, dov
water and drink as we ran. We kept in theled 1 j,..,!.!.,,, .,
of that stream tor a couple of hours, and then the V 1 '1
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1 Union amiv) and SlOcueh, and a guide who was attempting to whisper to Mr
' This pkiced us acns.s tho Tenueisee river,
i when we were sent uith instructions from one
house to another.
This was comparativ Iy easy traveling, and
, ue passed rapidly and safely on till wo reached
our own lines. Wo had sjieut forty-seven days
and nights passing over some of the roughest
j country that ever laid out of doors!
; The rough and simple language of this
k?tch covers a truly heroic achievement.
! The devotion to their sick comrade, who
! was, iu spite of all, returned to us in
1 orison, and gave an account of their ud
; ventures that far, led to their singular
I battle with the hounds anil the still more
!.jrrible race iu which they escaped from
l.ursenien and dogs.
'What- did you charge that man? '
hint 250.
Said he: ''Lainon, that is all wrong.
The service was not worth that sum;
give him back at least half of it.'"
I protested that the fee was fixed in ad
vance: that Scott was perfectly satisfied,
aud hail so expressed himself.
"That may In?," retorted Lincoln, with
a look of distress and of undisguised dis
pleasure: "but I am not satisfied. This
:s positively wrong. Go, call him back
ati'l return half tho money at leust, or 1
will not receive one cent ot it for my
Mime."
I did go, and Scott was astonished when
I handed back half the fee. This conver
sation had attracted the attention of the
lawyers aud the court. Judge David
Davis, then on our circuit bench, called
Mr. Lincoln to him. The judge never
could whisper, but In this instance he
probably did his best. At all events, in
Lincoln ho
trumpeted his rebuke in about these
I worus, and in rasping toues that could be
' heard ull over the court room: "Lincoln,
I have been watching you and Lainon.
You nre impoverishing this bar by your
j picayune charges of fees, and the lawyers
j have reason to complain of you. You" are
! now utmost as poor as Lazarus, and if
you don't make people pay you rnote for
your services you will die as poor as Job's
turkey:"
Judge O. L. Davis, the leading lawyer
in that part of the state, promptly ap
plauded this malediction from the bench,
but Mr. Lincoln was immovable. "That
money," said he, "comes out of the pocket
i of a poor demented girl, and I would
rather starve than to swindle her in this
. nuiuner."
That evening the lawyers got together
I and tried Mr. Lincoln before a moot tri
1 bunal called "The Ogmathorinl Court."
He was found guilty and fined for hi
awful crime against the pockets of hist
brethren of the bar. The fine he paid with
great good humor, and then he kept the
j crowd of lawyers iu uproarious laughter
t until after midnight. He persisted in his
I revolt, however, declaring that with his
, consent hU firm whoultl never during it-
j life, or after its dissolution, deserve the
! reputation enjoyed by those shining light-
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l'LICHT TO -llin WOODS.
Trout the window where I was I had a
good view of the proceedings below. In
a .short time ull the force of the place, in
cluding a regiment of cavalry, was drawn
up iu trout of the jail. I heard Col. Lee
directing the pursuit. He was in a tower
ing passion, and shouted out his orders in
a very angry tone. Said he: "Don't take
one of the villainsalive. Shoot them down
aud let them lie in the woods." He
ordered pickets to be placed at the ferries
of the Chattahoochee, along the railroads
and at all cross roads. I was glad to hear
such arrangements', for these were the
very places we had agreed to avoid!
All ninht long the guard talked over
i heir adventures. There was a hammock
belonging to one of the prisoners iu the
front room, and this he kindly permitted
me to occupy. It was suspended right be
fore the window, and 1 could hear and sec
much that was going on. The guards had
their reserve iiround a ramp tire close by,
and I could hear their discussion of their
parts iu the atFray. O'cncrally they
lauded their own bravery to the skies,
telling how they had served the prisoners
who had broken out upon them Occa
sionally one who had U-en present then
would suggest that it did not show ti great
ileal of bravery to let unarmed men snatch
their guns from them, but s;iCh hinted
slanders were alvvajs received with the
contempt they deserved, and the work of
self praise went on. One wondered at the
speed of the Yankees who had been kept
iu prison so lomr. Another, of a philo
sophical turn of iiiind. accounted for it by
saying that they had received so much
practice iu running nwn in all the battles
they had fought, that it was no wonder
they were lleet of foot' This sallv re
ceived prodigious applause!
This was a doleful night. As I heard
one after another of the guards tell how
he had shot one of the prisoners, how an
other had been wounded and had no doubt
crawled off somewhere to die. and speak
of the great preparation for the search, it
did seem very doubtful whether any
would survive.
CHAPTER XXVI.
.lorKXKYING TO THK UNION' MXLS.
The next mornimr the jailer out
me
he would have made good his own escape.
Capt. Fry and myself were close to
gether in going down the stairs, he being
a little in advance. At a glance he saw
there was no chance in the front yard
the way we had intended to take and at
once turned to the back door, which was
left open by the passage of the rebel de
serter. He got over the wall with little
effort, but finding himself chased as Buf
fum had been, he used a little strategy.
A good many shots were being fired in all
directions, and he suddenly threw up his
hands and fell flat. Those who were fol
lowing him passed on after unwounded
game, and when the way was clear he
arose and resumed his course. He was
seen again and had a most desperate
chase, but reached the shelter of the
friendly woods.
At no time in all my southern expe
rience did I find defective vision to be
such a dreadful misfortune as just now.
My eyes were easily dazzled bv a suddeu
increase of light, and as I came out of the
obscurity into the broad light, for some
seconds I could scarcely see nt all. In
this interval I was parted from Fry by
running to the front door according to
our original plan. There were two
frightened guards in the gate tossing tfceir
guns about and seeming not to know what
they should do. These were not danger
ous lookiug and I ran up to them for now
the power of seeing had come back: but
just as I was about darting out of the
gate I saw the stream of guards outside.
They called on me to surrender, but i
was not ready for that and hurried back
into tne yard. A sentinel tried to shoot
me at point blank range, but, fortu
nately, his gun failed to go off. I
got back into the jail aud now started
out tho back way the course I
should have taken at first. There were a
number of guards in the back yard by
this time, but in tho confusion I got
through them and to the top of the fence.
What was my dismay to see a considerable-
number of self possessed soldiers
outside waiting with lifted guns to shoot
any one whose head might appear above
the fence. I jumped very quickly down
on the inside. One hope yet remained. I
ran into the building and out at the front
door, thinking that now the front gate
might not be guarded, and that in this
least likely way I might slip through.
But it was vain; a large number of sol
diers were on the ground and they were
being carefully posted. I saw that the
first panic and all the advantages of sur
prise were over. I ran back into the jail
to try the back door once more, but a
sentinel was now standing at it and
several soldiers followed me into the
building. I did not care whether they
fired or not, for I now utterly despaired.
I went up the stairway, the guards not
molesting me, and looked out at the chase
which was continuing over the adjacent
It was a wild and exciting ?pectacle.
Company after company of soldiers came
not be delayed, and it was made with sur- 1 UD- Tu bells of the city were ringta
back in the room I had occupied with the
remainder ot my comrades. was much
amused when he told me that a man had
put his hand over his mouth and nearly
smothered him, but he added, with great
seeming satisfaction: "I bit his linger
terribly, and gave the rascal a mark he
will carry to his grave." However, he
had not bitten as severely as he supposed,
as I had received only a slight scratch
that healed in a week or two. I had
always l)een rather a favorite with him,
and he had no suspicion that I was the
guilty person, as his fright liad prevented
him from observing anything closely.
He spoke in strong complaint of the in
gratitude of our companions, saying that
he had been kind to them, and this was
the return he got for it. While we re
mained with him he watched more closely,
though he supposed he was flattering lis
by saying that he had no doubt the men
who had gone ofT were much worse than
we.
Some time in the forenoon several
officers came to see us in no mild humor,
and one roughly demanded the course our
boys intended to travel. I had no deli
cacy whatever about giving the informa
tion; I even took a good deal of pleasure
in telling him that they had said that
Atlanta was in the middle of what was
left of the Confederacy, and that they
were going to travel toward the outside!
The officer was so well satisfied with this
information that he asked no more uues
tions! But it was a herculean task upon which
our brave boys had entered, aud my state
ment to the marshal was literally correct,
though it could be of little use to him. I
cannot look back upon what they did
withont thinking that in dangers en
countered and obstacles overcome, the
proudest exploits of Livingstone or Stanlev
vere not superior.
A whole volume would be required for
the adventures in detail of these different
parties, but some brief account seems
needful for the completeness of our storv
The different narratives have been fur
nished me for publication by the parties
themselves, or are condensed and revised
from accounts published by them, some
very near the time of the return of tho
fugitives. The story in each case was of
such extraordinary character that local
newspapers were glad of the privilege of
laying it lefore their readers. These
different accounts have lieen carefully
jAitcit, jinn any paragraphs which
have only passing or local interest have
been omitted.
The first story is that of our engineers,
and is furnished by Knight, with a few
additional items by his companion, Brown.
Ihey were the foremost of the whole party
in the run for the woods, as thev had been
in attacking the guard. Knight says:
We started for the woods that were about a
mile distant. We ran through gardens or any
thing else that came in the way, kicking tho
pickets off several garden fences as the easiest
way to get over them. To say we were tired out
when we reached the woods does not half express
our condition. Tho woods was but narrow, and
we only stopped there long enough to catch our
wind, and then pressed on again. Mason, Dorsey
and Hawkins were now with us. Wo next en
tered a, big field. In the middle of which was a
deep ravine with brush grown up in it. Hera
rcscMtna toot pur beanngt, and then traveled
hto t, JOTv.10 ick,but we worked
JUlJiJj '"?; then through tt night we
moTd along glowly, eeerettng ouiwlTei a good
hounds lost track of ii. Soon after we reached
Slon mountain, alwut eighteen miles east of At
l.mta. and went on the north side of it and con
ivahil ourselves in the grass till dark, when we
pieki-d o'it the north star and traveled bv it.
K-r twenty days we traveled by night and
hid by dav. K.ich day. for several davs. wo
could see them atler us. tometiuu-s v-.itli dog's.
lorsid.ivs after we left Mason we w ere with
out a bite to -st save-what the woods furnished,
s :e'i as nuts. bark, buds, etc. On the seventh
d::. w.-were going along a littlestream that lud
willows on lioth sides, and which ran through a
field we wished to cross, ns there wt ic mountains
ou the other side, and we thought we could git
tmtiirslo and!' trawling ia the dav time.
We Ind great ge.d fortune here, for we" found
two cars of corn on the Kuik and it dock of gees..
in the creek, one of w inch w e captured bv means
of th corn, and then getting Into the mountains
wc commenced to pick ,.ur i--se. If am-lx-d-,-t-vcr
pici:nl a goo,- without M-alditig. thev know
what kind of a job we had' When we gott:rcd
vw took each a leg and pulled it in two' then we
went along eating our ran goj-c. taking first a
li.te ot it, then ot corn. That goose lasted several
davs!
Ou the tenth day we reached the Chattahoo
chee river. Theic was a rail fence alongside of
t!ie woods, and we took two large raiK. crossed
them near one end. lashed them fast with bark,
ami putting our clothes on the high-st end, we
noaic,! at i ne oilier nil wegot ncro Wetookn
good sleep in the thick cane break on the other
mie.
The next eening we came to a drove of small
tii:, and began to figure for one. Kin.dy I stood
bemud ii tn-e with u club; Uiown bit off little
jii.Mss. ot apple jchI pitched to the pu;s: and soon
one little f. How- commenced to pick up the pieces:
tle-u Kimvmi kept working backward till he l Kissed
the tree where I stood, mid when the pig follow'
up 1 shot him with my stick' Previous to this wJ
louud un lion strap that had fastened a shovel to
its handle, and one pint of it had b"en worn th'a
This was Mihlnil tip a hi tie on a stone and it made
uverv rood butcher kuite. We split tho pig end
with each a hall ran up tho side of the mountain
mi. I wailed till dark lor a wonderful feast' Ue
could s-eover the farm when- t here w as a tire
burning out iu a back field, mid we went there
and ronted pig most or th night. Then we had
one nf liios.' feasts you read about' Th.-t pi
lasted us till we struck th- Hiv.ass..,. i ,ver ia the
comer of North Carolina. Here we had thought
wccjiiM run a boat down by night and hide iu
the d& time. Hut when we saw the liver wc
ch-iugcd ottr mind, for it was a swift stream, full
of great rocks, when we could not have run a
ennoe by dav icrht. lint v.e tried to cross, npd
each picked out a ro k that we intended to reach.
I plunged in and missed m rock, as, the current
swept my teet away while 1 tried to put mv hands
on it 1 looked to see what had become of Brow u
utter 1 had got ou a tl.it stone much further down
Ih" river than I intended He was hitting on a
sto:i laughing at me, though 1 did not see where
the laugh came in He asked mo to wait and .see
if he could get that tar down! lie started, cud
landed far !elovv me, and did not feel so much
like laughing
Hut tne tug of war came when wo were on h
other side, for now we Lad to cross the moun
tains which we had been traveling lengthwise be
fore mountains "it took tvv o men and a loy to see
to tn top or it "' It W& so rough that vie were
four dav s going eight miles.
In a "deep itiuuiitaiu valley beside a river wo
met two men armed to the teeth. Wenllstopped
as if we had been shoV, but quieklv moved on
again. We simply spoke u-nen we met, and all
seemed glad to get by without anything more to
do with each other. Soon we came to a sninll 1oi
the door of w Inch wan fast. Wewaitedav
MARS WOOD M. r. HAWKINS.
J. A. PORTEH.
J. A. WILSON'. I). A. 00R3EY.
A FEW OK THE IM'APEI) RAIDERS.
The eight men who got away from the
immediate vicinity of the prison traveled
in couples, talcing different routes and
'Meeting with a reitt vm-iety of stirring
advent ures. Porttr and Wollam went
westward and reached the Tennessee
vvn which they lloated in a boat.
land circuit tn avoid mussel
shoals, till they reached Corinth, in Mis
sissippi, on the 18th of November, having
To l'i event Collisions.
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patches to passengers In the train, and
enables the roadmaster to ascertain at
any time whether the track is clear with
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A Woman's Discovery.
"Another wonderful discovery has
been a month and two davs on their peril- j been made and that too by a woman in
this county. Disease fastened its clutch-
es upon ner tiuil rr seven years she
withstood its severest tests, but her
vital organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed iucessantlv and could not
sleep. She bought of us a bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption
mid vas so much relieved on taking first
dose that the slept all night and with
ono bottle has been miraculously cured.
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus
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us routes
Uorsev i'lid Hawkins pursued a route
similar in general direction to the last,
but keeping a little further west. They
were entangled in the outposts of Bragg.
army, tin. it on its retreat from Kentucky,
and very narrowly escaped capture. They
also were gieatlv helped bv the Union
people of East Tennessee, and without such
probably have died with
hunj-er in the mountains. They
lie others were received by their
as men risen
cabin.
tff fife
I f ;f
r-4)1i8&-
aid would very
cold and
and all i
iuiiiv comrades and relative
from the dc.ul.
Hut the mo.s: surprising and longest but
easiest route was that taken by Wood and
Wilson. The former was so sick that it is
not probable he could in auy other way
have been saved at all. They struck south
west till they encountered the Chatta
hoochee river, when, seizing a boat, they
paddled down the stream night after night,
hiding by day, till they reached the d'ulf
of .Mexico, when they stood lioldly out to
sea in their frail craft and were fortunate
enough to find cur blockading fleet. Of
their emotions on once more beholding the
old flag it is useless to speak: all who were
prisoners during the war will understand
it, aud no others can! They reached Key
West Nov. lv and were the first of the
party to send home a full account of their
adventures, which is still on Hie in the
war department.
A few words will finish the story of the
six of us who were so unfortunate as to
be recaptured We expected nothing less
than intiitit death; but instead ot that
we wor." taken to the Atlanta barracks,
then under charge of an oflicer who hud
been in the regular United States army,
from whom we received more humane
treatment than iiad been before accorded
us within the limits of the Confederacy.
Here we remained tv.o months, and were
then forwarded to Hichmond, Va. Wo
spent only about two hours in Libby
prison, but were more than three months
in Castle Thunder, whero our sufferings
were often very great. Food was but
little aiiove the starvation point. Xo
clothes were given us by the Confederacy,
and we were almost naked. Many died
around us, and iu the very rooms with
us. of smallpox nnd other deadly diseases,
but our lives were strangely preservedj
though several uf our numberWere very
sick. Wo never were called on to face
tuother court martial. There was much
talk of exchange, but our hopes iu that
direction were so often disappointed that
we almost ceased to hope.
At length, on the 17th of March, 18C-1,
we received the joyful tidings thnt a spe
cial political exchange had lieen con
cluded, which, by the insistance of Secre
tary Stanton, had been made to include
us. Xo words can describe our joy when
we at last found that it was actually true,
and that our year of horror was over ami
we oure more under the old Hag.
(To lie Continued.)
The thorns comw forth with the point
forward.
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r.KOW.V AND KXIGHT CAPTURING A PIG.
Ion-time to see if nuylwdy came, and as none
did, vv e concluded to inve-tiKate it. Brown stood
imrd, ntid i climbed down the wide outsido
cmiiuiev and found nothing inside but tvvocnra
or corn. I went up the ladder and there was a
bed all made up ready for a person to get iu. I
turned dovi n the covers nnd found a ritle and all
the furniture hut ponder; and as there was none
of that I did not care to take it. Hut I carried
the two ears of corn out of the chiiniiev witn mo.
There was fire in some of tho Mumps on the
mountains and we roasted the corn, and that was
our biipier. We went down the liver n little fur
ther ami camped Tor the night.
Tho next morning wo continued down tho
river, making jcok1 promts, for now the trail
....-. ir-iH-i . urn buuueiiiy. aroiiuu a sharp bend
wocanio ton lar-xo house with two incniiittini
on tl.e porch. We concluded to go up to thein
anaasfcnow Tar it was to Cleveland, and niavbe
w e could Ret something to eat. When we finiled
and asked, one of the men came down to us and
told us it was ixty miles. Then we asked for
some dinner, telling him that we were sick sol
iliers. lie said we could have some dinner, but
ror his part he was oppo-ed to tho war. We were
too:
. We got to some water and some soap, which
unproved our npiiearance a good deal, nnd flnall v
dinner was ready. There wore two ladies, one
old and the other youtip. The old ladv was ono
of the kind that do a pood deal of thinking and
bay jiibt v i hat they think. After we were Tlown
nt the table, fche said s-he wished the Yankees
would j;ct there, so that they could cct some Lin
coln coffee. Then I said that I wished so. too
Then she accused us directly of beimr Yankees
ourselves and as we concluded that those two
nen could not arrest us anyway, we said that we
'HU,0U. soldiers, and belonged to tho party
called "engine thieves." They had all hcardo
mat raid, and now main no .i..i.... ! ... ..
They invited lis to stay a week and rest up. We
T i"'" lLw? i?uld K8'" somewhere!
They told us that they could hide us where the
first great reliel" could not find us. I told them
. r ju-i. "uric i un;eil 10 go:
e had a good time, being kept in the back
room during the afternoon. Tfcj-y put a laree
dog out on picket, nnd we told them army stories
and sung songs till dark. Finally the dog barked
easj , as the dog s master was coming. Thev told
oim fte"iu,d !n l!?e room, and he
came in and took us by the hands, and laughed
and cried, and told us some hard tales about his
T?-ln,pnsoned.bfca,use he was r the Union.
foWno?'.!ittUid at we should stay for a
i ?ia,7 A lar,te bket of 5rub ww prepared,
and their boy, pretending to & going cion hunt-
!! nia,de Tffr a ,a??? -toreh- We were to fol
low a short distance behind, with quilts and pro
visions. We first went down the riverfand &
turned up the mountain and went up. up . til II
thought we would never get to the ton We
turned into another ravine and again went ut
up till we came to a solid wall acroS our ravine
&kcd,s',i2?,.toPof the niountain had slid
down and barred the passage. Our guide turm
down and showed us a hole big enough to crawl
n He entered with his torch and wi followed
Thera wU KOod si4 rom u the oart. iae c
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Oil. n Ji.llj old place i-, grandpa's barn.
V. ii-'iv the doors stand open throughout thetlay.
Aud the cooing doves lly in and out,
Aud the air is sweet with fragrant hay.
Where the grain lies over the slippery floor.
And the hens aro busily looking around.
And the6iinloniiiri dicker, uow here, now there.
And the bieee blows through "with a merry
sound.
The swallows '.u itttr iiinl chirp all day.
With tlutteriiig wings in the old brown eaves.
And the robins sing in the trees which lean
To brush t he roof w ith their rustling leaves.
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A llranch r Legal Practice Which He
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degree, hi-, acknowledged superior. One
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fairly under way ns a lawyer, was to
charge well for legal bcrvices a branch
of the practice that Mr. Lincoln never
could learn. Jn fact, tho lawyers of the
circuit often complained that his fees
were not at all commensurate with the
service rendered. He at length left that
branch of the business wholly to me; and
to my tender mercy clients were turned
over to be slaughtered according to my
popular and more advanced ideas of tho
dignity of our profession. This soon led
to serious and shocking embarrassment.
Early in our practice a gentleman
named Scott placed in my hands a case of
some importance. Ho had a demented
bister who possessed property to the
amount of $10,000, mostly in cash. A
conservator, as he was called, had been
appointed to take charge of the estate,
and we were employed to resist a motion
to remove the conservator. A designing
adventurer had become acquainted with
,the girl, knowing that she had money,
and sought to marry her hence the mo
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before we entered upon the case, insisted
that I should fix the amcnintof tho fee. I
told him that it would be $2.10, adding,
however, that he had betterwait; it might
not give us much trouble, nnd in that
event a lesser amount would do. He
agreed at once to pay $2o0, as he expected
a hard contest over the motion. The case
was tried inside of twenty minutes. Our
success was complete. Scott was satisfied,
aud cheerfully paid over the money Inside
the bar, Mr. Lincoln looking on. Scott
then went out and Mx. Lincoln asked:
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The I.nabcrmau neeI- li in ojw f -c l
The IIousevvi"enc(llt f r tmeralf isiltr -
The Cnnnler needs it frrhwte'innaati .u t.-s
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and tils stock yard
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It In liberal supply att.jat and aiflor
Tho Hcrse-fimclpr ned it .- i -
friend and safer reliance.
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ta'uai -"f loi'... r.te! a worMtf "
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employees- Accidents will happen. ;
these come the Mustang LlEiinent a vvante-1 i
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