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1C THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MAY 31 , -SIXTEEN PAGES. /Y\ Having determined not to move any of our goods irom our present location to our new quarters , we have decided to slaughter every dollar's worth of goods in our establishment without regard to iormcr price or cost. EARLY IF YOU WISH BARGAINS. Woven Wire Spring $1.25 ; worth . . Cane Chairs 50c ; worth $1.25 Wash Stands 50c ; worth $1.25 Rockers 95c ; worth $2.50 Bedsteads $1.00 ; worth $3.00 8-Day Clocks $2.75'worth ; $7.50 Decorated Lamps 2.50 ; worth 7.50 Oak Rockers 2.00 ; worth 6.50 Pictures 3.00 ; worth 8.50 Pictures 1.00 ; worth 2.50 Ingrain Carpets ; 12c ; worth 35c Matting I5c ; worth 35c Brussels Carpets 55c ; worth $1.10 Folding Tables ; 70c ; worth 1.50 Baby Carriages $6.00 ; worth 12.00 Wash Boards 12c ; worth 25c EVERYTH ING ST GO ! 613-615-617-619-621 North SixteenthstfeeV Between California and Webster MEXICO AND THE MEXICANS , A. Look at Our Sister Republic and Its Curious People. AZTECS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A Lin ml of Perpotun.1 Sunshine With KOSCH and StrinvhcrrlcH the Year Hound mid Var ied ItCfiOlll'CeS. ISOI liu Frank G. Cnrr > fnler.\ \ SIIAO , Mexico , May 20. [ Special Correspondence spondenco of Tun Bni ! . ] Ono hundred thou sand Americans will spend at least ono hun dred million dollars la Europe this year In sight-seeing. They will rush from ono part of the continent to the ether cairying a little America along with them and will have tholr two bundled thousand eyes worn out with picture galleries and cathedrals , and their two hundred thousand legs will limp from the effects of their tramp Their ono hundred thousand stomachs will bo turned lusido out ntloust twlco by thn billowy Atlantic , and their $100,000,000 , will bo largely spoilt In ills- comfort and "discontent. Kuropo they will find to b ; no longer a foreign country. The tourist has taken Its plcturosqucncss out of t , and the customs of its people are almost tlio sumo as ours. The most foreign country In Christendom can now bo reached In a Pullman - man sleeper , ami the only water that needs to bo crossed Is tlio ragged little river known as the Klo Grande. Mexico is a land of dif ferent civilisation from ours. Its people are a pcoplo In themselves , and I find it ono of the strangest countries of the world. It Is less known In guide book literature titan any country In Kuropo and it is a land of wonders and a continuously changing kallcdoscopo of Btrungo things nf both man and nature , Tiltth ) Knownol'.MexIco. Wo know very little of Mexico. Prescott pave us n picture of the country In the tlmo of the Monto/aunas. Passing travelers have written the Impressions that camu to them whllo looking out of express trams going at the rnto of forty miles nn hour , and wo have a hazy Idea of the republic as a sort of tall to the United States. The truth is that the country Is an empire In Itself , mid Just what sort of an empire and how much It Is worth , oven Its own citizens do not know. It Is sup posed that there are about cloven millions of people in the ropubllo , but they hava never been accurately counted , and the most of them are of a character and race about which the world knows nothing I'ho men known as Moxlcnns are the ruling class and these nro numbered by thousands instead of mil lions. Tbo people of Mexico nro tlio Aztecs , millions upon millions of whom hava not n drop f Kp.uilMi blood In them , and many of whom posioss no clement of nature In com mon \ > 1th Spaniard ) , tlio half luccds nr with their clvllUatlon Most of these Indians peak Spanish hut they have their own yonguoH as well an.t It Is xalu tlioro are nt boast ono hundred different dialects used by tl.otu In dllleiont parts of Mexico. In some larts of this countrv jou will find nothing tut thcso Indians , and Senator IIcurst , a | > enr or so ago , travelled over sonin oC the uncle districts of Mexico where ho was the ilrst white man the pcoplo had ever seen. They regarded him us a great curlosuv , car- rled him on their shoulders for miles uul : de lighted In doii.g him honor. The A/.leos of Mexico. The word Indian , Rives o proper Idea of the.so Atec * of the nineteenth century. T'IO. ' . nro nothing llko our Indians In appcnmnco or civilization. They are as advanced as the lowest classes of many narts of Kuroiw and bayo manners and a civilization peculiarly tholr own. They tmvo Shown themselves powlblo of great development , ar.d tome of the most striking Teen lu Mexican history have coma from them. Junrcs WAS an Indian ; Hidalgo was u ludlauj ami : ho president of Muxlco today , Scnor Diaz , has some Indian blood In his veins. The congress of Mexico is largely made up of the descendants ot the A/.tecs , and it is believed by many that the future possibilities of Mexico nro to como from this race. The pure Spaniards of Mexico are few , and they and the pcoplo of mixed Indian and Spanish blood make up , it is said , less than one-fourth of the whole population. Still , it is from them that the whole country lias been Judged In the past , and it remains to bo seen what the influence of uillroads and the consequent dovelODinont will have ou the masses. lUlniiiR anil Agricultural Resources. The best part of Mexico has not been pros pected ns yet by the miners. A mining engi neer , who has been traveling in tlio southern states of the country , tolls mo that the great mines of the future la ! In the south rather than In the north. Still the north has been worked for ages , mid gold and silver are turned out th-jro bv the millions of dollars' worth every year. Even the northern mining regions nro comparatively little known , and Colonel Bivms , a well known American minor who owns vnlhablo property In tha state of Guimhuuto , tells mo that ho has ob tained n concession for a Philadelphia syndi cate to some wonderfully rich but unknown gold territory on the western coast of the country. The agricultural resources of Mexico ice are as little known and hava been as Itttlo tested as its mines , and there is enough un- tllled land hero to feed the whole United States If it were cultivated. Just now coffco planting Is being largely undertaken and new sugar and coffee Holds are being planted in a number ol the states. The Area of the Ucpithliu. Amoiicans know but little of the Mexico of the present. They would consider it un evi dence of ignorance if a Mexican had never heard of the nuino of any ono of the United States , but ninoty-nino Americans out ol one hundred cannot name without looking at the geography live of the twenty-seven states \\hich nuiku ui ) this great republic , and the majority of thorn look upon the whole country as nbout as largo ns one of our medium sued states , The fact Is Mexico is one-fifth as largo as the United States including Alaska and It is six times ns big as lircnt Britain. It is moro than three times as largo us Ger many , and you could lese three countries as big as Franco Insldo of U. Aeioss the lop of it , whcio.so n great horn , it is fastened to the United Stales , ttlsuslongas Indianapolis Is distant from New York City , and a line drawn from the root of the horn at California catncornorcd across Its tip at Cluatcmala , would bo as long as the dlstanco from Now York to Denver. This horn is about ono hundred and fifty miles wide nt the bottom or tip , and nbnut eight hundred miles wide nt Its roots where it Joins on to us. In Its curve It embraces the Gulf of Mexico and the Paclllo ocean washes Its other side. It is not a smooth horn bv any means. Great mountains lie all along Its top , and tnis top Is n vast rolling table land , the most of which Is n mlle above the sea. I had imagined this great Mexican plateau which runs from the north to the south throughout the entlro country , to bo Hut. It is roiling nnd is mndo up of desert wastes , rich valleys and of mountains which have for the past L'OO years been furnishing n great part of the gold and silver of the world , Imml of Perpetual SiinHhtno , Mexico Is a land of good sized cities. Its capital , which Is away at the southhas moro than three hundred thousand Inhabitants. Ciuadalnharn has UU.O''O , and there are a number of towns the names of which are practical ! ; , unknown to us , which have : . ' . " > , 000 111ul upwards. It Is n land of many climates. Along the coast you have the tropics with all of their rich vcgetation.thelr fruits , and also I learn their tigers and tarantulas. In the higher mountain region , It Is edit , but on the Mexican plateau you find the ideal cllmuto of tbo world. This plateau constitutes the greater part of Mexico ice , nnd this may ho railed the cltmato of Mexico Hero , the climiito Is the peifcctlon of a pleasant .hum In Ohio the yeur round. The uir U us pure as that which sweeps over Kgypt from tha desert in winter time , and south Italy and Greece can furnish no moro beautiful hides than those. I iin now moro than a mile nbovo tbo sea nnd this lithe level , not of n point on a mountain side , but a plateau upon which tno biggest nation of the continent , with the oxoapllon of Russia , could bo lost. There U perpetual nun- shine here , and the blue sides uro bluer than these of the United Status , The air Is so rare that tlio eye can see ninny miles further than with usmid U affects the nerves u though one was broathiu cbauipagno. Alarm Clocks 750 , worth $1,75 Silver-plated Knives and Forks $1.90 , worth 4,00 Silver-plated Castors 1,90 , worth 5,00 Wire Cots 1,50 , worth 3.00 Fine Bedsteads 4.50 , worth 9.00 Dinner Sets 9.50 , worth 20.00 Tea Sets 4.25 , worth 8.50 Lunch Baskets i2c , worth 300 Lounges 4,75 , worth 8.50 Cradles 1.25 , worth 3.00 Book Cases 3.00 , worth 6,00 Antique Stands 9oc , worth 2.50 Bureaus 8.00 , worth 15.00 Commodes 2.75 , worth 5,50 Plush Rockers 2.50 , worth 6.50 The skies nro closer to the earth here than at homo , the moon shines nt night with a greater brilliancy , anil the diamond-liko stars remind me of tlio luminous heavens which hang low at night over the Gulf of Slum. I hiivo been in Singapore , almost ou the equator , whcro the thermometer stands at about eighty the year round and where the air is always saturated with moisture. Hero I judge the thermometer averages about seventy , and the air is as dry and oxhilernt- ing as that of the equatorial Malacca is moist and enervating. Perennial Greenness. Think of a country whcro the crops crow in luxuriant greenness all the vcar. tVhoro the rose grows into trees and ( lowers bloom forever. I saw yesterday men harvesting crops in 0110 end of a Held , whllo other mon were planting the sumo crops at the other. Upon parts of this plateau strawberries nro ripe during ovory" week of the year , and everything scorns to grow at any time it is planted. The rule about Silao is two crops of wheat from the same ground a yo.ir , and I see that in harvesting the wheat is pulled root and nil from the ground , and this air and sun form the only manure. This part of the Mexican plateau U like a pardon. There is some irrigation , but in many places the crops grow without it , and I rode lor mlles yesterday through lands which wcro as rich as guano and us black as the rich soil that makes glad the valley of the Nile. The land ? along the coast are , I am told , oven richer than those uplands , and the beautiful valluy in which Mexico city is located is ono of the garden spots of the world. Mexico city is about seven thousand feet above the sea. My riJo of yesterday was nt an altitude of moro than tlvo thou sand feet above the level of the sea. The valley through which wo passed was lined on both bides with mountains , which , in the hazy distance , looked as though they Imd boon dusted with the frosty silver which Is so abundant within them , and ns wo rode on through the green , I pointed to thorn and asked ono of my Mexican fellow travelers what lay boyoud. Ho replied that on the ether side of the mountains there were other little valleys as rich as that through which wo were passing , anil the greater part of central Mnxico was made up of such country. Cuttlu and Cotton Grounds. The Mexican plateau is not , however , by any moans all green. There nro vast ( Inserts llko these of ArUona and Nevada , and in coining here throuch the cro.it stale of Chihuahua on the Mexican Central railroad I traveled for two days through a blinding bln/o of dusty sand , in which the only green thing was the cactus , which grows tucro in all its bounty and In all its ugliness. Thoio deserts are In some places fit for grazing , and Mexicans toll me that on thorn are to bo the creat caltlo-griulng grounds of the future. Vast tracts of thorn will bo roileomcd by irrigation , and thousands of acres have ul- ready bcon reclaimed. The land" when Irri gated makes splendid cotton ground , and ono tract produced a7,000 bales last year. A number of now companies are now being formed , and Americans are largely interested in them. The lowlands which Mono from the plateau down to the coast do not need Irrigation. They have an immense rulntall during thn rainy season , and vegetation grows as rank as that of the Jungles of India. How tlm People. Dres * . The whola of this country partakes of the orient. The moment you cross the Klo Orando you are in the lands of the romnntlo east rather than In the practical west. The air , the mcy and nature are these ol Pal- ostlno Ih spring-time , and the nrchltccturo reminds you now of Moorish Spain , and again of the mud huts of l.gypt. The ponpla are among the most picturesque on the globe. Hvurv man is a lit subject for it painting , and the American artist , Mr. Church , who has spent seven winters In Hg.vpt sketching , say.s ho llnds Mexico a much moro fortllo Held than the well worked countries of Kurnpo. As soon us 1 crossed the Hio Urando 1 s.fw at eyorv station lusty bilgand-liko mon with hnmUomO , dark faces shining out from great sombreros , the crowns of which came to a point n foot above their heads , and the brims of which Hocmod to bo a foot widu nil around. Tlieso hats were gorgeous In their silver and gold trimmings. Homo of them had rope's of silver around thorn almost as thick us jour wrist , and they formed onlv a part of the glittering costumes of these Mexican dudes. The clothes below them shone with silver buttons and braid. The pantaloons of some of the men were bid pod with silver buckles , whllo to the \\Mst of each , fustonou by a leather bolt tilled with cartridges , hung a big silver-mounted revolver. At many ot the stations uicu Urojscd lu thU manner would gallop up on horses as gorgeously app.irallod , and across the country wo saw now and then troops of gorgeous cavalry dashing over the Holds. The costumes of the common people were fully as picturesque , and both men and women presented rare bits of color and leminded us of the dance of the nations in a spectacular cxtravugan/n. The lower el issos nf the men of Mexico dross in cotton , but ti.oy wear blankets of nil the colors of the rainbow about their shoulders , and they drape thee around themselves in n way that adds dignity and grace to them. Many of these blankets are of red llannol and If you will take n blanket of this sort and throw It around your shoul ders and over your back some morning as you hot ) out of bed in your snow white paja mas , you will pot some idea of the Mexican peon. Your hair , however , must bo as black as the wing of the raven , you must stain your face with walnut Juice , and put ou your head one of these gorecous sombreros in a moro or loss dilapidated condition. You must got a picco of dirty bole leather so largo that your foot ( a'i stand in it and leave a half inch of space all around andtlo this to your feet with leather strips , first cracking your heels and blacking the soles of yo'ir feet until they look moro rough and tough than the leather itself. After you have done this you will present a faint caricature of the Aztec of 1801. You nro now , however , only the A toc at rest. The A.tec at worlc Is a different matter , and you will see him hero in as many different oc cupations ns are possessed by his brother in the land ot Egypt. Ho carries the heavy burdens - dons of the country upon his back. Ho lugs about Mexican beer in pig-skins as the Ben- galee water-carrier carries the water ho has for sale , and you see him In a hundred differ ent forms on every street and in every ono ho is a now picture. Ho iitty of tlio W.'inen. The women are as strauco as the men. though their plumage is less gay. These of the wealthier classes are dressed in black , and the crowd nt ono of the cathedrals looks as though n plague had struck the town anJ all the women were In mourning. In these Interior cities of Mexico the better-class women wear no hats , and their hcaos aio cither b.iro or covered with a black shawl , out of which their ollvo-complexlonod faces shine and their dark lustrous eyes look at sou witli a strungo wonder. Tburo is no greater bcautltlcr than black , and I believe these Mexican and Spanish women got a great part of their reputation for beauty from the clothes they wear. At first sight they appear hand- sonic , but a close examination results In the discovery that the most of them nro rather homnly than otherwise and that many are de cidedly ugly , i'ho Indian women are much prettier than their wealthier sisters. They have a striking beauty when under ago , but after thirty they grow old rapidly and hard work and poor food makes them wrinkled and old at thirty-lira. They are moro pictur esque than the hlghor classes , and their dross takes you again btiahito the oast. They often wear dark blue cottons and about their heads they drape a cotton * shawl or roboso so that only the upper half'of the face shows. Some of them wear brlgllt red skirts and white waists and many of them go barefooted and stop not to io-nrrango their clothes If more of the unklo shows tlinn our Ideas of etiquette allow. The eliildrcniof the A/.tocs are moro or loss naked -generally moro In the , back dlsti lets though even the poorest of these I have yet scon hava a short skirt to Itldo the upper parts of tholr bodies. The clothes of all are ns a nlla cleanlier than those of other people's in tlm HIIIIIO condition of pov erty , and the sclf-rcMioct which they pos sessed , when under Monlc/unia they were the most clvilt/od people on this continent , clings to them still , and many students of Mexican questions believe they are a people with a future. KIUNK G. noWUt'sUttlo Karly Riser ? ; best llttlo pills for dyspepsia , sour stomach , bad breath Hugh Cleek , n youn ? man now n resident of Albany , Ore. , booms to bo very much In tluibt whether ho is married or not. Kotno dayx nijo the Kosoburg papori publlnh d a notice of his maiTiago to Miss Joslo Clu > ton of that citv. which was copied by the Albany Herald. Thou young ( JU'o'.t went Into the Herald olllco and Indignantly denied that ho v > as married. Supposing ho ought to know , a correction was published. The next day the young man was led Into the olllcii by the ear.'llKuratlvely speaking , by an Irate sister- In-uiw , who proclaimed that the marriage did tuko place , and the young man admitted It was a fact. _ _ Use Halter's Sarsaparllla and Burdock , the great blood purifier. Ice Boxes $4.25 ; worth Gasoline Stoves 4.75 ; worth Extension Tables 3.75 ; worth Folding Beds 12.50 ; worth Parlor Suits 25.00 ; worth Springs 90c ; worth Cook Stoves 9.50 ; worth Chcffonicrs ; 7.00 ; worth Side Boards 14.00 ; worth Breakfast Tables 1.90 ; worth Children's Trundle Beds. . . 3.75 ; worth Lawn Settees 2.JO ; worth Toilet Sets 3.50 ; worth Center Tables 1.50 ; worth Wooden Pails 12c ; worth THE ANDREWS RAILROAD RAID A Thrilling Chapter of War History Ke- vivid nnd Retold. HONORED WITH A MONUMENT. An Outline of n Darin- ; Undertaking , the Ohjeots Sought , ( lie Capture of the Train , the Chase and the Expedition. It was eminently fitting that Memorial day should have been chosen for the unveiling and Chattanooga for the site , of a monument commemorative of ono of the most thrilling adventures and reckless daring in the annuls of the rebellion. The story of the Andrews railroad raid Into Georgia in IS'J-i forms a uniiiuo chanter in war history. It stands aiono in the dar ing of Its conception , the dcsixjrato reckless ness of the participants and the gigantic re sults sought to bo accomplished by a hand ful of men in the enemy's coun try. It was , as the Southern Con federacy dcnlarod nt the time , "tho deepest laid scheme , and on the grandoat scnlo , that ever emanated from the brain ot any number of Yankees combined. " By seine it Is likened to tlio Morgan raid Into Ohio n year later , but except in the fatal termina tion of botli there is no comparison. The Morgan raid was n thoroughly equipped , mounted nnd carefully arranged plan to di vert tlio forces menacing General Bragg In Tennessee nnd transfer hostilities to north ern soil. Djsplto the thoroughness of the equipment and the enthusiasm of officers and men , the gnllunttroopors rode into a trap and were virtually annihilated. Scarcely three hundred of the " ,003 composing the or iginal command reached the confederate lines. The Anurews raid was designed to destroy the bridges on the \Vostorn \ & At lantic railroad between Atlanta and Chatta nooga , thus checking the concentration of confederate troops at the latter point and enable the Union troops under General O. M. Mitchell to reach and fortify that important position. The twenty-two men comnoslng the band deponJed entirely on their wits for success. With arms concealed , each obilod to masquerade ns n southerner , nnd without any prospect of succor In event of prcnmturo discovery , n handful of bravo men plunged Into the heart of tlio confederacy and entered upon what proved to all a series of startling advcntuios. to some unparalleled pri vations and hardships , nnd to oth ers cruel and undeserved doath. The members of the expedition were : J. . [ . Andrews , a Kentiicktan , commnnder , Will iam Campbell , George Wilson , Marion Itoss , John W. bcott , Wilson W. Brown , William ICnlght , . ) . U. Potter , Martin .1 Hawki'is , Jacob I'arrot , Robert BulTum , William Hons- Ingor , Perry J. Shadrack , Samuel bluvims , Murk Wood , Samuel Hoblmon , J. S. Wilson , John William , D. A. Dor-ov , William Uod- dick , ! ' . . II. Mason nnd William Pittongor. All except Andrews were from Ohio troops , one from each company responding to n mil for volunteers lor " .special boivlco. " On the night of April 7 , lbW ( , dlvostcd of every trace of the army , tlio men loft their camps and moved by dllTorciit routes to a point near Hholbvvlllo , the appointed ren dezvous. The night win pitch dark. Haln foil in torrents. Occasional Hashes nf light ning pierced the gloom , only to Intensify th darkness. Amid such dismal and dtstrusslng surroundings , foioshaJowmg tlm stormy future , Amlroivs revealed to the party the purpose of the oxiwditlon The pirty was divided into squads of two , three and four nnd oidored to travel cast Into the Cumber land mount.Una , thun t-oiith to the Tun- nojsoo river. They were to hlmuliito Kentuckiuns going south to Oieupo the rule of the Yankees The destination of the party was Marietta. Gn , nnd tiuxo days nnd nights \\ero allowed the squads to tompleto the juurnoy The appointed city was reached without accident ou tuo opening of the lutn. aero during the night the work expected of each man was laid out. To avoid suspicion , tick ets to dillorcnt points north wcro purchased. Early Friday morning the party boarded the train bound for Chattanooga. It had the usual number of coaches nnd three closed box cars next to the engine. This circum stance was favorable to the raiders. They formed a group in ono car und resolutely awaited the moment for deci sive action , which was rapidly appro idling. At Big Shanty , the first station north of Marietta , the train stopped for breakfast. The events immediately following is best told by Pittcngcr , historian of the r.iid : "Now was our opportunity 1 * * * An drews quietly ato-io , and without turning His head toward ua stopped to the door with the crowd that win. pouring out. Engineer ICnlght rose also and wont with him. Thcso two got off nt the side nearest the camp nnd opposite the depot. They walked fonvard at nn oidinury pace until abreast the locomotive , which they saw at a glance to bo vacant. That was very good. Andrews walked a few stops tof unrdwitli ICnlght still at his side , until ho could see ahead of the onglno that tlio track was clear as far ns tlio curve n little way up the road which closed tlio viow. They then turned and walked back until Just In advance of the first baggage car , and behind the three empty freight cars , when Andrews said with < \ neil , "Uncouplo hoto and wait for mo. " Knigla drew out thu pin and laid It carefully on the drawbar. Andrews caino back to the door of our cur and .said In an or dinary tone , "Como on , boys , it is tlmo to go now.1 Our hearts gave n great bound nt the word , but wo rose quietly and followed him. Andrews glided forward swiftly , and ICnlght , seeing him coining , hur ried on before and jumped on the engine , where ho nt once cut the boll rope , nnd , hcl/- ing the throttle liar , stooil loaning forward with tense muscles and 03-0 fixed on the fneo of tbo loader , Brown and Wilson , the other engineer and fireman , took their post bcslilo ICnlglit on the engino. The rest of us scram bled into the rear box car. All this Union sentry was standing not a do/en feet from the engine quietly watching , as If this was the most oidinury proccedlng.and nnumborof ether solillurs wcro Idling hut a short dlstanco away. As the last man boarded thu train , Andrews gnvo the signal , quick ns Hash the valve was thrown open and the steam giant unchalnod but for an instant which seemed terribly long the locomotive seemed to stand still. Knight hud thrown the full power on , too suddenly , nnd the wheels slipped on the track , whirling with swift revolutions and the hiss nf escaping Btoam , before the Inertia of the ponderous machine could bo overcome. Hut this wnstin Instant only ; none of the soldiers had time to " rnlso their" muskets , trivo an alarm , or In- deoJ ici'ovor from thulr stupor before the wheels hit the rails and the tram shut away as if filed Irom a cnniu > n. " The raiders had now entered actively on thulr perilous undcrtnlting. A few mlles from the camp the engine camu to a stand still. The dampers of the engine box \\ore closed nt the station , forclnir down the steam. The dofoet was soon remedied. Mounwlillo the raiders busied themsolvoi placing ob structions on the track and cutting tele graph wires. Aekworth and Allntoonu woio passed \\lthoutarousiiigsusplclon. At Kings ton the Ilrst seilous iliniuulty was encoun tered. Tlm raiders wcro rimipolled to wait for n passenger train. The cool audacity nf Andrews , however , was equal to the onioriioncy. The cars were luadod with powder and wu * being him in 1 to the front in iespouse to orders from General Buauio- gard. An houi and n-half was wasted at this station , a ilula > that piovod fatal to the Hticcess of the expedition. The news of the capture of the train at Dig Shanty spread rapidly nnd prompt measures were taken to ovurtuno ( ho raiders. The latter were not piovliled with tools to tour up the track and the obstructions they made worn cnsi'y ' re moved by the pursuers. Aflur leaving Kingston the ruld i-i stopped and cut the wires Flies \\oio kindled under ovtry biidgo. Before the next Hint Ion um leached thohistlo oi the pur suing locomotive was heard. Paint and far off us It was it Hounded the doom ot the raid- ci-s Before thorn were unknown obstacles , behind n pursuing locon.otlvc. No wonder the ontlouk unnnrved them. The riit-'o for llfu now began In earnest. Adaltsvillu and Calhonn were passed ' vvittt but little dllllculty. Tbo urgunt necessity of Beau regard seeming ammunition ulin > ed fotrs and gnvo the raiders the right nf wa > All energies wcro now bent on reaching und burning the Oa tcimnoa brlugo The imr buers , turnover , wuro gaining tupidiiy Tuuir Ongino was in sight nnd the raiders cnuld only ih op n cnr on the bridge , in the hope that the pur.tilng engine nilglii be wrecked. Futile hope I On sped pursued and pursuers. Hosoca was passed , The fuel of the former was exhausted and tha box curs were torn to pieces to supply tha needs of the engine. Every attempt to ilro a bridge was balked. Recant rains had soaked the timbers and the Ilro failed to talto hold before the pursuers arrived to quench It. Thus the raiders , dofeateJ in tholr iniiiu par- pose , struggled to escape the toils rapidly tightening nbout them. The situation was hopeless , nnd the raiders , when withia twenty mlles of Chattanooga , iiccliiei ! abandon the engino. scatter and en deavor to reach the union linos. Ono altos another the mon clambered down the stopi nnd swung off. The adventures of the day , thrilling as they hail been , were the begin ning of n series of nrivations nnd hardships which the scattered raiders were doomed to undergo. They were hunted as wild animals. Bloodhounds were employed to truck thorn , a liling now horrors to tlio chase. I'ittcngol wus captured at Lufayotto ; Slavons , Camp bell and Shadrack at Uinggold ; Parrott and Robinson a few miles from the city. B/ Monday overling all the raiders except Wood and Wilson were captured. Th i luttor made tholr way to the union lines. > Tlio captives were given their first Jail ex- pcricnco at Lafn.yotto , Gn. , but WPIO soon transferred to the infamous "Swim's" ' hole in Chattnnoogn. In accordance with the agreement made before deserting the Incoino- tlvu , the captlvo raldors vigilantly refrained from recognizing ouch other nnd refused to give anv information concerning themselves. They lesoltitoly malnti.ined that they were soldiers soni under command to accomplish a definite purpose and Insisted on bulng tioatod- iu honorable prisoneis of war. Tha confederates did not take kindly to this amiable vlow of tlio raiders' woik , and under the instiuctinns of high authority General Loadbottor rutod them ai spies , to bo punished as such Orders were issued by K. Klrby Smith on the ! Mh of April directing that "tho spies bo tried nt once. " Meanwhile thu prospect of an exchange - change of prisoners nerved the raiders. The ndviinco of Mitchell on Chattanooga not only dispelled the it ) Illusive huuus and uolaycd the court-martial , but foiced thn removal of the prisoners to Madison , ami thun to Knor- vlllo , Tonn. Here Andtows was convicted and sentenced to bo hatiL'cd. Pending the execution of the sentence ho made his escape , but wni recaptured and promptly executed near Atlanta , Ga. . Juno T. Knrl.v In May annthor coiirt-innrtlal was hold at Kiiowlllo'nnd twelve of the eg" tlvos tried. Kovon were convicted aud so toneo I In death. On .hum Is , litli , Wilson , Campbull , Uoss , Khadraclc , M.ivens , Robin son and Scott were executed near Atlanta , I'mil and Ignominious was tholr fnto , but tlmir sufforliiKs were brlof. Mayhap thu minutes that passed whllo standing on tha doiik listening to the eloquent defense of their conduct by Gcorgo I ) . Wilson was to I horn u mental tragedy , yet It was Incompar ably less cruel than the Imllgnltlusnnd cruel ties inlllcted on the spired. Thoir's was a continuous living death whllo on eonfodorato soil. Thov were not treato.l in pi-honors of war , though that condition was not much hot ter. The strictest Hiirvellanco was main tained and they worn In constant dread of having thn sentotn'u of dualh passed by tha rimrt-martlul carried Into effect. Of the ro- malnlng fourteen Ught nscapoil from jail October 10 , IViJ. and six were exchanged tlio following March. Pittengiir'h history of the raid , written la ISST , j'lyjs thu names , occupation , and ad dress of the survivors of the expedition thou living , us follows ! William Knight , stationary cnglnoor , Strvkor , O. Captain Jacob Pnrrntt , farmer , Kenton , O. I.io'uonant ' I ) . A. Doruy , dealer In real estate , Kearney. Nob. Captain William Bcn&lngnr , farmer , Mo * Comb , O. Nontenant J. H , Porter , dry goods mer chant , Mi-Comb , O. I.loutominl W. H. Roddick , farmer , I.oulia county , lawn. J. A. Wilson , grocer , Hatkln * , O. Captain \V. \ W. lirown , farmer , Oowl- Ir.g , O. Captain 1 % H. Mason , f'ombcrvllle , O. William Pittoriu'cr , pivuehiir , of ' .ho Nh Jcraov .Methodist Kpucop.il conference , Hud. duiilluld , N. J. John vYollam , South Topska , Kan. Yulluvv ( link and pinkish heliotrope , or moro property mauve , are predicted for furur itu uvuiiing colors tioxt agiuod.
