‘E‘Darindand Suffering
A History of the Andrews Railroad
Raid Into Georgia' In 1862.
The lost Heroic and Tragic Episode
of the Civil War.
Embracing a Full and Accurate Account
1 ‘ of the Secret Journey to the flour! of
“In Confederacy, the Capture of a
Railway Train in a Confederate l‘ amp,
the Terrible Charm ”I: If Fallout-II. and
the S'ubsecirt ut Mutant» of the la" .Ider
and "is Plug.
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The cspotlhion, in the darts; of its iocerr ion,
had he wildness of a wunuce. wu '1'e1n ue; :z-Iu
tic and overwhelming Icuulu It umgul sou \\ 1-!
likely .‘oohtaiu It wag abnolnleiy sublime. also: I
Anvoravstinszrm llo. 1‘30"“ AI. lIl’Il‘l)l.T' .
It was all the deepest laid scheme, and on the
grsndest scale. that ever emanated from the
brains of any number of Yankees combined.~
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Despite its tragic (animation, it shows what a
handful of brave men could undertake in Amer-
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III Aussies. vol. 2. p. )87.
By WILLIAM“ PINENGER,
A nuts. 0’ m mamas.
1 [Copyrighted,1887, by War Publishingfh.. N. Y..
. and publ ishedby arrangement with them. J
[CONTINL‘ ED.)
CHAPTER XXVII.
REPORTING 1‘0 SECRETARY STANTON AND
PRESIDENT LINCOLN. ‘
1 l-have forgotten almost everything that
. took place on this homeward voyage, if,
1 indeed, my mind was not too nearly in the
‘ condition of a waking dream to receive
definite impressions I saw some’bf the
great. gunboats as we drew near the
mouth of James river, which looked like
grim sentinels guarding the avenue to re-
bellion. We were furnished comfortable
blankets, and when tired out, as much by
unwontcd emotions as by physical effort,
we could lie down and slumber at our
We arrivcll in Washington late in the
afternoon—I know not of what (lay, but
presume it was the day after leaving
Richmond, which would be Thursday,
- March 10. 1 made no memorauda at this
time, such as I had not. failed to keep dur-
ing the darkest parts of our history. In
my own experience joy was more over-
cpowering than sorrow.
After supper we took our proposed
walk, But once outside in the dark
street, with no place to go, no money in
buy anything and nobody to care for us,
it began to seem rather lonely. We had
been objects of so much solicitudc torso
long that we could scarcely help feeling a
little neglected now that nobody prevent
ed as from wandering in any direction we
chose. Ilcside, we were not yet provided
with new clothing. A regular requisition
would have to be filled before our wants
in that direction could be supplied: and
the air was chilly. After \vandering'aim-
lessly for a few squares, looking in at the
shop windows and staring at the great
buildings. we turned and wcrc soon back
in the barracks. The room. which was
well warmed, seemed very cozy. It was
easy to consider the sentinels at the door
as placed there to guard us from on cue-
my, a view of the case which greatly
pleased the Tcuncssceaus. I really think
we slept better than we would have done
if at a first class hotel.
The t day, as I had expectcd, all rc~
strictiggm removed from the other
members of the party: but we were in-
vited to make our home at the barracks,
receiving regular soldiers’ rations, as long
as couvemcnt.
We did not remain long. A wealthy
and patriotic lady, Mrs. Falcs, had fitted
up a pavilion in her yard in excellent
style and kept it filled with convalescents
from army hospitals, to whom she gave
the attendance and most of the comforts
of home life. Hearing our story, she ap-
plied to the Ohio state agent, Mr. J. C.
Wetmorc, to secure us as lodgers. He
visited us and carried the invitation,
which we gratefully accepted. Here we
lived in fine style, with all a soldiers
comforts, and excellent company \\ 9
had now received asuit of army blue and
made a bonfire of our Confederate rags;
so that we were a little less afraid of lady
visitors. Our hostess made an evening
reception for us, where therc was an
abundance of ice cream and cake—which
did not remind us of anything' lll Dixie—
aud had the privilege of telling our story
tomany sympathizing ladies. Having a
very comfortable ambulance always at
command—thc property of our kind
friend and kept with a driver for the use
of her soldiers-we were able to visit the
places of interest in Washington with
great comfort. Of this privilege we freely
availed ourselves when business per—
mitted.
On one of these occasions when we were
at the Smithsonlanlnstitutiou, I saws tall
man of striking appearance, and at once
said to my comrades “That is President
Lincoln. " But they were incredulous.
They had read in southern papers that he
never stirred out of the White llouse
without a heavy guard, and at once they
. said, “You are trying to deceive us; don't
you see there is no guard here?" I was a
little puzzled by the absence of the guard
myself, for I had believed the story, and
there were only one or two civilians with
him; but Ihud seen Idocoln, who could
not easilybe forgotten I said, “Come
up and let no speak to him!" A little re-
luctantly they advanced, and when we
were near enough I said, “Can you tell us
the name of this animal!" pointing to the
skeleton of the geologic monster he was
looking at. He smiled in his kind, and
way and answered, “That's its name'
written on that card; but I won’t under—
take to it. I don’t know much
and see him “Home White House soon and
then on go.”
mlmsm, of our stayluWash-
Oneortworemarka‘
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would have seemed little less than a
crime. The minister was better (or worse)
than his word, for-he did not preach atoll,
but on finishing the opening services
spoke a few words about the great anaer-
lngs and lessons of the war, and the hard-
ships and temptations of the army. then
added that there were some men present
that morning whose “finances were
mansions beyond the communist of men,
and onset them had consented to give
some account of them.
I rose at the call and scarcely could
have felt worse foraiuonient if in Swim s
prison. But the people were so kind and
attentive that embarrassment vanished 1
passed very lightly over the military part
of the enterprise, and spoke especially of
God’s goodness in delivering us. When I
told of the sudden death of our comrades
in Atlanta, and of their regrets for not
being better prepared for death, there was
weeping over all the church. At the close
of the meeting kindly greetings and prof
fern of service were showered upon us.
We lodged in the tent provided by this
lady during the whole of the too days of
our sta in Washington. Many other per-
sons w bed to take us as guests, but she
refused unless we would say that we
wished to leave her care. Mason, being
sick, was taken into the house and nursed
most carefully.
On our first morning in .Wushingtou I
had written a note to Secretary Stanton
giving notice of our arrival and of my be»
lief that the government, if not already
fully informed, ought to know our story.
I sup I this would produce more speedy
resul than to let the matter pass through
the ordinary channels, and was ’not disap-
pointed. lie gave written orders to Hon.
well]! llolt, judge advocate general, to
lnvcs igato the whole matter, provide for
all our wants in the meantime, and then
bring us to him. lion. J. C. \l‘ctmore, of
the Ohio military agency, attended to pro-
curing us the legal allowance for commu-
tation of rations during the time of in
prisonmeut, so that we were soon in funds.
Regular pay with arrearages could not be
given till we returned to our regiments.
Our first visit to Judge Holt was a
merely friendly case‘s-”mud the time was
spent in familiar conversation. Maj. Gen.
Hitchcock, commander of the post at
\\ ashington, was also present.
The next day w e w out again, being taken
each time in a gov ernmeut carriage and
found J usticc Callan, of Washington,
ready to administer an oath, with a pho-
nographcr to take down the testimony as
given. I was cxmnfhcd first. telling the
whole story, and then each one followed,
confirming what was said, and adding
omitted particulars. The evidence that
we were telling a true story was far
stronger than we knew. The story of
Wood and Wilson had been on file in the
department since the preceding November.
It was far less full than ours, but cou-
flrmed it in every essential particular.
Indeed, the certainty that we were giving
a simple, plain and uncoloncd narrative
was so complete that no one save Gen.
Bucli ever called any part of it in question,
and he only. because of ignorantly con—
founding tbe first and second expeditions.
The testimony thus taken was pub-
lished in the next issue of The A tiny and
Navy Gazette, as also in the Washingtom
papcrs of April 4, and copied over the
country. The examination before Judge
llolt was on the 24th of March, and his
report to the secretary of war based upon
them was dated the 27th.
[Tu III" I'uvrlxrmr:
New Business for Girls.
A reporter clambcred up two dark flight.
of stairs, at 14" Mulberry street "Ill day last
week In answer to the following advertise
ment:
“A few girls that understand cracking and
picking different kinds of nuts. HT Mul-
berry street, second floor. "
A knock at a rough pino wood doorwas
answered by a picturesyue looking Italian
girl. “The signer is not in,” she said before
the reporter could ask her any questions.
The room in which she was standing was
occupied by a number of long marshes
at which sat half a dozen girls of differ-
ent ages, with sharp pointed knives in their
hands. MLvacro busily engaged iu.pick-
ing the kerne s from a pile of pram nuts.
A strong Italian man stood at n queer looking
machine, in which there was a brass plate
containing holes similar to those in a Gatling
gun. Into those he kept throwing the pecan
nuts as it revolved at great speed. The nuts
were cracked in a twinkling and dropped
intoa box below. Presently the proprietor
came in.
"This is a new business for this section of
the country," he said, “but down south,
where I came from, it is carried on quite c:-
tensively. We sell the kernels to confection-
ers. Pecan nuts are being used more than
any others now. We have hitherto exper-
ienced great difficulty in getting girls to
work for us, as they do not seem to under-
stand what we want. We pay them eight
cents a pound, and with a little practice they
can make good wages."—-Ncw York San.
An Interesting Club Story.
There is a very good club story going the
rounds just now. It. appears that there are>
two members of Boodle‘s whose titles are
very much alike, one being an ear] and the
others Viscount by courtesy. Now it hap-
pened that the peer before going on a sport-
ing expedition into a for country arranged
that all telegrams addressed to him atthe
club should be cabled on. The other evening
the, Viscount entertained a small party of
friends at dinner at the club, when it was
that the evening should be finished
up at the theatre, so a telegram inquiring if
a box could be had was sent to the llaicty.
Through some mistake, the reply "teenage
was addressed to the earl, and in due course
it was muted on to him.- He happened to
be shooting in the “Rockies” at the time,aud
the telegram had tobeoonvey to him by
relays of ore-angers on b
excitement was caused by its ival, a
who knew but that it might contain a
mnnlcation from the prime minister! But it
only conveyed the information tbatabox
at the Gsiety had been reserved foraper-
formsuce three days before. The mensge
cost about m-Iaodou Table.
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trlbuted thoannnal “prime of virtue." The
Imtyou prize of 2,000 fnnuvras awarded
to Jean Adolphe Dclannoym Calais pilot,
whohas twentymthncs risked his life in
firing shipwrecked crews Delsnaoy is
loaded with models, wears the cross of
the Legion of Honor. The acmlemy now
proclaims hlmtbemost heroicnnd devoted
«Frenchmen. Thoother awards included
Winner to Ir. BonaparteWy-e for his
survey and book on the Pullman-14¢"
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in durability, momma In: Icahn slmpyllsll of
“gem The are of therl rlht Iwc for the
cottage or the luau-HI . Also for u the ,
LEADING IMNGES
plain and with warming closet, upper shelf and re
ecIvoir. Also a fine
sans FEEDING siltvs,
for the parllor or dining room. Cylinder slows of
iii! no for small or large rooms.
[Decorated Dinner and Tea Set»
A large stock of iron, stone and porcelain warn,
on vacation of dishes, 11 lsoagood mark of plain
and ram y glansware. “ringing and tabu- lamrs
vans, Decorated single cups and saucers. also 1
Perfection cooking l'ots. From In Pets, and Blew
l'nIuI. also Toilet Paper which at vet readily and
does not obstruct the pipes.
We are agents for the (isle City Stone Filter.
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WASHINGTON 5111.
We lune now received a full 'imppiy‘of In: W drugs,
and invite Inspection and trial oday we are
better furnished than ever with all that goes to nfake
up a 11 class drng'ptorc and the public can be as-
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.. GEO. cinnamon.
Down Xgain Sure. '
Tin I’iac: for Rich or Poor in do their Trading
is at the Market of
A. S. Durand
(for. Main and llavilund szI.,so. Norwalk.
l‘ortcrhousc Steak, 20c. ' Loin Steak, lac: Round
sunk, Min: Pork Sunk Ho; 8h alder Steak, l0c.:
Sausage, Hm; sliced Ilam,l lilo.- 'hole llam llc.’ ,
buds of llam. tic-410s l'lste beef. 5 to It; l’rimc
Roast Beef its ;Roael Beef. 1213., Mutton Chops.
15c: Ia." of Motion, 14:5, Best Conml Bed in
Town. I) ll) 12c.
Everthiug of the Best Quality.
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lIv-I “llhln their means call at my Markct and you
will duct 11 to your advantage. Goods deliIered to
any part of [he cin. no matter how small the pur
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[Filo member the place corner Main and Ilavl-
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H. S. ROOD’S JEWELRY STORE,
South Norwalk,
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examined
FREE 0F (‘lldllll I.
Dew-Drop Sugar Corn.
Dcwdbrop Tomatoes.
now-Drop Peaches.
Dow-Drop Asparagus. 1
Dow -Drop Bartlett Pears. , 1
Glasses prepared on Scientific
principles for the most difficult
. _ These goods arc smelly t1rst»clsss,aud are put a
and complicated cases.
SEYMOUR BROS.
flaw received a 1.1."; e invoice of thct' clcontcd
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Ike. dine: from (I. duty in Maine, rail and obtain a sample can, which Is guaranteed to be the finest urti-
1m, in this lira, in town.
lhew-llrop Blackberries.
Dow-Drop Succolash.
lieu-Drop Apprleols.
Dow-[nap Tomato Cal-up.
[Dew-Drop Lima Beans.
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Dow-Drop Early .lunc Peas.
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p for those who can appreciate a goodmicle. We
are general agents and have exclusive sale for thisL brand' In this Io:n.
Full line of 01111 Fol Goods
constantly on hand.
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Ladies’ and Gent's gold and silver
watches.
Ladies fob chains.
Gents fob chains and charms.
Diamond Lace l’lns.
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GROCERIES
AND MEATS
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Earrings.
New Designs in Jewelry and Silver
Ware.
hold Spectacles and Eve Glassr‘.
A. S. FERRIS,
JEWELE‘R.
1 Lowest P 1'10
ExIra Lem-ll lngnim .5“.
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lagm'tuu. 451', all mail}:-
lIOI LAND SHADES,
n.11mm,coasus«
.opposho ('Ily Ilolcl. 3m).
”M - ' ' “"“‘ P” '"m Innsssu STM‘K 0F saw m-rrsnxs
. Inw til we, etc to '15c per roll.
Highest (‘nsb l’rlcc ’
Foil !
flagleoncs, Bottles iron
Cottage Suite. 318, 8 pieces Ash llcdroom'Sulls.
l’srlor suits in great variety,
up.
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lambn-qnius.
prices. I arpcta new
lingual Ilcdy Brunei]! (‘ arpct, 90: up. Elegant 1'an sfry Ilrnmllstlh. 70v, 1101
nod quality on spring mile rs with frlnvI. all ready to bang 5011‘
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axiom your bloom: complttc can be found here at Ion than my
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CARPETS'
The largest Stock to select from of any store in the State at
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line. Heavy
f-‘ol LADIES.
Spring
43¢. Allllntss l’olcsaml Trimmings
WaiLL PAPIIR
llmfxmd Gold. We to H‘r per roll. l'iam Gold,
Without Gold. 71: with: per roll.
FURNITURE).
Walnut and (berry llednmm Suits 8'15
at low prices For icn. lace (aviator,
3'3’ up-
We do as fine work assay city house.
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and Metals.
Parties moving can sell the flock by sending: pos-
lal card to
WILLIAM PODMORB,
antl'l'll NORWALK.
No. :2 Atlantic St, comer of Bread,
and employ the but workmen in each branch of our business. (hauls debuted without t rm charge
0. E. SMITH’S,
(opposite the Presbyterian and Baptist churches.)
STAMFORD. CONN.
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Price 350 a lb.-
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Walnuts. Brazils, English Walnuts,
Almonds. also liked Nuts at the
Lowest Prices. New Raisins. New
Dates. New Citron and Orange Peel.
Ass to see our Raisins at 10c. lb
large Sweet Florida 0mm sale.
A very few Cranberries left at lac. orH
2 qts. for 25.
Large Christmas Candles (26 inches
long) 20 cts.
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