i
A History aloe Andrews Railroad
Raid Into Georgia in ”862. ‘
The Most aurora and Tragic Episode
of the 01611 War.
Embracing I lull and Accurate Account
of tho Secret Journey to the “earl of
the Confederacy, the Capture of 3
Railway Train in a Confederate Camp,
the Terrible Chane that Fountainhead
the Subsequent l‘ortunen of the Matter
and "In Party.
The expedlrion, in the daring of its incep'lou,
but the wrldueu of a romance; while in the igno-
tu: and overwhelming reunite ‘rt sop ht sag woe
likelytoohtalu it was absolutely wbflmew—Jt‘lml
Anvomn Guinnllotrfs Orrrcur. REPORT.
1
it won III the deepest laid uchenre, and on the
pendent scale, that ever emanated from the
brains of my number of Yankees combined.—
m flee-ram (hummer (AMTA, UL).
Avril l5. 1m
Deeplte its tragic termination. it show- what a
mu of brave men could undertake in Amer.
let-00m an Punt firs-roar or me L‘rvu. Wu
ll Alums. vol. 2, p‘. 187.
By WILL!“ PIMNGEB,
A Intent 0! m xxx-roman. r
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
INTERVIEW wrrn cncnnranv or wan
rumor no rnnsmnxr ”roots.
“'hen we reached Washington a day
‘ was fixed for an interview with Secretary
Stanton. Ohio State Agenthtmore and
Maj.Gen. Hitchcock ncoompaniedus. Geno.
Sigel and Stahl, with many orhcmlistinv
guished persons, were in tin: ante-room
waiting, but as we were there by appoint—
ment, they continued to wait, while we
were at once admitted. » Stanton had long
resided in my county town of Steuben-'
ville, and l hadrseen him, and knew him
well by reputation, though I could then“
claim no personal acquaintance. We
were seated, after he had shakcncnch of
u: warmly by the hand and utter-2d
words of greeting and compliment. We,
talked for a considerable time, not so
much on the subject of» our expedition-—
for I took it for granted that, lawycr like,
he had looked over the evidence in thc
case and made rrp his mind about itTas
upon general topics, such as our impres-
sions of the south and the l‘nion men in
it, and of our hope and feeling about the
war. I was especially struck by his link-
ing as how we had liked Gen. Mitchel as
a commander; and when we spoke of him
with unstintcd- enthusiasm he seemed
greatly pleased, and said: “That's the
way all his men talk about him."' He
told us that he had been aware of our ex-
pedition at the time, but bad no accurate
information of the fate of the party. llis
impression was that all had [wished at
first. On the escape of the eight in Octo—
her he had made otlicial inquiries of .010
Confederate government about us, but
had been answered that they had no in;
formation of thc'hnnging of any of the
N. Y..
them]
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y.
He had then threatened retaliation in
case any more were put to death, 8“,]le
endeavored to efiect our exchange; he was
very glad indeed that these efforts had
succeeded and surprised us by saying,
“You will find yourselves great heroes
when you get home;" then added mnny
kind words about the high appreciation
of our services by the government, which,
coming from the secretary of war of a
great nation to private soldiers, was most
flattering. Stanton seemed especially
pleased with Purrolt. lie was the young-
est of our number and of very quiet and
simple manners. Stanton gave‘hlm the
offer of a complete education if he would
accept it—I understood him to mean at
“Test Point. l’urrott answered that while
the war-lasted he did not wish to go to
school, but would rather go back and fight.
the rebels who had used him so badly.
At this Stanton smiled, as if he greatly
approved his. spirit. and said to him, “If
you want a friend at any time be sure to
apply to me." Then going into another
room he brought out a medal and handed
ittoParrott, saying, “Congresslrns by a
recent law ordered medals to be prepared
on this model, and your party shall have
the first; they will be the first that have
been given to private soldiers in this War. "
later all the survivors of the party re
ceived similar medals. Then he gave us
a present of $100 each from the secret ser-
vice fund, and ordered all the money and
the value of arms and property taken
from us by the rebels to be refunded.
Finally he asked on about our wishes and
intentions for the future. Finding that
wewercall resolved to return to active
service he offered us, commissions as first
lieutenants in the regular army. We
cxprelaedn preference for the volunteer
service, saying that we were soldiers only
forthe war, and would wish to resume
our usual pursuits when pence returned.
He promised to request Governor 'l'odd,,
of Ohio, to give us equivalent commie-
eionsinour own regiments. Then with
a hearty goodby we left him.
Wehadbeen invited to call upon the
president thesamo day, and Gen. liltch'
cock mogt‘panied us on this pleasant
mildon. y companions had done a lit-
tle letting about being able now to show
me how much Iwes mistaken in try:
ingto impose upon them the tall, plain
s we had met at the Smithsonian
inrtitutiouyithout any guard, such as
the southern paper: said always attended
him, for the great and good Abraham
Lincoln, which I We! much as they
did. A still greater crowd than attire
war oflloe was awaiting admission: but as
pref
mediately to the, printeoilloe of the presi-
dent. We did feel some little ember-mos.
and roaring
INTERVIEW WITH rumour lecow. "A
LITTLE chn'wr'rrrg'ur: BATTLES now."
to another of us,-ne he addressed each one
with great courtesy. l specially remem-
ber part of one remark and his position
while “making it. something had been
said about. political matters, and our joy
that the Union party was now gaini g in
the country after the great defeats f- the
fallbefore. “Yes." Lincoln said, [as he
stood in a steeping position by the fire-
place with his elbow resting on therean of
the mantlepiece, “if we could only have a
little luck with the battles now, hll would
soon be right and the war be over.” The
quaint phrase, “a little luck with the bat-
tles," made an indelible impression on my
memory, for we had been having very ill
luck in that direction for some time. We
did not wish to be tiresome, and ourselves"
made the first motion to leave; the presi-
dent took the hand of each in both his
own, saying again how thankful he was
that we had been spared, and that he
hoped we would find all our rclativcs liv—
ing and well when we reached home. We
left him, exceedingly proud of the honor
the greatest man in the nation (or: the
world; had conferred upon us. We had
now nothing further to detain us in Wash-
ington, and were most anxious to ho in
Ohio again. A furlough for sixty days
was given to us and an order for govern-
ment transportation to our homes.
[run we.)
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.
A New York drcssmnker hires out seaLskin
hacks for the season.
,Ilull fights at the capital of Mexico will be
hereafter permitted only on holidays.
An inter-oceanic railway between Vera
Cruz and Acapulco is to be built by English
capital.
~,The pneumatic postalservico is being es-
tablished at Buenos Axles. It is, like that
now in use in Paris. .
The enormous deposits of granite of exccl~
lent quality in County Dom-gal, Ireland, are
about to be developed.
Opium has been declared a government
monopoly in Peru, and the right to import
and sell it is now offered for sale.
A young lad not yet in his teens wasrc-
.cently sentenced to a term in jail at Moulius,
Frrmcc, for stealing a cake worth one cent.
A Marshall hunter stufl‘s birds by using
”sonic mul blowing the shine full of air. He
has an owl stuffed in this manor which re-
scmbles an inflated hollow covered with
feathers
A massive mound builder’s pipe has been
found near Liberty, Tenn. The bowl is
beautifully carved from hard stone. resem-
bling granie, and holds nearly half a pint of
tobacco.
Public meetings in favor of early closing
are being held in London. It is alleged that
the average hours of English shop girls and
clerks are from thirteen to fourteen a day.
There is an early closing bill now before
parliament.
A St. Paul man cried a railroad company
for damages for causing his house to be
flooded with water. One of the exhibits in
the plaintifs evidence was a photograph
representing him seated on a huge cake of
ice in his dining room.
Hugo, Cal, has been so overrun by rats
that a citizen there wrote to a friend in
Wichita asking him found on all the cats he
could find. ThoWichifa man has shipped
250rat catchers, and says that he will send
1,000 unless he been that Hugo is supplied.
A mill in Carlton, Mich, recently bumed,
and during the entire conflagration the big
engine ran steadily, and no in some way was
saved from destruction The working of the
engine kept the pumps going, so the boilers
were kept supplied with water and there was
no explosion.
A number of Bradford, England, firms deal-
ing with large houses in Germany and other
continental countries have received notice
that after a certain date Volnpuk will be
"systematically used by their continental
customers for the purpoue of internatiomrl .
correspondence.
All the training schools for nurses in Phil-
adelphia are free. This is one profwsion for
women that is not overcrowdedinnd where
women can euro The c in
qualification-are gm heal good tem‘perf
general intelligence and a fair common
school education.
The prom-inter of a Kimm- City restaurant
beganoomeyenrs ago to pick out andpro
Iorveelltheoldoointhntfouud iteway into
his cash drawer, and he now has a collection
of great value. Some of the coins are ex-
tremely rare and could be sold for many
times their face value.
The United States Portal Improvement as-
Iociatlon, which has just been formed, de-
sires the rot-no of fractiaml currency for
use in the mails, the abolition of postal noun,
theiuueofpottnl Order for small more at
reducbd rates and the [range of laws of
epoch] interest to farm and fruit growerr.
Some time ago, the government of Colour-
bia offered 810,000 in uilver to any one who
would discover a new merchantahle article
otexport. Rafael Vauogas thinks that he
deserves the reward, or-two of them, became
he ha- discovered evaluable medicinal plant,
hitherto unknown; and-loo has once
that cocoa trees abound in such prof lion in
theta-cote along the river Guanine, that the
gotheflngoftheir pods wtnddfurnirhwork
for Mounds who are now idle, and bring
gnu: wedlth to the country.
A Peculiar mum Accident.
A driving wheel of a locomotive that was
MEN’S STD ’BOY’S
Overcoats
~AND-
w‘r er Blaming.
lily-v»- unfiltered
Greatly Reduced, "
«V
Call and ‘be Convinced.
‘Da'vis
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T A l L o R,
Sflll'l‘ll NIDR‘VALK, CT.
L. H: DECKER,
54 MAIN STREET,
South Norwalk.
WALL PAP Ill
PAINTS,
.1.
in,
Gilli, in.
Atlantic White Lead
$7.25 th.
" roux ans'ritin, I 4
caloric“. Oi’Tli‘lAN,
is permanently located at
H. s. ROOD’S JEWELRY STORE,
South Norwaik,
And itrvih .4 the pubir to will and inn r» {in ir owe
I'\itlliif‘.wl
FREE ill" ClIA It" E.
Glasses prepared on Scientific
principles for the most difficult
and complicated cases.
Full line of Optical Goods,
constantly on hand.
Ladies’ and iicnl’s gold and silver
watches.
Ladies fob chains.
(Rents fob chains and charms.
Diamond Lace Pins.
" Scarf Pins.
Earrings.
New Designs in Jewelry and silver
Ware.
hold Spectacles and Eve Glflli‘eti.
A. S. FERRIS,
if E W E I... E R.
Opponlre City Ilolol.
m“ "'i""witi.“iar no; '
Highest (rash Price
. l-‘Olt
Rags,llones, Bottles iron
and Metals.
l’urlioe moving can sell the stock by vendin'.r rule-
tal car to
WILLIAM commute,
. aonrn’ uonwnra.
‘6
brute the term, try it.
Dulce 350 a lb.
nnmnr. mrommnnrnu
W I soon. New In
SElLNii ill!) as
M.......... ‘
WHEELER ll WILSUN’S
«no. or»
High Arm Family
SEWING: lililllllili.
ftl “borer-ism mu to:
tune Worldm high trimming “I!
in the
awmmwmum Artistic,
" on. when echo:
83 ran Mason“: Nmnlkgct.
“Mt. cumin-m.
t
Hatch, Bailey iii.
r‘n. NASH ' no
H E A 'I' E R .
Which lulu! nothing no. construction; either
WWW we" were com:
are c I
colt-gem firemen? ' .
MOM
coerce roman AND nouns'uc
FRUITS.
. Alto for the
LEADING RANGES
loin- d ith noodle claret. a" r ehclfendro‘
P n w nervolr.g “not“? ,‘
SELF FEEDING STOVE,
for the parlor or dining room. Cylinder atom of
all since fpr smaller large m.
Decorated burner and Ten Bela
A large ruoch oi iron atone 'Ind porcelain were.
allvltlcllen of dishes, 'alnoagood stock of plain
and laury gluewm. "eagle: and tible Lam re
vim, Decorated single cups and cancers. that .
Perfection Cooki Pour. l’rcuervr Pole, and Stew
Pans, aim Toilet per which diam re: readily and
one» not obstruct the [open
e are agents for the one City titorw Filter.
WWII SELL It the IAHVBS‘I' PRICES.
NEW-DRUGS
It the
OldStandt
WASHINGTON so.
We have now received a full supply“ new drugs,
and invite. inspection and trial. oday we are
better funniehed than ever wirhall that goesto make
up n tlrrt clue drug'ptore and the ublic can he or
cured of the freshen stock from w ch it) have
Plilll'lllillli Gfllllllllllllill
At short notion and and in the moat skillful man
91M I‘ES 01" ALL KINDS.
oars. cannons, mo.
in fact everything “ruining to the
nonlpnv season
ALWAYS ON "AND,
truism; Ell. '
HUNT 85 ZELUPF.
Moo—«w
woon MANTELS,
. nouns, _
sasn, ' Bnmns, ~ G120. a. shaman.
HARD woon wean: mm W
01' annuities. lDown Again Sure:
w... "".?""““ _.
The Place for Rich or Poor to do their Trading
Large Stock of Colurii‘r‘rs: ,l...............
for Trimming A. $— Durand
‘ ' ’ "’””‘”“" Cor. Main and liavilnnd Slit, So. Xerwalk.
Plate and Sheet. Glass.
Porterhoum Stark; 20c; Loin Steak. lac; Round
Steak, 2447.; Port; Stink. Ha: Shoulder Steak, tile;
‘ . Shortage, Ho; Sliced llam, lilo: Whole Hun, lie;
Steillll Sawyng’ Plilllill" ruin of llam,tlc-ltlc.; l’lltc been!» to :3; Prime
. 95’ lizmtlljecf, :oc, Roam Beef. 115.; ; Mango cuppa.
. . 2; 1: it , ,‘ t ' '
and Turning. 'li‘own. 6 to lie!“ on He , Lorne lice lll
—---—-—— Everthing of the Best Quality.
Lumber Yard between railroad and Carriage
bridges. That can be bad. if there itl anyone who wants to
im- mth‘ui thvir means. call at my Market and you
will tinri if to your advantage. (Souls delivered to
any part of the city, no matter how small the pur-
' char-c. l nth-mi tuthc business myself and will on
dcmnr in pit-rm: all who call. ‘
:rllclilt‘lllbt'l’ the place, comer Slam and llnvi-
and slrccls.
laid, Bailey ll L'il. i. s; DflBiNI], Plillleilll‘.
SEYMOUR BRO-S.
llnvc received a large im oicc of the (donated
lllW-lillill’ SillilliiillllN.
dc... rlzm-r from factory in Maine-mall and obtnm a sample can. 'which is canonical to be the fluent nrtr-
' do, in this lirw, in town.
new—Drop Blackberries.
Ilcw-IDrop Sues-mash.
how-Drop Rpm-icon.
Dew-Drop A epufllxlli. Ilcw-llrop Tomato Callup.
neonIrop Bartlett I'm-are. . Dew-Drop ”ma Ileana.
Dow- Drop Early June Peas.
liill allot of Marshall Street
South Norwalk, Conn.
Dew-Drop Sugar Corn.
”cw-Drop Tomatoes.
.
l
l
lIcw-Dro r Pouches. '
l
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Tlll‘r’i’ [ands are strictly first-clue. and are put up for tho-so who can appreciate a good article. We
an- ccru‘vml agents and have exciur-ive sale for this brand in this town.
once nesmomem
‘ _.__-.vr run on) snxn err—«~—
T. BURR GUYER 85 SON.
SPRIHGWOOD.
ALI}. ORDERS FILIAI‘II) PIIDNIPTLY.
-—-—~ooo—-—-———
*CAR'PErs !‘
nutmmmn~
Kt'lTY FOLKS FIND 11‘ TU [‘HEIR ADVANTAGE T0 TRADE WITH US.
GIVE US A. TRIAL.
CARPETS’!
The larger: Stock to select fgom of any store in the State at
Lowest Prices for ,Cash.
Eli-gout Body Bnrssclls ('amet, Bar in 1. Elegant Tapestry limssclle tine. 70c, 90c and 10‘. Ill-Ivy
lngurinr, the, We and the. Extra unwell nannns 25c. '
WINDO‘V SIIADES.
“GUARD SHADES," «rod quality. on spring rollero. with fringe. all rcadyto hang, 50c. . Spring
Roller» 125%. CORN It‘ll 'Ul.l~‘.s, with Brass Trimmings complete, We All Draco Poll-sand ’i‘rrmmlngu
1 ti).
WihLL Petl’ldll.
llllll-ZNSR STUCK OF NEW PATTERNS. liinboeecd Gold, 404' firfii‘c per roll.
ncw aryiwpth‘ to 35¢, per roll. Without Gold. 7c tome per roll.
FU NITURIC.
(intraut- Suite. Si». 8 piecee. Anh Bedroom . nits, 3:5: up. Walnut and Cherry Bedroom Salt-l. 3%
up. l'lflur Suits in great variety, Bedding, Bed Spring-4, «In. at low priced l’onlm, lace ( urtaine,
lambrcqmne. In fact anything to fumien your house crumpleuz can be found here at icon than city
pflttct‘. r afircts «round by hand and laid by Practical Upholsterers. \\ e do In line work ”any my house.
and employ the best workmen in each branch of our bottoms. Hoods delivered Without extra clung».
C. E. SMITH’S,
No. 2 Atlantic St, corner of Broad. (opposite the Pronhyterlnn and Buptietchunhcr.)
» .TAMI'ORD. CONN.
Plain (lnld.
Bumbllehcd in New York City 1845.
E. K. Lockwood & (>05.l
""‘.~‘l.;..i.: use.”
‘ to
ARCHITECTS
and
BUILDERS
'It is not all
covered with
Nickel Plate
“-
' It is inade in
YOUR
own town.
Also
Agent for the
celebrated
,llIGIHIOND
RANGES
[Plumbers and
1 Gas
Fitters. Slate
. ' and ‘ ‘
'l‘ln Roofers, .
d3 "00..
—AT__
, n
commode...
H5 The Buck. Ranges
fl
~ "awn:-
rrlsi early at 18c. 1i.
.‘ . .y ,
“MN... Mew...” m... WWWMW. WWWW --
thi'l'illiK
Insurance Building,
80. Norwallr.
l
“rapt leduciionin Price of ';
llu’i ‘lniti’s, Bars, and _ 'lliliru’s
_, OVERCOATS .
worn—Furr—
dh
.7e
BMl
/
r.
O
Masonic ”Building,
‘ Jun-walk. ,
Wins Hill
We have info large variety of
#01}..—
3 lbs. 1901150 cTs.
Walnuts. Brazils, English Walnuts,
Almonds. Also llixed hats at the
Lowest l’riees- New Raisins. New
Dates. New Citron and flange Peel.
Ass to see our Raisins at we. lb.
large Sweet l-‘lorida Oranges 354:.
A very few Cranberries left at lac. or
2 qts. for 25.
Large Christmas Candles (26 inches
long) 20 cts.
Popping Corn.
and other helps to make you happy
__ AT—
llihlle- ii inmstnci.
q
Jr 1'. PM ‘
um hock," Wm».
Non-walk, - Co“
E A.R§'.\1"ESS
Tocounetovith I‘ll-v0 tom the
otoueof Wish.
Wm, intheltuteforlhenleof
Harness, Saddles, Halters, Sur-
cingles, Collars, die.
Fine Harness To Order,
mm? numm'ramLmr-nn
. teed lingo novella:
FOR THE
Holidays.
H. s. Boon,
83 MAIN STREET,
Ihnvconhundure of thence“ Iclected m
that i hevecvcrehown inthil city, mun-go:
III-molds, Gold and '8]th
Watches, Jewelry of ev le-
ecrlpuon Solid Sllver l’ «I
Were. Elegant and Paley
Cloehl. Gold [loaded
Gold Peu- und Pencils, III «I.
or goods to numerous to gulf
Ila-‘3 ,
cardamom. No troubhtoehewguodl.
H. 8. R001}.
moon dDw
Huilai lllis‘
or run
IN EVERY VARIETY
---A'l'—-—- ‘
LOW PRICES
”AT——
. , Mancini Hotel * Bind,
Dunn ’
South Ion-walk. ponn.
, Tag:
The Old and ROM“.
an FREIGHT inn.
larval llrrliri
4rd: ruptures»
H. indium...
GOODS
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