, 1861-05-17
Sout1 ern RoMaptxtn,

The Dubuque Times gives an account of the
narrow eEcaue made By eentlemaa NOW in
Dabuq7e. Hs was engaged in the provision
business at AuE us'a Gsorgis. He vas sus-
pected by the Gsorgiaps of having been an
abol,tlontst when he lived in I,ws, and q mcb
surrounded his house and threatened him
with vioience H. esys:
Myself and sonia law stood all that night at
the head Of the first fight Of stairs III my
house, With fire ar us and azes, resolved to sell
our lives as dearly ~ possible, should the
m1acrsants break IL. BY rave wife knew no
fear, and would net leave my side, a'thongh
en'reated bsr to do So Sue seemed nerved
to desperation BY our co4mon darg:r and
ready to face nd 1acr'6ae her life, if necee say,
in dtfen-e OF our homa The people ware
pacified at last when they found Us too reeo-
lutte to be imposed upuo, and after a short
time was lowed to pnr.ue mY bu,iness So
Usaa', although Satisfied them, apparently
that did net entertain prfntjp es rtputnans
to tht1r peculiar views, and convinced them
that the information they had received was q
tissue OF talsehoode.
He finally sent his family North secretly,
and was obliged to enlist in the Conf=derate
army. 0ae day he determined to Escape, and
so left his store, with goods worth s., 900, and
all his furniture in his house. AS he left On
he car s, he witnessed the following incident.
The counties went through the cars after
the Passengers "ere seated, and closely qn=s
tiontd aEd sc1u:fnized every individual In
one car they found n old N IN who answs red
to the description Of . man who had been
tarred and fsatht red q. Savannah and shipped
off Appendtd to the dlepatcn 5iug
him. was this Chfistian Injunction, "If you
catch lin, give hun hell "
fr,a - Hh hrTf3 fiF} al hi lnn
eaw the tsr still adhe ring to his brow, where
he had been unable to remove it. He fairly
yelled with delight, there's the Old dewitt
We've got him." Sc, &C. They howled and
then dragged him from the car to the pla.f ,rn
outside, although they did not know anything
he had done amlts
"GeattemeD, said the aged mau, respecAfn'1s.
am an old man, and 90 not know that ever
did any man wrong. All ! ask Is for the priv
i1fge Of &c tirg home to my family. I beg
that you will reisase me-"
They laughed his en.reaties to seorn, and
bore him aRsy in the eark, screaming and
yelling like demons, doubtl=ss to t: r ure him
with econrges, and p rhape to MURDER him as
they have 50 many befvr4 hin. During all
this time lay within doz n feet Of rome of
the party, exptctfrg every moment I would
be uncovered by som unlueky find. 1t IL
we'll for him aud me he did not, tor that mo
ment would be the efgoal Tor his drath. 1
dearly.
A. last the train moved out ct the depot
eloH " around ell We, aud when 1t was out 1T
range Of the dauot lamps dropped from nv
psrca snd tlambefed upon the rear platform vi
the car. Gong Into the car rat down in the
darkest corner, and drew my hat over my lace
in orter to escape recognition.
B, feigning eep fc4ped the atteotion and
remarks OF my townsmen, uany of Bhom
were On boar, Of the tram until morning, wi1ea
re rea -hed All knta, som > two hundred miles
from Augusta.
When 1t becsms light he pzetende1 to .hose
who knaw him, that he WAS trying to bay pro-
vieioas, which hs wss dealicg in, and 80 eon~
tinued to CONS farther and farther north, not
aadiEg 3 market, until daaug he and several
companions got into Indiana, on ttsr way to
when just before the train was t.,
star: ar old uan arose snd made this remark
"GentIemen I don't know how you all teel.
but I:tha. G ,dn1 on tree soil once more,''
OF you should have heard tae shoat that
then vent up EpeTy MN Of us had been fleeing
fTaat The Southern t11itors d osrsd not apow
1t TO each otber. vs. ail got ont Of the cars
again upon the platform, and there r freshe
o9r e 'sts for a1a with three loud cheers for
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