Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-05-03

brought man who said he had orders
from Gov. Pickens to send me away from
the city at once urged him to let me
call on my bankers, and get some funds,
but he peremtorily declined, and said that
if the soldiers saw me in the streets, they
would certainly tear me in pieces. tthe
office they returned my property, minus
that famous editorial "Wanted Policy"
a piece of petty larceny which | did not
think Sonth Carolina would be guilty of.
| found that they had examined every
thing. Among the articles were several
clippings from the bogus Charleston cor
respondence of the Tribune, wherein |
was charged with being secessionist.
These must have nonplussed them exceed
ingly. Forcing me to thrust my things
in my trunks in the most hurried manner,
l was conveyed to the Northeastern Rail
road Station, with only $l5 to take me to
New York. I expected that I would be
spotted on the road by the self-appointed
blood-hounds, and took measures accord
ingly. l felt sure that South Carolina
knew that if an open and avowed CORES
pondent of the leading daily sheet of the
North was openly murdered in the streets
of Charleston, that the act would damn
her in the eyes of the whole civilized
world but she had not the slightest CON-
junction about telegraphing to every lead
ing station North, South, East and West
in the G. S. A., to "catch, mob, seize, hold
and possess, at any hazard, the body of
Jaspar." / determined therefore, to open
ly state to all interrogatories that I was
| from Charleston, and bound to New York
surmised that this would throw them of
their guard, as they would naturally sup
pose that the man they were in search OF
would not dare to avow this 1t answered
admirably. Ten miles from the city a
well-dressed man, with very suspicious
air approached and asked as follows:
STRANGER-Are you the Times CORES
pondent? .
JAsfEE-No Sir. My impression il
that he is still in Jail; in fact Gov. Pick
ems told me so just before | left the city
! S.-Ah, you know Gov. Pickens?
J.-Oh yes very well.
ST. beg your pardon Sir. have ev
identity made great mistake. But don
you think he is abroad?
il do not. (Ertt Mr.. nonplussed.
Just beyond, four old men were seatc'
i, whom recognized as members Of the Con
vention that had just adjourned, and ais
x-Members of Congress- who had fed free
ly from the editorial pap. They wer
slightly windy, and at every station ra
, out and shouted to the crazy crowd, "For
Sumter is taken, the id Doubleday
, killed" AS they were talking very LOUD
, ly, resolved, as my life was in imminer
danger, to listen closely. The most bloa
ed one of the crowd told his companion
, that he was sure | was the man-h
would swear to it. ut would not do ft
;, us old fellows to be engaged in it, but Il
. us pass him on, and if the Vigilants cate
him at the next station, by God they
+ hang him to the first tree At Forenc
6 where we stopped for supper, found th'
v every one was rudely staring at me, ar
7 therefore thought it expedicnt not to e.
pose myself. l had just obtained sea
,e when several rufians approached, and II
# spokesman said, "Will you give me yo'
d name, Sir, your business. where you con
es from, and where you are going? 1t
N necessary that you should DO SO, ana
At to it that you speak the truth if you doi
70 you will swing for it. Answer eve
9 question:" | then went through anoth
at set of questions; they made me stand '
ID and examined my points as they would
he slave at the Mart" They could eli
ID nothing have not been in Charlest
ID three for nothing, and parried every gu
us tion. The whistle sounded, and they h
ne ried off, swearing ''that there was sor
ed thing wrong about me, but they be d.
nd if | hadn't bluffed them somehow"
He tolcrably disgusted with this last exhi
it ton Of Palmetto chivalry, | determined
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