Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-29
. asKEDApDtERs" sr0RY-NAKRAfrvE or AN
EsJAPE TO CANADA.

ES0APk TO CANADA. \
The Liverpool Mercury Publishes q letter from . resi.
dent of New York, addressed 10 his brother In Liver
pool, and dated on Montreal on the Is h Of August, In
which the writer gives an account of his fight to Osrads
to avoid tie draft. His adventures seen to have been
Of q lively character. He s,ys be a 60. bcmo as soon a.
possible" after reading the telegram announcing the
order for 9 draft, "gIve his wife one hours notice,
kissed her and the children, and started In tie middle OF
the night for Canada" Re continues:
. TIE whole cunning scheme hal been planned out be-
forehsnd, and all the miitsr, and police Of the nation
we're on the alert, under instruction, and With q bounty
or reward for each POOR devil THY could catch, to stop
oh travellers, and lock up all his cOi,kens 10 their roost.
In anticipation Of drafting, I had 6lod an exemption
plea, with q doctors certificate, on the score OF Ill
health, Tho doctor had been attending MT for above
one year for liver compiai2t,) bu. U Gle, being lard up,
gave IL out just before the order appeared that he could
not release sex people. BE might ease up q little when
they had lost q leg or an arm, or we're i~ncurables 10 q
hospi,al; bet otherwi they must come along and help
catch q rebel bali or an odd piece Of shell or so, and
there was therefore no alternative but to 60 q soldering
or Quarrel with old Whittiesticks. There was some hard
crying and scrsmbling even on Friday night at the dill.
Eereni railroads and mems Of exit from the city, the
police picking up their victims, so tia. | had TO move
mighty cautious. l 60. 70 Albany, the capital Of New
York . ate, on important State business, and my 6rst
plan WAS TO strike boldly for the suspension bridge,
Niagara Falls, the easiest, nearest, and best guarded
paint of the Olnsd, frontier, With Q through ticket for
Detroit across Lover Osnada East, demanding q pass
boldly % a foreigner, and II denied / then knew two
hazardous lerriss-one between the Large Fall and the
American Fall, and the other about q mile above the
rapids-by which l thought could slip across.
/ had not gone Jar on the road 10 Buffalo be'ore
thing. locked very suspicion, on the train, and studying
nv map, / co GUIDED to slip of unpscsived By the con.
duo,or at q jur often, entirely change my plsrs, and
strike of into Northern New York, TO a small port en-
the st. Lawrance, two hund Ell miss away, which |
thought would not be, as yet, 50 sufficiently guarded as
70 ureyent my getting over the 81. lawrence 10 q boat.
I soon found I was spotted, and for bours expected every
minute TO be laid hold oil, although, OF course, l had q
planned out schtm, to meet such an emergency. i
10 kiy, ho1ever, slipped GU. OF that train again, bsfore
il got 70 its destination, at another junction, by which /
vas left at an Inland village during sunday.
he & lally mids his way 10 Rouss's Point, and undor.
vent several additional experiences:
Having gained the good viii OF the lsndlsdy, during
an argument on Sunday in support Of her Church, aud
through her somewhat won upon the shrewd, cunning
but stubborn husband. / concluded. during Sunday
night, to make 4 ~coniicDt of the 'oid boss" with a
safety reserve, and If possible % get him to help me-
de turned out a true friend, and on Monday | left a.
quietly o. possible for come sulphur spring., for the
oenth. Of my liver COMPLAINT, near TO the border line,
Eight mile.) Just 90 the stage started, in jumped q
Vaited States soldier, on his way TO the same place to
catch s~trssglers, and sat with his back TO mine, while
| opposite 70 me sat . cunning impairment Methodist! min
is,er. who set to work Immediately TO q.iz me, and, II
possible, to catch me tiJ pug, so as to nab me, aud q
precious hard time / had 70 oheokmate him. AZ the ho-
tsl at the springs / had TO undergo the hardes. eKamiua-
tiou vet fro n a siI foot Vermont Yankee, but | got him
Of The track by making arrangements 'or the boarding BY
tho week for vile, Two childr1n 6nd nurse, and in the
mid lie of the night made arrangements for footing II
along tho bed Of the Rie:l: RIVER (my only guide)
across the border line.
violent storm detained mo, 60 next morning / TO-
loved q previously ooocootei plan Of hiring q ca,risge,
and driving 10 sn Indian village, a special Obi C. OF Gu.
i,sity to the spring visitors. Just before starting down
came q company Of soldiers, intending TO sSesp all be
fore them, bu. there bling no other chance, l drove
boldly up 70 the hj,sl, (tor I bad 10 croes q most expos
ed bridge 10 froaI) and asked several Of the lettering
yisitors to iak, q morning ride with nc, aud coolly
started OF before them all; but had no sooner get
across .ho bridge and on the right road, than the car.
rage bro K, down. l Ysnkeed il together again, AID in
due line got across the border line. l then made friends
Wish an old Canadian TO b ks back my carrisgs, and I'd
ipg an Indian, I started across the 81. lawrence in a
leaky canoe, Iudi.n fashion, followed By three men, for
several ate mpts hai been made on the border line,
which was on one tide ef the road, 10 pull victims over
for the reward. I threatened to Shoot the frat man that
touched me, and the Indian, II he play ed false, ard ]
should have killed them all In two minutes il they had
tried 1t on.
We great labor and difficulty we 60, 10 one Of the
middle Islands Of the river, when the Indian WAS used
up, and the wo.st had TO come. for the wind was very
high aud contrary. Aftor bsling out the canoe, We
struck out again into the current, and after about four
hours battling with wind and waves, l got 70 Cornwall,
Canada East, and AZ onos ttlegraphsd to my wife, hav-
ing bad about q seven hundred mile race with Brother
jonathan.