The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-10-25
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1862.
A "sKEDADDLER,sn STORY.
NARRATIVE OF AN ESCAPE TO CANADA.

The Liverpool 1Hercury-se cessionist or
gan-pubishes a letter from a resident of
New York, addressed TO his brother in Liv-
erpool, and dated at Montreal on the / 5th
of August, in which the writer gives an
account Of his flight to Canada to avoid the
draft His adventures seem to have been
Of lively character. He says he ''got
home as soon as possible after reading the
telegram announcing the order for a draft,
"gave his wife one hours notice, kissed
her and the children, and started in the mid
die of the night for Canada" He continues:
The whole cunning scheme had been
planned out beforehand, and all the military
and police of the nation were on the alert
under instruction-and with bounty or re-
ward for each poor devil they could catch
to stop all travellers, and lock up all his chick
ems in their roost.
In anticipation of drafting had filed an
exemption plea, with doctors certificate,
on score of i'll health-the doctor has been
attending me for above one year for liver
complaint-but Uncle being hard up gave
it out just before the order appeared that he
could not rele, se sick people. He might
ease up little when they had lost leg or
an arm, or were incurables in the hospital;
but otherwise they must come along and
help catch rebel ball or an odd piece of
shell or so, and there was therefore no alter
native but to go soldering or quarrel with
old White stick. There was some hard
crying and scrambing even on Friday night
at the different railroads and means of exit
from the city, the police picking up their vic
Tins, so that had to move mighty cautious.
got to Albany, the capital of New York
Sfata hot hOcipooc aDd
first plan was to strike boldly for Suspension
Bridge, Niagara Falls, the easiest, nearest,
and best guarded point of the Canadian from
tier, with a through ticket for Detroit across
Lower Canada East, demanding pass bold
ly as foreigner, and if denied then knew
two hazardous ferries-one between the large
Fall and the American Fall, and the other
about mile above the rapids-by which l
thought could slip across.
had not gone far on the road to Buffalo
before things looked very suspicious on the
train, and studying my map concluded to
slip, off unperceived by the conductor at a
junction station, entirely change my plans.
and strike off into Northern New York to
"A small port on the st. Lawrence, two hun
dred miles away, which thought would not
be as yet so sufficiently guarded as to pre-
vent my getting over the river in a boat.
soon found was spotted, and for hours
expected every minute,t be laid hold a. al.
though of course had planned oassehetne
to meet such an emergency. luckily, how
ever, slipped out of that train again before it
got to its destination at another junction, by
which l was left at an inland village during
Sunday.
He finally made his way to Rouses Point,
and underwent several additional expert
ences:
Having gained the good will of the land
lady, during an argument on Sunday in sup
port of her Church. and through her some
what won upon the shrewd, cunning, but
stubborn husband, concluded, during Sun
day night, to make confdant of the cold
boss" with a safety reserve, and if possible
get him to hel p me. He turned out true
friend and on Monday l left as quietly as
possible for some sulphur springs, for my
liver complaint, near to the border line (eight
miles Just as the stage started, In jumped
United States soldier, on his way to the
same place to catch stragglers, and sat with
his back to mine, while opposite to me sat
a cunning, impertinent Methodist minister,
who set to work Immediately to quiz me,
and, if possible, to catch me tripping, so as
10 nab me, and precious hard time l bad
to checkmate him. 1.-THE hotel at the springs
l had to undergo the hardest examination
yet, from a six-foot Vermont Yankee, but
got him off the track by making arrangements
for boarding by the week for wife, two chill
dren and nurse, and in the middle of the
night made arrangements for footing it along
the bed of the Racket river-my only guide
across the border line.
a violent storm detained me; so next morn
ing 1 followeda previously concocted plan
of hiring a carriage and driving to an Indl-
an village, special object of curiosity to
the springs visitors. Just before starting,
down came company of soldiers intending
to sweep all before them, but there being no
other chance drove boldly up to the hotel
for l had to cross a most exposed bridge
right in fIont-and asked several of the lol-
tering visitors to take a morning ride with
me, and coolly started off before them all;
but had no sooner got across the bridge
and on the rightroad than the carriage broke
s. down. i Yankeed it together again, and
in due time got across the border line. L
then made friends with an old Canadian to
take back my carriage, and finding an lndi-
an. started across the st. Lawrence In
leaky canoe, Indian fashion, followed by three
men. for several attempts had been made on
the border line, which was on one side Of
the road, to pull victims over for the re-
ward l threatened to shoot the first man
who touched me, and the Indian. ifhe play
ed false, and l should have killed them all
in two minutes if they had tried it on.
With great labor and difficulty we got to
one of the middle islands of the river, when
the Indian was used up, and the worst had