, 1862-08-30

iug nv ground wire it nude no difference With i
The circuit; atd, as Lexington WAS headquar- '
tcrs, cut Franktnr: of Midway vas called.
answered and received the foil owing:
LEXINGTON, July Is, 1862. y
To ]. ". Wco]ums, Operator, Midway: t
Will there be any danger Il coming to Midway. =.
Is everything Flsht5 IAftoR. CONDUCTOR.
I inquired of my prisoner {the operator)
II te knew man by the name Of TAYLOR: He :
said that Taylor WIS conductor l immedi- {
ate]y gave Taylor the following reply:
MIDWAY, July is, 1862.
To Taylor, Lexington:
AL light; come on. No signs Of any rebels
here. WooLUas.
The operator IN Cincinnati then called
Frankfort. I answered, and received about
sooner finished when Lexington called Fr snk-
tort. Again I answered, and received the fol-
lowing message:
LEXINGTON, July Is. 1862. !
To Gen Finnell, Frankfort:
siah ycu to move the forces at Frankfort on
and bave the carr follow and take them up soon
as possible. Further orders will await Them at
MidTaJ I'll IN three o. & four 5 hnnEs, e.. move to5;
mo1nipg, al o'cloes, With $50 men: on the Mid
way read, moving ii tho direction Of Georgetown.
Brig. General WAED.
This being oRr position and intention ex-
actly, it was thought proper to throw Gen.
Nnrd on some other track So IN the course
Of half an hour I manufactured and sent the !
following dispatch, xhiah WAS approved by
Gen. Morgan:
MIDWAY, July15 1852.
To Brig General Ward. Lexington:
MGR. an. With upwards Of 100 men, camo within |
mile If here, and took the old Frankfort road,
htund as ~e suppose, for Frankfort. This IA re-
| liable. WooLtsas. Operator.
| In about ten minutes Lexington ag.i. called
! Frankfort when I received the following:
| LEXINGTON, July Is, 1862.
To Gen. Finneu, Frankfort:
Morgan. with more than 1c00 men. came within
mile Of here and took the old Frankfort road.
I Ireceipted for this message and again mau-
ufactur.d message to confirm the Informs
tion Ger. Ward had received from Midway,
and not knowing the tariff from Frankfort to
| Lexington, could not send formal message
so, appearing greatly agltated, waited u0tu
the circuit was occupied, and broke In, telling
them 70 wait miunte, and commenced cali
ing Lexington. He answered With as much
gusto as called him. tciegraphed as fol-
lows:
FRANKFORT TO LE1fsaros-TeA Gen. Ward
our pickets are Just driven in. Great excitement.
PicEets ta5 the force Of enemy must be a.ooo.
OPERATOR.
It was now 2 o'clock p. m, and Gen. Nor
gan wished to be off for Georgetown. I run
q secret ground connection, and opened the
leave the impression that the Frankfort ope-
rator was ekedaddling, or that horgan's men
had destroyed the telegraph.
, We arrived at Georgetown at about the set
! ting Of the sun. I vent to the telegraph Of
flee, found it locked, inquired for the opera
, | Ter, who was pointed out to me Oh the street
i hailed him and demanded admission into his
a office. He very courteous]y showed me in.
. Discovering that his Instruments Lad been re-
:; | moved, / 1s6ed where they were. He said
= = that he lad sent them to Lexington. asked
:, him what time be had Lexington last. HI
, said, thine O'Clock, and since that time the
line has been down." I remarked that il
> must be an extraordinary line to be In work
4 ing condition wien it vas wn, as heari
- i, him sending messages to Lexington when
i vas at Midway at o'clock. This Was stun
=, ner; be had nothing to say. I immediatel,
n "a tested,the line by applying the ends Of th'
~ ~ wires to my tongue, and found the line e 0
a. T." / said nothing to him, but called for
~ ~ guard Of two mtn to take care OF Mr. Snitl
"A "A until got ready 10 leave town. 1 did not in
- tcTrupt the lines till after tea, when put il
MY own tns;runentE, and after listening
hour or two to the Yankees talking, opene
the conversation as follows, signing myse
At AZ Federal Operator:
ler To LEz1ss1os-keep mum: an N the ofi1c
to reading by. the eoupd Of my magnet IL thu daFl
GEORGETOWN.
.sr To GEoEeErow1-Kcep cool; don't be disco
cred. About how many rebels are t4ereY
-, To LEx7SGToE-I don't know; Gid not MOTTO
r. As Morgan's operator was asking me about 4
Ltl Instruments, 1 told him sent them to Le1ingto
I: He eaid d--n the luck, and went out.
OF GEoRGETowN.
r, To GEonoErowS-Bc on hand and keep us POI
by ed LEXINGTON,
1p- To LEzraros-w will do so. Tell General va
ted GEoRGETows
.Ws To GEoRcETowE-Ms. Fuller wishes to kno~
ith the rebe1e are there. C1Nc1HSATI
~ To ce1ssAr-1es AoFsanst en are hs5s
az eronor7owuow can son soiathe"a BE- ia the Of
mT aid uot be arrested? CRcIssA11
IL To c1sc1sS.7-oh. am IN the da.k, and
hat residing by the sonnd Of the masnet: .
ded GEoRGEroWr
ow- This settled Cincinnati. Question af
question was asked me about the rebels, q
a. answered to suit myself.
+: Things had been going on thts way abt
:ked two hours, when Lexington asked = me VII
nov my assistant WaS. replied Don't kno7
be- q then asked me, ''Haye sou seen him
COZ cays' replied. "No.' This was the
gen- teiegraphing could do in Georgetown.
al, I then called on Mr.. Smith, the o,perat
aims %nq IN ma4 that s,4id I'm ith =,
,as oas in the morning, and should be pleased to
ioo' him accompany me to Dixie, as ! uuderst
,o,o- he vas in the employ Of the United St.
toa1- toni- government. This VAS ANYTHING but ag
tonh toin at1e to him I thought had struck
,e setg' young man in the right. place, aud remaI
lined s+cn Io1 esan1a ha.-. tatan tbsm IN NJ
g ap- ors.a ~ h;s norson Hss f,cs hr9htened
eX- - sss ~ - a.fFo1- ~; .ro~.7 Fo-oih1-,s sfron, ~
ious. - - .u.a o. ,eSao r. 1rco ~ tnr17sh
Instruments ii I would release him.
s52. This agreed to, as sucl instruments
Of much more value to the Confederacy
re 400 Yankee tele graphers. 1 accompanied hi
u tho the seryant'5 room, and there, under the
Send in chest, We found the Instruments.
y. Smith having given me his word OF b
Aus. ~, that he would not leave town for the
~ twen'y-four hours, he was set as lbcr
ascsr- visit his wife and the young Smithf.
e sig On arriving at Cyn1hiana, ! found tha
a Tue operator had 6kedaddled. tested the
De- aid fourd no fluid from either Coyiugt,
Lexington, nor wires in working order
rmish- left the cfllce the next day.
there AZ Fa14S f. 1et tI ny nat befre @ taSns
instruments.
+rai1 a. At Grab Orchard there was no Office,
s. had to put in my pocket the magnet, vi
gu a.! ID f. fse1inr N Il" frat message rec
At Sta w. LOUISVILLE. July q,
ut Gre To Col. Woolfo1d, DanTile-
10 "inS Pursue Morgan. He is At Crab Orchard,
to Somerset. 30
'cts me No sooner had the DanviIle operat
our ga ceipted for this than the operator at Le
.t-io-n: suggested the following:
would To LEBANON JuSc11oH-Would 1t not
-, for DAnF14le and Qufces De4OW nert 10 put u
"4ulo ground wires when they send or receive 1ml
T. messages, as Geo Ellsworth, the rebel oj
q. may be on the line between here and Cum'
,,a,de-a Gap? LEB.
s. The operator at the Junction agree
q. him, and said it would be good idea,
b. was not carried into effect.
arrives We arrived at Somerset that even
q. took charge Of the Office. I ascertaiue
up ano citizens t5at it bad been closed three
- s,ht up to the very hour that our advance
.oasn ~ - arrived in town. It IVES Just opened
operator from Loudoa, who came TO ",
1t. Col. Instruments fer the purpose Of catchiu
b. gan; but, unfortunately for Uncle S.
|. Boyle operator aud all concerned, he had no
!, 1862 either seEd OF receive q message, but
it In fine working condition fur me.
linn ara. been in the office for some time Whe
, forcn ~ | fo1d called Somerset and said
one-ha.f 1baye just returned from Crab Orchard.
* fire OF bsye bt en- to x the Ike. The rebels tore
emv WAS left there at eight 0clock. The 9Th Pc
1t out in MIS- cavalry hgd not then arrived. What
fad the you ett in from Louoon? SrAs
ding th1t To tTASFoRp-Just arrived and go.
Fiaces in working finely. soal
4 and re- To SoAERsEr-Any signs OF Morgan ;
ain went LETT 4rah Orchald at l1:9j to-dsy. sTA
dz- Fore To STASFoRD--No signs Of him as yet
y ~olnd- SoH
ndsr com, To soHERsET-For fear they may .as
had fallen SURPRISE would suggest We have prfya
ya3 killed u hat %0pf STA.