Daily national Republican., 1863-11-30
Particulars Of the Escape
of John Morgan and
His C0-Rebels.
Connivance OF Secession SYM
pathizers.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-A special dispatch
to the Eremiuy Bulletin, dated Cincinnati, Nov,
80, says:
The officers who escaped from the pcuiten.
tiary at Columbus, with Morgan, were Capts
Bennett, Taylor, Sheldon, Hames, Hacker,
Smith, and Magee.
John II. Morgan, On retiring, changed with
his brother Dick from the top cell to the lower
Of the tier floor, which is 81 inches thich, in
which hole was cut running to the main vail
around the penitentiary.
The wall was cut under and the party
escaped into the open country. The night was
dark and a heavy rain falling. Not the slightest
clue has been discovered of their whereabouts
or the route they have taken.
The Governor has telegraphed to all the mill
tary committees Of the State to arouse their
civil counties, and Col PARROT, Provost Mar.
shsl General Of the State, has notified every
provost marshal within his Jurisdiction to scour
their several districts thoroughly.
The most plausible theory mentioned Is, that
they escaped in time to take the Cincinnati
train via Dayton, which started from Columbus
at a. m. on Friday night.
That their escape was connived at by the
sympathysers, there ls little doubt. The man
ner OF escape was ingenious, but after all sim
pie enough, based upon the almost certain
theory that they were correctly informed as 10
the ground they had to work through. They,
by patient labor for nearly four weeks, and by
means of small pocket knives, dug through tho
floors of their cells, which were composed OF
about one foot Of stone and brick, down into
four foot sewer.
Two weeks ago one Of tho escaped prisoners
asked the guard for few boards to cover the
bottom of the cells, giving as an excuse that
the damp stone was injuring their health. But
the real use of the boards was 10 cover up the
holes they were cutting. On the night of their
final escape, on returning TO their several cells
Dick Morgan managed to change with his
brother John from the lower to the upper tier.
After getting into the sewer they crawlcd to
the heavy grating and masonry at its mouth,
and found they could not escape by that; they,
however, made hole upward to heavy pile
OF coal, which rolled on them to such an extent
that they were compelled to 60 further back
INTO the yaru.
They then excavated the soft earth clear un.
der the main WALL and so correctly was the
distance calculated that they came out into the
open road, one foot from the foundation.
One OF the party, Capt Hines, was by trade
brickmason, and 1t seems he had the man
agement OF the whole affair. A note signed by
that worthy, written In fine commercial hand, l.,
was left behind, as follows;
10 Captain Mariol, Warden Jhe Pe7ient!ary
CASTLE MARION, CELL No. 20, Nov. eth,
ls6S.-Nov. 4th, 1868, commencement; Nov.
10th conclusion. No. of hours per days labor
three. Tools, two small knives. La patience
est amere maison fruit est doux. "Patlence is
bitter, but It's fruit Is sweet. BY order of my
six honorable confederates.
T. HENRY HINES, q. A.
Public opinion is divided as to where the
blame rests. II Is proper TO state, however,