Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-02-14
100 cas- From tls N Y.'Ess1lng Posta
"A ERsanance OF thc WAR sa ut
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Probably)no mao 10 this war has lived
through as many exciting and lddesperate ad.
went uEes as Capt Carpenter the leadef iof
/ the " Jessie Scouts y lie was originally
one of '' john BGownis men, y aud parti.
cipated in the attack on HarpeFs Ferry.
where he eseaptd by. cpawling through
long culvert or covered drain, which lied
from the famous engine house TO the river
Ehe captain does hot love the slave. herds
he has notions about the crimesof. claiming
ownershipain men which to some Ksuld
seem extreme, and d be certainly thinks
Utmost any thing good enough for asman-sel-
ing aristecFat who rebels against the Un-
ion. sa t..8 bs'ass afge. F8v sassss1
q Tho writer Of this passed few quiet
hours with Captain Carpenter lately, while
he latter was still ia this city--.ans Invalid
| from "a, wound received last fall,pin Western
! Virginia. Some OF the campaigning stories
then heard will interest the readers OF the
Erening Post, ard will attract the pYmpa.
Thy OF all who admire daring skill and in
[Venton-7eSpeeially where, as in this case.
all these faculties are sharpened and yiyii-
ed by single hatred and fiery devotion
10 liberty and Union. Captain Carpenter
boasts 10 a, quiet way. that no army. for
which be has secuted has ever suiferd from
a raid " ~ the rear or has ewes been sur
PrIsed. He has an idea that such things
cannot be done where Trustworthy and zeal.
Gu. scouts are employed
Did you ever see Price Inhe was asked.
Hereplied several tirIes. ."-O Once he drove
a team in Prices army two. days. at the end
which time, uniuckily, the team and wagon,
and negro happeued to be, init, ran away;
ana cdriouns enough, never stopped iii
we got ihto our lines" said the Captain.
with twinkle 10 his eye. q The black man
Is working for himself now il Iowa. and
sold the mules TO pay my expepses.p I'D
Once he, rode down to the Rebel pckets.
dressed as woman, to, deliver a
letter to snpposititious brother in Prices
army He bears witness to the politeness
Of the Rebel officers who escorted the lady
half way back to our lines. This TRIP was
made because "the General. wanted 10
know precisely the position of part of
the rebel lines.
TAPPING TIE rELEGRAH. -
After the surrender of Lexington, said
the Captain, General Fremont suspected
that the telegraph operators between Han
nlbal and st. Joseph were disioyal and
giving information to the enemy, aud [
was ordered to make an investigation.
The fact was, however, that the Rebels
had tapped the wires. , A woman in ST.
Louis tod me. She asked me il knew
hat Rebel spy was in town. asked her
who he was and how he did, aud she re.
Piled that he had telegraph apparatus on
the Hannibal aud ST. Joseph railroad. and
had told her so. lie was 10 see her and
take her to a theatre that evening.
l told her would give her CITY dollars
if she would say, When be came, that she
could not go. She agreed, and i ar
ranged that she should introduce me as a
rebel spy from Pillows camp, which She
did immediately gained bis confidence.
We drank vine together and the fool told
me everything. Soon be left the cty aadI
took one Of my men with me aud OF We
started after him. !',st.t s'+~
We found him on the Grand River. near
Ihe railroad, just as he had sald--Is had
a hat inthe brUsh where the telegraphiBR
operation was carried On. There were two
men --my man and another. we lcreptaap
10 them, and on . survey, cane to theaook.
Siu9'NN b"@N NO AiS " NOT nc huio 10 cap
ture than, and the best WaylMaato sheet
them. Il shot my man hut Hale ionty
Wounded his We rushed hnp, AZ III o made
tight. bad to dispatch hi9 Milh.my pis.
lol. We got the telegraph Instruments
with twenty-five hundred feet Of silk wire.
two horses, blankets and sixty Hye dollars
b. raoney There were two daguerreo-
ypes. n5.aei'ia4 ses'd ~ lS4 paa
ESrERs rarcEs cAMr pEronE LskSdros. -
i went into Prices camp when Michigan
was a Lexington had a double barreled
shot gun, with both locks broken, aud rode
into the cAmp with nnmbers Of geoupfrY peo-
pie who we're aockIag to join Price Irods
around freely. talking secession, aud vely
soon saw how things we're going, i eonld
'ee plainly that MplIgan was 10 tight
place, and staraed % l0r 81. louis AL
soon as possible, and gave the iniormaiioh
thai Mnlligan NUT surrender. Twelve
hours afterwards news came that be did