The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-23
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GOT OFT.
Among the items Of the experience Of Pardon
! Worsleyi the chief witness for thc Government
IL the Hid OF those persons charged with furnish.
! uF goods 70 him as q known blockade runner.
| VIC g!san The following from his own narrative -
While engaged ia pCddiipg frut around the
camp vi hin the dcfcnses Of the Potomac. he
be- was approached by several Southern ladies.
W'O Had Ion loiE time Caru,sly desired o pass
through or lines, iud although thCir icltiun
70 Va" auhCriiir' WIS backed by some Of tho Grst
gHcns of Wg,hiuGtou, IL failed Of its purpose
Mr. CugG'CIur, one OF the ladies alluded 90.
y! t'lt ~ IrcnF promises 90 Introduce hm 20
riU,u.
Wcrsl,y was permitted to take tdc ladies
through fhC Inns. This. WOi,lCy says, w.s IN
AlrI ilft, aId was his trst passage through into
f,l,l Territory. Tie accomplished his purpose
..'rly, 'aiiirl hDwgvtrtu go No,cby, VINO was
.H' on rid. Hut, og toe rDprr.,utsious of
ht 'Hurcguor, who WUs grateful tor ihe safe
convoy Rome, her husband. wt o was p1s:.surd
q the Town Of M'id'Churs, us.d Wursov with
kindness. erd gave him and his driver the fol-
lowing pass
mir PARDON woralcy sud Jamt, Soar On, ovn,r, OF
M Ill @ u t.,'' lu,se,s'V"' , 'AH' y a.aaoo"I @ a., .u
rl vc iho obsr lhdy fron iirppaht115cs ror1 w. Va
moo enc, have sysrJ reason o. o.. cye s-r -,I
army. era truo wan not be- c.tod by say -oitl-.n
s.'f,r, 0t.u tey nav oisrc. TO meet e. ta,ltr ..re
'N'urDrrr., vs.. Apra So, Is5I
Worlcy returned 70 Washing .ur, rerrrfei NO
FrJss, ana wAs ptfmi,te 20 proceed %, los. suited
him, until he had gained an interview wfh
MOvbr.
Taking with him articles ne knew he could
fJl, he mIor another trip arriving In Middle.
lu'E May & lNth lmWgtia'. .y on his arfU O.
he disposed Of all his wares, and ua. urged ~
continue bis trips. Mos5by being a7sin ab,cut
Mrs. Chancellor had used her influence vito Mu,
60 the eNt,It Of getting him 60 name % dag Ju
"tich hc would meet NorslCy; me1.tmC he
n'tr ted his Gniuiant to issue pass 20 NOrs.ly,
which vas wordtd es follow .-
Mr.. w,r,ley ard James sloan have rcrul.s.an 60
Hr" looc7 out rrm "s,nUllou, and to tse e.a,.s
,".rr. olecrot COLONEL S. .A'oscny. '.'' ~ '''''
Taking with him orders for a voristy,of goods.
he ItuTutd 90 washington, uhtauEd another
loal, ana arrived ut MidolcOurg on the day al-
pointed net MOscby, VITO hot oply received dim
cordially but invited him ~ a ydiunCr NJ which
two hunercd Of his men pprticHatcd, and upon
which occasion WorslCy wtlS by Moscby, up.
pointed IS sutCr to his hi;t6iou. At the same
unc the following pass, WHICH Worslcy hUs.siuoc
uscd on every Trip he nsdci vas given 10 him by
Moscry -
~ ',,2rlrrIggss FYsr', ,,ru1g {we,yA p, H.. nNT-
mssiou to mp"rl .'ud1 iutC is socteu rom tro rad,
.m VI O. O. rig,"ai snt.os sls CT zcn' are tor,it
"LientcnaUt-C dgnul Comuuuitns."
From tl.t time turth, ard for several trims
Worslty vac noi mol. ted, though not ajtOcctier
uuSusTvct,d. In fact, be vas told that watches
were set to detect, h possible, 10y what routes iC
camc within tlcir lines with hs goods. Thcrc-
after he len Washington ~ midnight, and travel
uG uy he most uuiTcIucNtd rDutcs by night
and hCirg IN tho woods hy dgv, he succeeded ia
Cudn" Tho vigilance Of the Rebels. AuOtlg.
plan tCr hi detection was truu arranged
An prllcuii. u for q satc.coudrgt through 'bc
Federal lines wa, applied iorb by Fanny Nc,anj, &
sharp-WittCt dWiur, and malignant She ECbgl.
As WCr-ty had carried other women thrOugh
previously, lie could not refuse her without being
usfCCted; so he consented 1T once 10 do 20, and
brought lcr TO Washington, where she had many
friends ana do0btlcs- some who read these limos
will remainder her introduction of Worslcy 10
thCm aS her tried and trusty fricrd. From that
tim, hy wa, almost OvCTWhClmCl with letters
from Nasbing.oriars and other, to be carried to
their friends in rCbCdom.
Faurv accompanied him on his return trip,
and he says it was tue most hnz ruO1s one he
ever unutUCOE, never once appearing on ira.
yCled road; ne kept IN by paths and on roads
made through the woods hy wOod-Ch Jpprr., until
he StIuch The Mlddlehurg FiEo, where they heard
that Federal scouts were approaching M'ddl burg
10y the LCCsbuIE pike. He whipped his horse into q
gailOp, and arrived in Middleburg a few minues
ahead Of the scouts. Upon their arrival they
proceeded 70 arrest many Of MOseby's men; hut
knowing Worsley, they foolishly passed him and
y
No sooner had they departed from the town
than one of MosUby's officers went TO Worsley, as
he sat upon piazza, aud calling bin ga spy
ant selling him by The throat told him TO pre-
pare 20 die, charging him with predrrangng the
descent 0. the scouts upon them; Il was in vain
Z lie protested his innocence tho threat was about
being Cauied INFO execution, when Fanny No
! land itcrpoyed 10 save Worsley; asserting his
entire ignorance of the ailar, and teUinR thc
olgCT lC wOuld have n shoot NOIslcy through
! her LOdy. Tue officer finally grauted brief
respite, that she might 60 and sec Mose5y, which
she lid, and satisfied that parsonage of WOrs-
ley 5 inruCeLCc, that he went aud released him,
, ana opUloGilcd for the rough treatment Of which
he had been the victim.
Altcr that and until the last trip no made
WoIscy thought himself clear of all suspicion.
On the occasion he referred 70, however, friend
had informed him that heavy orders for goods
( had been given him, with the intent, when he
I should return with the goods 20 hang him aud
conGsCa'e his goods OF course he did not return.
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