Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-07-15

Atr,vsl OF General Fran kiln In Bsit,mors
Major wsits, ofthe sth fflliuois csvalry, In
conmsnd Of the regl nsnt In Bsltimore, with
ons hundred men, went ont from Baltimore
Wednesday night and found Bsj. Gen. rrankiln
concealed In Union house beypnd the rebel
pickets, whom he forced In and escorted the
General 10 tho city. The following .is q brief
account Of his capture and escspei- .....,
He was seated 10 the ear, At the time Of his
capture, alongside of a wounded Lieutenant
Colonel. whsn q rsbsl rorticsr came On the train
and addressing hiuself TO the wounded man,
saidi "Are you Major General Frankltn1" He
replied that he was not. and gave him his name
aud rank. Gen. franklin was in citizens
dress, but the rebel slso rnt the question to
him, and frankly answered that such was hIr
name and rank. There was no doubt 10 hls
mind, from the manner OF the interrogation,
that be had been pointed out by some OF the
passengers. The rebel said; General. I am
happy to see you" The General replied; ''i
cannot say that am pleased TO sec you under
the ci' i'cImstauces." " y
About ten minutes Afterwards Gilmor came
into the car, and addressing himself to Msj.
Gen. Franklin, said; General, you viii con.
slider yourself my prisoner.". He was then put
In q carriage, and, with other prisoners, driven
through the country, stopping while at Tow.
sOntown, and then across TO the Reietertown
road, where they arrived about one O'Clock on
Tuesday morning, and Immediately biyouacked
for the night.
The General was put In custody Of Capt
Owens aud two guards, who were charged with
his safe keeping. Expressing himself as sick
and weary, he Immediately laid uown and
fuigued sieep. Soon after the Captain and his
guards laid down, and he listened apxiously
for indications oftieep on their part. He had
not waited long before he heard the guard
nearest 70 him commence to breathe heavily,
| momentarily increasing In volume and pro.
fundiiy, until 1t became sufficiently loud TO
wake an ordinary sleeper.
The Captain and his other guard had also In
the me intime commenced to breHthe rather
heavy, aud the General continued, with his
ears open, also to feign Sleep. He laid In this
way FOR some time, until all three gave uumis.
taxable signs Of tleep. Fearing that they
4 cNelessly around them, moved over TO the
fence, aud still watched them. ~ He then
coughed loudly and made considerable noise.
thlnking that they wanted an excuse to shoot
at him, each man lying with the right hand
grasping the muzzles OF their Iifes. %.
The indications Of profound sleep being sc
unmistakable on the part Of all three ofthem,
be now thought that be would test the sin.
cerity OF their slumbers by jumping the fence.
i This be did, and on looking back could see nc
movement the dusky forms Of his guardians,
and of he shot across several felds, Jumping
fences, aud keeping straight ahead In the d.
| rectiOn he Thought would take hlm toward,
/ the city. he rau for about three qdsrters o
an hour, when be entered a thick woods, aut
In his weakly state, being really broken down
by fatigue, he sought place of .concralmsLt
He remained cOncr aled for the balance o.
the might Bnd all the next day, frequently
seeing from his hiding place the rebel scout
searching for him, aud securing the bushe,
and woods. Finally, about suuset, almos
famished for water and food, he thought b,
would venture out, having come to tbs conclu
sion that freedom and starvation were nearly
a, bad as being a prisoner without these depri
vatiOns. He still kept 10 the woods. however
/ and he soon saw two men movlD rsowards hin
carrying large bundles Of hay. He walk, vi
to them and asked them what they were doint
with hay 10 the woodr; when one OF them re
piled: We have bid Opr horses In the woods
to keep them out OF the hands of the d-d reb
els, and We are going to feed tbem." Thi
reply was Q sufficient Indication of their senti
ments, and he Immediately made known u
them the circumstances Of his presence In thi
woods, and who he was. ,. -.
They greeted him kindly and cordially
dropped their hay, and conducted him by
secluded route TO their farm-nou where b
was most. kindly aud Hospitality received AM
entertained, both ny the old gentleman and th
ladies OF his family. H ...'' ED
The General was preparing to leave thi
morning again for Philadelphia, to Join hl
family at York, Pa, where he will spend 70,
weeks in recuperatiny his shattered health.