Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-03
~ yoor MOTEL Summers.


fswLAyArsrr., March 25-e A. =.
n. a.. De. Bsadauarters Deps's"'sss y
~ Esse, Nee York:
nu;-I have the honor TO report sn:' ~
siGRt aheut half past 10 o'clock, ! v's's :.
TS~s3v. tsk;ns with me Mr.. Howard, o.
~ ~ Yoek 7ymss. After some CONVEX
s.0se~ ,,aeaise 70 The matter for when ne
~ ~ ssnteucsd, 10 made the following
eSSc.ssscs ne requested that ] would ma. =
- -. - ~ coniession to his detr'ment J"
~ !. .s:,,;,. ar rcprieve should be rsceiveo
~. ,hs honor 10 remain, respectfully
l~,e,s ol,edient servant,
Jv~s MARTIN BURKE.
Lieut.. Col. Commanding.
~ov,rsstos or ROBERT C. KENNEDY.
Afisr nv escape from Johnson Island !
vent 70 Canada, where met number o.
Oeo6,deratss. They asked me IT ! was w'll
ine 20 10 on an expedition. ! replied, ~, en-
nn & NJ the service Of my country. Insy
~. "It'e I'll right" but gave no int'ma
~ of its nat,:ye. nor did | ask for any.
- thsn cent TO New York, where stayed
- time. There were eight men in our
partv. OF whom two fed TO Canada. After
ve had been in New York three weeks We
vere told that the object Of the expedition
ves 10 retalstc on the North for the atroci
tiee in tho Shenandoah Valley. II was de.
siencd to set fire to the city on the night Of
the Presidential election; but the phospho
rus was not ready, and It was put OF until
he 25th OF November. ] was stopping At
the Belmont House, but moved into Prince
street. set fire to four pieces Bsrnum's
Museum, Lovejoy's Hotel. Tammany Hotel,
end he New England House. The others
ooly started fires in the h use where each
Was lodging, and then ran of. He'd they
~ dens = did We would have had thirty.
twe Ares, and Played huge joke on the fire
dspartment. know that am to be hung
for setting fire to Barnu,ns Museum, bu,
that Vas only Joke. had no idea Of doing
it, had been drinking, and went in there
With friend, and, just to scare the people
l emptied bottle Of phosphorus on the
door. We knew Il wouldn't set fire to the
wood, for We he'd tried il before, and At on.
time had concluded 70 give the whole thing
up.
There was no fiendishncss about it. Ar
~ setting Ore 10 my four places walked
tho streets Ill night, and went to the Ex-
change Hotel carly in the morning. wca
Dst thers that morning and the next night.
Ny friend and had rooms there, but we sat
In the Office nearly al the time, reading the
papers, while wc were watched by the dc.
tscsivss, Of whom the hotel was full. ex
pected 70 die then, and If had il would
have been Ill right; but now it seems rather
hard. escaped TO Canada, and was glad
enough when crossed the bridge in
safety.
desired, however. to return to my COM
nand, and started with my friend for the
Conlsderacy via Detroit. just before en-
terinR the city he received an intimation
chat the detectives were on the lookout for
~. and. giving me q signal, he jumped from
the cars. l didn't notice the signal, but
kept on, and Vas arrested in the depot.
wish to say that killing women and
children was the last thing thought Of We
wanted 70 let the people Of the North un.
derstAnd that there are two sides to this
va, and that they can't be rolling in wealth
and comfort while VIC at the South are
bearing oil the hardships and privations.
In retaliation fo- Sheridan's atrocities in
the Shenandoah Valley, We desired to de-
sssoyed property, not the lives Of womer
and children. although that would Of cours
have followed in ita train.
Done in the presence Of Lieut.. Col. MAJ
Gin Burke.
March 24-l0:30 N.