New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-19
Civilization ia Egypt.
From Our 50 c.al Correspondent.
DOSGOrA, UNION Co., H., MAY

| From Our 50 cal Correspondent.
DosoorA, UNION Co., H.. MAJ 3 1865.
TIE people Of this part of Illinois arc in great
tronoe on account Of Demon, Haunt a. ttcy call
Il. going through tho country. siuce the war com
meuced there ave been three OF lAese Hnunts. one
came IN the latter part OF April 1861. lie s'ssavage-
looking follow lie killed cattle and sucked eggs. anil
mad, great disturbance. Tho nozt oamo IN sep
t,rpber. 1853. He was sorrowf1l. and walked With q
long stick for cane ard yet he could ontran any dog.
By night he heard crying in the stable or IN tho
corr .a as If bis heart would break. He cane through
from North Caroline ard brought letters written with
rcd ink sgued by people who had been dead several
yesr, Hi. way wss to come 70 TIE dyr step lay down
the letter. then 70 and sit on the baTs and cry.
This present Haunt terrible than either Of he
others He first va. seen Saturday night, Apr'l is
lie Is about five feet TELL very thick se', and has block
bushy beard He voars blue oloitos, something Ike a
soldiers His psntaloOns are made large behind so a.
10 hold his sypeEdage lie boot, very short, IN
fact ,lmo. luare Some say he las 10 Lorus, oshers
that they are only few inches long.
lie lies still by day and starts oct as scon &c II geis
dark and 10 travels FROM to two hundred miles IN
u rieht. Thir account, or his loius r.sn in many
p,sces about tie same time. IL oJcc.t several d-a'h
nsesibed 20 his appearance ie has done great dam
re h8 yet, tut tphTo " WYNN ~ WI.
mepce. IL is necessary for every person TO keep H. the
hou.o after DARK This Haunt viii oole TO honso and
II there II a window 10 win ooS in ifnot. he VII peep
through crack. Tbonrands o: people hsvo seen Ills
frey ewes giaring At them. Often be l. heard n tic
smossi oGse o. spr.ngho1so vlegs he eats aud dhnn
what he ciooses lie viii iako down n gallon Of milk
at one swallow One woman saw him do It, md she
told bow NJ stretched his mouth. II ID "hen he Is on
his travels that az pI0sort be "a most dreadful oT D.
yels and means snd Toars worfo hsa any lion ht osh
b heard fio-i hfeen 10 twenty mileA
+ ought to know about ibis Haunt than anybody
ee Tor Al 10 understood he stays IN my barn. and maj
feed him. My barn is setny t. lie terrible pace
siace formerly ustd 70 keep runaway negroes ID ~
some ten Grys ago lt reported that % going into
tlit barn. found Booth. tAe murderer and Aaotfer
man. playing card. that drew ~ lisIoa. made then
uryonqsr; that | and ny bOys ted then. and vixen
1T cane had then. trapped hof'ee ard taken -
Csiro. whore Immediately hey were shot and thrown
into iho river. OF onre wn going 70 have ia re-
wmd Bot tn. proying ~ be Di'1Hse. 1t WAS oi'coF'
cred II v GO with tie Hunt had fight, tfst tot me
better lin; and Ansily. Tia, Lo GSfees TO CT MP
trick. Tor me- and maybe, DO wOrse i; Is though,
very drealfll acd wicked in mo 20 be fooiarg ths
IIaunt Bot es nobody dare ,asaJ'hmg I. . tiFsi,
ANYTHING win be done. Tho Only enonoo Wiii 10 of ne
Grand Jury TO look into tho matter.
Yonr readers may tL.nk tia strange account yIl
give j, c the purpose OF showing ho~ lar "e have soi
along IL civ liza ton. y l. NJ