The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-03

! received ii; / remained couple Of GAYS ut
the Halifax Hotel, and then removed 10
Ii! the 18th Of June, when Dr.. Blackburn
met me. am not a British subjeci; was
born III London, England.
| Dr. Black burn said the goods were ia the
steamer Alpha, ,ha. there were eight
trunks and ya'isc, and tha, MFR. Hill, one
/, s'i the officers at The vessel, wouIc 60 down
Ia Inc boat and get then; ~e wen: down
with an express wagon anc SO: item; Ur.
Blackburn told me tho va]ise wGs 70 so as
Z present TO President Lincoln; brought
the eight trunks to a private Yoon, and
Kept them until next day; this was at the
FaImer's Hotel, where l was stopping; DR..
Blackburn said that Hill would 20 with
the vessels which so to Boston, to smuggle
them into Boston, and from thence they
were 10 be taken TO Washington and Nor
folk, being the best places, that is, there
were plenty of troops who would catch the
fever and sicken and die, and thus weaken
the post; he gave me trunk marked with
large ''2'' which was to 60 TO Washing.
ton, aud the contents Of which we're to Be
auctioned; he was not particular about
price; there were three trunks uDjnfected;
these were samples, of which I have q
shirt now on me; the doctor told me, as q
preventive against the fever, while hand.
ling the clothes, that should smoke strong
own discretion about selling them.
l travelled under the name Of '.J W.
Harris got the goods in Boston and
expressed them thence 10 Philadelphia.
and from Philadelphia 70 Baltimore. and
getting out Of funds returned to Toronto
and sent letter to Dr.. Black burn, who
was At the Falls, TO the effect that / was
out Of funds; went to the Cliftop House
and saw DR.. Black burn, Messrs. Clay,
Holcomb, Mc0regor, Preston and other
gentlemen there Ibid notsee Mr.. Thomp-
son; Or. Blackburn got $50 70 carry me
back 70 Baltimore; there WAS nobody
spoke TO me except Back burn and Mo
lnente, to me, and said tkst would have
AL interest in tobacco business CT his.
and that next year they were going to-
carry out an expedition that would cost
tl0O, ,000 and that would surer.utend it:
took tie money and went back to Balti-
more; lenueavOred to go t. Norfolk in
steamer left four small Trunks aud "bis
No. ." nich was inten1oa tor Washing
ton, behind brought the Others with noe
IN steamer, but tho boat hs stopped by
al order ot General Butler, who vas ma
king movement otthe army Il, TIA, time.
and Eli persons not connected VII the ar
my we're ordered 10 fall back on he boat
l made an arrangement ~jL a sutler
nsned Myers, belonging L. GeGs. Sigel
and WeiIneFs divisions, 20 .ase part o. the
goods and act as my "aeenis, with in
structions TO dispose OF the goods at Nor
folk, il possible, or at Nea terI, at tha:
time hele by tiie Federals.
~ this moment Hynms said to Els
Worship, 'Sir hope you VOL, allow me
70 be in.nl:ed Claim the protection OF
the Court. That gentleman tk,uinting to
Nj. AleA ander Manning,) has just called
lne q scoundrsl." MIR. Manning, v ho was
sitting on tue rail Of the bar Oh the south
u
his opinion that the witness was q scoun.-
drel.
told Myers to send me the proceeds Of
the sale to the Fountain Hotel, Baltimore;
] returned tc Baltimore, and taking the
other trunks laft for Washington when
arrived there l went TO n commission
merchant of my acquaintance, ut the COZ.
nef OF Ninth street and Penusy ivania ave.
nue., got 500 advanced on ihe goots<, tell
lug him that wanted them sole as spee1i.
ly as possible.
There was yellow fever III Newbern
abont b week after. I Saw il in the news
! papers; came back via Hamilton where
l met Clay and Holctnnb, hotE OF whom
congratulated mo on my return, and said
had made an Independent fortune; tel
egraphed to Or. Black burn, at the Done
CANA Hotel in Montreal; left for Toronto
by nighttran, and arr've, u: Toronto 3.
daylight in the morning; night or two
while was IN bed, aud knocked at the
door: got up, looked our ot ibe window
| TO see wLoi; was, and on recognizing me
| he sAiG. "Hysns, you are like all d-d
! rascals. you've been doing something
wrong" case down and told niru what
! had don.; he sskeu me II had LETT big
q 1t Washington; replied that bad: alt
right, said DR.. Black burn, lit will Kill ng
sixty yArde;'' he also told me he lad been
engaged by IN. British authorities 10 so 70
Bermuda, a here the yeit~ fever was rag
lag, and that he would star: the ne It morn
ing; then asked him for money. and in
reply he seid no would 90 20 jacob Thomp-
son and make arrangements by which j
could have ali I needed; went next day
TO Col. Thompson, who tod me thai Black
burn had instrucsed him to give me $lOOas
s0on az had received satisfactory evil
dsnce thst the goods had been disposed Of;
he then gave nse $50 on account; about ten
days after received xn account of sales
from Hamilton, and showing il 10 him he
gave me the other 80 in q cheek Gu the On-
tario Banf; saw Black horn atteg~ard in
MOntre4), when / wAs carrying coMlnis-
eions for Bennett x. Young, aud asked the
Doctor fO, money, but he iaughed ss me:
when left Tnronro fret had good bus
iness, h1t when came back lonun that
my wife ha j had to soil everything to sup
port herself until my return.
3. PORT Royau.--A party ,on. :.tiug OF
Genera Li,t!eiis.d, Msjor Elliott, Major
Dewey, Captain Hays, and few favored
with spe.ial invitat.0ns, visite .be Clyde
this afternoon, .fbe firss Aisht Lae: had OF
Jefferson Davis in over four : ears obtain.
ed fr.tu the dock nf th. little steamer tha.
took us do~n tho Cay, just As We ranged
alongside ths Clyde. he was walking or,
and down the spar deck, in lie narrow
space between tho cabin and tn. hui varks.
Hia short lease OF power ano The anx ietiee
which it involved have aged him wonder
fully. Flo waS always spare man, but
now he was gaunt and emaciated. His
hair had grown gray and his beard nearly
white. He does not shave his upper liz
nor the sides of his face as he did when in
the Senate, and y nicustache and whiskere
change his personal aspect notably
He had returned to the cabin by the
time We got on board tho Clyde. There he
sat in a corner with his hat drawn over hjs
eyes. He and his wife were lookidg over
a lot OF fnswspapeas that had just been sent
to them, and the carefully avoided recog-
nizing the curious glances directed by "a
all toward them. Two Of the children
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