The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-02-11

'or miles above the cisy of L,lissiiis OF me
Ohio river. He sid he srssted me by order
81 Gen. Burbridge. ws carried down 20
W-etport 20 wait for the Cincinna'i snd
Lauisvi.le maii boat. a. ] was arrested.
though Illegally. by an U:hcer OF the govern
ment. | had no disposition 20 resis, WIZ
lhr slightest encouragement on nv part, :
portion of my old regiment and the ei'zsns
would have rescued me. 50. slong the line
of ire Louisville and Lexington raj road. /
discouraged slI such attempts ] was con-
scious Of innocence snd colrred ings-tics-
ton II w.s not given M. .a- t~o
hours in Lexington, | believe - Gen. Nc
T. sn's headquarters. Gen Burbndce va
10 the city. liz did not see me Why (.
Bec.uss he kn-w thst he had arrested m-
illegally. without the slightest foundation,
snf therefore h ~s- too eO~srdly q meet
me- IL snd those ~ho govern him had
ia ,heir heari-. Too coward, ~
have me sx-cu'rd. they INTENDED q r.sc~
ne b~t~e-n the lnr.. where the probsnlli
tis- ~ere. and which they ho,ed woult be.
lhst L should b. murdered. Man proposes,
G a disp1ses
here srked 20 see my daughter. whc wss
going 10 sch,pl ID Lexington. dad NJ
gel stft privilege Do not know wne'h her
caotsin li-0-- forgot 10 ask G-n. Bar5rid,e
o. not. AT Cincinnati informed Caprsin
Hs~rs that w,s nc, prepsrsd either - the
way " proper undercia,hings or Of money;
that onls h,d S25 % money: that SouIi
,h-reiore wl-h 10 check on The Bsnk oi
Lonsyillr tor money. and Telegraph for The
mail bsn 70 tring me NV clothes. tie ssid
!. would telegraph 70 Burbridgs. 7 h.lisvs
he Id 20. snd 'hst wss m. "a, Of IL. II .w-
ever. kind friends. Sun. oi th-m sntirs
strangers. slipped M ~ m,n"s aud under
.hisis. and turned an ~ pair o. psnfa!oon-
intn drswers-my inventive faculties b
ing shsrp~n-d ~ nearly f-exa1 on- bifter
COLI nigh'. II !, hsd not b~-n for th-ss
kind friends. / shosid h.v- been plscei
within The lines ~iih about 81, 10 msnsv
4 believe il w.s the intention nus 10 slsce
me "a oder - force NET VS. no. killed
to shj.cl .nbai.scn- Tnev i tie kns~
NJ. wss very kindly treated 5y b,th ofi
cers snd scsJi-r- ~ho hsd M 10 charge.
~.s kept s'rictiy GUARDED oo'h ~ dsv and
night. w.s onls permitted ~ tx ~ NJ
most trrisl -ubj~crs-
on the 10 . oi Nov vrrnher 1864 ! sa.
placed Outside ths r a-rsi lsars. .ni roPs
OF "a order % this fleet gwen me.
sRy order o. G.aer.l Bmbridgr. disc.
Cat Jacob on'siIe % the FEDERAL ine-. bs
~sy o the ksna~hs river. MT 70 re'urr
during the w-r, under penalty q des'h
w,s across ,ss Gsul~y slon- md sfoc'
Nv vsiis-. email - i was. wss On incum
|brsnce. Nv whole fortune wss on my bscl
ana n that yali-s ~at ti,~n on BIZ racA
|snd contemplated nv position M, rsh'c
,ions we're bitter wns was TIM trsstedl
VS. il bersup ! "a. true g nc Un'on
xh.n rh.t cau.r was doubtful. snd wh-n
had ,hs cssSing vote snd hrd rast j; sgain-'
nv own parry 10 The L@gi-!s'"re. ~he" ths
cause would hsve been lost IN Kentucky, i
II h.d not thus vo'edi ws~ !, because
had. in . time Of peril. rsi-ed splendid
regiment. besides recruiting many hundred
more men, and. for-aklng family and frisnd'
and . comfortable home. Tor the hardship
and peril- OF the battlefield Was Il be
cause 4 had defended the constitutions
rights af nv native State. the right of fre'
speech. q tree press. free suffrage. and I'M
persontl right Of every citizens 10 be trie'
before he 10 condemned Was il because
had exercised the rights Of an Amencs'
citizen. aud had freely descanted upon th
merits Of Mr.. Lncoln's pclicyi Or wss
10 CRAFTY the personal revenge Of politics
priest who had used poor Burbridge -
toolt We shall see-I had thus TO conjsc
ltuve because I hsd not been confronted;
had no charges preferred against me; he
not been openly condemned. thus refec
ted bitterly; but time vas passing and l b.
twelve miles 10 walk before me. rose fro'
my stony seat. with the proud consciousness
Of rectitude; that. ss least. Il was but ,h
&C tion Of bad men and not Of my countr'