Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-06-01

and asked for Alexander III. Keith
showed him the letter in his room ; he
said it was call right" and talked about
the expedition he said that he had eX-
pected letter from Dr. Robinson, but
had not yet received ii | remained
couple of days at the Halifax Hotel, and
then removed to the Farmers Hotel,
where | remained until the 18th Of June;
DR.. Blackburn said the goods were in
| the steamer Alpha, that there were eight
trunks and a valise, and that Mr.. Hill,
| one of the officers of the vessel, would
| 90 down TO the boat and get them we
! went down with an express wagon and
4 got them DIR. Blackburn told me that
! the valise was to 20 as a present to
/ President Lincoln | brought the eight
trunks to a private room, and kept them
there until the next day; this was at the
! Farmers Hotel, where | was stopping
! DR. Blackburn said that Hill would 90
! with me and make arrangements with
some of the vessels that 20 to Boston, to
smuggle them into Boston, and from
| thence they were to be taken to Wash
ingtonland Norfolk being the best places,
that is, there were there plenty of troops
who would catch the fever and siCken
and die, and thus weaken the post he
gave me a trunk marked with large
-, which was to go to Washington,
and the contents of which were to be
auctiOned he was not particular about
price; there Were three trunks uninfect-
ed these were samples, of which / have
a shirt now on me the Doctor told me,
as preventive against the fever, while
handling the clothes, that / should
smoke strong cigars and chew camphor;
| had to use my own discretion about
selling Them travelled under the name
of J. W. Harris | got the goods into
Boston and expressed them to Philadel-
phia, and from PHILADELPHIA to Balti-
more, and getting out OF funds, return
ed to Toronto, and sent letter to DR..
Blackburn, who was at the Falls, to the
effect that was out of funds | went TO
the Clifton House, and saw Dr. Black
burn, Messrs, Clay, Holcomb, McGregor,
Preston, and other gentlemen there l
did not see Mr.. Thompson
DR.. Blackburn got $3.50 to carry me
back to Baltimore; there was nobody
spoke to me except Blackburn and Nc
Gregor; the latter held out strong in
ducements to me, and said that would
have an interest in a tobacco business
Of his and that NEXT wear they were go
ing TO carry out an expedition that
would cost 100000, and that would
superintend it; took the money and
went back TO Baltimore; | endeavored
to go to Norfolk in a steamer; I left
four small trunks and big No. ."
which were intended for Washington,
behind brought the Others with me in
a steamer, but the boat was stopped by
order of Gen. Butler who was making
a movement of the army at the time
and all persons not connected with the
army We're ordered to fall back: on the
boat made an arrangement with sut-
! Ter named Myers, belonging to Gems.
SigeI and Weitzel's division, 20 take
part OF the goods and act as my agent"
with Instructions to dispose of the
! goods at Norfolk il possible, or at New
bern, at that time held by the Federals;
l told Myers to send me the proceeds of
the sale to the Fountain Hotel, Balti-
/ more; | returned to Baltimore, and,
taking the other trunks, left for Wash
ington when | arrived there | went to
! commission merchant of my acQuain-
tance on the COrBer of Ninth street and
/ Pennsyl and had 500 adj
vanced on the goods telling him that |
wanted them sold as speedily as pOssi-
| Bile; there was yellow fever in Newbern
! about week after; | saw it in the
! newspapers | came back by the way of
/ Hamilton, where met Clay and Hol-
/ comb, both of whom congratulated me
on my return and said that had made
an independent fortune; | telegraphed to
Blackburn, at the DOnegana Hotel in
Montreal, and also to my wife. to say
that | had arrived and was coming
( home Clay and Holcomb told me that
DR., Blackburn was in Montreal | left
for Toronto by a night train, and arrived
| at Toronto at daylight in the morning
night or two after, DR.. Blackburn
came to my house while | was in bed
and knocked at the door; | got up
looked out of the window to see who it
was, and on recognizing me, he said
hyams, you are like all id rascals:
you've oeen doing something wrong"
came down and told him what had
done; he asked me if had left "big 2n
at Washington; | replied thai I had.
D." all right said DR.. Blackburn, it will
Kill at sixty yards" he also told me
that he had been engaged by the British
authorities to go to Bermuda while the
yelioWfever was raging, and that he
would leave the next morning | then
asked for money, and in reply he said
that he would go to Jake Thompson and
make arrangements by which / could
have all needed; went next day to
Col. Thompson, who told me that DR..
Blackburn had instructed him to give
me 500, as soon as had received salts
factory evidence that the goods had been
disposed of; he then gave me $50 on
account; about ten days after, / received
an account of sales from Hamilton. and
showing 1t to him, he gave me the other
500 IN check on the Ontario Bank: | !
saw blackburn afterward in Montreal.
when l was carrying commissions for
Bennett IL. Young, and asked the doc
tor for money, but he laughed at me.
when left Toronto first, had a good /
business; but when / came back. I found |
that my wife had had to sell eyerytbing
10 support herself until my return.
numerous petroleum springs are re-
ported to have been discovered in West