Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-19

k'itHtloh was ihadt a ANW tals as w
the discovery of the dead body OF a. sol
der in trunk at Baltimore, and the
confession OF woman that she had as
sisted the deceased in an attempt to de-
sert in that manner from Norfolk. The
woman has since been tried for the Of
Tense at Norfolk, when she said the sol
der, with whom she was living as his
wife, told her that If she would get him
to Chicago in that way he would give
her four hundred dollars and marry her,
She gave the following account of her
adventures with the trunk
"He cut small hole in the trunk.
Here the trunk was shown 1t Is a
large and handsome one, about twenty
FIVE inches high, sixteen inches broad,
and thirty two inches long lmmedi-
atelv beneath the straps Is seen a very
small oritice, through which the deceas-
ed gained his breath, by means of pipe
stem. 1t would be almost impossible to
detect the orihce unless IL was pointed
out The hole would not admit the
passage of sufficient air to sustain ami
nation In a rat. There is plenty of
room within the trunk to allow lin
tied use of the limbs but they would
necessarily be contracted to such an eX-
tent as to produce a violent cramp, after
a person had been so subjected for pc
| Rod of five hours. He did not think
there would be any difficulty in breath
| ing through the stem of the pipe which
| he used. When l got to Fortress Mon
roe | went up to the trunk and kicked it
| twice. That was the sign by which l
was to know how he was getting on.
He answered it twice, so that knew 1t
was all right. He had no LIQUOR in his
trunk-nothing but canteen of water,
! a towel, and piece of chewing tobacco.
When got to Baltimore l ordered a
| hackman to take me to hotel do
not know which one it was, | was so
anxious to get there, When got to
the hotel went up stairs and had the
trunk brought up with me, and then,
when we got into the room, l locked the
door. I was so glad when got there
that II kicked the trunk with all my
might, but | got no answer. l said,
Now, Johnny, you are all right. He
did not answer me, and / thought he
was fooling me. | got the key and
opened the trunk, and he laid perfectly
still, when l said, Come, Jack, get up !;
|
about here sbut me- He said nothing,
when put my hand upon his face, and
he was dead. THE woman was here so
overcome with her feelings that 1t was
some minutes before she could proceed. !
| dropped the lid of the trunk and was
crazy in my head l saw card on the
mantel piece of the room, and l wrote
the word Chicago on it, and rang i'm
mediately for a servant He got me a
hackman, and told him wanted to go
right away to Chicago. He said he
would take me to the Calvert Street sta
ton for two dollars. | told him | would
give him that, and handed him a five
dollar bill, when he gave me back three
dollars. He put the trunk behind the
carriage, and when we got to the depot
he asked me if | wanted it checked |
told him yes He said, Go and get your
ticket and | will get it checked for you.
, | was almost scared to death I wanted
it found out and I hadn't the heart to
| tNli .nv one I went 70 got my ticket
but Instead Of doing so l walked up the
street | do not know what made me,
but I couldn't help it. I saw a police
man coming down near me and want
ed to tell him, but did not know how
! walked the streets all night no one
said anything to me, and | did not say
2 a word to any one. The next morning
heard some one say something about q
trunk, and thanked God that 1t had
been found out. l walked through the
streets during all the morning anC
finally felt so bad that | went and told
on myself. This was all done upon the
moment, ! was perfectly crazy after
tGdnd out that the soldier was dead"
The woman was sentenced to fine Of
$500 and two years Imprisonment.
REBEL APPRBHENsIoEs. - The Rich
mond Enquirer of the 9Th inst. is in g
fever of apprehension that Georgia viii
repudiate the COnfederacy and yield tc
the Yankees aud it therefore desires
that the military power and oppression
Of the rebel government should coerce
the people of " the Empire State of the
South into continued submissio1 to
its intolerance and their own ruin-fo,
such would assuredly be the result o
public meetings in rebel Georgia. Til;
Enquirer howis over the dying grasp O.
rebellion on the Georgians as follows
Georgia is not ready for submission
We demand public meetings in Geor
gia. We want to hear the voice of hel
brave and true patriots Rally the men
Encourage the people. Comfort the
feeble. Warn those who cOnfide in the
transparent cheat of the Yankees. Ami
mated with determination to stand
together, the passage OF Sherman
through the State will not weaken oul
cause, The stern determination of the
} people will close behind the invader as
the water follows the keel, and the
world will be convinced that, united In
our resistance, we are invincible."
THE RAILWAY POSTAL SYsrEM.--Befort
the end of the present month, says the