The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-02-03
A New Way Of Paying Old Debts

l'gTIg ;As battle Of Ilshomingo creek.
yq1n- Gentleman of;L.s city now enga-
-@d q The study a. law was captured and
brought g this city. and shipped together
7l.A amber 0f others. 20 Alton peniten.
tafT. where he was kept some six weeks al
the end u which time an order va. rece;v.
Ell 20 transfer 4 number Of oficers-him.
set among the rrmber-fo Johusor's L..
.aal -ad. under strong guard. they took
ne train Tor 'ha; delightful sun uer retreat.
l-eut-lan; Ii hAi seen eno1gh OF pr..
60, Re dgr.ur hS. weeks scjogrn ai Axiom
80 SATISFY him TIA; il was not exactly suit.
81 g. one u 10 had followed the War IA.
-.e through al h.s campaigns. and deter.
'n.rtf. u ross oie. 20 eHcct h.s escape. -
bl' j; seems that several others were pos.
sessed of the sane idea. ard !; was soon
.aowu that several had taken leave without
;1e ouGters. -u by iumpin.- from the train.
~a.eh increased the vigllar &C Of the guard
1-i rendered a. aiiefnp; dc ubly daugefous.
-. -.e .e1ienant determined that the prs.
-- -aies should never close on him acau.
Aoo.i .w0 0 clock in the morn lng lie no
seed that lie guard had fallen asleep. and.
- ra.s.n- tue window. b., peered oui 10.
g. 81. darkness. and discovered that the
,-l.9 was rushing on with 'rishifnl speed.
-r1gch g have deferred ary other ihan be
from making the attempted. but Alton was
'ea.r4 4gd JChusons Island ahead. and
coww ttn- b h.mseii Ia the Fales. ne slipped
through the ndow. ami. loosing his hold.
dropped 10 the ground. For moment he
~as stunned aud beEiidered aud unable to
use. bl; .acs Is 10 bones we're broken. and
o. r.s.us he discovered that he was in the
u .lst - . larse prairie while iar away the
train was lamheF.ng on.
Pcrsaing the liae Of the railway. he g.
'oui daylight. came within sight Of a vii.
a-e which afterwards proved 10 be Clin.
ton " ha. TO do be did not know. with.
out cent. and dressed in full uniform. and
~eary and hungry. The first thing 10 be
lo-e waste get fid ofhis grey Jacket. which
N4-t4keu % and haried in an adjacent corn.
field, and. resolving % pat bold face on
the matter be Sc, out FOR the town. and. on
reaching the suburbs. he discovered some
woFkncn engaged 10 building brick house
and walking up 20 one who seemed 70 be
IN authority. be asked him IL he wanted
wcTkmen. 20 which he received a ready re.
ply in the affirmative. coupled with the re.
mark that he vas Colonel Of the One hun.
dred and ffiy fourth Illinois. and his fur.
!ogsh had nearly expired. aud immediate.
' offered him iWo dollars DAY TO 'wail
on the brick masous. This was a grea,
i-ial 10 the adventurous "Reb." but he in.
medlA;ely set 20 work with a will. and thus
thing, passed along very smoothly until be
sat down al the dinner table on the third
day. when the colonel startled him by re.
marking 20 the family that several Rebel.
had escaped from the train. aud Que had
F hnnF adj - tffsrsnr t..tfsa~ -. IL.
tenant full IN tae face at the same time
+ hut he Kept his couaienanee. and returned
+ 20 his work, III a. ease.
I About o'clock. the Colonel made some
I excuse for going into the town. hut scarcel,
/ had he left when an Irish servant Girl beck
oned to him TO come into the kitchen
which he did. aud learned from bertha, th'
/ Colonel had gone after guard 10 arres
him. She begged him 10 dy. ai the same
time handing him two dollars In silver
/ lie was not long Ia taking her advice. and
ere night closed in. was miles away in ~
bouudless prairie.
We will not follow him in all his adveu
turcrs TO Chicago. where he found friend
and means. and thence 10 Detroit, Mon,rea
and Halifax, whore be embarked on \ block
adc runner. aud on his fearful voyage alon
lia,icras. the passage Of the bloekadin
fleet. his safe arrival al Wilmington. frou
which point he Immediately proceeded I
join his command then in North Mississiy
pi. suffice i to say that he did so. an
fought through the remainder OF the wa
and then was parolcd, and now walks, III
streets with an air decidedly more legs
than warlike.
A few days since he entered a store wheI
quite number Of gentlemen we're collec
ed. when one ofthcm suddenly accosiod hi
with "llallo, aint you the reb hired I
carry the hod 2 Yes. l am. responded "a
limb Of the law. land Iwant the seven DO
lars you eve mo for it, Amidst roars I
laughter Colonel 5. produced bis poke
book and handed over the amount. stain
that he had never experienced more plea
ure in liquidatinR debt 10 his life.
We venture the prediction that this
the FIRST debt Of the kind collected sin,
, the closing Of the war-1fs1nphis apped
A LITTLE Hos not yet three years old, "a
with tuuch oarnoafmana 81 vVfah eamid a.