Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-13

and repairing old ones. ~ eFery one we
travels in, whatevar direction mus oD4
serve More than this; wesare masking
new humevtcadsi and farms out OF wild
praiTle forests with unwonted energy ana
rapidityg Michigau WISCONSIN, Minnesota,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, NebrAska, ore
growing as new States have seldom
grown, though hundtede OF thousands are
reaching beyond them 70 Colorado, Wyo-
ming, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Cabiornia,
and Oregon. In spite Of our heavy debt,
and Of the formidable State, county, city
and towNSht, war delAs which we are
more rp,dlv paylng on, this country, in.
cludlng her States lately dcsolated by civil
war. isincreasiug It's productivencss and
wealth as no country ever did before,
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A Story ofthe War; New Jersey bOl.
irai IN der. 70 sa.'i'fe ~
Colonel IIt;NRY w, SAWYER who has
lately beer appointed Superintendent of
the me-. saving apparatuso on the New Jersey
coast, once passed through very pcrilous
adventure He was among the Federal
prisoners in Libby Prison, at the time when
the Confederate Government determined
10 retalate In kind for the execution oftwo
rebel officers by one Of our Western Gen
erals. Mr.. Sawyer was at that time n cap
tain In The First New Jersey cavalry and
was of the grade of officers froIh whom Sc
lections were 70 be mhde for the victims 90
Confederate vengeance, The officer who
was in charge ofthe prisoners at that time
was a kind hearted and agreeable man,
and wae regarded BY them With feelings Of
gratitude and affection. On the morning
in question this officer entered the room
where the prisoneFs were confined and
told allthe officers 10 walk uut into another
rODnt efaat tHH.HqE4 r'i aaE ,r.aa t.-lF Fl
Tits order was obeyed with particular
alacrity, ss the prisoners were daily ex-
pcctinp 10 be exchanged, and Il was sup
posed that the order had arrived, and that
they were ABOUT to exchange their prison
quarters for home and freedom. Aftcr
they had ;hl gathered in the room, their
countennnccs lighted up With this agreca-
bic hope, the officer camc in among them,
and, with a very grave face, took a paper
out OF his pocket and told that he had
very melancholy duty TO perform, the
purport OF which would be Better under.
stood by the reading Of the order he hold
IN his hand, which he had just received
from the War Department. He then pro-
ceeded to read to the amazed and hOrrified
group, an order for the immediate execu-
tion Oi two of their number, in retaliation
Tor the hRiiging of two Confederate off
cers 's-a 1' '-'4-H 80
Asthe rea,ler ceased, the men looked At
each other with blanchrd faces, and a
SILENCE ike death prevailed for some min
utcs In the room The Confederate officer
then suggested that perhaps Che better way
would b. to place "a number Of slips OF
paper, equal to the whole number oi
officers from whom the victims were 10 be
selected, in n box, with the word "dcal''
written on two of them, and the rest blank
the two who drow the fatal slips to be
the doomed men This plan was adopted,
and u chaplain was appointed to prepare
She slips, The drawing then commenced,
the men advancing and taking out u slip,
and IL II proved u blank, taking their
places in another part of the room
The drawing had proceeded for some
time, and fully third of the officers had
exchanged gloomy looks Of apprehension,
for relieved aspect they could not avoid
showing, atler escape from such terrible
peril, before fatal death, slip had been
drawn. At the end of about this period,
however, the first slip was drawn, and the
name of "Captain Henry w. SAWYER OF
the First New Jersey Cavalry. was called
ont as the unfortunate min, The Captain
was, Of course, deeply aglnted, but did
not lose his sell-pusscssiOn. lie imme.
diately began revolving in his mind some
plan for ayerting, or at least postponinu
the immediate carrying.out ot tho san.
culinary eiict of tile rebel government,
and by the time that he was joined by his
companion In misfortune, who turned out
to he a Captain Flynn, OF an Indiana regi,
ment, he had resolved upon his course.
The officers in command, as soon as the
drawing was completed, ordered the TIVE
men To be taken out and Immediately exc
| cuted
Captain Sawyer however, demanded, al
arequest that no civilized nation could re
4 fuse under such circumstances that IA,
Should have permission TO write to Iii
wife W inform her Of the terrible fate tina
awaited him, and to have her come on an,
bid him an eternal farewell Respite To-
q day or two was thus obsained and Saw
yer subsequently obtained an Interview
with the rebel Secretary Of War, and Sc
cured permission TO write TO his wife
which he did, His object in writing I,
her was principally for our government L
be made acquainted with the predioamen
in which the two officers were placed, ant
to secure hostages and threaten retalia
1 uon shoulu the order OF the rebels be car
riSn OUT
4 IL turned OUT precisely as Sawyer hopet
and expected, Our government was in
| formed OF the condition of affairs, anC
promptly seized son OF General Leo ant
one oi some other prominent rebel, ant
threatened 10 hang them II the Unior
oincers We're executed. by this means tn,
iNes oi the TWO doomed men were saved
as the confederate government did no
dare to carry out their threats. AAer
tew months more conhnement Captain
his commnion In misSoro,ncp c,,,u, oS, ynn =
the ordeal with his hair M white as smnv
turned gray by the mental snsfsrinss Il,
| endured. Csntsin SAWYER in a wesk ~
two WAS as Vrood MS new" and ssrvs,
through the war J;sata,, n,s,ss., : "
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1 MARBLElzlNa slate Is said 10 be carrie,
on extensively at the auarrics in Vernon,
The process IL described as follows, Th
slate Is sent to the NTH In rough blocks
and is there planed down 20 the thlckncs
| of an inch patterns are then drawn nm,
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