, 1869-02-28
MAN without 4 Coun'ry-The CAas
OF II,ugAuaht BFatn-uls ono \ 90 ana

lcct Of pun!shmrnt, and then The m ,nths
turn their weary sonpa asd he II forgotten,
hut sti!l prisopsr. The Indictment 10 long
saipsnded iIko ths nlrino3 tlske Of tbs 1. su,i.
of proud md viii, % 'nt tr.i,or. nes.
conquered but not anbdued; Bsrckn7idge,
who LETT The Senate ofthc Unlted Atatos IN =
time ot war to cnGaHv Ii. the struggle avalnsL
the government whlch hsd cherished hlm,
is frre IL return 10 The country he betrayed
Ssnsnes, tho modern cots&h, than whom
sven H,ron's GaIour IL 70 worse, may clan
With tho loudest In approval Of the Clasen-
eaonJohnson treaty for tie settlement Of the
70 bad ~ shese, Is left 10 suffer because he
was not IA prominent.
0ua Who had first eeen Bradhs At Tie time Of
bis examination befote United etates Com.
mfasssner Newton, In september, 1855, yes
tefda3 went In search OF Tho rsisooeT whose
the ja!l III Raymond street. be. found The
prison van At tbe door died wfth'waEicts
ready to ba conveyed N tnA PcrItentlarv.
Seating h!tnself on the box with the driver
1 cheerful old cove WIN does not hook 1t all
- L he had delivered, upon m avtrags, =
Institution for ialE - many years-the van
bore the ont4re party along Ffhthush
hvenus. and through Prospect Pxsk. to
the Penitentias9. This yillatnous smoke and
aombte looks within were In strange contrust
to tho fresh air and cheerful skiess withoat.
that Cassle Of pelinqseocy together The
formaatty OF receiving and Opposing Of the
conr1cts being ended, he then had IN opnoe-
tuntty to ask for Leutenent Br1in. Aftet q
b1iet delay. the consent Of Brain to the visit,
the interview into, the welhw warmed a1d,
lighted corridor Thc prisoner very:
cheerfully reached. out one hand by
way Of friendly welcome, wh,lr
in The other be held hnpipe and tobaceo.hox.
ties OF the interview bsang ovcr, pencil aud
paper were Boon Ut Hurk tracing the story
which had been told In this rewspape n be-
kEe. but this TING 1t caMe- nom Bratn's own
l'pt, and In his own wxy. Long after the
With bis proud spirit mellovod, d not over.
como, By confinement and s.r6e stnK, It has
new interest aud personal charm.
BE said Ny name . John q. Brain-not
Braine-Aud was / First Lieutenant. COM
m.nding In the Confederate navy. Ay com,
mission and orders were written on ny4heet
note pspeE, aud tey. nero either worn out
or lost The archives Of the Confederate
Naval Department being. destroyed BY the
Federal forces 1t Is impossible 70 obtain the
original papers deposited thers- but have
hey General or ihs United States set-
These ai11davits arc by Stephen r.
Mallory, the SECRETARY Of the Con-
isdesate Navy, Pr. Jones, Auditor, and Ar.
Tidoall. chiet Clesk,of ihe Naval Depart
othcrs. In June, 1865, l. received orders
from the department. at Richmond TO 70
North with my command. consisting Of II
officers and men, and take .pfsaage In =
upon he sish .e.s. peTfReh TRe ehss.psaso "a aaEied d
from New York for Portland In December,
end took passage upou her In obedience To
the ordela had previonsly received After
seizlng the veatel .as 70 proceed to Seal
e lie @ eo.s s ef M.ae sa ee. atoa sDd htss a9
hand the vessel over 70 Captain John Parker.
my superior oMcer. In making the capture
detailed Lieutenant David CoWlina and two
men to take charge Of the engine and fire.
the cabin BY 4 door Oh the port side. Afler
eeeing the men 60 Into the engine-roona
passed forward, lieutenant Il. a. Parr hav-
ing charge Of tho deck In my absence. While
forward heard shot fred III the engine
( room, and At once went aft through the
the fire:room, where found The fireman il
irons Returning to tho deck 1sfound no one
IN The s1Ei1Ss9o% r. If PIT IT. senea neh 70
xtae*s q tbs Chesapeake lying across The
found Eeutensnt IL I cosiin., 'os ~hos reported %
me that when he wont Into the en2lne.room
| the engineer was below oiliu9 the machinery,
but atter securing the asemsn ho found that
officer. At bis post. Ho ordered tho en-
| sho Confode1ato States Of americs, and Tho
| otloer replied BY drlnE shot, wh'oh ma1med
ono Of lhe men lot llie. did not see the firing
which followed, but AFTER seeing the man in the
doorway l sent Lsutenant PAr, Tho
him. 1Loutenant Parr pronounced the
MAD dead One Of the Witnesses who tcstl-
fed betoro United States Commlssiooer New.
tori said that be sAv nc In nv shlr s,ecrea
noi true, but 1t u very unlikely that II ahbuld
b tsue, the dAy being bitter cold day Ia
DecEnbor. bad no arms except Colts re.
volvcrs. On arriving 1t 8cal Cove afler the
captuno, lound that my. superior Officer was
anc then proceeded, up the Bay Of Fandy,
asoat .i1ty nlies doss 81. joE,u. $s n. j.
Tha Capt4ln. officers, and sotau Of the crow
Of the chssapcako were transferred 70
John. Captain re1ksr then took command,
md ohanR'ng The course or the weasel put
| Into Bhciburnr, Nora Scotia, for tho purpose
Of coaiing. Wh!lo lhe sussal was In tho porr
Wis ordered 10 HALIFAX " procure supplied,
sscapturcd 10 sAnd Bar sIa.6as, nsar lialtfax,
Ly The United Bsales xunboai Elia a Amla'
Captain Sfchotas, and taken 10 atAe u.s J,
wlIrtn the or!gsnlf capture was adjudxc4 IL
aet Of war. Tho sesatl WA aAhanIsd over "
York, nInn deposit of 80 100 telng made
10 tbs lirltish auihoElttns, and NJ. 5ow
ard AflsrwaFds made A. spoloxy foI
tue Frcapsurc. wish to mako = cteaf and
uncqalvocai statement thai IN every capture
HAde private property VM scFupnlouslJ
respected and humku llfa never hpcdlcssly
sacFl1e-d. The mcn wc,c armed with Coit'l
Feyo!vert, bat carried I'D knives or other wc1
I,ous. In every case ilsoed strict ordcsa tc
my officers and men not to Ore upoo any ont
efth~ var ! was IN command OF the Conf d
srste achoonsr b.. Mary : htshe West fndies
Upon being informed oi that event hufuet
tho ycssel, and returned 70 ibis coun
ny In Qctobsr, 1864 Trusting for Eecu
rtty 10 PpsAident Llnooln's p1oclams,iot
Of amnesty I engaged h busines, X Is.
vannAh, vheEe my family now arc. Uu the
18th Of September, 1Sf6, / wA arrested
at the Wall Houae h Wi1tIamsburzh. and
.fteT being .isooed.1 I was taken TO the Forty
anh Precinct Station House, where VA
kept al nlghs wishoai bedding Of any kind
though offered TO pay Aberal1y for It,,
took q cold that night which h1s henu tht
cause Of much suoesfng. Afte1 being taker
before the .Unned States Com missioner.
wsa sent TO this prison, where hare beel
| tfcf 6&DEES 0f %3$0 p[NA fVu%kl0<A A4NA
dax TO day sod month to month withox
trtat. / wish 70 sepeat that aH not b. an
means thn blaodthlrtty individual baE
been repret eutta.
Lieutenant Rfaln VA tai. strsight ~
commandhe-lookinx petsnrage when
health, hut hts suderfngs In prison hsTe bee1
;. 30 utxnsa thAt he cannot walk Without u
aid Of eEuleh, and u, perhaps, pe1manen9I
d1sahkd- HIS right foot " much sFelle'
!. | from tudammaioEJ sheuaaatlsM, dtseass b
I = ~ AMt7 Rkn r.
the uts5ou. and he Is tu5eed = wreck Of III
| mau Who entered it NJ Arly three years 2kc
Halls only twenty-ntas years OF aker but say
with 4 truthfu1n esx that 10 apparent IN b
aoks, that since hA imprisonment he h
{ rroyn old fakt&r- than With The dfgh
. Of wears. He h man Of mild m
!, T sfsb]e mannera md Agreeable conversation
I | and teems In his be1ang to have Kept hin
, I telf UutaIuted from tho prison atmoaphkE
! sbont him. a. widowed mother md tn
1 | Taunc daughters depend upon him for SUI
= poEt, and he expresses ht11self IS anxious
: be With them. Efforts aro being mAde 70 u
r cure bis pardon It the hands OF Presids1
i Johnson, bat II be + not pardoned, tha 90
), ssitnt1oa gnHanteeA him speedy t3al, an
! 1t !. made The duty Of the courts md Il
g corded 10 him, hut inhsted upon, q,
Q either Of these things BEEN done, tn
wrctched spectacle Of man mot convicted
I, xny crime, compelled 70 be the daily CO,
" pAotoo Of convicted telons, would q
= low offend tha nobls1 instincts Of the Ame
= can people. With 4 shattered constisuli
J. AID fIaEe that ts ro longer the subject
~ u Tho will, be dsa9s hinse1f about the prise
- aud even finds It necessary to appeal 10 I
Judgment Of his yisitor that the reports
4 come newspapers that he has lost his reas
y are untrue. That was q sad and patu
record which the hxnd of the GtsFy-wH
traced iD the lite Of Philip Nolan. but here
amAa without country End without 4 til
whose few years Of suffering reverse the u