The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-06-26
Correspondent Of Cincinnati Commercial i
DEATH OF JOHN MORGAN.
WHERE AND now IT OCCURRED.


GREESvILLE, Tenn, March 10, 1869.
As you leave the depot, and walk down
toward the main portion of Greenyille,
Immediately to your left, after you have
walked some two hundred yards, there is
large red brick house, standing upon a
little rise of ground, back some thirty
yards from the street. The house is sur.
rounded on all sides by trees and shrub
berry, which makes it one Of the most
picturesque residences in the place. In
| front Of this house, and reaching the
side. walk, there is about half an acre 10
grapcyincs, and here and there among
them are apple trees. This Is called .
garden, and near the center Of this gar
den, John Morgan, the famous rebeI
raider. was killed. At the time, he and
portion Of his command occupied The
town, aud he was asleep in the house
which l have just described.
Morgan had been 10 town several days
but was intending TO leave the next day
as the Federals were advancing in force
II was dark, rainy night in October
when spy silently stole out Of Green
vile, aud rode with all speed distance
Of ten miles. where the FcderaIs were en-
campcd, lie communicated TO them that
John Morgan was in GreenviIlc. with only
few Of Lis men, and with diligence
he might be caught.
Out into the darkness two hundred
Federal cavalrymen rode, and little be
fore day they arrived at the edge Of the
town. They surrounded the place, and
dashed in from all points of the compass
at once, with terrible yell, that sent ter.
ror to the hearts of al that heard it. The
rebels we're taken completely BY surprise
and made but feeble resistance Morgan
was suddenly awakened by the tumuIt
aud Tor moment seemed bcwildered. He
knew not which way to fy. "Go to the
garden hide in the bushes and vines
Quick quick :" cried some Of the negro
servants.
Morgan stood for a moment as if undo.
termined what to do and then rushed out
at the front door into the garden lie
was barcfootcd, bareheaded, aud had or
nothing but his shirt and drawers, which
were white aud easily seen in the distance
but it happened that none of the soldiers
saw him. There was one person who did
however, and that person was young
lady. who living near by, and being awak
encd by the firing and shouting, looked
out and saw Morgan run in among thu
shrubbery in the garden. She ran down
the siaeet TO where three or four Fedora
soldiers we're, and said to them John
Morgan's hid in the garden, shoot him =
The soldiers saw a white object, and al
of them but one fired. but they onl,
wounded and did not kill him. Morgan
remained perfectly motionless, as TO have
!. moved was as certain death as to remain
STILL The soldier who had not fired nov
advanced nearer, took deliberate aim and
fired. The ball pierced the body of Johr
Morgan, and In few hours he was nj
more.
The garden was surrounded by pal
ing fence. Three or four of the paling'
were removed to drag his body out, anc
their places arc now supplied by others
But the spot ia marked by small piece
of plank, which is nailed on at the tor
of the fence, and all who choose can see
the spot where he fell, aud the place
where he was dragged out
The young lady who betrayed hin
still lives near Greenville, and when Nor
gan was laid out she placed some flower,
in his coffin, and with her own hand:
wiped the clots of gore from his face.
At the time there was a lady here
whose husband had been killed in the
rebel army. Having considerable gift O.
CAB, she went North aud represented her
self as the woman who had betrayed John
Morgan, and gave s'lec;ures."
OF course everybody turned out to see
the woman who had been so instrumental
in ending the career of the famous raid
er, and the result was, she became rich
and quite famous lecturess. She FIRST
lectured, | believe, in Ohio, and little
did the good people who gave dollar 0
head to hear her imagine that the one
who rtood before them detailing the story
of the death of John Morgan was none
other than q rebel lady, who never saw
John Morgan, dead or alive. She used
to say that the yankees wouldn't know
the difference" and they didn't. Doubt
less, those who heard her were just as
we'll satisfied with her lecture as if she
had been the identical woman who be-
trayed the famous raider.
By this nice little speculation she made
enough to educate her two little fatherless
children, and then married clever New
Yorker. Is not truth stranger than fc-
ton