, 1879-07-08
A LIFE OF ADVENTURE.

Three T1mbs Sentenced to Ueath-A Rebel
n spy, mt IL Union Onlcer-A Pr1sonrr OF
War In Perm, lsrtugce from Cui'h, and n
vtcttn, of t,,o ChicaEo Firc-How nm 1lll-
1tolA l'nrri"r.
CorrtspanHenek Ctn-'nnnH Eaqsfrtr.
DECATUR, ILL.,, July 2.--"icn. Don Carols
Itnsscltrno Ia in the other car, said frfend to
nc last night wrlo cn route here on the Wabash
Railroad. I lla1 heard SO u,llrll Of this Ohtoan
with history tlIAt went into the seeping-car
tu get an Introduction. fount: him 1nngn,a-
rent specimen OF physical manhood perfect In
his manners, md entertaining In the highest de-
grco socially. Hts brilliant black eyes almost
talked aa hc spoke OF business, the state Of tho
crops, a,ti nlmost every subject but himself.
HUI from my frtcnl learned 4 fcw Of the lead
,s,g incidents In tho life Of this man, which seem
'ike fiction rather than skete!. of real life,
Previous to .le War be graduated at Oxford,
II, Butler County, In tho same class with tile
gallant ,1oc Battle. who. with his brother, fell
beside t.tcir fashrr at shtlol while i'ghtl''E ut-
der lip flag OF the 1.oet Cansc. After GRADUATE
luz he went to Hamilton a'nf read law with
.1nt3rr Clark. who aeeA,scl some notorlcty at
Hamilton br hts advocacy VI tl1c right Of fe2es-
sou u, lsU-'hl. When tic War casne. Iassel-
tcno determined to risk Zig fortunes With The
Euufeteysvs. lla started South under tiIe pre-
text Of cseortill.r to her husblnd u Tennessee
Mrs. Dallc, .he wife nf All. doe Battle, o. The
Sixth Tennessee. lhey passcn south rom
before tle War, a1 arrived safc1y A. Nashville.
Frum there young Iiasse1truo went to MINT
goY,ery. Ala, then the Confederate Capital.
where he wins appointed Major, aIs' 'ittlq later
lieutenant. t'nloncl, ani was ordered 70 pcnsa-
coin, Fla. When tint psce fell into the. hands
OF thc National troops tIa was captured, but
within duv Or t~n made his eaearg; Ills next
puAns of duty waa Ut furt McHenfs. from
whcnro he went to Louisville and bought Tor
Tic Confederate tronps u quantity Ut euppIiss,
mn, surcrrteu III grttthg thr,n safely within tlse
Confederate lines. When ucn. Grant was nd.
yuue,1.. upo1t Fort DoneIsnu, lie went out ~ Il
sny, a,n! spent The mo's nf three Days with tIc
FeIcrnls. Being reeornzod. he was ordered to
BIZ pllot ut about o'clo:k tl tho evening. but III
the sai.s a.nl darkness aSntn niat!e tits escape,
anl reael,ed The fort at layllrl't hc nsxt MORN
| ing, tsreuctacI und almost frozen. But, uiIon
| his rrport tung heard. It was decided TO eyscu.
| MI The fort Will, most nf the forces.
From Iala,tl NJ. tu he fill back 10 Mcnohis,
and, believing tl,at notht,,E would stay tlr vic
torlous march Of t|lr unson arms sSnt IN US
resignation. which Was a'reptcd. Whom th':
Fv,'uraln Occupied Meu,nllts ha renatued tl,rrc,
Trusting to Mcrvu uni luck to get away. To his
hurror hc lcar,ed ,ext ,!ns tl,at Col; Ale1anass,
\. n. colIcec, was nude rroyost-Marsal of tl,c
uost, ui iltut nu one could iea7e tho city except
Uuol, pass issurd by hin. lie bud some
kt,o*lcdpe of Frcneh. an' haa EroTn quite !,
10 taky lie risk. Walking into tic Cotonel'a
rot,l, With MANY sl,rr. a,n, gcsttcula,lons, he
! uskcd 1or "Pem.sAso San ln"!a,' M..A eon.
inurd it viii! such ye'c,ae,lse that ilIc Calonsl
mau uuss to st. I.uuit." While guluG up tI't
river he was IN DISTANT dread OF recngnit'ni',
tut, fQrtunutrly, d 4 nnL meet q soul whom 1c
know. llar'ily Ls.l a!s la,".td whrn .. no Iet &
llvmltut,, who was then III Assistant Engineer
in tic navy. IIis friend Knew THAT tc ssa1 Eo's.
Stntk and accused him of being III st. Louis y
II huy, This l,o GrNicd. MD then lnlt him a.
the tlctat's oi lis aayentugea, a.sd tnatty appea
ell tn Ai4 friend Tar adY'ce ~ 10 "ht sl1 sfutiIt
tl.,, or where tls should 20. f1r to bpvau {" feel
,,,saio tl,cr,. lis friend advised hEa MT Il
tuin danger. md tInaly sngeested thMt hc apply
ior aIl atIpplt,n,eu, Al an Assistant Engineer |.
thc navy. .Whr, dun't know stcam.engln
from, hasse. p0wer," VIA !ils answer, bnt NJ
;rten.l proposed 10 help hftn out, atnI provides
htr, with u lot Of b0nks which would teart
lin Vii lhs theory, nn.i Ut it'cn lic went. ant
it stx wecks 10 wen; ',efore s. 1ise Exatnti' tA,
fug Hoard mil passri ~ fi1ss Assfs,
tic tic ru,;.rvat Esssx, ,he aag-ss,r Of csuasno
turs Porter WIN WIS Il command 0f tile a!is
y,ss,ppi liver tlui,la, Thls WI. iumnng ont .
ta ityns" IT. s": , ts: tnaR ~ KeM I,', o,a q.
so!d u friend, " that tue pumping enstnes my.
bu for ti,.s purpose 0f moving the sa5set siue
wuys." Ei,t luck waa III his side. While ias
ing In port, q tc!nro so!1!s 70 GUY, nS eot ,
|
ccrt,et In getting fro,aneA to tbs rank ot Gh!r
Engineer II, tla navy ahE assieuctl to duty q
,i,s slntf Vi ire Gum.nolerr. u t!atlsu wha rca
. tEis viii taku ts,r trouble to Ecaa the report 9
| ti,e Epvsstasy .! tue Navy 10 tongreas in 1e0l
, ftvy viii 1iinl lint lla ofllcial transmitted
Congress thar part vi tntnnotgrs pnrtss's % i.
1urt wbIen rsslbFueek rcpnrt " Chlet' EliglMfe
: ! itassci1cnu un thu construction u tsoN-S!a
. ruyrI,ata, unit recommended Tho adoption {
tic ropUFt. tn,
. ca,n.jutru lIntsrltynn was ordered ~ u. Lou
= to in.t,crt una s,l, rr,niend thu constsast!o"
i liz iron.rla,ls which wero bens built BY 81
8 Iur,j IL ca. Hut Iutt bef,re leayn9 l4 yess'
' hu lul u quarrel with iellow,olllctr, wlso'll
I challenged; but wien the challenge *As u
i rlJ,,r 1p opet,el u, .hr n!iler part with rs
/, tury Of dprr.ngers, fortunately mlsstnK lis O
icri Of it, a,i in ietg, sse wtut u, sumo Eur
i,cat purt uni brought lr'tIs blockale-fnt4ae Z
: tllr 1iat,e Ut which hayu !oreot1cs1: ~ u
o curly part OF 1851 nr waa nustrrel 1ut Of scF
q icr, aid vent to Nov UFleanst iAlcni'n. 70 :
lutu bustI,ess. II, ll.c Jaly rioIs th t!as ctty
was Bllot through ftIe khUulueFf a'Itt, tnlaRit
tlir elr.ute unhealthy. wrnt buck tu ". le9lls
+ Here 10 tpll LII with II Iuprrsrutastvc ot y
1 t|pyrypt,,rnt t,t C!!l, and weut u sautn A'no
q ia. Iu The pt1urk OIL CAlao-iur rgfu W