, 1881-12-13
Suspicious Of the Elder Gar
rctt-The Night In the
Barn.
Arrival Of the Soldiers, Farley with
Booth, and Surrender Of
Harold.
The Couflagratiop, tllc Shot Of Dos.
ton C0rhctt, tho DEATH Of
Booth.
Firat Publication Since 1866 of Ooutiu.
nous Recital by an Eye
Witness,

>uous Aseltal W III 6ye-
Witness,
.,-
Special Dapdteh to 1ne Chicago 1r'e'tnes
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Effort Royal, VIA Is
eighteen miles from the cotinty town, aud about
twenty.threc miles from Fredericksburg, tl,at
historic SPOT where ono of tho urcntcst BATTLES
or the Rebellion was fought early In December,
lss. Attut sixty frntno houses all brown with
ago Gl1a rusty with decay, tnako tip tho town.
Tie country immediately around 1t IL rich aud
benatlftI nnd. tt'ouxl' tho people dill not suffer
Erehtly hy tho war. 1t WcHrs that air or alecpy
uesuhtlon which ctee' 1u'lo"a IN TUG wake OF
hrtneu eon1!lct. .... ....
w driver pu!'el bis htfsrs shfrpsy TO tho
r'ndt hnu phssed hetwcer tho posts upon which
once huhE II gate AMI up LIE ola 1arIh roau
t""aF'! mouse. y phseh OK apfthflt'a ~hcat
sklsled TUG rs'au oil esheF ssae' anu lew stTa4'
C''nE oorn*s *snocXs ocspoRo tho R"thesca grain
nnu tosa taat tae green Haro which thinly
spseAa over TUG hhhls aFon'ltl tho
mouse "as tna sccom aetnand the
o"nefs ahu mMue hpoh tno so:! wHhih
t"elVc months Two hundred ynras from tho
Hhln foa'i ana n SNORT tufnt tho lcit drought
mt a'fect4S III lfohto
TIE uAhRE9T HOMESTEAD
anu n urfso OF loJ SHr'la tnoru between TWO rows
OF ntssaprlc-sfces 10 inc gate VI thIa historic
trcfs wero pl"nsou.. a iioek Ut thrifty turkeys
1ea ~ tao FoAassde, ahd II lew young tlvs ROOTED
tns e"ftn wash'n me orennrd lnciosure-the
ohy leace saw upon fho place RnFe thlet which
suffouhncn tno muse. Ihe d"olllng aos uack
lew yafas from tho gates md nhrr'w pAth
aca up 70 mo oft'ad porch which ran alonE Tho
ehtifc 1foht OF Sna OLD p''isd!hg, whosa every
~ ~.''uoei tro"l ccn"r ~ gntFct ID nsephran'y
hnkea "na tho nrst assaslhauon ana Rrcakcst
cs'u'e e'"f cohmlt.eu III this country. Iho
"'e,ou. t"u1 Is '.',e-sete"hco aau uecnyH9.
As ta'a l1'e u"fFcll fArs"s
WHERE JOHN WILKES no0Tu
was Rllletls :......... ....,... ...,
"fea. Sir: won't you walk in?' Shs led tho
"ay !nto = roo1n on mo lett OF mo door, where
roaslhx wooh hre blazea III the spucloAs hre-
p'hce. A sewing tanuhlno and a few hnlf-mntio
Rafnehts fn1fReu tho rnl'c'll ehunKe between
Nov aha elaferY uaSs. %hcil the f1flEcrs OF
southern laules A&a Ilus Snow Tho MnFka ut wnrk.
she asked me 10 sent betore the Inviting tlro.
anu tooK ono helse't near l'y. lIor MANNER WIS
easy anu t;raceful, hut nhe looked at tic for
Honent N 6Alt-fu!z1lcal w'ls', ns II wondering
wnat had l'roIyat mo here. an1 why had Deeu
no particular 10 inquire II this wus tho plnco
~heFo Jonii "llkes l'o'th uni Dncn Killed. sho
nlnao no Inquiry, however, as 10 the object of
NY F!s1s' Alter 70" fs'ofnchta NJ general tnik,
eoleny hnout the slitden luvent ot winter
~eathef, relssve,! hsf ouslcs'ly oy aasinK that
killed, nnd to write something Of the story Ut
hi. soourn IN tina MD hnuur ,,, h,a In. ~, hnr
- snall be staa to tcll ynn nt'ythlng Know"
AAe snla ptenshaltits bHt WIS !llto klEk tHtn,
ssatcss y years 90. o yet tnost Or tho striking
II "sra yestoraay. hosa: snall iorKot
TIL: DAY liz GAME TO QUIZ HOUSE,
tho 1uHn who brought him said bo wus n vouuL-
cure ot s aa, as so, 80 pe could rsye e
,vas very lame. aud went about tpon ru.lo
aaa lenIsu'ncr distinctly that hc impressed t'e
~ oois8 constantly sui. He ape'lt Kreat nArt
yo Know be- was h.ro ess , ap' tw ,uo etups
W. children wcru uts,ut lin n,urIv ,,t,1hc tt,,o
OF eor.r We @ er t Of p uup's sn u fqo tpS t'o an
sometimes he would nttempt to bc cheerful and
encourages us II, our play My little t,ay stAter,
tavA a1"". ee.ts osa' Nv 't''h Rre"t iahet ~.
Anu nsea 70 poi hor Rfcut deal but the rest ot
paaa aae tee e.oMt'on TO- ena w We would
.p!oass ke"p o,,,st.' i r.p,'o,i",r o'' @"u eAs'
osr W yEuy t, ISrE.Esr,S,, u'' ',c,prxr
that occurred when he was here"
"what wus thatf' .,. .,...-...
front yar aoa ~ We wore a aoa playix M about a "e
lgrapbSd him by tho arm in .he saue anl a.-
bew and there Upon sho Iorearu saw { tustooi it,
'u' 'es'oss ,.....,.,..,...'
i. w. Il.
:,....,.:
"oh! whut arc tloss letters OH there for,.
sag @.way. was,es xG those arc Tho initials y, INV
naa',s-Jamss ,..a.!I. ". hoyu.'
h+o,,,tt IT,, s , tnas it9 w.. nan Wnn naa
md we"t al wtt, ~" nax % n, ~ r. ,,I,H
tv"H,,if h",.a fc",.,ttn @ m .t LILY au Huunpy'
~. A.tteH s%AN WY