Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-29
CLEARFIELD. PA.
NE TELLS ALL ABOUT IT-nOw HE PICK
ED UP MS wIFE's WATERPROOF
INSTEAD OF HIS OWN.

Wilson's cavalry as follows: "Aiter
short time ! was hailed by voic
which recognized rs that OF my pri
vate Secretary, who informed me tina
the marauders had been hanging
around the camp and that he anI
Others were on post around it and wer
expecting an assault as soon as th
moon went down. A silly story hat
got abroad that it was Treasure
) train, and auri Sacra fumes had prob
y, ably instigated these marauders, as /
was subsequently stipulated by Gen. J
II. Wilson to send out a large force t,
capture the same train. For the pro
lection of my family | Travelled will
them two or three days, when, believ
ing that they had passed out of tn,
region of marauders, | determined L
= leave their encampment at nightiall
to execute my original purpose. Ny
horse and those of my party proper
were saddled preparatory to a staIt
when one Of my staff who had ridden
into the neighboring village, and re-
turned and told me that he had heard
that a marauding party intended to
attack the camp that night This de-
cided me to wait long enough to see
whether there was any truth in the
rumor, which | supposed would be as.
certaIned in few hours. My horse
remained saddled and my pistol in the
holsters and | lay down, fully dressed,
to rest. Nothing occurred to arouse
me until just before dawn, when my
coachman, free colored man, who
faithfully clung to our fortunes, came
and told me there was firing over tho
branch, just behind our encampment.
| stepped out of my wifo's tent and
saw some horsemen, whom | immedi.
ately recognized as cavalry, deploying
around the encampment.
81 turned back and told my wife
they were not the expected marauders,
but regular troops She implored
me to leave her at once. | bcsitated
from unwillingness to do so, and lost q
few precious moments before yielding
to their importantly. My horse and
arms were near the road on which
expected to leave, and down which
the cavalry approached it was there
fore impractical to reach them. | was
compelled to start in the opposite d.
rection. AS II was quite dark in the
tent, | picked up what was supposed
to be my raglan, waterproof light
overcoat, without sleeves it was sub.
scquently found to be my wife's, so
very like my own as TO be mistaken
for it; as | started, my wife thought
fully threw over my head and shoul- |
ders a shaw. | had gone perhaps
fifteen or twenty yards when trooper
galloped up and ordered me to surren.
der, to which gave defiant answer,
and, dropping the shawl and raglan
from my shoulders, advanced toward
him. He leveled his carbine at me,
but | expected if he fired be would
miss mo, and my intention was in that
event to put my hand under his foot,
tumble him off on the other side, spring
into his saddle and attempt to escape.
"My wife, who had been watching,
when she saw the soldier aim his car.
bine at me, ran forward and threw her
arms around me. Success depended
on instaneous action, and, recognizing
that the opportunity had been lost, |
turned back, and the morning being
damp and chilly, passed on to a
fire beyond the tent. Our pursuers
had taken different roads, and ap.
preached our camp from opposite di.
rections, they encountered each other
and commenced firing, both supposing
they had met our armed escort, and
some casualties resulted from their
conflict with an imaginary body Of
Confederate troops. During the con.
fusion, while attention was conoentra.
ted upon myself except those who
were engaged in pillagc, one of my
aids, Colonel J. Taylor Wood, with
Lieutenant Barnwell, walked off unob.
served. His daring exploits on the I
sea had made him on the part of the I
Federal Government an object of spo. {
,ial hospitality and rendered it quite {
proper that he should avail himself of S
very possible means Of escape. Col. I
'richard went over to the battle. field O
md did not see him for long time l
urely more than an hour after nv q
'apture He subsequently claimed 6
redit, in conversation with me, for the 7
orbcarance shown by his men in not r
hooling me when | refused to snrrcn. :
Ter. n
"Wilson and others have uttered
many ialsehoods in regard TO my cap t
ure, which have been exposed in pub. Q
cations by persons there prcscnt-by G
Regan, by the members of f
ny personal staff and by tho colored Is
Jim Jones, which must have &
cen convincing to all who were not
iven over to believe lie For this
oason | will postpone to some other "
Ime and more appropriate place any '
irther notice of the story and its vari. y !,
tions, all the spawn of malignity that :
hames the civilization of the age. :,
We were, when prisoners, subjected to :
city pillage." a.
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HE BEGINNING or THE END II
The end Of man, when from natural =,
luses, is always forecast by some dis. u
rder of his system. ~ "
The beginning Of bis dissolution is -
oticeable in the pain he suffers. Pa. e.
'lysis of the whole or a portion of the y
'dy, or agonizing contortions, as the ". !"
I'd draws near. ~ ~