, 1881-02-26
Unwritton Hiatory-A Gsoat-G Grand
son Of Washington Hung as
Il Spy.
Tic Lffo of a Gcninf Actor
Anecdotes Of John
Dr0ugllnm.
Somebody's Nelghbors - Ernes.1ne -
Pearls Of Thought-Law of
Securities.
Cheap Reprints Magazines Liter.
ary and Art Notcs-Books
Received.
a CHAPTER or USW1tfr.rEN Ills.


a CHAPTER or USW1trrr1tN 1ITs-
| TORY.
III tho March number nf thu UMitct1 Scruice
magazine, Col. William f. I'rtsser l,s,s re-
ninrlsahfe pnpcr, containing nil nccoIlnt of q
hitherto l.nwrlttcn chuptcr i'll tho history Ut
tho late War. The article Itself Is m extract
frnt. II volume Snull to be published, entitled:
"Andre and Williams: 4 Stulngu Historic
Parallel Of 'rreason In Two Wars" And It
derives additional interest nj present fsom
tho nali''er III which Prcs!dcnt-clect Garfield
was connected Will, tic Incidents described.
III brief, II Is the stnry Of tho capture md
summary execution of Two Rebel spies. u,,t,
of WHOM WIS ltnenl descendant of Mrs.
George Washington. The writer traces
n parallel between tho case of Alaj.
Andre and TINT of Col. Williams,
and regards 1t as helng ut least a
singular coincidence TINT cIglity-three years
after tho lln,lEng Of Andre, By order Of Gen.
Washington, II 11nral descendant of tho Int
ter should have been hung fur tho same
oiIcnsc. Tile story In tic periodical rc-
ferrct to, IL exceedingly we'll told, hut is ton
long for reproduction here. As briefly ns
possible NC will attempt to give a,l ittpa Of
the leading points in this hitherto unpub-
lisl,ed narrutivc:
Col. William Orton Williams and Lieut.,
Walter G. Peter, of tho Confederate army,
were arrested. trled aud executed ~ spies
by Col. 13aiul, United States army, culli-
1na1t!ng Fnrt Gordon Granger, ncar Frank
lii, Tcnn.. In tho month IF June, 1sty} Col.
Williams WIS tic son Of brave officer who
was 1!ortally wounded ut Monterey during
tho Mexican Wnr. Ills mother was Miss
Peter, OF Georgetown, u. O., I. daughter OF
Martha Pnrke Custfs who was grasltleltE1d
| rxF
-. ,, 7. "'".ho ""sus'p,.' A'e,,; ieleF
was was cousin Of Col. Williams.
M n ottS tba sccod an ap9lten n,a snsas ~
uLs, as =" % tho ~ sta ts 'a9 ~ a .e w. , nes WIS
mt w n,,,. "" o =, r."A -. en si,''o oe"ts'
nut Lieut., Williams was nl',cl, attucl,etl, and
subsequently becau,o bctrotl,eu. to Cal f,e..,s
,luurltnr Aeurs, lin yns i" the 1,ai;t H. ~
visi,n his av M nftcr "i ,or ~ fotnor v "o' u "
forbidden by thu Can,nauler.in-Chicfa al,l
the Assistant Ad}utan7-Gcncral. But ,uyn
laughed at military orders. lie continued
MS e'a''aestlnc meetings, aIa was arrested
nntt Imprisoned Oh Governors Island for sew
crnl wreEs. On being released he resigned
lis commission, was appointed n Colonel of
on,.nIr,. T., tha ~, f.i<,rat t.,a,,,
', easnlts ~ to @ EunieasIa1e states army, and
ASSIGNED to duty with Blslop-Gen. Polk.
tlien commanding III Kentucky, with heult.
r!!s asts g cc'GSs % 9S 5hsy shsr!y afs1 h. r.
canse Of LIS trn.isfer was hIs having Killed n
soldier with WHOM: lu lad sDnie difficulty.
NatIaiul troops retained possession 0i tic
the form Of i trIa'i!tlo of whicii Nashville
hnro ovcl,pl.sl tho other angles. lieadqi!!ar-
| ters were ut MMrfreesboro, npposft the [itiIo
Town OF FRANKLIN, and On n slsh blur con-
fort!'!:ation TT e eonsiderab!e streitRth caic'i
Col. john =. Baird, Of the EIgI,ty-tftl IntlL-
MN. with partions ut other Regiments. 'l'hc
| Sixth Kentucky yCnvnlry--cn.lll,a1trt BIZ Col,
J.. y. Watkins, Il Lieutenant In tho Fifth
United Statcs Cnyatry-was enuampcd in Il
grove near BY. If ills piHro cnuiu ilo cupt.
tween Nashville ind .Siurfr"eShnrt, f,"n
it"sccrans c"tirc II" arnly woui.l uo'i be e''; i;
tlnnEgr OF destruction. =, a strong f0rca
q l'rbcl cavalry nilt artillery under tien.
H" '21't ort W.. sf'osa HG"t ttEsn lss
ss cata ~ ri arf TS"zng lng1 tho of9So t wo %t tto @
tcetl H. 1iSnt 1iS rstsr !" 5oI hl ~ enter
t"rati9n to, a. ~ i,I, ticir nr.y eetrd Their
scn0 sti w"s t0!ay ci,cfiyG Hi' boldly caT-
I'LL rn, "u.: ,+NsIWSet ~ lInite" states !lnl-
iorms; VIII RI, mounted @ OF ino horses, their
pockels iii!ca VIII largett ortleFa, !ctfers, nrl
msses, tnoy Foae up tf tne cato 0f F"rt
l stL II nn iMi0 o u lMe aItE nIttSroo rid n1
nfaisf .. t!!ey presented from tfio Wnr DenArt-
%Xest % was y, p! 1tnM'i ", III .uo form, and pro-
tssseti to % %rn!1eys "Gni l'aWrcllcu ", Autolt,
GGMyn!ryt GMyynni!ry United states nr'!y. and Acting
Speclmi lNsprc:n;.ognrlni," from duty nf''llg
the i1l'e nf tl!o fGo1lMc., nnd ordered
Mn 10 "n,!nlItcIy lnslcct" tho l,upart-
me,.t OF ING Oll!1 nnl the Depart
n!n,t n!n,t OF Up Cnmberlanli, "!n accor!laneo
Will, WIT, Spseeal. s ~, ,it!sp%cor,s INSTRUCTIONS" FUR
hlshca is1ni the ntllce OF tlo Adlatant-t;en.
ernl. "Aluj. S;eorga Dunlop, :Asslssnnt
| Qunrterlnaste:," wRs nts1 relieved fran duty
hi'1 "rttprel tn roImFt to "Chl AHtnn.' They
nlsn i'reselittt! T. f0rgad lpttnr fr,ll tioi.
.1nt'es y. GARFIELD, rensllng rs follows:
IiEAu9vAnr.I.s DErAnrMgxr or Tlln CuMuE1..
iASp. stunrt.ElSBoRn. Ienn.. May 10. lslt-
G@ntnSKk: @ The Majnr.no'sera!C Cnn.antiIna TO-
sir"s IT, tn ~ e 70 y., TINT S tsaslres Il w, Gun
shsa s ~ WIZ s q rsse,t tt yn WI insnect
thn Ma nn rn"n9 " III ynar t tsGnot tor
XII "o,,an,,Inv t,ircrs n a,,;,osts wflt all
sui, in tits nn,ttGr to t hpst ~ ti,rir nitx "'''
Tho .luneru tlcsiros me to glve lis rsspcSts to