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The National tribune., 1882-10-26
The lincoln ASSASSINATION.
[Fror the Boston TrareUsr.l


As newspaper correspondent 1 had occasion
to visit the Old Capital Prison in Washington
in February, 1869, to witness the exhumation
and the rendition to their respective relatives
and friends of the remains of the cOnspirators
in the Lincoln assassination. President john
son was about to go out of Office and he issued
an order permitting Christian burial to the
bodies of the five persons implicated in the
death of Lincoln-BOOth, Mrs. SUrratt, Atze-
rodt, Payne, and Harold. They had been
buried in ammunition boxes of common pine
wood, six feet long, two feet wide, and two feet
deep. When the lid was lifted from Booths
coffin his face was perfect, with the exception
of small hole about the size of dime in each
check His hair was in as good condition as if
he had just come out BARRIERS shop. In TAX
ing out the body to place it in handsome
rosewood coffin supplied by the mother, Mrs.
Booth, of Baltimore, the head dropped Of from
the body. Not so with Mrs. Surratt. Her face
and form were perfect, and she looked like ono
in happy, dreamlesS sleep. Her head adhered
to the body in the process of transfer. Paynes
body was greatly wasted. Atzerodts was the
worst of all, for when the army blanket that
covered his remains was lifted UP, it revealed
a shapeess mass of bIackened bones and ashes,
with bald and separated skull in one corner.
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The GRAVEYARD at Sippican.
IBy Ed,Curd ". Pomsroy.1

Come to this spot among the rocks and pines
This hidden thou hadst ne'er beheld
Unless persuaded by poets lines,
Or by the circumstance of death oompeIled
The summer suns pour down their fervid heat
On stunted herbagc and sterile soil;
The storms of winter hurl their singing sleet,
And the hurt trees i'll agony recoil.
These modest monuments great names benrI
Thou tread'st not, traveller, II hero here;
Yet these were strong to do and brave To dare,
And filled their places the busy sphere.
They and the sea We're surely kith and kim
And DER these graves, although they never stop,
Maraudng sea-fogs that come driving in,
a tribute from their salty plumber drop.
Near this lone nook their labor was not done;
Through calms and storms, from port to port
they ran:
Or from the tropic to the frozen zone
They sought and slaughtered the leviathan.
Their virtures or their vices who shall tell,
what their harbor since liies sails furledI
Remote from strife and tumult they sleep well
Eera et the quiet limit of the world"
Such simple histories deep lessons teach,-
Who seeketh wisdom let him pause and learn
That in Hi. plan God hath remembered each,
And each He satisfieth in his turn:
r,bo, death relentless still is not unlind,
The, vexed and weary 10 compel to rest;
Nor mother earth in her affection blind
To call her crying children to her breast.
-Norensosr Century,
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SOUTHERN PRISON LIFE.
From Florence to G0IdSb0rO---F -Four
Thousand Skeletons PaTOled.


XVII.
jan. 3lSt-Owing to Sherman's triumph, we
entertain GREAT hopes that Fitzpatrick may raid
rs out Many prisoners belonging to the
working squads are breaking their paroles and
running away Some of them have been re-
captured, court-martiaied and sentenced to be
hanged. They are nj present confined outside
the s,ocEada in what it termed the dun
geou." 1t is a dark, filthy den, about twenty
l,ct square, consisting Of a stockade rooted
over. aad is without windows or proper venti
latlon no man can stand it to he kept
there long. Yesterday, rs one Of the sem
iyncgd men was being marched past The gate
which happened 10 be open at the time, he
broke from his guards. ran inside, and was
sacretea ny his friends. Tho rebels We're
unable 10 find him. and gave notice that unless
he was surrendered, rtions would be cut off
from the whole camp. lie thercupon gave
himself up.
Ftj lSt.-The rebel officers have procured 4
new pack of bloodhounds to hunt prisoners
with. In order to test their fcrocous quail
ties, four prisoners were yesterday supplied
with rations, and were allowed half day the
start. At the appointed time the rebel officers
mounted and set out in pursuit, preceded by the
hounds. Much to our qualification, the boys were
not oyert2&cn, and viii doubtless get away.
RESTORING STOLEN PROPERTY.
Feb. 2&-Yesterday afternoon several hun
drcd colored soldiers of the Union army, who
were captured while assaulting Fort Wagner
arrived from Charleston, guarded by a resi-
ment of galvanized Yankees On being
drawn up at rebel headquarters, the gal
vanizcd" were disarmed and turned into the
stOckade along with the negroes. The latter
had been wel'-treated at Charleston, and
well fed, and had been allowed to retain all the
money, clothing and valuables they had in
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sIue to-day to see her brother, who is
Union soldier. As she trudged along the
corduroy road that crosses the swamp thou
sands Of prisoners popped out of their holes
in the ground Ike 50 many prairie dogs and
whoopcd and yelled like crazy men as long as
they could see her. She is the first woman l
have ever seen inside Of stockade.
Feb. 4t5.-We are still counted Off" every
Sunday. On the last occasion several thousand
Of us were crowded into the southeastern cor
ner of the prison, and those Of us next to the
dcad-liDc were almost forced across it. A SEN
tinel on the rampant brought his muskct to the
charge and with an oath ordered Us back. We
shouted that we could not get back. The old
villain then levellcd his musket at Us and
pulled the trigger, but the cap failed to explode.
We then made a desperate struggle and forced
the crowd back. If his muslct had been dis
charged he would have killed or wounded two
or three men, as he stood not ten yards from us
SHOT DOWN or THE DEAD-LINE.
Feb. GH.-One day at Charleston, while ra-
tions were being delivered, q prisoner was
crowded across the dcad-linc, which latter con-
sisted Of a mere furrow poughcd in the ground.
He jumped back instantly, but sentinel fired
VI ,@7,, roloI s,,~
'i'''l 49, ,.;a;-,it,,
S'O" "1'' I... &C.,, ;,,4a t,'a cn,,+
up ''-l0 -. -. .s1l;3[,4 - oa,, ho,o
! there" The man was then turned over, and
/ the wound in his back from which the ball had
cscaned was exposed to view. "Ged! didn't
hit anv bone there either He's a goncr," ex-
claimed the surgeon, again sticking his finger
into the wound. The prisoner soon died. Men
are shot here continually by the eagerly-watch-
ful Guards.
E6 7h-On account of the frequent pres
cnoc Of South Cardinals fair daughters along
the artillery Dlatforms of the stockade, the
rahcI officers have become ashamed of the naked
bolics Of the dead prisoners that are daiiy
s+~.yvr, araupd the gate. and have had a r;ckc.v
clam hoard dead -houec erected.
IN 9Th Tile Union officers at Charleston
ore confined in the iaiI. rat Columbia. s. G..
,y,s the notorious " CaInu SORGHUM" = prison
mon, y, ,,1,icl, obont 500 officers and men wore
;,,,.,,..,,.,+oa Several were killed NV blood
hounds while atfcrnnting TO cscapc, Great sur-
f,.ri,,,, ,y,= cv-ncrion,ad from cold. Shootipos
,,t,,sIs ,,-cr, corn,non At an election hrId
ti,ore Lincoln received l 02i votes, and lrcC9cl-
1onIl3 Among these prisoners was Lieuten-
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A New Bullet,
[From The Carson 4ppeGI.l

FROM tHt ttT"Ob ippeUt
Yesterday the ADpeaI reporter was shown a
bullet which had been taken from the dead
body of an express robber in Arizona. When
shot he had twenty rounds of Henry rifle car
tridges in his belt and all the bullets were alike
They were of the explosive kind and made by
the embedding Of a small-sized % calibre car
fridge in the end of the ballet of the Henry
cartridge point downward. 1t is done by bor-
ing hole in the point of the ball and pressing
the small cartridge in. When the point of the
big cartridge strikes hard, resisting object, the
percussion ezplodes the cartridge and this splits
the big ball as well rs causing an explosion Of
powder inside of a wound, provided bone is
struck. 1t is dangerous and devilish inven-
ton, and the WcIls-Fargo guards should lay in
a good supply Of the same kind to shoot express
robbers with.
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time on which we had allowed ourselves to
count was two hours; now half of that was
thrown away at one station, and nothing ac-
conIplishad. We dared wait no longer. An
Grcws decided TO rush ahead with the inten-
tion Ct meeting this extra train wherever it
might be found, and forcing it 10 back before
him TO the next siding where he could pass it..
The resolution was in every way dangerous but
the danger would at least be Of an active
character Just at this moment the long-cX-
pcctcd whistle was heard, and soon the train
came into plain view, bringing with it an almost
interminable string Of cars. The weight and
length Of It's train had caused the long delay.
Obedient to direction 1t followed the first extra
down the main track, and its locomotive was a
long way removed from the depot when the last
car cleared the upper end Of the side track on
which we lay. At length it had got far enough
down, and it was possible for Us to push ON.
Andrews instantly ordered the switch-tendcr to
arrange the track 50 as to let US out.
NEW DIFFICULTY.
But here a new difficulty presented itself
This man had been In an III humOr from the
first and was now fully convinced that some
thing was wrong. Possibly the tone in which
he was addressed irritatcd him still more. lie
therefore responded to Andraws'5 order by a
surely refusal, and hung up the keys in the sta
ton house. When we in the box-car overheard
his denial, we were sure that the time for fight
ing had come. There was no more reason fol-
drcading the issue Of a conflict at this station
than'at any other point and we waited the sig
nal with the confident expectation Of victory.
But even a victory at that moment would
have been most undesirable. We had 30 wish
TO shed blood unnecessarily. A telegraph Office
was at hand, and it was possible that before the
wire could be cut a message could be flashed
ahead. There were also engines in READINGS
for prompt pursuit, and while we might have
overcome immediate opposition by the use o
our firearms, our triumph would have been th'
signal for a close and terrible chase.
TIE VALUE OF COOL HEAD.
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fearful possibilities Of an ohstructcd track,
with the speedy detection and fight against over
whclming odds that would follow, if the train
forwhich we waited did not arrive sooner shan
pursucrs from Big Shanty. When we rceog-
nized the whistle Of the coming train it was al
most as welcome rs the boom of Mitchcl's can
non. which we expected to hear that evening
aftcrall our work was done. As il rumblcdb by us
we fully expected an instant start. swift Iun
of q few miles. and then the hard work but
pleasant excitement of bridge-buming, Alas!
ANOTHER RED FLAG.
Swift and frequent ere the mutations Of war.
Success can never be assured TO any enterprise
in advance. The train for which We had wait-
ed with so much anxiety had 40 sooner stopped
than we beheld on it an emblem more terrible
than any comet that ever frightened super
stitious continent. Another rcd flag! Another
train was close behind, This was terrible, but
what could be done? With admirable presence
of mind Andrews moderated his impaGence,
and asked the conductor Of the ncwly-arriycd
train the meaning of such an unusual ohs.guc-
ton of the road His tone was commanding
and without reserve the conductor gave the
full explanation. To Andrews il had q thrill
inc interest The commander at Chattanooga
had received information that the Yankee Gen
craI Mitchell was coming hv forced marches and
in fuU strength AGAINST that town; therefore
all tbe rolling-stocIy of the road had been or
dcrcd TO Atlanta. This train was the first en-
stallmcnt. but another and still longer section
WAS behind. II Was to start a few minutes
.,ftcr he did. and would probablv not be more
tban ten or fifteen minutas behind. In turn.
tho conductor asked Andrews who he was. and
-,oo;,-od tho info,r,otiop that bp v,,s an ,u,rt
of c,.,oral Doourao,rd and tbat he had i'm
,,rassod q train into military service in Atlanta
which he was ruoninr through with powdcr.
of which Rcauroqsrd WAS in extreme need.
Irpdcr sucb circumstances he greatly regretted
tbis nm fortunate detention. The conductor did
not s,sncct The f3lsity of these prctenccs. but
told Andrews that if WAS very doubtful if he
couId Get to Bcaurcrard at Corinth by going
through Chattanooga. rs il was certain that
Mitchell had captured Huntsville, directly on
the line between them. Andrews replcd tbat
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In Marcourt, Belgium, is to be erected a
statue TO Theroigne de Mericourt, the heroine
of the insurrection Of women and leader Of the
Mgnad march on Versailles Of October ;, 1883
and who was called by the Revolut!onists " the
First Amazon OF Liberty" and by Carlyle the
brown-loclicd, light-bchayed, fre-hcarted De
moiselle Theroigue."
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PAY THE PEN
Whole Families who have L
Upon Freedoms 4
[Wnsh. Cor. PhiIn. Pr

Let US pay the honest fellows
big as they are-I mean the
their health in the ChickahC
who lost their arms at Antie
fredericksburg, or legs at Gett.
There is a glorious side to .
there are many noble character
families whose record can neve
have two or three in my mil OH.
BiXby family of Boston, to who .
(the greatest master of Engli
wrote the following letter. N BE-
poor woman in the Eleventh
who lost five sons in the army,
was severely wounded about til
coin wrote:
EXECUTIVE !
WASHINGTON, Nc
DEAR MADAM: l have beer .'
file Of the War Department a ST
Adjutant-Gcncral Of Massachl
are the mother of five sons -s ...
gloriously on the field of battle
| feel how veal, and fruitle! .."
word Of mine which should att .a.
You from the Griefofa loss so owe .
| cannot refrain from tcnderi ..
consolation that may be found
the Republic they died to save.
pray that our Heavenly Fat
i +ha o,,orrfcb nf ,,,pr bnroa Won,
''iG 80. - 3:, v 9''i .,f
lost, and the solemn pride tha
to have laid So costly sacrifice
u itee"oih'
Yours, very sincerely and re!
To Mrs BirJg Boston, la3s.
Another case is that Of the
William 3. Cushing, the hero
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Oh inc 'horcpiH Cu'hihs' whose '"uI'i' Aio !io'
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.ua,enlng chez

-, .oaicnlhg Chee
of artillery. We have truly cmt
laws of death and the mouth of
rapidly approaches Il victorious
TO be continued ]
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"If old Yellow Jack rets amongst you, you're
gone dead sure"
Feb. 12tb.-A prisoner who was once incar-
cerated at Danville, Va, informs me that
novel ration issued there was by courtesy
known Us cabbage soup" 1t was made out of
cabbage that WAS so thickIy covered with cab
bage lice that it was hard to tell whether the
soup partoolz more Of the vegetable than Of the
other element. The prisoners were glad to get
it, however. The meat issued there was full of
maggots. It makes no difference where a
prisoner has been confined, he has the same
story to tell of starvation food not tit for hogs,
and brutal treatment generally. Danvillc IS
10 miles southwest of Richmond. The pris-
oners there made many unsuccessful attempts
to tunnel out The usual parole OF honor
signed by the prisoners working on the outside
reads as follows: i hereby pledge my word OF
honor that will nosyioatc my parole by going
beyond onc-ha]f mile from the prison limits"
Fsj. l5b.-TO-day the rebels commenced ship
ping prisoners away. We don't know where
they 20 to. The mortality here IS dreadful.
REMOVING THE PRISONERS
GOLDsEORO. IN. O. Icb lSfh.-Nc { left Flor
CnCc on the evening OF the 10th inst. That
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-07
Architectural Skill of Birds.

A pair of Baltimore orioles were accus- toned to build nest every season on the swaying branch of tree, near the dwen- ing of gentleman residing in Central New York. A ladder was once ascended, simply to inspect their architectural ope- rations.
 The birds had chosen forked, hori- zontal branch from which to suspend their nest. They had found few pieces of wrapping cord about yard in length, one end of which had been put three times around one branch, while the other end was securely attached to the other branch, making miniature swing.
 Another piece of the yarn was attached to the same branches, but at different points, so that the pending portion crossed the first cord and hung down just as low. The ends of the cords were wrapped around the branches with as much skill as an expert sailor secures the ends of his lines and hawsers.
 The eXtremities were tucked beneath the supporting cord, at the upper side of the branch, so that it was impossible for either end of the cord to slip, as the greater the weight applied where the nest was to rest, the tighter the ends of the suspension cords would be held.
 After these cords were secured to the branches, other cords, strings, spears of dried gaass, long horse. hairs and tow, were woven and interlaced from cord to cord, in 8 circular form, in most in- geniOus manner.
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-07
The Price of Beef.

William H. Lyon, chairman of the Purchasing Committee of the Indian Commission, said in conversation with reporter:
 "I do not see any reason for the pre- vailing high price of beef in Chicago and here ill the East. It is higher than have sver known it before, though I remember many worse seasons for cat tie than last winter. TLere are plenty of cattle on the plains. They are not quite as fat as usual at this season, 1t is true, but still they are cheap and abun- dant. We have purchased nearly 4O,- 000,00 pounds of beef for our various Indian agencies, and at very small ad- vance over last year." MT. Lyon gives atable showing the comparative amounts and prices for the two years at some of the principal agencies.
 By this table it is seen that the aver age price per hundred weight in 1881 was $3.54 5; in 1882, $3. 73, an increase of only about five per cent; yet the advance in the East and in Chicago is enormous. presume, says MT. Lyon, this can be explained satisfactorily, but I would like to see it done. The bids were never before So numerous and the competition in prices so strong as this year.
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-07
A Dissolution.

''It is seldom," says the Albany Argus, ''that bill introduced into the Legislature has within it the key to 8 romance, but such one is that pre- sented by Assemblyman Farrar, of Onon- daga, providing that the marriage of Daniel Walrath to Emma A. Sawyer be declared null and void. The story of the marriage which is thus sought to be set aside is @ strange one. Mrs. Wal rath lived at Ohittenango, and she and the man to whom she is welded were schoolmates and playfellows. As they grew older, they kept company with each other to some extent, although Mrs. Sawyer objected to her daughter seeing much of Walrath. One evening he called upon the girl when she was alone, and without any preamble in- vited her to walk to Minister Irwin's house to be married. Miss Sawyer de- murred at first, but, pleased with the romantic aspect of the affair, at length consented, and the marriage was sol emnized few minutes afterward. On the return from the minister's house Walrath related his plans for the future to his wife, and when the couple had reached the gate of the brides home he bade her goodbye, after telling her that she had better say nothing about the affair for while, and that he would not be able to see her for few days, as he WAS going to Syracuse. From that day to this she has never seen her husband, nor heard from him directly. Walrath was man of quiet, studious habits, while his wife is an attractive but re- tiring woman of twenty one or two years of age, who now lives at West Troy. The truthfulness of her story cannot be doubted. She cannot ob- tain a full and complete divorce in the courts, because of lack of grounds on which to base an action, and Sc she ap- peals to the Legislature. !"
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-07
The Old Rail Fence.

I am told by foreign tourists that while many of our fences are reflected in those of other lands, the counterpart of the zigzag fence is to be seen in no other country. It is typical of Yankee land.
 It is known as the snake of Virginia fence, and as the relic of a lavish era of unlimited forestry. History does not chronicle the name of it's inventor, but I have long since learned to cherish o profound respect for the memory ofthis unknown individual. It is hard for me to imagine in the person of this primi- tive rail-splitter the picture of an untu- tored baokwoodsman, and never follow the course of one of those fences with. out feeling certain consciousness that it's original builder must have seen his work through eyes artistic as well as practical.
 The careless abandon of it's ines-a repetition of form in which absolute re- petition Is continually defined by the capricious convolution of the grain, for there are no two rails made in the same mould-and their gray satiny sheen, their weather beaten stains of moss and liohent, and the ever- changing play of lights and shadows from their waving weeds and vines, make the old rail fence truly an object of real beauty in our | landscape. Often have fingered in it's angles, and hundred times have thought of the host of pictures and re- miniscences which might fill book tt the glory of fence corner.-Harper's g.
Connecticut western news., 1882-06-07

A WARNING.-Now that Racine, the "belle city" of Wisconsin, has been visited by fire that leaves her over half million of dollars poorer than she was before it broke out, it suddenly oc- CUTS to her that her fire department does not begin to be strong enough, and that she must make substantial addi- tions to it before she is a month older. Racine is in position to appreciate that sigh of the baffled Dutcbman 70 if mine hindsight was only so goot as mine foresight.