The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-10-18
A LITTLE GIRLS FORTUNE.
What Bundle of Confederate Bond
Brought an Orphan.
Frankfort IN. CT Letter.

Frankfort IN. CO. letter.
This quaint old place, which lies in
the center of the Quaker settlements,
was during the war favorite resort of
refugees" by which name was desig-
mated those persons whose homes in
the eastern section of the state were in
side the danger line, or in the counties
already held by the Federal
troops, In this sleepy town these
found haven of refuge, and made
themselves com msortable, to remain
while the war lasted. they brought
here their money and the old-fashioned
bank stored Confederate bonds and
currency in great amounts. The crash
came in the fatal 1866, and s,tonemans
raiders whirled down so near that most
of the refugees prepared to fly. A little
later the war ended.
The big cid safe, as solemn as the
grave and as chary of its secrets, was
shut. But few of the depositors had
withdrawn the now valueless currency
it contained he bank, dead corpor-
alton, ceased to exist; dying as it had
lived, lazily. Years rolled by, each
making the old safe and it's secrets
more solemn still. as it stood cob-web-
bed in one corner of the lower rooms OF
the gloomy old bank building. Rumors
of it's contents being of value began to
be created in the fertile field, imagina-
tion, and it was whispered that in it's
deep recesses lay piles of sound silver,
vast quantities of bonds, jewelry worth
princes ransom, and finally the con-
tents of the safe became matter of
daily conjecture Last year the
boom" in on.ederate bonds began
The SAFE was ransacked. From its ca
pacious depths were taken ont quite
s3,000,000 in Confederate bonds, and
ne lrly 81 900, ,0lO in state bonds and as
much in Confederate and state cur
rency. The bonds were tied in rolls OF
IN boxes, and the names of the owners
could be found in but one case. On a
large roll was found the name OF adam
Exum, 1863. The bundle was found
to contnin 1,500 $1,000 Confederate
bonds, What the long dead owner had
paid full value for and what had been
for years SO much waste paper, had be-
come worth $50 per ,OG0.
But strange as the past events might
seem, future ones were even more curl
ous 1t was found that Exum had gone
to Charleston, S. c., October, 1853, and
nothing had since been heard of him.
His son, soldier, had been wounded !;
had married after the war in Virginia
had come back to North Carolina; died
in 1871; his wife following year after.
and their child, girl, had been placed
in an orphan asylum. The action OF
the ex-bank officers were prompt
and ju t. When told about the
girl, so poor, SO desolate, they
sold the bonds on which were her
grandfathers name, and sent the money
they brought ($8.250) to o Raleigh
bank, notifying the superintendent OF
the orphan asylum where the girl was
being cared for. The case is curious
one in all respects, and is attracting
much attention in the state wherever
known. The girl is intelligent and
modest, and, though no great fortune
comes to her, yet the strangeness of its
coming gives to it an interest which
would not ordinarily attach to it. The
girl has been sent to lead ng school