Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-10-21

Cushman important dispatches and de-
tailed instructions as to her movements
after she should leave Louisville.
1t was agreed both by the provost
marshal and by Miss Cushman that her
toast to jeff Davis would cost her her
place in the theater and at the same
time make it much easier for her to
penetrate To the south.
That night, as Miss Cushman was
playing one of the most thrilling pas
sages in her part, she turned to the
front of the stage and exclaimed, in
rich, full voice:
Here's to jeff Davis and the,south-
ern confederacy! May the south main
tain her honor and her rightH'
A scene of wonderful confusion
followed the utterance of the actress.
Her loyal friends, who knew of her life
in Cincinnati and professed friendship
for the federal cause, were panied and
indignant They hissed her; the
rebels hurrahed. But neither knew the
real motive which underlay the girls
utterance.
As she anticipated, Miss Cushman
was dismissed in disgrace from the
company at Woods theater that night
Her rebel friends hurried her to the
south, which was the very thing that
she hoped would happen out the cloud
which still hung over her in the north
could not be lifted for many months.
When Pauline Cushman reached
Nashvillethe chief of army police in
formed her how to get inside the rebel
lines, and she entered upon a career
of almost funeQualed romance and ad
venture.
The best of fortunes followed Miss
Cushman in her adventures through
the south. Her dashing beauty dis
armed the severest of her foes. But a
change came; the good luck which had
been hers seemed to desert her COM
pletely She was captured by John
Morgan, who offered her his heart, anda
having been refused, delivered her over
to the tender mercies of Gen. Forrest
OF Fort Pillow fame.
I'm glad to see you," said Forrest,
despite the fact that he was man
proof against woman's wiles. I've
been looking for you for some time and
now I've got you You know all this
region, | suppose! All the highways
and byways? All, my girl, I've got the
last shuttle here, and I'm going to keep
you"
Every word you utter is as false as
your own traitorous hearth exclaimed
pretty Pauline Cushman, as she drew
herself up 90 her proudest pose. II have
never been here before! And should
like to send bullet through the heart
of the man who darcs say have!'
Yes, and I'll send one through you
If you repeat that assertion But
you're plucky piece, even if you are q
woman.
Next Paelipe Cushman was carried
before the tribunal of Gen. Bragg,
where she was tried by court-martial
and sentenced to death rs spy. But
it was not destined that she should be
hanged. Z A serious attack of typhoid
fever saved her from the gallows.
When Richmond fell and the union
armies entered the city, colonel Of
Gen. Granger'3 troops saw in the barred
window of deserted building the form
of woman in white. She was beck
oning feebly for aid. The soldier hur
ried to her rescue. The woman proved
to be Pauline Cushmau, who had beer
deserted,to her fate by her cruel cap
tors andtle to die IN a locked cell. But
the plucky little federal spy recovered
and lived to be proud Of the title O.
''major, . which Gen, Garfield conferred
upon her.-Chicago News.
A NUMBER of Photographic plates
taken by. former Washington photog
rapher, Alexander Gardner, during the
war, have recently been found in thai
city, and are of much interest. In
cluded in the collection are plates o
Lincoin,S Sumner, Stanton, Chase, vii
so.., Greeley, Grant, McClellen
Beecher. Agassiz and many Others, al
from life. There is also one of JohI
Wilkes Booth, which is thought to be I
copy, as Edwin Booth bought up anC
destroyed all the negatives of the as
sassiu known to be in existence. o
Mr.. LINCOLN there are negatives in flv'
or six different positions Many of tn,
photographs are of officers and soldier
of the armles of the Cumberland auC
the Potomac, and federal officials prom