The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-03-21

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The corporal paused again. 1t looked
as if he were not going to get any fur
thor.
"Go on, my man.
well, then we came to the camp of
General is division, and I was halt
ed by the guards, while what Oi had
seen got ahead So Oh lost sight Of 1t
entirely
Proceed"
well, wasn't it tho fault Of the
guards stoppin me and lettin the 9TH
or 60 on, and no fault Of mine?'
go on"
whats the use of goin onp Oi lost
sight Of what was tamperin with the
wires"
But you overlook it."
How can Oh swear 1t was the same?"
There was smilo on tho faces Of
those present The questioner seemed
puzzled at the corporal's devico to avoid
testifying against the prisoner.
did you not ride on and oyortako
what you had seen2'
"Divil o bit"
IT know better You went on and
found something in the road. What did
you fnd2'
"Oi didn't find what ORD seen."
"What had you seen?" -
Didn't Oh tell ye it was so dark that
Vi couldn't see anything2'
"That won't do, corporal. You oer-
tainly followed something. Now, on
coming up with it, what did you find 1t
to be?"
1T wasn't what Oi followed. That,
WHATEVER it was, had gone out with the
mornin light. Oi reckon it was some
thing ghostly.'
Nonsense. Did you not find the
prisoner lying in the grass?'
"Oi did," replied the witness, as if
his heart would break, and he again
showed signs Of collapse.
And you had reason to believe it
was the person driving the buggy you
followed?"
"oi didn't SEQ any buggy. 1t was so
darlr"-
''Woll"-impat1ontly-''the person
driving whatovor it was you saw"
How could Oi know that2''
1T was natural to infer that there
being horse and buggy near, the pris-
oner had been driving it,
'There was no buggy"
"Woll, the pieces.
Now Oi would ask the court" said
Ratigan, steadying himself to impress
the members with the probability Of his
position, "if tho person or WHATEVER it
was Oi saw tampeiln with tho wire
moightont hayo turuod Off OH another
road and Oi suddenly lighted on this
ono?'
Thatll do, corporal. You may step
out and givo tho noxt witness your
place"
The noXt witness was al officer from
the camp to which tho pr'"onor had
first boon taken after hor cap5uro. Ho
testified that upon a proposition to
search hor sho had voluntarily produced
tho dispatches, which wore shown to
him in court, and ho identified thom as
the samo as those she had given up.
A reading of these dispatches was
called for, and they wore road.
In addition to those Miss Baggs doci-
phorod when at the Fain plantation wero
two others, which were rs follows:
CRAwFIsH SPRINGS, Ga, Sept. Il, 1868
Mobile Burton you when Oh has from other
bob from ro-cnforccd Quadroon count us that
towet applause will can your undoubtedly cen.
Jury points orange Benjamin and been coming
wo Join telographs.
Pinnod to this telegram was a paper
Doarlng an attempt at explanation in
inc prisoners handwriting:
10 i,urton, (probably Burnside)
can we count
"hon can wo count on your con,;,op
telegraphs PAo""ply eho slGher)
peoh ro-enforced from
somo ono telegrapbs tb,+
bly, Bragg has been re.en,oroad adrSon es tprona.
points. iofcea from other
pot+a r.,,- ,,.o mAsiiINdToN, Sept. -, 1862.
IoI'S reauJ VIC result condition re 20 ,." -o
ed goes Jack all badly rapidlv us II separat.
tho twontieth and doodle d shaii I,,t so%Iterea
but well plaster Arabia arc I'M ah,, o9o IN tho
dread tho concentrated jot DO by sl,on,I pesonu ,
enemy closing we to. "''ooid our
There was no attempted explanot,o,
with this telegram. Either the nr;sona., o,
had mado no Roadway with it, or ab =
had not sufficient time, probably both
though it was moro diffjoul to deoi'
pher than any Of the othors.
These kilograms had been sent to aon.
eral headquarters and an Interpretation
Of them furnished, which was read to
/. the conrt:
w CRAwFIsn SPRINGS, Ga, Sept. IA, 1868.
! TO Burnside:
Hallccls telegraphs that you will Join us.
&When can we count on your comingp Bragg
& ms undoubtedly been ro.onforccd from Vir.
Y ginia and other points. l. RosEoRANs.
CnAwEIsH sPRINGs, Ga, Sept. 10, 1863.
& 10 tho Secretary Of War:
All goes well. Wo arc badly separated, but
& closing up rapidly. If tho enomy should at
tack MS In our present scattered condition, I
Y should dread tho result. But by the present
p @gthSWe Shall be concentrated and ready.