, 1897-09-07
|DR. M'CABE'S LECTURE.
AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE On
JOYS THE BRIGHT SIDE OF
LIFE IN LIBBY PRISON."
4. Beautiful Story Into Which Is Woven
Laughable Anecdotes, Thrilling In
cidents and Pathetic Scenes-Wish-
es He Was the Pension Agent-All
Would Have Pensions.

The famous lecture OF Bishop Nc
Cabe. The Bright Side OF Libby Pris-
en-" was a fitting climax 10 the success
ful conference OF the Mthodists in this
city. The bishop had been a little tardy
about giving his consent to lecture in
Laramie. and therefore the fact that he
would give his lecture had been very
poorly advertised. Fer this reason
Maennerchor was not as full as Ii would
otherwise have been. Those presen:.
however, enjoyed one CT the rare intel
iectual treats Of their lives.
The bishop was introduced by the
Rev. J. W. Taylor and from beginning
to end held his audience in wrapt at
IGNITION. swaying them at will from
laughter to tears. His lecture is really
a beautiful story. into which is woven
pathetic scenes, l%aughable anecdo es and
thrilling Incidents. He tod OF his mag
nificent regiment, the 122d Ohio volun-
reer infantry. In his opinion it was
JUS about the finest body o. men that
ever went to war. He had told every
body about his regiment; had ever writ
Ten 20 the Emperor of Germany. The
ducive 20 bravery and in a speech to
students told them that 1t had a tend
ency to make them brave and fit them
for the perils OF war. He had written
20 the emperor upon the subject and
|tc.d him OF the 122d Ohio inf, ln,ry. low
hey had gone to the war y75 strong,
had fought through Inc Wilderness, had
aided in the storming O: Petersburg and
followed Phil Sheridan as he pressed Lse
during the last days. stopping within
Two miles of A.ppomattox. coming out
with 5S2 brave men. There were no
towards among them and they were no.
duelists. There vas another man to
whom he wanted to write and tell him
about his regiment. and that was the
professor in Hazard who said the game
Of football as nov played was a nice
athletic sport. When he was a boy
they played football, but they placed the
ball on the ground and kicked it to the
goal. and men were MOI disabled by the
rough manner in which it was played.
Today players have their ribs broken,
arms and legs disabled and dea h some
times ensues.
The speaker took his auditors to Win
chester, where General Milroy was in
command with 5000 men. He was ap-
prised OF Lees coming with $4,000, but
refused to retreat. Lee passed by on the
right and the little army was finally al
most surrounded. Milroy her decided
to retreat. and the 122d cut its way clear
through to Harper's Ferry. The sur
geon and Chaplain McCabe, together
with Willie Morgan. their cook, re-
manned behind 10 pick up the wounded
and care for them. They were arres ed
and taken before General John B. Cor
don, who, as senator from Georgia, made
himself famous at the time Of the Chi
cago riots. General Gordan tod his men
that they must no. arrest such people,
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their power. He placed so ambulancss
al their disposal and told his men to lend
every possible aid to the surgeons and
chaplains in getting their wounded into
accomplished. a number OF chaplains
and surgeons paid their respects to Gen.
eral Jubal A. Early and asked that they
be conducted through the lines that they
might return to their commands. But
Early laughed. saying that they had all
been longing to go to Richmond for a
long time and he would O give them
an opportunity, and he did. They were
soon on the way to Libby prison.
His description OF the prison life, the
songs O: ne soldiers and the general
entertainment they had was mcst fasci-
mating. July 4, 1868. they got up a cele-
b~ration. There was a committee on
music and a committee on flag. 1t was
suggested that they steal a flag which
had been captured and placed below, but
finally a red shirt was borrowed from
one, a blue n from another, and what
had once been a white one from a third.
These a tailor in the prison made into
what would pass for a flag. 1t was
hung from the rafters until the guard
demanded that it be lowered. No q
complying with his order. he came in and
took down the flag himself. The speak
er had always believed that that flag
was lowered at just about the time Grant
pulled down the rebel flag at Vicksburg.
Finally the surgeon in charge said 10
Chaplain McCabe that he had better go
to the hospital and he might be able to
f1ght of that dread disease typhoid.
Willie Morgan vent with him, and as
he went into the hospital there the boy
was cleaning the bed Of the vermii.,
which was everywhere. For eight weeks
he tossed upon a bed of fever until I'm
ally it was broken and ne began to re-
cover. Willie Morgan rushed in one day
with the news that they were to be e.
changed. He was picked up from his
bed by a stalwart soldier and carried to
the ambulance-he weighed less than
100 pounds. On the train after leaving
Richmond, a man stuck his head into
the door and asked for Chaplain NC
Cabe. Here l an" answered the in
valid. and then the stranger gave him a
piece Of fried chicken and 4 roll, and