Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-06

II ne WISHES NhOhUtlOWN'
Cincinnati then took the circuit
and asked II there were any Confed-
crates at Georgetown. | answered:
Yes; Morgan is here.
GEORGETOWN
"How can you be in the Office and
not be arrested? 'CGNcINNATL'
"'Oh, am in the dark reading by
sound Of the magnet.
GEORGETOWN
Question after question was asked
me, and | answered to suit myself
Finally Lexington asked me where my
assistant was? Don't know / replied.
He then asked, Have you seen him to-
day? 1 answered No. Well, from
that moment on l could do no tele-
graphing in the beautiful city Of
Georgetown, a fact that CALLED my pro.
fessional dignity. As a means OF get
ting even with the fraternity, who evil
IDENTIFY had detected me, l sent out an
order to the operators on the line, word
for word as follows:
General Order No 1.
Headquarters Telegraph Dept,
Kentucky, c. s. A.
" Georgetown, Ky, July 16, 1862.
when an operator is positively in
formed that the enemy is marching on
his station, he will Immediately pro-
ceed to destroy the telegraph instru-
ments and all material in his charge.
Such instances Of carlessness as eX-
hibited on the part Of the operators
at Lebanon, Midway, and Georgetown
will be severely dealt with
&C. A. ELLSWORTH,
General Military Supt. c. S. Tele-
graph
Before sending this despatch 1 had
raked the Georgetown instruments out
from under a bed in a little room ad-
joining the station At Cynthiana
and Paris, / found the wires out Of
order, and could do nothing At Grab
Orchard, where there was no telegraph
office, / put my pocket magnet on, and
at once took off a message from Gen.
eral Boyle, Louisville, to Colonel Wool
ford. Danville. Boyle said to Wool
ford:
Pursue Morgan. He is at Crab
Orchard, going to Somerset
mo sooner had the Danville Oper-
atOr receipted for this than the oper-
ator at Lebanon made a suggestion for
the repeating office at Lebanon juno,
tion to send over the line. Said he:
Would It not be well for Danville
and Offices below here to put on their
ground wires when they receive or
send important messages, as Ellsworth
Morgans operator may be on the
line?'
"The idea was agreed to, but Morgan
had no further use for the stolen
through messages. We made our last
halt that evening at Somerset. l soon
got the Office in working order, and the
operator at Stanford called. He asked
II there we're any signs Of Morgan at
Somerset and / answered, signing the
name Somerset that there were no
signs of him. The operator then gave
me a word Of caution about Morgan,
and / took the chance to ask when
Colonel WOolfords force would be at
Crab Orchard, as ordered by General
Boyle in the message / had taken on at
Crab Orchard that morning. He said
that Woolford had wired to Boyle that
his force was not able to cope with
Morgan. Morgan then prepared, and
I
from General Boyle, countermanding
all orders given for our pursuit.
"As we were about closing our op-
erations to start on a long ride home
ward for Tennessee, l concluded to
take a nights rest, and told the Stan
ford operator that ] was going to bed,
but had arranged with the pickets to
wake me in case Morgan came in.
Next morning I was out early, and in
formed the Stanford man that Morgan
had not yet appeared, Meanwhile
everything in the town belonging to
the United States Government was go
ing up In smoke, fired by the torches
Of our band. AS a parting salute to
his enemy who hadn't had sight Of
him on all this bold raid, and greet.
ing to a couple Of old personal friends,
Morgan dictated the last messages
had the pleasure Of sending over
Northern wires to Northern ears.
give them in full.
Somerset, Ky, July %, 1862
"'GeOrOe d. Prentice, Louisville, KY:
"'Good morning. George D.! / am
quietly watching the complete destruc.
tion OF all Of Uncle Sans property in
that II is the last that comes under my
supervision on this route. / expect in
short time to pay you visit, and
wish to know II you will be at home,
All well In Dixie. ]. H. MORGAN
Somerset, Ky, July %, 1852.
"'HOn. George Dunlap, n. O., Wash
iHOtOn, ID. c.:
Just completed my tour through
Kentucky. Captured 10 cities de-
stroyed millions Of dollars worth Of
United States property. Passed
through your county, but regret not
seeing you. We paroled 1,500 Federal
prisoners.
Your old friend
John H. MORGAN
Somerset Ky, July %, 1852.
Gen. j. r. Boyle, U. s. A., Louisville
Ry.:
"'Good morning, jerry This tele-
graph is a great institution. You
should destroy it, as It keeps me too
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