Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-29

troops waiting to go to Perryvi1le by cars. Mir. Aiken waited in the depot with the soldiers until 3 o'clock Tues day morning, when all started in the train for Perryville.
 Perryville is a small town opposite Havre de Grace, and just across the Susquehanna river. The price of fer riage across the Susquehanna river had advanced with the times, and it was only. on the payment of 8 dollar that the services of Ca grim ferrymann and ieaky scow were secured to help him over. At Havre de Grace all sorts of vehicles were in demand at fabulous prices to bring fugitives to and from Baltimore. The price paid for carriages frcm Baltimore to Havre de Grace was from $50 to $100- MT. Aiken. with friend, after considerable effort, se- cured Seats in the wagon of a miller, paying S15 fare to Baltimore. Along on the road they met carriage loads of people fleeing from Baltimore and large numbers on foot. Squads of peo- pie were patrolHng too, in every direc- tion,, arresting foot passengers, ques- tionihg everybody and imprisoning all to whom the least suspicion could at tach They reached Baltimore-a dis tance of 3S miles from Havre de Grace at s o'clock in the evening of Tues day. and went immediately to Bar nuns hotel. Mir. Aiken's freind who accompanied him was well acquainted and well known in Baltimore, and this fact saved him in a great measure from molestation or interference The con- ditlon of affairs in Baltimore and the excitement in the public mind at the time, he says. was terrible. The whole city appeared to be on the top wave of blind. unreasoning excit ament, perfect rladness-Without method or direction. It was worth a mans life to indicate the least shadow of sym pathy with union men, or the smallest respect for the national flag. MT. Aiken says, further, that the idea of one regiment of fighting men, or a, dozen regiments. going through Balti- more at that time, would have been absurd. The men of Baltimore, he says, will fight to the last gasp and without fear, and we may as we'll un- derstand that fact at the outset, before being obliged to learn it at a fearful cost of life. He thinks that consider ing all the advantages the Baltimore ans would have in an encounter with troops passing through and with the feeling then prevalent in the city. an army of 10000 men would have no easy task to get through the city,,
 They started from Baltimore at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, having secured a carriage to take them to Washington at an expense of $50. Be- tween Baltimore and WashinEton they made but single stop, at a tavern near Annapolis junction. Here they found small crowd in the barroom, very uneommunicative and inclined to watch them suspiciously. MT Aiken overheard one of them remark to an- other that them fellers is d-d north srn spies,'' and he concluded according ly that the crowd were not disposed to make any extraordinary demonstration or fraternal affection or insist upon be- ing unselfish1y hospitable Their stop harc ys-1c hriaf 07,. h f<, Washington nothing of note occurred. They arrived in Washington Wednes- day evening at 10 o'clock. Mir. Aiken was tthe first bearer of written des- patches who had arrived at army headquarters for three days He transacted his business HitIi the var department, had an interview with General Scott and President Lincoln, received messages in return, and was ready to leave Washington at 10 a. m Thursday. He had exercised particu- lar care to conceal the object Of his mission from everyone but those inn mediately interested, but i'll spite of all caution it became known that he was there as bearer of despAtches, 8nd hefwas conscious of being very close 1y watched all the time he was there. Thursday morning he was advised by a friend to leave Washington as speed fly and as quietly as possible. Accord ingly Thursday noon,s after leaving such directions at the Ofnce of the ho- tel as would mislead pursuers, and representing that he was going out to make call, he went to a private house in the city,. took a seatvin ascar- riage with gentleman and two ladies who were coming north, and started of. The company drove north 6n a road but little travelled at this time, through Montgomery and Carroll coun- ties, to a little place called Westmin- ster, in the latter county, and from thence across the Pennsylvania line to ] I.ittiestoNn. whence they took the ca&s for New York via Harrisburg. MT. Aiken arrived in New York Saturday night remained there over Sunday and came home by railroad Monday, reach ing here at half past 2 D. m.
 The first news received by Governor Buckingham from MT. Aiken after his departure from New York was by tele- graph from Lebanon, Pa, Saturday saf- ternoon- This despatch, was the first that MT. Aiken had had any opportuili- ty to send from the date of his leaving New York