VOL. 42.
ihe Huntingdon Journal
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TA CALDWELL, Attorney-at-Law, No. 111, 3rd street.
1/. Office formerly occupied by Messrs. Woods & Wil
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Miscellaneous.
NOTICE
TO CONSUMERS.
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TOBACCO
5. o,y NS
• The great celebrity of our TIN TAG TOBAC
2CO has caused many imitations thereof to be
;„ placed on the market, we therefore caution .1I
g Chewers against purchasing such imitations.
• All dealers buying or selling other plug tobac
co bearing a hard or metallic label, render
g selves liable to the penalty of the Law, and all
Epersons violating our trade marks are punisha
• ble by fine and imprisonment. SEE ACT OF
4 CONGRESS, AUG. 14, 1876.
The genuine LORILLARD TIN TAG TO
BACCO can he distinguished by a TIN TAG on
teeach lump with the word LORILLARD stamped
thereon.
Over 7,088 tons tobacco sold in 1577, and nearly
ou 3.000 persons employed in factories.
Taxes paid Government in 1877 about $3,500,-
1- 'OOO, and during the past 12 years, over $20,000,-
-5.000.
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E.
These goods EDld by all jobbers at manufac
-° Curers rates.
[mchS-3m
AVERILL BARLOW,
45 South Second Street,
Has the largest and best stock of
FURNITURE
1N
PHILADELPHIA.
All those in want of Furniture of
any quality, examine goods in other
stores, then call and compare prices
with his. He guarrantees to sell low
er than any other dealer. Every ar
ticle warranted. [ jan.2s-Iy.
FOR SALE.
CHOICE
FARMING LANDS
IN
MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA,
BY TI E
Winona & St. Peter Railroad Co.
The WLNCI,IIi A. & ST. PETER R. It. Co., is now offering
ijr
for sae tin lOW prices, its land grant lands along the
line . a itd icOdlil SDitltern Minnesota and Eastern
Dakota: an will i•eceTvefti payment therefor, at par, any
of the Mortgage Bonds of said Company.
These lauds lie iu the great wheat bettor the Northwest,
in a climate unsurpassed for healthfulness, and in a coun
try which is being rapidly settled by a thriving and indus
trious people, composed to a large extent of farmers, from
the Eastern and the older portions of the Northwestern
States.
H. M. BURCHARD, Land Agent, for sale of Lands of
said Company, at MARSHALL, LYON COUNTY, MINNE
SOTA.
GEO. P. GOODWIN, Land Commissioner.
General'Offile Of Chicago & North-western Railway Co.,
Chicago, ~.
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erwise, Circulars and Maps will be sent free of cost by said
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sic—, Just published, a new edition of Dr.
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a. owl
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.*" Price, in sealed .3 nvelope, only six cents.
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that the alarming consequences of self-abuse may be
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medicine or tit• application of the knife; pointing out a
mode of ore at once die, certain, and effectual, by
mesas of which every sufferer, no matter what hie condi
tion may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately, and
radically.
This Lecture should he in the hands of every youth
and every man in the land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address,
post-paid, on receipt of six cants or two postage stamps.
Address the publishers.
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C°EV,INQTON COAL
AT THE
Old "Langdon. Yard,"
in quantities to suit purchasers by the ton or car
load. Kindling wood cut to order, Pine Oak or
Hickory. Orders left at Judge Miller's store, at
my residence, 609 Mifflin st., or lines Raymooda
may 3,'78-Iy.] J. 11. DAVIDSON.
TT ROBLEY, Merchant Tailor, No.
• 813 Mifflin street, West Huntingdon
Pa., respectfully solicits a share of public pat
ronage from town and country. [octlB,
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Mercantile Appraiser's List.
APPRAISER'S RETURN OF MER
CANTILE AND OTHER LICENSE TAX
for Huntingdon County. I Samuel 0. Isett, duly
appointed appraiser of Mercantile and other Li
cense Tax in and for Huntingdon county, do here
by certify that the following is a correct list for
the year 187 S, of every person or firm, who is act
ually .übject to pay a License Tax, under exist
ing laws of this Commonwealth, in Huntingdon
county, with the names of all persons exonerated
on appeal stricken off.
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Al,randria Borough,
llatfleld & Co •••••
Philips Ain., I/ Sou
Walker E. P
Birmingham Borough.
Thompson John
Barree Township.
Crownover H
Crowno., 3 Bra
Crownover A
Brady Township.
Burnham A. P.
Fuuse B. R
Broad Top City.
Houck Anion.
Carbon Township.
Fisher & Miller l3 10 00
Reckert &Co l3 10 00
Reed J.J l3 10 00
Toole Felix
Lewis Royer 6 50 00
Cassville Borough.
Green J. B. F
lleatou J. 0
Cromwell Township.
Dewees & Co.
Coalownt Borough.
Flanigan L. W l4 700
Dudley Borough.
Brown Wm
Franklin Township.
;t 11. A
Bath ,
Ewing A. U
Keitly M. U _ .
Huntingdon Borough
Africa D. S l4 700
Brown, James A l4 700
Buchanan & Sou..
Beyer A.
Black T. W l4 7 00
Black T. W l4 700
14 7 OU
Black J.ll. &Cu
Brown, Philip l4 700
Bricker Wm
Beck & Fleming l4 700
Cunningham J. 0 l4 700
Carmon J. B. ll 15 00
Crites W. K l4 700
Durborrow J. 11 &Co
Denny & McMurtrie
Decker David l3 10 00
Fisher W.ll l4 700
Greenberg 11
Gwin D. P l4 700
Glazier & Bro l2 12 50
Holtzworth H. R.
Henry& Co ....... .. .......... - ...... ...... ...... ....- 8 30 00
Ilagey John
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thanker Mrs. M......
Johnston, George W ._._ 1:i 10 00
Jacobs B
Jacobs &Co l3 10 00
Kennedy Wm
Leister John
Lewis T. J l2 12 50
Lewis Win ll 15 tot
McCullough, Samuel l2 12 50
McCullough J. li
Montgomery T. W l3 10 00
March Mrs. J l3 10 00
Neal Is Lung
Port & Warfel, Billiards 5O 00
Roman II
Robinson H. C ll 10 00
Read John & Sons .
Read John & Sons, Patent Medicines 4 500
Smith S. S. & Son l4 700
Smith S. S. &Son, Patent Medicines 4 50C
Stewart & Flenner
Shafer George l4 700
Siminson E. 11
Thomas 3.11 l4 700
Wolf S l3 10 00
Westbrook R. S l4 700
Warfel, George
York C. F. &Co l3 10 00
leder J
Juniata Township.
Grub
Jackson Thwnship.
Green & Gregory l4 704
Huston,Green &Co l4 700
Huston, Green & Co. l4 700
Harper A, W lO 700
Little, George E
Logan Co. No. 2 lO 20 00
Mcßurney & Nephew l3 10 00
Lincoln Township.
Cohn Simon.
Hess J. & Co
Morris Township.
Davis Wm
Grdßus E. W
Law• John H
Wait T. C
het t & Thom pson .....
Mapleton Borough.
Rea M. L ll 15 00
Markle burg Borough.
MeMurtrie E. D..
ill. Union Borough
Adams T. U
Cerman A. E..
Ewing A. G
Stevens F. 1)
Wulf B
Orbisonia Borough
Krugh A. & Bro
Orbisou T.E
Porter Calvin, Patent Medicines 4 bOO
Reed C. 11.. l2 12 50
Royer, Dawning &Co
PlAeasant A. M
Oneida Township.
Green Barton.
Porter Township,
Lowery & Eichelberger l3 10 00
Penn Township.
Grove J. A.
(hove A. F.....
Shirley Temnshil,
Johnston A . ....
Shirleysburg Borough
Brewster W. 11...
Kerr W. H
Saltillo Borough
Brewater J. G
Shope & Ilurlson
Spring field Township
Brewster, J. C
Lock D...
Shade Gap Borough.
Montgomery &Go
Swan W. C l4 7 00
Tell Township.
Blair J. M
Juuts S Burdge l4 7 00
Three Springs Borough.
Covert & Stevens l3 10 00
Heck L. G
Stevous F. D. & Co.
Walker Township
Doug'ass, Joseph l4 700
Lagle George, Brewer 7 25 VD
States George l3 10 00
Wa r r ors m a rl: Township.
Funk David l4 7 00
Funk David, Patent Medicines 4 5 00
Houck 8. 11
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Mattern J. 11. & 1ira.......
14 7 00
itubindon W. IL
West Township.
Cresewell & Porter l4 7 00
Confer &Co ,, 1$ 1V 00
Hewitt & Bell
blarth M. Patent
°burn Joseph l3 10
Rumberger & Bro
Troutwine Samuel
Petersburg Co-operative etore l3 10 Pi;
SAMUEL G. ISETT,
Mercantile Appraiser.
LIST OF HOTELS.
Brady To wnship.
Metcalf, 11. Z.
Dudley Byrough
Gould, E. F
llortuit, F
Huntingdon. Borough.
Free, John.
gongs, J. W . 5 WOO
Hallniaii, W. SS. 5 50 00
Leister, Henry. . 5 56 00
Miller, John S . 5 50 011
Moebne, Frederick.. . 5 50 CO
Thoma.e, George. 5 50 0.1
Morris Township.
Haslett, R. F
Shade Gap Borough,
M,Gowan, Wm
Welsh Wm,
Warriorsmark Township.
Chamberlain, Jatnee .. . . ••• 5 60 00
West Township.
Chamberlain,llenry
5 50 DO
SAMUEL G. ISETT,
Mercantile Appraiser.
(.1 rattius,Abnthatti
.'p.4l—All license not lifted on or before the Ist of
July, 1878, will he left in the hands of a Justice of
the Peace for collection.
ASIIMAN MILLER,
Mayl7-4tl County Treasurer.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
[Estate of GEORGE WELLS, dec'd.]
Letters of Administration having been granted
to the undersigned, living in Huntingdon, on the
estate of my late husband, George Wells, late of
said borough deceased, all persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate will make payment
without delay, and those having olaims against
the same, will present them properly authenticated
for settlement. ELLA WELLS,
apr26-6t) Administratrix.
TOYS AND GAMES OF ALL KINDS
Just received at the JOURNAL Store.
of liistotz
How Jeff. Davis Was Captured—A
Detailed Account by Gen. Pritchard.
Gen. D. B. Pritchard, of Michigan,
who captured Jeff. Davis, has published
in the Allegan, Michigan Journal, of
March 30th, a detailed account of the ta
king of the President of the Confederacy.
The account is prepared with great care,
and is of value as furnishing a final settle
meat to the much discussed questions re
garding the "costume" of Davis, and other
matters pertaining to his capture.
The orders under which I acted were
received from Col. R. H. G-. Minty, com
manding the second division of the cavalry
corps, military division of the Mississippi,
and from whom, on the afternoon of Sun
day, May 7th, 1865, I received direct or
ders to report immediately to him in per
son for instructions. On my arrival, he
detailed to me the information received by
Gen. Wilson, from his forces in the direc
tion of Augusta, regarding the movements
southward of the principal parties connect
ed with the Confederate government, and
the desire to effect their capture, if possi
ble ; directing me to proceed with my reg
iment, the 4th Michigan cavalry, from its
camp near Macon, Georgia, down the south
erly side of the Ocmulgee river, a distance
of 75 or 100 miles, to take possession of
all the fords and ferries below Hawkins
ville, and to picket the river and scout the
country north and south of the river as
thoroughly as the strength of my command
would permit. Certain places appearing
upon the maps were thought to be desira
ble points for establishing the headquar
ters of my regiment, but the matter was
left to my own discretion upon arriving up.
on the ground ; and, if pursuit became
necessary, I was authorized to disregard
all points and communications, and pursue
as far as might be deemed necessary, even
to the gulf or the ocean.
In obeidience to the orders above stated,
which were verbal and strictly secret., I
moved with my command from camp at
Macon, at 8 o'clock the same evening, pur.
suing the main highway leading down the
south sides of the Ocmulgee river, in the
general direction therewith; leaving every
thing in camp which might in any way
imjde our free and rapid movement. As
this article is not intended to describe in
detail the incidents of the march. I will
simply say that we pressed forward by rap
id forced marches, night and day, only
halting long enough to feed and rest our
horses, until on the 9th day of May, at 3
o'clock P. 31., when we arrived at Abby
ville, 75 miles from Macon, where we first
struck what proved to be the train of the
Davis party, and which had gone on in
the direction of Irwinsville the night be
fore. Here we also met Lieut Colonel
Harnden, commanding a detachment of Ist
Wisconsin cavalry, with whom a brief con
sultation was held, when it was decided
that we could not plan any concerted ac
tion for the two commands, and that each
had better act independently ; and then
we separated, Colonel Hamden with his
command pursuing the train on the direct
road to Irwinsville, with the announced
intention on his part of pressing through
to that place that night before going into
camp. I continued my march down the
river, after sending company H of my reg
iment, under Lieutenant Fisk, to take pos
session of Brown's Ferry, one mile and a
half above Abbyville. After moving three
miles further, we met persons who gave
us additional information regarding the
character of the train, and also of the roads.
Learning that there was another road lead
ing into Irwinsville from a point known
as Wilcox's Mills, about 15 miles below
Abbyville, I decided to press forward by
this road in the direction of Irwinsville,
believing that if Mr. Davis was travelling
apart from the train, as he was reported
as doing, communicating with it from time
to time, he would be likely to be travelling
out the road which I proposed to take ;
and if Colonel Harnden pressed through
to Irwinsville, as he expected to when we
separated, we would place them between
us. and thus greatly increase the chances
of a capture. I accordingly ordered a de
tail of 150 of the best mounted men of my
regiment, and seven officers besides my
self; but the full detail of enlisted men
was not filled, owing to the jaded condi
tion of the horses. At four o'clock I put
the column in motion, moving still down
the river road a distance of 12 miles, to
Wilcox's Mills, where a halt of one hour
was made, to feed and cool the horses.
From thence we proceeded by a blind woods
road through an almost unbroken pine for
est for a distance of 18 miles, to Irwins
ville, where we arrived at about 1 o'clock,
on the morning of May 10th. The roads
were first closely examined in all directions
but no traces could be discovered of the
passage of a train or a mounted force, at
which we were much surprised, as we had
confidently expected to either meet Col.
Harnden at this point, or fall in rear of
his command, and concluded at first that
the train must have taken some other
course; but, upon inquiry, and passing
ours , Ives as Confederates, we soon learned
that a considerable party had gone into
camp, just at dark the evening before,
about a mile and a half out of town, on
the Abbyville road. lat fist thought it
must be the Ist Wisconsin, but upon fur
ther inquiry, learned that they had tents
and wagons, which I knew was not the
case with Col. Harnden's command. lat
once turned the head of the column in that
direction, impressing a negro for a guide,
moving my command up to within about
a half a mile of the camp, where I halted
under cover of a small eminence, and dis
mounted 25 men, and sent them under
command of Lieut. Purinton, with in.
structions to make the circuit of the camp,
and gain a position on the road in rear of
the enemy, to cut off escape in that direc
tion ; to gain the position designated, un
discovered, if possible, but, if discovered,
and alarm was raised, I would charge the
camp from the front, and he was to move
upon the camp from any positton he might
then hold ; but if no alarm was raised, I
should take it for granted that he had suc
cessfully executed his orders, where he
should remain quiet until I should assault
the camp, as I had notthen decided wheth
er I would attack at once, or delay until
the appearance of daylight—but finally de
termined upon the latter course, as the
moon was getting low, and the deep shad
ows of the forest would render it easy for
parties to elude us in the darkness. After
waiting in our position about an hour and
a half, and until the appearance of early
dawn, I put the column quietly in motion,
and was enabled to approach within a very
rods of the tents before discovery, when a
charge was ordered, and in an instant the
camp, with its inmates, was wholly within
our power, without the necessity of firing
a shot. The surprise was so complete that
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13 10 00
14 7 00
14 7 00
14 7 00
13 10 00
11 15 ttO
13 10 00
14 7 00
14 7 00
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5 50 OC
5 50 00
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5 50 00
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HUNTINGDON, PA,, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1878.
not the slightest show of resistance was
made, the men not even having time to
grasp their weapons, which were lying at
their sides. The camp was located in the
thick pine forest, close by a small swamp.
A chain of mounted sentries, composed of
a force specially designated for that duty,
swept rapidly around the camp on the in
stant when the main force dashed into it,
thus barring all possibility of escape after
the completion of the circuit. The chain
of sentries, under the command of an offi
cer, were to maintain their position until
all of the officers were gathered in and
placed under guard. Immediately after
taking possession of the camp, my adjutant,
Lieutenant Dickinson, notified me that
there were ladies in the tents, when I di
rected him to station guards at each of the
tents, and allow none of the men to enter
them. All of the men with the party, ex
cept Mr. Davis, I believe, were sleeping
on their blankets outside of their tents, in
different parts of the camp, partially un
dressed, and as soon as they were aroused,
sprang from their beds, and were immedi
ately placed under guard, and were allowed
time to put on the balance of their cloth
ine,, which eens.imed several minutes, after
which the prisoners were gathered togeth
er, and placed under a regular detailed
guard.
But before this was fully completed, and
before any of the persons occupyine. e' the
tents had completed their toilet and come
out, or a list of names of the captured
parties had been made up, a volley was
fired down the road and across the swamp
alluded to, and about eighty or one hun
dred rods north of the camp, where the
force of' twenty five dismounted men under
Lieutenant Purinton were stationed. lat
once ordered the men to resume their
places in the column. Leaving Adjutant.
Dickinson with a sufficient force in camp
to gather the rest of' the prisoners in and
guard them until my return, 1 in person
pushed forward across the swamp with the
balance of the command, to the aid of
Lieut. Purinton, whom I supposed to be
engaging the force guarding the train, but
which proved to be the first Wisconsin
cavalry, under Col. Ilarnden, whose men
had come upon the force under Lieut.
Purinton, and, through a misunderstand
ing in the challenge and response, each
had taken the other for the enemy, it still
being so dark that they could not dis
tinguish the uniform ; and as I came up
the road in column, mounted, we received
a raking tire from a dismounted force con
cealed behind trees and logs, which killed
one man and severely wounded Lieut.
Boutelle. This sad mistake was not dis
covered until two men were killed in the
4th Michigan cavalry, and eight or ten
men wounded in the first Wisconsin caval
ry.
As soon as the firing ceased, I returned
to the camp, and as I re-crossed the swam)
I was met by Lieut. Dickinson, who, in a
hurried way, informed me that he had
carried out my orders, and who said we
had captured an oldish man whom he be
lieved was Jeff Davis, and that he came
out of one of the tents dressed up in wom
an's clothes, and attempted to escape as a
woman. I got the impression that Mr.
Davis had refused to reveal his name up -to
that time, but will not be positive on that
point. I rode on up to the point, where
the prisoners were gathered under guard,
and, as I approached them, I was accosted
by this man, who proved to be Mr. Davis,
with the inquiry if I was the officer in
command. I replied that I was, and ask
ed him in return whom I was to call him.
He replied that I might "call him what or
whoever I pleased," when I replied that I
would call hint Davis; and, after a mo
ment's hesitation, he said, "That is my
name." He then drew himself up in a
very dignified and imposing manner, and
exclaimed, "I suppose you consider It
bravery to charge a train of defenceless
women and children, but it is theft, it is
vandalism." Davis had thrown off the gar
ments constituting his disguise, and was
clad in a suit of Confederate gray at the
time of my meeting hint. I then proceed
ed to take an inventory of our capture,
when I ascertained that we had captured
Jefferson Davis, wife and four children ;
John 11. Reagan, his Postmaster General ;
Cols. Johnson and Lubbock, aids de-camp
on Davis' staff; Burton N. Harrison, his
Private Secretary ; Major Murand, Capt.
Moody, and Mrs. Davis, and midshipman
in the rebel navy ; thirteen private soldiers,
Miss Maggie Howell, sister of Mrs Davis,
two waiting-maids and several servants.
We also captured five wagons, three ambu
lances, about fifteen horses, and twenty five
or thirty mules. The train was principally
loaded with commissary stores and private
baggage, with a few arms and a few boxes
of fixed ammunition.
After allowing time for the prisoners to
breakfast, we started on our return, taking
the direct road back to Abbyville, where
we arrived at dark, on the evening of the
same day, and encamped for the night.
During the night I called in the remainder
of my regiment, which had been left, on
the slay previous, under command of Capt.
Hathaway, to picket the line of the Ocmul
gee River and scout the country, at the
same time sending couriers forward to
Macon, announcing the results of our expe
dition. On the morning of the 11th, we
resumed our march in the direction of Ma
con, and on the afternoon of that 'day,
when a few miles below Hawkinsville, we
met the rest of our brigade just coming
out from Macon, and received from them
the first knowledge we had of President
Johnson's proclamation, accompanied by
General Wilson's order offering a reward
for the capture of Davis and others.
Retaiaing my independent command, I
continued my march toward Macon, halt
ing for the night two or three miles above
llawkinsville. Moving on again early on
the morning of the 12th, we arrived within
fifteen or twenty miles of Macon, where
we again encamped for the night. At
this place occurred some incidents which I
deem sufficiently important to warrant a
full and specific statement. It will be re
membered by those acquainted with the
fact, that the cavalry command under Gen
oral Wilson, bad drawn no regular govern
ment supplies since leaving camp on the
Tennessee River, March 22d, and had been
dependent wholly upon the resources of
the country subsistence, and my command
was expected to subsist by foraging while
on this expedition ; but as the country
through which we passed was sparsely set
tled, and a great portion of the land cov
ered with pine forests, and unproductive,
we found it very difficult to gather the
necessary supplies for our men and horses.
My men were really in a suffering condi
tion for food, and, as there was a surplus
of provisions in the train, I decided to dis
tribute that surplus among my men. After
we had got settled in camp, that evening,
I went to Mr. Davis and infbrmed him of
my purpose, requesting him to have his
cook set apart from his supplies a sufficient
quantity to fully supply his party for a
certain number of hours, by which time
we would reach Macon, when they could
he amply provided for. Mr. and Mrs.
Davis, who were both present during the
conversation, strenuously objected to the
course I proposed, arguing that all the sup.
plies in their wagons were private proper
ty, and that I had no right to take them
in the manner proposed,• and Mrs. Davis
said she felt certain that when we got to
General Wilson's headquarters, all their
property would be returned to them, and
they be permitted to proceed on their
journey. After discussing the matter in
rather a spirited manner for a little time,
I told Mr. Davis if he did not feel disposed
to have his servant set apart the necessary
amount of supplies, I would direct my
commissary to do so, after which I would
distribute the remainder. Mr. Davis be
came very angry at that, and said he had
never expected to be compelled to suffer
such indignities as that, and if he could
have got possession of his arms at the time
of his capture, he would not have been
compelled to. To which I replied, (per
haps a little acrimoniously, for I had be
come somewhat irritated at his course,)
that I did not think the garments worn by
him on that occasion were particularly
adapted to rapid locomotion, or to the use
of fire arms ; to which Mrs. Davis' retorted
very sharply, saying, "I want you to under
stand distinctly that Mr. Davis assumed
that disguise at my instance." This ad
mission of Mrs. Davis in regard to her hus
band's disguise was wholly voluntary, and
drawn out under the circumstances above
stated, and was the first conversation which
I had with Mr. and Mrs. Davis in person
in regard to the disguise worn by her hus
band at the time of the capture; and is the
same conversation referred to by General
Wilson in his "Annals of the War," as oc
curring at the time I first met Mr. Davis
in camp immediately after the capture.
General "Wilson is correct in regard to the
substance, but in error as to time and place.
On the morning of the 13th we resumed
our march, and arrived at Macon at three
o'clock, p. m., and I received orders from
General Wilson to provide myself with a
detail ef three officers and twenty men
from my regiment, and prepare to start
for Washington, at once, in charge of the
Davis party. We left Macon by special
railway train at 7 o'clock, p. m., having
turned over all private soldiers captured
with the Davis party, except two, and re
ceiving an accession of Clement C. Clay
and wife. Proceeding by the way of At..
lanta, we reached Agusta at sunset, May
14th, and there received Alexander 11.
Stephens, and Gen. 'Wheeler and staff, of
the rebel army, whom I also took through
as prisoners. We then proceeded by boat,
via Savannah and Hilton Head, to Fortress
Monroe, where we arrived at noon on the
19th day of May. Anchoring out in the
harbor, I proceeded in person on shore,
and telegraphed the Adjutant General
notice of my arrival, and received orders
to remain at anchor off shore, and await
their orders.
On the afternoon of May 23d, I received
orders from the War Department, through
General Miles, commanding at Fortress
Monroe, directing rae to procure the dis
guise worn by Davis at the time of his
capture, and proceed to "Washington, and
report in person to the Secretary of War.
Accordingly, I went over to the steamer
Clyde, and informed Mrs. Davis of my in
structions and asked her if she had any
objections to delivering to me the garments
worn by Mr. Davis as a disguise at the
time of his capture, and received this very
sharp and pungent reply, "Certainly not,
sir, for I do not think I ever had an op
portunity to donate any clothing to Mrs.
Stanton before; it is perhaps well that my
mantle should fall on the shoulders of Mrs.
Stanton." Mrs. Davis then delivered to
me in person, with no further compulsion
than a simple request, a lady's water-proof
cloak or robe of a dark color, trimmed with
pearl buttons, which she admitted to he
the one worn by her husband as a disguise
at the time of his capture. On the morn
ing of the 24th Capt. Hudson went over
to the Clyde and procured the rest of the
garments worn in the disguise, which con
sisted of a black woolen shawl with a
border. The Captain informed me that
Mrs. Davis at first did not like to give up
the shawl, saying she needed it for her
children. He then went back to shore
and purchased another shawl fOr her, re
placing the one Mrs. Davis delivered to
him. These garments were taken by me
to 'Washington, and delivered up to the
Secretary of War, and where thoroughly
identified by the three soildiers who ar
rested Mr. Eavis at the time he came from
the tent, to wit : Corporal Geo. Mugger,
privates James F. Bullard and Andrew
Bee, each of whom made sworn statements
at the War Department of the facts within
their knowledge concerning the disguise,
and which were filed in the office of the
Secretary of War. I have not copies
of those sworn statements in my possession,
but I have a statement made by Corporal
Geo. Munger, in response to a request by
Col. Hobert Burns, and which I here insert:
SCHOOLCRAFT, Oct. 29, 1877.
DEAR SIR :—Yours of the 20th, asking for a
statement of my participation in the capture
of Davis, is at hand. I have had a great many
calls for a statement from almost every station
in the Union. I just received one from the
Tribune office last week. I thought I would
not say anything about it. There has been a
great deal said by different ones regarding the
capture of Davis. They all seem to differ
more or less. If I should make a statement,
it would not correspond with all.
Col. Pritchard's statement is as near right
as any I have seen, as regards Davis' disgnise.
Davis had on a lady's - waterproof cloak or
dress, and a red and black or black and white
shawl thrown over his head and shoulders,
over a suit of gray clothes and a pair of cavalry
boots. I do not know if Dickinson ordered
Bee to let the woman pass or not, only what I
heard the morning of the capture. I believe
Bee was on guard at the tent. I did not see
Dickinson until after Davis was taken back to
the tent, and had taken off his disguise. Dick
inson might have halted Davis, but not in my
hearing. He certainly did not stop. He was
about tour rods from the tent when I first saw
him. Bullard and I were changing horses, as
we used to do sometimes when we found bet
ter ones. Bullard had just thrown his saddle
on his horse; I was just buckling my girth,
when I saw the three women, as I supposed
them to be, who afterward proved to be Davis,
Mrs. Davis and Miss Howell. I said to Bullard,
"those women ought not to be allowed to go
out of camp ; you go and stop them." Bullard
said, "You go ; you have your saddle on." I
mounted my horse, rode around iu front of the
party, and said to them, "Where are you go
ing ?'' Mrs. Davis said, "With my old mother
after some water." Mrs. Davis had a pail on
her arm. I said, "What is she doing with those
boots on ?" When t saw his boots, I cocked
my gun and laid it across my saddle. Mrs.
Davis put her hand over Davis' face, and said,
"Don't shoot ! You may not admire Mr. Davis'
principles, but he is a reverend man." This
was all that was said there. As soon as Bul
lard buckled his saddle, he rode up to where
we were. Ile heard the most of this conver
sation. We went back to the tent with them.
There Davis took off his disguise, and said he
thought our Government more magnanimous
than to be chasing up women and children.
This is as near right as I could state it at this
time. Yours, GEORGE MUNGER.
tiect
Mexicanized Louisiana.
THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS A MEXICANIZED
UNITED STATES-OUTLINE OF THE PLAN
OF REVOLUTION AS IT IS KNOWN IN THE
SOUTH-A POWERFUL INDICTMENT OF
THE CONSPIRATORS AGAINST THE PEACE
OF THE COUNTRY-CAPTURE OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
Special correspondence of The Press
NEW ORLEANS, May 25.—We are to
have, as it seems, a Nexicanized republic.
The doctrine of the right of revolution as
successfully established in Louisiana, is to
be extended in its application to the gen
eral government. Louisiana, too, naturally
enough, is to afford the basis of its appli
cation. Senator Kellogg was promulgating
no new idea in his interview with a re
porter for the Washington Post. The
plan, as there mapped out, may be ac
cepted as, in effect, the plan of the revolu
tionists. Here in Louisiana, upon revo
lutionary ground, it has been heard in
certain inner circles as being thoroughly
discussed. Just here it is well to have
oae all-important point well and properly
understood. Let none delude themselves
with the idea that the Southern leaders
will stand by the President. They need
not be counted upon, or, on the other
hand, as particularly interested in the wel
fare of Tilden. All, of gratitude to the
one or sympathy with the other, may be
counted out.
THE DIXIE PROGRAMME.
The Southern leaders intend to control
the general government. They make use
of the Northern Democratic leaders as a.
means of controlling the Northern Demo
cratic masses. They control the party, as
a whole, through the control of the party
caucus. They thus control the National
legislation and shape the general party ,
measures. They are working to accom
plish by the ballot that which failed of
success with the bullet. They will aid
Tilden in the present proposed revolution
just to the extent that the Northern masters
can be made to swallow the dose. They
are governed in this largely, of course, by
the Northern leaders. They want the
control of the government machinery dur
ing the next Presidential campaign. They
will go to any lengths to secure it if they
are not to destroy themselves in so doing.
CAPTURE OF THE HOUSE.
The immediate question to be considered
is the possible make up the next House,
They will control the Senate, in any event,
in December, 1879. They count largely
upon a "united South." They concede only
the election of one Republican Congress
man from the Southern States, that of
Thornburg, of East Tennessee. They ex
pect thus not less than 105 Democratic
members from the Southern States. The
question of Southern control comes down
to a comparatively small compass, as de
pendent upon the Northern elections. In
this, however, there is a possible contin
gency. There is a possibility that the
"solid South" may be broken in upon to
some considerable extent by the Republi
cans. There is an admitted possibility at
least, even with the _Penacicrat,S, that „the
Republicans may secure', Say three of
six Congressional districts in Louisiana.
The Louisiana Republicans, for their part,
afforded the proper encouragement and as
sistance are ready fur the effort.
THERE IS THE "SHOE STRING DISTRICT,"
too, in Mississippi. The old State ought
to be, and is, in fact, of right, overwhelm
ingly Republican. The Mississippi plan,
however,, as here first introduced, has
turned over the State beyond peradventure
to the Southern Confederacy, for such, in
truth, is the solid South. The State has
been so gerrymandered that the "Shoe
String Distriet;" or that portion comprised
in the "Mississippi Delta," purposely con
structed so as to confine the Republican
representation to a single district, affords
the only show for a Republican Congress
man. The district should have nut less
than 15,000 Republican majority. Gen.
Chalmers has no more right to its repre
sentation than has the ghost of Gen. For
rest, with whom be was prominent at Fort
Pillow. his place belongs, of right, to
honest J. R. Lynch, one of the noblest, as
he is probably one of the most intelligent
colored representatives in the South. The
district, with its heavy Republican ma
jority, may possibly be yet gathered to the
Republican fold.
These possibilities of breaking in upon
the "Solid South," are largely contingent
with the Republicans, upon the aid as af
forded by the administration. The ad
ministration, again, may be considered as
in a measure proportionately affected, ac
cording as it shows a disposition or other
wise to take a hand. The matter, how
ever, at most, in all probability, but pre
cipitates, or delays that, which may be
considered as well nigh inevitable. There
is nothing, save with a seeming certainty
of ruin in its train, the Southern leaders
will not dare and do, to prevent any Os
sible inroads upon the Southern field.—
They are determined to hold a "Solid
South," at any and ail hazards. It is the
first and paramount necessity in the one
determined resolve to obtain the control of
the general government. With the 105
Representatives, thus to be counted upon,
the contest for possession of the House,
narrows down as estimated, save there be
a general political revolution in the North,
to an issue upon something like a half
dozen Representatives. This small num
ber, even if honestly .with the Republicans
can be more than offset, can be effectually
disposed of, if need be, through the ad
vantages as possessed in the control of the
organization.
Tilt. first consideration, then, is the pos
sible effect of the proposed investigation
upon the coming Northern elections. The
Northern leaders are fairly hounding on
the fight as a means of manufacturing
political capital. The Southern leaders,
themselves the actual power in control, are
permitted the lead, as a means to the end.
They have have no sympathy to waste upon
either Hayes or Tilden. The whole ques
tion, from the Southern standpoint, is one
of policy. The one thing to be gained is
a few more Northern Democratic Congress.
men. The one thing to be held, with a
death-like grip, is a "Solid South." The
investigation is to go on to the bitter end,
that the President may be morally im
peached. If the game works successfully,
and the President remains upon the de
fensive, all will be satisfactory for the time.
A good working majority in the House
will be an assured fact. There need not
be. It would be poor policy, in fact, to
permit of any extreme measures. If the
President shows himself as restive; if he
seeks in self defense to force a Republican
campaign in the South, he is to be given
the final turn of the screw, he is to be de-
posed. Matters going smoothly again from
the Democratic stand point, must come to
a final culmination in December, 1879.
The Democracy, if they have not tripped
in their calculations will be in control of
both houses of Congress. The Southern
leaders through the caucus will hold the
party reins. The control of the govern
ment machinery, as a necessity for the
successful management of the national
campaign becomes the immediate want.—
The Southern leaders will join to a man
for the overthrow of Hayes. They will
care not astiver all the time for Tilden.
TII E REVOLUTION.
They will go in simply for the control
of the Government machinery. They will
permit the Northern leaders,kindly enough,
to lead in the good work. They will none
the less guide the turns of the screw.—
The two Houses of Congress will pass a
joint resolution recognizing Tilden. They
will receive the message of Tilden as that
of the President. The Senate will confirm
and see to the installation of a new Cabi
net. There will thus be a seizure of the
army, the navy and the Treasury. There
will be , a complete, and, as calculated, a
peaceable revolution. We will have, hence
forward, a Mexicanized republic. The
programme and status or the Southern
leaders may safely be calculated to vary
but little from that as portrayed. All de
pends, of course, on how the North will
accept of the dose.
LOUISIANA.
Louisiana, naturally enough, is to form
the basis of the proposed investigation.—
The President is to be stricken down
through his friends. The heaviest blow
is to come through an attack upon Secre
tary Sherrhan. There was, as said, a con
spiracy among the Republican voters of
East and West Felictana. The election in
those parishes, as claimed, was full anti
free, and the Supervisors of Registration,
Anderson and Weber, deliberately made
false reports in regard to it. The Return
ing Board, again, accepting the false state
ments of Anderson and Weber, illegally
threw out the votes of those parishes. The
matter might be brought down, at once, a
good deal finer and more to the point
Secretary Sherman and Stanley Matthews,
as will be attempted to be proved, joined
in certain written and specific promises to
Wells and Anderson. This is the gist of
the case in a nutshell. Now suppose we
admit the case at its worst
Both of the Felicianers, as susceptible
of proof, were converted, each, as it were
into a veritable hell of its own. Murder
and arson, and every species of outrage and
intimidation, were employed to overawe
and keep the blacks from voting. Two of
the Republican strongholds were thus eon] ,
pletely overthrown. The large Republican
majorities were as completely wiped out as
though they had been swept from the face
of the earth. A proper statement of the
facts was all that was necessary from the
Returning Board. The votes of the
parishers, by every principle of right, mutt
be rejected. The proofs were required.—
Anderson and Weber were bot:h in hourly
peril of their lives. A sworn statement of
facts, on their part, and their lives might
reasonably be calculated as not worth_ the
counting. They must be prepared, ia such
event, to leave the State.
They most certainly could not return to
their parishes. The proof is seen in the
fate of Mr. D. A. Weber. We was shot
down like a dog in the brood sight of day.
It is all very well to speak of duty in the
premises. Their duty required them,
truly enough, to swear to the facts with
out reward. Their duty did not require
them to sacrifice their lives. In incurring
the full measure of the risk ; in exiling
themselves from their homes, and being
compelled to leave the State, they had the
right to expect they would be provided
for. Suppose that Messrs. Sherman and
Matthews did as much. Would they, in.
so doing, do any more than was just and
proper ? Had they not the moral right
to promise that, in exchange f.)r a state
ment of facts, the party would care for
them 'in the future ?
Should they, in fact, be doing their duty
to the party they claimed to represent, did
they do otherwise? Suppose, then, mind.
we say, suppo.ie —that Mews, Sherman
and Matthews did all of this, what are the
Democracy to make of it ? What are they
going to do about it ? RENO.
Letter from Dennis O'Rafferty.
ALEXANDRIA, June 3,187 S.
MR. EDITOR : —"Trite " in his commu
nication of last week, in speaking of the
ability of working men to hold the reins
of government, whilst he is unwilling to
admit the ability of the class to perform
the functions of the law makers, pays
"Dennis O'Rafferty" a handsome compli
went by making his case an exception.
Ile speaks as though he were labor,ng
punder the impression that "Dennis" has
been endeavorino• ' to
. prepare himself for
some more exalted sfation in life than he
now occupies. In this, as in many other
things he is mistaken. Having neither
the time nor means to lift my mind from
the slough in which poverty and petty
monarchy have placed we, I make no ef
fort to rise, whilst the rank weeds of re
trogression choke out the tender plants
which the hands of a few kind friends
have planted. I thank "Trite" fur the
admission, that there are men amid the
ranks of the working men who possess the
ability, mentally, to direct the issues of
our government. Now pay us $1.50 per
day of eight hours and give us the remain•
der of the day fur mental culture Of
course to enact such a law would be to
give Idle Tom !bur hours in which to
spend his day's earnings at the saloon.
But if Tom is silly enough to spend hie
money in that way, is it any punishment.
to him to force me to work, from day
light until dark for sufficient bread to
just keep starvation at arms length ?
If our statesmen would spend more time
in trying to solve this knotty problem,
and .less in pondering to the interest of
monopolies perhaps they mightbe able
ere long to arrive at a point in their
researches from which they could
discern the fact that if they do not legis
late to the interests of the whole coutitry
they will find themselves like Othello;
"their occupation gone," In conclusion
I would say to "Trite :" Please do not
speak so contemptuously of stone smashers
and wood choppers. If you do not respect
the station please remember that circum-
stances force honest men to stoop very low
in the sight of men of light calibre in
order to keep their heads above the waters
of starvation. Politically, I have nothing
to say, but I do not think that I am the
only exception to "Trite's" rule, that poor
men are upfit to administer their own
govet nment. This is all a mistake.
DENNIS O'RAFFERTY.
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ROOKS CENTRE, ROOKS CO. KAN.,
June jst 1878.
t Ditroa:,—When t. Likud
from me I was at Cromwell, lowa. There
being no chance there fora man. without
means, to,get hpple ,I_,cpncJiple.il to go
farther wilt.. Son nth Oriaptitr . Ft
D. H. Knode, with myself and family,
boarded a prairie schooner (as they call a
covered wagon ir. this cóuutryAai.d started
for 'al 00% tra.,. rdiisopposfiviiLu
dred miles. There are,mapy things I Seen
wishing to tire yeas 4gdprie,
.1 will just
say, after upsetting once,. breaking down
twice, sticking is the laud several times,
beside having quite an amount of genuine
fun, we arrived at the above named place.
There we met with my brother, A. K.,
and J. L. Smith, they having started two
months before us. A short stay satisfied
me that that was not the place.—
Whilst Hastings is a very pretty site for
a town, and the country surrounding it is
level, with a deep, fertile soil, it iS not, in
my opinion, the place for a man hunting a
homestead. First, it requires a depth of
from one to two hundred feet in Sinking
for water, that being too deep for hand
pumping itis necessary to have a wind
wheel, so that it costa too much before one
is ready to commence living. My next
objection i 3 the 4.3tl;l,.?gqinptt4y owning
every alternate section which they, of
course, sell to any one having the money.
Quite a portion of this is bought by Eastern
speculators, and they being under no obliga
tions to live upon it they leave it lay for
the rise of land; the result is persons taking
the Government sections are so far apart
that they have but little chaste of organ•
iaiqg churches, schools, or in fact having
any social privileges. After considering
these things we started South to get out
of the R. R. limits. We traveled through
the far-famed Valley of the Republican,
one hundred and twenty miles to the South
fork of the Solomon river. Here we find
land free to those willing to live them
selves into possession of it. Now the land
thus offered is not rough, unproductive
land, which the Government could haven°
other way of getting rid of, but it is such
...hat no one can help being proud to call
their own. We took four claims, 044144iD
ing six hundred and forty .acres, and we
could plow it all without breaking a fur
row. But I will not stop to give a de
scription of the country at this time, ate I
wish to say this chance will not be here
long, as immigrants are coming in daily.
There were but twe claims taken, iu this
township four weeks ago, at the time we
settled. To-day there is not two full sec
tions vacant. When we came on the di
vide there was no one — iii — sighTT to-day
there are houses reared on all sides ens;
off to the East of us, about trio uaillus, is
the Big Medicine Creek, the bottft land
along it has been settled for some live years.
This gives us the advantage of Aura, sun
day school and day school ready organised.
Several have written to- me--sefreerning
offers they had from men owaitswiasal• out
here, who wi-h to sell. I would rO5-to all
such, it is not advisable to buy hyd is the
west withou.- firs& -.-et+ingit. - -Although
the westeru moat ry is spoken of as a level,
fertile country, there are some Lima a
great deal more desirable than, others.—
. Please send the JOURSA.L W theiloye nam•
ed place as we all long to see it; we i great it
as a letter from etiery person. M. P. L
Letter from Aunt Sally.
Ma. NAsK..--eDedo• Sir :—I have been
thiukio' of writin' to you this long Mme.
In the winter I was afraid I would git the
suaall-pox, and when that teitl waia fesrin'
your old woman would be pia - dis c: ft you
was gittin' letters from me, butijiat don't
keer if she is, you can tell her I am old
eriongh to be your mammy. But u I Was
jilt goin' to say that all the old politiohin
era are jioein the green backers, and so is
my old man, John. You knew lam a
plain, common Bence _old. woman, and I
don't say mister, and I, want to leato *ll
tuy gals common sence too, and soon as
they git married to call their old man, the
old man, so people will know who they are
meanin', and this thing of the childrin
sayin "paw" and "maw," why haltit it aw
ful ; why before I was married, you know
when I was refplir skule,:r - digia't allow
the young ones tBtalk tharvray, I madn'em
any "dad" and "maw," then we could tell
jilt that they was melanin. And then we
made 'em. stand up one at a time and say
his lesson hisself, and there was no dadyin,
like nowadays, and we didint fool away our
time larnin' grammer and geogherfy and
rich like, but we made 'em learn spellin'
and readie - and - wette att - ttre - rine, and
you see they had to larn. Oldrytnt could
a went to skule then, you night la 1•011%
sontetlau' now, and we had so .goperiisten
dent then to disturb the skule, but we have
new ones now and I am hopin' they will
be bringio' back theta good old times.
But as I was jilt goin' to say, my old
wan can't read andirite. He was raised a
dimicrat
i - neverhad an offia,
'make him do it
•
and pays sex; yesethey
and as the Baffin' is, most every body has
jived them greeuhaekers. Why,they are
round here that everybody livin' up
in Union and ease towuship have lined
them, and the "lower end" is entitled to
a good many offises, to keep it from beltin`
as the sayiu' is, and not one of then blessed
saints as is beloogiu' to them fellers dare
come out fur offis, for that would be goiu'
against their religion, and they say down
here that thertia'nosiffice haulare any of
them. And we and the old man was
thiukin' he had better be ruunin' fore
County Commissioner or Poor Director as
he is of no use at home any more, and it
takes all ma and the children eau do
keepin' ourselves, and be could list put in
every day-in offis. He oeedeot be ta.opin'
off a day now and then, like it he had a
harvest to cut and sich ; and they say they
keep men to do all the ritio and so on in
their ef4s,
and"leetrodeer in your paper for Toto,
you may send us your paper fur a year,
and if he is elected we will pay for it, but,
mind if he is not, and we forgit payin' for
it, if you clan we for it, on a postal rare,
like some of your fellers do up than,
brake your it4d, so I will, for 1.,,,w0u1d
sooner never pay than be havin' all : tbe,Rost
masters in the county readin' theeilind
of news. I mind readin' where a thller
was prosiented fur that trick, and the
Judge said it was right and made leis pay
for ritin Bich stuff ou postal tarda;; arias
it was hecause i,t warn't interestin'7ltdin
for post Masters.
Now, von see ivouldent be Thin' this
if the old man coold, but us *maven bare
just as good a rite to.rite memo have, sad
we have as good a rite to vote toei we
could jist vote as sensible as you or any
other man when you are drunk, or a . sas,vy
niger either, and so we could.
Yours, as ever, AUNT SALLY,
NO. 23.
878.