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H J REMINISCENCES
IE J I Of Men and Events of
11 1 1 the Civil War.
Ip If By CHARLES A. DANA,
II ;i if, fuslstont Scertry f Wsr frsm IHlli 186S.
18. & fl ;ft Prim XtCluriiltteiuiiHfDrAugtut.
ii i si Tnn knd r tuk wak
S f W '' throogh tho foil of 1804 1 was very much
n 9 coupled In arranging for soldiers to go homo
1 j to TOto and for tho taklne of ballots In the
Hi 5 1 army. Thoro was a constant succession of tel-
S.I ! tnmi requesting that leavo of absenoe bo ox-
H . J i tended to various omcors. In orclor that tholr
B 3 - districts at homo might havo tho boncflt of
re W ZlV their lnfluenco and votes: that furloughs be
J' I . y granted to men: and that mon on dotaehedsor-
ll b 'if ' and convalescents In hospitals be sont
III home.
I f : W f All the power and lnfluenco of the War Do
ll tc 4" a partment then something enormous from tho
fc fc expenditure and extensive relations of the
j , "war, was employed to secure tho re-election of
n i Mr. Lincoln. The political struggle was most
i l Intense, and the Interest taken In It, both In tho
V I . TfThlto Honso and In tho War Department, was
'j ' ' almost painful. After the arduous toll of tho
t J, t " canvass, there waa necessarily a great sus-
-. pense of feeling until tho result of the voting
: t, should be ascertained. On Nov. 8, election
" ft day. I wont over to tho War Department
' j . about half-past 8 In tho evening, and found
j $, the President and Mr. Stanton together In tho
: i I Secretary's offlco. Major Eckert who then had
v f ft charge of the Telegraph Department of the War
:, , . Office, was oomlng Inconstantly with telegrams
I I i containing election returns Mr. BUnton would
s ' It? thera nntl tl10 1resl(lent would look at
J1 I i thorn and comment upon them. Presently
' I I 'i. there camon lull In tho returns and Mr. Lincoln
if" called me to a place by his side.
i (I ? " Dana," said ho, "havo you ever read any of
f, ( T the writings of Petroleum V. Nasby ?"
E "No.slr,"l8aid,"Ihavoonlylookedatsome
, of them nnd they seomed to bo quite funny."
' S "Well." said ho, "lot mo read you a spocl-
t men," and pulling out n thin, yollow-coverod
pamphlet from his breast pocket, he began to
ftad nlond. Mr. Stanton vlowed those pro-
1. ceedings with groat Impatlonco. as I could see;
: i ' ., lint Mr. Lincoln paid no attention to that IIo
J Would road a page or a story, paUBo to consider
' a new election telegram, and then open tho
, ' book again and go ahead with a new passage.
1 , finally Mr. Chose camo In and presently Mr.
jj Whitelow Hold, and then tho reading was Inter-
I . ' ruptod. Mr. Stanton went to the door nnd
& fi beokoned me Into the next room. Ishallnover
til jorgot tho flro of hlslndlgnatlonatwhatseemcd
1 I g ' to him to bo mero nonsense. Tho idea that,
if I 5 When tho safety of tho Itepubllowas thus at
i j I Issue, when tho control of an empire was to bo
I u determined by a few figures brought In by the
i. If C J telegraph, tho leader, tho man most deeply con
; f i cemod, not merely for himself, but forhlscoun-
I I ' r7' cou' 'urn as'(I to read such balderdash
' lit' h ni to htughut such frivolous jests was to his
i t'W I f mind repugnant, oven damnable. He cculd not
Vf i S understand, apparently, that It was by tho
tii f i relief whloh these jests afforded to the strain of
, S : mind undor which Lincoln hail so long been
I JL i i- living and to the natural gloom of a melancholy
s yX j f and desponding temperament this was Mr.
J 5S, ? Xfnooln's proaIllnc charoctorlstle that tho
VgK :b safety and sanity of his Intelligence wore maln
P t talncd and prcscned
SflB it Tho election was hardly over before tho peo-
- ' f p'e ' t'10 North began to prepare Thanksgiv-
k i n lng boxes for tho army. George Bliss. Jr., of
&K '. L Now York telcgraplpd mo on Nov. 16 that they
fcP ! h&1 20,(X)0 turlPV8 ready in that city to send.
i (' . i- and tho next day. fearing, I suppose that that
! Up ' '"a8n't enough, ho wired: 'fIt would hennery
': great convenience In our turkey business If I
' 0.5' could know definitely the approximate numbor
U& ; j" of men in tho armies of the Potomac, James
a. ! and Shonnndoah respectUoly." From Phlla-
reg delphla I receded a message asking for trnns-
Bs, u portation to Sheridan's army for "boxes con-
jsL ; f talnlng 4,000 turlieys. and Heaven know s what
jgE - else, as a Thanksgiving dinner for thebrawi
W : J fellows." And bo it was from all o er the coun-
l i MOVISO AN ABMY COUPS 1.400 MILKS.
fj& if A eouplo of months later. In January, 1805, a
HH " ' piece of work not so different from tho"turkey
JSP' business," but on a rather larger scale, fell to
HI I me. This was the trnusforof tho Twenty-third
jg? t h Army Corps, commanded by Maj'or-Qen. John
WK ' s M. Schollold, from its position on tho Tonnos-
Sra- aeo Ktvor to Chesapoako Hay. Grant had or-
ffi I dered the corps transferred as quickly as possl-
Wg R ble, and Mr. Stanton turned over tho direction
H F; of It to me. On Jan. 10 I telegraphed Grant at
S IB itr Polnt tn9 plnn to be followed This,
Mb briefly, was to sond Col. Lewis B. Parsons.
W lt Chief of Railroad and River Transportation, to
W fc the Wost to take charge of the corps. I pro-
jj Sf posed to moe the whole body by boata to
f farkorsburg if naNlgation allowed, and thence
t If' by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to An-
JE ;fe Bapolls. for I remembered well with what
i 1L M promptness and success Hooker's forces, tho
W M Eleventh nnd Twelfth corps, were movod Into
. ,g Tennessee in 1803 by that road. A capital ad-
" Jj? vantage of that lino was that It avoided all
"E large towns a bad thing for the soldiers. If
, the Ohio Blver should be frozen, I proposed to
1 i , move the corps by rail from Cairo, Evansvlllo
j f and Jofforsonville to Parkersbunf or Bellalre,
j j '?: according to circumstances.
! I v Oommandors along the proposed route were'
j I I advised of the removal, and ordered to prepare
if , steamboats and transports. Loyal officers of
' railroads were roquosted to meet Col. Parsons
t C at glvon points, to arrango for tho conccntra-
, tlon of rolling stock In case the river could not
1 : x be used. Liquor shops wore ordered closod
1 i 1 along tho route, nnd arrangements wore raado
' ! ? jtor the comfort of tho troops by supplying them
I I, & aa often as onco In every hundred miles of
' i E travel with an abundance of hot coffee In oddl-
1 I p tlon to their rations.
i I f Col. Parsons loft on tho 11th for LouIsMllo,
j I i trherehearrivodontheiath. Ily tho morning of
I C the 18th he had started the first division from
i ''.' $' the mouth of the Tennessee up the Ohio, and
; i S bad transportation ready for tho rest of tho
I j corps. Ho then hurried to Cincinnati, where,
!r 'ft on the 21st, as the river was too full of Ice to
IS ponnlt a further transfor by water, ho loaded
h v some 3,000 men on tho enrs waiting
5 ft there, nnd started them eastward. Tho
I f, rest of tho corps rapidly followed. In spite
j ol foga and Ice on the rlvor, nnd broken rails
,' and machinery on the railroads, the entire
, j army corps was enoaraped on tho banks of the
f f Potomao on Feb. 2.
5, jj" The dlstanoe transported was nearly 1,400
,f Ft miles, about equally divided between land
, 'j and water, The average time of transporta-
f Z tlon, from the eraburkinsnt on the Tcnnesseo
r, f to the arrival on the ban ks of the Potomac, was
ii t ot exceeding eloen clays; nnd what was still
Ef t more Important was the faot thot, during the
-f f wholo movement, not a single accident liap-
JT penedcRustng loss of life, limb, or property, ex-
i I eept In tho single Instanco of a soldier jumping
lt 4H ! f" rom cftr' unlor an "PProliousion of danger,
SJff ff He lost his life, when, had he remained quiet,
mm ' e would have been as safe as were his oom-
' ;B ij rades in Iho same car
, g ' a THB Ml.Ii OF IC!IU9Nll.
f ;. Allofthewlnterof 18tl4-05IpassedinWath-
K Ington, occupied with these matters and the
I - reaular business ot tho Uepartmeut It was
f TTrlinm v
evident to all of us, as the spring cams on, that
i the war was drawing to a close. Sherman was
coming northward from his triumphant march
to the sea, and would toon be In communica
tion with Grant, who. evor since I left him In
July, 1804. had been watching Petersburg and
Richmond, where Lee's armywas shut up. The
end of March Grant advanced. On April 1 Sher
idan won the battle ot Five Forks: then, on
April 2, camo the successful assaults which
drove Lee from Petersburg.
On the morning of April 3, before I bad left
my house, Mr, BUnton sent for me to come Im
mediately to tho War Department. When I got
over thero, ho told me that Richmond had sur
rendered and that ha wanted me to go down
at onco to report tho condition ol affairs. I
started as soon as I could get a steamboat.
Roscoo Conkling and my son Paul accompany
ing mo. Wo reached City Point early on April
5. Little was known thoro of tho condition ot
things In Richmond. Thoro wore hut a fow
officers left at the place, and thoso were over
whelmed with work. I had oxpocted to find
President LInooln at City Point, as he had been
in tho vicinity for sovoral days, but ho had gone
up to Richmond the day before.
I started up the river Immediately, and
reached Richmond early tn tho afternoon. I
went at onco to And Major-Qon. Godfrey Wott
eel. who was In command ot tho United States
forces. Ho was ot his headquarters, which
were In JotTorson Davis's former residence I
had heard down tho river that Davis had sold
his furniture at auction somo days before tho
evacuation, but I found, when I reached tho
house, that this was a mistake: tho furniture
was all there.
On arriving I Immediately mado lnqulrios
about official papors. I found that tho records
and papers of tho departments and of Congress
wore generally removed before tho evaouatlon.
and that, during tho flro, tho Capitol was ran
sacked and the documents wore scattered. In
the rooms of tho Secretary of the Senate, and
of the Military Committee of tho House of Rep
resentatives, In tho Btato House wo found
somo papers of Importance. They were In va
rious cases and drawers, and In groat confu
sion. Thoyworo more or less imporfeot and
fragmentary. In tho State Engineer's offlco
thero were also somo boxes ot papers relating
to the Confederate works on tho Potomac about
Norfolk, and on the peninsula. I had all ot
those packed In boxes without attempting to
put thorn In order, and they were sent soon
after to Washington.
Welt7oltold mo that he had learned at 3
o'clock In tho mornlngon Monday. April 3. that
Richmond was being evacuated, and Had
movod forward at daylight, first taking care to
ctvohlsmon breakfast in tho expectation that
they might hao to fight. Ho met no opposi
tion, and on entering the city was greeted with
a hearty welcomo from tho mnns of tho people ;
the Major went out to moot him to surrender
tho city, but missed him on tho road.
I took a walk around Richmond that doy to
soo how much the city was Injured Tho Con
federates, In retreating, had set It on flro. and
tho damage dono In that way was onormous ;
nearly ov erythlng between Main streot and the
ricr, for about thrco-quartors of a mllo, was
burned Tho Custom Hou;o and tho Bpots
wood Hotel were tho only Important buildings
remaining in the burned" district. The block
opposite tho Spotswood. Including tho War De
partment building, was ontlroly destroyod.
The Petersburg Railroad brldgo, and that of
tho Danillo road, wore destroyed All thoon
omy's ossols. oxcoptlng an unfinished ram.
which hid hor machinery In perfect order,
wore burned Tho Tredegar Iron Works woro
unharmed Llbby Prison nnd Castle Thunder
had also escaped the flro.
Gen. Wcltzel told mo that ho had found about
0.000 people in Richmond, half of them of
African descent. Ho said that, whon the Presi
dent entered tho town on tho 4th, ho recolvcd
a most enthusiastlo reception from tho mass of
tho Inhabitants. All the members of Congress
had escaped. Only tho Assistant Secretary of
War, Judge Campbell, remained. Most of tho
newspaper editors had fled, but tho Whig ap
peared on the 4th as a Union paper, with the
name of Its former proprietor ot Its hoad. Tho
night after I arrived the theatre opened.
Thero was much Buffering nnd poverty among
the population, the rich as well the poor being
destitute of food. Wcltrel had decided to lssuo
supplies to all who would take tho oath. In my
llrst mesiage to Mr. Stanton I spoke ot this.
Ho Immediately answered: "Please asoertaln
from Gen Weltzel under what authority ho is
distributing rations to the pooplo of Richmond,
as I suppose ho would not do It without au
thority sand direct him to report dally tho
amount of rations distributed by his order
to persons not belonging to tho military
service and not authorized by law to recelvo
rations, designating the color of tho persons,
their occupation and sex." Mr. Stanton seomed
to be satisfied whon I wired him that Weltzel
was working undor Gen. Ord's orders, ap
proved by Gen. Grant, and that he was paying
for the rations by selling captured property.
The Important question which the President
had on his hands when I reached Richmond
was considering how Virginia could bo brought
baok to the Union. He had already had an in
terview with Judge Campboll and othor prom
inent representatives of tho Confederate
Government. All they asked, they boW. was
an amnesty and a military contention tocotor
nppeoranccs. SUvvery they admitted to be de
funct. The President did not promise amnesty,
but he told them ho had tho pardoning power
and would save any repentant sinner from
hanging. They osssured him that. If amnesty
could bs offered, tho rebel army would bo dis
solved and all the States return.
On the morning of the 7th five members of
the so-called Virginia Legislature held a meet
ing to consider propositions which the Presi
dent had given to Judge Campbell. The Presi
dent showed those papers to mo confidentially.
They were tw o In numbor. One stated reunion
as a sine qua turn; the second authorized Gon.
Weltzol to allow members of tho body claiming
to bo the Legislature of Virginia to meet In
Richmond for tho purpose of recalling Vir
ginia's soldiers from rebel armies, with safe
conduct to them so long as they did and said
nothing hostllo to the United States. The
President said, in talking over these docu
ments, that Sheridan seemed to be getting
rebel soldiers out of the war fastor than the
Legislature could think.
The next morning, on April 8, I was present
at on Interview between Gen. Weltzel and Gen.
Sheploy. who had been appointed Military Gov
ernor of Richmond, and a committor) of promi
nent citizens and members of the Legislature.
Various papers were read by the Confederate
representatives, but they wcro told tha.t no
proiwsltlons could be entertained that involved
a recognition of tho Confodornto authorities.
Tho committee was also told that If they de
sired to prepare an address to tho people, ad
vising them to abandon hostility to the Govern
ment nt onco and begin to obey the laws of tho
United States, they should havo ovory facility
for Its circulation through the State, provided,
of course that It mot the approval of the
military authorities. Tho Union represen
tatives said that it the committee desired to call
a convention of tho prominent citizens of tho
State, with a view to the restoration of the
authority of tho Union, they would bo allowed
to go without the lines of I Richmond for tho
purpose of visiting citizens in different parts of
Uio State and inducing them to take part in a
convention: they woro promised safe conduct
for themselves and such cltlzons as thoy could
persuade to attend tho convention. They were
also told that If they woro not oblo to find con
veyances for themsolves Into the country,
horses would be loaned to them for tho purpose.
All this, they wore Informed, was not to be
considered as in any manner condoning any
offenco of which any one might have boen guilty,
Judgo Campboll said that ho had no wish to
tako a prominent part In the proceedings, but
that ho had long since mado up his mind that
thecnuse of the South was hopeless; that
ho had written a form.il memorial to
Jefferson Davis immediately after the
Humrtoii Roads conference, urging him
and the Confederate Congress to take
immodlate steps to stop the war nnd
restore tho Union, and that he had deliberately
remained In Richmond to meet the oonso
uenoesot his acts. He said that U h could be
rrmrn im .i ii.i..i h- - .,. . ...
used In the restoration of peace and order, he
would gladly undertake any labor that might
be desired of him.
Tho spirit of tho committeo seemed to be
gonorally tho same aa Campbell's, though none
of them equalled him in ability and olearnesa,
They were conscious that thoy were whipped,
and were alncoroly anxious to stop all further
bloodshed, and restore peace, law. and order.
This mental condition seemed to me to be very
hopeful and encouraging.
A TALK WITH VICK-rnrSIDXKT AHDBKW JOHN
SON AT BXCnilOND.
On day, aftor the meeting of this committee,
I was In tho largo room downstairs of tflo
Bpotswood Hotel, when my name was called,
and I turnod around to sea Andrew Johnson,
the new Vice-President of the United States.
He took me one stdo. and spoke with great
earnestness about the necessity of not taking
the Confederates back without soma conditions
or without some punishment. He said that
their sins had been enormous : that It they were
let back into tho Union without any punish
ment, tho offect would be very bad. and
that thoy might be dangerous In tho
future. Ho spoke tn this strain fully twenty
minutes, I should think, an impassioned, ear
nest s pooch, and. Anally, when he paused, and I
got a chance, I replied:
"Why. Mr. Johnson, I have no power In this
case. Your remarks are Tory striking, very im
pressive and, certainly, worthy ot tho most
serious consideration, but it does not seom to
me necessary that they should be addressed to
mo. Thoy ought to be addressod to the Presi
dent and to the members tit Congress, to those
who have authority In tho case and who will
nnany nave to uocldo this question whion you
raise."
" Mr. Dana," said he, " I feel It to be my duty
to say thoso things to ovory man whom I meet,
whom I know to have any lnfluenco. Any man
whoso thought are considered by others, or
whose judgment is going to weigh In the cose,
I must speak to, so that the weight of opinion
in favor ot tho view of this question which I
offor may possibly become preponderating and
doolslvo."
That was in April. When Mr. Johnson be
camo President, not long after, he soon took the
view whloh ho condemned in this conversation
with mo.
Toward tho end of this first woek after we
entered Richmond, the question about opening
the churches on Sunday came up. and I asked
Woltzol what he was going to do. Ho answered
that all were to bo allowed to open on condition
that no disloyalty should bo uttered nnd that
tho Episcopal ministers should road the prayer
for the President of the United States. But tho
noxt day Gon Shoploy, the Military Governor,
camo to mo to ask that the order might bo re
laxed so that the clersy should only be required
not to pray for Davis. I declined giving any
orders, having received none from Washington,
and said that Wclt7el must act in the matter
entirely on his own judgment. Judge Campbell
usod all his influence with Weltzol nnd Sheploy
to get them to consent that n loyal prayer
should not be ntactcd. Weltzel concluded not
to give a positlvo order; his decision was In
fluenced by tho oxamples of New Orleans, Nor
folk, nnd Savannah. In all of which places, he
claimed, tho rulowas not at first enforced. Ino
greater measure, however, his decision was the
result of tho President's vorbal direction to him
to '"lot the people down easy." Tho churches
woro all well filled on Sunday, tho ladles
ospoclally attending In great numbers The
sermons woro dovout nnd not political, tho city
was perfectly quiet, and there was more secur
ity for persons and property than had existed
there for many months.
Tnn BUBRENDcn or lee.
Monday morning tho news of Lee's surrender
reached Richmond. It produced the deopest
impression. Even the most malignant women
now felt that the defeat was perfect and tho re
bellion finished, while among tho men there
was no sentiment but submission to the power
of the nation and a returning hope that their
Individual property might escape confiscation.
They all seomed most keenly alive to this con
sideration, and men llko Gen. Anderson, the
proprietor of the Tredegar Works, were most
zealous In efforts to produce a thorough paci
floatlon and save their possessions.
The next morning I received from Mr. Stan
ton an order to proceed to Gen. Grant's head
quarters and furnish from there suoh details as
might be of Interest News reached me that
day, however.sthat Grant was on his way to
Richmond; so I renmlned there to receive him.
As soon as Grant reached Rlohmond I hud a
talk with him on the condition of Lee's army
and tho men and arms surrendered. He told
me that, in a long private interview which he
had with Leo nt Appomattox, tho latter said
that he should devote his whole efforts to
pacifying the country and bringing the people
back to tho Union. He declared he hnd always
beon for tho Union in his heart and could And
no justification for the politicians who had
brought on tho war, the origin of which he be
lieved to hao been In the folly of extremists on
both sides. If Gen. Grant had agreed to tho
Interview Lee had asked for somo tlmo before,
Lee said, they would certainly havo agreed on
terms of peace then, as ho was prepared to
treat for tho surrender of all the Confederate
armies. The war. ho said, had left him a poor
man, with nothing but what he had upon his
person, nnd his w lfo would have to provide for
hersolf until ho could find somo employment
The officers of Leo's army. Grant said, all
seemed to bo glad that It was over, and tho
men still more so than tho officers. All woro
greatly Impressed by tho generosity of tho
terms finally given them, for nt the time of tho
surrender thoy were surrounded and escape
was impossible. Gen. Grant thought that theso
terms were of great Importance toward se
curing a thorough peace and undisturbed sub
mission to tho Government.
That night I left Richmond for Washington
with tho General, reaching there the 13th, and
taking up my work In tho department at once.
MX IASr INTKnVIEW WITH Mn, LINOOLN.
It was one of my duties in the War Depart
ment to receive the reports of the officers ot
the secret service in every part of the country.
The afternoon of the 14th Good Friday I got
a telegram from tho Provost-Marshal In Port
land. Me , saying: " I havo positive information'
that Jacob Thompson will pass through Port
land to-night In ordor to take a steamer for
England. What are your orders?"
Jacob Thompson of Mississippi had been Sec
retary of the Interior In President Buchanan's
Administration. Ho was a conspicuous seces
sionist and for somo tlmo had been employed
In Canada oh o soml-dlplomatlo agent ot tho
Confederate Government organizing all sorts
of troubles and gottlng up raids, of which tho
notorious attack on St. Albans, Vt was a speci
men. I took tho telegram and went down and
read it to Mr. Stanton. His order was prompt:
" Arrest him I" But as I was going out of the
door he called to me and said: "No, wait; bet
ter go over and seo tho President,"
At tho White House all business was over,
and I went into tho President's huslnss room
without mooting any ono. Opening the door,
thero soeraed to bo no one In the room, but as
I was turning to go out Mr. Lincoln called me
from a little side room, where ho was washing
his hands:
" Hallo, Dana I" said he. "What is It? What's
up?"
Then I read him the telegram.
" What doos Htanton say?" he asked.
" Ho says arrest him, but that I should refer
tho question to you."
"Well," said he slowly, wiping his hands,
"no; I rather think not. When you have got
an elephant by tho hind leg and he's trying to
run away. It's best to let hi in run."
With this direction I returned to the War De
partment. " Well, what says he?" asVed Mr. Stanton.
" He sayb that whon you have got on elephant
by the hind leg and he Is trying to run away,
it's best to let him run."
" Oh. stuff I" said Stanton.
That night I was aw akenod from a sound sleep
with the news that Mr. Lincoln had been shot
and that tho Boeretary wanted me at a bouseon
Tenth street I found the President with a
bullet wound in the head, lying unconscious,
though breathing heavily, on a bed In a small
Ido room, white all the members pt the Cab
inet, and tho Chief Justloo with them, were
gathered in the ad loin In a parlor. They seemed
to bo almost as much ptrhlyzod as the uncon
scious uutterer within tho little chamber. The
surgeons said thero was no hope. Mr. 8tanton
alone was in full activity.
" Bit down hero," said he :" I want you."
Then he began and dictated orders one after
another, which I wrote out and sent swiftly to
tho telegraph. All those Orders were designed
to koop tho business ot the Government in full
motion till the orisls should be ovor. It seemed
as if Mr. Stanton thought ot everything, and
thoro was a great deal to bo thought of that
night. Tho extent of tho conspiracy was, of
course, unknown, and tho horrible beginning
whloh had boen mado naturally tod ub to sus
pect the worst The safety ot Washington must
be lookod after. Commanders all over the
country had to bo ordered to take extra pre
cautions. Tho pooplo must bo notified of the
tragedy. Tho assassins must be oapturod.
The coolness and clear-heodednoss of Mr. Stan
ton under theso circumstances were most re
markable. I remember that ono of his first
telegrams was to Gon. Dlx. tho military com
mander of Now York, notifying him of what
had happened. No clearer brief account of the
tragedy exists to-day than this, written searcoly
three hours aftor tho scone In Ford's Theatre,
on a Uttlo stand in the room where, a few feet
away, Mr. Lincoln lny dying.
I remained with Mr. Stanton until perhaps 3
o'clock in tho morning. Then he said. " that's
enough j now you may go."
Whon I loft the President was still alive,
breathing heavily and regularly, though, ot
course, quite unoonsolous. I went homo and
.to bod. About 8 o'clock I was awolcenod by a
rapping on tho lower window. It was Col.
Pelouzo of the Adjutant-General's offloo, who
said: "Mr. Dana, the President Is dead, and
Mr. Stanton directs you to arrest Jacob Thomp
son." BBAnoniNa ron ran assassins.
The whole machinery of tho War Depart
ment was at once turned, of course, to securing
the murdorer of the President and his accom
plices. As soon as I had recovered from the flrat
shock of Mr. Lincoln's death I remomhorod
that in the previous Novembor I had reoolved
from Qon. Dlx the following correspondence:
Hxu4TUBTxai DcpAimxirr or Tnn East, 1
Nkw Yonit Orrr, Nov. 17, 1804.
& A, Dana, Jftff,
Mt Dun Sin: Tho IncloMd ni picked up In a
Third avenuB rllrod car. I should have thought
the whole thing got up for the Suniau Mercury hut
for the gfnulna letter from Bt. Lonis In a femlo
hnd. TheChrM Selby In obrlouslr manufac
ture. The party who d rapped th lotter was hei rd to
iy he would atut for Waahlngton Friday niaht He
la of medium atie.hiM black hair and whiskers, but
the Utter are bailor 8d to bo a dlsgulio. UehaddJa
appeared before the letter was picked up and ex
amined. Tours truly, Joira A. Dlx.
Thpre were two lnclosuros, as follows:
Dea Loots' The time haa at last coma that we
have alt ao wished for, and upon you everything
depends. As It was decided leforo you left,
we woro to out lots. Accordingly we did
o, and you are to bo the Charlotte Corday
of the nineteenth century. W hen you remember thsj
fearful, tolmn vow that waa taVen by us, you will
fetl there Is no drawback Vbe roust die, and now.
You can ohooso your weapons. Tho oup, flio lnife,
the bullet. The cup failed us once, and might again.
Johnson, who will giro thin, has Ixcn like an enraged
demon ainco the meetlns, becanso It has not fallen
upon hhu to rid the world of the monster. He sars
the blood of his gray-haired f tfhor and his noblo
brother call npon him for revenge, and revenge ha
will have: if ho cannot wreak It upon tha fountain
head, he will upon some of the bloodthirsty Gen
erals. Butler would suit him. As our plana were all
concocted and well arrvnged, wo separated, anil an I
am writing on lay way to Detroit, I will only say that
all rests upon you Ton know whero to And vour
friends Your dtsguiro aro so perfect and coruploto
that without one knew jour face, no pollen (olo
graphic despatch would catch you. TheKnglish gen
tleman. Harcourt, must not act hastily. Remember
ho has ten days. Htrlke for your home, strike for
your country; bide your tlmo, but strike sure. Get
Introduced, congratulate him, listen to his stories
not many more will tho brute, tell to earthly friends.
Do taythlng but fall, and meet us at (lie appointed
place within tho fortnight. Inclose this note, tn
Kether with one of poor Leenea. I will give tho rea
son for this when we meet. Return by Johnson. I
wish I could go to you, but duty rails mo to thn
West, you will probably hear from me In Washing
ton Sanders Is dolag us no good In Canada.
Believe me, your brother In love,
Chablis SrLBT.
Si. Louis, Oct, 21.1804.
DunrsT nusaumi Why do you not come home?
You left me for ten days only, and now you havo
been from home more than two weeks. In that long
time only sent me one short note few cold words
nd a check for money, whloh I did not require.
What haa come over you? Have youforgottcn your
wife and child t Baby calls for papa until my heart
aches. We are so lonely without you I have written
to you again and again, and, as a last resource, yester
day wrote to Charlie, begging him to as you and tell
you to come homo. I am so 111, not able to leave my
room, if I waa I would go to you wherever you were,
if in this world. If amma says I must not writ any
mors, aa I am too weak. Louis, darling, do not stay
away any longer from your heartbroken wife.
Lxembx.
On reading the letters I took them at once to
President Lincoln. Ho lookod at them, but
made no special remark and. In factsoemod
to attach vory Uttlo Importance to them. I left
them with him.
I now reminded Mr. Stanton of the circum
stance and ho asked me to go at onco to the
White House and seo if I could find tho letters.
I thought It rather doubtful, for I knew tho
President received a great many communica
tions of a similar nature. However, I wentover
and made o thorough search through his pri
vate desk. Ho seemed to have attached more
Importance to these papers than to others of
tho kind, for I found thom Inelosod
In an envolope. markod In his own
handwriting, "Assassination." I kept the
letters for some tlmo by me, and then
delivered them to Judge John A. Bingham,
Special Judge Advocate In tho conspiracy
trial. Judgo Bingham seomed to think them of
importance, and asked me to have Gen. Dlx
send tho finder down to Washington. I
wired him at once. He replied that it
was a woman who had found the let
tors: that she was keeping a small
store in New York, had several children,
was a widow, and had no servant; that she
would havo to find somo one to tako care of her
house, but would bo In Washington in a day or
two.
A few days later Bhe came. I was not in town
When Mrs. Hudspoth, as her name proved to be,
arrived. I had gone to Chicago to look ovor a
position just offered mo thore; but from hor
testimony on May 12 I learned that In Nov em
ber, 1804. just after tho Presidential election
and on tho day, sho said, on which, Qon, Butlor
left New York, sho had overheard a curious
conversation betwoon two men In a Third ave
nue car in New York city, Sho hail observed,
when a jolt of tho car pushed tho hat of ono of
the mon forward, that lie woro falso whiskers.
She had noticed that his hand was very beauti
ful; that ho carried a pistol in his bolt; that,
judging from his conversation, ho was a young
man of education ; she had heard him say that
ho was going to Washington that day, The
young men loft tho car before sho did, and
after they had gone her daughter, who was with
her, had picked up a letter from tho floor.
Mrs. Hudspeth, thinking it belonged to her,
had carried It from the oar, Sho afterward dis
covered the two letters quoted alcove, nnd had
taken them to Gen, Scott who, upon reading
them, said they wero of great Importance, and
sent her to Oen, Dlx. When Mrs Hudspeth
was shown a photograph of Booth, she sworo
that it was the man in disguise whom sho had
seen in the car. It waa found that Booth was in
New York on thedaythntsholndleated-that
la, the day on whloh Gen, Butler left Now York,
Nov. 11, and that ho wont from thore to Wash
ington, as sho had heard the man near hor say
he was going to do. The inference was that the
man who dropped tho suspicious lotter was
Booth
I was afterward called (on June 0) to testify
to the letters. Judge Bingham used these let
ters as a link in his chain of evidence showing
that a conspiracy existed "to kill and murder
Abraham Lincoln. William II Beward. Andrew
BaMlittM?itTVftlT1'i?,'"-'1"- iM,nn-r mf-Tn.ri im. " " A.i
Johnson, Ulysses B, Grant, Edwin U. Stanton,
and others of his advisors," and that Booth
was a partnor In this conspiracy.
a conrxtiRiuTK esc&jtt cirnin.
I hare said that I was In Chicago on business
when Mrs. Hudspeth gave her testimony. Just
after I reached thero I reoolved from Major
T. F. Eckert, head ot tho military telegraph.
a message uaylng that the court wanted
me immediately as a witness in the con
spiracy trial. I returned at once, and on tho
18th ot May appeared in court I was
wanted to testify to the identity ot a Vr
to a secret cipher whloh I hnd found on tho
Oth of April In Richmond. On that day I hnd gono
into tho office ot Mr. Benjamin, tho Confederate
Secretary of State. On the shelf, among Mr.
Benjamin's books and otherthlngs. I had found
a secret olpher key. I saw It was tho key to the
official Confederate cipher, and, as wo had at
times to doolpher at the War Department a
good many documents written In that cipher,
tho koy seemod to moot interest and I brought
It away, with sovoral other interesting docu
ments. Whon I returned to Washington I gave
it to Major Eokort. who had charge of olpher
despatches in tho War Deportment Now, on
tho night of Mr. Lincoln's assassination. Lieut.
W. H. Terry had beon sent to tho National
Hotel to eolto the trunk of J, Wilkes Booth.
Among othor things, he had found a paper con
taining a secret olpher. When this was given
to Major Eckert ho immediately sow that It was
tho samo a the one which I had found in Rich
mond. It was thought that possibly by means
of this ovldonoo it could bo shown that Booth
was in communication with tho Confederate
Government I was eallod back to Identify tho
olpher koy. Major Eckert nt the samo tlmo
presonted despatches written In the cipher
found In Booth's trunk and sont from Canada
to the Confederates. They hnd beon captured
and taken to the War Department whero copies
of them woro made. By tho Ley which I had
found theso despatches could bo read. Tho de
spatches indicated plots against the leaders of
our Government though whothor Booth had
sent them or not was of course nover known.
While tho trial was going on In Washington
Jefferson Dav Is was captured, on May 10, near
Irwlnsvillo. Go . by a dotachment of Oen. Wil
son's cav airy corps. Ho and his family, with
Alexander 11 Stephens, late Ylce-Prcsident of
tho Confederacy ; John H. Keagan. Postmastor
Goneral; Clement C Clay, and other State pris
oners, wero sont to Fortress Monroo The pro
peller with tho party on board reached Hamp
ton Roads on May 10 Tho next day. May '20,
Mr. Stanton sont for me to como to his office.
He told ma whero Davis was, and said that ho
had ordered Gen. Nelson A. Miles to go to
Hampton Roads and tako chargo of tho prison
era, transferring thom from the propellor Clyde
to tho fortress. Mr. Stanton was much distressed
lest Da is commit suleldo he Bald that he him
self would do so In like circumstances. " I want
ou to go to Tortross Monroe," ho added, " and
caution Gen MUos against leaving Davis any
possible method of suloldo; toll him to put him
in fetters, if necessary Davis must bo brought
to trial ; ho must not bo allowed to kill himself."
Mr. Stanton also told me that ho wanted a rep
resentative of the War Dopartmont down thero
to seo what tho military was doing, and to send
him full reports.
Tho status of Jefferson Davis at the time ex
plains Mr. Stanton's anxiety. It should be re
membered that Davis had not surrendered
when the capltalof the Confederacy, Richmond,
wns captured; neither had ho surrendered
with either ot the two principal armies under
Loo and Johnston. At that tlmo tho whole
Confederate army west of tho Mississippi was
still at largo. To allow Davis to join this forco
was only to givo the Confederacy an opportu
nity to reassemble the forces still unsurren
dered and mako another stand for life. Even
more important than this consideration was
tho fact that Davis was charged, in President
Johnson's proclamation of May 2, 1805, offer
ing a reward for his capture, with instigating
tho assassination of President Lincoln:
Whtrtat, It appears, from evidence in the Bureau
of Military Justice, that the atrocious murder of the
late President, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted
aasssslnatlon of tho Hon W. II. Beward, Secretary of
State, wore Incited, concerted, and procured by and
between Jefferson Davis, lata of Rlohmond, Va ,
andotherrebelaaud traitors against the Qov
emment ot the United States, harbored m Canada,
Now, therefore, to the end that JubUc may be
done, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States, do offer and promise for the arrestof said per
sons or either of them, within the l'mlts of the United
States, so that they oan bs brought to trial, the fol
lowing rewards: (100,000 for the arrest of Jefferson
Davis The Provost Marshal General of the
United Btates Is directed to cause the descriptions of
said persona, with notice of the above rewards, to be
published.
It was with tho above facts tn mind that I
started for Hampton Roads on May 20. On the
22d tho prisoners were transferred from tho
Clydo to tho fortress. The quarter selected
for Davis's prison was n oasomote such as at that
tlmo. as well as at tho present, la occupied by
officers and tholr families. In fact, an officer
with Ills family was moved out of tho particular
casemate in whiclu Davis was placed. Any one
who will take the trouble to visit Fortress Mon
roe can see the place still, and it certainly has
not to-day a gloomy or forbidding appearance.
Tho wholo seeno of the transfer I described in
n long telegram whloh I sont to Mr. Htanton on
the22d. As it contains my fresh lmpross!on,
and haa never before ben published, I give it
here In full;
raou Foar Uotntoi, 1 P. M , May 2a, 1886.
Jim B, IS, StixMcn, Xtcrttary of War
The two prisoners have just been placed In their
respective casemates The sentries are stationed both
within and without their doom Tne bars and locks
are fastened and the regular routine of their Impris
onmeut has begun. At precisely 1 o'clock Oen.
Miles left, with a tug and a guard from tho garrison,
to go for DiyIs and Clay, At half-past 1 the tug lift
the Clyde for the fortress Bhe landed at the en
glueers wharf, and the procession, led by the caval
rymen of Col, Pritobard's command, movod through
the water battery on the east front of the fortress and
entered by a postern leading from that battery, Tho
cavalrymen were followed by Oen. Miles, holding
Davlu by the right arm. Noit camo half a dozen sol
diers, and then OoL Prltchard with Clay, and last
the guard which Mllea took out with him. The ar
rangements were excellent and successful, and not a
single curious spectator was anywhere In sight. Davis
bore himself with a haughty attitude. Ills face was
somewhat Busbed.buthlsfeaturcs were composed and
his step Arm, In Clay's manner there waa leas ei.
preesion of bravado and dramatlo determination.
Doth were dressed In gray, with drab slouched hats.
Davis wore a thin, dark overcoat Hi hair and beard j
are not so grays haa beta reported, and be seems
very much lea worn and broken by anxlsty and
labor than Mr. Blair reported when h returned
from Richmond last winter. .
The parties were not informed that they were not
to be removed to the fortress until Otn. Miles went
en board the Clyde, but thsy had before learned gen
erally what waa their destination. Zroie his staff
offloer Davis parted yesterday, shedding tear at the
separation. The aame arena has Just been renewed
at his parting from lUrrlion, his private secretary,
who left at 1 o'clock for Washington. In leaving hla
wife and children he exhibited no great emotion,
though she waa violently affected. 11a told her aha
would he allowed to see him In the course of the day.
Clay took leave ot hla wife In private, and he was not
seen by the officers. Both asked to see Oen. Hlleea
but he will not see them.
The arrangements for the security of the prisoners
seem to me a complete aa could be desired. Each
on occupies the Inner room ot casemate) tb win
dow is heavily barred. A sentry stand within, be
fore each of the door leading Into the outer room.
These door are to be grated, but are now secured by
bars fastened on the outside. Two other aentries
stand outside of these doors. An officer 1 also con
stantly on duty tn the outer room, whose duty 1 to
ee hi prisoner every fifteen minute. The outer
door of all 1 locked on the outside, and the key la
kept exclusively by the general officer of the guard.
Two centric are also stationed without that door; a
atrongltne of sentries cuts off all access to the vicin
ity of the casemates. Another line is stationed on
the top of the parapet overhead, and a third line 1
posted across the moats on the counterscarp, opposite
the places of confinement. The casemates on eaoh
aide and between those occupied by the prisoner are
used a guard room, and soldier are always there.
A lamp is constantly kept burning in each of the
rooms. The furniture of each prisoner 1 a hospital
bed, with Iron bedstead, chair and table, and a mova
ble stool-closet. A Bible Is allowed to each. I have
not given orders to have them placed In irons, a
Oen, nalleck seemed opposed to It; but Oen. Miles 1
Instructed to have fetter ready If he think them
necessary. The prisoners are to be supplied with
voldler'a rations, cooked by the guard. Their linen
will be Issued to them In the same way. I shall be.
baok to morrow morning. 0. A, Due.
Before leaving Fort Monroe on the 22d, I
mado out for Oen. Miles the order printed In
fac-slmtlo on page 387. This order was Gon.
FAC-SIM1LE OF MR. DANA'S ORDER TO GEN. MILES.
Mlles's authority for placing fetters upon Davis
n day or two later, when he found it necessary
to chango tho inner doors of tho casemate,
which were light wooden ones, without locks.
While theso doors were changed for grated
ones, atikletfl wero plncod on Davis; thoy did
not prevent his walking, but did prevent any
attempt to jump pat the guard and from run
ning. As soon ns tho doors were ohangod (it
required three days. I belle e), tho anklets w ere
removed. I belieo that eory care was taken
during Mr. Davis's imprisonment to remove
cause for complaint. Medical officers were di
rected to superintend his meals and glvo him
everything that wohld excite his appetite. As
It was complained that his quarters In tho case
mate woro unhealthy and disagreeable, he was.
Ulter a fow weeks, transferred to Carroll Hall, a
building still occupied by offloors nnd soldiers.
That Davis's health was not ruined by his im
prisonment at Fort Monroe is proved by the
fact that he camo out of tho prison In better
condition than he wont in nnd that ho lived for
twenty years afterward and finally died of old
ago.
THE BEVIEW OF MAT 23 AND 24.
I hurried back to Washington from Fort
Monroo to be present at the grand revlow of tho
nrmles of the Potomao and Tonnesseo which
had been arranged for May 2J and 24. I
reached tho city early In tho morning. The
streets woro all allvo with detaohmenta of sol
diers marching toward Capitol Hill, for it was
there that tho parade was to start. Thousands
of visitors wore also to bo seen. May 23 was
given up to tho review of tho Army of the Poto
mac, nnd by 0 o'clock Oon. Meade and his stair,
nt the head of tho army, started from the Capi
tol. Soon after I joined the company on tho
ro lowing offloors" stand, which was placed in
front of tho White House, In just tho same po
sition in which tho revlowlng stand is now
placed on inauguration days President John
son occuplod a central position on the platform.
Upon his right a seat was retained for tho
commander of tho corps undor review. As
soon as the corps commandor with his staff had
passed tho grand stand at the head of his
troops, ho rode Into the grounds of the White
House, dismounted, and came to tako his posi
tion at the right ot Mr. Johnson, while his troops
continued their march. As soon as all his men
had passed ho cave up his place to the com
mander of the next corps In the column, and so
on. Next to the corps commanders were seated
Secretary Btanton and Lieut-Gen. Grant. On
the left of the President was the Postmaster
General, Dennison. and, on tho first day of the
parade, whllo tho Army of tho Potomao passed,
Major-Gon, Meade, and. on the second, day,
whllo tho Army of theTcnncssce passed, Major
Gen. Shormnn. The othor members of tho
Cabinet, mnny nrmy elueors. the Assistant Sec
retaries In tho different departments and a num
bor of guests Invited by tho President and the
Secretaries were grouped around these central
personages
On the 24th, when Sherman's army was re
viewed, I sat directly behind Mr. Stanton at the
moment when Oen. Sherman, nfter having
passed tho grand stand nt tho head of his army
nnd dismounted, camo on to tho stand to toko
his noMtlnn and revlow his soldiers. As he had
to pass immediately In front of Boeretary Btan
ton In ordor to reach the place nsslgned for
hlmonthe President's right. I could seo him
perfectly I watched both mon closely, for the
difficulty between Stanton and Shornon wnsnt
that moment known to everybody.
Tho terms uion which Shorman had in April
accoptcd tho surrender of Gon. Joseph E.
Johnston's army In North Carolina wont be
yond the authority of a military commandor
and touched upon polltlcnl Issues, It is true
that these terms woro made conditional upon
Uio approval of tho Government; nevertheless
Mr. Stanton was deeply indlcnaut at the Gen
oral for meddling with matters beyond his
jurisdiction No doubt his Indignation was in
tensined by hlsdlsllkoot Sherman. Tho two
men wore nntngonlstio by nature. Sherman
was an effervescent, mercurial, expansive man,
springing abruptly to an idea, expressing him
solf enthusiastically on every subject, and often
without reflection. Stanton could not accom
modate himself to this temperament. Whon
tho memorandum of tho agreemont between
Johnston and Bherman readied Htanton, he
sent Grant to the General in hot haste, and
then published in the newspapers, which need
not havo known anything of the affair, a full
account ot tha nnwiao oompaot and an Indlg. jK
n&nt repudiation ot It by tho Government H
Naturally this brought down a furious f
attack upon Shorman. All his past sorvlcet
woro forgotten for a tlmo, and he waa even
called a "traitor." Tho publlo qulokly saw the
injustice ot this attitude: ao did most of th ' i
men tn tho Government, nnd thoy hastened to
appease Bherman, who was violently Incensed
ovor what ho called Stanton's Insult I think
he novor forgavo tho Secretary. When, on May
10, he renchod Washington with his army,
which ho hnd marched northward across the
battloflolds of Virginia, ho refused to have any
thing to do with Stanton, although Grant tried j
his best to bring about o reconciliation, and I
tho President and sovoral members ot the '
Cabtnot showod him ovory attontlon,
I was, of course, curious to see what Gsn,
Bherman woul do In passing before Mr. I
Btanton to take his place on tho stand. The
Gonoral says in his "Memoirs ".that, as he
passed, Btanton offered his hand and that ha 1
refused to tako it. Ho Is entirely mistaken, Z I
was watching narrowly. Tho Secretary made 1
no motion to offor his hand or to exchange I
salutations In any mannor, nnd as tho Gonoral I
passod gave him merely a slight forward mo
tion of his hoad, equivalent perhaps to a quar
ter of a bow. I
AUthe time that tho trial for the conspiracy I
to murder tho Presldont was going on. Mr. I
Btanton was putting nil his energies into re- j
turning his department to a poaoe foot- 1
ing. Tho war was practically ovor with
the surrender of Lee, nnd almost Immediately
preparations woro mado to scatter tha
vast armament nnd to bring affairs back,
to a normal condition. In this readjustment it
fell to mo to oxnmlne tho condition of tho rail
roads whloh wo had seized and used in the
prosocutlon of the war, and to recommend j
what was to be done with thom. The depart- !
ment decided upon a somewhat more liberal i
policy than I at tho tlmo thought justifiable.
Tho roods and bridges woro returned to the J
oompanlos practically in the same condition in !
whloh they were at tho tlmo they wore seized. '
It was believed that this generosity would re- '
act favorably upon tho rovenuoand credit ot
the nation, and thero is no doubt that it did. J
In May I hod been persuaded to accept tho
editorship ot a new paper to be founded In
Chicago, the .Republican. I arranged to atay In f
Washington until Mr. Btanton could conven
iently spare m. This was not until the first ot
July. On the first day of the month I sent in
my resignation, and a fow days later I loft the
capital to assume tho editorship ot the i?rpu&- 1
It can, ii
the ens. I
IB'
THOSE artEESlTOOJi LAKE QAJtlUSOXB. I
Branch of tha Family Uonded by Steve V
and Their Jinny Adventures. ffl
One branch ot the Garrison family ot Green- I
wood Lako is remarkable in many ways. Tho ffll
Garrisons aro numorous and somewhat eels- It
brated, but nono so distinguished ns tho 1
branch of which Steve is tho main stem. Stove I
Garrison Is not largo. Ho is neither tall nor 1
stout but ho is as wiry as a Cubnn trochaand 1
has ns many points ns a rod ot barb-wire 1
fencing. Steve is 03 yoars old and weighs 101 1
pounds. Ho was- heavier whon ho wont Into 1
tho Union nrmy in l&03nnd llghtcrwhon ho I
camo out but has not accumulated nny 1
Buuerfluout flesh fllnoe. owing to o wound (J
which ho roceivod at Gettysburg, for rtj
which ho is in receipt of a small monthly i
pension from tho Government. Ho is U
one of tho oldost guides at Greenwood Lako flf
nnd has a Uttlo piece of property on tho west ij
ehoro, near tho upper arm. '(,
Steve Garrison is celebrated for othor things
besides his war record. Ho has saved three
persons from drowning, lias been bitten twleo
by rattlors and once by a copperhead, and has
subjected himself to tho Kceley euro without
impairing his thirst. He went throuRh this
cour&o a little over a year ago, and for a tlmo It
was thought that ho would never relish Bon
Bayer's applejack again, but tho bichloride i
seemed to havo no more effect upon him than so
much rattlesnake venom, and 8tove can stand
up to tho bar with the best of them, natives or
visitors. Steve, is a great fisherman, and was
one of the trio who put the first black bass in
Greenwood lake. Ho takes a fatherly interest
in tho bass, nnd talks to them when he catches)
them in something like this strain:
"Thero you are I I told you to bo careful. Ton
ought to know enough not to monkey with my
bait I know'd your mammy and your pappy,
and I'm going to eat you for old acquaintance
sake. No. you can't wrigglo away. You'd go
back nnd tell tho rest of them who's here, and
I'd got no more bass for a month."
Mrs. Stove Garrison is somewhat celebrated,
top She Is vigorous and hard working, and
toll hos toughened her bo that It Is doubtful if
a Spanish bullpt would hurt hor. A flash of
lightning failod In an attempt to lay her low
B,?JenK aKOn.na lLla doubtful If anything;
milder than that could mako hor glvo up now.
Sho was boiling clothes on an old cooklnc
rango under o tree at Willow Point ono sum-
merdayvvhen a storm passed down tho lako.
Tho black clouds were nearly a mile away
on the mountains on the opposite side I
of the lako whon a bolt, apparently '
from tho clear sky overhead, struck tha
treo under which sho was punching olothos
into a tin wastibo ler Tho stick inTierhand
wasdrivon through the bottom of the kettle
and a door and one leg wero molted from the
stove The tree was only slightly splintered. 1
and Mrs Garrison was knocked flat Sho was I
carried to the house, nnd then it was found 1
that ono of her shoos had beon torn off nnd 1
that hor arm and side wore almost purple from I
the effects of tho current Bhe revived eight 1
hours Inter, nnd was about her work in o day or 1
tw o. Sho is u good cook and a great nurse and E
can hold up her end in a conversation with
anybody.
Most of The Bun readers know something of
tho rather lomarUblo history of Steve's elder
on Tom, who Is head guide somowhere around
the lake evory yoar. and just now Is at Lake
side. To enumorato all that ho has gone
through would fill sovoral ot theso pages Tom
actually went to Iowa nnd back alono when he
was only 22 years old. no had ono of his eyea
shot out whllo gunning one day. and now wears
a glass eye. without Intention of deceiving anr
bod j . In fact, he does not hesitate about taking
it out a doEon times o day and wiplne it or
washing it in tho lake One day it slipped from
his lingers, and shortly afterward he reoovored
ltur0,.n the ,8tn?aeh of a big pickerel
which ho was cleaning. There is no truth in
tho story which says that the oye was picked uS
nnd worn by a ono-eyed pickerel. Tom had a
narrow escapo Bovoral winters ago from a show
it of smnll moteorlo stones while Ushing on
the ice. and has a fragment which ho dugout
closo ashore. Ho foil through tho new ice of a
snow -covered canal while on the ioe flold at
fccho Lake, and was hauled out by an intelli
gent team which backed up at his command.
Tom conquered a badcaso of varicose voins I
and pulled through typhoid pneumonia, with
h s mother's help, after tho doctors had given J
him up. He was told that he was about to die.
and he said: I'll fool 'em," and he did.
Tom cot married throo years ago, and his
next adventure was with a wild pig. which I
chased him down tho mountain aiicT causo 1 '
hhn to fall down u stoop opo into tho lake
His latest claim to celobFlty fs He TeapturS of ' !
the toko C08t blai"k basa evor tnkon from
Tom's brothor Will, sometlmos called "Snnp- '
per "nnd Bomotlmes "Grnndpop." is an old
looking ypung fellow nnd is somotimes mis
taken for hlB father, whom ho closely rosem- .
bios In form and features. Will has luui a few &
adventures In htoilny. too. Ho was rowing the
boat in which J. Harry Hloan took tho largest
bass over .caught at Greonwood I,nko. It
weighed vv Ithin nn ounce or two of ten pounds,
nnd Will has never forgotten the joy of that
day, Since then ho lias mado an extensive
,1'i' .aftay ,riom. ,,h0 la.k0' VI" hihorlted a
few thousand ilollure from his grandfather.
and some visitors ut tho lake induced him
to back n barnstorming company which turned
put to ho unprolltablo IJoforo ho returned.
however, he inut vv Ith other, pcrsuasivo follow J
who convinced him that there was money In
owning it strlnij of running horses, and bis
natural prorllvltTpi helped to urge him on In
this new direct on. Ho returned to Greenwood
Lako with ono horse, which was tho solo relio
pfhsHtablo It was tho most ilocilo animal at
tho Jako. imd photographers found It a splendid
rubtoot for prattlco, uot with snap shots, but
M.'",itl.m!,i "Jl'OAures. for that horeo would
stand Htlll long enough to bo taken under any
conditions of light-ov en by moonlight.
W 111 wo? not ( al led " Snupper" because of his
race, track experience nor yet on account of
anpthor Harrison brooming famous undor that
title, but because ho wus for ears tho greatest
hunter of snuppliiK turtles In Possalo Bunt"
It Is said that ho onco caught a snapper weigh
lng aeveuty-two pounds, or two pounds more
than his own weight at the time. '
Steve Garrison daughter Annie to distln
ku shod not only for gnice and beauty of form,
but for pluck as well. She married a GarrisoH
undreocntly stopped a runaway home at the
risk of her life by aelrlng its bridle as It cam?
up the lakeside road. Bhe was thrown and
?,IXFwUBiVeet.'.,,ut ,helf on nnd uoSeeded 3
IVi"?? ,l, ,ratJfA0 animal up the hlllsldeTpto
R5.i!n.!'0',l,r Th.en he forgot to faint but
Hie whip and punished the aalmaJ taU
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