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Newspaper Page TextEyAL'TiTICAL led the front door, over- sentinels and wrested ILL wrote : Ki I do not Dr. BRUMBY u the among those who ham, p of twenty year* duro- « for the University of r information apply for 3RUMBY.A- M, Sl.D A DABANG ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE, and. succeeded in making his way nearly through the lines. He was finallydtsortem!, faked 1 and nearly starved, in a tree, by some little diil- dren who were playing in the woods. They reported his presence and he was speedily surrounded and captured. engine out of sight around a curve, while the others disembarked, tore upon them, disperse them and send their train sweeping bade down the track' to wreck everything behind it, and give the rndere time to escape. Bat just ss this phut was dntnwsifd npbp] the pursuing train rushed in The men fell simultaneously, and the t crowd involuntarily averted its face { for an instant. When it looked at the t scaffold again only five men Were , hanging. • Slaveus and' Campbell, j who were very large men, had broken , the ropes with which they were hung ] and had fallen upon Ybe ground,— . They were writhing in great agony, “ ‘ \ * t*:: ^*1 pressing about their necks. The crowd rushed toward the prostrate mwa^ssuved by a spasm of pity.- The Liewtcaant in charge of the exeeutka draw his sword «Bd;'standiws»^)ver tfis nss, drove Use crowd hark. A took to the nearest shelter. WAS IT ACCIDENT OR DESTINY ? We have now to reenr-for a mo ment to Messrs, Morphy and Fuller, wh< set out upon foot from Big Shanty I in pursuit of the stolen engine. As absurd and ridiculous as that foot race appeared, it- was the means of baffling of the $60,000, to be given at’tbe close of the expedition, and those who were simply detailed for, service without knowing the precise nature of the ex- and bad tallen upon trie ground,— press. pedition. The prisoners relied upon They were writhing in great agony, —■—b* the fact that the whole twenty men. half strangled, and-Ahe noose still Thousand of < were detached for this service from pressing about their necks. The f ronl Worms in tin the same brigade aud that their raid crowd rushed toward the prostrate g^tonine Worm waahencea military expedition, and in«v*uved by arspssm of pity. The best Worm Me li not the work of spies. They d>fond- J Iieutcaaut in charge of the executha an< i cry , 0 ed thfet having adopted eaisoiv*’ dees* drew his sword sod, staudw'ajver the qw peer’s W n*Wr drove the crowd Jmck. A hr the wo French doctor, who wsaotf dating sit.- Eau '-ist ft T. For Sale. "7 which «rw»* ths let «Ows USA r ‘l» perfect and prtea nasonafcU. Apply W «*L* GANN & REAVES, PROPRIETORS. WiUhofew-Wrt Mwirshlssadrawlre a Boom tiuiMuw, Tboows strati. Keep scheme of the determined raiders, rpby and Fuller ran on foot for ut three miles as fast as they eould the house of tba undersigned irch. rd will bo paid Sir their re- ! PATMAN TESTER. the | three miles'ih y. came jipou & hand- j raidara, having : been Kuik 1 car? which was lying- up«trthe side of aqukdr”:if« in citizens* the occasion, pressed forward to the j,CJIPKIWi Att**W «* 1**- oarasnfCMUs, NkkwsoaAOA JtheM, Georgia, isja OOJSJStafr- SACXASO* * T1IOMAH. * ATTORNEYS at law, A then*. Gt. .was. in old FWmklix Hojra Brawd J*Tal*oat th* Court Brest. AM partita * tTT V’, (r iminal Warrants, ran get Owns a; * * ,< aaS? r taw «<■«- Lamab Cobb. Howell Cobb, Judge of City Chart. jt ii. conn. aTTOENETR IT LAW, Athene, Gel Will Dreciiee >o 0> e Fod*ral Court, and all *£1. court* rerap* U-City Court of ?lart« county. eept.SJJ97t.St. IjO. J BeLDWI.e. NO 51- ATHENS, GEORGIA, Cox. Hiu A Tnoxnoa. J. J. BALDWIN & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN foreign and domestic liquors, wines, &c. [From The Chiton Ledger.] Tl»® Wife's Prayer and ALSO AGENTS FOB THE CELEBRATED Stone Mountain Com Whiskey, Corner Broad and Jackson Streets, A thens, Ga. juiv.ii.2m. GL C- THoxaaajs. ATTORNEY AT LAW, wateuuvuojc, ga. yyjCE IS COURT-HOUSE, OPPOSITE Otto®. Pewmal attention to all usIobm eatniNtod to hi* care. ap5-tt )' lop® Harrow attorneys at law, «A.-< over Talmadgs, llodgson & Co. i*n4-»y y a. lira. WatalxsaAltar it Jtarjltr, - She. Stare next dour to Reese & broad street, Allieue, Georgia. All nrt vemnted 11 month*. wpkU-tL ATLANTA A CHARLOTTE Air* Line Railway. Passenger Department ATLANTA -TO- ■MJA-STMufiKr cmaai CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Ou red efter Jsae 1st, lS7t, Trains will ran ibis toed es follow*, going East: rr;v» *t Lais. rriv* it Luis.... 7A5 r x oa<o Luis 7.48 r X sight rAsssaaix rare». rrive ,t Lul*„ I.M a ■ S.48 A si IS* r a LMrx *t Lais 7.51 a x 8.5Sax GOING EAST. LOCAL TUJZaUT THUS. st Lais ... 12.15 r x 1X25 r x LEAD and OZXiS, DRUGS And WediciaoHr GARDEN SEED — A N D — 9SA2S pass. Stock of Seed all Fresh. For auy of above or anything in the Drug Line call on. E. C. LONG & CO. WHOLESALE.AND! EET aLL DRUGGISTS sept. 11.1 y. imtw, Gxobsia. e a Luis. rasocex ransxr rare.,. ,rriv, st Lets ..12.50 A X . .10.5 a x THE NEW STOKE IN ATHENS, LYNCH’S HOUSE GOODS, At the Store lonuerly oecnpied by Or a. M. SMITH, Broad Street, Athens, Ga may.27.tti. . luse connection st Atlsnts for all points r™t sud Southwest. Connecting st Charlotte ,1! point* East. Through Tickets on sals (iaianrillo, Seneca City, Greenville sn<l [>wt*abiiru tvi all point* East and West, ti. J. F< iREACBE. General Manager. 1. HOUSTON'. Geo. Pare.A Ticket Ar’t tOlBT UIANBAR WESTERS CIBCIIT. Autre ears S. Eawur, of Athens, Jadge L Mitcsiu, of Athens, Solicitor Gen- Bsakt, first Monday in April end October. Clarke, second Monday In Msy sod No- unber. Franklin, second Monday in April sod Oc- ir. Gwinnett, first Monday in March and Sep. ueilser. Habersham third Monday in April and Oc- bar. Hall, third Monday in March and Septeen- Jeekaon, third Monday in Fchnary and ugnst. ben,., fi’onh Monday In January and *?• tUbun, toorth Monday « April and Os- third Monday >* Fcbraary and SCHOOL BOOKS! All of the School Books in use at the Lucy Cobb Institute, &1 Madame Sosooislis Hoa School, AND AT THE Various Schools in the City, As weU as Peiu, Inks, Paper, Slate*, Ac-, tor isle at the LOWEST OTGURES, Thomas’ Black, Blae or violet Iak—the beat in the World—.13 cents par bettla. Fer harfltrakn everything, call »t BURKE’S BOOK-STORK erpt.10.tf iber. Walton, arust. i^uoSSS?** > “** burth Mood * 7 “ Ncrtheastem BaQroid. s «kedale of SfirtkaeaCera Railroad on and iw Nraday Get. (tb l!7f, trains on this rood ran as fcUawa, daily except Snnday. nee Athene U» P. M. m»e at Lnle U0 P. M. metal Atlanta 10AO P. M. »'• AUauta *A0 P. M. Ula. 7.48 P. M. tr>»« e» Ataena.... 10.00 P. M. T'-eafera trams sire etaaeab closely at Lola t- Northern bound trains on A. L. R. R. -wluesdaya end Seturdays the following Fee, he contra! I hear him stumble ; . , On, my God! bat bear me np 1 M>d the thnnder’e pealing ramble, Help me to drew this bitter sap r . > Help me still the erail of anguish Hat seems barstinf torn my breast; rt raraead Jeans, wa& me heavenward— Let me on thy bosom rest! Ah! the door behind him doses; beema bo walks with firmer tread, And thora ayes seem not *a burning As when tinged with Satan’s red; As before the pate he’s standing. In Ota firatigkt's tedinv flow. Ewema I sea a manly picture. One I’d seen Ion* years ago. “****” Ha tame, and o’arhis fa* eras Gleaming* cf angelic light Seans to floet in waves o? splendor, Driving out the horrid night, ratting from toy care-worn bosom All the loreii of sorrow there. Fining np that hoar with gladness, Banishing all thoaghta of ear*. “Ere Is night yea hashed the sobbings Of oar boy in yonder bed; Ere you’d brushed the golden ringlets That an shrouding has young bead ; , While yen were with tern harananlng That this home should be his &te ; Wbcnthowaaidattha winds arm r And tba night ia dark and lata ; Unto i That He’d let it strengthen me. Through this scene, my boor of need; Help me save my labor’s worth, Tue months of wife and children to teed. And Ha hoard me, wife: I’ve I no non will touch the cup, fcTbat with hell's dark doom ia mantled, That has burnt my earnings np ! I no more on earth will cause thee In thy lonliuese to shed Tears of angniab o’er oar oflitpring. That now lisa on yonder bed. “Bat while heaven it all agiowing, And all earth’s a bounteous store, twill try to bo mors grateful Than I’ve ever been before ; 1 wB try to heal tbs raptors That hat torn thy heart in twain ; I wintry to tooths thy sorrow. And receive thy smile again.” Appleton, Ohio. A DEED OF DARING. The Rmid of Andrew* ami Hia ; but Andrews i*rriated that be could accomplish it, and at length he was empowered to make the attempt. It waa agreed that if he ~ he waa to be paid $60,000. id aa his lieutenant \Vm. Campbell, a Kentuckian, and was fur- nished with a detail of twenty men from the Second, Tweniy-firet and Thirty-third Ohio regiment*. Ouly one man was taken from each compa ny CONTRABANDED ROUTE TO DIX IE. On the 6th of April, at 4 o'clock, the men, in the disguise of citizen*, left their respective camps to render- vous at Shelby* Ole. the Federal camp being at Martreesboro. At about ‘ e twenty two determined the wood* beyond Shel- byvillg and the daring plot was for the first tmie unfolded to the detailed sol diers and its details discussed. The eoancfl over, the raiden scattered into a uads of two or three and started for 'attarooga, the northern terminus of the Western & Atlantic Road. To veach'-Ona' they were compelled to march through 133 milen of the. ene my’s country, with soldiers standing guard over every road and infesting 'ground. Alter exciting iwever, the whole party w _ and, in company with hundreds of Confederates. who hurrying to the front to join boarded the train. They ' to ride to Marietta, rest there through the night, and start back tawfsd?Cbattaaooga the next day an3 bum the bridges as they came They reached Marietta, went to the hold, registered and turned in for a night's rest. Their situation at that moment was terrible, t eir pur poses heroic. They were in the very heart of the enemy's country with no possible succor within two hundred aiat and was*, determined'' on the next day to born the bridges and de stroy the rails of a road tliat was the lodged, their devotion seemed iatui- toua, their heroism foolhardy, their martyrdom self chosen and -fore-or dained. 5.- STEALING A TRAIN OF CASS. At four o’clock in the morning the men were awakened and harried on the train. This general scheme in volved the seizure of the train .by some means or ether. The train o«ce captured, they wtre to [rash ahead, burn the bridges and destroy the travk. The details of this plan were not arranged. Whether the traia should be captured by a trick, or by direct assault upon the' Wees com manding it, was not determine-1 upon. The whole affair waa hurusttsl to An drews. His men were to watch him closely, and obey hie slightest sign. The train pulled slowly out of Mari etta, and after an boor or so, reached Big Shanty, where it stopped Jfor breakfast. Big Shanty eras a drill camp and about ten thousand soldiers were stationed there. The engineer, conductor and paasengvr* were in the hotel for breakfast. T e “Yankees" had gone in with the rest, and Were quietly eating their breakfast Sud denly Andrews appeared at the door of the aatiag-lull, and said in a leis urely way; k “Well, boys, if you are done, let us and get out aeata.” Ii before them. They bed to barn the bridges upon,their route—they had to cut the telegraph wire aa they pro ceeded to prevent the alarm preceding them —they had to meet aad pare tiro of tha regular trains ot the read—they woe followed by maddened and in veterate enemies—and, even if they reached Chattanooga, the terminus of the road, they would find themselves m a strongly fortified post of the eue- ' my—a hundred mi'es from their own lines—and ia momentary expectation of the sight of their pursuers, bring ing the news of their work, and infor mation by which they conld be de tected. A pretty cheerless pros* pert I Aqdj>et they went ahead, bravely aad carefully. When out about -one mile from the station (where there was no telegraph operator) they ■topped and cut down the wire ana pulled up a rail or two. Remounting their engine they hurried on. When they reached the first station above Big Shanty, they told the tank-tender that they were polling through an extra powder train for Beauregard, and asked for a schedule. He gave them one an-l they found that they would meet the down passenger tram a few stations above. Having more. JltoMi tr*ni will em ran : »»»• Atlmu FTivsxLaia »« Lai* rnvr at Athsas.... TIG* oniu eunnvcU duaaly at mu, nukitur the time to Atlanl Burs euJ torty five minata*. J. M. EDWARDS, 4.45 A. U. 9.45 A. M. . 9.20 A. M. JIAO A. M. Lai* for At- * only four reargia Rail Hoad Company corns! If von want a raw sf good, tosh lawarrf aad Pros Rio Covrasfrom MOURE, JENKINS* COTS^ (New York> Sioastod. Will certainly please yno. It celled. Ask your gmea forjfac junf.8.3m. 1 'cruus-rxNDcrr’s Omcs, 1 . UaiiatA, Ga-, UaLAtb, U7S. ( luaoMaciiw fiaaday, Oat. Stk Trains wilt iu a* follow.: AHUN8„.^.^ S.15 a « WiuUrsiU* 8.45AX MV» Loxiutfton 10.20 a k *"• Antioch 10.43 a X «»» Maxes* r lt.esax ^oodrUlo 11X1 A X im»« UaiuA Paint U.45sx im*e Atlanta..... UtfX *n»a Mason UOrx YOUNG L. a. HARRIS, Preaidon* STEVENS THOMAS, Secretary. Grom A sects, April 1, 1871, . . S7S4.55.* Bi Resident Directors. Tocao L. G. ITarxis, Strvexs Txoxab Iona H. Nawroa, Elisa L. Nawto*. Os. Heist Roll, VaamaAan Fnutxr Alsu P. IttASiaa, Dx. R. M.Bxitr, Cot. Rorkr* Thomas. Jobs W. Nxmeteox, o»y2S-wly m " 5.28 r x Aarnata. SJOaw CHARLES Fo STUBBS, *»»' Atlanta 7.45 a X *»'• Union Point IS ss r ■ (Sacccoeer to Greater, Stnbb* dt Co-) ”»»• WaudsaUa 1.10 rx 'twsMsuk 1A0PX m., Antioch L50 r x Lexington Lltr x WiutonriUo 1.47 r x Athens , „ tra.0* na (IaUt. CIom connections mad* at *“<t AlaxRa iw all points North and t-tandSowh. *- S. D.j«am,G«fc, Faro- Aft. & xTjonx.ua, Sap*. COTTON FACTOR —AND— Genera! Commission Merchant, AGENT FOR TH* Quitman Factory Yarns, St BAY STREET, Savannah, Cieorgia. consignments for sate or ahtpoeeat to Lireipoal or Northern porta. . . Mr. A. A. Wish, Cashier and Correal imJent of the lata firm cl Groover, Stubbs * Ctejxa n intemtm the business. sag-21 -tf. Pottery Pictures! ■ larged and handsomest aasoftnatat of ‘1CTCUE3 FOR POTTERY DECORATION, over brought to Atboao, . AT PANIC PRICES, ■or nt, a 1 BURKE’S BOOK STORE. 1 MtULll. IHIST, FEB ill SUE SUM, JUhsML fflarrrnia Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 24, 1877.— “Mrs. Hayes went before the rebel fudi- nee at Atlanta, hanging upon the arm ctf a man who waa noted for having murdered Union prisoners during the war. Col. Jones her **• cort, was the man who shoveled the dirt frt*n under the feet of Andrews,, the hero martyr, who, with eight fel low ptfimnern, waa bang in Atlanta in 1862.* The above paragraph, while it is a lie. is suggestive of the most tremeu- dewaawdtragicenterprise developed „ the war. I refer to the ad ventures of the “bridge-burners of ’52.’’ The Andrews alluded to in the ' paragraph waa the leader of this dars iog raid, that was pronounced by Advocate General Holt “abso- rablime in the gigantic reaelts sought to accomplish, and in the M- idty of fra conception filbd w^htbe wildness of a romance.” Your cor- respondent baa seen the spot upon which these ill-fated men were hung, has talked with their captors and ex ecutioners, and will give you the de tailed account of their adventures, aa received from eyenwituessea. AH AUDACIOUS AND IMPORTANT RAID ule, they [Milled along leisurely, stop ping occasion illv to tear up the crack. They had n > too!*‘with which to take np the rails, and had to ba' ter them down with hammers. White engaged at this work they were astounded at hearing a short distance behind them THE WHISTLE OF AN ENGINE IN PUR- auit. With one convulsive effort they tore up. the rails they were hammer ing at and - remounted their engine. As they did so they saw the engine manned by their pursuer* ru-li around the curve. It was stnpp d by the torn trick,sod iu the meantime the raidei s flew out of sight. They had to stop so frequently, how* ver, to cut the wire, that their pursuer- kept in sight nearly all the way. The chase was a headlong one. Two men stood on the cow-catcher of tlie pursuing engine to leap off and remove obstruc tions from the track, and o tear up rails from behind the engine and lay them down in front. At length just as they were nearing the station where they were to meet the down train, the raiders succeeded in tearing up the track very badly, and loading their baggage car with some fitly nils. They then drew it on the siding and waited for the down train to clear the track. They told the powder train story to the conductor of this train. Aa^they palled out they saw their pursuers reach the broken track and halt their engine. Two men (the conductor and engineer of the stolen train) jumped off and ran toward the down train. They boarded it and ha-lily turned it back and PUSHED, WRONG END FOREMOST, IN PURSUIT of the flying “Yankees.” Then there was an open track and a lair race. Through village after village the two trains flew like lightning. Having to stop occasionally to cut the telegraph wires. Andrews saw that it was nec essary to force lib pursuers to halt aba Consequently he knocked the rear end of the last baggage car oat. and dropped cross-ties and rails upon the track in front of the pursuing op grade with poles, and letting it fly down grade of its own weight. They made pretty good time with this, and at bat reached a station where a aide- road ran out to a coal mine. An en gine ready-fired was standing here. They impressed it and put it through its best paces until they readied King ston, where the engine of the Rome Railroad (a branch of the Western <fc Atlantic Railroad) was awaiting the np train. They se'zed thb and Jcon- tinued their pursuit. With thb en gine they came in sight of the stolen train. They followed it until they earne to the. place where the track was so badly torn they could not replace it. They then started on foot again, and soon they met the down passen ger train which they at once turned hackwork, and pressed the runaways so dose tliat they had to take' to the woods Thus it wfl! be seen that three engines and. a haad-or were aged consecutively ia thb wild and headlong chase alter the “raiders.’’ As an evi dence of the tremendous speed made in this ran, it b mentioned that the down passenger train which was re pursuing train. At last when he was pushed very close, he uncoupled one of the cars and leli it drifting upon the track. The Confederates halt.d an instant, coupled it to their train and hurried on again, pushing it ahead ot ‘ ih. m; ^.Vioiher car ana finally drops pe«l. ai**I I length the last car was kindled into a blaze AND LEFT UPON A HIGH BRIDGE, in,hope that it might burn the bridge and thus check the pursuers. But it wjm impossible with the whirling at such enormous speed to get the blase fully started, and it went out before it enkindled the bridge. The pursu ing train coupled thb car and swept oo. Chattanooga was now only twenty miles distant, bat the foremost engine waa in a sad plight. Its brass journals were all melted down ; ita wood arid water was exhausted, and progress was virtually ended. A hurried ocuncil of war was held, and a bold and brilliant plan waa deter mined upon It waa decided to let one of the raiders put the “Yankee” in sixty**, one minutes, pushing a tram ahead of it for several miles, stopping frequent ly to remove obstructions. an exciitnu MAK-Duxr with blood hounds. Of course the “Yankees” that leaped from the stolen engine had very little chance of escape. They were snrmunded on every side by en emies. Within a few hundred yards of where thep left their engina two regiments ot cavalry were encamped. It was muster-dayat Ringgold, two miles away, and hundreds of tamiers, armed, and mounted were collected there. The road was lined with sol diers. The alarm had been sent to Chattanooga by telegraph, and trains loaded with troops and scouts were hurrying to the scene. The day was dark, cloudy and rainy. The raiders were unacquainted with the country, and with the stars and sun hidden, did i otjknow the south from the north. They plunged into the woods, however, and struck out for the Tens neasee River. In an hoar the whole country was alive with scouts and hunters There was not a by-path or cross road that was not thoroughly explored. To add to the terrors *>f the situation, well trained hounds were put upon the track of the fugi tives, and trailed them down .with un erring certainty. The hunt, tbozgh an exciting: one was not a long one. In tweiitysfnir hours from the time they left the engine every member of the band was captured They were in a pitiable [dight when taken They were drenched to the skin - covered with dirt and filth —in the last stages of .exhaustion, and almost starved. The story of their adventures in the Georgia forest that night b a wild and thrilling one. It was a night of hors ror. ON TRIAL FOR THEIR LIVES. At first the prisoners denied any complicity in the train wrec in".— They claimed to be citizens of Ken- tacky, disgusted with Lmcofat and trying to join the Confederate army. Being confronted witli citizens of Kentucky, however, they were not afafetmesny xrt this fiction, and they then told a straight story—claiming that, they were soldiers of the United States army, detailed for suecial ser vice, and entitled to be head os pris oners of war. The Confederate au thorities charged them with being spies, and ordered them to be tried by a coat-martial. They were given able counsel, Judge Baxter, of Ten nessee, being in charge of their case. Before the trial opened. Andrews, the leader, who was never put upon the same footing with the others, waa carried before a court-martial and condemued to be hong as a spy. The witnesses against him were the men from whom he had stolen the train; though his own adm’ssiona were held to be sufficient to condemn him. A scaffold waa prepared for him at Cliat- innooga, bat the near approach of the Federal truepa caused hb removal to Atlanta. Just before hb death he made One day the me* were in tbeif prison, playing cheek era upon the floor and ringing quite merrily, whea some one called attention to the fact that a large body of horsemen had halted in front of the jail door. Somt alarm was created by thb. It was noticed that an immense mass of peo ple was collecting in the streets near the prison. The door was thrown open and aa officer standing in the doorway called for William Campbel of Kentucky, Geo. D. Wiboo, Mari on A. Roes, Perry G. Shad rack, Sam uel Slavena, Hamnsl Rihiiisoe. and John Scott, of Ohio* The men arose as they were called, except Robinson, who* was very 31 with a fever, and had to be raised to hb feet and sup* ported while he stood. The officer commended the mea to-follow him, and they left the room with him. The prisoners who were left were in a de plorable state of uncertainty, did not know whether their had been carried out for parole or- ftptifc Ifu "intimation of the decision of the court had been given. At length they returned headed by George Wilson, who with ajace as pale as death, said, ! ‘•BOYS, WE ABE TO IE HUNG I1INEDI- ATELY.” The guards came in with the men, and tied then* bandarid took. During thb preparation, the condemned men took a last far* well of their c imrades. The see nee was a peculiarly affecting one. It ia described by an eye-wit ness as the most thrilling scene he ever saw. Wilson, who had been for years an unbeliever, turned to Pet- liuger, a comrade who was quite re ligious, and said : “OF, Pettinger, I know that you are right,” and then tujjnhtg to fib friends, he said, “Boys, when you come to die fry to be better prepared than I am now!” Shad- rack, who bad been the wit of the party, but a pot lane and reckiess man, said : “If I were only prepared to meet my God, I would be satisfied.’’ He was urged by Pettinger to cal nr himself and thiuk ot heaven, but he replied, “lib too late, now—but I’ll try, I’ll try !” Slaveus, who was a raa:: of immense stature, turned to hb friends and said* “Oh. boys, tell my w ife and children !” and then broke completely down and could say no more. Young - colt, who was married only three days before he left for the army, never said a word from the time hb sentence waa announced. Hb lips were drawn tightly across hb month .and hb hands i litped in frost ot him. He never spoke a word.— Ross b said to have been tbs firmest of them all He saiJ, “Boys, if any ot you escape, tell them I died for my country; that I died like a man, and do not regret it.” Robinson, so ill that be could hardly speak, and coaid not stand, had to lie carried from the room. Only about three minutes were consumed in the prepa rations. The men were then carried through the front door and placed in an open cart. The cart was sur rounded by a heavy force of cavalry, and an immense throng of right-seen accompanied it. reliefof,Uiv nu n, an l was slopped only when he f*-lt THE FOIST OF THE SWOID UPON BI9 „ > . .. BREAST. The ropes were speedily loosened from the necks of the prostrate m n and they wwe assisted into a riaing posture They recovers 1 their g >n-es rea ■iwaiat.awd both‘begged fern drink ^water; This wa* given them and revived them, very much. The ropes were then readjusted and the unfortunate men made to reaarend tiie scaffold. Their comrades were now corpses. The trap waa s t again and .the fatal trigger was toncsod once more. The men tell witir w doll, heavy thnd. Campbell’s neck being apparently broken by the &0. fUavens, however, was doomed to still farther torture. Ilia bistnw wight «ad rise; were such that hb feet touched the ground. Hb convulsions were terrible. Hn feet would touch the ground and relieve the strangu lation, and then hb convulsions would renew it. At once a bystander (not “CoL Jones”) seized a shovel, pushed the ground from under S la Yen’s feet, and the brave matife sufferings were soon at an end. They were boned near the scaffold, and the crowd dis persed. The new city of Atlanta has been bn3t around thb fatal spot, and » house now stands within a few feet of where the scaffold stood, and is in habited by a happy and peace-loving fiinuly. A DESPERATE ESCAPE AND A HAPPY XZCHANGE- . Of the remaining prisoners none were executed. By a most daring sally from their prison, eight ot the They seized the inside The scene at the scaffold. The place selected for the execution was within the limits. An enormous scaffold waa erected, it befog a notably low one. The scaffold was furnished with a trap door, which sank from beneath the feet cf the mao at the springing of a trigger. When the men had flpf ndt*d the and. the nooses Iiad been adjuatol, Geo. Wil son asked to be allowed u> make a statement. Permission was granted him, and standing there, in the shad ow of a violent death, with the fatal ro(>e about hb neck choking hb voice •Town, he made a remarkable and eloquent speech - a speech that went to the heart of every man that heard it. He spoke without a tremor, and with calm and dbtiuct utterance.— He said it was not the part of brave meu to murmur at death when they were brought face to face with it, and that he had nothing to say against the deciee of the court that brought him to the scaffold. He decried, howev er, in the name of hb comrades and in the name of justice, against the manner of the death to which they had been brought. It wasnot scea a death as soldien deserved. He then stated that le snl hb comrades had been moved by nothing but an bouest and patriotic love of the Tin- ion. lie deplored “the wickedness of the Southern leaders” who had “mis led and deluded them into making so unholy and hopeless war.” He dwelt with great enthusiasm upon the cause of the Union, and predicted that in a shoe!time the iwqisilMbfrisr would wave nrar the very spotod whichflhjaseaffoftf then' Stood. Her them dosed hb speech, and announced that he and hb friends were ready:— Hb comrades Ibtaned attentively to hb words, turning so they could face him. They seem id to be very much moved Robnfeon was an exce as be was really very 31 with * After W3son fata concluded, the trap was sprung, as it was believed, bv the sheriff of the county. The trigger was conceded, and to was not powered their arms from them, and after a ter rible band to band combat fought their way through the yard, and sue- ded in pushing their way through to* Federal lines, which were now quite near to them. These men werW W. W. Brown, Wm Knight, J. R. Porter, Mark Wood, J. A. Wil son, M. £L Hawkins, S. G. Dorsey, jWSfspx , of . Ohio. Their attempted to escape with then), but were all wounded or driven before they eould get beyond the These men, J. Parrot, Kobt. Wm. Beoringer, Wm. Red dick, E. H. Mason, and Wm Pettiu- ger, all of Ohio, were kept in pri.-on for several months, and excliong d in March. They were submitted to trial, but were acquitted of being spies. The United States Govern ment paid very handsome medals to the survivors of thb terrible raid, and and provided for the families of those that were killed. The first medal w is given to Parrott, a mere boy, who b said to have been punbhed se verely in order to make him disclose the names of hb comrades, which he refused to do, to the very last. A RESUME The above is, I believe, the only reliable account of thb fatal expedi tion ever published. It b prepared upon the statement of eye witnesses, and participants. Whi>e it was a terrible sacrifice of life, everything connected with the execution waa done under order of the legally constituted authorities, and no wauton cruelty was dbp’ayed. In deed, the temper of ti e crowd waa decidedly with, the brave men who had to suffer death for country’s sake. I have heard scores of witnesses, who say that hundreds of men cried du ring the delivery ol Wilson’s speech, and that the city was full or expres sions of sympathy and admiration of the condemned men for months.— The Southern people admire, above all other things, bravery and fortitude, and braver men than the “Bridge Burners of ’6‘2 > ’ never died in field on scaffold. The Federals occupied Atlanta shortly after the execution of these men, and the Confederates who car ried it out were put under examina tion. It waa ascertained that the matter hail been legally ordered and carried out, and to waa dismissed.— And thousands of men in the city to day, honor the memory of these he roes, and will tell you of how calmly aad bravely they died. A Word to tbe AtTlloted. The most miserable human bring in thfe world, b that person suffering with a shaking ch31, or a burning fever. The Joys of life are but a mb* ery to hb mind, and be longs for a balm to restore him to health. The carets at hand for every sufferer. The greatest of all medicines. Cuban Chill Tonic the Great West Indies Fever and Ague Remedy, cures Chi Ha and Fever, Billiotuness and Liver Complaint every time. It blots out disease, carries off malarial poison, and restores the sufferer to health, Strength and Happiness. Try Cuban Chill Tonic, the Great West Indies Fever and Ague Remedy, if yon suffer with Chills and Fever, and be cured. Take no other medicine. Cuban Cm£t Tonic will cure you and give you health. Get a bottle from your druggist E. C. Long A Co., and try if may6-lv. ; Consumption Cured. An old phyjie'an, retired from iractice, having had placed in liia, lands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable 1 remedy for the speedy and core for Consumption, Catarrh, Asthema, and all Throat Long Affections, also a positive an* radicalfebre for Nervous Debility all SarM— Cm plaints, lifter having tested ita wonderful curative powers ' .bouaands of cases, has felt to Ms .v to make it known to his suffering bwa. Actuated by thb motive and a desire to relieve human safferi) fog, I will send free of charge to aQf who desire it, thb recipe, with fall directions for preparing in German, French, or English. Sent by mail by*’ *' with stamp, naming thtr paper, W. W. Siiebar, 149 Powers’ • Slock, Rochester N. Y. sep5.5t. .^ *%&S

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1878-1879, October 21, 1879, Image 1