The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-03
EXTRACTS TO THE EDITOR
PMtisburgh, 1914 October 1915

uSfSOUISU, lStR CCtOOcF 1917
Some Montreal papers may perhaps
amuse you, they will at least let YOU know
directly OF indirectly what the enemy think
OF us, which is sometimes of use, in order to
enable us to make a more exact scrutiny &
estimate ourselves but the Canadian edi-
tors appear not to be behind some of our
own editors In modestv, though they are
not very much behind them IN zeal for O ID
England, and abuse of our goeernment.-
You will find IL some OF these papers that
some OF our military officers are treated
pretty roughly on paper, and that if pa
per bullets could sink our courage, or alter
our purposes, that the Montreal editors,
particularly Mr.. Gray, is not behind his
friends of the black ball in Boston or New
York. The tour of colonel Pike. YOU will
see, has not escaped their ire, and they
seem to eXult not a little at the fall of ge-
neral Hull, as prelude to the same fate
III others-the counter cut of the gallant
naval Hull, however, has sof;eped down
their national love of egotism, and the edi-
tors appear to have got into a squabble
mong themselves ON that delicate subject
This for want Of other news-only that
since we cannot shoot at the enemy, we
have began to shoot those who desert the
standard oil their country. shall get one
OF our serjeants to tranScribe from the or
DERBY book some particulars of the late so
lemnity, as il should be understood through
the country, that the impunIty with which
the mildhess of the government during d
state OF peace suffered the constant prac-
tice and enormous amount of loss by dc
sertlons, will not be tolerated any longer ;
and that the crime will be punished with
the utmost i1gor OF military execution
Treason against the country i'll ordinary
cases merits death, and justice as well as
military honor and discipline, demands
that no wretch, capable OF betraying the
one or the other, should dshonOr AN eXis-
tence of which he is not worthy.
The following extracts will give you
some idea OF our manner of proceeding.
Colonel PIKE, officer of the day, Octo-
tober 15-l'eports, to brigadier general
Bloomfield, commanding the advance o
the NOrthcrn army, that the troops began
TO come on the field for the execution OF
Richard Henion and John Wilson, soldiers
Of the 15th Infantry, United States army,
sentenced to death for " deSerfton fozVardS
The enemy" in pursuance of general orders
of the 18th instant, at 3 O'Clock, in the fol
lowing order, viz: The light artillery for
ming the right flank of the square, The 9th
infantry & part Of the 18th TIC right flask
the remainder Of thC jilE. the - h. lis.
and il, wiki pare II lno deJacacd- Veth ~
militia, formed the base 81 tue parrallclo-
gram, part Of the latter troops, tic non .ra-
bic SHOer GreyS, and battalion Of the
country mi itia and volunteer iiHemtn the
left hank-the detached artillery, com
manded by colonel Thorn, captain Brook 5
company 90 artillery, captain iIlilott's al
tiilery and the volunteer cavalry ths left
front flank Of the square. At for thccon
ViC's, attended by the reverend MIR. Rowlcv
Of the BAPTIST church and Draper OF the
Methodist church followed by al the pr
soncrs in the provost guard, were marched
accompanied Nv the music ct the line
playing the dead march in SAUL to the
place Of execution, when the front Of The
guard wheeled to Tic right and left, and
the two unfortunate mcu were marched
forward to the butt and Luccicd on their
collins, when the reverend Mir Rowlcy
made p roos. eloquent AID aifcctia,- PRAYER,
the clergy then bid tier charges adicu
and ! removed Wilson, the man whom
your clcmency had thought proper to
spare, Under the Color that one Crly could
be executed at the same time. lIcnjon then
kneeled ana suffered the sentence OF the
law at half pas. fodr, BY the usual means
immediately after which, Wilson was
brought forward ard the pardon read te
him, which was received with great appG-