Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-11-10
ll5ipN & sd Inf; Patrick sba

company +. 4th Artillery; VIM. Gath. NO,
company Is Sd Infantry; Henry Dc,kcr
company D, 9Th Artillery; ,,.ym. S,ronnar
conpany :, Isl Ar,illery; Andrew Nolan,
company g, 9Th Art;i; He sman Schmidt,
company Y, Sd ln... aud r. w. GARRISON
company 4, 81 Artillery, go in number,
~. . nung according 10 their several
sentences, between the hours of 6 and II
O'Clock IN the forenoon, next after the re-
Scsp. o. Tins order, as may be arranged
Dy the commander of the post or camp
where the said prisone rs NAV respectiye-
y De found. The above named men, er-
csptsng q. Kenator, f. Rhode, y A. Ny
rs ana =. SheehGn, ,oere executed at San
1dngel, Sept. 10, l847.l
by command Of Major Gen ScoTT.
Il. L. SCOTT, "A. "A. A. G.
Two days subsequently, we have fur
sher orders, from which we learn that
me tour men named above, were not
hung on the 10th, us they we're passinc,
at the time from Tacubaya to Mixcoac 2
They were ordered to be hung on the j i
q Sept, and the sentence was executed
ut Mixcoac.
lhlrty-six other prisoners were tried
by court martial, over which Col. Car
land presided. Their fate NAV be read
N the following sentences, dated the 10th
sept. after their conviction for desc rtion !.
ana the court accordingly sentenced
the several prisoners (two-,hirds Of the
members IN every case concurring in the
sentence; each to be hung by the neck
w &c Is dead. Their names are given
below e wa
Before the same court, Martin Miles,
OF company A, 9th Infantry, and Abraham
Fitzpatrick, Of the same companv and
regiment, were duly tried and convicted
upon the charge Of desc ,tion, and the
court, two-thirds OF the members concur
ing, sentenced each to be shot.
before the same court were duly tried
and convicted upon the charges of deser-
ilon the following named prisoners: John
Aeilep, company c, Sd Infantry; John
murphy, company, C, 9th Infantry; John
tl.'le, COMPANY G, ed Dragons. And
Inc court accordingly sentenced each "to
receive fifty lashes we'll laid on with a
raw hide on his bare back; to forfeit all
pay and allowances that are or may be-
come due him; to be iudeHbly marked on
The right hip with the letter b two inch
ss IN length; to wear IN iron yoks weigh
ing eight pounds, with three prongs, each
one loot IN length, around his neck, to be
confined at hard labor, in char Of the
guard, during the time the army remains
~ Mexico, and then to have his head
shaved and TO be drumed out Of the SER
vice.
Before the same court was tried upon
the charge Of desertion, Lewis Prefer, Of
company =. 9TH Infantry, whom the court
found to be not guilty Of desertion, bu,
guilty OF absence without leave, and &C.
cordlngly sentence him "to forfeit all pay
ana allowances that nre or may become
due him, and be discharged from SERVICE.
2. The general-in-chief approves the
proceedings, findings and sentences in
the foregoing cases. ...s
On the recommendation Of the mem
bers OF the court, the sentence Of Abra-
nam Fitzpatrick, company A. 9th infant
ry,John Brooke, company F. 9th Infant
ry, are RENTED.
On account of mitigating circumstan-
ces IN the cases Of Rogers Dunbar, COM
pany +. 9th Infantry; Samuel H Thomas
company 9, 9Th Infantry; John Daily,
Rife Regiment; Thomas Cassidy, COM
pany !, 8lh Infantry, and Martin Miles,
company A, 8lh Infantry, the sentence
Of death is committed to the following:
10 receive fifty lashes, we'll laid on, with
raw hide whip, 10 be branded on a
cheek with the letter D, to be kept in
confinement while the army remain in
Mexico, and then to be drumed out of
service"
The remainder Of the prisoners sen
fenced to death by the court: Frederick
Fogul, company X, Cd Dragons; Henry
nager' same company and regiment
Longenhamer, company F, same regi-
ment; Francis O'Conner Sd Infantry;
James Appleby, company D. ed Artillery;
"a. I.rrantius, company K. Sd Infantry;
retef Neil, company 3, 18th lnfantry;
Geo. " jackson, company H. LIST Artille-
~; kerr Delaney, company D, 4th In
iantry; John Price, company F., ed In
lanlry; John Cutie, company B, Cd In
fantry, Richard Parker, company K, 9th
laiantry; Patrian Fritz, company F, 9th
Infantry; John Benedick, company F, 9Th
Infantry; Auguste Morstadt, company !,
TN Infantry; John Rose, company F, 9th
lnfantry, Lachlen McLachlen, company
+, 9th Infantry; John Gavanaugh, COM
Pany 2, 9th Infantry; Richard Hanly,
company A, ed Artillery; Gibson Nc
lowell, company A, 9th Infantry; Lem
nel a. Wheaton, company A, 9th Infant
~; Patrick Casey, company F, 9th In
iantry Patrick Antison, company E, 9TH
Infantry; Harrison Kenney, company E,
4th Infantry; Roger Hogan, company l,
4sh Infantry; Geo. Dalwig, company X,
q Artillery, Hugh McClelland, company
a, 8lh Infantry Thomas Millet, compa.
ny ., Sd Artillery; and John Mcdowell,
company A, 9th Infantry, will be hung
~ the neck until dead, between the hours
~ - nd n1o .<L.~