Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-03-29

ts2s 2ssGoRArdlY Brutality of n Erzators3l
f. 1J'ae Green Bay Free Press gives the follow,
EiagtnotIce ofVthe iniamoiis traitor, tho late
sGghs David Egfr#iggss:i7a taais7 siaaaiiss1
t9ifI'6 many Of our older citizaIls Gen # TEiggs
bis well kii0Hh. Z ThiFuyfodd years aeozhe was
stationed here, in command of Fort Howard.
invested with supreme trust IN this then new
fcountrys with littlei or no government other
than martial law examples of his vindicntive
aud ibarbarens conduct live IN the memory ol
t9soniei the old residents with bitter distinct
EiIess.q There Rreno brilliant deeds ofheroisn,
Eini his history as iu most Americah officers Of
bhis age, TO dazzle OF avert the, eyes bent upon
his early inainy and Fwanlon bafbatisin. I "A
long life OF lseryies i'm the arnly; u5ostly7 in
fffoAlier statioDs has afforded means of grasifi-
ECatiou TO his tyrant nature but in his prolos-
sion his cowardice'shieIded him from fdangpr
more successfully afhanihsi vanity stimulated
him to distinction. In his intercourse wit b
tSeivliians3 he Interpretations and overbearing.
TIN his conldct to 3 the soldiers, he was the
iameFeiless tyFant and tasktmasters onEIei was
tc0lstantlY eInbrOiledolin feads without cause
fofie0mpaiut bis command was never with
lous itsi victims Of his cruelty and oppression.
~ Tn1S2s5 as older named Prestige, asIinarting
under the in6iction Of punishment more severe
than usual, determined to take his lfe.iq MAX.
ing bis preparations with extraordinary care,
Prestige Watched his cppottdnfty When Twiggs
was asleep IN bis quarters one Afternoon, aIuI,
stealthily creeping to his bedside, placed the
muzzle Of Q heavily y-Ioaded musket TO bis ear.
4 and commended bis soul 10 the keeping Of the
4 Internal regioiis.' .'iBy Some strange accident
the musket missed ere; but the snappint5g q Of
the gun awoke the sleeper, and seizing the
musket BY the muzzle, he Drained the soldier
at q blow, leaving him for dead. So far it
was all right; doubt less the outraged but
treacherous soldier deserved to die. But be
did hot die. His skull was mashed by the
| gunlock but he lived-lived to suffer a com
plication Of, horrors sickening to think Of
/ The skull of the wounded man was trepanned
/ by DR., Foot-an. excellent surgeon and man; mar
and while the patient was under his imTne-
diate care, bis condition was comfortable.-
But scarcely bad be commenced to convaIesce,
when Twiggs began q series-a system-o Of
cruelties and enormities unparalleled in the
annals Of vindictiye persecution. 'idH
Before his reason was entirely regulated. the
1 SuMSlA 9OtN4SA W90. COWuFuSQ OpCe
every day, either BY The hand Of the tyrant
himself, or BY bis orders and in his presence
He was confined in the dungeon, fed ike
beast upon uneooked food, denied any. oon-
fort or convenience suitable to man, and wor-
fied aud exasperatedi with taa4ts aud curses,
as q sauce to'his cearseF punishments., lsIn the
tall OF, autamn Of the year, the troops at Fort
/ Hewnrd were f0rleFedr to 4he Portage to IS
tahIsl7 Fort Wan0ebago,v Prestige, feeble
with IAWAe,aRd Agalale eqlast tiselaanA cripped
jgwlsH ehAIgs pnd i4lasaiwila burden, was for
eed tel naFeh auqeF gAsrGitAFopslrI 5l.ua,lts
Vi wider9ess. - onessiiyhs a nj aYing Ieiss,
ssadieE pAIeisI AIS tslAitl vieltulo - AArt o.
hIs bqraea Tor a ailNllIy,aiHe was kicked and
CURSED iofa sseaLsFe7 7iVF nis iRpertinenV i,l-.
mality. arrived alethe Portage, he was, NOT
pernltted the coarse comforts, OF, bis fellows,
but Chained 70, a. treell like A7beastrr In. this
conditions he was kept thFeugh q severe wins
ter, wisloet shelteErsF protection other. than
aHe blanket and shed Of siabs which some
olher soldiers vera suffered to build around
him. 1t is said that the william TMiges, never
passed The laiE without. beStOWinR upon his