Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-14

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lArAEt ,ArAlky VI .LLIhnIs.
We lind ttn: following i,;rIihk na'r.tiSsr
the Memphis "Appeal' u[ October Isl
From The lips 0i lie tetrnr-strIcken hrarr-
broken wife herself, / have iu~r E.:a"! 8 sat
ruurdcr Ct William II. Whit, Lea, Horn
Lake depot. De Soto %'."ini} MISSISSIPPI, uf
lriday, the 9Th INSTANT
Her statement H. s],crI;ct nmi cl'ar, AID
the lending facts aIe inpTe''"'i on tie. l".i,S.
- ne with Il Pen Of fire. Six is the daughter
of all estimablc citizen Of thi. place / a'l hecn
married less than a yrur; aul the ;"uf5
couple were living with t!,a husbands ""thsr,
the widow White, on the county road !r"i
iur from Memphis To ltrrnnlrI" hh.m .lnt-
distant from the iwu placer. md all al . surie
or 81 IRON the Horn Lake iIpot 81 'Ag Ms
sissippi and Tennessee railroad.
On Thursday, the 18th Of September. sons
Federal cavalry had PASSED down from, Mss"
phis to HERNANDEZ, and about tfcnts al ii,'iI
returned OH Friday, reaching The "iioo
Whites about | o'clo 4, i VI. H.. >tJppet
for Water, when they we're inI"iina'l Tat
there WAS IL we'll Just OIL the ,1aiside about
hall & mile further on. They prn.e";td.
and wlr.i about hall way IL the well, nsr:
tired IN by s"ine Of our l~aria,n rirteis.-
Tn: lIeul. G.Il '"u.!l4n!u.g Ihv c,I p4E,. "Ni
som: !nIr ~ lisr others werr killed :'Gi.
the T}rL 81 tho fr,icra'S lied III all ii'rctitE'.
Mr.. White w"i not a. hone. at he rimr, AMI
had ncrc' !S!irig.Hl IL my In;lrtnIy p's:niL'-
ton, though b. VA :"ahlng hg arr4nGHn"n'
IL Jui:, ii .";"L";y 81 IangeIi ~ II e." i"tt.
About Sunset some two CT three cDrIl1-
MES ri ''ol. tirrn, sons Illinois regiment, under
cnminand Of Capt. ifycourt, arrived At Mr..
Whites Irnm 'Mrnp hi.. and r,q,iiic'i f"i III.
White. nI!rp lg Thai tc was arnougt tn re "h"
shoI tbs F,-!-rHls IN the morning, a,d thst i
he rGu'i I've found he should die.
'i'his va, ,tatri Il the wife and mn'!rr nni
TO two Other ynins ladies' nf the vicinity W.T.
were at Mss. Nhiin'S. About this time Nv.
White, wbn had seen this large fnrre st"l at
his house, and i.nrc,i s1hip r~ulcncrS Ia the
i4dits there: cnT"r MP IL order IL pari'y n"
Fehcrhls ii 1t could nc inne. They instantly
Seized him ami pt0clal nGri their intention tn
Kill hnh. H. pr"rr.t"d his iunocc're. deIia.
rihm t!.aL !,r :I!Gw %nntilinr af the matter ANITA
il un- mv-r. aud thAl H.. had never hrlnnsei
{" my m;lii"iy :,!"Tmuy.
III. i.-"It,nu. vera Lca,f"d With coo! rdn
tempt. nn,i he w:ii trli liz III lst ir.. His Vii:
aud u:"t!;ar ent-"ai,.i, lrr.rd, iinrlnf'i. Enelt
IN agony NJ HE feet AZ Iila.ic atllrs'. :IlilaDN,
but WDmGn' y players AID tcnis were ii e"
avail.
A citizen, who was q prisoner, and WHO
vas obseryant of most that passed during that
terrible scene, states that Captain B7coull
said that there had been 4 time when woInan's
tears and pleadings would have been all -Sutii-
cient with him, but that now he could vii
lingly see c|esy mal, WOMAN ana chilli 20 ths
South killed.
When tbs or'ter was given "a shoot MI.
White, hclir Il .znr. pistol caps seat oft, but
,he pi :tul, hang the. lie innn started 10 c
rap". liz ga. Irai t,,e gard gaze. wh"G souIo
"re ii &c Gr."d hy "iioHt he was passing,
stOt INN III The Eieh-! near The shoulder
lie ian down i,r r"S'I. piIr&,ir.l br a number
at the rIrrnr; and ."nG alter T.. reached the
Moods. 4 bali .i"AaH hoLs were heard. In IT,.
m=A..Inn.. il.s. Lrires ordered he irtnalt-
mt IT, go -lt"r tlli threatening, IL shut them
Il Ill-s ,ii,i .". Dutrlr soldiers presented
tler, wstrl, amt made the " reIchri wife anu
m0lher stand within the light inI,1r rs thc
tia,nrs then leaping mp from it.r'T h"''e--
Ilbust. hllCllSH ana bui hoH"r's H'fr al 'oo"
in A"hes, and these poor wu.H:h iarcEi I"
stand and see thi; browning ACT Of Vandalism.
hen the order vas gi"en ~ fire the huusc,
they had been permitted to take a change o!
cluthes, tied up in little b%un5lc.; Lui even
this las subsequently, refused. aid they TeGs
made to throw them ali 10 the lamrs.
pale win terror aut overwhelmed by I'll
agony ci g,i"f .u"i, d. nan: rar r.rrcrILc, thG
wiir md mother 4i..oi watching the red
iia,h,.i III The lr,l.'ning twilight; yet seeii.g
nothing, for ih"ir yearrints we've towards
tie hu.lrnh sud >mn VIII" tEty L:ne" must
liz n~,.it;Ily w"hn..ci. n'ti I~rhapa then IN tie
aEn,.c; Of d.ain.
Ills hady T.S. iouni next day: in the woods;
about a half mile from the house. His hesa
and lare were horribly mutll.lrd- five balls
passing through his BRAN, his eyeh shot Out
aid his head, before and i.-hindi having sIA
CHASTITY sabre cuts, all showing INST Il cari,i'
val uf hellish sport had been tcld over the
dead.
-Aieer returning from the pursuit, H.;
threatened any Of the women with death WHO
might attempt to find his body, and then pro-
cseded to the house Of the next nelghoor'
setting it on fire, and turning out In the night
air, shelterless, a delicate lady and three sick
children.
Is there no red right hand Of vengeance Tor
such tends, who thus 'desolate the homes o.
our peopls 4; J. T. IRRELEVANT.
CO. m5Rus. h1as. Sept. %, 1862,