The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-08-13

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that on the front platform they made busi-
1csss Of kickirg the dead botlies as they
passed by; and the women-I will not say
the ladies, for down South We make q dis
tinc,ion between ladies and wome.,--the
women, the wives and daughters OF men in
high position. waved their white han.iker-
chiefs in triumph through the windows Of
the car at the sight ef the two dead bodies
hanging there Leadbeater, for his murder
Gus courage, was promoted by JEFF: Davis to
the Office Of Brigadier General. He had an
encounter, as their own papers at Richmond
state, at Bridgeport, not long ago, with part
Of General MithelPs army, where Lead-
beater got 1 glorious Whipping: His own
party turned round and chastised him for
He mad coursge to hang inno-
cent unar,ned men taken out Of Jail, but be
had not. courage to face the Yankees and the
Northernmen that were under Mitchell and
Buell.. lie took to his heels, like coward
and scavenser as he is.-6pplause and cheers
for General Mitchell programme is
this : that when we get back into East Ten
nessee we will instruct all our friends every
where TO secure and apprehead this fellow,
Leadbcater; and our purpose is to take him,
to that tree and make the widow Of Fry tie
the rope around his Internal neck.-Chcers.-
In the county Of Knox, where reside
and only seven miles west Of Knoxville, they
tausHt up Union men, tied them upon logs,
elevated the log upon blocks six or ten inches
from the ground, put the men upon their
breast. tying their hands and feet under the
log, stripped their backs entirely bare, and
then with switches, cut their backs literally
to pieces, the blood running down at every
stroke. They came into court when it was
in session, and when the case was stated,
the Judge replied "These are revolutionary
times, and there is no remedy for anything
Of the kind" Hence, you see, our remedy
is in our own hands and, with the help of
guns, and swords, and sabres, we intend,
God willing. to slay them when we get back
there, whenever We find them m.-Cheers:-
In tho Jail where lay they were accustomed
to drive up with a cart, with an ugly, rough,
fiat topped coffin upon it, surrounded by fis-
Teen to forty men, with bristling bayonets,
as guard to march in Though the gate in
to the Jail lyard, with steady, military tread.
We trembled in our boots, for they never
notified us who was to be hanged, and you
may imagine how your humble servant felt;
for # any man in that Jail, under their law,
deserved the gallows, claim to have been
the man. l knew it, and they knew it,
They came sometimes with two coffins, one
on each cart. aud they took two men at a
time and marched them out. A poor old
man of sixty five, and his son of twenty
five, were marched out at one time and
hanged on the same gallows. T,ey .mads
that po2r OIL mzn, ,oho vus Methodist class
'lntder, sit by md see Aiis SCI, hahg til he nus
dead. and then t1fy called him a damned Lin
coln.e Unicn shr.eker, and sud, "Come on );
it IS your turn nert."I lie sank, hit tier
pro- ped him up ana I'D h m to thehale7; and
srung both IF On the SINE gal1o,o<. They
came after that, fer another man, and they
took ). G. Haum out Of jail-a young man
ef fine sense, good address and of excellent
character-a tall, spare made man, leaving
wife at home, with four or five helpless
children. My wife passed the farm Of
Haum's the other day, when they drove her
out OF Tennessee and sent her on to New
Jersey-l thank them for doing so-and
saw Ais 10 # ps,ughiag, end avocing to rai;ss
corn for her s"fer;ny ind sa'ving children.
That Is the spirit cf secession, gena,men.-
Ana yet you hloe a s:t Of COL -torsalen, an
principaled men at the North aolo are apolo-
giz;ng tor them nn4 syintpda King uiM them.
II-Applause.-When they took Haum out
and placed him on the scalIo,d they had n
drunken chaplain. They were ind enough
10 notify him; ~ hour before the hanging
that he was to hang. Haum At once made
an application for Methodist preacher, q
Union man. 70 come and pray for him.
TIE, dsaied him tue prioilege, and SAIL kbat
Got didn't hear any prayers in Jelalf of any
ddmned Union shr;c.er, and he had literally
to die without the benefit Of clergy. Bat
they had near the gallows an unprincipled
drunken chaplain Of their own artny, who
got up and undertook to apologize for Haum.
He said: "rhis poor, unfortunate man who
is about to pay the debt Of nature, regrets
the courre he took. He said be was misled
BY the Union paper" Hau,n rose I'D, and
with . clesr, stenioriaE voics, said Fellow
Ieitizsns there II not word Of truth in that
|st9temtdt / hate atithoriz.d nobody to
make such s.Atemsnt. What have said
Isad dons / hays dofss snd sid with my eyes
lopsd, and, nit xers 10 10 done over, would
ldo i again. | an ready to hang, and You
Ican execute your purposes." lie died like
ls nan Re died like . Union man. Ike a,
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