Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-04-09
Letter from Nashville.
Correspondence of the Gin. Gazette
HANGING BRIDGE BURNERS.

When the two Harmans, father and son,
were hung, the mother, sister and wife
begged permission to see them, and take
a last farewell before their execution, but
were coolly informed they could see them
next day, as they assembled the scatfold.
One of the eight who were hung, a Mr..
Fry. was twelve miles from the bridge
when il was burned, and there was ample
proof of the alibi; but in these trials, n
Col. Ledbetter, a native of Maine and o
graduate at West Point, who married q
considerable number of negroes near Mo
bile. was the Judge Advocate. He woald
permit no counsel. and only such evidence
as suited him. This is what might &c ex-
pected from a Maine Seeessionist-
Our Northern Seeessionists in Nashville
are the most at~roeious. A contemplate
little Yankee pup came very near explod-
ing at one of our Churches, the other
Sunday. because a Federal soldier went
forward TO the communion table. He Is
a singing Yankee Methodist, who came
down here some years ago, and married a
n respectable lady, though ! aon't know
that he ACQUIRED an large interest in the
neculiar institution. He THINKS 1t impor-
taDt he should make q SoutherR ass of
nll1SCll. lCCG IL OAO
MIN for a sensible Northern man.
Hawn. the bridge-burner, when hung
by the pirate leaders, gave q lesson of RO-
man fortitude upon the seafSld. They
allowed him but a few inmates for the
| solemn preparation, and when be desired
the offices of a clergyman in whom he had
some confidence. refused his reQaest, but
sent a drunken chaplain OF their own, to
49, - =. ...k,o1 mania The HAS
phemous beast mounted the scatfold with
him and began to tell the assemofed crowd
that Hawn was very penitent-had been
persuaded to do what he considered a
great crime. by the false representations
of such men as Brownlow and
The brave man, about to be launched in
to eternity, would permit no such he TO
90 uncontradicted. He interrupted the
chaplain at once, and informsd b people
in q stentorian voice. that so Ear rom be-
ing penitent, he gloried In Wkat ne had
done; that he took pride IN assarlagt them
that he led the van, and set hre to
bridge with his own hands 1h1s was me
Reverand traitor and liar sllenced; yet
the Aireling press of this city, rernem-
Der correctly, published his fass&oSds o
the world.
HOW EAST TESSEsSEEASS WEEK GoERcKD-
While the orgrns of treason in this city
and in Knoxville and Memphis, were
publishing to the world, that the people
of east Tennessee were fast becoming
sloval to the South and were rapidly
| Joining the Confederate army, they failed
to publish the method used IN manufac-
turing so much loyalty to theSOuth- Brig
ands sent out for the purpose, Hculd erect
a gallows, dig a grave, and make ready q
coffin; then finding a Union maS4 would
! convey him to the spot, and give him has
choice between enlistment and the three
fold alternative before him. Sometimes,
II WAS thought better to get money than
mon In such cases, a Union man would
he allowed to choose between enlistment
and having over all the money in has pos
session Much of the money this levied,
was nocketed by the seoundrels who re-
ceiyed it, without eve paying il over to
the so-called C~onfederacy,
A POINT OF oNoR.
Meredith P. Gentry was once an elo-
ment member of the United States gon-
eress from Tennessee He flew % the
handle. as a wing, when Gen. Scots was
nominated for the Presidency. AoN
much he contributed to Scott defeat, IL
is impossible to tell, as he was then a
much more respectable man than he Is
now. hut it is certain, the rebound OF his
fire killed Gentry as a Wing. As q knOE
Nothing, he ran afterward for Governor,
AGAINST Andrew johnson, and was badly
beaten. Now he is a member OF the 50
called Confederate Congress at Richmond,
On his way to the seat of piracy, from his
residence in Bedford county, Tennessee.
he called on DR.. Brownlow. Being wei
stiffened up with his usual stimulant, he
was laxative. "Well, Brownlow," said
he, Il am going to Ricemond on a point
Of honor. You know, | had retired from
politics, and had no desire to re-enter the
arena. But my old friends and neighboES
insisted that l should run for the tonied-
crate Congress, and | was elected NOW
/ make it a point Of honor to go, Just be
cause they say hat Mcclellan will bag
Richmond, and capture the entire Con,
gress. | wish them to see that am moi
afraid"
eyes, Gentry" replied DIR. Brownlow
saand there is another point of honor
which you have failed to mention. Buel
and his army are at Nashville, and ar
, therefore nearer to Bedford county thsl
McClellan-is to Richmond. You are Xix
5 a pissmire on a chunk fred at each end
! YOU have q point of honor on either sid
of you"
J Gentry acknowledged the corn.