The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-04-11

gather, and Q, my Godl hope that Shall
never see such sight Us that again
That, ladies and gentlemen, is the spin
1.-THE hellish, inhuman, Internal spirit OF
secession. The Devil himself is Salnt,
compared to the leaders in that scheme.
In Andrew Johnson's town they hung up
two men to the same limb, and the bloody
Colonel LeGbetter, a man born and educf-
ted in the State of Maine, going down to
Mobile and marrying lot OF negroes through
another woman-the- worst man, the big
gest coward and the blacklist hearted villain
that ever made track in East Tennessee
this man tied the knots with his own hands,
and directed that the bodies of the victims
should be left hanging for four days and
nights right over the iron track of tho rail-
road and ordered the engineers to run their
trains slowly by the spot in order that the
seeessionisls on board might feast their eyes
upon the CHASTITY spectacle. And it is
fact as true as it is revolving, that men stood
upon the platforms of every train that went
By and kicked the dead bodies as they
passed, and struck them with sticks aud
ratans, with such remarks as shat they
looked well hanging there" and that tail
id Yankees aad traitors should hang that
way too" 1t is true that Col. Ledbetter,
as the weather was somewhat warm and the
corp5eg were becoming somewhat offensive,
ordered them TO be cut down at the ezpir-
alton of some thirty-six hours, but il was
| for the convenience of his secession friends
purely, and not from any other motive.
One day they came with two carts and
took old Harmon, Methodist class leader,
and his son. Old Mr.. Harmon was seated
in one cart upon his coffin, and his son in
the other, and each cart was surrounded by
a strong guard of rebel bayonets and driven
| down the hill to a seaffold III sight Of the
| jail. The young man was hing first, and
the father was compelled to look upon his
| death struggles. Then he was told to
mount the scaffold, but being feeble and
overpowered by his feelings twoo of the ruff
| fans took hold of him, one of them saying.
| HGet up there you damned old traitor n and
the poor old man was launched after his
son.
| A few days after this they came up to
| the jail with another cart We never knew
| whose turn was TO come next / had
| counted the cost" l intended, if my turn
had come, to meet my fate with the hes;
grace could l had prepared a speech for
the occasion, and | can assure you that
should have pronounced a handsome eulogy,
If had been called upon, for if ] have any
talent in tho world, it is that talant which
consists in piling up one epithet upon an
other Bat it turned out that the csrt-waG
r not intended for me. 1t was intended for 6
young man by the name of II. O. Hauu, an
excellent young man of fine morals and
good common sense. He had a wife and
two small children. Ham was informe
one hour before hand that ho was to be
hung. He Immediately asked for Metho-
dist preacher who lived in the town to come
to see him and pray with him.
The reply was, awe don't permit any
praying here for damned Uuion-shrie4er.'
-Haun met his fate like a man. Wher
under the scaffold drunken, lying chap
lain rose up and delivered a short address
Said he, "The poor, unfortunate young
man, who is now about to pay the penalty
of his crimes, says that he regrets his course
and that he was led into it through tht
influence of traitors. He is therefore dc
serving of your pity" AS quick as though
Haun sprang to his feet and in mucI
stronger and steadier tone than the lying
william beside him had made use of, said
"My fellow citizens, there is not one wore
of truth in what that man has told you
| have made no such concession. Ga tn
contrary, all that have said and done |
have said and done after mature delibera
ton, and | would do the same again.
am here ready To be executed. Execut,
your purposes He died like every Uniol
man ought to die when called to face deatl
by VILLAINS and traitors.
Ny fellow citizens-I congratulate yor
upon the fact, now sufficiently clear, tina
this rebellion is now pretty well ''playet
out."-We Will wind the thing up thii
spring and summer. They are nearly "ou
of soap" down South. They lack guns
clothing, boots and shoes. The boots
have on cost me $50 in Knoxville. They
are out Of hats, too. In Knoxville there i.
: not bolt of bleached domestic or calico to
be had, not spool of Coats thread, and
although "Cotton is King,p we never made
a spool Of thread south Of Mason and Dix.
on's line. Sewing needles and pins are not
to be had. The blockade is breaking them
up. 1t has been remarked on the streets o.
Knoxville that no such thing as a fne.
toothed bomb was to be had, and all the
little secession heads were full of squattel
sovereigns hunting for their rights in the
territories daughter and appIapse.)
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