The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-16

up to her and cried, "Iet me have tho BAL e.
and then sho sank down up,a the breasi
OF hor dying husband mabe at first 20 speak single
word. sat BY and held the babe until the fifteen
minutes had expired when tho oeer camo n aud in an
insulting and premptory manner notified hor that tho
interview was to close. hope may such q
scene sgan and yet such cases were common all over
secession the South II IL tho spirit OF murder aud
assassnatiohit IL the spirit OF hell And yet you havo
murderers. (Appia,se) II | owed the Devil debt to
| be discharged, and 1t was to be discharged
by the rendering up 70 him Of dozen Of
that could be culled from tho ranks OF depraved
human society and wanted to pay that debt and get
premium upon the payment, would make tender
| to his Satanic Majesty OF twelve Northern men who
sympathzed with this informal rebellion. (Gres cheer
ingl If am and bitter in my rsmarls-(Cr
| must consider that in the South make per-
SOM sOnal matter Of this thing u.usA.sr9 We have
man who sympathizes with this informal
Sellion-Sc.iss Of Good, good')-nor should any
mon ought TO be ridden upon rail and ridden out of
the North. C'Good, good They should either be
show their hands, daughter applauss) Why, gen
tlemen. utter tho battle al Manassas and Bull tho
Sesrs and privasss q the Confederate army passed
victory they had achieved, and some Of them had what
they called Yankee heads the entire heads Of federal
soldiers, some OF Thorn with long boards and goaees,
by which they would take them and say, See! here
the head Of damned soldier captured al Bull run"
That the spirit OF at the South. II Is tho
spirit Of murder Of the vile antuored savage il is the
spirit of hell and no who apologies for them bet
nSss wS the In
here given )and while Johoson's name Is on my lips,
will make another remark or two here IL Mr.. Lincoln
| had consulted the Union mon OF Tennessee as to
whom they wanted for military Governor OF the State
| TO man thoy would have responded Andy johnson.
years. fought him systematically, perssvcringly aud
untringy but it was upon tho old issues Of whsgery
a% Gw we @ an or Sne am
parties aud prediec MS in this great question Of the
Union. (chesrs) We are the Union men Of Tennessee,
unconditional Union men-(cheersl-and the miserable
wretch who will attempt horo elsewhere to rcsrrect
old exploded parties and party issues and try to make
capital out OF this war deserves the gaows, and de-
serves death. (Great applause) In Andy Johnson's
| town they had the jail full Of prisoners. drove
ws bens in the las. Stages Of cons nn 1s
appropriated his house. carpets and bedding for hospi
tal, and his wife had to take shelter with Of her
daughters in adjoining county, and Johnson has in
| him tonight devil as big-and there is in tho bo
som OF every Union man in Tennessee-as my
| lis way there, will shoot them down like dogs
and hang them every limb we como to- applause
our time comes next and hope 70 God ha. Il Viii not
be long am watching in the papers the movements Of
the army, and whenever hear that my country is cap
turcd intend to return post haste and point out the
rebels. Cheers. have no other ambition earth
but to resurrect the Knoxville Wing and get II in full
blast with hundred thousand subscribers. Cheers
And then, the negroes say down South, "rl
spsoss my opinion Of some OF them" (Great laughter
II have any talent in Cod earth it is the talent pile
up epihct. upon another. daughter and cheors.)
| Eut tho town Of Greenvi,e, where Andrew Johnson
resides they took out Of the Jail at time two nno
! cent Unen msn, who had committed no offence the
face Of the earth, but that OF being Union menNashy
and Fry. Fry was poor shoemaker, with wife and
haf dozen children. fellow from way down East ip
Maine by the OF Daniel Icadbsater the bloodest
and the most ultra man. the vilest wretch tho most
mtgated scoundrel that ever mace track 10 East len
untedSaes Army butnow rebel in tho secession army
He took these two men tied them with his own hands
| upon one limb, immediately over the railroad track In
the town Greenv lille, and ordered them TO hang our
days and nights and directed all the engineers and
snail raop up and down the road give tho passengers
| opportunity to kick The rigid bodies and strike
% rattan So so Ssy qG M
business Of kicking the dead bodies as they passed by
and tho women Il will not say the ladies'. for down
South We Nuke o distraction between ladies and
msn)--the women, the wives and daughters OF men in
| high position, waved their white handksrchefs in
triumph through the windows Of the at the sight
the two dead bodies hanging there. Iadbea,sr
murderous courage was promoted oy Jen Davis TO tho
o,hce Of Braadier General ne had an encounter, as
Icing ago. withs part OF General Mtchcls army, where
Iesdbsate got aglorous whipping. His own party turned
round and hastscd him for cowardcc. lie had courage
hang uns,msd men taken out OF jail, but
he had courage face the Yankees and the Northern
mon that were under Mitch, and Buell., He took his
! aud cheers for General MITCHELL Our programme
is this, that when we &c, back into East Ten
where to secure and apprehend this fellow,
11adbcatsr pnd our purpose TO take him to that tree
WIDOW
Internal neck. tChee) In the county OF Knox, where
reside and only seven miles west Of the town Of Knox
Vile. they caught up Union men, tied them upon logs,
ground, put the upon their breasts, teirg their
hanes and feet under the log, stripped their backs en-
tirsy bare and them with switches, cut their backs
literally 10 pisces the blood running down at every
stroke They into Court when II was in session, and
when the case was stated, the Judge repsdc"Ihoso
thing Of the kind Hence. you our remedy is in
hands, and, with the help Of guns, and swords
sufa md nd I'M IN ri harm ~
we get back there wherever ind them. (Cheers.)
In the Jail where lay they accustomed to drive
upon it. surrounded by fifteen 10 forty men with bristling
bayonsts guard TO march in through tho gate into
the jail yard. with steady. military tread We trsTblsd
and you may imagine how your humble servant felt; for
II any in that jail, under their law deserved the gal
lows, cain TO have bssn the man. ! knew It and
they knew IT, They came sometimes with two collins
one each cart and they took two men az time aud
marched them out poor Ola man o. :1'ynvs and his
hinged the same ga lows They made that poor old
man. who Methodist class leader sit by and see his
damned Ineolts Union shrisksr and said, "Come on
IL is your turn next He sank, but they propped him
and a him 70 me sa oss na On % sns
and they took J. g. iaum out Of ai-ls young man Of
sense good address, and VI excellent Characters
tall, spare made man, leaving wife at homo, with
four or i've helpless children My wife passed the farm
OF Haum the other day when they drove her out Of
Tennessee and her on to New Jersey-l thank them
kindly for doing so-and his vito ploughng, en-
deavorug TO raise Tor her suffering and starving
children That is the spirit OF secession, gsntomen.
And vet yon have set OF God forsaken unprncpled
men at the North who apoogzng for them and sym
pa,hzing with them. (Appa'ss) Whom they took
Haum QUE and placed him the scanold they had q
drunken chaplain They kind enough to notify him
Al hour before the hanging that he hang Haum
nj once made application tor Methodist preacher,
Union man TO come and pray for him. They denied him
the priv ege said that God didn't hear any prayers
| in behalf OF any damned Union shreker, and he had
literally TO do without the benefit Of clergy. But they
had near tho gaows an unprinciplsd, drunken chap
| lain Of thor own army, who got up and under
took to apologize for Haum lie sad:-"rhis
poor. unfortunate man, who 10 about TO pay the
l debt OF nature, regrets the course he took
lie said he was msed by the Union paper" Haum
IN and with ear stentorian voice, said Fellw citi
zens-lhere is not word OF truth In that statement
have authorized nobody to mako such statement.
Whnt have said and done have done and said with my
eyes open and IL II to DO done over, would do Il
again. am ready to hang and you can execute your
| purposes" He died like man. no died like a Union
man like an East Tcnnessecan ought TO die. As God
nv indge would be Haum In tho grave to-day