New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-24
A RECORD or ENUUMAN CEUEL-
TIES.
syebei Br- bnritics in Ensf Tcnuessee-1n-
neccrt Wen Hanged -Cniidrcn Shot
aud Uo.nrn Tortured 20 Death.

borcble i, c,ncept ,ou and the wr,iche. Who pepe-
grated ths ontrages teamed not III for hanSi'H.
kcmo uew and exquisite torture sholld De ln'e"'0'
fur their re, eciai benefit Here lis the a'uS'e:
f'op Col Robert A. CRAWFORD, oi "'eo"o
Coo. .,y, Tent, VINO is reinyoe, snu WAS one oi
st.. Wee Prrsl en,s of the late Convention d. NSsh'
vIle We l-sfn the following iaclo Ia re'oie"Gs W
fha. beautiful q" \ NiiZerlahl OF Ane'iVa E"s'
4 .u,.-...e Col. Crawford las a pc 6onai knowi-
s.e ,,l some OF tho facts, having left the sce1o OF
their enact ent ic recently, aud vouches Tor the
.rut, oi all of thcm as his Information was obtained
1ron worthy persons, and wfittea down GA tue
sp !.
.Ins SIN uer thres young meu, brothers, nam ed
An oisvn, lett thsir homee m Ii ,wkas county, aud
site,n,ied 10 make ther way into IL ;ntucsy. Iney
e arrested 10y squad vi Confederate cavalry on
Shncn riv r, aooa. s-v-nty-hve miles from hnoA-
vile shot, aud thrown ioto tue river. Their bodies
were loud 10 ,iing ia tbs strcan hfeen miles from
sB-lr own ton sk.u homes.
THE SCARCITY OF SALT.
Ia the mouth of January, 1863 al Laurel, N. c.,
near che FoUoessse border all the sails was seized
f., aislr,buli,u By Confederate Commissioners.
salt was reiha. at SIo 10 500 sack. Tue Com
SlshiOpers declared that the " Torres shouid have
none," aud positively refused to give Uson mon
the oorooD Of The q'saty to be distributed ~ tna
Vio,u,,y. This p.ipable III stioe reused tue Unoa
aen; they assVptl led toSether ana determined to
re &c iheif proportion Of the sal by force. They
oil taking u Marsoill, NJ c., what tney deemed
t. be Their In-t share
Iumed,stcly afterwsrd the 9th North Carolina
Regiment, uloer command OF Lieut. Col: James
Eonn s.ocdered 70 Laurel TO arrest the ohsDders.
ARRESTS FOX SEEING SALT.
L. M. Allen W - Colonel OF the regiment, but had
beer susienced for six months for crime aud drunk
eDneSs. Many of tle men engaged N the salt sez-
ure lett their bom-s. Those who dii not participae
H. il became TIE sufferers. Among th0se arrested
were > os-ph Wood, about % years vi axe; DAVID
Sheldon, ~; jane. 'eiton %; koddy Shelton, 40;
Es-on KI,g, 40; Uaer Moore, a.; Wade Moore,
81; lei ID Shelton, Isl Wan. Shelton u; JAS. Net
call 10; jasper Channel. IL: Samuel SBei,on, 10,
qua his brother, aged IL, sons OF Lius Sheltoa-in
Ell. thirtees and boys Nearly al! OF them &C.
ciTsi they we're lBuocent aud had takeu no paFi ID
8, preparing tbs sat- They begged Tor trial, Ms
si,ing that they could prove their inuoconce.
THE EXECUTION.
Col. Alien, who WIZ wan bis troops. but not 10
eetDnlaud told them they should have trial, bui
ts., would be taken 70 tennessee for that pGrpoe.
TLey zoe fare veil to their wivee daughters aud els
toe directing them 10 procure lie witnesses snd
eHuk them To the Court III L nuessee, where they
sur sed their trial would take place. Alas how
htte they diesn,ed what fa'c awaited themI
HORRIBLE BARBARfrIES
The poor fellows had proceeded but few miles,
WREN they were turned from the road into gorge
IL tie moun bin, and alt d. Without any warning
@ what WAS done with them, i've OF them werr
pru-red 10 kDeel down. Ten PAGES IN front o there
five. file OF soldiers were plac.d with loaded
kets. Tue terriOis reality flashed upon the minds oil
the doom med patriots. Oh man Wood % years Of
sze), cried out: "for Gods sake, men, J ou are noi
gong 10 shoot us /. you are gong " murder Us
give at lesst tine 10 cray: Col. Allen Wa ie-
nlIoea Of lie promise to give them ,rial. They
were informed that ALEU- had no authority thai
Keith was iu commGbd: a1d that there was 40 tune
tor praying. The order was given 20 fire. TIE Old
en and boys put their bands 70 theiT faces hnd rent
tbe air with agonzDg ciies OF despair; the todIer-
wuve ed aud tesI,ted 20 obey tho command. Keith
said, If they did 10, hre instsnlly, be would make
them change places with he prisouers lie soidisrs
raised tbeir guns, the VIC ns snud seed eonVu'Neiy
tito word given 70 lire, at the hive men lei
pierced With Reool h'Ie a. Oid men WoOd abC
SheLon wers SHOT in the oe4d, their brains scat ered
npon Che ground, aud they died without Struggle
Tue oIbei three lived only few minutes.
MURDER OF BOY OF TWELVE YEARS
Five olb-r. were Ordered TO kneei, among then
liuis BDy Shelton, q mere child, only twelve yeaii
old. lie iuplOred the men not 10 sho0t him IL the
face. =" You have killed my father asd brother :
SAID lie, you have shot my father III The tGoe; d.
no, rhoot the face lie covered bis face witt
bis hands. Tue Id ere received tho order 10 hire
aud five more fell. Poor little Billy was wounded
IN ia srms tie ran 10 All officer, cl.sped hiu
Around the legs. aud besonght Lin 10 spare bis life
you have killed my old fstner aud my three broth
srs; you bave shot ne in both arno-l forgive 20,
all this--I can get well. Let me go home 20 ny
uota.r snd sisters" What 4 heart Of adsmaDt Ill,
niD must have who collc disre. ard such an appeal
The htle boy was dragged back To the place ~ exc
cdrOb; sgHn the tei rIble word " hie!' wa given
sud II. fell dead, egns balls having entered bis bod
The remaining three were murdered Ia the ssIn'
manner. InOse IN whom HE was not entirely tx
t,nc the heaItless officers dis ached with their ps
tOia
TIE BURIAL.
hole was then dug, aud the thirteen boGiee wei,
pitched into Il. The grave scarcely large enough
CONS OF tie bodies lay above the ground. A ~rstcl
named Sergeant n. Is. ID. Jay, Vrginian, but at
tacsed to Tennesseo company Of the 9Th Norti
Car,lios Regiment, Jumped upon the bleeding bodies
dstiJd q 40 me 81 for ue
wnie dance tie damned souDdrels down 70 anS
thr, ugh hell" The grave covered lightly viii
earth, aud the next day when the wives alid anile
of the murdered men beard OF their fate, searched
for and found their grave. the hogs had rooted az
One mans body. aud eaten his head off.
TORTURiAG DEFENsELEsS wOMES.
Capt MORLEY, IN charge Of cavalry force, and
Coi. Thomas, IL command OF numoer Of Indians,
GceOml a. led Keiths men. These proceeded 10 Te.
nessee; Ksiths men returned to Lsurel aid were liz
sructod " say that the cavalry tad taken the prs
onsrs with them ~ be tired ia accOrdqnce with the
pleoge Oh Col Allen In their progress through TIE
country, many Union men Were Known to have been
killed aid scalp d By The Indians. Upon The return
Of Keith auo h1 lnen 10 Laurel, they Oegan system.
acay " torture tue women OF loyal men, 70 fore.
them " tell wbere their fathers and busbands were
and hat part zach had taken IN tue salt raid. The
10 Used to dlvulg &c anything. Tney thsr
whipped with hickory swtches-inaay OF them ii
the blood cour-ed IN streams down their persons to
tue ground; and the who did this called
soloiersi Mrs Sarah Shelton, vile Of Eau Shelton
W escaped from tie town, and Mrs. Mary Shelton
wiie oil Lifus Shelton, were whipped and hung b,
thr neck ill they were almost dead but wOul1 civ.
no Information. Mar,ha White, ali idIotic girl, wa,
beaIeD, and lied by the neck all Gay 70 u tree.
WOMAN or EGHTY-PIvE HUNG.
Old Mr.. U1us Riddle aged 81 years, whipped
bung rob cd Gf n cOnsi 1eI1Ule amount OF moLey
Many Others were treated with tue same bsrDanty
And toe msu who did this called soider4 Toe
nf man q al. ~