The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-21
Profession Of Unlonis,s. I'm Texa..

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Profession Of Unlonisss In Texas.
!, Aletter from New Orleans to the Boston Jour-
nal contains further accounts of the atrocities
committed upon the Union men in Texas
Among aparty Of refugees just arrived was Clum
NcKane, companion Of Col. Hamilton
q when. Hamilton escaped from Texas q re-
ward of one thousand dollars was offered for his
arrest, and he Was pursued by party of Texan
rspgers, who followed him into Mexico, and,
while DIGGING his path in the rear, they sent
messenger ahead who reported to the rancberos
thhkAhe General and his companions were a band
of thieves. Finding it impossible to obtain food
on the road, Hamilton dispatched Clum to Ca
MARCO for permit to travel. He was taken
prisoner by the rebels stripped naked aud bonnd
to high>spirited horse, which was let loose
among the chapparal. 81 The poor fellow was
thus borne several miles, the thorns and points
of the zprickly pear decorating his body in a
shocking manners Weak and bleeding he was
taken across the Rio Grande to San Ignacio to
be hung A handkerchief which bis would-be
nurderers had stolen from him was returned as
he was entering the town, and this tied about
bis loins constituted his only covering. A rela-
tive of his wife interceded and saved his life, and
he was taken to San Antonia and thrown into
prison, where be remained severa! months with
a ball and chain attached to his limbs. Having
been captured on Mexican soil, Vidaurs, the
Governor of New Leon, made formal demand
for his release, which demand the Confederatea
studiously concealed from the people, while they
went through the form Of a trial, and released
their prisoner. g IA GA s sgs.ssgz T.
I'm Blanco county, recently, native of Mis-
sissippi, who, though STAKEHOLDER, was Union
man, was accused of being an abolitionist. Hs
shot bis accuser, and in company with his
brother escaped on horseback, leaving his family
at the mercy of the rebels. A Baptist preacher
also q sla veholder, named Elliott, who CHANGED
to be at the house of the Unionist few days
previous to the shooting affair, was arrested on
State authority, on suspicion of being in sympa-
thy with him. and aiding him to escape. lie
was partially examined, but nothing being prove
ed against him, be was remanded to the custody
Of the provost marshal for further examination
at future day. On his way to prison he was
seized by an Infatuated mob and hung.
: "One of the most heinous crimes of which a
man can be guilty in Texas is specializing in
confederate currency, which is held to be so
sacred that the slightest attempt to depreciate
its value is punished with death. Brokers
stand poor chance OF getting rich IN that
country, where if you are simple farmer,
having calf or q pig which your secesh neigh
Dor Graves, and you refuse to sell for confede-
rate shinplasters, which may be counterfeit at
that, you are unceremoniously treated to a
short ride, drop scene at the nearest tree, and
Q free ticket sent to your family to witness
the performance. Here is q case in point
A man living on the Salon river, near San
Antonio, was asked if he had steers to sell -
He answered in the affirmative, but added that
he preferred not to sell them for paper money.
The next day two men, we'll dressed and OF
gentlemanly department, drove up to his house
with carriage, and with an air of the utmost
friendship, inquired the way to some point
The farmer came out 10 give the desired infor-
nation, when he was seized, forced into the
carriage, and without permitting thepoor man
to bid his family farewell, they hurried him
away. u Two days after, his sgonized children,
wondering at his long absence, started out in
pursuit Of him, when they were Mortified at
finding his lifeless body suspended to atree. A
venerable man named Nelson, whose head was
'silvered Ger with the frost Of nearly seventy
winters, and who had amassed q snug property
believing that the union Of all the states would
best .coniuce to the interests of each was hung
his wife being compelled to witness his muir
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where the ghost Of Unionist might dwell, the
murderer burned down the house. al
Several months since the Union sentiment
cropped out SO strongly in the counties Of
Kendall, Kimball. Gillispee and Kerr, that they
were declared to be in state of rebellion
against the confederate government, and .
force of five hundred armed men under one j.
NJ. Duff Was sent into the several counties to
crush out the Unionists and confscate the pro-
perry of every man who refused to take the
oath of allegiance within ten days. Duff com-
menced his bloody work by ins:ructing his
minions not to take prisoner any man found
away from his family. In one day he hung
sixteen Union men, and some time after the
bodies of i've others were dragged out OF q va
ter hole in creek near Fredericksburg, each
with stone fastened about his neck. Perhaps
the rebel government at Richmond will disa-
vow its responsibility for these cold .blooded
atrocities, and secession sympathizers at the
North attribute them to mob violence, but the
fact that Duff, the leader of the expedition,
has been promoted for gallant services shows
in what light his acts are viewed by the rebe
authorities" Jsa. s5t 80 5seauas 81
a.ais q! aQrem the Springfield Republican 1ayj
h severity 20 whom severity IL Due.
There has been much complaint Of the arbi-
trary course Of the gOAernment in arresting aDd
combining, men charged with disloyalty. Some
ofthese persons were probably accused without
good reason; but the larger part Of them got no
more than they deserved; they are as bad men,
it must be feared, as any one ever suspected
them to be. 1t has been a mistake to shut them
up, Notwithstanding. It might be better to say
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