, 1863-09-07

AID tha coa.t fet theisfoie Ea sentences the said
hassd T. T. ssa o
:. e saa p 1;fs the
aeteUtlpg thereto.
Eindirg and sentence approved:
The authority upon which the sentence Of
The Court Ees rassed upon the psisoners, Is
and Calling Ont the National Forces, and for
other purposes. approved March 5. 1868.
BY this act the poTer is vested in military
commission to PATS sentence for the punish
ment Of crime BT section 81 Of said act,
such sentence may be carried into execution
In the field
The order quoted then concludes:
It is therefore ordered that the prisoners,
Lewis Stevenson, WEI. Ray, and jim. Webb, be
% sfp Il
deri that the execution tlke place between the
hours Of nine and twelve Of the forenoon, and
KsntncEr. under lha direction Of he commanding
Signed, Maj Gen. s. 4. HuR1Hu7. =
Q&etal-HESnx B1SxoRz, A. 4. G.
Upon the face Of the above Is indorsed the
following ::
HEADQUARTERS Posi- OF CoLuxBus, |,
CotuABus, Ky, Sd Sept 1855.
s'Captain I. q. Williams, Provost Marshal 1t
Co!n1 bus, VIII execute the above and foregoing
Col sd Iowa Vol. Infantry,
aud Commander Of Post.
J. F. supDoTu, Lleut, and Acting Post Adlu-
1t the bottom, and outside Of the instru-
ment wss the falloWlne Endorsement:
Receiyea At Headquartsrs Of District Of
Columbus, Sept. 3, 1861
! PREPARATIONS FOE THE EXECUTION.
oF Ta1
mandnnt Of the Post, Ms5or ". r.. RoTley,
Provost Marshal Of the District, and Captain
I. n. Williams, Provost Marshal of the city,
preparation had, meantime, been made to
carry ont the order for the execution of the
gsetshed mer; It was Friday. Hanguan's
broken at morn and been settled by the SET
ting Of the sun at night, since Eve and our
criminal parent were driven from Paradise.-
It vas rather warm, but there was warm work
to be dene-
TIE MILITARY. So.
Upon the arrival Of our party on the ground
selected for lie erection Of the galloWa-be.
ing west Of the town about mile, and on
the summit Of the b1uffs, in the vicinity and
IL the rear of the fort--we found. at eleven
o'clock, the military drawn up In hollow
Equa1e around the spot, their bright arms
eltstening In the sun, as though prepared to
do battle against mortal foe.
Col. Scott, az ordered, commanded the diff
ferent detachments Of military, thns relieving
duty. In fact, VIC did not see the General
upon the spot, he being detained By other
pressing bueinees ut headquarters. Tie 1nili.
tary consisted Of detachments Of the S1st
Wisconsin, Col Messmore, the 2d Teaaesaee
Artillery, ,fcolored) Col. Adams, and the
The 10th Unl1ed States regular intaatrv, In
al, they made about one thousand armed
men. The colorcd troops formed one half of
tie hollow square enclosing the scaGuld. So
far as We were able to observe, they performed
their duty creditably, as did all, officers aud
So1alets' engaged IN Inc eo!e0n da1y'
THE EXECUTION.
the military forml2g the hollow square. With
eoldiere, citizens, women aud children as
1ookers.on, must hare formed an asSemblape
Of It least 1850 persons, all excited to the
highest pttch
70 tns ~ P1oeesslon a111sso 1ron the ground ut
- ~ =. ~, Aoa lnlmeolate.y me eolored prs
yrera % nF ~ sSsn 5s3ar4 9na o. ~ MaSonCtnelr
ao.M4.ng non4ag q second noAoM square ~itain ne
Gealef oae-ana mafcneo beneath the gal
M I've. asIe NJ naaa ? enance 70 exan1ne them.
and ners.nt "a ipte31irrnt ~ -. +he r.sneraf,tr 81
1aTn Or 15an4at;nn fanisa 1nsSrn1sr3v tbe1 "
Tould have fhroNn patrons Of The rVmnastic
off intN Heff1ffRE Raw Tne rafhar 11niar
The others we1e larrs. tai. | WeH formed % Fl.
Iowa. None Of the1n ssemea to fear A. or ,riI d1esd
fha fa+c fhet oWaite3 +hsn7 -, e. ~ u "a - ~
hif,,ted m s;1na nt snci, fasr Gniy oMs ~
ner;cncr5 t3,e ieaef f,iffarnjtv r. a.c.n1j1g ~
isd5er md rearhine thr n3atfnrnn n u,,nn Ebirh III
theV sra a ~ tahe H. tha1r fg faet mnSn
Thi5s .sns s.aS.e,.ao,, MT, .ss a. -, :,
--aa 1ao ."11as "1a r. - "tM, ~ ~
+1a 1-asa. y AZ. ~ b.. 81 a ntsas
W1on ~ ,squsi ~ W. netve ~ i touti
snd nm ~ ~ M ~ T1g ba ~ LII III
1ras 49, g. 111t! an!..1.o;S Ons S~'e ous 'ae "el'
Aoonn l'o"a4n, commencing
"Ana must DC to Judgement Brought"
After the singing, which VAS not Joined in
by the cn!prits, the negroes we're placed in
row, and Mnjor RowleY and Capt Williams
mounted the scsHold, the former occupying
the southern extremity and the latter the
northern, the prisoners being between them.
the smaller in the center, thus:
Mai. Row1ey, Stevenson, Raj, Jim, Can. Williams.
1hc xonnrer of the cn1orcd ~ 1,rso chcrs 1nod.
wkkfc3 fhev noneo-ed r. iii, 1r,th snn,o 80 -.
nrTness 4 1f5rt ffe,r i'm =, "ve3 f',t ~ a..
dif1e sonnas escanei INN ii ,snae1n1 lin n1or
tbe platform. Stevenson 3 Tas ~ most afscted
b thep prayer, nd nes1ly reeliaed instesd of
OF kneehnE, either from weakness. or to
aFold the moose which hung near aud occa-
saoaanF Looeaeo his nead. A1ler me concio-
stou sp " sAe Q.@sel, " au9"t 4uaILel - ons,
the ropes we're adjusted bY Major Kowley
and Capt. Williams upon the necks Of their
prisoners, aud ths oface5s' after placing the
white caps upon the heads Of the ne2roes, g.
scended and removed the ladder. Before the
ministers had iett, Corporal 1am bad asked
ms Spiritual adviser 70 put ms hand IN als
pocket, remove pocket handkereaief be
would find there and with 1t bandage his eyes,
perhaps thinking that no caps we're to be
brought; Ihe nandkercnief was found, and
jim held It in his hand when he Kas dashed
into eternity, and he WAS buried With It In bis
gIa5p. freylo3s f9 TN this, however, ne legs
ssS s s;SF Il r. sat:3 r.
ana @ fhe % thre%e IN %mnrderera I were @ snsnenIad @ ~ IN
the air w1ithing in their death agonIes. Ray
died almost Immediately, or at least giFe
no :. Evidences s. Of hie alter minute O. two:
-,;nmtse Roth a. tbase ms, en' nnSnnhtedtv nv9u,