New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-07


pted to delay the pursuit taking the rails bat they
had foeihought enough take party Of wokmen with them
some hesn sgd,eon miles Of Chattanooga when got
out of wood aud and tie pnIsuing train was 90 close
Behind that hsd not timo to take In and We
therefore abandoned tho train. Our leader, Mr. Andrews
us take to the woods and dpee aud curse wee
we could We were imnediaely pursued by tns wa0 ms
people Of the neghborhood TUNED out with the dog
they emPoysdto bun their negroes and p9'ued as ne
Of our party taken that day aud some on .~
next day; two not taken until three e,.,sd
aerwsId, but ali finally captured The party
Of twenty United Sites soldiers one citizen VI MACE OF
who was on visit regiment and went Id INC paw
ioother soldier and Oft Andrews, our leader
Question. Who was Mr.. AndTewsl ,h cover,.
ent he had been employed IN the secret smons
ersmen he told me about several Of bis sa,.
was csptared we were a ofus taken to the ! Or
the negro prison IN sDns.op Of Tho building only sbOpt
tbrs.n ., .onsre and about hight and party un
s 80. ~. In diameter with triple rows OF bars The
ysut,snn tbsys was 90 imperfect that u remndea me
Of the Gs afsn there to The jail hoo
oib raon men Tennessee. who were conhned ibeie ~
this sans room others Of our party TAKEN shI
49,. ere nsne there but the Of our party Wewee
plsosd in irons handcuaed and chained twos
S eain thirk there two parties OF three coupeu
tog.tssr hui the remainder coupled In twos ,heP
Door OF the building, the only sutiance was Isea Guy
r,pe twice day. Our fare was very scsny, ana ~ TO
SuSsd b. scarcely sblc TO wsk, si1housn oe
had been well hearty ttronr tnen. W
tink lit;lo three weeks, and when we cae 'a', "
tue end 81 that time scarcely able 70 wax ,vha
s,uAi, staggered along as they marched 20 tne e
we were there iir. Andrews was ted before
AMOR TIE orders believe of Gen. Leadoeter or those o.
KhaJ smith, hi, superior His sentence W" NOT sun9un.sa
abort thrse weeks, Gen Mitchell advanced to Bridgepor
poiucay great panic in Chati3noosa and they tIn.erea
Us 20, ~ 70 don IN Georgia Weremaued there untutheJ
mat Geu Mitchell did not intend TO advance on Chst.
aacs he ny eloogsj Us s.Gs' gy a '@f r. e.a
- aAusga anna
TO occupy upper story Of the jail room OF the same ave
there few do not remember exactly bow
long when twelve OF us were taken TO knoxville and the 1e
msnde' were KEEP. IN Ghatsnooss wa. one Of sno;e
Knoxville, MI Andrewss sentence was read 70 him and In
accordance with that he was executed at Atlanta GeoT
on the 9Th Of June At Knoxville some OF our boys were
mt on trial As spies. Only tried and tho tina
occupied bat avery short time Although we were allowed
to hear the pleas of counsel When demsnded tho
privilege Of hearing the plea OF our own counsel and OF the
Who was tried dsani.d that privilege and they refused
him. and said they would not allow IT, which, Of course.
+ refusal for oS ss ws s iSs
which he in in which be commended that beies
Confederate Government itself had authorized add
what all the gueras IN the service o. the Conederscy did
all occasions when 1t would De OF Aasstae 10 Ae 70 do
his the uifom Of soldiers and passed them OF 80
being tho 9th Pennsylvaoia Cavalry REGIMENT and by
that succeeded In reaching railroad and detJyns H.
This instance mentioned TO show that our being dressed
citizens clothes did not take from us the protection DC
corded 70 prisoners of The plea went further to state
that we hsd told the objec, Of expedien that IL
purs, military for the destruction Of commune siien.
re9y the Judge Advocate made to this never any
means Of knowing not allowed TO hear IT, Mem
beis Of the Couar ia however visited and told us
that the evidence against could not DO convicted
a, spies that fox ceraiu known object did not
visit in their camps any place did net remsu about them
OF obtain any information Of them, and therefore
could net be convicted a. spies Shortly aftsrwad, they
trshs.ed us twelve 70 Atlanta Georgia where those who
Ind al in CHATTANOOGA
Ater remaining there for shoIt time an order cam. for
tried Il was that time enti ely unexpected to US
although 6st would not have been. Sentence OF death
read to tsem and they were 'mme iistey tied whou,
any iae for preparation being allowed them. They
told to bid rewe and 10 be quick about H." and then
they taken Of the prison and could them
course Of something like hour the cavalry returned
wtsou. them Tiss evsIi9s Csp POIsker., ths Provost.
had met their fae He told ltO bravo The neI,
day ". with q: gT.a s bs wa, sosr din WITH
where he present He told u. Of the speech thai
the .caaod and sro heave., men hs
broken the ropes when they were hanging and fell the
water which given TO them; and hsy requested hou
10 prepare DEATH and 10 pray before they hun
us.sd they wore compslo3 the scaod ,ssin Tb
guard told tina. Mr. Wilson bad spoken very csmy hs
yet see tae time when the old Union woad be s.Oe sn
The flag Of country would oil Of tina. country
s.a he oay who S.%
for they hsd He also said that sthsugh h
es.sd soas sas , dsd Sy ausss
assip. him TIN, 3. did not regret % die 't h co9s
sab.tsocs Oft Ear as can rscoleot We al expected 10
|, shue the sans fs.e a. our COMPANIONS
special sssrd placed over NJ oin sad bsfcr. tbs G
the execution, the lSt June until ia October w,
much larger than this he Juds.
sMsss SAID here fifteen Of u.th, fogTtson sarviv.
Of East Tennessee who had hom RnoxTis
with and confined In the with they con.
s sidered It the securest part Of the building
Question. Whist knowledge Kany you Of one Of your
companions In TIL. sIpsditsa,,MI. Puot-hsviny been
all you the subject either from your own knowsde
from his statements, or from the statements u
officers
That occurred before myself captured amer
leaving the train Mr.. Psnet himself gave me complete
narrative Of tho trsn'sStop soon ~
his abatement heard the statement Of bis companion the
s ia 70. Ally the same story that MI Parrot did
that MI Parrot received over Que hguded sshes TO make
confess object. Of the s ssPd1a thu the Of m,
ran the all Of which he refused to do Il was said p
tho Confederate, tina. ,h, fOsgns was Inflicted by mob
sou they used Aferwsrd when we were going to Madison
at the time when taken away from Chattanooga
officer called upon at station where the
and spoke to Mr. Parrot In my hearing and told him
thai be admired bis courage and htdisood IN 70 cen
ss under she aOggns he 5s9 received ana also stated that III
was sorry they had beaten him 90 severely. -
In October Col Lee, who was then PIoyostaarsha hav
FMS the place oil the former cafno "a
a. and told he had received letter from tue Secretary
Of War Of the Confederacy inquirng why had net al
besp executed Col Lee told that he had replied that he
unscqusinted with the aa put be suppoed
It was probable that there were some mitigating ecam
snpee In our cases and had referred 10 the ConrMsa
which tried the others for those circumance Que or tive
OF The guard and telling him thst the remainder Of psr
were 10 be aso From this we supposed that th'
sscre,.ry OF War had oIdersd and determined to es
cape If posdbe On the evening Of the mex. dsy after
had hid supper when they opened the to take on
hs in which our supper brought seized thu
taller snd held him. opened another room OF the prison
which others confined went down stairs snd seized "a
make oar aud OF succeeded 10 getting on be
fore e alarm was gyen The others were captured fou
on be tame evening aud othofs the next day. wa
ous captured the evening shortly ate
,h.t thew removed us to the barracks In town. whore