The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-07-31

The editor Of Tae Mcmpls BuiieHS
has be IN upon a visit to Nashville, attend.
ing State Convention. lie communi.
cses chs following TO his paper and
,euclses for his informant, lti sickcning
in dctsil--lnrfi,de IN conception, ond 'hc
wreichce Who rofpettbtSd the outrage
named are hot a. for hanging. Some
nov aud exquisite torture should be In.
vented fur their especial benefit. Here
ls The article:
From Col. Robert A. Crawford, Of
Greene County, Tenn. who is q refugee,
and was one Of the Vice. Presidents ol
the late Convention at Nashville NJ learn
the following facts in rcltfcncc tn that
beautiful" Swits ,rland Of America East
Tennessee. Ool. Crawford has ptrson.
Al Knowledge of some Of the lgcts, having
len the scene of thrjr rnstthcnt quite
r,'ccuily, aud vouclps fur the truth OF all
uf thcsi, as his information was obtained
from trustworthy persons, aud written
town on Se spot
Last SWmWcr three yonnC men, broth
ccr. named hdcrson. left their homes in
Hawkins cotNty. aud attempted 10 make
,hrir way iato kcntuckv. They were
crested hysa squad Of ConlchSratc caval-
~ one Clnch river, about seventy five
iIik's hpm. knoxviil", shot. aud thrown
into the fivrr.' Their hodi - were found
floating in the stream, fifteen miles from
their ovsI iorsakcn hJmcs.
TNiE SCARCITY or SALT.
IN The month OF January, aSG3, Mt
Laurel, NC, near tie T"nncsscy bor.
der nll the salt WINS seized for dis,rLu.
ttoR by Gonlc,lgIntc Commissiuucrs.
Silt was - ~ at S75to Sl00W sack.
The Commissioners declared 'ihut the
- Tories should 0uyc nouc," aud positive
" rrh, d To give Union men their por-
ticn of the Qunntiiy to be- dstrihut in
thnt vicyiir. Tiin p0lpoblr injustice
reused H. Cuiuu mcu; they assembled
tgcthrS and determined ". = igc their
proportion ul the salt bN,l0rcr. They
Nd ,,eiking OF MARSHALL y. c., wha,
dizzy dermcd 10 b, their Just share.
immediately atrrward the Goth North
Carolina Regiment, unl,r command Of
Lieut., Cd. Jim : kcHh, was ordered to
laurel 10 urrcst the offenders.
r,,.4s ,,y sr,zt,s sn-
T. Al Alien wnst'oIonrI of the rrgi.
mrni, ~Oy had been suspended los six
inon,hs M rmc aud Drunkenness.
Mnnv e the mon cngngcd in the salt
sci2rc'lc their humcA Those who did
not n,rticipstc in it became the sufferers.
Amain, those irrcstcCkwcrr Joseph Wood
about TO wears of nsS, David shelton.
80 lanes shelton, 90 X lddy Shelton,
| 40 Il. King, 40; lIalen Moore, 40, W.
Moore. as; Isaiah Shelton, 10 WIN.
Shrlton. I3, Ja.. MetcalG 10; jasper
Channel, IA; Samuel Shctuh, 10 and
his broth ,r. no, d II, sons of lHys Shell
ipn--in all, ihirt,rn men and boys.
Nearly all of them declared they were
nnncrrt. and had tlMcu no pnrt in appro.
pria inr the salt 'fhcy Legged Tor
trial. asserting that they could prove their
innocence.
TIE rNrctTt,S.
Col. Allen, who was with his tr1ops.
but not N command. told them thcv
should hnyc trial. bur they would be Ga.
krn I, Tennessee lor that nurposc. They
kadr Car well TO their wives, daughters, f,
mud sisters. dir,ctinp thcm tn procure the
wi,srssrs mud bring them 10 the Court In
Tennessee. where they supposed their
tril would tnkc nlacr. AHs how little
they dr,pmcd what fate awaited them,
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c,w nil a hcn t,,cy vrr, ,nrncd rron
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;", " $50 nr d"sna;, ,he "oli,nrs Ssvor.
Ill h,si,,,rJ =, ,S.ay ,he command
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.rhe ,,ln,r % ,h,n,! i,cJ | onIy F" h c.w minS,rs
NuRnr, ar nov oy rwrtVr ys.ns
Fse utbers were ordered to kneel,
among thrm,liltlc billy Shelton, myrc
child, only tVelyr wears old. lie implor-