Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-08

1 regiment ONO volunteers. When arrested
he was, without any form of trial. taker
possession of BY military officer aud foul
soldlers. who hostrlpped him, bent him over :
stone, and while two pistols were held
over his head, a lieutenant In rebel uni.
form inflicted with raw hide. upwards Of
a hundred lashes on his bare back: This
was done In the presence of an inf1Fiated
crowd. who clamored for his blood and
actually brought rope with which to hang
him. The object of this brolotsSd scour@.
ing was to force this young. man to confess
to them the object of The expeditions and
the names of his comrades, especially that
of the engineer who's run the train.
Their purpose was no doubt, not only to
take the life of the7latter, if identified, but
to do so with every circumstance of hut
initiation and tortureSTbich they could de-
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Three times, in the progress of this hor-
rible logging, it was iuspended, and Mr..
Parrot was asked if be- would not confess. !:
but steadily and firmly to qthelast he re- !.
fused all disclosures, audit was NOT till his
tormentors were weary OF. their brutal
work that the task of subduing their VIC
tim Was abandoned as=-hopeless. This
youth is an. orphan, without any of the ad-
vantages of education. Soon after the re.
beliion broke out, though but eighteen
years Of age, he left his trade and threw
himself into the ranks Of our, armies as a
volunteer aud now, though still suffering
from the outrages committed on his per-
son IN the South, he is on his way to re-
Join his regiment, seeming to love his
county only the more tot all that he has
: His subdned andNlnodest manner, while
nAFFNtlnR fh4 10 ha a.
expedition, showed him.to be WholIytun-s
conscious of having done anything more
than perform his simple duty as soldier.
Such Spartan fortitudeaand such fidelity.
20 the trusts of friendship and to the iuspf-
ratlons OF patriotism, deserve an enduring
record IN the archives OF tho Government,
and will find it, am sure, in the hearts
of a loyal people. f'7-
The twenty-five captives, when secured.
were thrust into the negro Jail of Chatta.
nooga. They occupied asingle Dom, half
under ground, and but thirteen feet square,
SO that there was notzspace enough for
them all to lie down together, and n part
OF them were, in consequence, obliged to
sleep sitting and leaning against the walls.
The only entrance was through trap.door
in the ceiling, that was raised twice a day
to let down their scanty meals; which were
lowered in buckets asss
They had no other light or ventilation
than that which came through two small,
triple-grated windows. They were GOV.
cred with swarming yermin, and the heat
was SO oppressive that they were often
obliged to strip themselves entirely of their
clothes to bear it. Add to this, they were
all Eandcufted, and, with trace chains se-
cured by padlocks around their necks,
were fastened to each other, il. companies
of two and three. Their food, which was
doled out to them4tWisea q lay, sousistsd of
a little Hour, wet with water and baked
in the form of brend, and spoiled picked
beef. ~
They had no opportunity of procuring
any supplies from the outside, nor had
they any means of doing so their pockets
having been riAed of their last cent by the |
Confederate authorities, prominent among
whom was an officer wearing the rebel
uniform of a Major. No part of the money
thus basely taken was ever returned.
During this imprisonment at Gbattanoo.
ga their leader, Mr.. Andrews, was tried and
condemned as spy, and was subsequent
y executed at Atlanta, the 9th of June
They were strong and in perfect health |
When they entered this negro jail, but at
The end of something more than three
weeks, when they were required to leave
it, they were so exhausted from the treat |
nent to which they had been subjected, us
scarcely TO be able to wnlky and several
staggered from weakness as they passed
through the streets TO the cars,
Finally, twelve of the number, Including
The five who have deposed, and Mr.. Mason |
If Company K, Twenty-fiFst Regiment of |
Ohio Volunteers, who was prevented by |
illness from giving his evidence, were
transferred to the prison at knoxville, /
Tenn. On arriving there, seven Of them
we're arranged before a. conrt-martial,
charged with being spies. Their trtsl, of |
course, was summary. They were per.
nltted to be'present5 but NOT to hear either
he argument of their own counsel or that
Vt the judge advocate.
Their counsel, however, afterwards wis.,
ted the prison and read to them the writ
en- detence.which he made before the Court
a their behalf Thegsubstance of that pa
ler Is thus stated by one of fthe,witnesses, |
Corporal Pirtenger: 3Heg Ghe counselIlI /
:outended that our being dressed in citi. /
.ens' clothes was nothing more than what I
he Confederate Government itself had a1-sI
hOrized, aud was only what all5the guer.
,il!ns in the service of the Coufederacy did /
'u all occasions when it would be an ad
Tantage toIhem totdolsq; apd be recited
he instance of General Morgan having |
iressed his men in the uniform of our sols |
Hers, and passed them of us being from
The Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry regiment,
lnd by that means succeeded insreaching
railroad and destroyingl it.gs,y
This instance was mentioned to show
hat our being in citizens clothes did not |
AXE from US tue protection awarded to
prisoners of war. The plea went on fur-I
her to state that we had told the subject
IF our expeditions that it was y purely |
military one for the destruction of commu.
1ieattpn, and as such, lawful according to /
lhe rules of war. kssEs fls
This just and unanswerable presentation /
y the case aPPears g have. Pfod9ced its
appropriate Impression. SsTeral members |
of the cout- martial Afterwards called upon /
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