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

i Ihey told to bid their, tFiends fare
well, "and to be quick about it." They
were at once tied and carried out to exc.
cution: Among the seven was private
Samuel Robinson, Company G, Thirty
third Ohio Volunteers, who was too i'll to
walk. He was, however, piuioned like the
rest, and, in this condition, was dragged
from the floor on which he was Iyine' tn
the scaffoid. In an hour or more the cav
airy escort, which, had accompan nied them.
/ was seen returning with the cart, but the
cart was empty-the tragedy had been
Econsummatedl al2
- Gu that evening and the following morn
lug tue. prisoners learned from the Provost
Aarshal and guard that their comrades
had died, as all true soldiers of the Repub-
lie should die, in the presence of its enc
mIessa Among the revolving incideats
/ which they mentioned, in connection with.
this cowardly lbutchcry, was the fall oftwo.
ot: the victims from the breaking of the
iOpes, after they tind been for some time
suspended. On rIhcir being restored to
consciousness, they begged for an hour in
which ,Hlls;l to pray and to prepare for death,
oqt this was refused them. The ropes
were readjusted, aud thecxccution ut once
proceeded. .i4 - d ta#m9iaIz 8o- 30
Among those who thus perished was
private Alfred Wilson, Company C, Twen-
ty-irst Ohio Volunteers. He was a me.
chRnie from Cincinnati, who, in the exer-
else of his trade, had Travelled much through
the States, North and South, and who had
greatness of soul which sympathized in
tensely with our struggle for national life,
and was in that dark hour filled with ioy-
GUS convictions of our final Triumph
Though surrounded by a scowling crowd,
impatient for his sacrifice, he did not hesi-
tate, while standing under the EalIows, to
make brief address.
he told them, though they were all
wrong, be had no hostile feelings toward
the Southern people, believing that not
they, but their leaders, were responsible
for the rebellion; that he was no spy, as
charged, buta soldier, regularly detailed
for military duty that he did not regret to
die for his country, but ouly regretted the
manner of his death; and he added, for
their admonition, that they would yet see
the time when the old Union would be
restored, and when its flag would wave
the brave man died He, like his com
rades, calmly met the ignominious doom
OF felon; but, happily, igneminious for
him and for them only so far as martyrdom
OF the patriot and the hero can be degrad-
ed.by the hands of ruti0ns and traitors.
: a .
The remaining prisoners, now reduced
to fourteen, were kept closely confined un
der special guard, 10 the jail at Atlanta,
until October, when, overhearing couyer-iI
sation between the jailor aud another off /!
Ger, they became satisfied. thnt it was the |
purpose ofthe authorities to hang them,
as they had done their companions This |
led them to form plan for their escape, |
which they carried into execution on the.
evening OF the next day, by. seizipg the |
1allot when he opened the door to. carry /
away the bucket in which their supper had !
been brought. @
This was followed by the seizure also of |
the seven guards on duty, and before the
alarm was given eight of the fugitives we're
beyond the reach of pursuit. 1t has been
since ascertained that six of these, after
long and painful wanderings, succeededin
resching ourlines. OF the fate of the 9TH
er Two, nothing issknown.i4A sI
:, The. remaining six of the fourteen, con-
sisting of the. Eve witnesses, who have de-
posed, and Mr.. Mason, were reeaptured and
confined in the barracks until December,
when they were removed to Richmond-
There they were shut up in Castle Thuu-
der, where they shivered through The
Winter, without fire, thiuly clad, and with
but two small blankets, which they had
saved with their clothes, to cover the
whole party. izt#..r.
So they remained until few days since,
when they were exchanged aud thus, sat
The eud of eleven months, terminated their
pitiless persecution in the prisons of the
h-Persecutions begun aud continued
amid indignities and sufferings, ,ou their
part, and atrocities on the part of their
traitorous foes, which illustrate far more
fntthfully than auy, human language could
express it, the ,demoniac spirit of a revolt
every throb of whose life is a crime against
The very race to which we beloag.
Very respectfully, $50
Your obedient servant,
IA H. $40 ..f,,.gd oil. i j. HoLT,
..--sl.5,s54 Judge Advocate General.
Hon. EDWIN NJ. STANTON, ~"
.l..55s.l Secretary of War.
The testimony ELECTED is tso .voluminous
TO publish