Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-12

70 5ssfh with evident dislike when II had ham "A
usted on one or two thsy looked sround on the others
Who had not yet recetYt T. with an appearance Of
shame Chsins and cords had not moved ther-tneir
ear WAS not considered dishonorabe- ttiscorerin
vas no more sngng, ana but little e0nversston and
smoking All around the roorlrsogt az tben1
Ia eEouehsd position awaiting their doom in silence.
or listening to the remarks Of Father RsyouH ho stll
I addressed thefn Once in while they brought their
sms looking glasses befOrs er faces 70 see that her
eountenaaces yet preserved proper lnodissIa Of
paint Tbs three bafhrseds Wese the most OF Al
aoeetsa ana their dsj=eHon VI eopReEanee was truly
ptful 70 behold
The Procession 70 tle GaHolos-The Final Sesne
--1he Last Death SOAg.
At precisely 10 O'clock, the condemned were mar
marched ont isto the s. eek and directly efoss tro5
nies Of soldiers to tbs Fcsod which had been rerd
IN fronl aAd were delivered 10 the officer Of the day
OaPt Eaft, They went eagerly and cheerfnlEy, even
eroUdg and josting each other be ahead Just like
lot Of hungry b0aFdsrs rushing dinner Ia hotel
/ Ihe sg4disFn who wers guard In their quarters,
stacked aE1 -1d followed them and they IN turn were
folloWee, BY The clergy. reporters, etc $50
: As thsy commenced the ascent Of the scsf0ld. the
oeAih sens was sgsn started aud Rhen they had all
I sos up fhe noise they nude truly hsdeous 1t
seemed as II pandemonium had broken loose. It had
wonderful eneet IN keeping up their courage. One
young feoH who had been given cigar sy ons Of ie
Feportersi just before marching from their quarters
e rpss 9 As o sti1 ebe hseaas Psas 5sy WY fgo
u, and after the cap Was drawn over his face me
managed to get if up over lis moplh and suoke AM
other SIaoklng bis pipe. The moose having been
promptly adjusted over tie necks Of each by Cspssn
Libby, all was ready for ne fatal hgaaL
An Odd aad Disgusting Incident.
The soennty Of the scene was here disturbed by an
incident, Wbieh il it we're not intensely dfsguFinF
might Be etss remarkable evidence Of the con
tempt Of death which the traditional sterstc Of
the IHdisn. enc Of the Iadisns whose name did not
ascertain, hs rs5hsody Of hiE death song conceived
an ntat 70 the spectators which il fsqued an Indian
% eoncsivs and dirty d'g Of an Indian 20 exeeae
estEfglly
The refralu Of his song was TO the effect that II
body Wss found New Ulm, with his head cut OF
sEs pssed ia certain udeieate Psrt II hs b0 ~ III
tl ne he sang, 'itis me, md snited the action to
the word by indecent eIposu.e OF his person In hid
eous moeksry Of tie Triumph Of that justice whose
Ewsrd uaa slrssdy falling his hssd Tkis zlsnEtrops
e1hishious a such smsnt, may AZ least be regarded
a. asst penalty Tor the morbid curiosity which drew
nany women from their homes mngle in the mas Of
spectators At the foot Of me galiows
The Arfd Finale. Il
The this junoture was ons Of awful interest
painful and brsathsss suspense held the vast crowd
which n2d assFnslsd from ai quarters to witness the
execution II
Three slow, measured and distinct beats on the drum
by EFjOr Brown, who had been announced as signal
ohcer, aud thA rope By Mr.. DBiy-the Esaff Id
fell and thrty lhesss bodies were left dangling
between hssTsn and earth One Of tbs ropes broken
sud the body Of RsItng Runner fen to tie ground The
asek had probably been broken but little signs Of life
were observed, but be nss Immediately hung up again
" he The Eig1sl beat being gis en- numbers were
een 70 clasp the hands Of their reiEhbors which in
evers instances continued to he clssped till the bodies
we're cat doWn. o
As the patform felt there 1as cne nat loud but pro-
0ngsd cheer from the soluiery ana citizens who
pectators, aud then all were quiet and earnest witnesses
u the sene. or so many there was but Little suffer
ng the necEE Of al nearly all evidently dslo h
ated by the fall and the afer-Atrug ggIing was slight
The sold fell At quarter past ten o'clock, and in il
wenty minutes the bodsS had all been examined by r.
surgeons lie BoutiIler Saeardown, Finch, CLARK and "
thepz, and life pronounced extinct. Il