The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-08-01

perpetrators of this were clothed in the habili-
ments of Rebellion, and bore the name of SOL
d!ers
One woman, who had an infant fire or sir
ncekS Old, ras tied in the sno,c to a tree, her
child placed in the doorway in her sight, and she
was informed that if she did not tell all she
knew about the seizure of the salt, both herself
and the child would be allowed to perish -
Houses were burned and torn down. All kinds
OF property was destroyed or carried off.
INTERFERENCE OF GEN. DoNELsoN
All the women and children of the Union men
who were shot, and of those who escaped, were
ordered by General Alfred f. Jackson, head
quarters ut JoneSboro', to be sent through the
lines by way of Knoxville. When the first of
them arrived at this place, the officer in charge
applied to General Donelson, formerly Speaker
of the House of Representatives at Nashville to
know by which route they should be sent from
there, whether by Cumberland Gap or Nash
vile. General Donelson Immediately directed
them to be released and sent home, saying that
such thing was unknown in civilized coun-
tries. They were then sent home, and all the
refugees met on the road We're also turned back
KILLING A CoNsCRIPT.
On the 18th of February, 1868, a squad of
soldiers were sent to conscript james McCollum,
OF GIeene county, Tenn, a very respectable in
dlstrious man, thirty or thirty-tive years of age
They found him feeding his cattle When he
saw some of them he ran to the back of his
barn; others were posted behind the barn. and,
without hailing or attempting to arrest him, one
OF them shot him through the neck, killing him
instantly. His three little children who saw it,,
ran to the house and told their mother she
came cut wringing her hands in anguish and
screaming with terror and dismay.
The soldiers Were sitting upon the fence
They laughed at her agony, and said they had
only killed. ID tory" The murdered man
was highly esteemed by his neghbors, and was
a firm Union man.
In April last, two Rebel soldiers named Wood
and Jngole went to the house of Mrs Ruth
Ann Rhea, living on the waters of Lick Creek
Greene county, to conscrpt her sou. The old
lady was partially delangcd she commanded
the soldiers to leave her house, and raised n
stick to strike one of them. He told her if she
struck him he would run her through with his
hayonct; she gave tie blow and he shot her
through the breast
AN OLD MAN OF SIXTY HANGED.
In the same month Jesse Price, an old man
sixty years Of age, two sons and two nephews
We're arrested i'll Johnson county, Tennessee,
bordering on Virginia, by Colonel Fouke's
Cavalry, composed of Tennessee and North
Carolina men. They were taken to Ash county,
North Carolina, to tried for dsloyalty to Jetior-
son Davis & Co. The old man hud been pre-
viously arrested, taken to Knoxville, tried and
acquitted
When the FIVE prisoners arrived in Ash coun-
ty, u groggery keeper proposed to tleat Foukc's
men to eight gallons Of brandy if they would
hang the otd man, his SIMS and nspheps, ,oithom
a trial. The bargain was struck, and the five
unfortunate men were hanged without further
ceremony The brandy was furnished, and
some OF it drank before the tragedy, the rest
afterwald.