New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-20
NOUDIDLE BARDARITIES IN TEXAS,
r,fNDIsH lNGnaTITuDE OF SEcESsION|sTS
r,evilish Tortures and Prosecutions,
Eutilaticn of The Body of one of their Victims.
The Eat Tried Out to Oil Firearms.
ror,.,oondepce Of The Boston Traveller.

Correspondents Of The Boston Traveller.
NEw-ORLEANs, Feb. g. 1853.
give below the full particulars of some of the
borrid barbaries that are being inflicted upon inno-
cent Union people by the desperadoes Of Texas, rs
related to ME by Mr.. Gowing Wilson Plummer, q
refugee from the town of Orange Texas, and WHO
Is now living with his family upon the charity OF
Government, at Pilot Town, this State, the heoeiS
having robbed him of ill he possessed.
During the month of June, 1861, jim Worsnei'
Ben Saxton. Charles Saxton, aud Joe 1"ro.ip' u
having been for wears notorious thieves ana n''I
6erers were engaged by chivalric party OF SeceS-
sionis,s 10 murder q Mr.. Mokees. native oil Can
ada. ON account of his Anti.Slavery views. Mr.
NcKees was an educated man, aud his parents hav-
ing been people o; means. cent hi.n 70 mlitaiy
academy in Canada, where &c acquired thorough
knowledge of military tac;lce. Beng OF rowing
disposition, he left home and after taking Trip 10
China and Australia, lie came to Texas IN reduced
state of circumstances. We was soon employed by
John Livingston, ship-buder IN the lower pa1t Of
the town Of Orange, upon the west bank OF the S"-
bine River.
The Rebels Of Orange, learning accidentally one
day that MCkees understood military movements,
applied to him IN lOdy, and demsnded that he
should instruct them in he school Of the soldier,
and wbec Mckees said lie should have 10 e. are
time they insisted upon his teaching III n and made
use of threatening language IN their wisnee were
not compiled with. Finding Resistance al inpossl-
nihty be agieed to tier demands, and, after drill
ing them SIX weeks, lie 60. tired OF the business,
when his employer, Mr. John Livingston, advised
him 10 qve NJ drilling and devote Lie time 10 his
trade, which was that of q shiP-carpeDter,
He feigned sickness, ana wac relieved from duty
BY the Rebels Niebil 70 escape the fate which
he cav awaited him Che Rebels taking Of appoint
ING him TIER captain) he soon recovered from bis
ilnesf and pretended TO be rabd SecessioIst, ard
in carry out bis ans for an escape, be SAID
be was anxious 70 sec some active service III the
fed, aud tho, he intended 10 60 to New-Oreanf aud
Join the Confederate army.
In pant remuneration for bis services "a drill-mas
ter, lhO Rebels had gwen him hEe holse, anu,
watching the most favorable opportunity, he
mounted, one stormy night, and started for New
Orleans. He had been gone but a few hours when
they missed him, aud upon finding the horse gone,
come OF the Rebels started oil at daylight The fol-
lowing day, and, with fearful iuprec.tions upon
their lips, swOre ii they caught the ID Abolition
ist, they would hang hin 10 The irst tree. AT La
fayette, small town IN tie western part OF Lou
isiana, the rG!haGs overlook their innocent victim,
Aud conveyed bin back 10 Orange, Texas, where
they carried hun before civil court On the charge
OF horse-steang, accusing hin OF having stolen the
identical here they them-eIcs had given to bin III
part psy meat for bis services.
The Court returned verdict OF not guilty, and
ordered n hee' TO Le schs ged, the evidence of
ely intent 10 steal Was not suiicicot 10 warrant bis
comnit.Gl. The decslon enrdgeG tie assiss ns, who
were bent upon his destruction, aud the mob seized
him az lie let tie courtroom, snd conveyed him to
sn old barn, half mile distant where, after taunt-
ing him with all manner of insults about his views
on Slavery. they stripped him, and administered
coat OF tar ANA feathers. Procuring a raul they rode
him iuto the town of Orange, followed by Il brutal
and insultiDg crowd, whom they invited to shower
insults Of any kind upon DcKees. The rowdes
spat tobacco juice IN his eyes, and as they arrived ia
front Of the bdr-r0Oms bis prosecutors would throw
him violently on the ground, for the amusement OF
the cruel and debased creatures who usually cODgre-
gate about such places. Alter the mob had shouted
tkeiT appreciation, McKees WIS taken up and con-
yeyed 10 tie next sbau'y where the same operation
was performed McKees tainted several tunes from
COMPLETE prOsifat on and buckets o. cold .Ops were
thrown over ban 10 restore hin TO consclousness
He ged them TO Kill HIN II II was any satisfaction
for them 20 torment lin IL such manner.
Getting tired OF their sport, they took him 10 an
old shaDty, and securing an old, decrepit negro,
they made Mckees shake hands with him, and theB
smid the jesrs Of the crowd, told him to take " .
drink with bis old uncle and compelled bin 10
"drink old Abe Linc0lns health" After this they
seemed 10 be eatiated with demOniac sport and two
Of Tie r2lans prevailed Cpon the others 10 release
him. but If he was caught again attempting TO e.
cape, they vowed they would hang hin. McKeeB
wa DO sO0ner out o. their clutches than he fell Into
The hands Of others OF toe came party, who Leaped
eli sorts Of ndealties upon him III tho street, and
biz I'd boys 20 pelt bin with rotten cggs and call him
a"nigger lover" Being hourly in tear Of bis life,
he -e.oised upon another attempt to escape from his
intended nuIderers, and he started on foot for the
mountains hoping TO reach Mexico When nix miles
from Orange the excited band overlook and con-
pieieiy Surrounded hun, and, with cOwhide ana pie
col in hand swore II Ee made any attempts TO CT.
caIe, or offered any resistance, they would blow biz
brains out.
jim Worsb ern grabbed him by the throat, aud oc-
cufed HIN o. being a id miserable Aboliiionist,
while Joe Jordan applied tie lash to iio back, aud
whipped him till bio strength IVES exhausted. jim
WogshCu stripped tie clothes from his body, and
exchanged the Bloody garments from his victim for
the shabby clothes no had on Mchces bad pat on
his best suit Oh clothing not expecting he would
ever return. This conc, McKees. who WAS speech
lees, mct4Oued FIR them 70 spae bini,as he raw Joe
Jordan take from his cost pocket clothes line, for
the almost dying man knew they going to
Gang him. The gang which consisted Of tho :wo
Saxon bro,hcrs, JiiA Worshem, Joe Jordan, aud
three others whose names Mr.. PlummeT hid forgot
ten, then seized the defenEeess man, aud placing
the rope around LIs neck, carried him acIObs the
road ~ large tree, where they hung him. Tie
news was Soon circulated through Orange that one
ID Dlgger-steang Abolitionist was taken care o.,
and tL0se CITIZENS who knew hr. McKces saw thif
hen1, Jam orshen, paIading in front Of the bar
rooms, lhlnlaied with liquor, swearing boastinpiy
OF what he aud bis conIederates had Accumulated
for lezas, by nding her soil OF an Abo,onist
while HE back they recognized moor McknD;s
clothing. "
The lext morning, Mr.. Hope Cooper. farmer y,
Orange County, was driving TO the town Of Orany.
when ne was horliLed at the sight OF hcKces's he
iess bocy suspended from tree al the roadside II.
drove tack, aud Informed one of tjD rsigbbors
when uey Doth returned aud cut down the plnstlv
and terribly distorted form OF tho murdered man and
buried tie body i'll NJ adjoining field. As soon az
JIM Wotsnem, Joe Jordan, and his followers, heard