Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-09-24
TON NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER "a, 1868 =

4 J ,..s,ei SAYS :s4 $3.50.
/ = Al sene readers are conyersans with the par
| tcoiSfs.ef the capture OF the Nipple Leaf by
J the Confsderate officers confined aboard it
was considered marvellous for our officers to
/ accomplish this daring feat, and it was indeed
praise worthy action, yet the poor old man
! bowed Gown with age aud provertv. who perul.
ed his life to feed them, while concealed 10 the
sWamPs OF Cutr'tuck, and to prevent their re-
capture by the Federal Cavalry, deserved far
| more praise than they. 1t happened thus -
Alter TIE Steamer was captured, the cantors
steered her for the nearest land and in SO .uiny
4 they reached the ualnia.d OF North Casollna
4 in Cnrftuck county.
I Tia section of our country, as is W ell known
! is WITHIN the enemy's iines-nec essariIy there
fore they were compelled to crete themselves
oy day, aud depeac upon the citizens hospital.
lsy to Iced and their loyalty to guide them
thro the country. A few days after their es-
cape, squad of Federal cavalry IN securing the
country TO arrest them. came upon he subject
OF lnls notice-Dempsy Kight by name il the
highway. A small tin bucket, which the old
hsnef man was carrying in his hands, attracted
tueir attention. They halted and askel him if
be had DOT been feedis.g the escaped rebel off,
GERS. Too proud to utter a ataIsehood, he unhes-
ltatngy answered in the affirmative. Where
upou they demanded Of hl IN to reveal the place
nf their concea imen5, aud with threats and
blows sought to Wrest it from Dim. But the
prnc pie OF honor too strong in the OLD
mans bosom, and to all their impor tunties he
yielded aot- their brutalties he could uot re
sst. I1ey swore that lhey would have the Sc.
cret tnat he should die. With this inlen>
ton they hurried him aboard a gunboat and
and again teudered him the alternative of death
| or OF compllanee with their wishes. He an
swered that hs was convinced that they intend
ed to hang him. but that he was resolved to
die E9.ore he would tell where those officers
were" Immediately they suspended him by
the Eek until life was nearly extinct. They
then cut him down, and after reviving hi nl, they
| repeated Lae same question aud received the
same answer. Again his body hung in the air
and when his itte was far more spent than
before-they again unloosened the, halter, re4,
ceiving as before the same hrm denial. Exas-
perated to fury, they told him that this was t;s
only chance and that they would not cut him
down again. Sustained 10 this hour of
trial by his sense of honor, which was stroug-
er than his fear of death: the old man replied,
! that convinced as he Of his approaching
end, set be deemed death preferable to dis
/ honor, and that he was ready to meet his fate.
Again and for the third time MS aged frame
! quiyered in the agonies OF death, aud when he
had ceased to struggle they ooce more released
him. Appy ing powerful stimulants they sue
/ OCCu0u lH Hill, WIEal VIII uCtcIuiiN
nation worthy of the elder Brutus, he drew
| forth knife and attempted. ..by cutting his own
throat, to tree himsslf of his persecutors. By
violence they forced his knife from him, when
! by unighty effort he dashed the fends aside
and plunged into the boiling surf to drown him
eelf. With boat hooks they fshed HIM up and
baf1ed by his unyielding viii, they permitted
| hip, to go ashore. This is a true statement of
| this infamous TRANSACTION. DEM mpsy Kight still
| lives and plies his hum bic call as fisherman,
aud that be is one Of Gods nobIemsn, none
will gainsay. .
| e, NORTHERN OrINIcE.-Ihe honorable peace
men may read with profit the comments Of the
New Yor!S w ord and Herald on Lincon's
Letter. 1t will be seen that they consider Lin
| coins measures, the END ane patton proclamation
coniseatIon, &c, only lending to unite the
South against any idea of reconstruction as
sRowiug concius,veiy that the South would ac-
cept Of no com promise, because those measures
prove what would be in store for them. These
Northern people are more sensible than our
Southern peace mer they take for the South
the views which every sensible patriotic South
ern man should take, that Lincoln has created
an inbpere, rabe barrier to reunion. has -la7st'f
1t seens that the letter of Lincoln is doing
us good. /. has discouraged the North. ii
shows them that there is no hope Of reunion, or
of any peace short of the Independence OF the
Canfederacy. This touches the pocket never. |
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