The New York herald., 1863-09-25
GENERAL GRANTS DEPARTMENT.
Change in the Military Policy
of the Rebels.
THEIR ARMIES TO De CONCENTRATED.
e-AS ~-~~o~~o~~~~~s>~>~>~~~-
Matters In West Tennessee, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana.
The COntraband Negroes In
Arkansas.
THEIR TREATMENT BY OUR TROOPS.
THE PLANTATION FREE LABOR SYSTEM.
HOW THE EXPERIMENT WORKS.
MATTHR1 AT VICHSrURQ
EXPEDITIONS TO LOUISIANA.
The Butchery OF tho Beck
ham Family.
Three Of the Negro Perpetra-
tors Hanged.
H., &c. &~
The Butchery OF tho Beck
ham Family.
Three Of the Negro Perpetra.
tors Hanged.
H., &c.. Il
Oar Columbus Correspondencs.

CoLunHus. KY, Sept. I, 1852
snx mxnAx nuRDER.
Readers OF your paper will not, 10 tho brief tme that
has eapsed since commission, forgotten tho In
human murder Of tho Bcckham family a, Compromise
Landing by a number OF negroes who escaped for the
purpose from their hablaton under guard Island 10
TO- II win also be remembered that tho persons thus
suddenly put OF the way the oontrabands consisted
Of MAJOR Bcckham, agod who oicer In tho
war OF 1919; bis son, Frank Beckbam, with ha four
young chIdrcn-Inira, Rato, Caroline and Richardtbo
last named being child Of tho tender aec Of two years
Tho deed BY which these persons lost their lives
mtsd the 4th Of last month. As II CHANGED that .
force Of cavalry 10 tho vicinity business ten
OF tho offenders arrested whio their hands AMI
weapons yet reekIng with tho blood Of their VIC
Tins and taken al % this place for trial have
been unable obtain tho OF tho cntiro nambsr.
only three having az yet been officially condemned Tho
trial conducted by military commission appointed
by General Asbotb, tho late commander of the district
OF which Col. W. T. Shaw acted as president.
oorRr.
The finding OF this Court, or Commiss on sen,
Memphis some time since for approval Yesterday the
oonmandan OF the post or Columbus Colonel Scott, Of
Thirty second Iowa Volunteers. receivof order
from General Hurbu,. directing that finding u
tho Commission bad found tho thrco prisoners-Icwia
stoyonson, william Ray and Jim wobb-glllty o. murder,
and sentenced ho to DO hung, at such time aud place
as might be appo nted, they should be executed the
Friday ensuing after the receipt OF the order such
hcaiquarters
Tho order Of General Harlbut numbered No. 1is
II quite cng ny and contained tho foil history Of tho
case Of the nooas specified. iis Concluding para
graph n follows
Findlag and sentence approved The authority ffor,
which tho Commission derives its powers contained IN
section thirty 3, "hct Tor enrolling aud calling the
national and far other parpss - approved % -
fU
which the power Is vested q pass sentence for tho punish
men, during tho time ot % this crime. ny sect1n
u the sentence may bs carried into eaoc
upon the approval q commanding general ~ te Geld Il
u therefore ordered that The prsonsrs--ta sirvcneo1
William Ray and jim wobb-ba hanssi by Tho aock
until dead ufon tho Friday following th0 day II the 70
eeip u this order at headquarters ta, tho execution be
between tho hours O' nine and twelve To tho n0ruag
and that ihe execution shall take place ~ o4nbss Ky
uadsr the direction q the Commanding o ?, thersN.
Hrsar BIni9rx, AAG
on the face Of thl order endorsed tho following
supplementary ordar:-
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totrsrps, ~, tert .. its5. (
rap,sin Issal wailams Provirt Nsr.hal Al Coiamha,
Ky. .win erecuts tho above and foros ins o,ter ~
or.er J0Hs BcOfT,
cooasi rbiry second w-copsin nrany volunteers CON
'P'sa1 s9Sp1n, % Lieutenant and Acting ro,, Ada,aa,
raUAuuoSs uHrTios.
Although the time very sbori. col Scott ana yaior
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for She execution outside west of The city, upon the
bian, ani ordered sgat7ys TO be crested. And right
here et ma describe tho machine upon which
three human beings 10 be legally killoi
i, was The lonl oohtrivancs kaor p0wiey
and Captain Williams, and. from tic satisfactory
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