St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-01-22

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out u paper and called for A. g. Hahn.
"Where is A. 9. Hahn e. He was 4 fine
booking man, and was, 11hss tho officer en-
tered, standing by my aide. Said he,
"Browulow, I suppose my.time has come.
should like to have the Methodist; minis.
tor Of my circuit to come and pray with
,Ae, aud read a chapter from the bible to
me-" told him it was reasonable re-
4acst, and to ask the officer for the priviL
eye. lie did So mo-" said the officer,
I'VE don't allow any ptayiug for id
Uuion-shrieking scouudrels. You shall
die without the benefit of clergy
when they reached the scahold, q
drunken: whnkey-bloated chaplain Of one
Of their regeiments mounted tho 'scaffold
and sa,l: "Fellow countrymon, am au-
thoriscd ,csay that this unfortunate rmsn
regrets bis course, aud has been led into
it by union men and, newspaper" This
was intended a. . hit at me, as the editor
Of a newspaper, aud Hahn was one of my
subscribers: This chaplain supposed that
Hahn. was 80 paralyzed at. the. near
prospect Of death that he would
not notice this statement. But the poor
victim leaped to his, feet, aud shouted so
he could be heard by all the eight or ten
thousand persons assembled to, see him
huug-.sFellow countrymen, the state
ment Of this man Is tslse-every word. l
regret nothing;a aud, if l had my life to
live. over, \ would do the same agaln."-
lie swung off like gallant Union man
ind Tennessean; and, as God is my Judge,
I cay, before this crowd, I would rather be
Hahn, and in his grave, than be one of the
drunken, brutal men who were concerned
10 his execution. >~~- -:
When they turned my wife out Of her
house, she vas passing Hahn's farm, and
aav bis widow trying to pillow with = one
horse plov trying to raise little bread for
her four little orphan children. i, j
One day two carts CAME up with two cot
fins to the Jail door The officer called for
Harmon and his soo.' Harmon wac gray.
beaded old man, sick Of typhoid fever
aud bis son, sick also, was fine young lad.
When they arrived at the sca6old, the boy
was swung off first. Harmon was sitting
with his back to the lad, his face buried
in his hands, sobbing with agony. An Of.
ficer struck him on the face, exclaiming,
Turn around, you id old Union Shrek
err We intend to make you look ut him
till he dies, and then you shalt follow him."
When the two were hanging together,
the ladies shall l call them ladiesy (Cries
Of ,.'no!') 1.-THE women who were there &c
sec them hung the wives and daughters
of the wealthy, citizens-swung their white
handkerchiefs in applause at their dying
struggles.
l do not know how secession affects the
women Of the North; but it is just Eve
woman becomes secessionist, all the dew.
lis in the internal regions get into her
and the only man on the American CONT
aent who knows how to deal with them,
who comes up to my standard, is Picay-
une Butler, Of New Orleans But let me
tell you that it is not strange-that the
devils know something-they are not
fools. They understand they can hide
their. hvofa under hoops better than in
breaches: Laugl'ter.)
( am DESTROYS that you should rcmem-
Dor what I say. My statements are not
hearsay. There is nothing here stated
bnt what have seen with my own eyes,
and I have published it for the most part
in book, and intend to circulate it at
the South, and 60 back and face the mu-
sic. I intend to resuscitate the Knoxville
Wh;;g, and fight them again on my own
dunghill. l intend to fight secession as
long as live; and I expect to live till I
blow away like dry oak leaf l intend
TO fight them as long as I have breath !;
and, when I can't speak or write, shall
20 out of the world making mouths at
them. daughter and applause.]
One Col. Ledbetter was the command
INT Of the post at Knoxville. CThe Par
con here gave history Of Ledbetter,
which our readecs have, doubtless, read in
Browulow's book. This Ledbetter was
srnan Of northern birth. Northern men
with southern principles jump higher, fall
aatter and swear louder than ony southern
1scessionists. They seem to expect they
have got to say and do something extra to
prove their loyalty to the South g s.
Among the many incidents I'beheld in
that prison, I will give. you, ladies, will
not soon forget. There lay upon the Jail
aoor an, honest, hard working farmer, or
planter, Madison Cate--I knew him WE'LL
He had got so low with typhoid fever that
ve:had to turn him from one side to the
other. +'
One day he told me his hip bones were
worn through the skin. l stripped him to
examine and satisfy myself, 80 that
might be living witness of the barbarity
Of the rebels; aud found the bones pro.
trudipg, dry and polished, through the skin
Que day his wife, we'll dressed. hand
come, noble woman, appeared at the pris
<,,ap.. She had come twenty-five miles t
SEQ her husband. She had babe, fou1
weeks id, born soon after: her HUSBAND
vas taken to prison. The Officer. rsfuses
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