The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-04-01

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MANY ifhs nadness Of rebel leaders and
the 'ferocity Of the numerous gusrrilla
-Fbaadb who hover ABSut thsiad< helhk, }r.
llnies Of freedom, 4rysnct more ntdds Worthy
,lhanth s1b limss bat silent. aovUtion. ~ieh
.Hhirk KHhdtsdS At SoHfk ast l' siis, coi.
tinualiy'yieiding their lives, after passing
through the ordeal of every form Of tor.
sturS thstmest,deviiisA ind AdSty:ksG. h-
sxert, NJ evidences tp hssexiistsuts,,ip ehe
Soathe tn Sfates, OF widespread sosalty
~ TIE Constitution .ana q iia,H.s' which
neitSer Ae6urglpgsA starvationy blood
hounds, nor the ga1loxs can ever esrraldi.
1oe4e. 10 ss1ai npr--JIk1 IOfI
An illustration Of this rwxs recsnhy
furniahsd in North Carol;sa,' upoa : ssaie
,Ebich, in Hjrss,rlrss, Tragic than on, own
would have caused every. heart on sbe
sentiment - thrill with pal nfut sympathy,
but which amidst the glare OF great
pvents, ilnay u0n64<tj u, ist bSs4 6ply
'recoraed inn BRET psr graph. ',-.9s !,
-Whsn the ;a4tsck was made ON New
bern on the 2nd Of February ,lsst, company
iF.of bend regiment of .NSrth ,CGsf9lt a
Unson volunteers WAS stationedlAt { Beech
Grove The extreme 'oatposts iii New
bern w fleuit became evident that the
position eoan net Be 4 held ssaiinstsi he
overwhelming fgrce Of rebels, which xAs
rapidly appr~chiag the men of this com
Pspgt Rfy4ne the, certainty Of an, figne-
miRi0pss Ideath. before them M they should
b. captured proposed ito the officer ID
cuDmandaa pilot the force at the ouiposts
in safety to Newbe[p, by paths through
tie w5odslktown only 70 lhemseitet. !
Baty nniortu naieIy, they vere4temp orarly
in charge Of officers not belonging to their
regiment, who were. either ignorant, 4of
the blood thirsty, character Of The e9epS,
or too tinid to light to the death, il figfk
were deemed impratticAble; Had these
men been commanded by. off ceIs. ct THEN
own regiment. they would have escaped,
or, ~ preferable te,thsir inevitable Novp1,
if.taken prisoners, would have found 1
more honorable death on The Geld. As II
was. they we're sternly forbidden to leave
the ranks. aud without a shot being fred,
6rthe supulation secutA tbAtkhey shsdld
be treated as prisoners Of war, they we're
surrendered J.. nineteen. out Of seventy
only 81 esPipg.a rs.o
OF the fifty-on prisoners. twenty -four
we're iinsrediately hug b.. order d ths
rebel General Pickett. Z On the. &c affold
at kingston, these twenty -four heroes met
tAesf fst----.si+lf true eesrsee.-4a-ths
presence of !ltsrSkPro4cR surround
ed by The people of their own State, they
atoxedi their entlf9l Devotion Itoi MI
Uniotu After receiving the consolation
of religion, ppe Of, their number stepped
&rwa!d, and. IN fifhi' shd eleaT 'voikei
declared that be and I.is. CON panions died
as they had lired. rEhioti men. '''~i'e One
of the victims was little drummer boy,
PANIED josey Neal, only fourteen years or
age. lair compfes sAea Niue eyed child,
an orphan. enlisted ip Il RsAnfort kss ths
writer.et these lines out Of, pure eonpAsi
sion iot bis destitute state; another, a.
robust urar. Il mos Amyetr. was tortured
for fifteen minutes before the iii-elil inst 3D.
rope .eeabl strangle him TO death. g ~
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