Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-04-21

their Kennels. How much longer viii
our oppressors be allowed to plac.
their iron yoke upon our necksn
Not long, Mortimer, not long, an
sure our army will soon enter thi
State, and assert the strength of tn,
Government against the power of tn,
rebels. Let Brown come with hi,
band of thieves, we can take to tn,
woods and give them bullet for bulle,
they surely will not harm our womel
and children 2" &c.,.
Scarcely had he finished speaking
when the door was burst open by ,
servant, who was bleeding from gun
shot wound in the arm.
"Oh ! Massa Sinclair, the guilla.
is here sure, they's shot me and Bill
sure" ...i.
"Oh |! save yourself, Henry Fly
fly to the woods and remain until the,
leave" said his wife, and, hastily kis
sing her, Sinclair with the young mer
comprising the party went out at the
back window into the night, ant
sought the woods. They had hardl,
left, when Brown with his gang came
in, cursing and raving like fiends from
the Internal cline.
Hang him ! Cut his throat I Rip
open the spy |" came from all sides
and intense was their chagrin aud an.
ger when they found their men had
flown.
Brown, the leader of the gang, o
large, burly savage, turned to the wo
men who stood shivering with fright
l say, now, tell me where the spy
and his companions have gone. ]
swear it is too bad to be fooled in this
way. but III have my pay, if he has
escaped we have the cubs" and he
laughed at his own coarse wit.
"Come tell me where is the spy"
He is where you cannot find him,
trust" said Ella. "God keep him
from falling into the hands of band
Of murderers like yours" 1#a 'r..r
"Do you hear the wench, boys"
shouted the leader, "now she shall
disown the spy and his Abolition Gov.
ernment, or I'll hang her in front oil
her own door," ....s
A member Of the band found rope
and asked her if she was ready either
to take an oath forever disowning the
spy Sinclair and his Government, or
to die.
She would not take the oath, vet
falling upon her knees before the rebel
leader she implored his mercy, the
other females shivering with terror,
but the gang had no ear for mercy,
and carrying her out, they placed the
rope around her neck, and once more
asked her if she would take the oath.
No. never God take me, and bless
and care for Henry" and she was sus-
pended from the tree, and in a short
time the spirit of the gentle being had
passed through the jasper gates and
entered the shining city of the Great
King. .. .~.
snow, boys" said Brown, "It is my
opinion a good flogging would help
those other Union beauties, give them
a regular old Turkish bastinado," and
one by one the fair girls were brutally
insulted and whipped by the ruthless
guerrillas, then tied up by the thumbs
and left. The guerrillas took the road
to Chattanooga, and disappeared as
the sun was just coming over the
mountain.
Dear reader, do not think I have ex-
aggerated this account. 1t is but a
brief description of a little part of the
terrible abuse Of the Union people of
East Tennessee, by those fiends who
claimed to be Southern Chivalry.
As the sun came up higher and
higher until it had reached the meri-
dian, Sinclair and his companions went
back, and what sight. The being
who the day before was all life and
love, was now inanimate and dead,
and would never again entwine her
soft arms around his neck and whis-
per her love. And there were the 9th.
er girls. her companions, whipped aud
bleeding, tied up like criminals, and
all for loving their country and the
Stars and Stripes.
They made grave there. in the
cold, frozen ground, and, without a
coffin. yet wrapped in her cloak, they
laid the remains Of the beautiful
Bride Of an evening"
As they filed up the grave and Gov.
cred her form forever from his sight,
Sinclair sunk down upon his knees,
and raising his eyes streaming with
tears towards Heaven, he said: If |
ever forgive the wretch who did this,
then may God forever blot my name
from his book of fife eternal. If John
Brown is ever in my power and | fail
to send his soul to perdition, then may
Heaven deny me home, and Earth a
grave, and l and mine be forever
cursed"
Forts Henry and Donelson had fal.
len, and the army of the Northwest
under the command Of Generals Smith
and Grant had moved up the Tennes'