The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-12-26


Extract The execution OF John Doyle.
Lemon. alas Thomas Doyle. vii be p0st-
poned fof ton days. IN accordance with The
iifecf8ns Of HIS Ercellency, Abraham Lin
coin, President OF the United States BY
order % Bfeve; Major General
ALVIN p. HovEr.
Colonel AxBRosK A. kTEvESa.
Colonel Commanding the Camp.
The other three during tho tml given
them, were seemingly insensibIc. and cared
very little more for dsath lhan for aay other
unpleasant accident We doubt II any exc
cu,ion ever loued men so utterly Indifferent
a. these were.
rHr EXECUTION
The order OF tle fresiden, resplting John
Deyie haviog been received. and thereby ell
assurance given that no other Interference
need be apprsheDded. General hovey pro-
cecdet with the execution Colonel A. A.
Stevens. OF the V X. O.. arranged every
thing most admirably.
A little before two O'Clock we vent 70
Camp Burnside. and A. we approached the
line We saw the troops dawn up Ia prepao
ton Tor tie execution Colonel stevens.
whpse excellent Judgment and skill. had PFC.
paired every thing ior the occasion. was pres
snt. keeping tho bcs, order 80 ever saw
maintained a, such s'me.
The troops were formed GA three sides Of
kel. -
vest, tho veteran Reserve corps bounded
tho space Of the execution. AZ ~s passed
inside the ha.a. No cooked to Zee any sign.
OF rclentng or ind'n.r,nos, BOT the men la
blue showed neither in muscle nor auisud,
any mark OF ieelluk We could DOT -,
what troops occupied ,ss Jncrss, lines. aud
Il would be lmmaie1iai Il We could. We
shall probably tell as much as our reader.
will care 10 know. whenwe say that ho low
square was formed OF about 1900 men. will
the side neat 10 camp Morton. she norsl
side. spsn. Tho entire lae VAS formed OF
troops. no citizens being seen or allow ca
anywhere In the Geld Probably lev iounc
| places 20 look on. hut u thcy did Il Was All
accident, aud at an accident Of the mosl
agreeable kidd either. On the north -hls
neat 10 Camp Morton. whore little rasius
crosses the ground. there !. a bank about six
iees high. and 1hsss zoe prisoners were plac.
ed. The bank msde an excellent place iol
tue balls % the guos O. bury themselves ~
and a better pace ~ 10 ugly job couldn'
have been forud anywhere. About ~,
O'Clock tbe sound q the mniiled dun ".
heard on nc light. AID ss.Ad Of soldier
numbering about twenty or thirty. came 10.
side the square ~ tue northeast corner
The, marched down The csuseway beiweol
Camp Morton and Camp Burnside. add. al
they passed. tho voice OF Father BessoLies
OF ST, Johh's chsrch. wss plainly heard. a
he reclle The service lot the dead On h.
left we're two. and or the right ono. OF sh'
doomed men. and behind them three eonin
bora GA the shoulders Of the party. and 10,
scenes in AL .he strange sicissiiudea Of th'
world could make dseplf impression on
thou Asless Mad than shis. Thss rasss'
down The foao. turned 10 the lett and move
across the lac % tho east. and when the,
reached the southeastern angle OF the squaf,
they turned sgslu 10 tho nerth. As the en-
Of the iine thsy wheelsd and. marching
ah1ut haif way down the bank. They sloppcd
moved cat toto the open square aid Tor ths
tsst time stood plalnl, revealed q the sigh
OF tbe surrounding crowd. The sVidiet,
moved of and formed line 81 tWo rank,
about tea PAGES IRON the prisoners. Behnc
the hrine party ne reserve Inc 81 pa b.
ably thirty or forty meo. aud IA the party az
think there we're sbsty-siH meu. The pits
oners sere dressed Ia clsl1ens' clothes On
the rieht -A- Bi.lingsley. IN the middle Ry an
/ or Reagan. And on The left Murray FaAsr
Bs~siones nssss leh them tll ne usosacul
before The firing MAJOR Canaan. q he
Sth vsissan Reserve corgs. read t. TIE
prisoners the sentence % he court.
During The reading the prisoners mani
Tested but little lnteFest. Blhngsley seem
ID more impte~sed thsn the Others, standing
with hs head slightly drcoped. and IL, body
bent over IN The Attitude OF comgl.cens Al
pleasant attsotlo0- Next % hin. Ryau. Or
Reagan, vss lookisg about over the cro~ 4
Nth air OF - sonplete iDaiasrenos - il
The death - hear him threatened somebodv
slss. What sltrsesed as eyes Ne e0ald rot
guess. bat he looked over TIE fank behind
Asn toward The prison camp rspessesi,. ssd
the thoughs would ohrnde isseli that he
might b lookins tor a rescue. Bat 4 hat
-ere his hope - -ss vsry vsia and empty
Muusy se not quite 20 usttsnnse add h.
dissrsas - Rs.s. bat sssil -<en>s sas sa.de
y isssssed ri,A bis sisusiioh. About
ss~res pas e'e.oek. o<sc<r. under
charge Of Ma. Gaslm. iook Nafns. loo.sa
TIE e.srS,- r0ans ~ srua-. sn1 sook ii. e..s
o.. re t,sa tel he feet nd AT hiu down
o. the focs 81 % e.fss. Ne sas quiss .pa
uanevet % - shirs slrtvcs -hle ia h.r,
mar. Ryan. as .s-ipos.1 sd I'D. wee.yls
nss fcrbsar re ssasFai fsu -~s<hsra a
sxif .ss -inos. r zee AID n.sks ~, "a,
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