New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-23

| BEAUFORT, d u, Jan IL 1874
By General Orders No. I, dated from " head,
quarters In the field Jan |, leC4" II was decreed 49,
Joseph Strobel Co l. 55th Pennsylvania Vo'anfesrh
should suffer the penalty Of bis crimes be having teea
conyjcted before General Court Martial CT desee'
ton" and Of leavng bis post without being regularly
Relieved" these on or about the night OF Nov. "a.
| le63" Brig Gen. Rufus Ssxton Post Canlmandants ~
Beaufort S c. was instructed to the orders OF Ne
MajorGeneral carried into effect within 48 hours aes
the receipt Of the order
The order reached Gen. SaxtoD early on Monday
Jan. 4. 1t was conveyed to him by Major.Gen GIN
more In person. who visited Beaufort In tho Ben DE Ford
steam-tgansport
by the personal inierceson Of Mr.. s. L. Hsrr.s, ne
worthy and much-respected Chaplain of Beaufort the
criminal was granted reprieve Of twentyfour hoarA
The interval was improved by Mr. Harris iu osdesv.
odng TO briug the condemned into fitting state
Of mind and TO prepare bin for his last moments upon
earth, and hs premature entrance into tie life 10
On Wednesday, Jan. 6. at o'clock p m. the elecu
ton took place in the brigade parade ground vide
pain skirted by the Eeauort River on the one side on
the Others ~ venerable groves If liyeoaks pineA
hxuriant blenders 81 mngnolias and tie PEI eanil
lemon ond orangeIees IN their cheerful Curb Of ever
green ioilge 1.-THE heavens ere hung with black
fT the oco0 ion. storm Of wind and rain wore tire
dismal accessories Of the scerc Here few diys be.
fore under tire most brilliant sun8hne tie need poOplo
Of the neghborng islayds had met to Gel bate tbeis
accession oedom md INDEPENDENCE e anniyesAa.
~ Of President Liuco's immortal declaration that rla
ind after tie LIST Il January 1903 tue persons e In
slavery within the limits of the States t!en IL rebellion
ogaiI st the lawful Government Of the American Union
should be and were "thenceiorward and iOlogc. ffee
low UOnrnl1 the contrast between the two pio-
lures ono Illustrating Life ard more than Iife-Lib.
erty without which lie has value, ana is indeed
burden The other significant Of Death, and more than
DeatiDsgrace, with which death itself loses its sac-
ihe painful details of the shooting to death with
musketTy" need not be dwct upon. suffice IL thss
Joseph StrObe died apparently without pal or struggle
lie buried the day IL the coffin and the grsys
prepared for him willie his las moments were ebb
ing away His demeGnor was sngrIarly cheerful and
collected. Amer eading an address 70 Ms iehoD.sot
diers prepared By himself in which he Acknowledged
the Justice OF HI sentence, and exhorted bis hearers =
be warned Oy his example, the condemned mnn shook
bands with the Chaplain and the Provost Marshal
Capt Metoalf Of the LIST South Carolina VounicerS
threw OIL his overcoat. barred his breast requested tae
firing party Of IL Comrades Of his company
70 aul at lis heart-not at bis lead or hsadscoony
turned % look moment at the position OF lis coffin, -
that be might place himself In attitude to, fall iiIly
inside Of it and With his eyes f1rd bis cyeCuoaerA
and his hands free from the customary cords received
he swift messengers Of death through bis heart sin
gnlarly enough IN falling he turned quite round ard
fi 10 the earth upon his face with his under him.
and his feet crossed over each other ct tie ankles.
The car0uy.!ag nioos enttcr traditional IN aImies
was observed % rs occasion, IA he loqd'g Of hs
muskcis for the execution. The charges Yef. patti
ne guns By others han the D.el Of the firing party
one G4skit on. Of welve eontanei blank cartridge
Tho loaded pieces being distributed to the aOnen
Nv TIE Provost Marshal 70 one Of them knew vAethef
bis would certainly be- the fatal shot Thus each mar
Of twelve il allowed slight ground for hoping
ard believing that his former comrade had not died 81
bis hands.
\ SIX shots passed through or near the heart OF The
= prisoner. a seventh pierced his neck.
So died Joseph Strobcl substitute for drafted man.
ena member OF Co l. s5th r. gment Pa. Vols. lie bad
been but short time In the regiment and had enlisted
under the name Of james MURPHY. Ia appearance hs
was progressing, nearly ,if lee. Lsh Nerpropgr
ewes were blue his Lair hghtDr0vl ais complexion fair
be not much more than u years OF nse lie len
wife In Newyork City, 10 whom he had been inarTed
aboit eight months His defense Yves that be had AZ
unccDtfOl lbe lon sing 10 see bis young VIE From he
time he joined bis regiment. he Asd e'f"rSed Win e
comrades about her and her r-eSisp' attractions. ane
had cauygssed the chances ard means ~ soap through
TIC enemys lines to his home lie 5teat: inssfed 70
the hour If his death tia. hewas loyal mar aud taat
ho would not have gigen Information 10 tLe eneiny had
no reached their territory. His record vas not ulex'
cepiiOnable In the c'h y. u '. ne bad served ~ .
sergeant snd beer reduced - the ranks for descron
The st letter Joseph Sirobe wrote to his wife ws Very
tender assured her that he had died for The sake
Of the love he bore her He commended her 70 hea,en
and urged upon her mind the crnsostlous that pleU
and rel zion were alone able to administer to her IN the
anguish and dcsolaiion Of Ter spirit In conyersinG
with the PrOyosiMgrshG Strobe. vehementy protestod
that he bad had intention 10 get away Tor TIE purpose
of secur the srbstue's bounty over again. lie re-
ferre lis love and ungng e see his VIE a. the only
motive Tor tie commission Of the oiense Tor which NJ
The MAN for the desetion had included an appoiut
rncnt to meet al the rendeou, three solilers " hs
regiment members of John Morgans Rebel maraud.
lns band. These He'd 10 keep the engagement
nero bpatmap in the confidence of tie Provost Mar.
shall had unlack.y been selected b. Strobel and h1
comrades TO carry them inside tie eIenys lines. The
81 Helena Island Meeting with aEotheI deserter, the
ventar.d into negro village in search Of food and
were cap. red by yedeee OF eoioret s2ldi5 p. 80
strobel was native Of So.nnsen by Vim. In the
KINGDOM Of WGrtemberg Germany. he had been
about years in the United States His parents
and brother and sister reside in SolhnseA lis VIE
Whiein Jail under sentence Of death guard offered
him chance TO ran for his Life Refusng u. Stiooea
next day told the Provost Maj shall what had happened
The religious services were conducted at the execu.
ton and funeral according TO the Romish Ritual otro-
bel declared thar bis parents were Catholics He had
been Indifferent or skeptca NJ 10 religion during hn
ile lut profcssed to die true Cbristen
In the 9Th y. v v. sirobel had served in thirteen
engagements. He was a soldieTly man. undoubtedly
brave and deserving Of better fate than that lie %
rashly incurred. His education was fair ana he had
good natural ability end intelligence
The execution witnessed by Gen. Saxton and his
staff and all the soldiers upon the post The troops
were drawn up in tho form Of three sites OF hollow
square Present on the occasion. also were the prison.
ers in the Provost Msrshals jail. among whom were
some charged with the same crime Tor WAlcl the
prisoner suffered death.
On the same day that this deserter was shot, msa
causeway between Port Royal and the mainanG trying
TO pass through the line. 10 the enemy CD
pFPAnrAgSr OF TuK SOUTH lie sdqusrters 70 tie Field
MORRIS ISLAND. :. g., Aug :, 1905
GENERAL ORnHRs, No. to- The practice OF
giving information Thea. friends oro The Pablo press, %
m,,ers connected with military operations IN progress OF n
rsasmpsiou SO uu.rupulously gel in BY officers cit
zens so sirrs ths department and ~ employees O.
tra sports ia raught with ncacul evil to snA
be stopped No Information which cohd n say
way benefit the enemy. must be dvuged directly OF insS
rectly
Upon tho following subjects in particular the sric:es .
lence must be observed, viz:
l. Tie name. OF ,ion brigade pos, commanders.
2 The strength bfgades or DIVISIONS exceye
ate engag puents have taken pace.
rs ana poiou OF r, Its b.!gades diyisionG