The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1864-08-04

| ped 1t at the fellow, he ot the same instant
/ 6nrg his pistol, and ~tbe ball grazing Mr..
( Cre,gh's lace, passed into the wall Mr..
Creigh then seized him, end in ths SCI fl
which followed was pushed by him out Into
the passage and thrown dagn the stairs a.
tbe front door Of ibs house, the soidieT fall
log upon HIN. They rose together and in
the attempt TO wrest the pistol from the
Yankees hands, Is vss accidentally dis
charged, and tie 6rst discovery Of it's ef
I fects upon his person was fsom seeing the
/ profrse of. his blood He struggled
into the porlico, where be again 6red his
pistol at 'sir c.. the ball going into the up
per part # tho front & orr A negro woman
I standing at The door With an ks ia her
hand, cried, Master, he will get up" and
begged h!m, to strike bin with the axe !;
| which was saken from her hands and this
Infamous robber fOrthailh despatched.
The Federal army was in the country {:
to have the case judged by the civil court
MAS impossible: should Mr.. Creigh carry it
/ before lie enemies Of his cOuOtry9 He de-
teImned not to DO this. After consultation
aud advice, the body was disposed of in a
private manner. We mean BY this that the
matter was hot made public spectacle.
The very same motive was upon Mr.,
Creieh that i. foenced Moses Of old when
the Ely ptisn he had alsin was bid in the
sard An lTishman about the house,
Dired labQrer, told the matter to negro
boy belonging 10 neighbOr, and when the
Federal army returned to Greenbrier in
Jane, tbis negro boy went eff 10 them, and
gave them information. Search was made
and thSremains found Mr. Creigh made
candid statement Of the whole occurrence
to the military authorities, declaring that
be considered himself just fed in what he
had done, and that he would do the same
thing 20 any Of them, or to any soldier Fed
eral or Confederate under the same cilcum-
stance. After hi5 arrest they took his wife
and lso daughters about ten o'clock ct
Digbt--very dsiI; corpefed them ride
behind their guard on hOrs, back four miles
to headquarters. They did rot however, 0gk
hem 8 question. por were they permitted
even to see Mr.. Creigh Her,q ested that
his xceliont friend shd reigl b,r, NJ John
+ " Duon. shOuld oppeav es a witness. They
sent for him, but would rot permil him 10
sDsver single question.
They departed from ,be .pighborhood 4
LeVishDrg t6e neZs day leaving Mrs Creigh
and her Two daughters to 60 on foot to that
place, four miles distant Mr.. Crelgh they
marched on foot to Stau' kn, distance Of
Gre 6ur6red miles and where the forces.un-
der Ayerill we're jliDed by the army upder
Hunter. He wrote a shor; letter to his wife
in which be speaks of his entire ignorance
Of bis destination, s9Pposing hOVeyer, 'het
lii was probably Stanton. BE exberts Der
70 bear MP under'the trial, hoping to meet
bis family soon again on earib--a all events
in better world. Sfhis is abcns all the in
| formation his friends have concerning him,
till the time of bis end. The few f.cts kuoEn
concerning bis murder We nov proceed to
relate.
The army If General Hunter left Stau"-
ton on Friday. June the 10 b, procee Ding
up the Valley towards L'x Bgton b7 vsriOus
roads. Ga Sunday evening, the y h, Sen.
/ Averill encamped on Hays Greek about
two miles below Brognsburg. The spot
selected was the home Of our childhood
the farm owned BY our father, and, ever
since his death, by his son in.law and sue
cessor as pastor Of New Providence church,
the Rev James Morrison. The tent Of
Gen. Avarill as pitched in his yard. About
dark a rather, elderly locking person knock
ed at tbe door, announcing bin self IS the
r.. Rev Mr. O,borD, from union Town, Penn
sylvapia, Chaplain of the Federal 81 my.
He requested to see Mr.. Morrison, stating
that they bad Vith the army citizen Of
Greenbrier county whose name was Creigh,
that be vas under sentence Of death, and
was about to be executed. ibis doom had
inst been announced 10 him He also said
Mr. Creigh had mentioned that be was well
scousiDted Sith Mr.. Morrison, had often
heard him preach, and that, in the immedi
ate prospect Of death. he had sent to ask
an interest in his prayers. He stated far
! tber, in answer to inquiries on that point
that no communication with the prisoner
would be permitted he was kept under
strict guard in negro cabin close by, aad
though repeated forts we're mace tha,
night to visit him, they were in vain. 1t vas
at this awful hour, and immediately after
knowing his fate, that Mr. Creigh wrote bis
beloved wife the following letter, from which
We omit only a few matters RELAXING to bis
private affairs.
JUNE 10Th, 1864
Dear Emily Il arrived this evening az
the Rev. Mr.. Jemes MOrrisOn's, in R ok,
bridge county. After eating my supper,
was taken into a house, and the sentence PRO
nOunced that was 10 be hung. was not