Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-30
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mile west Of this city, 1t IL o'clock to-day in
eordsnee with the sentence Of . general court
Private Jobs H. Thompson, Of company c, iIt
Ohio cavalry, was young man, scarcely twenty
years Of age, a native Of Hanover, Licking county,
his grandtather's farm. He enlisted in the lat
Ohio cavalry 10 the summer Of 1851, and deserted
s.rSspSs sa 5e Rsps Sfmssif IN the Tienty of The
| Chain Bridge and Fort Ethan Allen, naraudlng on
TPion men and acting n x. ana
| Marshal General Col. Wells:
"sept. 22d, IseI-John II. Thompson, a dessttsr
.9 months hs. S.sn ioSSSs nnS t
through Major Young's district, tnea Fort Ethan
Alleu,l sometimes alone, but more frequently With
the Union men Il that noishbOrhOOd very many o.
noStas s past M he has PreseiTsd Sc w al .toCsI indsf, @
enee a. TO the result OF his trial, apparently con
IDENTITY relying upon an an as9ittai Or gs.doni but
Tested great oontrition, and we were this morn
log informed by his attending minister that he As
recently given evidence Of a hearty and sincere
At about twenty minutes past II o'clock thi.
morning the prisoner was taken from his cell and
i conveyed In an ambulance, under the charge OF
Lieut. Dobson, commanding at the jail, with a
guard Of soldiers, to the place Of EXECUTION.
;, The number Of persons in attendance aside ON
the military was quite large. They came on foot,
In carriages and wagons, on horseback, and In
found diicuit 70 keep back the crowd they pressed
| 30 hard upon the lines.
large number Of contrAbsnd and eoiorsd fe-
males were present, and in the crowd both on foot
and In carriages we noticed quite sprinkllng OF
white women. For the sake ofthe good name Of
ter at home II they had such Ilaoeif not tsaIt
away from such sad scene.
The Provost mar,hal then proceeded to read the
RITiooedn!' si hno.0s and sentence oi i's' 'our'm'r
The prisoner was then lsf, to confer for few
sung, in which The prilonsr Joined with arn,
clear voice, and prayer offered In his behalf by
attendance upon him for some time % past minister
ing TO his spiritual comfort. He was then blind
folded, the hsndoufs were removed, and he was
Lieutenant Dobson, under whose charge he has
Ss%f. Sr 'ss ss to each
twelve mem detailed from company ;, q he IT =
Sergeant sommers, were placed in position, and
four OF the number ordered few PAGES to the
S'R r: SsESHS ,isa syS HS, sAs
back on the coffin pierced BY fsur balls, one Of
which entered immediately over the heart and
death almost inhtantAneously enIued.
After life had been pronounced extinct by the
attending surgeon, the column filed slowly past
the body, the band playing dirge hwas then
nal, ash.
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We TAXI the following Items from our Alex
AndrlA exchanges Of the 2eth inItApt;
Rubbiih IN oIr SfreeiSs-About Thirty contrabands
are kept sonStantiy. Al work taking Up and remoT.
stfestS. This work is done under the direction Of
labor 4 paid iCT out pOit fund thui relieving
our citizens Of the usual expense under this head.
great care should 6s sIsrossd sS prevent sn anne.
SS.sSIy AcSG%GistioR q auth, and 4 CONSEQUENT a
instead Of isatterlnS AShss, T, aud TuI5lSh over
r:et, e too much The
ties in spot where they will bs undiHturbed by
the travel, and easily removed:
observed, AG otherwise this street, which has re-
Gently been improved at the expense OF so much
will ssSS ,S.PP very sP
placed at convenient points a. receptAeles for
refuse matter, and are restrained
ter In the streets, We wihh city fathers would
adopt similar regulation, or that the eitiIepS
would themselves, as matter Of pride, undertake
FSIss Alarm "A false alarm Of nre took place this
morning about 2 O'Clock. The engines were
Z halt hour S retuTnsd to their houses. t"' ~ W
ARRIVALS AND CLBARAEoBs, CUSTOM HOUSE,
PORT OF ALExAEDEIA, Va APRIL so.-Arriysd
Gregory, Gottell' PS,r,smOath' \: HI big HsE'
PoTtSmoua6, N. Il sch. Charm, starr, PhiTs; brig
Chesapeake, WJnsn, FortsmoGthi brig Virginia,
Cleared U. s. transport Gen. Lyon, Mix, N. vi
U. S. transport shetleket, Keeney, N. vi sch.
Charm, starr, PhilAaelphiAj sch. WIN. Flint,
u sch. WIN. Gregory, cottel Baltimore, brig
HSrriet, Lindsey, NewberryPOrt, MRsS.i sch.
granOi. Newton, Goombl,, BdAmorci SCH John
man, BAltmorei brig Virginia. Nichols, Boston.
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