, 1864-09-25

iu.ni, they immediaseI, shot her deal.-
sates, Hxst "a, 1851.
"l,nlnaasdte f6ars1 b. md. ~ q eses,a.lan Of
hosftis g."
66th N. c. ReRlment, was ordered to arr.st !
some men at Laurel GiH Fur sufztnE aatt at !
Marshal, NC. Before the regiment arrived.
those engaged In the setznse tftdr aod tho Ia. |
noceut had to suffer. T3elve PERSONS ~seo
ss1ested, varying ia tbtif ss,es from seveu TO I
eixty, who, protested their Innoc-ucs and
plead for tIiat. which was promised. :.
They swero marched :: of. but had j..
proceeded bat few miles -s.nen th-y were
taken Into q muu 4tafu gorge' and uvo 1T i
them ordered to kn-ei;. 4: Ole OF soldiers
wsa drawn up. In front Ct them, when, d.at
to the agonixieg cttes for mercy. the ptores
,tations OF their: perfect innocence, Of the |
lime for prayer and preparation for desth,
the order WIS given to ire, which tha SOL
4ie1a heastat.d to obey. Keith told them par
emptorl]5 10 ooey, or th : would exchange
places with rhe prisonErs Agato the oedsr
vas giyeI. aid nya mcn fell five Others
we1e ordered to knsel, and of tia namper a
little boy Of twelve yrar., wan pse~o With
tfB cxccutionere, "You shot my father Ia
the face; please dom shoot ma.o the fseo,''
and covered his face 1ish fits hauds: Five
more ten at the order to fts and anod{
them vas this child, wounded In Doth arms,
and three Of his brothers, dead the lutte
hero, at the feet Of the inhuuan otRcur, I'M
p1ored to be spared to his mother, who vas
deprived Of q husband and TIRES soma st bis
hnndei but In vain. BE waa dragged back
to the place of execution, and was sacri-
aeed-Eicrctd with eight bslls; those in
with listols; the bodies we're tumhfed into
one grave or hole, into. which they were
ianmed by the feet OF these goddess
wretchts. who danced and shouted In thelr-
sac1ilegloua work as If at acarnival Of
devils. They then returned to Laurel Hill,
men In : order to discover whcre -lhe
ealt Was concealed Mrs, q. Skclton and
Msr. E. Shelton were whipped until tha
blood ran down their persons to the eruund.
then hing until life wss almo5f ex{inst'
then tsksl down. Martha Vita, an IilotIc
gtrl, was whipped, then tied to q tree By the
neck, and 1tte al day. Hrs. Riddle. aged
then,1obbcd. Mga. eallIe More, aged seycn-
! ~, was whipped until hlood ran, to the
| ground Orc woman. name fosgorten, who
had atchild five or six weeks old. was tied to
tree IN the >snow, and her child placed In
the open dcJr In her sight, and sue Was told
they both should perta9--0a tx ,a,:isor.fy
| Of Cox Crawford, Tenn. ;.
"lmmediase <0o:ts b made for 4 eysaa!ia,s d
| = ha.slilisies.' -
After The baltic q Gettysburg, the Union
ists OF North Carolina begnu to speak more
! freely. and revolt was feared IN conseuuence.
q regiment ofaoldiers uas cent to Randolph
/ county to prtserve order. The kind OF order
That Vas pres etved may be known bS the
>tollow'ns arrocity, one Of many coumlscd
| upon the unprotected 1oyalisss Of that re-
+ giou: .These soldiers cecoscd one-armcd
nm F7AR 4Ft4$A n ~ II
euiae, Into = piece Of woodland, whcrr
bis body vas found s:yeral days after, CON
plttely rlddled With bullets he vas heard a
long distance begging and fmplo.1ng for biz
life; from The marks Of blood and foot
prints, it was believed that hs was compel.
ed to run round bis tormehiofz, they. shoot.
Ing at bin as he ran to see how many tfmca
lyon. dsthor Of Roy Of Light"
| ho,t1itts.''
CAsmp Eeiruson. the prince of flcuds, and
bfs gang, captured three whiss men and :
negro IN Fcntress county, Tennessee, sud
! tying them together, drove them to Vol
kun, On the ~ay, these wretcnes gratidse
their sAysge proptnslttss bg thrnstlns sharp
ened spltnte!s Of " cd into the flesh Of thel
to their bodses:- To 1nase them tr4vc
faster they pitched tlrlr bowie knive.
iuto-. them. Whca arrived at the run
the. unfortunate - men were put Il
slow torture BY oayeuets stucK Into them
aid cntting OF pieces Of their desh, uutL
The york. Of death was we'll pigh complete
Finally. .EorGed With this oIsGnstinE work
Ferguson dispatched one Of tho men By &C
tually Lacking hlm into pieces ith nls knife
and his comrades In guilt put an end to tnt
turmeLts Of the renaiuorr by the SAINT
mems. This same nun, Fersueou. declared
~ spescn ~ sparta tennessee, that 10 hat
an aoy khlen sixteen L'nco1ottes, and Intend
ed 10 ELI enough 70 make twenty X. thel
" Was Wilsns 70 otc--ao1t0r1sYt 0tH. ! u
4ogtfs' .1t'~.
X lansed.afs S1osfs % ts .'oas for esss1tion Q
I T. .,-n 1000 Ao't.ns'es."
~ tapst ~ i;.ts. to l.; tnta naineo onen., sAt
sec, Wltn I"o sons 3ad TWO nsphcEa, ",
a1fe!ea Y COL FouiEe'e E cavalry anu march
ca ln!o Ash courtE. -1nefe grocery Keeper
or9tnSf .,d,t4ss' mnlaefI' pioposea 70 tEsat thl'
oano OF fchiyssfy win elg9t gallons
withont trial The nronnssi xas eanoeir a.
cepted. snd the corn6anv of fvn wsra hnms M
~ t1e frat IRE w;1hnnt rerc1ne,r ~ nuut ny
Lo15fvof CI. Cyaujord. Tam. ~''
In The latter mart Of rs6a. md earlv I,
1903. fbc rreels in Niss;ssinni consc,in.a
Ill the men They could and between the lee
of eighteen and sixty; the Unloulsts fled +
the woods to. escape the consesiptlou, an
the henda ct blood hounds on thclr track
oy thls inhumnn method, many were cal
!nfea, ana many Were nearly torn In ptect
BY these dogs before they could be rescues
cuscd Wath SUI greater severity. Durlp
1ne wlntet o. 1o Young gFl, Willie cal
/ fJlng 1909 70 her tafhtF, hidden In carf
wa a'laesea " oHe ol theee aoge, ana Ill