Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-19
; Northern News:

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New York, July ] ll:-H. !. s. yEoote, Of; the
| rebel Congress, now in Montreal, publishes
! cardin the, Herald concerning the hard
treatment of Union prisoners, il which he
says. touching the Congressional report re-
| ferred to: f: I have this to say. a month OF
two anterior to the date of said report,
learned from q, a,government official of 3respec:
liability that prisoners Of war tuenr confined
! iniand about Eichmond were suffering Sc.
layerely for want of provisions, He told mo
ltfnrther; ;thatit was manifest to him thata
|;systematic- scheme was on foot forreduciag
these poor men to starvation; that the com
missary general, Northrnp, amost wicket. and
| heartless wretch, had addressed Q. .comnp-
.nication. to MI. Scddon, Secretary Of War,
proposing TO withhold meat altogether from
the military prisoners then in custody andto
give them nothing but bread and vegetables,
and that Mr., ,Seddon had endorsed the doc:
ument. containing this recommends alton, afir-
matively. He.then moved for a committee
ADMINISTRATION in, the rebel ,House,of Repre-
sentatiYes, but tliis was at first refused and
he was ceusured by several members for in
PRODUCING the subject intorthe House OF all.
He persevered, however, and obtained the
committee and succeededin finding the doc
|-umeleaboYe referred TO-. signed:by No rthrup.
and endorsed by Seddon, the latter adding.
that the time; had CONC for retaliation upon
the prisoners ofwar.of the enemy. - :. q,
The Worlds account Of e,execution says:
Itswas With a, a,shudde 1 saw the officer gath
er ropes tightly, three; times around the rebes
|ofs Mrs Surratt and bind her ankles ;witk
cords, She half tainted AMI, fell backward:
upon the attendants, her limbs yielding, but
.uttering no cries. Payne, withSieet firmly
laced together, stood straight and braced;
himself so stoutly as prevented breaking Of
his neck. Harold stood beneath the drop
.whimpering.. Alzerott was in. @ groTeling at
ltitude,. ~ - -.
Therest said nothing; except Mrs Surratt,
who asked to be supported that she might
hot fall. Here the reporters briefis SO i'm.
perfect it,cannot be made out All the me-
,chanical preparations were clumsy and mar.
tistic and the final scenes Of the execution
revolving. The death caps were, all drawn
over the faces of the prisoners and they stood
in line in awful suspense between absolute
life and speedy death. "a ia.
The officer on tie platform lnotioned back
his assistants and signalied to the execution
ers, and the groat beams were darted agaiuak
the props simultaneously, the two traps fell
and the four bodies dropped, when the spec.
tators took q rush forward. -.
: Mrs. Surrat.'s neck. was broken imnledi-
ately, and she scarcely drew one breath. ~
Payne struggled hard, and. was in cen7G!-
sions till nature ceased her.rebellion.
2 Harold also passed through the saEeo'
struggles; andit is doubtfulif his neck was
broken. -.
a Aizerot died easy. ~
Cotton from so to 81, Gold unchanged at
81 s94.
Bureau refuses to restore to tho former reb..
els con6scated abandoned lands, set apart by
the Government for the use Of freedmen re-
fugees, but finally concluded to leave tho
whole subiect to the decision .ofthe courts.
Speaking of the confession of Mrs. Surratti
Rev. Mr. Walters says, not revealing the con-
fessional, that as Ged lives Mrs. Slrratt was
innocent of the murder Of President Lincoln,
-or- Of anE intRrelt ;nihn- -annsnirae'i ia 'h4i1
der him.
The uerald's Washington special aays :.
Tho delegation from Florida headed by
Brooks Of Appalachicola, and Hopkins of
tallahassee, are in the city, and hope to have
an interview with the President concerning
provisional Government for that State. The
two Generals are. understood to favor the.
appointment of E<-Judge Marvin rs Cover
nor.
Mr.. Marvin was for some years, Judge of
the District Court for The Southern District
Of Florida. Although now residing in New
York he has been presented as . suitable
person. Florida has been the last 10 apply
for assistance in reconstruction, and IS Tie
ouly one of the seeding States without a
Provisional Governor. .-..