The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-21
carefully prepared the list OF people cutitlcd 10
aamiSs;ua, aud beyond those thereon nainrd,
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SCENES 81 TIE or c'.rn1L
Prison OF thursday night were by 40 nrc"s
50 narrowing III Intensity as iie pu3lic doubt
! lsss Imagined. SO far a.; the authorities were
concerned, there was possibly IN increase! T'g-
! lance aiIi extra precausiolls were taken wli!'
Mrs Surralt, but beyond tha;, matters "t;.i
along. quite in accordance with lie &eieEal
cualo.:!.
MEs. su::f:s-r, :.
;louit whose i.arinl participation il i':c Eit:r-
,ic: 9: tie l'Ycsi.!oas ;!:e!a Ia$ ;nen !i,'aN" so
.!rh mystery; was very ren",c?:ai.',. T'a1",
a.li Ike Mo,, remarkable women, bad IN IN
! iv.tonc rI Superstition which served hex III
! place Of truc rt:i, ,gon and enatrl her to sleep
peacefully even while eognizant Of sHcii IL
| crime rs that fol which she ia, now suffered.
She was fifty years Of age, bat although since
her illness Of the past two weeks $hc bas grown
old and looked pale and thin, she would he
called rather folty>twO or three. FirmncsS anal
decision were part and parcel of her nature.
\ cod eye that woud quail at no sce9e ot
torture; close, shut mouth, whence 10 word
Of sympathy with suffering wonfl pass, Il irm
elm, Indicative Of izcln,s oi. oi.!r<olve;a s'Iiarc,
solid figure, whose proportions were never dis
tgursd remorse or nlarred by loss Of sIrcp--
these have ever marked lhe personnel Of Mary
Surratt- her neighhors say, We're correct
indices of he: every day and every year lie
These ~ho have watched her through the
whole of this protrac!cd trial have noticed her
utter lnditlirrcncc to anything aud everything
said Or suggested about her. The most terrible
tfa@cla;nrs produced no effect Upon he' rocky
counynancc, solid, qui'.t, entirely self-Posse>s-
ed, calm as Il May morning, she Sat unintcr'
esrrd from the cpcni"g> 70 tic close.
Her guardians sly Sine auticinated an #e-
squitlal, she ;io'fa kGew why.
THE scArroLp.
In the lot South Of The prison, and sur.uund-
cd by wall thi:ty feet high, the Scais"Id was
erected. The structure Is about seventy feet
from the prison. near by, say thirty feet dslant
were fonr freshly dug graves, and beside item
four large pine collins coarsc'y constructed.
The scaf,d was so arranged that the four
condcma ned could be hung at tho san;c
time.
! uC CuCiOSUiE'N iIiltC'l SCl LH'iH h''o
stated in my dispatch Of last ui&ht, and there
must have be"n prescott within the lot and upon
the top of the wall, which was literally packed
with soldiers, quite 1000 spectators, lhFcc-
fourths Of wiin,n.wcre soldiers.
About l2$O o'clock Gen. Hancock arrived.
and remained personally inspecting all the
Off :ial acts.
Tile PROCESSION or DEATH.
At 1:1J the procession ,,roccclcd from Tic
prison to lie sv3,ii!ohi il. sie following or.ic.,
proceeded hy Gen. Ilartrnit:
Mrs. Surratt, supported by IN officer and a
non>commissioncd Officer, and attended by Rev.
Fathers Walter and Wigctt. -
Aneroth, attended Iy an officer, with whom
walked his spiritual advisers, kcv. J. G. But
lcr of tn. Lutheran Church, and Chaplain
Winchester.
hiarr,'Ea c;'no rcyt, at..rni?i by Res. Dr.
y...s, OF Hi!:sr .t:c i.';.r,:,ai
! Ii,y"o. as'eSnv1 y :.gT. :ij.. Gillette, c'