The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-11

pronounced all dead. In about ten min
utes more aladder was placed against the
scaff0ld, preparatory to cutting the bod
les down. An over jealous soldier on the
platform reached over aud severed tho
cord, letting the body Of Atzerodt fall
with heavy thump, when he was inn
mediately ordered down and reprimand
ed. The body of Atzerodt was placed in
strong white pine box, and the other
bodies were cut do Sn in the following or
der: David c. Harold, Lewis Payne
Powell, and Mrs. Mar, F.. Surratt. The
surgeon examined each body as it was
lowered, but the moose in the eases of
Atzerodt and Payne having caught so
near the base of the skull. it could not
be determined whether the neck was
broken or not Harrold's neck is snp,
posed to have been broken. aud Mrs
Surratt's was pronounced to have been
broken positively.
THE BODIES BURIED
The bodies being laid in the boxes,
each of which was marked with tho
name of the party, were placed in tho
caves before mentioned and buried by
detail Of the first corps
1t is understood that the friends of
Mrs. Surratt, Harold and Atzerodt made
application for the remains, but the an
thorities declined for the present TO grant
the requests.
The Address OF the Legal virginiaas.
Under this head s. F. Beach, Lysander
Hill and w. J. Cowens, Corresponding
committee of the Virginia Union Associ-
alton, issued an address, dated at Alex.
andria, June 30, to the Union men Of the
North, recapitulating the dangers to
which their State is subjected by the
rule of Governor Pierpoint. who don't
suit their radical views In producingit
the Richmond BalIetim remarks:
THE Address is curiosity, and pre-
sents some features that would be- I'M
portant were ii not tn Mt they express the
opinions Of nobody in Virginia. We sup.
pose that Governor PierpOint can survive
the fury of the Alexandria 1oyalists'
The Richnond Repablic says Of the
movement: =,
Tne participants in this populou,
movement represent no sentiment or
feeling in Virginia. They are aliens BY
nativity. aliens In sympathy. aliens in
interest and in purpose to the Virginia
people. Their direct and avowed aim il
to defeat popular government in this
Commonwealth. They would estahlisha
government of the few over the maay
Of most contemplate few over the great
mass of people i'm this great Common
wealth. They would establish an ol,ear-
chy of the most odious character. They
would have reign among us worse than
that of the Thirty Tyrants Of Athens -
They, of the dozen, would reserve TO
themselves the power Of hanging. confs.
eating and ruling OF pleasure million
of people The only popular element
which they propose in their model gov
ernment is that of the freed negroes. -.
they desire With themselves rs tho
rulers. and the negroes as voters, they
would hoist the dag of insurrection
against Governor Pierpoint. The move
ment il too absurd aud monstrons to OBJ
tain any head in Virginia.
Loyal Virginians they claim TO be, yet
Of the names attached To the address not
one of them are Virginians.
If we are correctly infogaasd, s. Fer
guson Beach is o native Of Connecticut,
for some time teacher in Maryland, now
a resident Of Alexandria. Lysander Hill
came first to Virginia as lieutenant in
a Maine regiment. w. J Cowens came
also from distance, il is said from In
diana, and was for some time an Office
holder in the very Government whose va
lidity he now impeaches
Of such is this whole movement. II
scarcely numbers native Virginian in
its ranks II il men from other States, IL
is men aliens to Virginia, who have now
got up this assault against the loyal Gov
ernment which Mr. Lincoln recognized,
and which President johnson sanctioned
and sent to Richmond as the only legiti
mate government Of the State.