The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-11
Affairs In Utah.
War Declared Between Spain and
Chill.
AeXicO 20 be Evacuated BIZ the
French.

French.
WAsHSesex D. G., nov. I0.-A dispatch
was received TINS morning BY the Secretsrl
Of the Treasury from +. ". sheldon. speeia
| treasury Agent, dated Galveston. oh, Wis
View Orleans, Sth, announcing the death o
VIM. johnson, only brother OF the Prssiden,
OF the United States, and late Collector. Ia
died from the effects Of an accidental gun
shot wound
WASHINGTON, Nov. lO.-Capt. Wirz was
executed between the hours Of 10 and II
this morning. on the gallows he declsred
his innocence. He died without any symp-
| toms OF the fever this morning.
Father Boyle administered the sacrament
20 Capt. Wirz. and Father Wiggett, also OF
the Roman Catholic church, then placed
upon the prisoner the black cambria, re
marx ng a. he did 50, 81 hope this VIII be
turned to white in another world"
At twenty minutes past ten the prisoner,
accompanied BY Provost Marshal Russell
snd other officers, and Fathers Boyle and
Niggett, passing between the guards, as
ce dsd the scafiOld and was seated.
The scafold was twelve feet square, TWEEN
ty-twO feet 10 top of beam, with the trap
twelve feet from tae ground.
The gusrd consisted Of the 18th Peunsyl-
vania volunteers aud three detaehments Of
the Veteran Reserve Corps, under comm and
Of Capt Walb idge, military superintend-
ent Of Old Capital Prison.
There were several hundred spectators
present, besides the military. Civilians had
been admitted on special passes. Amid pro
found silence Provost Marsha Russell pro
eeeded 10 read the order Of the war De-
partment, founded on the verdict Of the
court martial, which tried the prisoner. lie
was charged and convicted Of combining.
coEfederating, and conspirating with Jeu.
Davis, J. A. Seldom, Howell Cobb, John H.
Ninder, Isaac White, R.cnard B. Winder,
W. 5. Ninder, ". Shelby, K. r. r. Steven
son, s. S. Moore, late hospital steward At
Andersonyille, James Duncan, W. Turner,
Benjamin Harris and others whose names
are unknown, and who were then en- q gad
in rebellion agsinst the U. g., maliciouslv,
traitOrOusly, aud in violation Of the Laws of
war, to impair and iniure the health and de-
stroy lives, by subjectng to torture and great
suffering, by coufning an unhealthy and
unwholesome quarters, BY exposing 70 the
inelemency Of the weather, and TO dews aud
burning sun Of summer, by furnishing in
sufficient and unWholes0ms food 20 a large
number Of Federal prisoners-to that num-
Der about 4s,00p-held Is prisoners Of war
at AndersOnville. within the lines OF the So
called Confederate States, on or before he |
27th Of March, 1864, and az divers tunes be- |
tween that day and the 10Th Of April, 1865, |
TO the end that the armies OF the United |
States might Be weakened and impaired, and /
that the insurgents engaged in armed re-
belli0n against the United States might be
aided and conaforted, etc. r.
The order also stated that the prisoner ]
was found guilty Of the second charge, viz
murder in violation Of war, against law and |
the customs Of war, and guilty Of the speci |
fcatiOns, excepting the 4th, and 10Th, and |
1871, which three set forth Killed a pris- |
oner by shooting him with q revolver; he /
ordered 8 sentinel 70 ERE on him with 3 re- |
volver, and that he shot another with q re- !
volver and that he died. The order con- |
cludes as follows: senlence-The court does |
therefore sentence him, Henry WirE, to be /
hanged by the neck until he be dead, 81 /
such tune aud place as the President Of the ]
United States may direct, tWo-thirds Of /
the members Of the court eoucurriug here |
in and he court also finds the prisoner, |
Henry, =Wirz, guilty Of - having caused |
death in tie manner as alleged !
in specification nth, charge 2, by means Of |
dogs, three prisoners Of war in his custody, |
and soldiers in the United States army, one /
occurring on or about the 18Th Of May, 1864, 1
another on or about the 18th day of July,
1854, and the other about the lst Of Septem- |
Der, 1864 but which finding. as he express
sed, has not entered into the sentence Of The i
court, as above stated.
second.-The proceedings, findings, and /
sentence in the foregoing case, have been
submitted 70 the President and the follow
ing are bis orders:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Nov. 3, 1865.
The rro.aaHiuua FuNfrwa grrN garraror I
Of the court in the within case. are q prov
ID, and il is ordered that the sentence be
carried into execution by the officer com
mahding the Department Of Washington,
on Friday, the l0tn day Of November, 1865,
between the hours Of o in the morning, and
- o'clock, noon.
ESignedl ANDREW JOHNSON,
Prrsident I nIted States.
Third-Maior General q. c. Anger, Com
Department Of Washington, IS /
commsnued 10 cause the foregoing sentence /
in the ease Of Henry Wirz, 10 be duly exc
cuted in accordance with the PRESIDENTS 1
order. NtI-#
Fourth-The Military Commission, Of 4
which Msj Gen. Wallace, z. 8. Volunteers,
is Presldsn, is hereby dissolved. BY order OF
the President Of the United Ststes.
Z. D. TOWNSEND, A. G.
When reading the order OF completion,
Wirz converted with those On this platform \
with seeming confidence and self posses
sion. Il was remarked that he had q smil 4
ing countenance. To his spiritual advisers,
be said, II am innocent; have TO die, but /
can die, and ! have hope in the future; /
have nothing more 70 say" His legs and /
hands were tied, and q moose arouad his
neck and black cap passed over his face
be stood erect without falgerinE,
evidently having nervsd himself 10
the solemn event. Those on the plat
form retired 10 the railing, leaving the /
doomed man in the centre OF the structure.
In few moments Of quietoess the drop at
q preconcerted signal fell 10 the ground
This occasion having reached the cars Of
the promiscuOus crowd inside the capt /
grounds, who were not permitted TO view
the execution was responded to by repeated
shouts Of apr baton. The convict direct
" after falling, was considerably eonvulsed
in his legs, out the agony was soon over.
He hung about Is inmates, then be was cut
down. His body was laid upon a sire cher
and conveyed 90 tho prison where it was
placed in q coffin and transferred 30 Father
Boyle for interment. His neck was broken
BY the fall. The whole proceeding occupied
: bout - minutes.
NEW YoRK, Nov. 10 BY the arrival Of
Z
he 30th ult.
Wsr has been declared between Spain
and Chill, ard all the ports Of the latter has
B en- declared, by Admiral Pas ia, com
handing Spanish squadron, blockaded since
he 24th, ten days being allowed all vessels
hen in port 10 depart. The Diplomatic
Corps in chilli p otssted empbstically |
igainst the mode Of blockade, the Admiral
proposing 70 mainta n q BY cruisers.
Tbs panic ocezsioned by the sudden mp
ure IS unprecedented in Chill. Business Is
yreatly prostrated.
The English line Of steamers between
Panama aud Valparaiso have no passengers
n freights for any point south Of Bolivar.
IL Is believed that the mails carried BY the
steamers viii be received 81 Cobija ~ an
English gunboat, and conveyed along tbs
lillian cosst.
The .. 5. sloOp St. Mary was at vsIpa-
also.
Disafection vas arising among the revo-
IN Peru. There j. a prospect Of eli
countries combining together - assist ChAi-
The murder Of Barri0s 10 Central America
; not strengthening security.
Dr.. I'm. Brittle, Of Nevada, newly ap-
,oin ted consul a. Havana, arrived on tie
18Th. and has asgEmed his duties. Eoshinr
n interest from he interior
WASHINGTON, Nov. IA special 70 the
Post says that the Union cEndidates yea
rally are defeated.
EEv YoEE, Nov. lO.-The boiler attached
o the Convent Sacred Heart, OF the Bloom
ngdsle rosd, exploded TINS morning, kill
NJ the engineer.
Some thirty roguet made ar attack on q
ailroad train A. Patterson on wednesday
light, but were driven CT by the soldiers