Marshall County Republican., 1865-01-05

erS pald the penalty OF the ollen,e at
Camp irnsiie. They were arrested at
the time the authorities were hunting ont
the vioiaters of the law under the last call
for troops. 1t was reported in New Yorl,
that there was "soft thing" here. and
they came on to find that the nsoft thing
was exceedingly hard Four ofthem, by
Gen Ilovey's order, were tried by court
martial. ami found guilty. One Of them.
John Doyle, Mias Lemon. alias Thoma,
Doyle. was respiied by the President for
ten days.
THE EXECUTION.
The order OF the Prc,i lent respiting
John Doyle having been received, and
thereby all assurance given that no other
interference need be apprebenied, General
H"vey proceeded with the execution -
Colonel y. y. Stevens. of The V. Il. c.,
arranged everything most admirably.
n little before two o'clock we went to
Camp Burnside, and as we approached the
line the troops drawn up in p,epa-
ration Tor the execution. Col. Stevens,
whose excellent Judgment and skill had
prepared everything for the OCCASION, was
present, keeping the hest orlcr we ever
saw maintained at such a time
The troops were formed on three sides
of hollow square On the east. south
and wcsr, the Veteran Reserve Corps boun
ted the space Of the execution. As we
passed in>ile the lines, we looked to see
any signs Of relen'inS in Inference. but
the men in blue showed neither in muscle
or attitude any mark of feeling We
could not say what troops occupied the
d.l rent lines, and it would be immaterial
ii wo could. We shall probably tell a,
mnch As our rrade:s Will care to know.
when we say that a hollow square wa,
formed of ahout > 200 men, with the si.le
nex TO Camp Norton, the north side.
open. The entire line was formed of
troops. 70 citiz.ns being seen or allowed
anywhere in the f"li. Probably lew
found places to look on. but if they did il
was an accident. an | not an accident OF
the most agree able knl either GA the
north side. mex; tn Camp Morton. where a
little ravne crosses the ground. there is a
bank ahont six feet high. AMI there the
p ison-rs were place.l. The bank made an
excellent lace for the bullets of the gnns
tn bury themselves in. AMI better place
for 80 ugly pb could not have been
found any where. About two o'clock the
sounl ot the mnfA Il drum wa, hearl on
the right. AMI >qnal of soldiers. nun ber-
ing ABOUT twenty or thirty, came insile the
square at the northeast corner. They
marched down tn cansewav between Camp
Morton an. Camp Burnside. and. as they
passed, the voice of Father Bessonies, of
st. Johns Church was plainly heard. as
he recitel the service fer the dead. On
his lett were two, and on his right one, of
the doomed msn. and behind them three
fins borne on the shoulders of the party,
and few scenes in all the strange vicissi-
tudes of the world conld make a deeper
impression on a thoughtless mini than
this. They passed down the roal. turned
10 the left, and novel across the line to
the east. AMI when they had reached the
southeastern angle of the square they i
turned again to the north. AT the end OF
the line they wheeled and marching abont
half way down the baak. they stopped,
moved ont into the open square and fr
III. first time stood plainly revealed to Il
sight of the surrounding crowd. Th- SCI
ders novel off ani formed line of two
ranks about ten PAGES from the prisoners.
Behind the firing party was reserve line
of probably thirty or forty men. and in
the party we think there were thirty six
man. The prisoners were dressed in eii
zens clothes. On the right was Billingslv.
al, III II IL Z
left Murray. Father Be,Soines never left
them till the moment before the firing
Major Gazgam. of the 5h Veteran Re-
serve Corps. real To the prisoners the sem
tence Of the court. ma
During the reading tho prisoners mani
tested but little interest. Billiugsly seem
Ell more impressed than the others, stand
ing with his heal slightly dropped. and his
body bent over in the attitude OF compia-
cent AMI pleasant attention. Next TO him.
Ryan, or Regain, was looking about over
the crowd with an air of as complete in (
difference as if the death so near him
threatened somebody else. What attract
sd his eyes we could not guess, but he
looked over the bank behind him toward r
'"o p'''o" V"''P iNPO e'c'if - ""' W. 49,
would obtrndo itself that he might bo look
ng for rescue. But if that were his :
hope it was vain AMI empty. Mnrray was I
,ot qnitc 50 inatten'ive AMI Indifferent as I
Ryan. bat still seemed but iuadeqnately i'm
pressed with his situation. About qnar
er past two o'clock. an officer. under =
:harge of Major Gazgam, took Murray. a
oosed the cords round his arms, and took a
,is coat off. He then tied his fee; and sat !
lin down on the foot OF his coffin. He .
at quiet AMI unmovel in his shirt sleeves
While the next man. Ryan. was stripped C
ud tied. We could not forbear the tho't I
hat it was hard to strip man almost ma !,
led AMI make him wait to die, but the {;
,oor fellow seeme,lto think little OF lit
Ryan took lohgert, tie than Murray. and 7
rhen he sat down on his coffin he squared !
imself with sprt of defiant air. as if he
ouli out face minnie balls. Billingsly. c