The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-14

the execution. General Baker visited
him and received from him some dis
closures, the nature OF. which has mot
Ira a1lspi ifed. BiyNirz eOnversed with'lifm
freely, and clAimsd, as he, has ALWAYS
done, that Winder. was more guilty
than himself forjthe oruelties at kndef.
sonNilie!E he. said fthatlhe repeatedIv,
wfote,to Richmond, complaining of his
inability to treat the prisoners comfort
23.ys; 9I2i,yI a and this the Fsas9p why
he claimed that the atrocities practised
towards; the prisoners we're after Wind
| er's arrival. 5"sTalk about, liberty Il,
i this ,country,S said he, i'm commenting
on his trial, ttwhy the American eagle
Is nothing but g, turkey buzzard - &,
THE HBiEXEOUuoN--wIRzis sfBRHAVIoRiIN
| -htiio 1.-THE CLOSING sCENE. ii;l5a Rl:il,
Those who attended the execution, s,lg of
II Henry, Wirsand expected to see an itinL
Insignificant, 9knavish o looking Ddcald
I DalgettY led trefnb blingly to the s6atfold.
We're sutprisea eam1g ~, astoHished. Gem
| eral Sherman, as he rode along Penn
LSylvantR avenue at the head of ffhis,VibI
tonous troops, did not have d pr0titief.
meln Z than did the tail; Well-fofne9I Il,
s9ldi ierlyf5l9o king Grim ina, !, Who moved
through the crowd with "a firm rstep.
swearing his black shroud as though It
had been royal robe, and seating him.
self onlthel lscatold as If 1t had been a
throne. His face wore q pleasant
smile as he sat beneath the fatal noose
i'fitteen minutes listening to the jargon
of a.mlilitary sentence, fIioddme as efitI
to some of the charges; and Sinking fis
mead negatively at the frightfuI acon-
sationof barbarity and MURDER 10 -
h Then, after the Provost Marshal had
taken leave of him, and his religious
advisers had whispered theiIOlast Words
of comfort In his ear as they also said!
1 lIliSilI
ment upon the trap W hieh was a gang
way plank leading into the bottofnless
sea of eternity W lie the executfbnef.
pinIpned him. and looked about him
for the last time on earth, he gave no
evidence of doubt or fear. A photo
graph of him at this moment, taken by
Gardner, will be a curious memento Of
him. The ininfons secure, the BLACK, cap
was drawn over his head, Major Rms
sell gave thelsigpal, and the dropifell,
ialnid ferocious yells from the multitnds
without, many of whom had been. In
Southern prisons. For seven minutes,
did the body move convnlsiveIy, as 1t
Swung to and fro, ascif the soul was
10th tn depart for. that eternity where
even the crimes set forth in the specific
cation and Charges, like, the, record of
the yeterans oath; can be blotted out
From the Gdsportment OF Wirz us he
| appeared Beneath his own g dead tiite; y
and from what II have learned of his
last hours, trom. heworthy clergyman
who was with him, Lam confident that
he died in the BELIEF thatlat Anderson
| vile; he had simply performHd hisdutys'
I Asked. torihts autograph just before he
was SUNNI otie "a to the gall lcws,I he wrote,
in g clehr, business like hand g.,5 ss,ina ,9 !
| IOLD PRIsoMg Noy.9IO K 1865,
n. MIRzi Capt. and A. A. CT, O.S. AZ 2
r His faith in thes @; s.EA. was never
shaken, and he may be regarded us but
the agent of that consbiracy which
pl lunged the land into sbloodshed. and,
tnstigated diabolical outTages upon, huSi
| lmanity. nfortuIlate victim Tor the
Ehiyplrops confede derates, he became
their willing agent and died a seape-
goat for their crimes. esSE ,E163
THE PRTSqE OF, Wales AND HIS
WEE writer of European Ex-
perfences; in the Boston coa.s.ercidt
BLlletin, gives the! followthg discount of
al lrecenti tisighta Of Albert Edward land
hissyy 10 q Z. 20 ite ~
"on anothenday, / sawth hsroyal ont
,riders come .dashing downdthe marrow
street into the Park, and foil Lowing them
| a. royal coach of red, with coachmen
and footmen of red and gold, and with
in the stupid, sleepy faesiof Albert lEds
Alexandra, and the pondefoiis form Of
Mary of cambtidge. a moment and
tney had Whtrlect on faf. ahead Of me-
saHn,s5 SsIS tIss MSs Ivy glimpse; but "
/ guess from the connfenahces' The char.
lacters Of these royal people. AS they
WhiEiea Mi1iiiea by q crowd had c0lleeted, tthei
spite of ali III the1 G sav snd 1 ta 1ankeeS. rl1E1Sn
4 of faint applause may Y1laYe reached the
4 earst0f fte heir OF SHfctoFfa. inf zofS1S.
| applause It was, by no means hearty
| They do say that this. dissipated yonnp
man, who Is wftfihI obstf IA ~ a fmuIe
| Is quite well hated in fne 'TnetroToIis.