, 1865-08-09
CHAMP. FERUGSON.
The Terrer and seeuree Of East Ten
n"sste-Dc1eun, Jess Wien Nh0t IN t0e
Presence Of Thelr Families.

Presence o. Their Families.
The trlal Of Champ. Fergusan, the goeriila
chief Of East Tennessee, has now been In
T1ogTees for thee weeks, before Military
Commission, at Nashville. The testimony Is
as horrible and unimpsactab!e as the result
Of the trial Is certain. Ctn.ap. will BE- hung
like cog; no sssoldier's death'' for him. He
haa irdced produced Confederate warrant
for his actions, as might be expected. Champ.
Is the legitimate offspring OF JeE. Davis and
var. Gev. Bsown1oW writes to the Knox
Vile {F1ag: T.
sThe cou.t recm Is dsf1y crowded By yisltors,
Who watch the proceedings mlth deep l3tsrrst:
TIE Ftiso1ef appeaIs to be IN good health, snd
II atvitet b1s eoEntEi in tho f1smrstton Or Wit
uestea.. lie ia calm md drn It oil umet. cvcn
when hts crutlties and coi1 hlooded uartcrs arr
2ossn up te the ba H. eoanea.ofs assst
desperate acts Of murdfr cn record. The Bible
aeeounts fer thie, IN Saying that come men are
given over 70 h:tdntee ef heart That t9ey may r.
ltevc lie. do ccets Of o'eEef, and be famnsd.
FssEnsons 1.s esse lila the bill latd doFn II The
On F1ieay the 4th iast. Miss Elixabsth
Wood testified:
Am ihe eaoghter cfthe late Reuben Woos, OF
c1lIton to1n'y. F.; ~ ts,her d:e4 % Ws:ass.
nsa1 esDy bs p,ev0s .g21,g
the road, whoopIng and hallooiuE rs II 1hey were
cEiE1ue stock. 1 opened the door, locked cut,
ard faw Chanp Ferguson, R.tns, Pntlpot. and
another man, whose naae thtuk. Whs h1ncs'd.
ee0isg up ths road; driving rom: hoes. Was1.i
Of the houEe, Fsthet was conlug down the
read, meeting them-and Ferguson, In Tery
ae,np f hm 70 Se S1 o.
snd cs1e 10 the homie, and WIS Just IN the act Of
opening the door, when Ferguson and Piilpot
scde up to the fence and or1eted him 10 come
there. Father turned then s1d went out to the
fence where they Here.- Ferguson asked him how
he came On, and the usull compliments were
pseeed. Ferguson then calling father BY name,
scnS Fa'hes astwered: have. Fergusn then
a,ked him what bis business Was there: and
hse1s tstss1 sSnd 1e msEnfe nsoE H.
e eaIon tSsn % oreT So p!tto! aad aid doa't you
iattes a % 80 .sesres. for d. ie,e of Sos. ior
then not 1o-shoot my ,ather. Pather says " why,
a a ns.ssa + sos's
scp. Reuben, you hsVs slwa5e ueated me like I
gerlentn, hns you hare betnto Camp Robinson.
hui he did 20. f.l1; be s6ot aeatn and missed
him, Fa.her drew his coat around HIN as ne
walked around the end Of the house, and entered
t,e let side, {below tia len ripple, in tho region
| ef lie pis oi the atomaeh. Fetgueon jumped otI
/ hls ho1te ard went around the other eud Of the
met F rsn:on with his pistol n e.s hand, fesdy
I'D IL liz ws
p.5d So att It'on to us. sra wcrt o. into ihe rom
where father WIS. heard aIother shpt, aud
hssEu ehars tslnrg oset. md desperate sstrg s
f,ud ~ We eoaid> md alarmed TIC nsieab9rho,J
NC then vent to the wfdow Nolsnd'z, apaut 81,
hundred yards from our bone; We refnrned IL
;s e beeesd @ III bir | 10 lie ion. ne eaid No, 40
1ot Tic cowr-as yoa were no: pre.ent-un
te:ste the cirepnst.nces.H I an rot positive, , nu
about thia. They ca not 70 on .n, Tits saY:
asn bonsd to de, and wknt ycu to know jns
~ IdonEi rrn;enaber tiers s.e exactly, sut thu,
Re ute G. ytsys old. Be had no arms upon hi
! rereo1,, nor did he h3ye auy ahont tte hou.e
No Other pt 1sons were abart the Eouse but mo
ttef and /. Mofhtr is IS yFErs 0 d.
On Saturday Mrs. Mary Nancy Kogpr les
TILED:
Have known Ferguson ever slaec nss a LIT!
! Eilled the trst tsy Ct june. 1sGs. "a snnds
11o1n,ns, 0n that morning N! husband had 90
rp aud sons 70 the spsing nnt b: Was Va n1sa apo
Herry Sn5lctx. l tGId Mr.. Kneur that The rebel
!5a t1a e e. s. siSi t. s1s S1t
Fc1epron came up to. him and shot hlsa. q
threw up HE hight hard. ! d. not kIo~ whethc
ei,her OF them epoke. l could nc
hear for the tercsr.s Of sny ehlidre1
My husbspl tutLed to ,bc Eight, and ID
party ets.l followed, shooting. uLul shs
came TO ero.: fence some a:ty YARDS from T. T.
! fence, hut raw ht.n fall. aud taw Fsrstson df4'
nm f.on ths fsnse M ftp. ,,s;3 81 e M a.
| eleven year. old, had her father'fn her srne, Tn
little gil h;d rn put II ths eroTd I'D w saa9n 7,
Ea.ptd, tusIeyer spoke. Fet.nsa al lls crow
.hs so.y aad sht 70 sae aoass ana Il, sai
ind tnen werf to the ,1onsc myself. FcfeuN
~. slll the5s With has o.aa aad ~.
nd to Ferruson, II looked 1ika they xer. go,n
toki!l al, Fl f5:snds. ns satd thsfc vas aoa
then vert back to whefe MT husb.nd Wa: IT.
crowd s.a!d nearly 40 hous u Tbs house. Anl tue
caught ore Ct tbs horses aud took 1t away wi
thtn. Ny hn.baId was shot 'once lu the Ia
| breast End tEicc dE tho fight nru, nd once
! The head below The ear. tho ball coIlLE ou. !.
I med{Atfly In tFoIat Of the other.