Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-03
THURSDAY, AUGUST s, 1865.

. Tue scriptures weEs sead 10 ham Ut fri
quent intervals.
AlEeroIt, eomplsaeiy beside hirusa
I wssh dasaaay and fsir. suffered fniescritsa
: hle agDny shroagboas fhe xeary watCias
= ct the night, and could take no noarixl
ment whatever this morning. Weak ar.
shrinking with horror at the thought d
the doom that awaited him, be erince
: tba spfFis of the craven shat esesessb
j him and led to tbs wretehrd eoInpIicit
, that has brought him to The galiows.- :
! Like his associates in crime. be vas con,
forted With the pfeserce OF Il Minister O
the Gospel, and endeayored as well a
bis fears would permit to ltaw th4rafron
the eoiufoft they manifessly derived iron
saeh minisTation.
TiiE FgIEsBs AND RELATIVES OF rtIl
\ PRISONERS.
4 About aauaFter of twelve the friend
and relassges Of lbe prisoners began t,
| arrive. and were admitted 70 the cell d
/ the condemned. Atfhis time came ATisl
4 Aana surratt, accompanied by gentle.
man, ard was immediately shown 10 th.
! coll OF her mother. As sha entered anf
followed Der conductor through the hal
into the corridor beyond, her bearing ua.
| quite firm, and her manner and step al.
most conflcnt IN the xpTessiou, uhfct
/ gave rise 70 aR opinion, quite generally
/ corcurrci in, that the Interview she bad
/ vith General Hancock this morning, be
! tween eight and nine O'Clock, and snbee.
qHentiy attemrtei TO bring abouEaitb the
| President, had finally been crowned With
success and her petitions for clerneurv
| and a respite for her mothfr granted -
Next 10 Aiiss Surratt came the sister a
| Harold, followed by sister Of Atzerott.
ali Of whom gained immediate access 10
the prisoners. Scarcely half an boar bad
elapsc'l before they all issu d, neafly
fw0oning with anguish, from the inner
door, Fnd we're caBducted to apartments
upon the second foer. whefo restoratives
were administered. All OF these heart
broken women we're attired in deep black.
with heavy wells OF serge screening their
faces from The multitude; bat their aobs
and tottering STEPS excited tee svnpntbicg
of NIL, and many eyes were bedimn1p8 nj
iae maurntal cortege passed beyond sight
or hearing.
TIE PROCESSION TO TUE 0ALLows.
At exactly one O'Clock the heavy door
opening from the northwestern hall Of
the prison tuil3ing into thu court yard
opened, aHd Mary F.. Surratt, lraning M
on twc gentlemen, Issued forth. followed
by Fathers Niget and Walter, the latter
Of whom carried a small cross With an
efisy Of the savior thereon nud also
boak Of Prayer. She looked very pale;
her limbs seemed 70 faiI her, and ii he
quirei 10 small exertion on the rart Of
the genl!smen alinded u to lead her as
far Gs the se" fold stcps. Step Inv strn.
shs aseen,led, hcr hands manacled b. hind
her, every eye united on hCr now shrunk.
cn eheeks. II r face BETRAYED more of
horror than Of physicoi fear: her ur pcr
ZIP. ~ sometifnes seen in the newly dead,
eurl~d upwards from the now incomplete
teeth, which added greatly to the ehassli-
mesa OF her expression. She sat on
chair piscad at the northwestern corner
Of the scafFoid, ard Immediately the rev
errnd gentlemen waiting open her leaned
forRsrd, applying the eruei8x TO her ash,
en- liz, aRa pouring into her ear words Of
comfort expected to Eoo!he to resignation
the rebelIious human heart that sets itself
.agalnst the slanrae nf Ynarkality 4nass 4Aa
seafFold, the field, or the home bed.
ATZKKoTT FOLLOWED NEXT.
shaekled hand and foot. and presenting
to the spectator face so foil of fear, Of
woe, of horror, ond of supplication. that
for maare relief thew turned from him to
rest uTon tbe regal face of Payne. At
zcrott was attended to and up the steps of
the scafoid by the Rev. Mr. Butler, and
he too was bidlan to b. seated on a chair
placed at the southern end of the grim
white structure.
NEXT CANE PAYNE,
maRaeled like Atzerott, dressed only Ia
the navy papts and collarless shirt he
wore dsrinE the long trial. So instinct
i've is the admiration which men feel for
any man who ia the last hour meets un-
moved the king Of terrors, thot this youth
with the bull neck and close shaven crown.
short face and quie: blue eve, drew more
sympathy than the fears Of a thousand
Atzerotts could eyer evoke. On be went
to she steps, side byssiie with the minister
of his choice, Dir. Gillett. Checked in
bis gaif, but seemingly unembarrassed,
be reached the platform and sat down
near to Mrs. SaFFatt, and there be remain.
ed gazing, as be used 10 do in the court
room, through the bars at the xhite aeecy
clouds that shifted before the intense ravs
of sun that gilded With all the pomp OF
a summer noon one of the most soismn
scenes ever exhibited in this land, so free
hitherto from such crimes. Payne, I'VE
prefer the m1Ye generally known nanel
looked neither 70 the right nor to the lefe.
but straight forwards and upwards. II
was evident that to him: the crowd was
nothing, his osn thoughts eserytbing.-
Ills face might be hkeaed to that OF
builder OF castles in the air. Fear there
was none, no more than on the face OF
sleeping infsBg hrnggaGoeio. or the NOR
bid vanity thai so often Supplies courage,
vas not TO be read in the quiet, dreaming
eye, whore the old wildness alone had
fed, and as the Enn faced hItn as fruly aa
be faced ID, the photographer whose ins
strament stood In q window Of the west
eEn wall viii band down Payne to poster
ity With face on which no man soata
read either remorse for the past esisss or
the fear OF present purishment. The
memory of this horrid crime, which bad
appalled, nation, was lost In contempla.
ting bis bearing, which as The very foot
of the seafFoid soldier who had brayed
death from Chattanooga to Savannah,
styled right regni. Last, and In every
way least came Harold, with blsodless,
saliow checks, snli sufficiently self-cors-
tanned to waik or habhla Ga well "a his
shaekIeS would hermit. and. attended hy
DIR. 0lds, he, too, mounted the stairs and
sat hetweea the gushing AtEeFots and tho
quiet Payna.
THE yRKFARATEoSs FoR THg ExgcUuog.
Tbs preachers baying ended an order
iaaudible from bciow was given. and
PAYNE slowly walked forward 20 the rore
allotted TO hiv; then ateppad forth MFRs
Snrraih aided hu her sararard azarianra