Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-20
FATE OF THE HEggEaSAS nUnDEn-
Findings Of the Court Martial Approued
-ErecutiOns on the tgeAty-secOnot
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It is well known that on the twenty
second Of November last William Hef-
fernan, one Of our wealthiest and best
citizens, was assaulted on the highway
by a band Of government employees,
while returning from a festival held at
st. Cecilia Academy, and that the
wounds then received caused ms deatn
shortly after.
Before a military commission which
convened at Nashville on the twenty
sixth Of November, James Lysaughti
William Dean, George Craft and Thomas
Perry, were found guilty of murder. Inc
proceedings of the meeting were referTed
to Gen. Thomas commanding the Mill
itary Division of Tennessee, and by him
forwardedto the President. Yesterday, or
ders issued by the War Department were
made public here. The sentence OF the
Commission, that each of the muir
derers above named "be publicly hanged
by the neck until he Is dead, and at such
time as the Major-General commanding
the Military Division Of Tennessee shall
order" was approved by Gen. Thomas
and also by the President of the United
States, and General Court Martial Order
No. six hundred and seventy-seven, from
the War department, directs that the
sentences be carried into execution al
such time and place as the General COM
manding this Division shall direct. In
compliance with these instructions, the
following order has been issued by Gen.
Thomas:
HEADQUARTERS NIL. DIV. FTH Tenn,
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 10, lS5. J
General Orders No. !.
James Lysaught, William Dean, alias
McCluslIy, George Graft, alias George
Red, and Thomas Perry, Government
employees, having been sentenced by
military commission to be publicly
hanged by the neck until they
be dead, ut such time and
place as the General commanding
the Military Divisions of the Tennessee
may direct ,said sentences having been
approved by the President of the United
States) Will be publicly executed at or
nea Nashville, Tenn, between the
hours of ten O'clock A. NJ, and one
o'clock P. NJ, on Friday, the twenty
sixth day of January eighteen hundred
and siXty-six, under the direction of Col.
w. r. Shafter, commanding Post of
Nashville, Tenn.
By command Of Maj. Gen. Thomas
eSigned) WIN. ID. WHIPPLE, A. A.G.
B9-The trial of one armed Berry, "the
last Of the Kentucky guerrillas," was
commenced before a Military Commits
sion, in Louisville, on the fifteenth.
Berry was arraigned upon the general
charge and specification of being a guer-
rilla." The second eharge-robbery, with
six specifications. The third charge
rape, with two specifications. The
fourth charge-murder, with fourteen
specifications. To all of which he pleaded
mot guilty"
MA curious story is related of a
French bishop, who some time since re-
his see lin one of the largest
southern towns owing tomental disease.
The right reverend prelate has been COM
pletely cured, aud argues that his resig-
cannot hold good, as he was non
cOmpus when he sent it in.
BI~The last muster out order include s
over thirty regiments and about ten
thousand men, belonging to the States of
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi-
ana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Ken
tucky, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Maine,
and the Territory Of Washington. ,
sg~A wag, speaking of the cruel treat :
ment of child by its mother, says: ''The {
child should 1t least have the careful {
attention of some one, or it will be pre- !
maturely added TO the kingdom of +
heaven, and thus perhaps, permanently t
separated from its kindred
@-The lowest point reached by the l
thermometer at Montreal, on Sunday, :
was twenty-three degrees below zero.
BB- The Grand Lodge of Masons for !
Mississippi is now in session at Jackson, I