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follow. TIE Office who had been lsf,
we're in q state of intense anxiety to learn
what disposition was 10 be made of the
captains. They waited above an hour in
this state of suspense when all cap
tains returned except two-but not in the
same high spirits in which they left; but,
on the contrary, in the deepest gloom.
They had been forced to draw in lottery
in which the. prize was death. Two Of
their number had drawn this prize. These
were Captain Henry w. Sawyer, of the
First New Jersey cavalry, and John ID.
Finn, of the Fifty. first Indiana infantry.
When the captains had reached the
room designated, the commandant Of the
prison informed them that he had a very
painful duty to perform; that he had
been ordered that all the captains should
draw lots to ascertain which two Of them
should be hung, by way of retaliation
for the spies hung by General Burnside.
After he had written the name of each
on small slip of paper and deposited it
in box, he then informed them that
they could select one of their own num-
Der to draw two names from the box, and
that the two thus drawn would suffer
death by hanging. After consultation
they concluded that the lots. should be
drawn by Rev. Mr.. Brown. the venerable
chaplain of the Fifth Maryland infantry,
who was accordingly sent for and con-
sented to perform the solemn work, and
the result was that Captains Sawyer and
Finn drew the prize of death. After
this all the captains, save Sawyer and
Finn, were returned to their former
quarters. The latter were escorted to
General Winder's headquarters, where
sentence of death by hanging was for
mally passed upon them, to take place at
some time and place to he named by
President Davis They we're returned to
the prison and confined to the cells for
some days, but after time they we're
permitted to remain with the other off.
GERS during the day, but fastened in cells
during the night.
The authorities of the federal govern
ment, upon learning ofthe condemnation
of Sawyer and Finn, and believing the
condemnation to be groundless, immedi-
ately ordered General Fitzhugh Lee and
Captain Winder, son of General Winder,
who we're then confederate prisoners in
the hands of the federals, into close con-
finement, and informed the confederate
authorities that if Sawyer and Finn were
executed Lee and Winder would suffer
death in the same manner. When the
confederate authorities learned this they
modified their treatment of Sawyer and
Finn and placed them on the same foot
ing with other federal prisoners. After
this but little was ever heard of the mat
ter. The day of execution was never
named by the confederate president.
Sawyer and Finn were paroled with 9TH
ers and sent to Annapolis By flag. of-truce
boat on the 14th of March, 1S64.-Gener-
al Northcott, in Philadelphia Times.