Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-29

ION, THIS FELLOW MAY hi ONLY Apf.
MORE sECESiL" FF'lU'
20 see an iniantrylnan from tbe ,..
camp coming to the cavalry biyouao ,Sls
dispatches. His cap bore the cbarac,..,
| 142nd-Nols -
There was rift in the cloud et oho,
Fortunately two of our ruar5 :,
strong wiIled and humane and ress,
favor us with kindly offices They M
and took our last messages for friends 4,
directions for our Identification, and A..
them 1 learned that the One Hundred \,
Forty second regiment was all In thers
five miles distant asked TO he condTIs5
there, but the acquaintance which I ~.
/ cd was so slight that the commanaa
INJURED and declared it was simply ~
er trick to gain time. Our kind adyoos.
then took it up and offered TO inyessrl
the case, and soon Joseph Penningtop a.
brought to uur prison glen penninvsm
too, shook his head. When he last saw n,
the pallor caused by pain and the blipb.s
wound and fever were upon me NV
counting that affair with the huokstes q
Baltimore shook him "a little, but one \
the guard who was Jealous for our desErp.
tion broke the force of it's Influence mo-
skillfully. He said: "Oh, this fellow nd,
be only Baltimore secesh who was hanV
ing around that time. Come 10 think
have seen him sneaking around the depot
and wharfs in Baltimore and Alexandra,
spying out the movements of our troopag
Settled prejudices are hard TO uproot Pa
nington quit the scene, and we were ton
to get ready. Some prayed, some orld
paced tho ground like a Gagged tiger. Then
was not guilty one In the party-thath
guilty of the crime charged or anything
like it, although there were some nlrH
riders in the crowd--sOme of Mosbysnn.
gers. could see innocent" written uDm
every pallid cOunteuance, and emotions
stirred by my own grief and my smpsGhI
for my fellows, az thought Of this uielsl
aud cruel execution, moved me beyondcOn,
troll. burst into tornado Of yehemsu.
appeals aimed at any who would Listen
Some ears were Open. i pleaded snlna
the shedding Of innOOent blood, pictured
the calamity to be visited on % many
homes, foretold the narrowing tAOughh b
arise some day in the minds OF our hOv&
friends when they should learn ts Hr1
of our vain and shameful deaths, OndA
last came to the point Of fastening upOa
the would be perpetrators . lifelOngn
mOrse.
My eloquence---for who could not befrd
with logic at such Acrisisf--commandeda
tention and several Of tho guard Withdrew
from the sound of 1t. The Leader st0A
near gloomy and cold. All this time ny
Bible In its close wrapper had remained y
my hand, pressed instinctiyely tQ ~
heart, and ns last argument tuFnsd q
1t to try II could not move those ObduFae
hearts by reading from Gods own word
As turned the. ,oOvera .neryously tho blw
inclosure fell cut, and q pregnant thought
THAT stamp and Pennington '--rushea
TO my mind. Here is proof" crisd.
Let me see Joseph Pennington again
The hour was up, but respite was allow
ed and Pennington came sulleply tech
My game was desperate. showed him
that fragment stamp and told tha EAeh
story without a break. He scanncd me-
still skeptical, but had put In Wedss.
Doubt bad arisen. After haAtg consul.
tation the execution wns defeFFpd prnl
daylight, and my own WA then % b mo-
ject to approval Of q council from ~ MAN
camp. OF course Was . hsrO pnong ~
doomed Jnen. About midnight Ferd esns
that Lea had surecndcrea bic aEnIE ~
startling tidings instantly disATmod ~
passionate prajpdices Of tha treNselae
strife. The Gtsrn Judgments and nv VI
cicts Of martial couSt1 ven oG foEta, ~
every man Of us went free, Alied nh
gratitude words failed ta sEpFe4
The little faded easpsenl q Nl
hangs over my WeA1NA eetSs n.
war.