The Sun. — 1862-08-22 (London, England)

THE MURDER OF GENERAL M'COOK. NASHVILLE, THURSDAY, August 7, 1862. The city is in a perfect uproar of excitement over the details of the death of the brave General M'Cook, of Ohio. His remains arrived in town to-night, and are now, lying at the Commercial Hotel. On Tuesday last General Roberta Mu ambulance o M'Cook, who was at the time very sick, was near Salem, Alabama, on his way to his brigade. The ambulance was travelling over the usual tary road, and, about ten o'clock in the morning, it eAsifctekr ee nfreersahli.n Igntthe el Imi gseenl selves otfhheiys wp ahsesreed. arrived at a plantation where there was abundance d condition was quickly spread, it is sup:o b onf water.utshouts witht fhanoerth beforedriver the ambulancediscovered that h he de w proceeded pursued rilmiles, the guerillas. It was impossible to think of flight, and General. M'Cook's condition prohibited any idea of rescuing him. The rebel leader ordered the ambulance to stop, the assassins at the time surrounding it. The vehicle was then upset and the sick officer turned into the road. While on his knees, helpless, sick, and pleading for quarter, he was fired at by a ruffian and shot through the side. The wound was fatal—General M'Cook surviving it but a few hours. He bore his sufferings heroically, and to the last manifested an undaunted spirit. His last words were :—Tell Aleck (alluding to his brother, General Alexander M,Dowel M'Cook) and the rest that I have tried to live like a man and do my duty. When the news of the murder became known among the camps, the excitement was intense. The 9th Ohio, M'Cook'S own regiment, on learning of the assassination, marched back to the scene of the occurrence, burned every house in the al and laid waste the lands. Several men who were implicated in the murder, were taken out and hung to trees by the infuriated soldiery. The guerilla feeling throughout the state is increasing rapidly, and svbandsflhreoefdttrhianeintsoel arotb came abieffrdw esroeanrnet forming in every hamlet. T in from Battle Creek a points. Fortunately, no damage was done to the pthroenipt matter.and persons of any of the passengers. The train for Columbia to-day was fired into by guerilla parties xt at various points on the road, and one man was wounded. lmmediately,in killed and 13 aetionshould be taken Companiesdeisiv ew rit are hforming p ahteerne, to them assiste e iin e thee n et :east!) eingguienritihlase city,near andthe theof eity* dipstuinte. As i streets are alive with the populace. Amazement and revenge are pictured on every countenance. The death of General M'Cook will be re membered here, and a terrible retribution will fall upon the barbarous assassins of this brave and and other gallant leader. Governor Johnson prominent Union men have called to view the remains. The governor was visibly affected by the si • ght of the corpse of his late friend. It is rumoured that a number of prominent secessiouiEts in the city have been shot to-night by exasperated Unionans.  „;;;;;,-' ..0%.4., ~--.. . ~ T fir: .I , / k) elttl %f .-- ' --- ~,.. iv ..* ,el k $e , -t., •,,,.., --"--- • 1 1-1.• A, S 4” -- ' ...---,.. ' 7 •-• , tiz,„;''''''t----),,1,,,--.4, ~, • , ,-.- -, _,. N ~,, z , .-- AN --0, t'----.e,....• - • 4- '-'-'-