Year: 1865

tell it. 1: would be hardly possible lor an in
stitoiion Of any kind, to make camp society as
high in It's moral tone, as society at home; but
many man will be slved from the second death
the death beyond tho tomb no doubt who bu
o7 the care of the Christian Commission, amid
Che stern realities Of the war, would never have
given his heart to God, and many more, good dis
ciples are kept from becoming worse, through
tae influences Of faithful cbaplains, and the in-
lluence Of the Christian Commission. Morally
good men are kent from becoming morally worse
trough It's efforts, and the gum total Of wick
e1oes' il lossened beyond estimate, Wy schly.
table work.


But words Of praise for the Christian Com
mission are not needed. The country is con
WINGED Of It's benefits, and hence, it ia 80 muni-
icantly supported, No investment can pay any
better, or half as we'll No missionary enter
prise is more surely successful than the mission
Of their delegates to tho soldiers No minister is
more gladly received, or eagerly heard, than they
who preach to the soldiers, and nowhere is the
rosslt moro alriLinsly manifest than theirs has
always been. /. has shown what a ltee
and Christian Jeopie can do-make an army Of
intelligent citizens, and then so zealously watch
after their spiritual, as well as temporal welfare
A man might well be proud Of a country, that
could build up and support an institution like
that, for such purpose.


There isn't much news just now in our own
immediate vicinity. Over in the Second Corps,
another deserter was shot to-day. The wretched
man had deserted and joined the enemy, then
deserted from them, and now finally caught in
Kentucky. Now he was to die unpitiet and un.
cared for traitor to both sides in this war,
and a warning to all spectators Of the fate
which the country metes out to those who de-
sert her flag, and turn traitor to their country,
in this her sorest need. The prisoner was
brought to the place Of execution, in an am
buance, n band preceding them, playing the
dolelul march Of death. Right forward OF the
ambulance were four men bearing on Their
shoulders the coffin that was to contain his body,
and in q few minutes be buried out of sight
with only a rough board to tell that such man
ever existed Poor man, it was more than he
could bear,and he had to be supported by hlsspir-


ual adviser as no rode to his grave When there
he wa, seated on his coffin his eyes bandaged.
10 front Of him, about dozen PAGES distant,
we're twelve men with loaded muskels to shoot
him. and behind there were twelve more to fin
sh the work in case OF failure the first time
The prisoner shook hands with his minister, and
the officer in charge, The order to aim and
fire was given in silence lie fell backwards
pierced by several bullets, his head resting on
the ground one side of the coffin, and his feet
remaining as they were on the other. He died
apparently at the instant. 10 ten minutes he
was put into the coffin and buried.


Three weeks ago there were three hung there,
and 4. week later, there were three more. Last
Friday thete one hung. understand th er'
are several more under sentence of death, a!
most all from the 5th New Hampshire regiment
j ANTI-RBBEL.