Randolph County Journal, Volume 3, Number 31, Winchester, Randolph County, 2 February 1865 — Page 1

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TBRMS Of .-U'n-CP.irTIO.V. One Ilullnr and I'll'ty Onti n Ynr, TF.RM3 OK AIVr.RTISlNn. ")ne Siitr, on! 5nrrtion, M Kch .t.l litiontl inf rtion A ÜSerül -lUco mt will mile to tho rh' vlrerli.e for loiter period. I., I. X V. TIME HAIL K0A1) rraUi n roi'i Uic ir.fr at noi.; wtsr. mail m .. r. m. nh:mt F.xnu:s t ..:. a. m. LOCAL FKr.MUT t CM A. M. MAIL it !.!.". A. M. .nicht r.xriir.s . i.o r. m. Al'COMM)I).TiONT nt f.l V. M. .rrirfil nn.l Hrpnrtiir of Trnirn nT I'flion City, Ohio and ladiairt Stale Line. Arme F.prpft Mail ......... !.. m. Night F.'prr 10 HO A. M. Accomaio.l.ition 8 43 r . m. PopartKiprfM Mull " M . m. Mglit Kiprrw 12 :J " Accommodation 6 l& " roi.iHBi: ft ui.mun. Arrire. IVnrt. Acromrnol.t!on ..." I 'I r. ....? 53 . m. Arrive Mil V. frr . . . 1 03 r. . ." 3." p. m . 2 '-Ml r. m G 15 A. m. Kip'rrM tijii: or iioi.di.nc contTs. Cirf lit Court i WM twice a Tfir, M rch Htli.lrl'il, nJ Srj.U-m.MT .'lfil. Jrhu T. tlliott, JaJge. Court of Cmrnv IM m, thrr time a rf r: 3rJ Moni of Fehrtitrv, 1! ..ionUT of June, and 4th Miady of October. J.M. yTne. Ju'le. Tht 1! irl of Crtuntr Co'tim'!inneri meet a th firt Monday of MirrK June, Sep. temper nd DeeemUer. Arthur McKew, Andrew Dtcmi aud C. K. Alet inder, Comtniioner justness JJirtttorn. H niaeta CarJ, 10 lines or le, $3 a ytar. I !f VARIABLY l.N AOVAXCK. OTICE TO TEACHERS. TKACM school. WILL UK AMINF.n ON TIIF. I.AST SATI'ICDA V I.N KACII MONTH. AT Till' NF.W 11KICK school iiocsi:, VIXCHKST F K PLEASANT HI ATT, JOHN D. CROWLEY, M. D. P1IVSICI1X A.D SCRflEOX, (Wei tpreil attention ta Dieasei of tlie TTm AND OtVteo and Uoidence, Win-hrfer, Ind. DR. D. FERGUSON, Uiuchetcr, Indiana. OTice an I Ili lence oa eorner of Mvin and S .ata trer:, w horr be my nt all time be feme, utile a pr lHi n.tlly enccl. .11. .llrtLI7Ri:9 H. niiooinuii Attn OIIDPCnil '

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OTj.-e and Ui.lonec, on Mrriditu tr-et,! at Mr. Quiek' lorni't rr!iJ'nc". - .r. II. IHJOWN. M. IX. O FFF.KS ht nrofUnvNerriee thw citixeo of W!ichi.ter ud vicinity. Ojlcc ijni'u siJf i the Vr.Ulc Sjtnrr. la th r"uo formerly oej-if-l by Vr. Teal. Ruiltet, o?f,4ntt the Mtt-ultttChurch. M9r. .IT. o.v.vt:i! Vh ieinii, Sursrou nnd Obstetrician, .MO It Hl STOW N. I N I) I A NA . 4 TTF.NP rroiuptly t all call In the X.V line i. uu prireiiou. Luarc ra lent. Jf lte.iMcuee aad ode on Mala St., Suih rrl f town. i.i:ki:ksi)oii n it jl vii, TAXrFACTURF.KS or ITRN'tTl'I.r: 1 f I i.l lir. of the latft at.l lft tfl.. F.tof l'iilitla S.i'.urc. Winchctfr. '. I JOHN ROSS, j iROCFJi NI lUKKR.atvI Jefr jn vT I fOTtlon, .c Mote on Irtf Rorui-I 4t.N.rarrof Mln Frnkli trrrt. THOMAS WARD, RARDWRF. Mrohr.t. Wnincton tret, norlh of tne Fuhtic S niure, WincJifiUr, InJ. JOIil J.f MtllT.l K'O L . watsojc. MII.ITAUV C I. in AfSKNCY. cih:.m;v JTwaxsox, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WINCHESTER, IND.. Ar pre pirel to pncnr rtntiotu, Bountletan l ArrtarsrJ Pny l'pn th aio.t favorftl! term. Strict atllirHi frtt ii cnlUction nl KCuritTof

For the Journal. Tin: war not i:ndi:i. Tli weiry !iv rf trife not pit, The battle' work not iJnue; Full r:nr y a nr.l.le yout'i must f.i'.l With rtrtniii. srttin? un Fall nnny a lirivc, arnNitious heart 1 1 4 course of life lud run. Dirk i creeping sfowly ner the enrth, Like orrow'i mourninc pill Upn the desd t!i ir silrnt folda Like funf-rnl !i)p'rir fall; Upon thede;i(l, 'n wiUinL' '.'vc To death thtir life, their ull. Th tarry orb1! of dazzling liht Wer'' jrnzinj from above, With pnive rir, t'nt emed to mourn Th! wreck of hunun Jov This fpoil of mm, within wloe breat iJuch dark dif'L.1 are wove. O'er t!ie mount tin, till nnd p;rim, Arot t e iMt. pile :nion, lp)rj ftt trwn the Ixirtiinr n T?i-i scorch fifllieir elite k t noon The bhjoitun chfk ! nh, little wricked To luve died so soon. IIa'! fhastly corn'o. all sti(T and c 1 1, V.irU brow, nn I jrUztd eye, Were upward trrned, in ?tM,y r.ize Toward the evening ?ky, A m'uniitr f-r the captive oul Thit winged, perch itice, on hlh. O'i! noble one, thin puided on To realrn- of love and li'ht, l?y the I.,!:!! sh.Kle that jrlidly soartJ r.i'vond A ii-r i : Iw-rht; Thy t'nio'i blet, now proves to thre t'o more wars uf niht. Ki.kmora.

- [Correspondence of the Journal.] DICK DAVIS, THE GUERRILLA. BY T. M. B. It is an old maxim, that occasions make men, and taking it to be true, what an opportunity this war has afforded to almost every man to write hN name in the world's history ? Hut comparatively a few have ' Miatchod the golden moment,'' rnd yet it has been prolific in the development of the various traits of human character. It has become a stupendous tragedy, in which every caste and type of actor may have his rJs, and play his part. It has made its Alexanders, who have loujjht but to conquer; its h.'ioes, who, like Themistocles, have risen from obscurity to renown ; and it has had iU martyrs, who, like. Marco Iozarris, have sacrificed their lives freely and willingly upon the altar of their country, to secure the nation's triumph, and liberty to its people. This giant political convulsion has not only brought general and statesman to the surface, but it has exhibited another phae of human nature, which, although daring and adventurous, will perhaps seldom find its place in the history of tlu se. times. I refer to .i class of Banditti, who, taking advantage of the universal chas into which society has been thrown by this war, are now committing

i:-Urimes ol robbery and bloo.lshcd i all over the South-West. They take

Dick Turpin" as their model, pos sessing his courage to do wrong, but none of his eccentric magnanimity. lVsscssing none of that hightoned chivalric feeling that desires 44 foemen wotthy of their stcel," they wage warfare upon the unwary and the defenceless. Stimulated by no feeling of honor, they light for no Hag, no nationality, but solely for booty. They sock no open battleHold upon which, on eipial terms, to break a lance with their foe, like the ancknt Knights-Knant, but hide themschvs in ambuih and entrap their victims like savages. In times of peace they are generally bullies, thieves and loafers, and in war, not having sullleient manhood to espouse either side of the quarrel, they take al A :iiit:i-'e of the cifcumstanees,and - V0tw ithstundili all this, the lives of those men are always more or less exciting and romantic, l-'roipiently they pass through dangers that would tr the courage ol the strongest iu:rve and stoutest heart. Of the Guerrilla Chiefs who have spread in Western i was given or assi i ! his step-father, and went bv t'.ie cog- j .1 nomen of " Dick Davis." It is said ! that his step father, mother and a j sister reiide at this time in the city ! of Cincinnati. At tlie breaking out I f rcv..!i:on ii0 Was a resident of i . . I vouiu, iv ., ami engage i i huymg ana selling stock, m whicli business he was accumulating some!

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property. Naturally of a wavward, tlcman who might happen to be might imiu.ge u : i u.nvj - ' unsettled and nervou disposition, ! caught with articles of that kind su- description ot the banui i alba need, he was not slow in gratifving his do-! perior to their own. It is said that but for tlo jmrposes o J1 11 sire for adventure by engaging in the I in these exchanges they always got is quite .utlicient fo. the reader to .. . i n. ? n . ... ... i .i... T 1 L-niiw that shft was. in common par-

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.mnnmlof.hntchivMn.MiMcraml no ,U.lleUo Um-on loyal an stnrt).,, ,0 na. lft "Jn Ü? lioretliief. John Mortui, lly his loyal. Inte ami Llael:. nor .lul lie '; ';" ? , , cn,, r. ! rcclly-sl.oini his education to Lc I-m n.rt.iiiate than hi-, comra-le, t l3t 1 s .t. nee.. J.it. reckl..,. .larin- an.l miserupulou r.i-et a?e. sex or eunilmon S,- shH-camo h . eonlal .f. f0r. . above the av era-e for in Iii fii-lit he -ra, the recipi-r.t -that he .Wmil to ,Uo f,.n Cimuinu. l,e Soon ee.ire.l the eonU- ere'lng himself an.l bam! in thebu4,. fully ...ferc.! Ug m,ui . . m for , bo r r , (frtwo ,mU( ollc in UU m '.I , ;leMh-- one for a mornj-r t .lirnU.: .lenoo that partisan ehieftain. II, ei, in some well seleeteil spot by the wanli. ''V j, XtcI1' , is trisl eommcneed on the Utlrthc other in hU arn,the l.U.r om-j ! 1 Pray fervently that I'rou4.c participated in most oC MorpinN roaj.bi.lc. he awaited the spproaeh roto P "s " .."f ünf e.w davof October, an.l wa, ,-ouclu.le.l' cansins the amputation or hi. n. may fo .l.ape ray life that 1 may . . :,.n.:L.f 1.:,,.!..: n.l hH1m.1v nnnciir- of a geueral dctaiiiUp, n puiu oi i.wu u. . .-. . . ?, m.... botfi f never arain b rn hi! nnon to

rami m ivciuc..-.y, accgmruint. ...u. u ..u..., - Vi-' niirrn nnd placed them in her keep- on tnc hn:i oi lccemier. i ue aove me eioow. mn --".ü Vi 1 . Cla in his md,up tour through Indiana ing before him, would greet htm w th Pa"' cuar?es upon which he w-n, arraigned pursued for Wmf dhun. nnd r Vtic. in the balances again-t hmr.-tn and (hio. in1 the 9ummer of 1 that hy wprfor ibtSnj a Mlj f ? wv ,,lot at without further in- llf ' . ' uTirÄ IUno ryin, on irregular: illegal aad un-Jury. The tragic f,u of their cc 1,6. -

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Island. He vras an expert scout, knew; its defenceless condition to that (leitend. "With this information the Confederate General thought the "( ueon City" an e asy prize, and such, indeed, it would have been, had not unexampled promptness and energy been displayed in the preparation for its defence. That the city was not sacked and burned is almost wholly ow ing to the rapid and numerous re-! spor.se made by the u;uirrcl hunters and minute men" of Ohio and Indiana, who rallied to its rescue. While on one of his secret missions into Ohio, lie was suspected by some of being connected with the rebel army. Hearing of these suspicions, and fearing an arrest, lie eoncluded to return South, and putting into practice the lessons he had learned so well from his leader, helped himself to a fine horse belonging to a friend in the neighborhood, w ithout even thanking the owner. He was pursued, captured, thrown into jail, indicted by the grand jury, and was about being brought to trial, when, at the instance of. friends, the prosecutor was induced to enter a nolle proscfjite in the case, upon condition that he would enlist in the I'nion army. Tpon being released from "durance eiV," he volunteered in an Ohio regiment, accompanied it to the field, but soon afterwards deseitcd and returned to the rebels. He was present and paiticipated in Van Horn's attack upon Corinth, at the time the lamented Gen. Hackleman was killed. Shortly alter this, Dick turned up in the vicinity of .Memphis, as the leader of a guerrilla band. He was subsequently captured hythe Federal forces, and confined, on the charge of being a robber and a spy, in the military bastilo. Irving lUock, in the above named city, but before he was brought to trial, he managed to escape, through the complicity of the guard w ho was placed over him. Having escaped from prison he rejoined his fellowmarauders and resumed his old occupation of highwayman. HIS FIKL1 OF orKKATKiX Kxtended from the Cold Water on the south to the Hottoms of Wolf and Ihtchie rivers on the north, and from the Federal picket lines near Memphis eastward to the junction of the Memphis and Charleston with the Mississippi Central railroad. This area embraces the villages of White's Station, (iermnntown, .Mos. cow, ha Ci range, and Grand Junction, on the line of the first named railroad, and the Las of nil the travelled roads leading into the Hlutf City. Ho. was continually changing the rendezvous of hU band, but generally kept it in the Bottoms of Nonconnah creek or Wolf river. His strategy was so admirable that he outwitted and outgeneraled every seout or party sent to capture him. For months he lived, robbed and inurdi'ied with impunity, almost a. The friendship of some he secured by acts of kindnes others were silent because ot their sympathy with him and his occupation of butchery, while the majority feared to disclose the hiding place of one w ho posse-. ol the power and the will, when provoked, to intlict upon them the most hellish cruelty, lo incur his mdigauthenticated, have reached me. All I know is that he frequently relieved citizens coming into and going out of the city of their mono), watches, jewelry, horses and other valuables. His men and himself had strongbar.,n,l TromMttlv in. lyi wv, ...... , " auigeil in trailing tucir 010 nats, shoes and coats with some city gen-

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the country tliorow-Mv, and was traveler an enlargeu ami imji.miu.u ...1, .............. - .......... j much of hh time enndoved in that edition of Coifs six-barreled " per- crc to captivate and Imul lnm. un- opis ot t nuc o: i.-miiio. pi -raU-c,, i-y to un; :lhr. Outhr. i.f.rvi-o Mor-nn sent iim several ! uader " In thin way he armed J til, submisMvc to her will, he wouM.nv pvon in th-rae. On- intanc , amo nr-iit tnvy 1, !! in . : u.-r tulUmes into th"st;tes north ' of the mounted, equipped, and subsisted -Iadly do her every bidding Next . only of ,nd bri.tal :itro-ity. ilivt s nv.m t!:, .v.ttl, 11 r 1 ?bOhio as a v and ho never failed ibis band. One thin- may bo said to; in the order of preparation, sh-o ua, , abundantly rtaf,bshod by Uc cm- vuuy jrnvn s:si,y:,;MfWjMK to ra.irn uUh information valuable his credit, he ,eldom : if ever disturb- to et the mean and procure to bo'denee, lune I ;.me to -ive. emust leave ;! n,;:rdv:i r.nd to the rebels dust before that od private houses. The ino,t des- made two small saws from uateh ; tuk mi kdi::: m tain tovu:i am. le slam te ther, a. we ran tn,ee -rand scare-tho demonstration of l'crato of his cntcrprtei and the Uprin-steel, two saw bows, m:d buy i hem U-r ,-.e pn sut no further. ( K. Kirbv Smith on Cincinnati-Dick j most daring of his exploits were di-; a small mirror and an over-coat. Thcl On tno 10t oi Juno !a,t. )t w;l , ... hue o. Sonurs an I u me, all V,.... i, ,..-t...il rer-tP.l ...rninst the l.'nion annv and isrws and lows were to be secreted:'4? remembered, our lorccs mi ,ercd ; tli.it i ...n I.r, om k hat has been

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Um, m " I' T : :.;"V tormr to all uJ Mes. He had aluxunant n.wtl. of! on a log. Here Dick left them under! were profit to witness the dtp

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ludo h s pursuers by the fact 'that had successfully eluded tho vigilance wore side whiskers, without mous-, rest of his band retired a few pru-es wmhl. I company with the pr.es?.. u leid ofthel'nited States forces for months :tache or goatee. The most notice-l-'md hdd some kind ot consultation, j he um cmk.l tbc steps of tie K-af-, 1 e silence of 'ino"t of the citiens in nnd almost years. Yet such was tho ' able feature, in his whole physiogno-; The brutal pu,po-e of that eoi.su ta-, foul to the ,. rtfoim with al old. Firm. tili S1U IK l Ol IUO. L Ol UM iu li , 1,? .M ; n,v wr.ve PI eve r.üd eve btiov. the t Oil Was MiOIl llUlde Tl.Itlll fi-t. lic-tstO. FliC 1 TOVO.-t Al .11 StUll rc'lll tO

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?u of i.-u.info.l mrl itnni;!i(Ml v n v ivaAvv i soldiery. He would creep on a dark night through the picket lines and steal mules and horses from under the very noses of the guards. He would ambuscade and kill patroling parties steal upon and shoot down a vidette or a picket. At times he was as wary and stealthy as an InV dian then again ho would dash upon an outpost or reserve with the 1 recklessness and audacity of a Mame luke or a Cossack. In firing upon railroad trains he seemed to take a peculiar pleasure. His men. from some hiding place, would deliver a volley, upon some passing train well filled with unsuspecting troops, and before it could be stopped and the nun put in position lor action, the guerrillas would be on their horses and scampering speedily away to their coverts in the Bottoms. In this way they killed three and wounded some ten Federal soldiers at one time, between Germantown and C1liersville, during the past summer. I shall not now, however, recite particular instances of crime as it would make this sketch much too voluminous. ms CAPTi nr.. He was captured by Capt. J. W. Skelton and a detachment of the 7th Indi iana cavalry, near tin-Cold Water. I s , some twenty miles south-east j Miss of Memphis, on the 2d day of Octo tober last. The Captain, in command of some forty men, was sent out on a scouting expedition in the direction of Holly Springs, ami when near Anderson's plantation his advance guard was tired upon. He immeoiately ordered a charge, taking the lead" himself, aud as he passed out of j the wood into the open ground be yond. a man dressed in the gray jacket of the Confederate army was discovered making the best possible time across the fields toward the adjoining wood. The Captain gave Immediate cha?e, Hoping his horse ver the intervening fences, ami was soon upon Mm. Before, however, he was overtaken, he had slackened his pace and was rapidly reloading his carbine. The Captain putting his pi-tol in urn'omfortfiblo proximity to the fellow's head, demanded his surrender, to which he coolly replied, "I guess I'll have to surrender, but ,1 n it, I thott'. Itt I conhl Io:d and ! kill voll before von come up, but ! you was too quick fo-me." He was i armed with a navy ieolver and; a Spencer's breech-loading, eight - shootin" carbine. While" Captain' ct.. a "...a .,n,i ;.. i.mi-imr t hi 1 ; i,o,i runn.l o ml taken three oth'jrs of the band. The ; I .11111111. 111. I 11 l l .IM FHIOUVM Oll'l

first of these captives gave his name! and trimly built, stood as straight as : first as Borers, and subsequently as ! an arrow, and was evidently an active ; J W Smith, and profess I to ie aland muscular man. His foot was' private soldier in the d Missouri ! small so small that a woman might!

rebel cavalry-. These prisoners were delivered, on the same evening, to the General commanding, tho Captain 1 little thinkiiv at the time that he had fiU'Uters ill the Hotel do Irviu" he was at once recognized by several officer who had become acquainted with him during his previous con - Fincrnent. iiKATrr.Mi-Ts to i:sr.rK. A prison cell was a narrow abode for one like Dick Davis, who had been accustomed ti live "with heaven for a canopy and tiie whole wide world for a habitation." Although , cution. Amongst thoe who had been summonedas witnesses in Die s deience tiio dnn.ri.tnr uf a oiauti-r liintnvnr i 'olliersvillo. a Miss Annie

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T . whom Dame luiiuor wins- and iesiiectnu. j o me verv iai ne co. .um m- i ..,.r.. .. . , r...c ...... , i.wt,...(i pcred was hi- atlianeed bride. She manifested the utmost confidence in 1 fell forward, dead. Dut He who. , too- before Us C.d. n -' Us indeed a beautiful and captiva-! his acquittal. To the cudenco ot shape the destiny nf the I inverse, ..h u a r?rhd tM.; to c m, .tro-ß , tin.' woman of about twenty sum- i the witnesses ho listened attentively, '. by a mysterious providence, permit 7Te,;':r.'f.n,p C1,u hi f-t.-mew. If I was writing romance I ; made suggestions to bis counsel du-; ted Parks and (iuernes to live as ir . - oll lh. Cz'Sul my mt-ht indulge in a more particular I ring their examination, but nevr it was His divine purine that thoy w dercription of the bandit aiüanced. : moved a muscle, even when the most , should be instrumental in bringing, e i iu

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mirror, the mirror placed in the over- j ':ng defeat at the imuds of the ieb-i Lieut. Charles H. 1 1 are. 'ith n decoat pocket, and the beauty smitten 's oder the command of Forrest, "taehnu i.: of t 7ti Indirw n cavalry, guaiM was to be induced to pass in ' at Ir ice's Cross Koads Miss. Our visited the spot, and found the bodien the over-coat to the prisoner. In ad- army was demoralized and broken ; of f.ve I'ni Mi'ri. str-ppi d, pudition to this. Miss T was di- into' fragments, ami ll-d Irom the.trid and unburi'-d. He hnd these reetcd to purchase two bottles, one; hYhl morn like a mob than nn organ- remains removed to a place near tht; tobe tilled with pure whisky, the ! ized troop. On the retreat many of railroad, v. here they now lie beneatli other with whisky drugged with hau-' the inlantry threw away their knap- tue shr.d of a little oak, buried in danum. His object in directing the w ?md cartridge-boxes, and broke one grave symbol of the fact thai purchase of the "pure whisky," is : their guns, to enable them to make 11: ey f 11 in one cau.se and in a comnot .stated in his letter of in-t ructions. ; more speedy their lb ght b. lore a -; :::. l butchery . : ; but the adulterated article was to b.- j toriou.s and pursuing enemy. NYitbi r ; Ih re I l.iiht drop the curtain over administered tothe soldierson iLU-An, company nor regimental formations ; this tab- of Mood. For ItendMi to make "their sleep more peaceful. I were kept up, but t' a considerable atrocity it has M-arccly a parallel in and their slumbers more profound."' ! etent everyone thought "::ly of his the history of these: times. It was The project went swimmingly on ou n personal safely, and sought 1o a ohl-blooded and inhuman -hutch-' the introduction was aecurcd. theleure it by Hying speedily to the cry of defenceless men, ngflint w horn-

saws and bows manufactured, the .' eh nces at Memphis. uuese ouUaw couid have iaU no, overcoat ami other necessaries pur-1 Darbe this retreat, and on the IStli I personal malicethty were strati-. chas-d but alas! it is as truthful as ! day of Jone, Captain Soincrs. Scr- gers, and Lad done the banditti no poetic that "there's many slip twit ! ;reant Mitehril, privates lvanky, j vrrong. the cup and the lip," for instead of i Ffiks, ( iuerms and two others whose j 'inn r.ipwry. or m:TM. . the fair Hebe getting her sundries j name are unknown, all of v. horn bo- The Con mission found Dick cniltr into the prison. she anticipated, j b nged t) Illinois regiments, had j )f all the eini ges preferred againt, she suddenly and mysteriously not reached a point on the Memphis and j him. and al!iel the penalty of death, there Icratlf'. The ollicers of the -Charleston railroad, two miles west ;by hanging. This was on the lntli "Block," by some means or other,:'1' Collier. ville, and within twenty of December; on the Hhh Gen. Dana kept track of this embryo conspira-! fur miles of the city. They were npjroed the proceedings and scnev, and "nipped it in the very nick j 'manned, foot sore, almost famished tcnee of the Court, and directed the' or time.'' The imprisonment of his 1 by hunger and e:chat:sled by a i.iaieh .execution t take place on the -Urd sweet heart shattered his lat hope. ! vcr a hundred miles. 'Vcy had of the amc month. Truly it was a and without another ellort "to Hoe 1 almost reaelu d r place of vnfety. and brief time in which lo prepare to

the wrath to come." he meekly and ! submissively nerei.tfd his fate. j ins n:i;soN.i. vv. ? v.. On the Bth dav of October. lsO I, I took mv seat as President of the Military Commission at .Memphis, 'Fhe rattling of chains along the corridor, the icgular and heavy step of tlie "inrd admonvshed me that a prisoner was on Ids way lo the court-1 room, and in a moment afterwards j uicic uavis stood noiore mo. j sowas hand-euired a chain sutlleiontlv long to allow him to take an ordinai ry stej) prevented one leg from run ning away lrom the other, lo each ankle was attached other clnins, a yard or more in length, at the ends of which Mere fixed twelve-pound

solid shot, so that w herever he might j with a volley ami a yell that, to them, j were all read ty mo. and were Mihto he was compelled to carry with sounded as if " J'andemonium had j scquently forwarded by the atithorihim this immense weidit of metal, opened wide its infernal gates" and j ties through the lines. He had nn-

T I, ovo in mv- t mi n s, i m-m- in M t.VX ft ft. 1. ft '-vxift j - irons, but never before had I seen one so thoroughly manaeb.l. His personal appearance, disappointed a . a m ie. i rom ns ropr.tation irom i ie. . deocis ol savage icroi uy atinouied ; to him I had concluded that he was a iant in stature, and the persona-i lion of the very d 1 in feature. ; n both points I was mistaken in: my conjectures. He was a small j Tn;i !i. sea ret 1 v fi vc lei 't se vc ti in Mo ht. ! ii d wrl t! . i n r ot d v on o h im. 1 red ! i 1 x. . , ft - ......... x. thirty-Five pounds. He was neatly dy j have envied it. The expression of j his countenance was by no means , disagreeable. His forehead was well, 'developed, wide at the apex, but '

hVt of whii h were large, clear, dark turmng to im prisoners, uicu c.r- mm tue ea.-oges, aaomg scmenre i and tlasliing the latte.' heavy and dered Captain Spmers to take a seat of the Court, to wluca be listened projecting, and extending continu-' on the log be-ide his comrades, I attentively, but tuimovcd. Thin , ousy from the outer corner of one . which was immediately done. Step- J ov r. he convci scd some moment-, in ! eve to that of the other. Nothing' ping; before thm, ho said to tin ?u i an umier tone, with the priest, and- ! läaired the harmony of his lneo but a fw brief words, but they v. en-'then liiey engaged iu prayer. Aftir, 'much as his nose, which was thick; words f dicadful in. port. Thej juawr b-signified to the executioner ' and puggish. like that of a bull ter heartless and piratical words, "Boys. 1 pis readim ss to try the tcaif.d ordeal rier. and the basilar portion of hislyou must all go overboard." was 0f deatli. While the rope irnsbeing

. - heal his jaws and chinwhich were quite heavy, showing a strong develot the accompli t teman, nor the blandish - ic fip neither did he dis - nrseness or vulgarity of ... . " lined genth mcnts of th nlav the cnrsenoss or vulgarity ot the rufli.in. His manners were rasy! revo tmg crimes were attributed to , .... it:, i ...n.. .. ft Ulm. i.oiuuag.- gvaej.ui correct and unatfected. and cor.tainctl

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crniuent of tla- t'nitt -l State." I :i overwhelming :md miNt huuiiliahope was buoyant within them. 'Fhcr expected soon, no doubt, to bivouac I on l ii i r (! : l ca:nping LJ ouums umu t j ilio protecting shadows of the guns ; f Fort Piekerijig. and there recount jwith their comrades who had cscr.pcd 'from that bloody and disastrous Field, 'the story of their adventures, their ' Ilili Dt and tin ir escape. They little dreamed of the dread doom th ;t "waited them that five of their little band, in a btief hour from then, would lay dead in the thicket by the road-side, and the sixth be crippled and maimed for life. But 1 must pass to the sequel. Just before them lay Dick Davis and Ins band in am bush, and ,s these weary and worn soldiers passed, they were greeted ' . i t . . . . I tllMIC! loose Oil eartil a llUhUrCd i ; HemR No shot took effect, but they 'were at once charged upon by the ' guerrillas. Being unarmed, over- ......... .IV.. ....... 1 ft...ft poweicu m miuioei, uu:ini- iu iuu, t . i fi f . . i ..i c ,,w iJ1 11 .m v .n wt v ..,..... .i . .-- ers and his men but to surrender.This they did. thinking, doubtless, they had fallen into the hands of a j generous and magnanimous em my, by whom they would be treated :;.s l u'i.soneis of war. ! After their capture they were im - mediately hurried into the wood, a robbed of their money, rings, coats and hats. This accomplished, their captors took them, by a by -path, j to a place in a thicket of wood some two miles south of the railroad, where the party halted. The caplives, wun tue exception oi i apiam Soincrs who laid down on the . . . . the laconic sepPuice oi oeatn passed by t'ao Guenilla l.'hii f uj.(n these!

1 The doomed, and with revolvers, atjmodic shrugging' of the shoaMerf, i tho short distance of thrfo paces.! then there m:n a qtnrerinrr f the ' injured a volley of lead into their' limbs, and then Dick Davis lie ! l Ca.ha Oont v Mitel).! r..iartil!n Oi l. f trriH ll LOOIC. Hl"

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stated, i-, tlu.t about the 1st of July, ; die but. it was much longer than ; that abotted to poor Somrrs and his men. ne receivtti lniorma.icii oi ' Iiis sentence with apparent lmcon- , ceru, immediately assumed his true, name, and commenced preparations for death. He wrote to 1;U friends, f ; instructing them what disposition to hnake of his property, aiid in Munt manner to pay his debts. He mado ( but one bequest, and that was of his j lavorite race horse, which had been jhis companion in his expeditions of, Mood, and that he directed to be j given to hisfiiindlWUsAnnioT To the members of his band be wrote a touching farewell, requesting them' j not to avenge his death by retaliating, ; upon innocent men. These letters interview wun one oi tu counsel.. K. B. Woodward. Ksq., on the Uay. before his executi(n, and appeared, perfectly calm, talking of his approaching death ns n matter cf litt lo .... ' . i. 4. . wu-. juv uvu .. i..--1. wi u; wuw by which he was tried and con-, .iejnncd, and of the witnesses V.ho-; testified against him, he spoke no word of bittclT.e?s or reproach. Tin; callows. At a little after noon, on tlie 2.1d dav ol Decemr.er. Dirk Davis was taken from the "Block," placed in an ambulance, and conveyed under guard to the gallows, within Fort. Pickering. He was accompanied by . his spiritual ad jser.n Catholic priest. ' w ho had remained with him during the preceding night. Tho day was beautifully bright and clear. Tho; troops of tlie garrbon and a large assemblage of ( lit ers and citizens ;art. othrr r .... . 1 . . adiusted nooui i.u neck, nc stood cu t t, ekibitiug no signs f cicolkn . . Guenilla Chi. f, vrn no .iflorr. i a . ft ft I I ' " . ..t.i niUin.-Iy see the' heart who woi.M w nun i r. x,4( , , , . t ,ibh( nv

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