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'. Six Confederates were elected from the prison. ere in the .Gratiot street prison, but one of tbem proving to have been,.* teamster, his name was stricken: from the death roll nod that of Gorge F. Buncb, of ibe Third*Missouri Cavalry, was . . , substituted. , Tb'e rneu Wer^ not informed-of , * their fate lentil the day of execution. The St. Louis Democrat gives the following details-af tboir murder: * * At about two o'clock, on Saturday afternoon, the six mon were fak<n from the prison, placed '.in a coffftsd wagdu, and escorted to>be place ' of exeoution by a detachment of the Tenth Kansas, followed . by a number of other sol. diers, and by a few citizens. Fort No. d, a ? . short distance south of Lafayette Park, was selected as the' place of execution, and to that point the procession marched without music. On -the west side of the fort six posts had been set in the ground, each wiih a scat attached,'and each tied with a strip of while cotton cloth, afterwards used in bandaging the , eyes of .the prisoners. Fifty-four men were selected as-the executioners, forty-four belonging to the Tenth Kansas and ten to the Forty^ first Miss-mri. Thirty-six of these composed the front firing party, eighteen being reserved irtcaststbey should not do the work elTcciual ly. ... . . Abopt three o'clock the prisoners-arrived on the.ground and sat down, attached to the posts. Tlicy all appeared to be more or less IS''liN.t:- effected? bat, considering the circumstances, It remained romarkahly firm. Father Ward '#nd Kev. Mr. McKini spoke 1o the nten iu their < Inst moments, exhorting them topui their trust H in God. The row of posts ranged noriu and ^ south, and at the first on the north was A.*a V. Ladld, on hfs left was George Nichols, next Harvej" H. Blackburn, Ge"rge T. Lunch, t i\r VUBilCr M .1*1 IIJ uii\tu uuu VUIII^ ?v ? VY all's k i I*dd and Blackburn sat wiib-perfi et cnhiiui .-s, * .'with their eyes fixed on the ground, Hud did not speak. Nichols gave no sign of.emotiou at first, hut ait-With seeming indifference, scraping the grouud with bis heel. He asked one of the surgeons if there was nny hope of h postpbnernenti 'and being assured that there was none, be looked more serious, and frequently ejaculated., ^Lord, have mercy on my prior soul 1" Again be said: "0, to tbiuk ol the news that will go to, father and mother!" Atter tfie reading 01 me sentence by uolonei Heinrifcbs, Minniken expressed a desire to say a few wofds. He said : "Soldiers, and all of you who hear me, take - warning from me. I have bren a Confederate soldier four yearn and, have served my Country faithfully, I am now to be shot Jor what other men hate done, th*fc I had no? hand in, and fcnew nothidg about.. I never waau guerrilla, # and I ato sntfy to be shot for what I hud nuth inn fn l^fi With Jlttf} wTlit T nm nnt rvitlllnln^ Illg .v -V. , - *- ??.'V ?* When I'tooS: a prisoner I always treated hip . kindly, and never harmed a man after he sur Tendered^r I hope God will take me to hit bosom !,#hen I am dead.' 0 Lord be fritl ,m n it f ... IDG. While the sergeant was bandaging bis -eyei Minniketi said? Sergeant, I don't blame you 1 dopa^Mre w wail.mm 111 heaven. Eo}S -when ki.|4- tue, kill me dead." The eyes'of all being bandaged, they bad< ' ? * V v - . c ? " . each other farewell "Good by?v one Mid ; "JJarewll, Nirlmlafj',' -Maid nt|nr.;"Good bye, Blaejclmrn," ,?!! r?;?i several ; nhd two or tbiee of them aaid, "Bo)'*, farewell to ) you all ; the Lord have niotey ou our per ? uduIB "* \i{ 'iC:> _ ' The firing party was about ten paces'off.? I Some of .the Kunsas men appeared Jo he reluctant to fire upon the primmer*, but Captain > Jones told them it .was their duty '; that they v should have no hesitation, as these.men h^h ipken tne life of tunny a Union man who waa i innocent as themselves. .j 5 At the woid, the thirty-six soldiers fired , tfjiuaUaDooualy?the discharge sounding likq ' a single explosion. The arm of every man wa? true. One or two of-tin; .victims groaned, and j Blackburn cried nut, !'Oh, kill me quick In five minutos they were all dead?their Heads' falling to -one side ami their bodies ?wni Jug around to the sides of th<? posts, nod bciii^ 1 kept from filling by the pinions on their :mus t Five of them were shot, through the. heart, auflr . i tl.e sixth received three bulls iu his breast, ' ; dying aldiost instantly. , ... > , Drbxbfcl!?Tn speaking of prrpirations i for the comfort of Congress, the Richmond Ex- | atniner nays r **ft was itrtended to re-carpet the legislative halls phroughdn^ but the steaiperln which the fitieBruR^cls wiififthippeiifroin Europe ; iiktoitlie. hands of tins blockade!* off Wil- j Iningtan. So tin* Capitol will hiive to g6 with- ( out its iiow dress t.iis season.'' Certainty this j j i? h drumii.il condition 'of iiffairfi.: .hist think ( j of it! Our ropgresMiieu obliged to hold ano- ( J ther session ui wjuuii, < o?nf..rtal?lc r^oms on ( i itore floors, witl.out a JJrtinsels carpet, while I obr itrfiHcrt Inxnriate out'of doore in the fain, i sleet and snow?drenched to the skjn and half 1 Irozen by tlu* keen chilly winter blast. How j our Congressmen must suffer! Poor thing* I V i Sonte'of our cotemporancs are so unClmrital>le an to say that the gold spent Ibr the lest | eatpela could have been spent lor I teller purposes ; that, it ;uight have pnrelmsed m-my n po?r .-oldier the win r--witlin! to keep Ftif rt warm. 1 Our picirangc* should reeolbct that the order ' ; of things Iuh been changed sim-e this war has j commenced : and that t.ongrcss instead of-leg' ' islatitig?for the |?i'<?p!o has been legislating Ibr, 1 themselves and other officiate?instead of ad optii.jr measures to prose re 'rad.defend civil 1 liberty, pass,their time jn. devising". scheme* U?. f dejfrive the people of wli?t lew liborlies they 1 have left: lligh times, these! J ' v 1 * <} - ? ' . ^ ft ?ll vlk'l . p . dfXf^ ', * 'A Modlic l*i , in Paris,' advertises a sah'e for thf^.rodnc.tion of a alight dovrftoti " the lips of the ladies-^-a litJlo moustache s-< ' J.great1 is llio favor tint diair oh the upper .lip of 1 woman-isjvrtnveU with in France, ' - 1 , Squib$nys if any good looking yorfhg lady 1 in this country wants a slight inonstarfm on' 1 her upper I p, she ran- be supplied by calling 1 on him. We wd! gtjaiant'C to continue dote, on lor. Ips a* long -as she hives. ? *Vuc n Con- ? r. ? _ ' ' ' . ' JWHTUir. ' I ' This? what, w? would call connrip doom handsomely. Tin* afbr?Wid jrontij? lady wd' ' ?) doubtless clone with this offer of nn ^xhr r.6tli*"i '!$ V . ! The Memphis jBulfetin gives the following : i New Orleans item : . . . , Sixteen thousand dollar* m gold were lately ( diseoiered' 1'i'l on the pit-Ill o| Madallte' Taylor, ? notorioUH reiki, and th? ptopiitMr?->u ^ of a house of ill fame in New Orleans. Five ( thousand dollars In a'lterwere also.found there | a few days previous. A large/portipn.of tlm 1 money is saiu.to belong to officers iu the rebel nrmy. / ' . i Worth'.'Knowing.?An exchange declares tknt c-miv si aids, if saved, are fully equal to the same weight in bay. "'Prepare them by cirttiug 1 into pieces of half an inch iu length, *nd p'ace , in hog-heads. Throw in one gallon of boiling . water, containing one gi'l of salt, cover the . hogsheads with a1 blanket?ilio steam swells 1 i and softens the stalkj'add a little m?.aliitid feed to the cattle. ! ? ? i Skulkers.?Additional) just from En rope 'i IK....v....In A !.I ' WilliMlin./.H *?..I..A (!...? I. A 4 I >un ijuuiiuita <\i 1*1 ? nmn-p uwib lit? < 1 i SMW.in London ?nd l'aris noiirly a division of .'able-bodied 'refugees" from the Confederate ' , Slates, a huge majority of whom are skulkers from military duty.- Let their names be aacer- < 2 tatced and registered. * I ? I % DAILY JiUiMU TUESDAY *>7. $2. - | I>EXH8r'a Coxvp.k tor?A cell Corn Convention at Dontirts of tin? .'^fedcrnry, to mi-ef In \ o>,ttfta on 1 Wednesday-, November 28, lia? b^en issued. The GForcu Confe es~e ?Bishop * PtKficB has 4 changed the. 11ar*? of hnl-'mg the *-ext annual Methodic Confel-enoe f<>r tteorgin from Alliens to MilWIgeville on the 3<JtH in8t.| The change. is mode fbr the convenience of the preachers. They ti'k in Ptitt* of estnbli-hing a Hijbhcnl theatre, 1 n liere w II ho played only pieces flramntizr d from the 1 incidents <>l the < 1<J Testnnent A French paper J thinks tlii-t r-'oumos nml, his tl ree hundred wives 1 would furnish ?xe? Kent suhji rts f r light vandevillep. : ' ) Pinrtiab CmxciiiENCE. ?President Pav 8, In Inst J yesr, set apart the- idlli dny of December-a? u day of ' thanksgiving and prayer, on which dny the Methodist ounivrenvw ihcuumi v nnmnn crmvenea, una again lor the year'64, l^ejipo'Uted t|ip 16th dayif November J for alike ob-errance. nnd.th^ time appointed for the ] meeting of the C"D<ereuce was tln\8arBe. A Fat jdb?Congressional BspuWtort.?The ^ Richmond Sentinel tells us thnt Mes/rs. Atres 4 Wade, of the Illustrated. Kms, have received the con ' tract for publishing tho debutes and proceedings oftlie owcr House of 'tho Confcdemte Congress. The pre5 ^ :eciings will be issued in daily newapnp r form,' and ( they are to furnish Congress withfife thousand*copies )f this paper, and allowed tlio privilege of selling any i lumber they may eee proper on llieir own account ?- . ' \ Cheerixo.?Iii tho absence of any p ess de>pnti hCe j 'or this morning's issue, we lenrn from a gentleman viio came up in last night's t ain, that Sheiima.n's pro- f rroas towards llncoti had been checked l-y j .Joufedorutee confronting hitn. Our informant s.ij-s n h ppuitli to that effect bud been received at Kiiitfsvil e lurinfr yesierdiiv ullcriioon God gram that both tlio ehnrniph and the 'Tt liahlo {rcIlth>m^?lt,, may ouch be orrect,aH JUrat the liordc of plifyxtities may be driven ^ ro o the face of the earth," witliou: a rcprc dilative ijl U) tt l! the tale of their extermination We nl&^le.'irn from a friend who receive! a 'ettcr lirect from* Macon by Jtmt iifghtViimil,': tliut an en- 11 dtgemen&jiad cert an."ly token p ace some twenty-live 1' uiwiS froin tlipt place, ami uo presume it .must l?e the '' me referred to aoover v "... FKOCLA1J.ITIOS FROM GtXKUAI.'fcEAUREGAfl'B.?A jtmutriG Appeal.?'Ptonle r.f Geti uia: Ait?e fo? t!ie Ufriiej' of your nati ve spil. Rj?1v around lourp.i- J rlptic (Jovi.roor-jnnd jtallant soldiers. (Jfatiuct nml j leB'roy.all ronis in Siie 'MAX'tt-frbnt. fl nk irtid rear, itnl Ilia army will a oh starve in vniir midst Ik* fd-nt and res luie. Trust in im tivi r-ru.ing Provi- j ience anil aiiocc's will ci own yoar {Costs. N J hasten to join y..u in the defence of your hontca ind ll resiles. U. T. UKAUUKOA UD. A VJ^ , Fn<>lt up the I'oad.?PiiSKiiir* rWdnwn the Oenrnia ' ilniinmdluM nifht r | o I li.il the -Yankees. one tlmui n 1 st roup; entered Madison mi Friday. lietwcen II ind 12 n>I6uk. Mid at 4 o'clock.*In y l-inned l> o. i>c sit..111 ther properly U longing to the Itnilmad. Yes' i i !._ ... t. 1i ?> i.. ?. . . . *. .. .. . rruav iiiiiriiiiijr iiit-j i-iiu-ii-u owi-MiC. u ei^'iu nuit-s mis <<&' i.f vitidimm.' Th^eiicfyj npot time ilu-y are J iv '-i.lv iIhmij. n?l strung. * . _ A (.enili-:imn who Itii VUn'tis.yestenlny nyw-. ingrr. port Unit tin- exciu-mei.t wim suliHiiiiig iii tluiiii^r ret- ' ltlve to i he raid. Lurge rdiiiiUr- ofre'ugees nro^rrivinst in this trtv ? Tont along the line of tho ru~tl.? Cfk- oniric and JSaiti- I xeL The Flag of Turks; in the J auks.?It is ^ *iid no fiih li-.-r finsr of truce exchanges of |rris- 0 :>nor< mill niiner* is lookt-?l fur iir the James" h rim this season. The regular exchange f?c- * tug transferred to the Sonrli via Savannah, the jnemy will endeavor to u*o the James fur the ^ purpose! of war, npt of peace anil amity." R.ck. Examiner* - .. "V Tr. )'I: ' ' 1 " *** . ? 1. Latino it on II kavs?-?The Southern Ra , nude- estimates that-the uppropr aliens called for l?y Waft Browu iti liis me-sage; for the com- ing 6?eal year, will render necessary a tix oftwenty and a-half miilioii t)oliHr??or nearly as much a* the poofdi? lairiu'd John Qumey Adams out of office for spending for the. wliolo: United Stot/>e ' *' . , 4 ' -V'-.'>V ; - "\.. ? ' ; . - '. old ??<la nia?'weiki) iittflv voiicli fitr?who lufti St Louis Ijltit* pjMTtiini'i a were ,^/fVcrr /J l ent tor knowing wlta, was going oh in lieu. Price bns a firm foothold in Missouri. ' BH He w v liiirtllv. in :'p?*w?iu|i of of: f '.m the State,' and no Sntelligcnt. Feiletal oi U'lievea tb'"V cair force liiia out. W lies oiy *;4; ii.ioniuual.lt, Geiienil Price M' his hcadquar- ' v;,| tore ai wnvtmly, h!mI his lini s extendinir si-tiy " miles .\W>t. ' jiei-ruita arc flocking jbim da?- . ly now$|i patriot tne 5t;|te?oru grey men a- <1 young jwjr# mingle in the ranks v 'tout, hale meiy in l!?e hlooin of youth and. ' s| primer of life. These recruits arc the. best men . j Intelligent- Federal officers assuredxmr idh> f? Ibrtnant that not less than 35,000 recynits had joined' Old-Pap" up to the 30th. of October, . which would make his force fully sixty thou. '4 wild strong: Fagati with; A-'small force bfed 3 k-on retiring kl'ore a force of Federals, near Independence, which gave rise to the oft retreated rumor that Price was retreating, He j iad never receded an inch since he, entered tho itote, ami has never had a Yankee force in Ins.. J Vont jihle to cope with hint or willing to lit- ' jJB xrmpt it. Clark, Shcihy and Bill Anderson,. ** Lie Ul'll l I'l 1116 _UIBS?.>OTi Tiici, ici*?,i?igvwj? r?j*>, . ? oa Is. wliippin^lJutcIi, and ' olx-ying orders" je Morally. ^ " * In the Sodulia affair Jeff. Thompson eaptor;d 2,2uu moii. . Go it. Smith, tin: worthy who hurncd Oxford, ; diss., ill August last, hail boon lying ton mijya iU>v* Clunk-* City tin- two weeks?iiis armyoaded on 17 tr>iii.?pnits-?-:nnJ awaiting orders ' roni Washington City. % Our fneiids in tl.c-noble o!<l ?tate are in fiha pirits and look upon their deliverance &s ce.ram .and iinrfrodirtic. ,J l I ?mm i II .J.. ! 'ill I ...? . : fl j... . *'% r , ?, * Oo the 16 lvinst. by the Rev. Joseph Brown, Mr. I. W. SMITU, to II Lis. M. A. pORBliT r, both of Sinner fciatric't.' 0 i We inosday. 9th inst, ntthe resilience of tha .rl.li', by Rev. S. H. liny, JOSI'VH i. MICKLK, Esq.r r> Miss MA 11 LDa, (J.-.ugi.ter of Uie Into Dr. John Mil* V-.vu? inp. Sirkwocd Kill. KII>K?OOI' MIL! (1'0U.MKJ;I.YI ANGSMILL), is iio\y'|-rep.ireil to grind prLlt'ou toll jlne iio-* '. ice .win ne pivch n aucn us me Vifueni ami (9 cuOi- ; _*uwnM ileleil. ' . * A1JLLKR WAM'KD, \ mi jir wonted to FUpWintend tluV above MH1- Ai> . . f' 'I; 10 , B Nov. .16 6' / Sweet Potatoes. ;a r.rs .KLs swkkt i'.jtatdeS, at-fivb )w TH|I1:i|-H |MT b slii'l. 4 buslicU flno itico lViii? for tu<>1e A|'ply t. .8 A' Ul NJAMIJ?, .Novem or 18 Hunl : ??-i- r-r- , 4xcliErgef W!I^,KXCflAKOd i W 0 AU'LIs? FOR 600I> -L ' % L Niilcl) i 'o*?. R. b.JOUJS'SO^ WQTTflW 1 IMIF.. 8PWS'?i*l?Btt.*k.ILLKKCBTVB A I 'eil number nfllid. f\?iid luu tn< m fou ose rouExa 1 t his IVu Ymd ou liis^liuitation, lour mik-g ei.st of 'I lie Vats and Leather Hou?tf'nre i ecnre and iisder 1 e ciiiiivc of a watchful and reliable overseer, hot anEE Ins armi'd^'niept ?s,ro?de .lor the accommodation ori ljililwrs and.not w.illi the view of profit,* Hides*will .. J nly 1^ received at the owxKii'a HiSK.' Ti.ose who ayo h H Hides thero'recently, will remove Jltem UDltfW . her as-ent to these terms. "*?' ' ' 1 WM. U. SHANNON. Cdraden, Nov. 18,1864. . - 3.' wptif.'.' , ?????i,. 11 >3W Mstn . 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