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[CONTINUE I? KJ.'OM MUST IMC K.J upon other duty, will l>c present. The tiring party will be furnished by the <>lh Roirt. C'onii. Vols. Capt. E. S. Babeock. yth U. S. C. T., Provost Marshal. vvljl make the necessary arrangements ibr the execution. The several Regiments and Detachments conmrLing the command will report at 2 o'clock P. 31.. at Sallyport No. 1, to Lieut. Woodruff. A.A.D.C.. who will be stationed there to direct iheiu to their positions. Rv order ot Col. Rkwikld Dvuyek. \\ ai.teji FiTcn. 1st Lieut, fltli Conn. Vols., Post Adjutant. . \\r 1 t I II I'HUL : 1'. .A. :> mi uniu. Oth Conn. Vols., A.A.P.C.' Tilt: I'lHSONEIlS ixfokmei* op their fate. As soon as the time had been fixed. ; Capt. Babcock visited the prisoners, and formed them of it. advising them to pre- ; pare for death, as they had but a short j time to live. Iloofan was originally in- < eluded in the order. He seemed Vcry mueh affected, but the others were np-1 nnin?ntlv unmoved. Their indifference ; was evidently assumed, in part; hut they 1 had no hope of any bettor fate, since their last re-capture, and they expressed j gratification at the relief front suspense, . TUB CASE OF XIOOF|V. ffoofan manifested the greatest contrition, but no resignation to fus fate. After the order for the execution had been ' written it was discovered that his name ' was eiToneously written and printed 1 ' Hoffman " in tlxc court-martial proceed- j ings. and the documents froui Washing-; toil. Anxious to be merciful to tiie full extent consistent with duty Col. < Duryee availed himself of this tech-! nical error, aud protested against the ' ?vwntinn of Hoofan. His apnlica-1 tion tor a suspension of the order relating '< to Hoofan's execution was allowed, and ' his case is as yet undecided. INTERVIEWS W1TII A PRIEST. Schumaker aud?t#rk stated they were 1 Roman Catholics, and desired, ii' jk>>- I ?ible, the services of a cleMrman of their j own denomination. Col. T)urvee assur- | ed thtm that the favor should be granted i if iH)ssible. and requested Rev. James j Hasson, a Roman Catholic priest, now in this Department, to visit them. Father Hasson complied, and had tlnce inter- j views with them. It was f? ra long time difficult to convince Schuiuuker that his i case was hopeless, but Father Hasson's ; arguments finally forced conviction. They apiwared perfectly resigned, and very j penitent. Father Ilasson twice heard their confession, and periormed all the rites of! the church that were practicable. Yes- j terday morning he administered the communion. PAIU.r?K OV THE TROOPS. At about one o'clock all the troops at the pflst not on special duty paraded and marched to the execution ground: fatigue ; luty v. as suspended: ana iat>orers, cierKs La departments, and civilians of every ' class flocked out to witness the scene. * t the processio*. n^neK were takiji from their *el?? at about two o rlbi.k,*rftl pfa toil in ? wagon, seated on the coffins in which I they were to he buried. The column I i? was formed as follows: Capu K. S. Babrock. Provost Marshal. and Capt J. P. King, Ass'stant Provost Marshal, mounted. Dram Corps, in two ranks. Firing party, of twenty-four men. detailed from the 6th Connecticut," under command of Capt. J. P. King, Assistant Provost Marshal. The prisoners, in a wagon, seated on their ! eofllns. Ambulance, containing Father IIas?on, Chap .a in Woodruff, of the Oth Conn., Rev. Mr. Taylor of the Christian Commission, the Surgeon at the Provost Guard Hon*e. and the Surgeon of the ; ttth Conn. Funeral escort, consisting of a corpora! and eight men. marching with arms reversed. THE MARCH. Marching to funeral music, slowly the procession proceeded towards the appointed place. The prisoners sat erect. - i 1 ? ;rtr? nooisinn.ollv Ana tuspiajvu m?? v they nodded smilindy to acquaintances in the crowd, and commented to each other on the appearance and conduct of the throng. When the column had parsed the stockade. it hailed on the cutseway till some arrangements had been completed. Here the surarincr crowd pressed on the patrol, hut w.-re kept hack. A newspaper correspondent requested nerop*?]7n t^flo .hron^h. "Why should i I pws yea more than anVthtr ?"'a~V"'d a patrol stationed on one >idc of the prisoners'-cart. "I am a correspondent, 'was the reply. "< Hi. let him pass," said'Sehutuaker. "he's all riirlit." and Stark endorsed his request The patrol complied, ond ihe condemned prisoners tliacked him courteously. IllL SQITAUE Was formed at a point on the tie-Id a1>oiit forty rods from the siillyport, with an open side towards the north. In a group on the right were Col. Duryee and his staff, consisting of I)r. Dalryinnle, Post Surgeon : Captain Fessendcn. Post Commissary: Lieut. Fitch, Post Adjutant. Lieut. Woodruff. Acting Aide-decamp and Lieut. Beebe, Post Quartermuster. The mounted ollieers dismounted at tlieCauseway, and the column then advanced and passed the front of the square, ..1?j... ri.rlit iho nluvimr iunuuumg ?i> m,. .... .. , a dead march all the way into position, <ti the center of the open sjiace. Tlie prisoners maintained their calm demeanor. When they passed their own regiment, they several times raised their hats to ohl comrades. n:i:i.iMj\.vRr i'Rockkdtnos. On reaching the ground the tiring parties and escort moved to the right, the prisoners stepjied nimbly from the cart, the coffins were removed, anil the condemned men seated ilpoh them, yftfcr direction of Capt. King. The Provost Marshal then read the charges, findings an l sentence. At the order lor execution. Father llasson approached the culprits. and the others withdrew. Kneeling upon the ground with the men, the prest repeated a short prayer, and affer they had performed active*contrition, in accordance with the requirements of the chureh. he conferred absolution. Kising lie bade adieu to them. Each shook hands with him, and. much impressed but ap]intently still fearless of their approaching dot>m. said their farewell*. As they stood ereet, and looked wound on the troops and the spectators, much sympathy was expressed for them, Aimmaker did not look the hardened \\ ivteh he had been reputed, but like a young tuan with good natural impulses, whose reckle mess and perhaps ignorance LadJed him astray. Stark was slighter in figure, and wimitcnin/'P more unprepowTaiug m but not less tirtu in demeanor. TITK KXKCrtlOS. C'apt. Babcock and Capt. King performed the duty of blindfolding the prisoiers, and binding their huntb behind them, and then made them kneel ttjvtn their coffins. facing the center outhe square, (.'apt. King marched the Iring party up in front, and halted them six paces oft'. The doomed men moved not a muscle as they heard the tramp of their executioners. Capt. Babeock, with his s ,vord, gave the signal to make ready, then to take aim?the multitude losing on in breathless suspense?and at another signal # TIIK VITAL VOLI-KT ' j was fired, and the t wo deserters fell ifexn. their orenstfl pierced with bullet*. ivliutwaker felf ovrr-direetl v- bach war arfcith - - * ?? - ?ii'j.*f i nint* bullets in 111s oreast. anu me imgcreu in his bodv for :in instant only. Stark fell forward over his coffin, pierced with eight bullets, and was already dead when the surgeons reached liim. The troops were then all marched, in column by company, past the spot, and gazed on the ghastly corpses as they passed. Next followed the crowd of other spectators, none too hardened* to be unimpressed by the sight. Then the' whole of the throng dispersed, the troops returned to their camps, the bodies were placed in the coffins, and the funeral escort were left almost alone to perform the burial duties. IIis Xamk.?It was Henry Winkley, of Co. I. 4th X. If., who was killed on n./\*n!n? I it. ('.llltniT fnim thp >\ t'UIU'KUlll Illviuiu^, UI iMiiiug >uv mast-head of the Fulton. SOLDIER SHOT BY A COLORED PATROL. On Friday last, some of the provost patrol, from the 9th U. S. Colored Troops, while attempting to arrest a member of the 100th Xew York, were rouphly used. They were reinforced* and on proceeding to make the arrests were apain resisted, wkrrwpon they drew revolver? and fir d on their assailants. One member ot the tooth was wound'd in the knee, isome of the white soldiers were inclined to make a disturhnnce, but peaceful measures finally prevailed, ('apt. Kinsr, Asst. Provo>t Marshal, subsequently arrested two niemliersof the ltiorh. evidently two of tin* worst men in that pxxl regiment. who detied his authority. They got a taste of discipline at the provost guard house, and went away satisfied. The officers, and a majority of the lOOtli, deprecated the violence "exhibited by some of their turbulent spirits. The United States District Court rou the Northern District of Florida. ?It atTords lis pleasure to inform our | readers and the public generally that the United States District Court for the Xorj thern District of Florida has liec-n open: ed by Judge Philip Frascr. and is now ready for the transaction of Prize and ! Admirality misiness. The officers of this Court are thorough and energetic. The merits of Judge t rnser, as a sound lawyer ' and an uncompromising Unionist, are too familiar to the public to need comment from us. As the calendar is not crowded with cases, it is to the decided advantage of naval captors to send their prizes to this Court, where an adjudication may j -be Iie^Tirh^ot delay, nrvi-a? a great SfW- ; ing of expense to the captors. The Court is to be held at present at St. An- j gustinc: but as the Northern District of I Florida occupies every county within the Stale, excepting the county of Mun- j roe, prizes can 1* taken therefore into i i Fernandina. Jacksonville. or other ports j within the District, and reported at once I to the Court at St. Augustine for adjudi-. j cation. Tims slowly hut surely the laws I j of the country are being enforced in the l , ordinary way. and the time will not he j ' long, we opine, before the rebellion will J ! be numbered among the tliimrs that were. 1 . . ~ LATE RE1IEL PAPERS. I We have received our tile of late rebel ; papers, in season to make some extracts | lor this Kxfra. Fi-onrm. I Tlie following is an extract from one of ; the papers | Reports of another battl/in Florida have been ; rumored ou the street1- for some dr.vs paet. but , ' we feel very safe in "atlnf that nothing of the ! sort has occurred. We havyis late, and perhaps > ! a? authentic, unofficial Information as has been ! received from that quarter, and it leftererytnin^ j quiet. How loop mutters will remain in ina: , condition in utioth'-r question. Wo have ac- : j counts of the arrival of * considerable number of |Reinforcements at Jacksonville, but we are in; clined to the opinion that the Yankees will not j I risk another general engagement. They are j ; doubtles* intended for raids into certain unproi lected fas they suppose) districts of the State. ! and will be confined to snch operations until I i they are severely punished?and they will be. MAXIMlfJA*. The Savannah Republican has the following :? Maxi.mii.ian.?The telegraph brings a report, through Yankee channels, that the new Kmperor of Mexico has decided to maintain a position of . strict neutrality in American affairs, by which, j We suppose, is meant the present war between r thf hionh and the South. To his ?-ufnpKh< the South has no objection ; tor. being empty alfTe to : take care of herself, she a*ka no aid from others. ] But if he means to be understood as occupying a I position of indifference to the result of the'strngi ?le, and that os tJfc ruler of tbe Mexican Em| pire, he intends fP refnse us the recognition i which we have ?o justly won by our arms?in ( other words, to be ueiitral as England is neutral ! ?then, our only course will Iw* to return the comj pliment in kind. The neutralitr of the Confe derate States, lu the event the Yanktfjgnvernment should determine to oust him fr<>m his throne, would be a* fatal to hi- pretensions end , power as a union with them to accomplish that i purpose possibly could he. The time will come ' w hen tno'c nation- than one will be sick of their cue-sided neutrality in this w ar. ATLANTA HOTEL PRICKS. lite following is from the same paper *? T' * Tin, itlowfa Untul hao I ATT.WI A IHITM.1. III' 1 down from il? hitrh flqiir**. About three weeks since the prire was J10 a meal or $30 a day. | Now it is JO a meal or $$0 a ?'s\. AfcSA?HI\VTIOV. , Gen. Win. P. While, of Georgetown. ! S. C., has been assassinated by one of his own men. OKVEHAI. MOTtn JV , Is still in a ?tew with the War Department. Tim General raised * some regiments for special raiding service, and the Wnr Department pnt them in another 1 General's Brigade. Some of the papers j like It. and some, with the General, not : liking it, show sign* of judicious lump' ing ft. / it S<- c/ i )}l) , ^ .'fyi ' ? NKWi'onr m:avs. ! Tlicre are rumour* that the Yaukcts artlanding at Newport JNt-us. I nit they aic not considered authentic. aud are not credited at the War Department. Attempt to Bkkak into a Stoke.? At a late hour last evening a soldier attempted to break into t enant s stoic, under the lee House, through a window. ; 3lr. Rolierts, one of the proprietors, was. aroused bv the noise of breaking glass, add, arming himself with a revolver, ritshed out upon the robber. The latter attempted to escape, and }.Ir. UoU-rts, after calling on him to stop, tired a shot at him without ettect. The Provost jmtrtjl were promptly on the spot, and s??on ; alter arrested an Engineer soldier, who was identified as the robber. He was i placed in the Provost Guard House. Opening op the Palmetto House.? This fine new restaurant, at Xo. 13 Sutj ler's How. was opened to the public on I Wednesday evening last, ou w hich oeca[ siou a large company assembled by invitation of .Mrs. lligg'ins. tiie proprietress to partake of a dedicatory entertainment. The Post BamL, led by .Mr. Heury Murphy. occupied the balcony, and discoursed spleuclid music during the evening The liuiid^n^ is ijeatlv. eonje+iicnt-^ ly. even ctcgaiitty lurnisheti. ami flic viands dispensed were of a character to give a most favorable impression of the lure. A large number of prominent army ami uavv orhu vs unci civilians were present, severul otlicers of the Fulton, unci some visitors from oilier p<*;j% Kvervr bo<ly was pleased with all the arrangeinents. The eumumy w as welcomed, in behalf ot* Mrs. iliggins. bv Col- Dunbar, Mayor of Hilton head, in a brief but appriate speech; and that gentleman aklii\ i he party materially in passing an agreeable evening. f'ut. Toi?i> Kkstokko to Suvkt.? We are grapilied to announce, and arc sure that his numerous friends in thi> Department will l?e glad to learn, that the order from the AY ar Department of December last, dismissing the sendee Capt. John W. Todd, Ordnance Ccrps. I' S. A., has l?een modified by the President. so as to merely suspend him lor siv months from the date of the order of dismissal. which time has nearly expired. The President was moved to this action by a desire to retain in the service an olli! cer whose ability and talent were un-^ (questioned, and whose services were of so much value to the Qov*?rnnu nt. Nw.kl Itkvs.?Lieut. It. B. Riell. U. S. X.. has been ordered to the Frigate Wabash, now off Charleston. Commander J. B. freight on. late comi manding the Mahaska, in the South Atltl/\/iL'.wl5n?r ^tiiorlwvti liQfi W?<m I lailllV/ AUM?U^ UIW I'VTU ordered to tcmpuniiy ordnance dut\ at the Boston Navy Yard. J i Acting Ensign G. 31. Prindle l|hs been ' detached from the Vermont, and is awaiting orders. 1 listing lining* Ht-rrrT V. WjtftViuiir* f of t!u- Nantucket, Acting Ensigns P. C. | Conner and William Henderson of the , Huron, have been confirmed. Phovost Makkiiai.s.?Capt. E. S. Kab| cock, !>th U. 8. Colored Trooj*, has been appointed Provost Marshal. Capt. J. P. King. Cth Conn. Vols., temporarily re: lieved as Assistant Provost Marsha). that be might join bis regiment, has been reappointed to that position, with tinwhole of his former command front the Oth Conn., as patrol and dock-guard. Both officers arc well adapted to their i positions, and Capt. King's <kill and long experience lender his services particularly desirable. Tier. Amjaxcr, captured otf Fort Pulaski, on the 12th. with a valuable cargo, while ftlfcnpting to run the blockade, reached this port on Saturday. She is a fine steamer, and attracts much attention. Tirr. Post Ijaso. at the execution yesterday. paraded with the fith Conn., and by their fine music added greatly to the solemnity of the occasion. Fioiit Dkskutkks arrived at Fort Pulaski a few days since, having escaped in Pol. Anderson's boat from Savannah. )f/ cf 6*0^M - r 2>0 l ! / W^J ,