The palmetto herald. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1864-1864, April 21, 1864, Image 4
[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
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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.
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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.
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