forty pounds, to keep him from choking. When a man became exhausted and fell senseless, the common restorative was the whip, which the rebels said was "the best means of starting the circulation of the blood." An old man, who was dying, requested to have his son, who was also a prisoner, with him during his last moments. But his keeper said, "If you want to die, why can't you die, and not make such a fuss about it?" The old man was compelled to conceal his groans as best he could, and soon after expired. A prisoner who passed the cell of his son a few days after, whispered through the gates that his father was dead. The son was soon found shedding tears. They said they would give him something to cry for, and gave him seventy-five lashes., After alluding to like and worse instances of fiendish cruelty, the speaker asked how men who had been treated in that way, could go back and live with those who had practised upon them such barbarities, until justice had been meted out to them. Until the rebellion broke out, he was a pro-slavery man, but it was certain, that we could never have peace, until the cause of the rebellion-slavery-was destroyed. Said Judge Baldwin of Texas, in a speech delivered in Washington, D. C., October 3, 1864: You can scarcely form an idea of the wrongs inflicted on the Union men of Texas. They surpass in cruelty the horrors of the Inquisition. In that State, from two to three thousand men have been hung, in many cases without even the form of a trial, simply and solely because they were Union men, and would not give their support to Secession. Indeed, it has been, and is, the express determination of the Secessionists, to take the life of every Union man. His life is no more regarded than that of a wild beast, and he is shot down or hung with out ceremony. Nor are the Secessionists always particular to ascertain what a man's real sentiments are. It is sufficient for them, that a man is a d-d Yankee. A Massachusetts man, at the commencement of the rebellion was procuring subscriptions for Audubon's Ornithology. As he was passing along one day, some one dropped the remark, "There goes a d-d Yankee," whereupon the bystanders took after him, seized and hung him, although affirming his innocence, and claiming to have done or said nothing against the South. Soon after, a gentleman passing by, and seeing what had been done, inquired, "Why have you hung that man? I know him well. He was no abolitionist." "No matter," said his murderers, "he was a d-d Yankee." One day a Secessionist said to the Governor of Texas, "There is Andrew Jackson Hamilton, suppose I kill the d-d Unionist." Said the Governor, "kill him or any other Unionist, and you need fear nothing while I am governor." In this way has been produced that utter disregard of the lives of Union men so prevalent at the South. As I was passing through one place ín Texas, I saw three men who had been hung in the course of the night. When I inquired the cause, I was told in the coolest manner, that it was to be presumed that they were Union • men. It seemed to be taken for granted, that all Union men were to be hung, and the hanging of them was spoken of as an ordinary affair. Judge Baldwin said further-He had heard a great deal, since his arrival from rebeldom, of the habeas corpus and free speech; but he could assure his audience, he had seen little of either in Texas. For long months he had been confined in a loathsome dungeon without trial, without even knowing the charge against him, and upon remonstrating, had the consolation of learning, that it was a "d-d sight too good for an abolitionist." On the 9th of October, 1863, I was waited upon by a Confederate officer, who said to his squad of soldiers: "There's your prisoner, take good care of him; if he attempts to escape shoot him." No explanation was given for my arrest, nor was I permitted to communicate with my family and friends, but the next day was hurried off to San Antonio, where I was thurst into a dungeon, the air of which was so foul, that you could cut it with a knife. I remained in prison ten months, suffering every species of horror. But I thank God, that the shackles are now broken, and I can look once more on the flag of my country and enjoy its protection. On my way to San Antonio, I was informed by the officer in charge, that I was in danger of being lynched by the populace. I said to him, "If you allow any such thing you are a coward, and I will haunt you as long as you live." This, I believe, saved my life. General A. J. Hamilton affirmed in a Union meeting, in the Cooper Institute, New York, in 1863, that two hundred men were hung in Texas during the canvass for the Presidency in 1860, because they were suspected of being more loyal to the Union than to slavery. CRUELTY TO AN OHIO SOLDIER. A SOLDIER belonging to the Forty-fourth Ohio Regiment, which was then stopping at Sandy, Virginia, having just recovered from a severe sickness, was on his way down the Sandy Valley, to join his regiment. As he was passing leisurely along, he was surprised by a party of rebels, who rushed upon him and robbed him of the last cent he had, and also of all his clothing. After this, they took him off a short distance, and compelled him to stand up, saying they were not going to kill him, but were only going to wound him a little. When everything was in readiness, they fired at him with his own gun, wounding him so seriously in his leg, below the knee, that at one time amputation was thought necessary to preserve his life.* HORRIBLE MURDER OF A SAILOR. ON or about the 5th of September, 1862, as one of Admiral Farragut's men was wandering very impru dently along the shore, a few miles below Vicksburg, Mississippi, a party of guerrillas, belonging to the same State, who were waiting in ambush, rushed upon him. They carried him a short distance from the shore, and actually disembowelled him while still alive. This statement comes from both prisoners and deserters, known to be perfectly truthful.† AN INTENDED WHOLESALE MURDER. As a freight train on the Covington and Lexington Railroad was passing by Garnett's Station, on the night of the 19th of April, 1862, it was precipitated down a *T. L. Moore. † Joseph P. Evans, of Jackson, Mississippi. steep embankment by obstructions laid on the track by some rebel fiend or fiends, thinking that a portion of the troops, who were expected to pass over the road that night, would be precipitated down the embankment, and a great many be killed and wounded, and that by so doing, they would aid the cause of the rebels; but through the good providence of God, the troops did not go that night. As it was, Henry D. Smith, engineer, and Abraham Tanner, brakesman, were instantly killed, and the locomotive and eleven cars dashed to pieces.* GUERRILLA BARBARITIES IN VIRGINIA. ON or about the 19th of July, 1863, as two Federal soldiers were sauntering along the road, within a half mile of their camp, which was near Laura, Virginia, they were pounced upon by a party of guerrillas, who took them into the woods until they thought they were beyond reach of interference, tied them to a tree, and bid them good-by, saying, "that they meant to do them no harm, only to let them starve to death." One of them, by a desperate effort, succeeded in freeing himself, and when free, set about liberating his brother soldier. This done, both started for camp, determined not to be caught in another such trap. A few days afterwards, several soldiers were fired at as they were passing by the woods, but escaped uninjured. These attempts at murder were committed by the rebel sympathizing citizens in the neighborhood.† *W. B. Jones, of Louisville, Kentucky. |