48. The case seems to have been precisely parallel to that of Spencer Kellogg Brown, hung in Richmond, September 25th, 1863, as a spy. On the 18th of that month, Brown told the Rev. William G. Scandlin of Massachusetts (see the latter’s published letter), that they had kept him there in prison “until all his evidence had been sent away, allowed him but fifteen hours to prepare for his defence, and denied him the privilege of counsel.” Brown was captured by guerillas, not while he was acting as a spy, but while returning from destroying a rebel ferry-boat near Port Hudson, which he had done under the order of Captain Porter. The hanging of this man was as shameless a murder as was ever perpetrated by Thugs. But Slavery, disappointed in the hanging of Captains Sawyer and Flynn, was yelling lustily for a Yankee to hang; and Jeff Davis was not man enough to say “No.”
48. The case seems to have been precisely parallel to that of Spencer Kellogg Brown, hung in Richmond, September 25th, 1863, as a spy. On the 18th of that month, Brown told the Rev. William G. Scandlin of Massachusetts (see the latter’s published letter), that they had kept him there in prison “until all his evidence had been sent away, allowed him but fifteen hours to prepare for his defence, and denied him the privilege of counsel.” Brown was captured by guerillas, not while he was acting as a spy, but while returning from destroying a rebel ferry-boat near Port Hudson, which he had done under the order of Captain Porter. The hanging of this man was as shameless a murder as was ever perpetrated by Thugs. But Slavery, disappointed in the hanging of Captains Sawyer and Flynn, was yelling lustily for a Yankee to hang; and Jeff Davis was not man enough to say “No.”
Transcriber’s NoteThere are several compound words which appear with and without hyphenation, which are given here as printed (bed-side, chamber-maid, child-birth, head-quarters, low-lived, side-walk). If a word is hyphenated at a line or page break, the hyphen is retained only if other instances can establish the author’s intent.Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original.32.33You have fe[e]d him, I suppose?Removed.66.13[“]Iverson stepped forwardRemoved.77.19Tender thought[t/s] of the sufferingsReplaced.98.39as high a civilization as the whites[.]”Added.199.26know[l]edge of many good men and womenInserted.272.1[“]She dashed into a medleyRemoved.355.18“But you say nothing of confiscation,[” Mr. Vance./ Mr. Vance”]” moved.395.29to the Emperor’s predispositions[.]Added.430.24super[ ]human and supercanineRemoved.448.5[“]Do you know,” he continued,Removed.449.18seventy thousand dollars![”]Added.466.34and then, cov[er]ing his faceInserted.497.11the face of C[l/h]arles> KenrickReplaced.
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There are several compound words which appear with and without hyphenation, which are given here as printed (bed-side, chamber-maid, child-birth, head-quarters, low-lived, side-walk). If a word is hyphenated at a line or page break, the hyphen is retained only if other instances can establish the author’s intent.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original.