A Daring spy Hung.
A man named
Mason, a resident of
Fairfax county, Va., but a native of
Pennsylvania, was rung near
Gordonsville a few days since.
The division commanded by
Gen. Longstreet was pushing for a point which it was known the enemy desired to reach and occupy.
As the column was pressing forward a courier, pretending to have orders from
Gen. Lee, halted each brigade until he reached the last, when
Longstreet, observing the movement, desired to know what it meant.
He was told that
General Lee had ordered the halt, and upon demanding to know the authority for the order from
General Lee, was pointed to the courier, who had not had time to make his escape.
The man was immediately arrested by
Longstreet, who frustrated his designs.
He was examined and condemned on the spot.
Forged orders to both
Jackson and
Hill were found on his person, those for
Longstreet having been delivered, and he acknowledged that he had been acting as a Confederate scout for eleven months, and all that time was a traitor and a spy. He was then condemned and executed in about fifteen minutes.