Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 14, Number 2, Plymouth, Marshall County, 10 September 1868 — Page 1

DEMOCRAT. VOLUME 14. PLYMOUTH. INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1868. NUMBER

ELYMOTJ

which was hurryiog so many federal pris- I Moro than unco I urged ttic mortality at leu. ively, for the purp c of preventing j

oners at Andersonville to the grave. Andersonville as a reason for haste on the an exeh ingo.

STARTLING REVELATION.

ExeSianse oi Prlsoners-Slalement " On the 22d day of August, 18(34, not part of the United States anthori I The facts I have bI ted are i well of Rotiert OtiM. Esq.-Gen. j having heard anything in response, I a 1- know, personally, that it wts the purpose ki rn to th aneetcd with the fiital RcxposislbJe for the cTre?sed a communication to Major Geaer- of the confederate government to send bureau i Horrors of An;lcrsoiiville. al E. A. Hitchcock commissioner of ex-1 from al! its prisons all the sick and wound- A ic i t i thn fnroo-nnicy ! cd, and to continue to do the same from oonortunitv was afforded of brinirinff tone

, j fill I Q F virwipaiai mm Q Q " rt To the E'l'dors of i ' SnUonal InM I en-iaw time to time, without rcciuirinsr in iiiiv. of them to the attention nf th nnntrv

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I;:: BONO nao.vs BOHO. IWeftJp '. tramp! traun)!"

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(xENTLErF..T I have recently seen so

lett;

acceptance of my propositions.

,f fcW-,,-i peculiarly ino.ml.oat on I J. ct from the UnUeJ Stat authrto , .V.r agent of exewnso to bnn-to , WM oot ,t that time.

atobtfl for them. It was because tlic sick was named by poor Win as a witness io !

sued bv

many mirepres2ntat.003 of the actions ot theec letters Gen. Mnlford, on the gi could not be brought to Savannah Chipman,the ji Ige advocate of the militarj the late co ! federate authorities in wlatio m 81st daJ of Augast, 1864, informed me ia within a reasonable time that the five court. I obeyed the . is, and , to prisoner-, that I feel it due to the truth . , h"haA nn nrtmmnn;,at;on on , thousand well men were at this time snh- in atl in r m th t for some . ti

1 V I J V a mmg m,m V mm v w mmrn

stituted. i days. The investigation had taken a wide Although the terms of mv offer did not range as to the oonduct of the federal and

the attention of the country the facts s et auUl0rized to make aDV answer ; require the federal authorities 1 o deliver confederate , rnmeata in the matter of forth in this paper : This offer, whi?h would have instantly ! any for twelve or fifteen thousand which ' Ireatin it of pri on ghl i ti i restored to freedom thousands of suffering ' I promisbed, yet some three thousand sick ; thc time had o me v.l. aid The cartel of exchange bears unto July . captiveswllich wouK1 liav0 released ev-Jand wound., 1 were delivered by them at the wcrl I tl has offers of the con23, 1862. Its chief purpose was to. .cure , jj jn C0Dfinelijeut in confederate the mouth of the Btrannan river. I call a I the manner to I the delivery of all prisoners of war. ! prisons was not even noticed. Was that 'upon every federal and confederate officer j which they had been I sated. I bo exTo thai end, the feurfh ar'iclc provided jjecau?2 tiie official, did Dot deem it worthy and man who saw the cargo of living death pressed myself more Ihm d . ,. that all prisoners .f war should he d'- a rcpiy orj because they feared to make and who is familiar with the character of too publicly. Bat it w ; a vain tl charged on parole in ten days after their L g u tlie federal authorities had at ; tbe deliveries made ly the eonfolerato au- iv.aly in the m.u-.un. j 1 :y which capture. From the date of the 'lv ';1 un i that time a large excess of prisoners, the ; tborities, to bear witness that none Buch I expected to givo my testimony ,1 ret ived til the summer of 1863 the confederate icßoCt 0f the proposal I had made, if oar- vas ever made by the latter, even when a note fr m Chipman, the jud: n U i :atc authorities had the excess of prisouers. j rea out would have been to release all , the very sick and desperately wounded requiring me to surrender inj it Daring the interval deiiverie were Ina1 uuion prisoners, while a large number of ( were alone requested. For, on two ocea- I refused, a-s it was - protection in as fast as the federal government furnish- .' confederates would have remained in pris- sions at least, such were apeeially asked Wa hingt u. ed transportation. Indeod, upon one ; on nwaitjng tiie chances of the capture of for, and particular request was made for j old capitol might have ; : aud occasion, I urged the federal authorities , their equivalents. j those who were so desperately sick that uon mo. I engaged, however, to appear to send increased means of transportation I II, lit would be doubtful whether they would before the court, . i lid so the s It has never been alleged that the eonfed- j ia January, 1SG-1, and, indeed, some isuvv ive a removals few miles down James :. ti crate authorities failed or neglected to time earlier, it became manifest thai, in river. Accordingly the hospitals were , and thereupon the judce advomake prompt deliveries of prisoners who consequence of the complication u rela- searched for the worst cases, and after cate indorsed on it tl . were not held under charges, when they : tion to exchange, the large bulk of prison- : they were delivered they were taken to within subpoena is hereby revoked; the! had the excess. Cn the other hand, du- . er3 oa both sides would remain in cartivi- ; Annapolis, and there photographed as persoo named is di d fr ring the same time the cartel was openly ty for many long and weary months, if not specimen prisoners. The photographs at attcodai e." i have and notoriously violated by the federal au- for the duration of the war. Prompted Annapolis were terriblo, in de I j but the thorities. Officers and men were kept in . by an earnest desire to alleviate the hard- misery they portrayed was sr I at I nai e of " N. P. Chi

confinement, sometimes in irons or (toom-, ships of confinement on both sides, I ad- Savannah. intend to k s p it,if I tn,ai the -v 1 m.r. 1 .fi r) if -li -Vi-r.- M f V 1 O I AToriTT i 1. 1.1 f 1 . tt 1 t 1 1 . . j-m

ri vviia, cv Vi tmy - "j urciSGu too loiiowiDg communication to , j nc original rolls snowed t:-at some oi ' s1 irst case in ai oSeers were kept in conanement even ,;en g. a. Hitchcock, United States thirty-five hundred had started fro after the notice published by the federal ' commissioner of exchange, who, on r j northern prison, and that death had : - ,

authorities had declared them exchanged. ao0ut the day of its date, delivered the I dneed the number during the transit irt, confide; In the summer of 1 the federal au- l8anae tothe fcJoralauthmty : about throe hundred. The mortality

thorities insisted upon limiting exchanges i nOHPj to such as were he'd in confinement on I

iERATn States of America. ) IIT -W-V

war jJepartiuent

amewg tho w!. were delivered :live du- the motron ": .

ring the Allowing three months was equal-! Sen o time 3 a c

In hifBuabta front lc sat, I 'otualiaK Hp 10. ent. pur cent., Whilo i!.: bon were at Um fnmtfar mvnv, Sti ixnitg when the voice of littli With eat !. phonl of triaaipb t'"iit ; V I .(.-! i -:m.' wry (latrioiic iuy: J': init ! T.uii) ! tramp ! Ali ! ioys i narenhw: ntoaelu arc good eWKtgk Tor you ; Uat I must have the .-old. 'Twaa i'.rti'at I bought and 0oM Svii. fltudd lo tin; Igfaliug boyi in hlti. I'm ! loyal mau, I am: I'm i patriotic nan : Vbt acaptain n thejafiaat boOM cn.ird; Ard l ' . grovu twcoranoB rich By ;he "traly lovaT pJan. Kuowiu : bow to Btoekthe jramo with loyal cud.-. Tramp! tramp! tmaipl 1 bold aK trumsii. ir ; Gr' 'aback ure pooa nunujk for you; Bat Tin a 'ot.il trump. So I'll take the goldeu Ituwjt That I . gaiabli d for aainet lUc boys in blue. True, my loyal ttianliun wettl Td -w i !! .;. the people re d: : tmi wi i!eoD?rga mjt i hall ao taxes pajr l. bat matter M t me ! ii i- ii-li ii my 'i!.id n. i, 'I boiitfh Uie taxes 'mount to million- even dav. Work ! work ! work ! Xe toll!n millkmf ! CUfMBOw kautd ao. ar-.- for van ; Bot for me provide the cold: lY.vm t.iv'- the claim i bold, ' . io . ;11 tb Dutajod Juii !uud iiiron j due.

t IE BOLD SEYMOUR BOY. Tine- Jki BUd zaöiw By." Oh, üiorcN nf.f a elah tliat'o gOfaqt, Worth in, tr knowing Like that :i monc n gtowiiiar, boldSeymour i".-, When ea1 or weal they go, .Stir,- ron know, Every foe WUI surely be laid !.w By ill ete bold Seymour '.v:. In reertae tows they march thro' rlach lady peering arch thro' window blinds, will nmch Ihm" The r.i:ili" to Und hi r Joy : While on th- street , Kacfa u Irl t'uev moot. With Took no ly, i;1 cry, " My eye, Oi:, itni't be i danimr. That !oki St j mom boy ! " ..'A when the radi they ront, Ho v tliey'll -bout, ..'. r donbt, WI Jolly, gayaad tout lio the iiui.i Beymoorhoya Ami if the rads should nweer, Tar t heir hair. In despair, Ob, "the devil bit t hey Tt care' Theee '" 1.1 Heywonr buys. The union they'll restore us, Ooodlat - OUCC '.ure bo o'er Re, tateeno more boreaa, i .i j land i bU of ;v. Each mother's :-on Brim lull of fun, "!. he1 the on Pot me." says he, Oh, tu'i a daiiine, 'J'hat hold Beyaonr inv M

Tiie rioois iti Nalae iTEMS "The Hoods are risen." Dowu thu I'e-

; nohaeot valley poured nn irresistible tide PEftSOKAL. ' oi patriotic and Vniun-loviu tuen, le hoar Qew. lOgßM mt rctnovci i the Worth of truth and tobgraeaj htm ' The doves arc piwfatiwg to t i the lips or' the difctinnishud d nu.cralic ' the feaside.. .statesman of the west. The gathering was Boatoa C rbctt was in New beyond all expectation. Ne one oowM relay. I poaaibljr inittake the tepper ofthat great Tbe Cktaesc went to ret Um meeting of intelligent freuten. They m Begtoei.

Ifaggia Mitchell u to gj t, B

heard not a syllable from the speaker's

I line that tended to excite their passione. OeUer.

r.uioir, tue "ten portrait pan

bu on (ho contrary, were warned against

Um harmful iadelfrenee of their reasoo, ot erpected w K?e.

was especially warned asaiust Ihc harmtul ,ce(,Kr 18 to l'c c:,: 1 lu Lrcr.r.o indulgence of their feelings when calm Piü'y Wiiteehe.

reason was atpeeially aaaiiuoncd iato er-1 Montgoawrj Blair will

service. They listened to a clear, calm. IaD1 ur J"and injoressive statement of the nerila that! "" "r Kccler, the batcloi

environed our free system of govern nu n- ; Ppoea to lecture thti winter, of its heavy debt, the unwarranted ezpen- Mr' UQ,uer) il s WtkeciUtir diturea of the party in control, the causes neaneed, will soon lee.ee ITaahtwg of hiirh prices and low warne, the extra va- ' A tam? Fak" ! the eon

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gance and corruption which pilo up taxes upon taxes almost without end, the undermining effect of the measures set on

foot hy congress, and the danger of the utter loss of our liberties, unlets the peo-

i pie rallied in perious earnest to the res- ! cue. This great gathering of the people j of Maine, to be followed Ly others oi the ; same character, promises aheayy loss next j month to the radical leaders, and shows, that with concentrated and unremitted et- : fort, the state .can be can isd for the party of the constitution and the I'nion.

1 AAil .in flit- .at i. i r... I i . t imh !

l'Ji;il llll Hll-5 Dtll.IV. Ul. 11.1 III1III.U IlllL 417 , . TA . , . I 1 ; nl A ' r i I . n e-i n I ... . ki.. ..

thr il.r n i ilei-non. And :i 1 will I). H. .

must either hare peace or go lo r It is said that Grew. D. II Hill establish himself in Kcntuck? t- u . . er. Frank Blair lias peven cl- i mour none. Grant has four and Col none. Lotg Jkanch has a u. ,.lc Po Coact, Where should 'ie t.-e fount not among the long branch ee! Jiutler is to take a sea voyuge. So body sajl he will pass through xieil homcwar1 bound.

A Huston sculptor is uhieeiia -

:ii t.:.,t

win mm i mmjvwMj man or v. u . . . Chih-Tyjeu wou Mrs. Staaten a Su

by a diplomatic fib about the .

of women in Aaaeriea lo the men

tea was appoia t-

cd by the honsa of rcpi icntatires to in- J

The Prii lu :r.i ritimri. The following constitute some of the

Mr. Pendleton, iu his masterly and statesmanlike speech ai Bangor which for breadth of view aed intelligent appre-

r-!:itiiin .if r.iilk'ii' :itTiirs m.nA n. Tili I , nit i iili -

1 ' 1 3j is. barney U ilna ni w r ical understanding et the character aud ,, r ,- , ,. , . . e wortn ol diamonds at a lashionabie

Vk 'l IVIIIU Ol Ulli 'JlVilUliiklil, llil.l Ii J .-Ulli,- .1 . , , 00 ' 1 the other ni'dtt

nor among the purely political efforts ol

I the time remarked, with bolemu truth,

that thi is"tlie supreme liour of our fate" as a uation. "'We arc engaged' he said,

"in no scramble for orTice. Wo are b tine-

either side. This I resisted as bein in; IitciiMOND, 'a, January 24, 18G3. ) It frightful

violation of the cartel. Such a eonstrae- J Major General E. A. Hitchcock, Agent o But why was there this del 7 between vcstl reatment f union rri soi.on ! Privileged classes under the present radical j 1. k- M Tat Mr Thin trn.

Uta only kept in confinement the o::c:: ' Exchavg. : jihe summer and X her ia er ai lispensation : -le touches the life of oar confederated

on either siJ but ignored all the paroles BrsIn view of the present difficulties j trsnsportetion for sick and wounded, lor if the . i. Mr. 1. Tho bondholder. He is cxempt3d teni Jt wffl decide in the far-off fuwhich were held by the confederate gov- attending the release and exchange of wloon ao equivalent were asked? Were of Indiana, being Its - .. m all state and local taxation. He rc-1 turc thc Jc,tIo y ol- our couulrv. irour ernnient. These were very many, being prisoner", T propose that all such on each ! unk,n prisoners made to suffer in order to to the Hon. Ch and I ce5v ;J,is intcr nu boud in gold, 0pP0Ilcuts guccccd, we shall have, first,

i2 I: I. Mr. Mun:

ber of tho eoraniitte herein detailed. JJjt

Io the rammer of L3G4, in conacnuence

the paroled ol officers and men who had , side shall be attended by a proper number i ftjj t.c . t , .r,.,t, u grins the Doou'ar

been released on capture. Joe lederal j ol tair own surgeons, who, unuer the I heart of the north '! " goveruincnt p.t that time held lew ornojrule to be established, shall be permitted j ,

poroles. I iiey had ail, or nearly all, been I to take e karge ol their liealth :ml com

surrendered, the eonfedcraie authorities i fort

jiivin prisoners as equivalents for them, i I also propose that these tors

Thus it will be seen thai as long as the j act as commissaries, with power

fn,iMA ,.An.n.nf UmA i.rt -m-m ,.c a Ji-A-ii m i n erste states as to :ite ueucicnev

rn-iir. MMmi am nflil ?m . i arTTTT liil 1 V' l eine. 1 ' I to make OU1 med- mflU,rC 1010 'C

but as soon as the posture of afTaixiin that - lorwWed for the relief of prisoners j. eines from the United States aathoritiies, ;

respeet wan ehasjged, the cartel could nw partner propose that these surgeons

longer le observed. So long as tho feder- selected by their own governments

al government held the paroles of eonfed-. that they shall have fall liberty at

erate offices and men, they were respected 'all times, throaeh thoaeeutsof ezehansre. 01 three prices, il required

t 1 1 i l . .i .i - I

I W 111 . 1 . 1' , V . , . . . , I i T , iL'A th'N n . . . . i

ra ii .a-! ' v i" iumtv, (not union. then tl.'.spotism, then

0 of the facts peret in legal-tenders.

these ei: t! ;uten

revolt, theu separation ; and then what

The national baaker, who is receiving I mt (oJ in his wrath mar inflict. If

or to v ndtliea ... ' ", ' ' x tu,I'.V Pcr ccut- 011 n,s 1 they fail, we shall have the constitution

tty en-

every

past ca

reer will be but us thc cat ly bud com pared

ofcrti0 Worm,. . anicid to V '" " " . ' 4 "!" '" l'"v" UbeJe,l, iho Cion luui.ined, I,!., ooera . theiro . Ml Mrtt well -V ..overmiu-ul hnnguco hn j., prusnerhy u,,,,,;. peao, te"T mtt sta(M M to t,s deficiency r mcdi- ' ! V " " -," DMm" " ,hc .here, and ali the Elorics of our m

ii. , i l. :cim

nie itia i ici - ii tc:i 1

' . ire

3. Th ) southern ocgro, who has a freed-

u. m's bureau to look aftci bis interests, :

with the blooming beauties of the lull-

' i hlnwn lb urer Hnsinu P,,t

l tie duu t !

I Inno n 1 1 u 1 1

I UI iioi

It is said that nine-tenth : ihl

lors in the federal army wt rc ra

This i piobably below the actual . ..

Mrs. Yel verton was aranU i

of thc senute chamber bv lh ß . i

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i.-irtiuic, i'ji me puipose eo giving a t ing. V Va it, v f

l. j. liucneoca, ai icraiofit, great American woodchuck hnater,hai ready Liiletl 'tn this asaeesi. DkxiaSj days of Jat wceL be killed 4'. L W. England, now af the N Y Sun, and foraaarljf of the Chaengt Bi !ica. claims that h:6 fi-'h-r.

Kurland, made reed luelodcn.- in K

land prior to li', beating the Uu Carhart bv seveaal M ars. t.Vl. lVter Stewart, one of the : al settlers oi the Kankakee coc the founder of thc city of Wlbilii

111 , died at his rcstdeaoa in tl. .'

T . . a if 1

and maiie 1 he har.s n nr. ezchanrr; : hut t nuake renovts not on v nt their own iirfs iv i r.i. .i. h i i.n, i iw . . ,i

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when the equivalent were obtained for but of anv matters relatin? to the welfare I cinea Vt0U'a De QSU exclusively in ine

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them, and no more were in hand, thc par- of prisoners. oles which were held by tbe confederate ltespectfully, authorities couiu not be reeo-nized. Ia Ycmr obedient servant, I consequence of the position thus assessed ! Robert UULD, liv the fpdprat troverninrnt the renntre-1 Af'ent of Exchange

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saewt of the cartel that all prisouers thould j To commnnieatioi BO reply of any ; States suroous, ami dispensed Ly them, be delivered within ten days was practical-: kinJ was cver n,ade- I nG not itate j Te this offer I never received any reply. I ly nullified. The deliveries which were I lir mae' anfferiag wowU bare been p re- j Ineredible as this appears, it i; strictly j

afterwards made were the result of special , vcntcJ if th5s oflVr W leeQ S)ct in thc j triie'

Irr- j I" 1 1' 1 11 1 .1' -O IWIi lllll III- 7 in lm i.co.l .iv. .1 i uc r. u ni; r -.r frnstrated by tho radical m u v.al1 ion :li . , , , . . 'ons be i t0 bc u excmioiy tor the rebel ot - , ami to feed and clothe hint i ur ! r -r a ... j several of tho oarty voted to extend tho I ,

.l 1 ICUCIOI U1IÖUUC1B. i uiirig'i iy m , iji'l, - i ' 1 1 til Will k T I 1 I f's and 1 , , . ininirv Is se al thousand dullars of ose i I " Let 1U have peace, says General

ftDy and v v "w Li. i xnexcw rngunu mauuiacturcr, WOO ; (!--,. u Thnemnireis neace " savs Iui? p.: i 1 . i i ' . . .... tliA mnnpv or ihn L.Ii lirun enont ' I ul BBCinuirc i ueatt, . i i.ui. . I- rionv I .st. ;it the n.lvancoA

receive- an immense oonus in tue süapc Ol ; N..,,rde.in and a h;ill tnülion nf . ,i ti,r in ii c .1 l ! demand ... . peawiai , aaai a aaii utuioa oi soiuters in 1 years, lie was oet m the oldest sco rj i pro tOC . ;l tO his fabrics, all Of which conies A MnMntinlf liliLi LrriUr F Pmim i l i ,i i- ' b .. I. i tili, c .nipa.ai. . t luiio itiru.'.i oi i i.tuti. , auvancvd iv us in be I intra

wou-u t.e nsea exclusively m me - . out Ot tho pockets Of the labonnjr Classes, ctanrm hia nnnnneUtiM j rn . . . . - , and impartial ? to i repre; ota- ' ' on.irm nis ann..n .latiou. and filled aeaily every hish eaece in .col ol . leierJ lMM J d tig fclvc dccl.oed the ionirjr; 1, w!o, a,v ,,,:!, ! toboytW I Do Ike peofU of tUa mm, mm th- fraieroiiv. ,r ogreod o. kokoll o, the coo- 5. Tho railroad uiooopolisU, to whtrn 6m Uta femot- ... , ., . .. , ,

. a l a : i z - a i . ? i : - - ' v- . . i . i i i rni i n t r ii.-'w iiil.. . i

cengrcM lias graulod tracts or lainl lurKc i jstn p0 ,1,. w, t., be losod tat sucb ! , ... '. ", , ., cough fbrcpjr, ou. of.hidi they cap , wLt i, the kiJ of peace fo, t "-" mmmml . I Uild .hoi, road, a,ol lone a great deal to I which (;rant ask, , f 1 - 1" , ' 1

I spare! A few favored men have thu

t rout a

moreover i

federate states, if it eras insisted on that

J such medicines might be brought iu ; the confederate lines bv the Uuitcd

Respectfully. Your obedient servant, ltr. OOL

Thc radical newspapers in t

,r extorts

a great

the larce and bi iiliaDt audience it ho :' i

IT i ... 1 . I

ne diu peaco u.,u, , turn reconairuc-4 the bcaaUfal creon parade crjnnd

ticn tut amy. lie vauts the peace ..

agreements.

The confederate authorities adhered to their position until the 10th of August. 18G4, when, moved by the sufferings of the

spirit in which it was dictated. In addi

tion, we would have had truthful accounts

(in. John EL Mnlford is personally eog

of the treatinent.of prisoners on both tides I n'imt of the truth of meat, if not all the

voted to them, free of expense

i ra i I PAftri

I to confuse an honest, well moaning people i Th,. ...mt,-.-..mn hiJ UU. wi..,

inreardto n blic debt r.rodu e trom . lt , , ' . , . majority ot white men to the rule ol a one in nDoii io me puon itaWt, pruuoce irom Ätt8tain these privileged classes in their I , . , ,

tiuio to time a complication of figures, ar- ..t:,: BnMn nu ,.,1 ,.i... .M

rareed after a fasbim that would have .. .i. . t ... . , i negroes. Does any mat. outside of a lana-

uiutia i;u iiu' .n t 'tiiit 1 11 ittr iuu-

will follow the subjugation of a two thirds

majority of white men to the rule of a one third minority party of semi-barbarous

tic asylum believe that such a peace can

all . S a '

mat misrepresentation which feat flooded connected with the cartel from its date

until the close of the war

Tnon r flA Tiicnn j aP aioli I-. t 1 1 1 faro r f

. r . . ! the country would never have been poured

inej ueierminea io aoaie ineir jusc ue- ! r fr, . . . mm9 J , forth. J he nirv box in the eno nf 11 ir

mand. Accordingly, on the last named I .,, , , ..ß. . , I uu u , .?'. . wuld haA'e had different witnesses, with a , riXc.i,aUrr day, I addressed the following comraum-i ... t , . . , 1 r . r - i i e l ' different story. It will be borne in mind T always cation to Brigadier Genera John K. Mu -Li i ,, a. , . . , 1 aiw'-v

they determined to abate their just de- I r A ;, u Latiu.nT: . , . . " who have b en al i to understand th

iv w vvm u uu vav va 1 1140 r 1 i n i 1 1 n n v 1 in 1 1 n 1 i sj t r - r 1 f.i nf 01

V mf I VlUU V l-Ul UIHW UU MtlO U.MIt.Uib 1I.V1UU m j

, x to federal prisoners happcucd alter .January, rh.mfrr rar J

& - Richmond, Aug. 10, 1SU. -Voor on . Mulford, Atsistc ,t Agent

of Ex c hang

A I - 1 T 1 1.5 WJ 1 a I

U m t . ... 1 . . liui.ifu s.iniit j'.i.ii- 1. 1 i''u:i;iimi m;i-h. -

uj uiütjer. vi anu lijus inuer. or iac.S which I have narrated. He Was I... .ai . ! UCiJ"-. . bniii.Mintninedotherwisoti.anbvfbeb.iv.i-

iiaucs aie doi pleasant mings w eucounier, j .. ijie lminco J army oi otnee holders J

but a few may be gratifying to the people who live upon the unclean drippings of thc ncl

treasury. ua,L r'ul- J

mnnv that havt nma Irom from radical It is th Birtv onnoscü tv) the democra-1 hc same tunc urge and Help to enforce

-A"I l,llIT".ir;- J m mw mmt

mage on ine pan 01 ine i mtvi states.

fl found him to he an honorable and , .,, ,

that nearly all of the suffering endured by ! truthful wentJessan. While he diseharaod 1 1 " l0"3 ' " ow a co a-

parative atatemcac 01 rue uepi in bonds which the dem icratte party propose to pay, ami the dobt in the same bends

18G4. The acceptance of tho proposition made by me, on behalf of the confederate

government would not only have furnished '

his duties with (prtat fidelity to his own government, he wai kind, end, I migh t

auMlt say, tender to cohfclcratc prioncr.-

cy which, by tho net of its loaders, has brought into being these privileged elasaaa,

measures agaiust which the spirit of every honest and true man must revolt, is an

to the sick medicines and physicians, but

B!R i oa have several t-mes proposed 1 to the well an abundance of food and

to me to exchange the prisoners respectively held by the two belligerents officer for officer, aud man for nuu. The same offer has also been made by other officials having charge of matters connected with the exchange of prisoners, This proposal has herotofore been de

clined by the confederate anthorities, they insisting upon the terms of tho cartel, which required the delivery of the excess on either side on parole. In view, however, of the very large number of prisoners now held by each party and tha sufferint: consequent upon their continued confinement, I now consent to the above proposal, and agree to deliver you the prisoners held in captivity by the confederate authorities, provided you agree to deliver an equal number of confederate officers and men. As equal number are delivered from time time they will be declared exchanged. This proposal is made with the understanding that the officers and men on both sidei whs have been longest in captivity will be first delivered when it i practicable: I shall be happy to hear from you as speedily as possible, whether the arrangement can be carried out. Respectful ly, Your obedient servant, Ronr.RT Ovld, Agent of Exchange.

cloth'iDg from the ample stores of the United States.

With that portion of the cones

with which hia name is connect

of cour.-e familiar. He is equally so with

the delivery made at Savannah, and its

1 attending circamstame-, and with the f

1 which !i ra lit .1 party proposes to pey. on the body politic, and drawing its heart's at r8pn en.cc The lor.ds wt iv ia ; ic payable in green-1 blood, that the country has censed to ;ai ? , 10 Is, , . , radical concrei 9. at the end of Qoarbh, and that its great resources are tl ill O C t mill. I 7 m 1

mi - 1 m f mM n i m

inegooQ iaiu or tne coniederate gov- ferT made as to the parehase of medicines

crnment in making this offer cannot be successfully questioned, for food and clothing (without the surgeons) were sent in 18G5, and were allowed to be distributed by federal officers to federal prison era.

IIT. When it was ascertained that exchangcs could not be made, either on the basis of thc cartel, or officer for officer, or ni-m for man, I was instructed by the confederate authorities to offer to th 0 United States government their sick and wounded without requiring any equivalents. Accordingly, in the summer of 18G4, I did offer to deliver from ten to fifteen thousand of the sick and wounded at tbe mouth of the Savannah river, without any equivalents, assuring at the same time thc agent of the United States, Gen. Mulford, that if the number lor which he might scad trans-

Went V years from the date of isaue, orinig uncd up.

: on whit h they mainly rely for their ' exhibition of hypocrisy and demagngisui tinned e :istence. It is no wonder that I which ought to disgust all men who respect a immense interests fattened up- The reconstruction

heart's I anarchy, crime, and the seed ot rebellion ;

and yet there can be found one occupying

ic position of a man, aud calling himself

about 'fifteen years fron the present time, , J nc great issue now is, whether the peo-

thc idcre-t at aix pet ecu:, payable bw inlelligenee enough whether

in Etold

The radical party now pro

poses to p.y the dent in gold, at the end

lor the federal sick and WOUQ U I. I appeal to him for the truth of what I have written. There are other federal c rrob-

-tta-iiaa' I 1 t - - j v in j ruin., lllMI I". ) . 1 , . ,, ; statement M made oo the basis id grccu-

jney are lounu 111 tue report Ol .uaj. U0D

they anfficiently appreciate their own to rise in their might at the

of 40 year, and tho interest at per J coming elections, and pat aa oad te these cent, in gold for that time. The following privileged eltttet and conditions of men.

The latter are struggling desperately to

B. V. llutler to thc "committee on thc conduct of thc war." Abonl the last ol' March, 1864, I had several conferences with ( icn. Btttlei at Fortress Monroe in relation to the difficulties attending the exchange ol' prisoners, and wt refeobed what wo both thought a tolerably BStii !actory basis. The day that I loft there Gea. Hiant arrived. (Jen. BuUer says he eommuieated to him the state of the ucgotiati. and unet( stapnatie verbal dirt itioni were received irom thc lieutenant general not to take any step by which another

ablobodied inau should be exchange I until

portation could not readily be made Up fartber orders fVem him : M and that on

from the nick and wounded, I would sup- April SO, 1364, he received telegram 1.1 ..a .. -.1 '

p.y tne ainerence witn well men. AI-1 from General Grant "to receive all the

though this offer was made in the summer

sick and wt uuded thc confederate author-

backs, with gold worth 1 1", and '.vill show what each plan is to cost the country :

nncocaaTic plan. PrtnHnai ss.daa.oss.eaQ litti i. it :-n 10 .111 nf :. j r i-t'iit. in Ul X'.tilH,0iH.O.(l

Total.

..'.lO.MKMflll

Mi IC A t. l'l.AN, Prtocrpal asjno, ,oso Int. ti,r Myi-a -tt; 1'4 r reut, in eoM.. 5,Sj0,d(M,ÜU0

Tol .i.

K,0O0,000 1.1 ii, 000,000

li!l. r. ir. Sa,6HI,tKm.lK)l The Btttemeat il a fair one. and the figayes may be easily Jwtti&ed. The result is inevitable. It is, that the radical party, ia feate of the 00a tract, taw( and justice, propose to extract by taxation from the people 16,010,000,000 more than the people are called upon to pay. In other

words, thc radical party contemplates more

of 1804, transportation was not sent to the ities lnay Bend you, L it send no more inj than doubling the present debt, so fat as

exchange." Unless my recollection fails the taxpayera of tins country arc concern

ed. ! w do the t pIo itke the pro-peel . - -m- . Why ia a man like a tallow candle!''

Savannah until about the middle of last November, and then I delivered as many prisoners as oould be transported some thirteen 'housand in number, amongHt

The delivery of this lettjr was acconi- whom were more than five thousand well

mc,(icner:il Butler ai- , in :in adore-1 lo his constituent, Fubstantial'y declared thufc be was directed in his manacenient

of the question osxebaage with tbe con r ' 1 186 1)0 0,10,1 t at night when

maintain themselves, and are resorting to all the appliances of corruption for that purpose. Where there ia a venal press, they obtain it ; where there is a speaker of purchasable material, they are euro to have his aid. The acta of congress and many of the high officers of the government show that they are mortgaged, body aud soul, to these privileged classes of men. They are powerfully intrenebed in all iho political strongholds of the country. But they Ban be beaten if the people so wdll it if they are not led astray by cunning demam who tire their party prejudices and inflame their parts passions, in order that they m:in ool recognise their true interests aud continue to bc hereafter as they are bow, the va.ita ol those who are so grievously oppressing them. Two hundred and fifty pairs of kid lost 1 are rob 1 te thesaselves at the pc pie's expense, by tbe members of the

last house of representatives. They only

a man, who crie aloud in worship of the

infamy, and says, " Let us have peace.'' . . . - At the Chicago convention that nominated (iraut for the presidency, (0 which ho was a delegate, Bz-Governoc Joseph B. Urown, of Georgia, said : l I am an original secessionist. I was born in South Carolina, and grew up aader the influence and teachings of Calhoun. 1 early imbibed his sMtes' rights doctrines. I went into secession cordially, and stood by it as long as there was any chance to sustain it. fought you openly and boldly." This is the fellow thc rads have taken to their bosom, and swear that he is intensely " loyal,' while they are abusing Forrest, who was an original union man, and gave his vote and his influence against secession.

every side. At thc conclusion of tl view, the duke, turning lo Brig : i'itchcr, svperinlendent of the - ? the officers of the staff, exprcsccl h Lnowlcdgcmer.ts for the honor iu aosal mentaiy terms, .lohn Al'cn, " thc wickedest uianfl New York," hasgooe to tho coun ry w Bev. Mr. Arnold, of the Howard to isith'us father. Tlis three broth all clergymen, will be present, and a fail ly council is Is fee held in regard to Allen's course of life, and the brcaki

up of the Water street daace 1. u rOLlTir.l..

In Maine the camp-lircs ai- ! pb

and buruiug ail round. Button 4e

titer. Aud using radicalism lor tue!

Aieaen PoeU The nearest approach that Girant make to a speech is "bowing lii than it is Faid tliat long continued uientai .

in this line is besrianiaff to toll tn him Secretary Schoficld thinks feV

be no September eessiou of congress,

the condition of the southern statte no pretext fr sueh l movement. The expenses of the radios R I

incut, fince war, have been OOWfedi 1 greater thau wore tbe entire goveranic expenses from the revolution up ! secession of the south.

A radical exchangt itlca : u Wl

fault is it that we are still burd n ;

Johnson, and obliged to run every tit misgovcrament 7" Will some of

M Btefeeld of faith answer, and relicvt

editor's anxious gizzard f During the seventy -three yearvious to the war, thc total exronses . government were -rl . 100,000,000. Duijl

" Let us HAVE PSAOB." Montana responds, and adds twenty-four hundred majority to the democratic coluuiu.

At a recent election in Oregon, tho . the three years sinee the war. under

democratic majority was one thousaud. . Cal rule, the expenses (and Healings) m 1 m a . I m.

rvcntucKy, at a recent election, gave j been ?l,G0O, mki.oOO.

over eighty thousaud majoiity for the democracv.

Colonel Woodford, radical, in a cent speech said : u I make fee a

Nebraska, in her recent contest, rolled Governor Seymour as a man M

up oue thousand majority! Ut us have , tcous and gentle in his maanrs, cni

peace," says ( J rant ; and the people respond ted in mind, and persuasive in eloque

cost cQö'b Kot the poor laborers dig andlgivethodemocratic party power and there Iii private character is without a si ;

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