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WINSBORO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15 1876. THE F A 1 1 P 1 L I11 Ii] IQ run~i1tiitlCn) ? E' i LY nSt W I L L I A 3I S & tD A V I S. Rrm.-The II 1.4? AI) is piublished Weel y in the Town of Winniboto, at $3.0C SUariobly in ada'oate. gfr All ir neh'nt networtieernenta to b<4 1.4 I0 IN A JV AMNCR1. Onitiuary Notoes and Tribulea $1.0( per t qutre. LEGISLATIVE PROOCSDINGS. Tuesday, March 7. SENATE. Tho houso returned, with con. currence, resolution to appoint a commission to reorganizo the free common schools of the state. Houso seont to the senate a bill to amend an act Ontitled "An act to raiso supplies for tho fiscal year commencing November 1, 1875.' Bill to requiro trial . justices of Greenvillo county to give bond was rejocted. Bill regulating the deposits of interost collected on certtin bonds passed. Bill to regulate tho appointment and salary of trial justices in a1nd for the town of Abbeville passed. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the shliool connissioner of Edgelield to pacy certain cla:uims ngaiist said county passed1. Bill to incorporate the towu of B Jllack's Station, in the county of York, on the Air Line Railroad, was ordered to lie on the table, Bill to provide for the establisl innct and support of high Schools in the svOeral Comties in. this sitatte was ordered to lie on1 the table. The sonalte then resolved itself into a court of impeachmiuen.t Col. Rion, of counsel for Judge Mose, submitted for the confsidera. tion of the cotut the aflidavit- of the accused, objecting to Senator Corwin's sitting as a member of the court, intasmuch as he was the prosecutor in thjo case. After debato it was decided that Corwin had t right to relmaill in his seat and take part in the trial. Speakur Elliott, on tho part of the mlalnagers, then addressed the court at length upon the articles of imipeatchmnent. Before he had con eluded his argument, the court adjourned, ITOUME} OF n&RI 1 1ThF.NTA'rIvEN. Nothing of importance was done in the house. There was a itlong debato in ('cm1 mittoc of the wholh upon the gover nor s mesage relative to the recent alleged outrage in Edgetield coun ty. The houso then proceeded to the senuatc, ill acc')iltee with a re-quest from that l)odV. to attend the impeachm:ni t trial of Judge Moses. The houso afterwards adjourned. \\cdnosday, March 8, SENATE, The following bills and rsolu ions wecre re'jcted: So 8nate joint resolution authioriz ing, the 'onuty commlissionlers of Bonufort coun ty to levy ai sp(cia~l tax; senate bill1 to auithorize the funding inl consolidafltionl honds and stocks of the unpaid bondsl and couplons8 of the Spartanhur~tg and Union railroad 'omnpanly ; sonato joint resolutioni to authorivze and1( require the .county commissionors of Colloton to levy andl collect aL speciatl tax~ to pay tihe pasnt due indchtedness of said( coun ty ; senato bill to prVohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within one0 mile of any schtool house, chuirch or Sother place of public worsipl inl this state ; sonato bill to incorporate the Friendly Aid Soomty of Fairlield county ; sonate hill to incorporate the Ha trrelson's Muils Company. T1hie governor returned with his approval a large number of acts-none of which are of general intbrost. The frendite resolved itself into a court of imp)(achmnont, for the trial of Judge Montgomery Moses. A long time wais consumed, but noth ing material devoloped. Tihe Unionm 1/crald satysH "The trial priomnisc.s to be a long and toidious~ one, if yesterdlay's work be0 a critorion-one wvitnless anid two qulestionsa. In the Ceening thle trial continuled till eleven o'clock, butt nlothing imil p)ortant was21 brought ouit. HIoUSE OF RiEPR!tEsENTA TIvES. Hayne inltroduhced1 a resolutiol' providing for an investigation of th<c offiial conduhict of C. W. IButtz .solicitor of the first judicial circuit. '' Passed. A senato bill to authorize and re (piire the treasturer of RLichlan( county'to sot asido) and payv the ealaries due and lherrafter to biecom<o duo to (lhe trial juticos~ and consata bles of the city of Columbia, ii Richland county, was taken up. Th< blill wasH put upon its second reading andlo thie enacting clause stricken out Elliott introduced reso~lutioni having reference to the impe)ac~htmen trial, which were adopted. They ar< of no public interest. Thbo house thean repaired to tIl 'halal of (1)m penate, to attend th< vnpoaehmnont trIal. T1'imrsclay, March 9. A)ENATR. M~r. Hlayno' introdluced1 tho folloii ing O1concutrrolt reColution, Vhich wai orderod for consideration 11(\ )ocl, That t he general assenm. bly aljourn sine (ie oil Friday, the 17th of March. Bill to ilcorporat o the Union Savings Socinity of Cohunia,wa a.uen1dcd, paned and returned to the house. The speaker of the house of repro sentatives attended'cl in the senate. wicni aH numll)er of acts and joint resolhtions were rat ified. At 12.30 P. M., the senate resolved itself into a court of impeachment. The senate, at 331) P. M., sitting as e. court of imipaOlchenllt, took a recess until 7.30 P. M. HoUsE OF nEPRESENTATIVF.8, The house committeo of the whole sat for the continuation of the con sileration of the Governor's message i' lative to the late troubles in Edge. tield county. The speakor announced as a comn mittee to investigate charges against C. W. Buttz, solicitor of the first judicial circuit, Messrs. Hayno, Sloan and Boston. At 1 P. M., the house, in commit tee of the whole, proceeded to the sonate chamber, and at 3 25 returned. A joint resolution to provide for a1 reassessmjenit of real estate in the county of Laurens in 1876 was re jected. Mr. Rice introduced the following I resoition. which. was adopted Resole(d, Tlat the chairman of the connlittee on privileges and t elections h( required to return to the bouse the bill to enforce the mnanlate of the state constitution by providing for the election of justicos of the peace ad constal)los by the leople, and to explain why he has not reported jail bill, which has been in his possession3 1many wooks, 111111 which he has repeatedly pledged his word to report. Adjournd. .Friday, March 10. SENATE. Concurrent resolution that the general assembly adjourn sine (ie' on March 17 was laid on the table. Bill to incorporate tihe Blue 1 Ridge M~tmufacturing Company, and bill to incorporate the Charles- t ton Exchange passud. Bill to regulate the appointment 1 and salary of trial justices in Abbe-i vile county, and bill to reliovo the 1 hite sherifl' of Newberry county and ] his sureties, were laid on the tablo. 1 Tim senate then resolved itself I into a conurt of iilpeachmment, for the trial of Jiulge Montgomery Moses, and shortly afterwards ad jOurned. ihirs1: OF REPHESE:NTATIrVrS. fl Mr. Liviungstonl introdiue'd a resolution requiring the speaker to) issue a warraint of attacliinent for th( apps ehelsion of C. (S Buven, sheirifl of C!'arl4estI county, that Bowenm umighif be exanmined ats a witness before the committee ap pointed to investigate tho charges it g a! i ii 5 t. ex-Lianid-Coniiiunissioner Leslie. Adloptod. A umnber of claimns wore presnut ed and1 properly referred. A bill ft o iI')incoporte the Union Savi ngs CJomipai y, of Cohnnbhia, was 1paissed . Th'le (enacting cluc oif a senIato bill to limit thme timle of commelnnc ing erin11inal actions :L a onaite bill relative to) ce'rtauin school of'licor i the; Staf e of Souithl Carolina ; a bill to fix the begininig of the schoolL year and to make it uniform throughout the state ; a bill to repieal section 2 of chapter 138 of the general statutos, relating to arrests ; anid a b ill to elmpowe'r the judges (of thme ciruit courts to issue remnodial writs in any part of the stat e, Were stricken oult. IA bill to regulate tihe comnpensa tion of the mlemlbers of' the general assemiibly, andio to fix the nmileaige of the samio (enbsftitute), and at bill to provide artificial legs for all persons in1 a helpless cond~itionl causemd bv such dlismenibermient, wore laid on tile tabl.* Adljourneod. Saturdaty, M~arch 11. 5ENATE. Bill to incorporate the Florence, Lydia, Bhihopvillob anld Sum for Riliroad, and0 bill to incorporate the town of Bllack's Station in York county, Were passed. The governo~r returned a num ber of acts with his~ approval. Thme senate then resiolved itself into ai hligh court of iiimenehmmet. At 3 P. M., the senlato atdjournied, n OUsE 01F REPR'1EsENTI','vs. 1). (1. YoCioni, treasurer of' Chlester couty, sonit aL commmunicaton asuk ing~ tha't a conmnnittee be apphointed| to mnakei a t horough ecaiimition of aill hlis ollicial transactions. Peti* Ition refused. A number of acts and joint rosolu fions were received from flhe gover nor, as duly applrovedl by him. Mr. J. A. Smith introduced the fo~lowving resolution: Whereas, certain grave charges have beln imatdo, anud are nlow freolv Mackecy, judge of the sixth juiciheal circit of Souith Carolina ; be it, therefore, Rlesobned, That a committee of five bec appointed by the speaker to mupuiro mlto) and make full examina t ion of saidl charges, and that said comnmittes h a unth1rial4 to und for persons and papers, and to report the result of sudh investiga tion by re1-solution or otherwiso. Mr. Crittenden moved to inlefi pitely postpone the resolution. dI greed to, by yeas 54 ; nays 14. A bill to incorporate the town of Bluck's Station. in the county of York, on the Air Line Railroad, was plassed. Adjourned. Numorous Frauds. se [ (y Tikyraph to thc Ncrts and Chwrier.] WASHINoTON, March 7.-The pub- wi lie excitement over the frightful s developments of corruption among s high functionaries in the public sor vice is on the increase, and every hour seems to add some new and startlin~g fact to the shameful record. of A prominent meUber of the house of representatives, and a mt ember of the investigating committee, openly ixprosses the opinion that three of the seven members of the Cabinet an will be impeached. The evidence of Piorrepont's in terference in favor of Babcock. in 1ho hands of the judiciary committee not s almost conclusive, and his un- bal >eachment is possible. th Hoistor Clymer is quoted as saying 1 ihat everything in the war depart no nent has been saleable. Belknap sti told even the wharling privileges - bout Washington. Marsh and his if* have some information about he half million claim of the Ken -La ucky Central Railroad. It is the .hought -that the present Mrs. Bel map, or somebody for hr, received 25,000 for her influence in the There are about ten thousand ontracts for the next four yoars awarded on straw bids by the postr >ice department. ra Wm. J. Purman, a membor of ha onlgross; from Florida, is uder in 'ostigation for selling a cadetship L1f mnd other positions. Ex-Secretary Delano and his son ' rohn have been summoned before1 he house conimnittoo for selling n raiding stations on the Indian re- wit ervations. hat Gideon Welles will be before the hat louse naval committee, on Thurs- day lay, to testify about the Secor laims. Gen. Pope is now on his wa3 yot ither from Fort Leavenworth to che estify as to frauds alleged to have )een perpetrated by Maj. Ingalls, ato agent for the live nations in the udian Territory. cut It has leaked out that Schenck was ocallod upon the express demand eve >f -the British Government. The e lolay in the (ficial action of the bo >r(sident in complying with this a itlmand was for the pur ioso of ena- gro )ling Scheck to got 5aanly to aea vhile the privileges of the Emba.4sy )revented him from being arrestedi mid sent to Newgate as a common i windler. Schene'lk, it will ha re ubnhored, was United States minis. tio or to England. ard School Fund Apportionment, an (ei The following tablo will show the vei Maet sharo of each county in the oi ataite appropriation for schsool pur, bec >Osesi. Homio counHo dos 1 not got as ter nucih aus they did last year, whilo an, 14mo1( get maore. This is duo to the ,plk at that the mionO~y is apportioned ,of .0 the coun~ti(es on the basiis of the So chool ailttendanco. Those couintion poi ni whmich the aLveralge attendance was aib< oss than 1last yearl d' not, therefore,.n -ecoive so) large a share of the fund t thji NAMEC .sonol)O. APPlORt- alr oF AT~IIN- TaION b ('OUNTY. 1ANCE. MEcNT. n tbbvillo 5,387 j 1i2,148 25 coi liken .. .. .. ...2,301 I 5,189 00 ci in derson . . 4,845 J 10,926 00 ly, 3alrnwell. . . 4,09() 9,223 40 aet 3afort .. . . 5,862 13,219 4.0 rn' Tharlioston . .11,070 24,9614 05 Vo. .lester. . .,. 4,013 9,049 75 1me Jlarendon . . 1,692 8,815 65 th Jelle ton . . . . I3,708 8,497 25 Darlington. . 2,702 6,093 30 'dgefield .. 4,029) 9,085 85 i EFai fiel( .. 1,482 3,342 05 W 3corgetown. 2,585 5,829 45 171 3ro*(env~il.. 5,370 12,109 90) < IRorry. . ... ...2,245 5,162 90er Kershaw . . . 1,55$3 3,502 20 wa Lancaster 1,457 3,285 70 wvh baur-ens . ... 4,433 9,996 90 thi, boxington .. 2,257 6,089 80 mc Ntfarion.... ...2,918 6,580 40 At aftarlboro . . . 3,183 7,1.78 00 1Mi Nehwberry. . . 1,939) 4,372 65 kit Deonco . . ... 243 5,599) 45 stti D)rangeburg. 3,1 8,601 00, Piekons ..,. 1,771 3,99)3 80 we R~ichland . . . 2.6141 5,9)55 75 Ihe: Spartanburg 5,740 12,944 30 Ifom Sumllter .. . . . 3,09)5 (6,971) 55 m Union. .. .. ...2,25 5,468 65 tea Williamsh'rg 3,095 fJ,979) 55 York. ... .. ...4,530 10,215 (;5 hu~i School bl'nks..... 1,000 00 pa ret Totals.. .,_ 110,410I $250,000 00 jet VTe following story is told in Washington of the late Senator: fu Saulsbury of Delawaro : The sena tor had1( the rel utation during tilefo late y oars of hais senatorial term ofw: imbibing vnry freely, sand it in toldcl of him that he was accustomed to~ hli have two cocktails carried to his W room in time morning before he rose, andl when asked by a friend why lie had two cocktails, lhe replied that after taking one lhe felt like another hm man, and thought it wouldI be mean to not to treat that othor man. -en Men We Don't Want to Meet. The man who grunts sd gast ho gobbles up his soup, and at ove iuthful seems threatened with ,king fit. i'lo maun who, having by aceide enI thrown ocice inl youlir Compa1nh1i kes 1)o1(1 to bawl your ona' on i to shako your hand profiuse en you pass himl in the stroot. L'ho man who, pleading old scho loWship which you have qui gottoun, never moets you withal ing to borrow money. Cho man who volunters his crit to on your new play or pietar, I points out hie idea of its wort Its in the presonce of your wif l'he man who artfully provoke I to play a game of billiards wit, i, and though he feigns to be ice, proluens his own chall 'ho man who can't sit at you le on any sot occasion withou ting On his logs to proposo soms pid toast. he man who ears a white ha L49 winter, smokes a pipe whet king, and accosts you as "ol( )w just as you aro lolping to mik< god impression on some wet shed lady frietnde. 'he man who, knowing that yon for faces him at the tablo, turn talk so as to sct him talkiu Lor's shop. he man who, with a look of ur 6 busineiss, when you aro in a, ry, takes you by the button-hole DI! you ia Lad joko, lie nan who, sitting just. behind at the opera. lestroyas half your ,yment by hmnming all the ai rs nd, to flitili with, the man who, n you draw back slightly to ap nato a lhiuouro, coolly comes and ds in front of you, atd tloii ro ng also, treads on your toes. An Affecting Came, he many freaks of )Iyr ('al lin ity show nothing stranger than mitanoons blindness or deafness, beir immiediajto cure, But cases'a he kind are well authenticated. following is told in a Nashville )r : 'o reoontly heard a remarkable touching story of a little boy, son, of a goutluian in an ad. mcn y. i8s.oge i twogly h .(iy uring the winter he failed to rise in the ning as early as usual. At th his father went into the room ro he lay and asked liimii why he not get up. He aidil it Peclued r yet, and ho was waiting for ight. His fathorirot ireI, b ult the not miaking his al)pearanTLce for e time, ho roturnosI and said a nd timo : fy son, why (1o11't you get up 4' 'atlier, is it daylight ?' ho asked. , long ago.' 'on, father,' the little follow , 'I am;i)lind.' rid so it was. Iis (sight, was t a short time his father took to Nashvillo to get the bonelit ie media-l profession thero, Ihnt 1 of the phyiciaus (ould do aniy gfor hiim, antd happl~ily3 tried no ri'imients on1 hisl (ye. Solul osm in a faimily of his famthuer's n' nltaneo(' sought to cheer himu ini rke hiimi to the opera, thatd hei lht hear 1the1 msicl and( .ringing, wenit and1( was de'lightd.(' 1 thm~e(ourse' of thle per31formanfce Ltt 0nco lie leaped up,~ throw hii a around his fathmer'M neck, and amred with estaicy: is sighti laud inst-mntly retmurned. sinIce then he ham roti id it i r vigor, except that iunder oixeito it there is sometimes ai dlimnes.l ision. Tfhe caso is of a romuarka and( singular chaem'iter. Stioho in a Trial Justle'e's OffiOe. [r Glranlt..-Mornin Judlgo.] Io (in ai circinlstaincio I want yoi utdge.-W1oll, otit with it. Wrant'-Well, (10 whole cireum iio ob do bisniss amn dis :Yoi Judlge, in slabor'y time, I hat j wihiq on troe pllanltation. D)e: long berry well togoddor, whmet was aparlt, andt I wast wol aufactioni, bimt since rebe sl fin o o "deOvisOd s'tatumes" fotehi up) al (3 (101n n)onsense lawn hout mm11 wife, anud I hue I1 aint't got nt 3 'tall. T's no jction to dat jis hero's whar (IC shoe pinch Lloro I want yoitr leg-l precision fac is, Judlge, I w ant's to jiml ehuchi. DLe boss4 leader saiy tcomfo it onle~ss I gil. legal -id. Now, kin L, cord(inl to lbw -rid all tree, or must I muarrid bu ? Eld you Isay bult one(, anud: ript it, my 'spoectallo Judge, you ter b' love dtar will b)o do b)err bil ris on dat 'casion in da ch. udl gc.--Mr. (Grant, inder ti umnstancos, I seriously advis, to rub out all old scores an<1 in-afreshl. Marry a niow wvife. rnt.--Dat's my han I I goes i1 you Judige adi do tinme. I tel wVhito folks is smart. Wha can't crawfnsh out, omtlhid folki iso try. liars a qtiarter, Jtig< etes and Cour'ier. Ii is said that the temnplo o omon never hand a mortgage 01 Very few churches in these may built on that modal. One Haundred Years Ago, Some wiso wag has senmmed p e changes that have taken place as ring a century, in tli4 Way i me One hundred years ago weadding oh urs wore not fashionajio, One hundred years ' ago farmers be0 l not cut their legs of with mow mn g machines. an One hundred yearaogo our moth. wb s (lid rot worry over disordrod wing machines. - One hundred yoars agn horses for ich could trot a mile ild 2:14 were try rnowhat scarce. ; I One hundred years ago It took ciA 'eral days to procure a divorce am d find i congenial spirit. I'fan Dne hundred years ego there were '] disputes about the, impoliteness ! yoi streot-car drivor#, hi)11 Duo hundred years, 9gO every 'nog uing man Was not an A cpant for a 'r ition as a clerk or bbdkopeor. tab )no hndred years -agLb k tbsene get 1ps did not exploded4 assist 41ei men to shuffle p yds tUQrtal 9 1. ~, . )ne hundred years s o - 1cd wal commit suicide by g'oi in f l loons and coining dbU*w *ikott Ag IM. . ' dte )no hundred years ago there were 'I third tern millionaire bipIxope to doe up the waters of part ian poli- the doc )no hundred years ago there T e no Turkish harems at Salt gen oe, and no Ann Elizas suing for hur nineteenth part of a divgrco. to t )ne hundred yeara ago England 'T not very far behind the United you tea in all that goes to make a na- enc 1 powerful and progressive. A )nehundred years ago the Dutch who . taken Holland, but thelyhad not pret le Franco "come down' '*ith a stan dsome pile of "smart money." cedi )no hundred years ago a physi i who could not draw every form liseaso from the system by tap- , g a largo vein in the arm was not lh of a doctor. fir no hundred years ago maeh were inst running about over the cduttry or t [ millions of fish eggs to be ofT c-hed to order. Fish superin Th Lied their own hatching in those P 8. )ne hundred years ago peopled and worry about rapid transit the !p transportation, but th oi ir grain crops across the back of or I ir horsos, and uncomplainingly pa mt to tho mill." M o )no hundred years ago every man long his coat according to his cloth, wh ry man was estimated at his real did 10, shoddy was not known, no- dar [y had "struck ilo," and true merit day honest worth voro the only boy unds for promotion. 80111 Why He Favored It, 'T enator Gordon, of Georgia, gives 1 reasolis for advocating the 41 ited States Centonnial appropria- said 1. He agrees with Senator Bay A that it is both eonst.ituitionial g(" I sanctioned by numerous prece- . its He has expressed himself lulu y freoly and earnestly for the bill of t tho following grounds : First, non 11se no ction is so deeply inl tilu ested ini the propor cole bration OXP.~ 1 re-estalishment of the princi- ladi s of 1770I andc in the restoration gu~ good will in tiho country as5 the I"i ithi ; s3con1dly, because the pro- tO t sodl a.Ipropriationl would cost only nu ,unt three and a half cents per Ho >ital inl thu United States I thirdly I ,t Pennsylvania has~ paid four and all I aif illiotns of the five millions arnl rady expended, and that it wottl sc iunjust to inako that state pay ' re, whecrs the appropriation by I igress Wottld plerfoot the national Anl bracter of the colbration: foutrth- I"I thaut the foreign nations having moi epted the invitations to corpo, thoe of ' iiutation of thme goverineint is in-' blo ved inl porfecting the arrange-. nts, and on this account he would ret to see the South Yoto Against bill. ci ton Vismaa-rou's NOmLZ CuAnic-ta.-- 3 n~ the private diary of Egpgal ( shington, under dato 6f Aprid 1, tai 13, occurS the following entry i se 'I rose early tis mlorning, uatd, troe ooting company, went to t fy ge rdrobe to select a stiutable attlrb, day en, to Iny great chagkih, X fotind sati Lt my most inispensable gar dos nts Woro unfit for the occasion. deg thle breakfast table I encountered andt 'a. Washington, and rotnarked as wif, dly as I could under the circium- but 'Martha, my dear, when I see a n man of your powere fooling away (10 timo on trifloS, while there are eann ir of my best pairs of trousers re'ma ining to be p~atched, I am 'almostma captod to believe there is no God.' one~ 'She did not mtako any reply, butte: rying her head in a plateful of Ibet e'cakes, wept so bitterly that I dob olvedl never to allude to the SUb chui t again." Roero we have a tender and beauuti- cr illustration of tihe real greatness vat the hero's heart. He Would go bec th into the world with the biting ds of winter nipping his histori- for cuticle through the ventilators in yot panitaloons, and yet titter nlody rdl of complaint against his wife- no Brooklyn Arguea. t. church at Coffeyville, Missonri, s an organ, and in the quarrels as Sagl who should play on it, five differ- s ig L men have been badily licked.i JJEAUREU(ARD ON SHE.RMAN. Convicting the General from is9 Own la Mcinoir8. -Not Civilized Warfaro, but y Murder--pris+ot~i. of War Marched It Ovor a Rload S3l).cI to bo Planted With Totbodt',p. .It? Dear ASU--4 regret to hlaul t.i10111 lottr lettol (of inqujliry' tha~t Y iGevneral Mltfrrlunhi seeks t~lo (itlijpl olip of thorn~ violaioa. of the rulcen I oif ('1 'lliietl warl'aru whueic charm * Liiri'ed Iris elunpaigit througha (t j ("gin ahtd fiouthil Unrolinla by the 1o callI (' ll1ym attention, imanelv' tha~t 7in his (tlllh~muyldt of (Thufodot-ato liJifbouoi', dutrinlg that (canYlaigh, Sto s;';:ai-d for alnd dig ll.) torpeCdoe, "' e acte(d "ontly ill roilLtlintitn for llike (irnploiuti,.o of 1" 1crat1 i-illl'. 'emr by ('oil foderaf+, coarl .innt dm-. ain iIP1s'rtion ' reeklona evefli for r General Shliornalt, whose IioodUlcis tnoss of what he writes and seaks~ 18 s otorioiiii before the i Ipearaldo of his M11onih. I myself can recall no cecasion we Federal p~risoners were or ould have hofl employed as al leged by the Oouiral, oven butd it elllgtimnate sid not it shlockin g inhlumanity to dot aco ; Mttd in to a,, I don)1't hclievo (koiicrali4d ~l0h1ti can specify, with (1u1te, ally placto that cillti into tho ))ososion of the Conifcdcratos during the war w hero torpeCdoes werei plan Ited, which thiey haul to remoeve (it her by retor to 118us of Fecderal pi-isonl J'i- or by ny otheor mnsii. '1'Joro Uelttiuly was never stwl it apllace or 0C(.-iapjon ini the~ dlepartmenolt which 1 I rleolUt. (lit-t i iitly, llivavor, Jeiimniiig iiiiiiidiatch v iftaar I lie fall1 of k-hnvainitll thait (liul. Siherinan himself line1 put (+of'ith'-t-atti }lriiittl' 1 ors to this ex'loi\Iiaiary 11803 ill Jhis 111)1 iiuoI ('I to tliutt ci ty, 1a 11.1140 uftA'r th Iii' (t tiU oIf Fort. iMeAlistor, and II thi's';ipii )lai lini -Ii scigh iily rliuf (Pl' sItaff, ''I. (1. \1. rent", a rtV~j1iltiti il ir (Jo11iiilstary of 1' i-his smrsi of Will' (}eni. WVinder, for It (lfitaC~iie1t.t (of J'-d'rtl j innrs, to ho emnployedl iii ri'titliAtIOfl 811011( t the 0 w0Tuiociu cdttr. I further rco~llect thlat (lull, Winder answer ed thiat. ulnder his ilstruictions ,fw tilt) Confedlorate Watr Thipartinit he' qq 14d not Coinply ; atlso, that in hio 4>AlIef prisoners, coilId not ilght.. fully be so eimployedl. '].'hat (Gun. Shiermant, as I had} heard it, theo timei, dlid 144) onilldoy his pisoners-, stanids, of record Ofi page 194i, vol. 2, of his llkmiirs3 "On the 8thl (Jlcccaiiber, 18(1 t), a (delog1 oudheclnr4l ing' tI amcimgl t 11(1 ie . (I Ieev 0)0~ Of thei eoalael-i- ofI ta i;'"i:,",' Xi it group of iiici li a1 li i- itrounita I 11111d1iille y'oiiii ohliccer whiose foot. lilt(] beers loi to p)icesR by3 i t0roi-jl icetoPlluitl ill limo road ;lih told mie tlhat, lio w:i riing along with the res~t of his llrigado stall' of tie S(IVelitcu1at Ii C~oipqr, wheun ia tX)Vfxcalo, troilli on b I,, ii' I11140, la- I (ixJlododls, killingt' th haors irand1 literally bliowinig oiff all the 1(3511 froain (,nn of his legs. .1 saw te; bult it. aIppolUrifg to' nt~A "tiniar Iran table ii imp~rop~er trealtnieii t of ;tri~oil rrq of war, I hatvd J1honght it eigfht to refer to it in this repaari " (ion,. 0heriorn wigh, with equal right, halo j)Uilze4to.pi j. 9t. pi~is. ofiors in front if a sat t:l g c1oI t1flhi tci 61V s rvo i n a t on roflor. T'tie nianrticr of re1laiv,4 the itb*i dent, 'c1riie l have quoted il his own words, is Oil llitgd to give teo N~ Honletlunig Pc) abhlofi.on 1 'o u1 1r warfare that 116i coitld 11)0 Ijurirnod prisoerS h) t4' ?ia~rd'Fof ('xploii thlonrN iIud cheer o credit, for the act--a strMttg6l oblklt In the Uoneral-itt-chlit,f M1 aft ,ht which lius at the present. mnothu1ft t'a 3pUCoeJ> torpedo corp, a wl~ed twit as at i n'poti~ut, dofeneivo, rtqptujo to foirt), 0A~ jIacdt'--in oneo who, West. 1'oiivt how, to) p1afl'igtVw., lent of tlowptxo.11 as; k~lo i! ep gineoru of;hod~ ~a ?l11x1 i For rno0ki 1-.for , T y of the cap)it nti Utii$ ' b AfIajor 1kbroK Andcm~ihh thrtJ"a~ tonne offered bufot~o the attawlf, iwtl tAo sil~to his hlag with gw~e and go forth with 00101'1 f; ying Wl druni iioatill, taking Of (,tril iyl RIpt IpliVato property, doii t6th'cb3 [)f t~he War, I always nif'4ci Mlid1 priLeticudl the ulojt' liberal ltroiEtnent f prison~ers. At, the eat4pbrIQ~~nO1 itlwcvor, I ali W lyn tir .oel ,tl pq4i )f rigid ana rid )1(ipt riealhi toRni, a ill Coat, for eVery ('lejr 'inftil hn) of .he Bottled lawt, of ' nr S, rfoid~toi~y ;how's it to be the ilily'. orffootinal 11ct 10d oif rcallitig an c.111Uy hrua lCoe heositatedl to apply this pifllul 'eniody dulrinlg ottr JR6voltitioiia.y var. i I amn, yoursu most truly, - 'Ilie (Jonltennitl foutntarin, Which' s to he unveiledl in Phliladelphia oii ho next V'olrthl of July,, eti the ~if I of tho Qa1tljie tQjf)pWL1tico lcotios ,ol New 1y'loik, 'D1at il ,nd otinit' elti6i 'toWrd t.10 iu emc~iQelobi.'tion, is to + I~t"O+ 6JA.)&0b, anid ])it .little " aore , than A'fta tnhsl~li asd h ialforul th tomp haliec 'raied.tioe ii Now fork have j114 rLciiivodl an lp)i1L)l for conitribuitionis to the tiild, anid aro iiikiiig oolloctiong or Ihos 11rpo.(o. Sov'ti iiieddllion icadsy, HClIlJltltroci(I ma iiirble, are to ) jdiwcl atotillil t.h1( (irctll I insin. (ltO, NFL, utte1 Iaitfavyette, ('w rito do I ralie~ (f i'ii,(Xuit 1 'Uli4ki fid u);eiltsH() of I'olrtill(, Steplienl ifoylan, lldo (itliI) to WaVushing oi, and1( 'J'l1itlas 14' itzH1iininoi5, it iieiiilu'r of tire (litiital (Con x'1lvA Ni v .1"AeI: (fl A ll'i. A. nomvel operationi rccelly pe. 'rtu od at the Ailino (I oiiral 1 loi pi i1li' iir WIti t "iCTlls Setiue A l paietl ':i'11 u t of (witicl.n C ui 'ltoPtilit