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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. JAN. 25. 1876, HILL ON HISTORY. A Store-bin; Rerltw or the “Grate tlolhen" Harsagne of BUiar. The Gha'tlr I.aagh of ihe Maine Uftas Noblr Rebuked. Conaterpart Horror* Brought to Tien Now, he waa ordered by the Called State* government, the first lime tbia report erer saw tba light, to bring it and ddirer it on the trial of Wire, infccor- daaee with that order be did bring it and deliver to tbo judge-adrocate-geo. end. And when the report itadf, or that which purported to be the report, waa presented to him while be-waa a witness he discovered that it waa muti lated and lie asked permission to state w : that fact. Hear wbat be rays on that to Andersens Hie 1 hu _ , J* cl: I I beg leave to make a statement to the court. That portion of my r.por. which Iras been read la o ly a small part of the Ban. l*hot«nraphrd |« ."iS^SLEyS: UlH lliatorr IB the has- : It right to embody with my irpwt. Itaiao n.ki.iTn..k conulns d-enromtj forwarded to Rich, l.lgbt 01 Tmtb. mtmlby I>r White and Ur. Btevenaon, and others Is • barge of the hospitals. Those documcat* contained Important faeu as to the labors of the medltal ■'epartment and their efforts to better the condition of thlcga. All that part of the report 1* sup pressed; and with that auppreasion this magnificent receptacle of truth ia filed away in the document room for the in formation of posterity: How the Suffering* of Federal Prlaouen Purchased Laurals fur the Brow of Grant. Patriotic rifeiuaces of C'eufeaami Hope aad I.ojalir- Mr. HrwsKKR: Tim house will bear wi;n«* that we have not sought this ip mti'f Nothingcau ho faril-erfrom our desire and purpose than to raise auch di-tctusioci. Mr. ATKINS. I rise la a point of onkr. Tiio whole house desires to bear tLit: grttilemaa from Gcoffcia, Uni ilia impossabta lor litem lo do so unless gentium* n retain their heals. TltcM'KAKKK. The point of order U well t ikcD, smi pcnlieou n will retain their aeatt; and order must be preserved not only wiiiiin tUe bar but cu'.side (Ut tar, ami tbe chair direct* the doerkeepe tu give especial attention to tbe main* tenant*- ot order outside tbe bar. Mr. HILL. Isay, Mr. Speaker, that nothing could bare been farther from tbe <tc*»re*and purposes of those who with me represent immediately the sic lion of country which on yesterday wa« put upon trial, than to rc-opon this dis :ussion of the tvtuu of onr unhappy psst We Ind well hoped that the country had suf tend long enough from feuds, from inflamed passions, and we came here, who u patriotic purpose, to remember nothing but the country and the whole country, and, turning our backs upon nil the horrors of Ihe p«st, to look with all ci*ri»enlnc»» to find glories for the future. The gentleman who is the ncknowl edged leader of ihe republican party on iliis floor, who U the aspiring leader of the republican party of this country, repri seining most mun.fuktly the wishes of m-iny of hi* associates— not nil—Iras willed otherwise. They seem determini <1 that the wounds which were healing Modi be rt•opened, that the passions winch were hushing shall be re ittihnuil. Sir, i wish this house to understand that we do not reciprocate either the purpose or the manifest detire of the gentlemen ou ihe oilier side, and while wc feel il our imperative duty to vindicate the trnlu o! history oh tegards the section which we represent, let ling that it is a portion of this common country, we do not intend to say anytl ing calculated to aid u*c gcuileiuen in their work of emu iuutiou and nciRuination and of keeping up the war by politician* idler brave men have said tbe war shall« ud. The gent It man from Maine on yesterday presented to the country two question* wiiich he munilestly intends to be the funtlamenlal principles of the republi can parly or at least ot those who follow him in that party. The fust it what he is plcared to term the mugnunimUy and grace of the republican party; the second is the brutality ot those whom he is plca-ed to term “the rebels." Upon the first questiou 1 do not propose to weary the house to-day. It will* the hi'toiy of the last hi teen year* frith in the memory of this p;op!u tl»3 coun try U prepared to talk nU.ut ihe grace and lUMgiiaiiimity of the republ can pally, argumt-ni would lie wastul. With mas- tern * nttiuvid, inteliigi nee ditfranchisid, sochty disorganized, industry punt)) zed, s’.ati s tubveried, legislature* dispensed by ibe bayonet, tbc people can accord to that party me verdict« f grace and ma u nanimtly, may Hod save the future of our country gruc c und magnanimity. I ailvaucti directly to tnal portion of the gentle nan'* argument wi leh relates to the queMion licfoie the bouse. Tbe gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Jbin il sit) has i rcikcntcd to tins house, und he asks it to adopt, a bill on the subject of amnesty which is precisely the same as the hill passed in this bouse by the gen- tlcmun’s own party, as 1 underetund il, at the laM wsiion of congress. The gentleman from Maine has moved a re- eansideration *»i the vole by which il was r jecti d, avowing Ids |>urpo>«|u 'k to olTcr un amendment. The maiu pur pose of that amcndim-nt is to except from the opt-ration of the bill one of the r"'r.*ns of this country, Mr. Jefferson Davis. Hr alleges two distinct reasons why be a*k> tbe house to make that exception. 1 will stuto those reasons in the gentle man's own language. First, bo says ilia “Mr. Davis w s the author, knowingly deliberately; guilty, nud willfully, ot the gigantic murder and crime at Anderson- vilie.” That i* n grave indictihcnt. He then eharocteriz.’* in his second position what lie calls the horrors of Audirsonvillv. And he says of them: Ant1 here, btfivrc Hod, measuring my word*, knowirg their fill event and iiu- |v* r, Declares ttiat neither the deeds of the Duke of Alva in llie low countries, r.or the a asAaere of taint Bartholomew, nor the thumb screw* nud engine* of nature of the tvaidfli Inquisition begin to compare in atrocity wilt* the hideouscrime* of Audcr- toovUls. tHr, lie stand* before the country with bis vrrj fame in peril If lie, having m do such change*, shall not sustain them. Now 1 lake up llie propositions of the gentU man in their order. 1 hope no gentleman imagines that l am lure to pass un ruotatiy upon Mr. Davis. The rcco d upon which his latnc must rest ha* l*w< n made up, and he and his friends have transmitted that record to the only judge who will give Urn un impartial judgment—an honest, unimpassionid posierhv. In the meantime, no eulogy from me can help him, no censure from the genii man cun damage him, and r.ct or resolution of this house can ufTtct lum -Hut the charge is that he i* a murderer, and a deliberate, willful, guilty, scheming murderer of •'thousands id I ur fellow-citizens.” Why, know ing tlm character of the honorable gvnUtmtu from Maine, li s high r< putu- non, when 1 Heard the charge full from hi* bps 1 tliotu’hi surely the gentleman had made a recent discover)’, and I Us teued for the evidence to justify that charge, lie produced it; and what is j:? To luy ut’er amazement, as the gentle man from Pennsylvania [Mr. Kelley] ha* well slated, it is nothing on earth but a ret ort of a committee of this congress, made whvn pavdons wtruat tin irheight, and it wo* known to the gentleman and to the whole c> untry eight years ago. Now, I ray first in relation to that tea t'mony thai it is exclusively ex parte. It was takcu when the gentleman who ia n.iw put up n trial by it before the coun try w*a imprisoned and in chains, with out a hearing and without an importu nity to be hevrd« It was taken bv ene mies. It waa takea in tbe nud»t of fury and rage. If there is anything iu Anglo Saxon law which ought to be considered a end, it is the high privilege of an En glishman not to bu condemned until he shad be confronted with tbe witnesses against him. liat that is not all. The testimony produced by the gentleman is not only ex parte, not only exclusively the production of enemies, or at least t*kt n by them and in the midst of pas sion. but the testimony is mutilated, in geniously m uilatctl, most adroitly muti lated- Why, sir, one of the main wtt- ne.-fc? is Dr. Joseph Jones, a very ex cel xal gentleman, who was called upon (ogive Jui* ustimunyin wlnt iscalieil thu Win tr al, ond’which is produced K fore this house and attention called to it by the gentleman. The object of tie gentleman was to prove that Mr. Davis know of these atrocities at Anderoon- vide, and he calls the attention of the house* to the report of this committee, and thanks God that it has Wen taken ia time to be put where it con milker be contTad:cted cor gainsaid, os a perpetual guide to posterity to nnd out the author* of these crime*. One of the moat striking and remark able piece a <>f evidence in Ibis whole re ps it is found in the report mode dv Dr Joins, a*ur*«oa of fine character,* and St nt to Anderson silk by the confederal*- authorities to xnvrs*igale the condition of bat prison. That gentleman made hisivj^rt, and it is brought into this Tbe (.on: nice ask him: QnestJon Are your conclavion* coir et- ly htated In thi* extrseti Answer. Part of my conclusion* are *ta- clusions, and also my recommei are not stated. Q. Well, touchfmr tbe *ubj'e‘. of ex change? A. Yes, sir;the general difilcaPles envi roning the prl-occre and their officers. Q. what became of your original report ? Am Thinl* ray original report. That is, he had there the extract as far as it went. Cj. Ilid you make this extra"* Jourself ? The committee a em to auapect that he was the m *n that simply made the ex tract and brought il before the commit tee. Now, here is his answer 1 did uot. My original report Is lo the Land* of the Judg advocate. 1 delivered it Into h a hand* immediate’? upon my ar rival lo Washing on. And this committee of congress to wh ch the gentleman refera absolutely tell* us that this mutilated report waa the one introduced in evidence against this man Wire, and it is the one incorpo rated in this b ok. Now I want to call attention to anoth er extract from that original report part not included in this book. Tticre are it gnat many such omissions; 1 have not been able to get all of them. Dr. Jones in his report is giving an ac count of the causes ot tbe sickness and mortality at Andcraonville; and he says, among other things: Surrounded by the*« depressing agenU t O' e po*t t>»ncmeot i.f t be general exchange of ptl-.ou'-r* aad the constantly iccediog ho,<« * of deliverance through the action cf their own government depressed their al- rcidy dei-poirdiag rpblts and destroyed those mental and moral energies so neces sary for a fuccestfu. struggle aealost dis ease ar.d its sgen*a. Homesickness »nd disappointment, mental dei ression and dis tress, attend ng the daily longing for an ap- part irly hoj>eleSA release, are feu to be aa potent i geucle* In the destruction11 those p boners a* the physical causes of actual Ah! why that homesickness, that long ing and the distress consequent upon it, nnd its ilTect in carrying those Kior, brave, unfortunate her.«cs to lealh? 1 will fell this house before 1 done. Now, sir, there is another fact. Wirz ns put on trial, but really Mr. Davis as the man intended to Ic *tried through him. Over OBe hundred and sixty witnefses were introduced before the military commission. The trial last •d three month- The whole country was under military despotism; citizens labored under dums; and qnile a large number of confederates were seeking to make favor with tbc powers of the government. Yet, air, during thore three months, with all the witnesses they could bring to Washing stall be tbe tame in quantity and quality aa those furnished to enlisted men in the army of the confederacy. That was the law; that was the law Mr. Davis approved, and that was the law that he, so far as his agency was concerned, executed. Tbe gentleman in his speech has gone so far as to say that Hr. Davis purposely sent General Winder to Andersonville to organize a den of horrors and kill federal soldiers. I do not quote exactly his lan guage, but I know it is “to organize a den of horrors;” but I am sure I cannot use any language more bitter than the gentleman used himself. Therefore the next thing 1 will read is the order given for the purpose of locating this pn*»n at Andersoovilie, or wherever it should be properly located. Tbe official order for the location of the stockade enjoins that it should be in a “healthy locality, with plenty of pure water, with a running stream, and, if pomibfe. with shade trees, and in the immediate neighbor hood of grist and sawmills.” That docs not look like the organization of a den of horrors to con mit murder. That was tbe official order. That.waa not all. These prisoners at Anderson ville were not only allowed the rations mease red out to confederate soldiers both in quantity and quality in every respect, but they were showed also to buy much outside as they desired; a piiv.lege, I am reliably informed, which was not extended to many of tbe confederate prisoner*. 1 do it know bow that is. i do not wish to charge if the facts were otherwise. But in the book which the gentleman from Maine himself pro duces we find this testimony, given by a union soldier. He says: We never had any difficulty in getting tbe roll mornings and nights. His name was ttmith, 1 thiiik; he was Captain Wirz’* chief se-geant. We were divided Into mesees, eight in each mess; my mess used to buy from two to four bushels of sweet potatoes a week, at the rate of % 15 confed erate money per bushel They got $23 of confederate money for *Tura?t5rwS C boogh?^u < t§>* a barteL ! 22.5?6 d*d while of the confederate We bod to buy our own soap for washing prisoners in federal hands 2C,43G died. the name of 31 r. Davis in connection wiib it single atrocity at Andersonville or elsewhere. The gentleman from Maizc, wiih all his research into all the histories of the Duke of Alva and the mi-sic re <f St. Bartholomew and the Spanish in juisit on, baa not been able frighten up tuck a witness yet. Now, si.-, there is a witness on this subject. Witz was condemned, found guilty, sentenced to be executed; and I nave now before me the written state mi nt of his counsel, a northern man and a union m in. lie gave this statement the country, und it has never been con- tradicted Dear what this gentleman 0;i ihe ntrflit b fore tbe execution of tbe pthor.«r Whs a trlrgrsm wav sent to tbe r btrn preesfroru this city, stating that its h*«1 made Important disclosures to nrr»I I. C Hair', tba writ known detre- •, 1n.plica’iDg Jeflcieon Dsvls, and that the confesalon would probsb’y be given the public. On the same cvemogsome m ties came to tbe confcs*or of Wfrs, JU v F*ih«-r Boyle, and also to me as his counsel, one of them Informing me ihst a high cabi net ottlrcr wi hcri to assure Wits that If be would Implicate Jrffcrsor Davis with the atrocities committed rt AndersonvUle b.s sentence would be corninu ed. Tbe mes- teugcr requested me to inform Wirx this. In prese-ics of Father Boy'.c I told Wirz m xt uoruirg wbat bad happened. Hear the reply: Captain Wirx timply and quietly replied: “Mr £cb»de, \ou kn w that I have always told you ihit 1 do not know anyth*ng about J« lit rson Dav *. He bad no connection with me as to what was done at Ander sonville. I would not become a traitor a. aln»T him or anybody else eveu to save my life. ’ Sir, what Wirz, within two hours of his execution, would not say for his life the gentleman from Maine says to the country to keep himself and uis party li power. Christianity is a faIscho-3d.hu inanity is u lie, civilization Is a cheat, the mar* who would not make a f Use charge for his l!te was never guilty willful murder. He who makes a charge must produce his wltiistfses. They must be informed witness!s. The tenllcman from Maine mak* s his charge, but p-oduces no wit- nt s-cs. He says the men cent by JclTer son Davis to Andersonville were his offi cer.-, executing his orders, commissioned hy him, and lie therefore charges Mr. Dsvls with these atrocities by inference. It was only when the gentleman reached that j onion of his arggment that I thought I began to discover tbe real purpose of his movement. I will not charge him with it, but a suggestion Came immediately to my mind. What w«s the proposition which the gentleman proposts to establish It is that those high authority are to Iks charged with the sins and tteacheries of theiragents.com missioned by them and acting under their orders. 1> the gentleman artfully—1 beg pardon—under the cover of the preju dice and passion against Jefferson Davis, seeking to assault President Grant ? If Jeffer.-on Davis sent General Winder AndersonviU, why President Grant sent General Joyce to St. Louis. [Laughter.] Nay, more, sir; is.not the very secretary of the White House, the private confi dential secretary, indicted today for complicity in these frauds? Does the gentleman want to establish a rule construction by which he can authorize the country to arraign General Grant for complicity in the whisky frauds? [Laugh ter. Sir, is General Grant responsible for the credit mobilier? Was he a stock holde r in the Sanborn conn acts ? Was. he the copamer in the frauds upon this district? With all his witnesses the gentleman never can find a single man who was confidential secretary of Mr. Davis, and charged witU complicity in crime, that Mr. Davis ever endorsed any man as fit for office who was even grave ly charged with ary complicity in fraud, let Ihe gentleman’s president, as I un derstand it, absolutely sent to the senate of the United States for confirmation a high office the very man who stood charged before the country with the g*ossest peculations and lrauds in this district, and that, too. after these charges were made and while the investigation was p -ndipc. Sir, 1 am neither the anther nor the disciple ot such political logic. And > will not, nor would I for any considera tion, assume the proposition before this hou-e to punish an enemy which would implicate the president of the United States in the grossest frauds. Yet if tbe gentleman’s proposition b- true. General Grant, instead of being entitled to a pres idential third term, is entitled to twenty terms ia twenty penitentiaries. * But, sir, be is not guilty. The argument is fabc. It is a libel upon the American rule of law and English precedent. You cannot find its precedent anywhere in any civili zed country. I acquit General Grant of complicity in tbe whisky frauds and rev- enue^frauds, and the facts acquit Mr. Da- j where. Now, Mr. Speaker, I pass from tbe X had Just corniced the report whkh I construction of that question to the real placed tn the hard* «4 ihe judge advocate. | facts about Andersonville. First, I want uurtcr o dex* from the gover me: t, wkeu J to cad the attention of the house to the the e-vnfe Vroey went to piece*. That re- s law of the confederate government on rort never was deliver dI to the .inrgeon- the subject of the treatment of prisoner*. it. rrMnSr SnY • 1 rc " J 1rum u,e * ct of K*« cooitfienue uril.r. tlom\to c'JSUS town u«£i! «» Hwita^ed; i: was rtrj aim tr. 111!HI I-.U.J Jc Ivtr It to fin court la P* e > aoauireciM— ttlUmonj. I Tfie ration* lumlaaad priaooan of war Mr. DavUl* responsible for not hating those allowances honestly supplied. The United States made provis ion for Confederate prisoners, so far as ration* were concerned, for feeding those in federal hands; and yet what say* the surgeon? “Ttey were al lowed to starve.” Bnt “why?” Is a query which I will allow your readers to Infer anti to draw concla- i loss therefrom. Out of The number of prii- ouers, as tefore mentioned, orer three thou sand of them now lie buried in the ceme tery located near tne c mp forthat purpose —a morta Itj equal If notgreater than that of any prison In the south. At Anderson- rille, as I am well Informed hy brother offi- esnwho endured confinement there, at well as by the record* at Washington, the mor- tittty was twelve tbonasnd out of, say. forty tfionsand prisoners. Hence it Is readily to b: im that ihe range of mortality was no less it Elmira than at Andersonville. Mr. PLATT. Will the gentleman al low me to interrupt him a moment to aak him where he geU that statement ? Mr. HILL. Il >* the statement of a federal surgeon published in the New York World. Mr. PLATT. I desire to say that I lire within thirty-six mile* of Elmira, and that those statements are unqualifi edly false. Mr. HILL. Yes, and I suppose if one rose from the dead the gentleman would not believe him. Mr. PLATT. Does the genteman say that these statements are true? Mr. HILL. Certainly I do not say that they are true, but I do aay that I believe the alatement of the aurgeon in charge before that of a politician thirty-six miles away. Now will the gentleman believe testimony from the dead? Tbe Bible says, “The tree is known by its traits. And,nf ter all,what is the test of suffering of these prisoners north and south? The test is the result. Now I call the atten tion of gentlemen to this fact, that the leport of Mr. Stanton, the secre tary of war—you will believe him, will you not?—on the ISthof July, 18CG— seed to the library and get it—exhibits . the fact that of the federal prisoners in confederate hands during the war only S "M . r iTPi tlipil whil* nf th« rnnfoilorsto charge of their health ofid comfort. I also propose Uatthtse surgeons shall act as commissaries, with power to receive and distribute such contributions of money, food, dothing, and m.dlclnes as maybe forwarded far the relief of the prisoners. I farther propose that these surgeons shall be selected by their own government, and that they shall have full liberty, at anr and ail times, through the agents of exchange, to make reoortsnot only of their own acts, bat of any matters relating to the welfare of the prisoners. Respectfully, your obedient servant, Robebt Ocld. Agent of Exchange. Major Gen.rol E. A. Hitchcock, Agent of Exchange. The SPEAKER. The hour of the gen tleman has expired. Mr. RANDALL. I move the gentle man from Georgia be allowed to pro ceed. Mr. BLAINE. I do not object; hut before the gentleman from Georgia passes from the subject upon which he Is now speaking, 1 would be glad to know The SPEAKER. If there be no ob jection the gentleman from Geor^huwill have leave to proceed. There waa no objection. not answered until December, 1834 In ( was detained in prison, for 1 am well aware December, 1864, the federal government | that that was a metter In which no one but vent thips to Savannah. Now, the rec- n>T«M*od potsihly a fewperrouil trtends ords will show that the chief suffering at Andertonrille waa between August Sad for. i?pc.=htog .the .rcreury ot December. The confederate authorities sought to avert it by asking tbe federal government toe Dine and take its prison ers without equivalent, withDut return, and it refused to do that until four or five months had elapsed. That is not the only appeal which was made to the federal government. I now call the attention of the house to another appeal. It was from the federal prison ers themselves They knew as well as the southern people did the mission of Mr. Stephens. They knew the offer of January 14, for surgeons, for medicine and clothing, for comforts and fooJ, tni for provisions of every sort. They knew tha the confederate authorities had off ered to let these bo sent to them by their own government They knew that had been rejected. They knew of tte offer of August 10,1SG1. They knew of ’he other offer, to return sick and wounded without an equivalent They knew all these offera had been rejected. Therefore they held a meeting and passed the fol- Mr. BLAINE. I believe the gentleman lowing resolutions; and I call the atten- from Georgia [Mr. Dill] was a member, tion of the gentleman on the other side our own persons and clothing; we I meat and eggs and bUcati. There seemea to be an abundance of those t v inxs; they were in the marl-t constantly. That ser- S znt used to come down with a wsyon- id of potatoes st s time, bringing twenty or twenty-five bushels at a load sometimes. Now, sir, Mr. Davis himself alluded to that privilege which was allowed to the federal soldiers. Tbe confederate authorities not only allowed them to purchase supplies as they pleased out side, in a Jdition to the rations allowed them by law— the same rations allowed to confederate soldiers—but be says: By an indulgence perhaps unprecedented wc have eveu allowed the prisoners In our bands to be snip led by their friends at home with comforts not enjoyed by the men who captured them la battle. Tim confederate government gave federal prisoners tbe same rations that confederate soldiers in tbe field received. Federal prisoner* had permission to buy whatever else they pleased, and the con federates gave their friends at home per mission to furnish them the means to do so And yet, Mr. Speaker, it true that, in spite of all these vantages enjoyed by these prisoners, there were horror*, and great horrors, at Andersonville. Wbat were the causes of those horrors? The first was want of medic’ne. Tbit is given as a cause by Dr. Jones io bis testimony; that is given by this very Father Hamilton, from whom the gentleman from Maine read. In tbe very same testimony which tbe gentlemen read Father II imtiton says: I conversed with Dr. White with regard to the condition of the men, and he told me iiw'snotln his power to do anything lor them; that he bad no medicine, and could not get any, and that he wa* doing every thing in his power to help them. Now, how was it that medicines and other essential supplies could not be ob tained? Unfortunately they were not in the confederacy. The federal govern ment made medicine contraband of war. And I em not aware that any other na tion on the eaith ever did such a thing before—not even the Duke of A va, sir. The confederate government, unable to iulroduce medicines according to its right under the laws of nations, under took to run tbe blockade, and whenever poaible the federal navy captuied its ships and took tbe medicines. Then, when no other resource was left, when it was suspected that the women of the north—the earth’s angels, God bless them—would curry quinine and other medicines of that sort, so much needed by the federal prisoners in the south, lederal officers were charged to capture the women and examine their petticoats, to keep them from carrying medicines to confederate soldiers and federal prisoners, and they were imprisoned. Surely, sir, the con federate government and the southern people are not to be blamed for a pover ty in medicines, food and raiment en forced by tbe stringent war measures of tbe federal government—a poverty which had its intended effect of immeas urable distress to the confederate ar mies, although it incidentally inflicted unavoidable distress upon Ihe federal prisoners in the couth. The federal government made cloth ing contraband of war. It sent down iu armies and they burned up the facto ries of tbe south wherever they could find them, for tbc express purpose of preventing the confederates from fur nishing clothes to their soldiers, and the federal prisoners of course shared this deprivation of comfortable clothing. It was tbe war policy of the federal govern ment to make supplies scarce. Dr. Jones iu his testimony and Father Hamilton in his testimony, -vklch I will not stop to read to the house, explained why cloth ing was so scarce to federal pnsoncs. Now then, air, whatever horrors ex isled at Andenonville, not one of them could be attributed to a single act of legislation of the confederate govern ment or to a single order of the confed erate government, but every horror of AndersonvUle grew out of the nceessi* ties of the occasion, which necessities were cast upon the confederacy by tbe war policy of me other side. The gen lleman from Maine said that no con fed- crate prisoner waa ever maltreated in the north. And when my friend an swered from his seat “a thousand wit nesses to the contrary in Georgia alone/ the gentleman from Maine joined issue, but os usual produced no testimony iu house. Wbat u it? The first point is as to the knowledge of this rep on going j com P lKl ty in any atrocity any- to any of the authorities at Richmond. Here is what Dr. Jones says lleman from Maine is to be excused, ten years unfortunately be and his have been reviling the people who were not allowed to come here to meet tbe revil ing, Now, sir, we are face to face, snd when you make a charge you must bring your proof. The time has passed when tbe country can accept tbe impudence of assertion for the force of argument or recklessness* of statement for the truth of history. Now, air, I do not wish to unfold tbe chapter on the other aide. 1 am an American. I honor my country, and my whole country, and it could be no pleasure to me to bring forward proof that any portion of my countrymen have been guilty ot willful murder or of cruel treatment to poor manacled prisoners. Nor will I make any snch charge. These horrors are loaipsral 1 -, many of them and most of them from a state of war. 1 hold in my hand a 1t >r wit ten by one who was a surgeon at the piison at Elmira, and be says: The winter of 1861,1865 was an unxsuri ly severe and rigid one, and the prisoners ar riving from the loathern states dating this season were mostly old men and lads,doth- el in attire suiable only to the genial climate of the south. 1 need rot state to vou that this alone was ample came for an unusual mortality among them. Tbe sur roundings were of the following nature, namely; narrow, confined limits, bat a few acres in extent— And Andersonville, sir, embrace i twen- ty-jeven acres— and through which slowly flowed a tumid stream of water, carrying along wiih it all the excremesial filth and debris of tbe comp; this stream of water, hotrible to re- la* e, was the only source ot sapp’y, for an estet ded period, that the prisoners coaid P> sib’.y use fur the purpose of of ablu tion and to slake their thirst from day to day; the tent* and other shelter allotted to the camp av Elmira were insufficient and crowded to the utmost extent: hence small pox and other skin diseases raged through the camp. Here I may note that owing to a general order from the government to vacci nal e the prisoners, my opportunities were ample to observe the effects of spurious and oUeased matter, and there Is nn doubt in mj mind but that syphilis was tr grafted in many instances; ugly and horrible ulcers and erup ioo# of a characteristic nature were, alas too frequent and obvious to tu mistaken. Small pox cases were crowded tn sack a manner that it was a matter of im possibility for tbe suTgeau to treat his pa tient* individually: they actually laid aoai jacent that the simple movement of one »ould cause his neighbor to cry out ia on agony of pain. Toe confluent and malig nant type prevailed to such an extent and of such a nature that the body would fre quently be found one coatinooas scab. The diet and other allowances hy the gov ernment for the use of tbe prisoners were •mple,yet the pooruaforiunaiee were al ow ed to starve. Now, sir, the Confederate regu’ations authorized ample provieioo for federal the some that was made lor And Surgeon General Barnes reports an official report—I suppose you will be lieve him—that in round numbers the confederate prisoners in federal hands amounted to 220,000, while the federal prisoners in confederate hands amounted to 270,000. Out of the 270,000 in con federate hands 22,000 died, while of the 220,000 confederates in federal hands over 26,000 died. The ratio is this: More than 12 per cent, of the confeder ates in federal hands died, and less than percent cf Ihe federal* in confederate hands died. What is the logic of these facts according to the gentleman from Maine? I scorn to charge murder upon the officials of northern prisons, as the gentleman has done upon confederate prison officials. 1 labor to demonstrate that such miseries are inevitable in pris on life, no matter how humane the reg ulations. I would scorn, too, to use a newspaper article, unless it was signed by one who gave his own name, and whose statement, if not true, can be dis- >roved, and 1 would believe such a one n preference to any politician over there who was 36 miles away from Elmira. That gentleman, so prompt to contrad : ct a surgeon, might perhaps have smelled the small-pox but be could not see it, and I venture to *ay that if he knew tbe small pox was there be would have taken very good care to keep 36 miles away. He is a wonderful witness He is not equal to the mutilated evidence brought in yesterday. But, sir, it appears from the official record that the confederates came from Elmira, from Fort Delaware, and from Rock Island and other places wiih their fingers irozen off, with their toes frozen off, and with their teeth dropped out. Bu; the great question is behind. Every American, north or south, must lament that our country has ever im peached its civilization by such an exhi bition of horrors on any side, and I speak of these things with no degree of pleasure. God knows if I could bide them from tbe view of tbe world I would gladly do it. But the great question is, at last, who was responsible for this state of Xhings? And that is really the only material question with which states men now should dcil Sir, it is well known that, when tlie war opened, at first the authorities of the United States determined that they would not exchange prisoners. The first prisoners captured by the federal forces were the crew of the Savannau, and they were put in chains and sentenced to be executed. Jefferson Davis bearing of this, commu nicated tnrough the lines, and the con- fedeiates having meanwhile also cap tured prisoners, he threatened retaliation in case those men suffered, and the sen tences against tbe crew of the Savannah were not executed. Subsequently our friends from this way—I believe my friend before me from New York [Mr. Cox] was one—insisted that there should be a cartel for the exchange of prisoners. In 1862 that cartel was agreed upon. In substance and briefly it was that there should be an exchange of roan for man and officer for officer, and which ever held an excess at the time of exchange should paro’c the excess. This worked very well until 1873. I am going over the facts very briefly. Mr.-STARKWEATHER. I do not wish, and none on this side wishes to in terrupt the gentleman. I believe he lias spoken over his hour. We desire that he shall speak as long as he chooses, but we wish to Lave a, free discussion and want a little time on this side. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Georgia has not exhausted his hour yet Mr. HILL. 1 was reciting briefly the facta In 1863 this cartel was interrupted; the federal authorities refused to continue the exchange. New commenced a his tory which tbe world ought to know, and which 1 hope the house will grant me the privilege of stating, and I shall do * it from official records. This, I say frankly to the gentleman on the other side, was in truth one of the severest blows stricken at the confederacy, this refusal to ex change prisoners in 1863 and continued through 1864 The confederates made every effort to renew the cartel. Among other things, on the 2d of July, 1873, the vice-president of the confederacy, the S nlleman to whom the gentleman from aioe [Mr. Blaine] alluded the other day in so complimentary teims. Mr. Alexan der II. Stephens, was absolutely com missioned by President Davis to cross the lines and come to Washington to A insult with the federal author ities, with a broad commis sion to agree upon any cartel satisfacto ry to the other ride for the exchange of of the confederate senate. I find in a historical book of some authenticity of character that in the confederate con gress Senator Hill, of Georgia, intro duced the following resolution, relating to prisoners— Mr. HILL. You are putting me on trial now, are you? Go ahead. Mr. BLAINE. This is the resolution: That every person pretending to be s sol dier or officer of the United States who shall be captured on the soil of the Confed erate States after the 1st day of Janu ary, 1863, shall be presumed te-inCfeen tered the territory of the Confederate States with the Intent to incite insurrection and abet murder, and, unless satisfactory proof be adduced to the contrary btfere the military court before which the trial shall be bad, .shall suffer death. This ceetion shall continue In force until the proclama tion issu'd by Abraham Lincoln, dated at Washington on the 22d day of September, 196), shall be rescinded, and thq»policy therein announced shall be abandoned, and no longer. Mr. HILL. I will say to the gentle mission is simply one of human ity, and has no political aspect.” Mr. Stephens undertook that work. What was the result? I wish to be careful, and will state this exactly correctly. Here is his letter: COXFZDEttATE STATES STEAMER Torpedo,in James River, July 4, 1863. , S.u: As military commissioner, 1 am the be*rer of a communication in writing from Jeffesoo Davis, commander-ln-chief of the land and naval forces of the Confederate Stales, tirAbraham Lincoln, commander- i- -chief of the land and navil forces of the United States, lion. Robert Oald, Confed erate State* agent of exchange accompanies me aa secretary, for the purpose of deliver ing the communication in person snd con fer ring upon the subject to which it relates. 1 desire to proceed to Washington in the steamer Torpedo, commanded by Lieuten ant Hunter Davidson, of the Confederate States navy, no person being on board bat Hot. Mr. Ould, myself, an 1 the boat’s tffl- cers and crew. Yoars, most respectfully, Alex. H. Stephens. To 8. II. Lex, Admiral. This was directed to S. II. Lee, admi ral. Here is the answer: Acting Rear-Admiral S. IL Lee, Hampton Roods: The request of Alexander H. Stephens is inadmissible. * * * GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. You will acknowledge that Mr. Steph en’s humane mission foiled. The con federate authorities gave to that mission li much dignity and character as possi ble. They supposed that of all men in tbe south Mr. Stephens most nearly had your confidence. They selected him to be the bearer of messages for the sake of humanity in behalf of the brave federal soldier* who were unfortunately prison ers of war. The federal government would not even receive him; tbe federal authorities would not hear him. Whit was the next effort? After Mr. Stephen’s mission failed, and after the commissioner for the exchange of pris oners, Colonel Ould, having exhausted all his efforts to get the canel renewed, on the 24th of Januatj. 1864, wrote the following letter to Major General E. A. Hitchcock, agent of exchange on the federal side : OtxrKDUATX States or America. j War Department. r Richmond, Va., Jan. St, 1864. j Sir:—In view of tbe present difficulties attending tbe exchange and release cf pris oners, I prep-se that ad snch on either side man fram Maine very frankly not the slightest recollectU hearing that resolution before. Mr. BLAINE The gentici not deny, howevir, that be thor of it ? Mr. HILL. I do not know. Mv own impression is that I was notine au thor; but 1 do not pretend to recollect the circumstance^ If the gentleman can give me the circum stances under which the resolution was introduced, they might recall the matter to my mind. Mr. BLAINE. Allow me to read further: October 1,1862.—The judlclary'tbJuaiitUc of the confederate congress made a report and offered a so*, of resolutions upon the subect of President L'ncoln’s proclama tion, from whic'j the following are ex tracts • * 2. Every ahite person who shall set as a commissioned or nou-comm ssloned officer commanding negroes or mulattoes against the Confederate 8tates, or who shall arm, organize, train, or prepare negroes or mula r . toes for mi'itary service, or oidtheriTin any military enterprise sgam&t the Confederate States, shall, if captured, suffer death. 3 Every commissioned or won-commis- sloncd officer of the enemy who shall incite slave* to rebellion, or pretend, to give them freedom under the aforementioned ast of congress and proclamation, by abducting or causing them to be abducted or Inducing them to abscond, shall, If captured, suffer death.. — Thereupon Senator Hill, of Georgia, is recorded as having offered the resolu tion 1 have read. 3Ir. HILL. I was chairman of the ju diciary* committee of the senate. Mi. BLAINE. And this resolution camo directly from that committee? 3Ir. HILL. It is very pfpbabjrnhat, like tbe chairman of the committee or rules at the last session, I may have con sented to that report (Laughter.) Mr. BLAINE. The gentleman then admits that he did make that report Mr. HILL. I realty do not rejnember it I think it very likely. AMeubeii, (to Mr. B'aine). What is the book? Mr. BLAINE. Tbe book from which I have read is entitled, “Republicanism in America,” by R. Guy McClellan. It appears to be a book ot good credit and authenticity. I merely want it settled whether tbe gentleman from Georgia was or was not tbe author of the resolu tion. Mr. HILL. I say tq* tlfe gentleman frankly that I really do not remember. Mr. BLAINE. The’ gentleman ‘does not say be wa* not the author, Mr. HILL. I do not. I will say this: I think I was not tbe author. Possibly I reported the resolution. It refers in terms to “pretended,” not real soldiers. Mr. BLAINE. I thought tba* inasmuch as the gentleman's line of argument was to show the character of the confederate policy, this might aid him a little in calling up the facts perti nent thereto. [Laughter and applause.] Mr. HILL. With all due deference to the gentleman, I reply he did not think any such thing, lie thought he would divert me from the purpose of my argument and break its force by Mr BLAINE. Oh no. Mr. HILL. lie thought he would get up a discussion about certain measures presented in the confederate congress having no relation to tne subject now un der discussion, but which grew out of the peculiar relation of the southern states to a population then in servitude —a population which the confederate government feared might be incited to insurrection—and measures were doubt less proposed which the confederate gov ernment may have thought it proper to take to protect helpless women and children iu the south from insurrection. But 1 shall not allow myself to be diver ted by the gentleman to go eiiher into the history of slavery or of domestic in surrection, or, as a friend near me sug gests, “John .Brown’s raid.” I know this, that if I or any gentleman on the committee was the author of that resolu tiop, which I think more than probable v our purpose was not to do injustice to any man, woman or child, north or south, but to . adopt what we deemed stringent measures within the laws of war to protect our wives and children from servile insur rection and slaughter while our brave sons were ia the front That is all, sir. But, sir, I have read a letter from the confederate commissioner of exchange, written in 1864, proposing that each side send surgeons with the prisoners that they nurse and treat the prisoners; that the federal authori ties should send as many as they pleased , that those surgeons lie commissioned also as. commissaries to furnish sup plies of clothing and food and every thing else needed for the comfort of prisoners. Now, *ir, how did the federal govern ment treat that offer? It broke tbe car tel for tec exchange of prisoners; it re fused to entertain a proposition, even when Jlr. Stephens headed the commis sion, to renew it; and when, sir, the con federates proposed that their own sur geons should accompany the pi isonera of the respective armies, the federal au thorities did not answer the letter. No reply was ever received. Then, again, in August, 1864, the con ffederates made two more prop ositions. 1 will state that the canel of exchange was broken by the federal au thorities for certain alleged reasons. Well, in August, 1864, prisoners accumulating on both sides to such extent, the federal government having refits ed every i proposition from the confederate authorities to provide for the comfort and treatment of these pris oners, the confederates next proposed, in a letter from Colonel Ould,dated the 10th of August, 1864,waiving every objection the federal government hid made, *.o agree to any and all terms to renew the exchange of prisoners, man for man and officer lor officer, as the federal govern- ernment should prescribe. Yet, sir, tie latter rejected that proposition. It took a second letter to bring an answer to tint proposition. Then, again, in that same month of August, 1864, the confederate authorities did this: Finding that the federal government would cot exchange prisoners at all, that it would not let surgeons go into the coniederacy; finding that it would not let medicines be sent into the confederacy; meanwhile tbe ravages ot war continuing and de- to these resolutions. I ask if they will not believe the surgeons of their hospi tals; if they will not believe Mr. Stan ton’s report, if they will not believe Sur geon-General Barnes’s report, I beg from them to know if they will not be lieve the earnest, heart reudiDg app.al of those starving, suffering heroes? Here arc the resolutions passed by the federal prisoners the 23lli of September, 18G4: Resolved, That while allowing the con federate author! ies a!l due prai'c for the a'tentlon pail to oar prisoner*, numbers of our men are dallj consigned to early grave*, in the prime of u auhood, far from home and kindred, a d this is iot caused inten tionally bv the col federate government,bat by tbe force of circumstances. Brave men are always honest,and tiue soldiers never slander. They say the horrors they suffered were uot intention al, that the confederate government had done all it could to avert them. Sir, I believe this testimony of gallant men as being of the highest character, coming from the sufferers themselves. They further resolved: The prisoner is obliged to gj without shelter, and In a great portion of case* without medicine. Resolved, That whereas in the fortune of nr it was cur lot to become prisoners. We have suff red patiently,and are stiU willing to 6uffrr, if b» so doieg we can beae'it the country; but we would most respectfully beg to say that we are no’, willing lo suffer to further tbe ends of any party or clique to the detriment of our honor, our families, and our country. And we would beg this affair be explained to us, that we may con tinue to bold tbe government in th- respect wfrch is necessary to make a goad citizen and soldier. Was this touching appeal hectic J ? Let any gentleman whn belonged to the “clique or party” that the resolutions c jndemn answer for his party. Now, sir, it was in reference to that state of things exactly that Dr. Jones reported, as I have already read to the house, in his report which was mutilated before that committee of congress and in the trial of Witz—it was in conse quence of that very st;tie of things that Dr. Jones said that depression ot mind and despondency and homesickness of these poor prisoners carried more to their graves than did physical causes of disease. That was not wonderful at all. But, Mr. Speaker, why were all these appeals resisted? Why did the federal authorities lefu-e to allow their own surgeons to go with their own soldiers, and carry them medicine and clothing and comfort and treatment? Why? Why did they refuse to exchange man for man and officer for officet ? Why did they refuse to stand up to their own solemn engagements, made in 18G2, for the exchange of prisoners? Who is at fault? There must be a reason for this. That is the next point to which I wish to call the attention of the house. Sir, listen to the reading. The New York Tribunc,referring to this[nr.atier in 1864, said—1 suppose you will believe the Tribune in 1864, if you do not believe it now: tne ravages ot war continuing and de pleting the scanty supplies of tbe south, which was already unable to feed ade quately its own defenders, and much less ante to properly feed and clothe the thoosandsof prisoners in confederate prisons, what did the confederates pro pose ? They proposed to send the feder al sick and wounded without an equiva lent. Now, sir, I want the house and the country to undemand this: that in August. 1864, the confederate govern ment officially proposed to the federal authorities that if they would send steam ships or transportation in any form to Savannah,they should have their sick and In August the rtbels.offered to renew the exchange man for man. General Graot then telegraphe l the following Important order: It 1* bard on oar men held in south- prisons not to exchange them, but it is ht mantty to tho c left inihe ranks to fight oarbattlts Every man released on parole or otherwise becomes an active soldier against us at once, either directly or indi rectly. If we commence a system of ex change which liberates all prisoners taken, we wUlhav-4 to fight on till the whole south Is exterminated. If we hold those caaght, they amount to no more than dead men. At this particular time to release all rebel prisoners north, would insu*e Sherman’s defeat and wou'd compromise oar sa*ety here. Mr. GARFIELD. What date is that? Mr. HILL. Eighteen bund zed and sixty-four. Mr. GARFIELD. Whit date in that year? Mr. IIILL. I do not note the day or month. I have read the telegram which is taken from the New York tribune, after August, 1864* Here is General Grant’s testimony be fore the committee on the exchange of S risoners, February 11, 1865. You be- eve him, do you not? Question. It has been sa'd that we re fused to exchange prisoners because we found ours starved, diseased, and unser viceable when we received them, and did not like to exchange sound men for such men. That was the question propounded to him. Ilis answer was Answer. There never has been any such reason av tbit. There has been a reason iking exchanges. I will confess that if our men who are prisoners in the south were retl'y wel* taken care of. suffering nothing except a little privation of Iibe>ty, then, in a military polct of view, it would not be good pjlicy lor us to exchange, be cause every man they get back is fore;d right iato the army at once, while that is not the case with our prisoners when wc receive them; In fact, tne half of our re turned prisoners will never go into the ar my again,and none of them wi 1 until they have had a furlough of thirty or sixty days. Still, the fact of their suffering as they do is a reason for making this exchange as rapid ly os possible. Q. And never has becu a reason for not making the txchaoge ? A. It never has. Exchanges having been suspended by reason or disagreement on the part of agents of exchange on both sides before I came in command of the ar mies of the United States; and iu then be ing near the opening of the spring paign, I did not deem it advisable or just to the men who had to fight our battles to re-enforce the enemy with thirty or f irty thousand disciplined troops at that time. An immediate resumption ef exchanges would have had that effect without giving us corresponding benefits. The suffering said to exist among our prisoners south, was a powerful argument against the course pursued, and so I felt it. There is no disputing the fact that, with the knowledge that his prisoners were suffering in the south, he insisted that the exchange should not be renew ed, because it would increase tne mili tary power of the enemy. Now, that may have been a good military reason. I*do not quote it for the purpose of re fleeting upon General Grant an the slight est 1 am giving the facts of history. I insist that the confederacy shall not be held responiible for the results of the war policy of the federal government, especially when the record proves that the confederate authorities made every possible effort to avert these results. Nor do I allege iohuuvinity on the port of Gene:* 1 rant or the federal gov ernroent I give you the facts, and I have given you General Grant’s in'.erpre tation of those facts, Let the world judge. Now, sir, we have other authority upon that subject Here is a letter by Junius Ilenri Browne. I do not know the gentleman. He signs his name to the letter. He writes like a scholar. He is a northern gentleman, and I am not aware that his statement has ever been contradicted. Now, what does he say? New York, August 8,1863. Moreover, General Butler in hi* speech at Lowell, Massachusetts, stated positively that he had been ordered by Mr S:anton to put forward the negro question to compli cate and prevent the exchange. * * * * Every one is aware that when the exchange did take place not the slightest alteration hod occur ed in the questiou, and that our prisoners might as well have been released twe.ve or eighteen months before as at the resumption of the cartel, which would have saved to the republic at least twelve "* teen thousand heroic 1 ves That they were not saved is due alone to Edwin M. dunlin’s peculiar policy and dog- { :ed obsticacy, and, os 1 have remarked be- ore, he is unquestionably the digger of the untamed graves that crowd the riclnity of every southern prison with historic and ■ever to be forgotten horrors. That is tbe testimony of a northern man against Mr. Stanton. And he goes en: I regret ihe renvoi of this painful subject, bit the gratuitous eflo tot Mr Dona to retitve the secretary of war from a respon sibility he seems willing to bear, ar.d which merely os s question of policy independent of all considerations of humanity must be regarded as of great weight, has compelled ms to vindicate myself f rom th- charge of know tj whom cold-blooded and' needless sacrifices of their fathers and bro’h ms, their husbands and th.ir sons. I understand that Mr. Browne is s contribulo.r to Harper’s Monthly, and was then. The man, so he tells you, who \va> responsible for these atrocities al Andersonville was the secretary of war, Mr. Slanton. Now, Mr. Speaker, what have I prov en? I have proven that the federal au thorities broke the cartel for the exchange of prisoners deliberately; I have proven that they refused to re-open the cartel when it was proposed by Mr. Stephens, as a commissioner, solely on tin ground of humanity; I have proven that they made medicine contraband of war, and thereby left tne south to the dreadful necessity of treating their own prisoners with such medicines as could be impro vised in the confederacy; I have proven that they refused to allow surgeons of their own appointment, of their own army, to accompany their prisoners in the south, with full license and liberty to carry food, medicine, and raiment, and every* comfort that the pris oners might need; I have proven that when the federal government made the pretext for interrupting the cartel for the exchange of prisoners, the confederates yielded every point and proposed to ex change prisoners on the terms of the fed eral government, and that the latter re fused it; I have proven that the confede rates then proposed to return the federal sick and wounded without equivalent in August, 1864, and never got a reply un til December, 1864; I have proven that high federal officers gave the reason why they would not exchange prisoners that it would be humanity to the prisoners but cruelty to the soldiers in the field,and therefore it was a part of the federal military policy to let federal prisoners suffer rather than that the confederacy should have an increase of its miliiary force, and the federal government re fused it, when by such exchange it would halve received more prisoners than it returned to the confederates. Now*, what is the answer to all this? Against whom docs the charge lie. if there are to be accusations of any, for the horrors of Andersonville? Mr. BRIGHT. What was the percent age of deaths in the prisons? Mr. HILL I have already given it. I hive prov. d also that, with all the hor rors of Andersonville, the gentleman from Maine has so ostentatiosuiy p trad ed, and for au obvious partisan purpose of exciting upon this floor a bitecr sectional discussion, from which ois party, and perhaps himself, may oe the beneficiary', greater sufferings occuned in the prisons wherdfconfeder- ate soldiers were confined, acd that the percentage of death was three per cent greater among confederate troops in fed eral hands than among federal troops held by the confederates. And I need not state the contrast between the needy confederacy and the abundance of federal supplies aud resources. Now, sir, when the gentleman rises again to give breath to that effusion of unmitigated genius without fact to sus tain it, in which he says— And 1 here, before God, measuring my werds, know ing their full extent aid im port, declare *nat neither the deeds of the Duke of Alva iu the low countries, nor tho massacre of Saint Bartholomew, nor the thumb-screws and engines of torture of the Spanish inquisition, begin to compare in atrocity with the hideous crime of An ’er son ville. Let biin add that the mortatity of An- dorsouvtile and other confederat j pris ons falls short by more than 3 per cent, tbc mortality in federal prisons. Sir, if any man will reflect u moment he will see that there was reason why the confederate government should de sire exchange of prisoners. It was scarce of food, pinched for clothing, closed up with a blockade of its ports; it needed troops; its ranks were thinning. Now, Mr. Speaker, it is proper that I should read one or two sentences from tlie man who has been arraigned as the vilest murderer m history. After the battles around Richmond, in which Me Clcllan was defeated, some ten thousand prisoners fell into the hands of the con federacy. Victory had perched upon its standard, and the ^rejoic ing naturally following victory was heard in the racks of the confederate army. Mr. Davis went out to make a gratulalory speech. Now, gentlemen of the house, gentlemen of tlie other side, if you are willing to do justice, let me simply call your attention to the words of this man that then fell from his lips in the hour of victory. Speaking to the soldiers, he said: t(l _ lh ,, _ . . *h*U be *n*nd«d b, * proper somber ot -ouiHiod praonera without equivalent. VS .1. «»"»**»,«. ^O. under rale, to be That proposuon. communicated to the Cooimiente aotoien,ana joacharge that eatabilahcd, stall be permitted to taketederai aothonues in A"E n ??. lS&i, waj You ore fighting for all that is dearest to man: and, though opposed to a foe who disregards many of the usages of civilizep war, your humanity to the wounded and tbc prisoners was a fit and crowning glory of your valor. Above the victory, above every other consideration, even that victory which they believed insured protection to their homes and families, he tells them that at last their crowning glory was their hu manity to the wounded and prisoners who had fallen into their hands. The gentleman from Maine yesterday introduced the Richmond Examiner as a witness in his behalf. Now it is a rule of law that a man cannot impeach his own witness. It is true the Examiner hated Mr. Davis with a cor'iai hatred. The gentleman could cot have introduced the testimony of perhaps a bit terer foe to Mr. Davis. Why did it hate him? Here ate its reasons: “The chiv* airy and humanity of Jefferson Davis will icevitablv ruin the confederacy.” That is your witness, and the witness is woi thy of your cause. You introduced the witness to prove Mr. Davis guilty of inhumanity, and lie tells you that the humanity of Mr. Davis will ruin the con federacy. That is not all. In the same paper it says: “The enemy have gone from one unmanly cruelty to another.” Recollect, this is your witness. En couraged by their impunity till they are now and have for some time been inflicting on the people of this country the worst horrors of barbarous and uncivilized war.” Yet in spite of all this the Examiner alleged “Mr. Davis in his dealing with the enemy was as gentle as a sucking dove.” 31 r. GARFIELD. What volume is that? 31r. HILL. The same volume, page 531, and is taken from the Richmond Exam iner—the paper the gentleman quoted from yesterday. And that is the truth. Those of us who were there at the time know it to be the fact. One of the persis tent charges brought by that paper and some others against 31r. Davis was his humanity. Over and over again 3Ir. Davis has been heard to say, acd I use his very language, when applied to to retaliate for the horrors inflicted upon our prisoners, “The inhnmanity of the enemy to our prisoners can be no justi fication for a disregard by us of the rules of civilized war and of Christianity.” Therefore he persisted in it, and this paper cried out against him that it would ruin the confederacy. I am sure I owe this house an apology for having detained it so long; I shall detain it but a few moments longer. Af ter all, what should men do who really desire the restoration of peace and to prevent the recurrence of the horrors of war? How ought they to look at this question? Sir, war is always horrible; war always brings hardships; it brings death, it brings sorrow, if brines ruin, it brings devastation. And he is unworthy to be called a statesman, looking to tbe pacifi cation of this country, who will parade the horrors inseparable from war for the purpose of keeping up the strife that produced the war. I do not doubt that I am the bearer of unwelcome messages to the gentleman from Maine and bis party. He says that there are confed erates in this body, and that they are go ing to combine with a few from the north _ for the purpose of controlling this government. If one were to listen to the gentlemen on the other side he would be in doubt whether they’ rejoiced more when the south left the union, or regretted most when the south came back to the union that their fathers help- looks to the benefit, the advancement,and the honor of every part of our common country. Let us, gentlemen of all par ties, in this centennial year indeed have a jubilee of freedom. We divide with you the glories of tho revolution and of the succeeding years of our national life before that unhappy division—lhat four years* night of gloom and despair—and so we shall divide with you the glories of all the futuie. Sir, my message is this: There a:e ro confederates in this house; there are r.o v no confederates anywhere; there are no confederate schemes, ambitions, hopes, desires, or purposes here. But the south is here, and here she intends to remain. [Enthusiastic applause. ] Go on and pass your qualifying acts, trample upon the constitution you have sworn to support, abnegate the pledges of your fathers, in cite rage up o a our people, and multiply your infidelities until they shall be like the stars of heaven or the sands of the seashore, without number; but know „this, for alt your iniquities the south will never again seek a remedy in the madness of another secession. [Con tinued applause.] We are here: we are in the heuse of our fathers, our brothers are our companions, and we are at home to stay, thank God. [Much ap prise.] We come to gratify no revenges, to re taliate no wrongs, to resent no past in suits, to re-oi>en no strifo. We come with a patriotic purpose to do whatever in our political power shall lie, to re store an honest, economical, and con stitutional administration of the govern ment. We come charging upon the un ion no wrongs to us. The union never wronged us. The union has been an unmix.*d blessing to every tection, to every state, to every man of every color in America. We charge all our wrongs upon that “higher law” fanaticism, that never kept a pledge nor obeyed a law. The south did seek to leave the association of those who, she believed, would not keep fidel ity to their covenants; the south sought to go to herself; but, so far from having lost our fidelity for the constitution which our fathers made, when wc sought ’o go we hugv’ed that constitution to our bos oms and carried it with us. Brave union men of the north, followers of Webster and Fillmore, of Clay and Cass, and Douglas—you who fought for the union for the sake of the union ; you who ceased to light when the battle ended and the sword was sheathed—wc have no quarrel with you, whether repub licans or democrats. We felt your heavy arm in the carnage of battle; but above the roar of the cannon we heard your voice of kindness, calling, “Brotueif, come back !” And we bear witness to you this day that that voice of kindness did more to thin the confederate Tanks and weaken the confederate arm than did all the artillery employed in the struggle. We are here to co-operate with you; to do whatever wc can. in spite of all our sorrows, to rebuild the union; to restore peace; to be a blessing to the couutry.and to make the American union wbat our fathers intended it to be, the glory of America and a blessing to humauity’. But to you, gentlemen, who seek still to continue strife, und who, not satisfied with the sufferings already endured, the blood already shed, the waste already committed, insist that wc shall be treated as criminals and oppressed as victims, only because we defend our convictions —to you we make no concessions. To you who followed up the war after the brave soldiers that fought it had made peace and gone to their homes—to you we have no concession to oiler. Mar tyrs owe no apologies t > tyrants. And while we are ready to make every sacri fice for the uniou, even secession, how ever defeated and humbled, will confess no sin to fanaticism, however bigoted and exacting. Yet, while we mskc toy’ou no conces sion, wc come even to you iu no spirit of revenge. We would multiply bless ings in common for you and for us. Wc have one ambition, and that is to add our political power to the patriotic union men of the north in order to compel fanaticism tb obey the law and live in the union according to the constitution. We do not propose to compel you by oaths, for you who breed strife only to get office and power will not keep Oiths. Sir,we did the union one great wrong. The uniou never wronged the south; but we of the south did to the uniou one great wrong; and we come, as far as we can, to repair it. We wronged the union grievously when we left it to be 8eized and rent and tom by the men who bad denounced it as “a covenant with hell and a league with the devil.” We ask you, gentlemen of the republi can party’, to rise above your animosities. Forget your sins. Let us unite to repair the evils that distract and oppress the country’. L• t us turn our backs upon the past, and let it be said in the future that he shall be tbe greatest patriot who shall do most to repair the wrongs of the past and promote the glories of the future. [Applause on the floor and ft the galleries.] FROM COVINGTON. Result of the Election for Munici pal Office s. {Spec’al to The Constitution.] Covington, JamJITtb, 1S7A. The municipal election held here to-day passed off quietly. Two tickets were in the fi Id for mayor snd council, acd con siderable interest was takea in the canvass. Both sides did their best to win. The following gentlemen were elected by a good msj wity: Gen. J *P Simms, mayor; Thomas J Shepherd, James I Cooley, Thomas D Guinn, W E Gath right, Edwaid Heard and M C Neal, councilman. S. Old Age is Honorable. This is true, but how few of us like to look old. Age, with its grey hairs, is never welcome, and the various arts have been brought into requisition to hide its ravages. In too many instances agents are used for that purpose, which inflict serious injury on tbe constitution. Espe cially ia this the case with a large major ity of tlie Hair Dyes of the present day. For an elegant preparation that will im part a perfectly natural color, without doing the least harm to the hair and health we recommend that made by Dr. Tutt, of New Yo* k. It possess qualities that no o’hcr Hair Dye does, and as its analysis proves i9 as innocent as moun tain spring water. Jennings A Ashley, No*. 31 and 33 Broad street. Have a large supply of White Pine Do rs Blinds, Mantels, and 8a»h Glazed and Uu- glazed, at hard time prices. Sx’O Sash, not elazed, 5c r<* r light, glazed, 10c per light: 1Cx12, not glaz d. 5c per light, glazed 13}*’c per light. 28x6-8, four panel doors, neat and strong, $2 0?; 3x7, four panels. 42 £5. 10x16-12 ft. Blinds, $2 per pa«r. All othe goods proDortioj. AU goods warranted to give satisfaction. augSO—w6m have been cured since November, 1873. WM. SHEFFIELD, Banker.) | Franklin, Ga., Jan 20,1S75. Dr S B Collins Ltporte, Ind: I ussd 1.200 grxiue of opium per month; have been cured sine? October, 1874. MOLUE E. DUKE. ^ Lloyd, wis., Feb 19, 1875. Dr S B Collins, Laporte, Iud: I used 2,010 grains of opium per month; have been cured since September, 1874. MARY U McCOKKLE. Franklin ville, N. Y., March 2,1S75 Dr SB Col ins, Laporte, Ind: I used 960 grains of opium ptr month; Brookland, Potter Co., l*a. May 19, ’75 DrS B Collins, Laporte, Ind: 1 used 1,20) grains of Opium per mcntl ; Clarixda, Iowa, April 14, 1S33. Dr S B Collins, Laporte, Ind: I used 600 grains of Opium per menth; Laportr, Ind., March 5,1873. Dr S B Collins, Laporte, Ind: I used £40 grains of Opium pc r month; have been cured since December, 1S68. A P ANDREW, Jr. Hart, Mich., Dec. 15, 1873. Dr 3 B Collins, Laporte, Ind: 1 used £00 grains of Opium per month ; have been cured since October 1873. CARL1E EDSON. Jacksonville, 111,, Nov. 29, 1872. Dr 3 B Collins, Laporte, Ind.. I used SiO grains of Opium j>er month ; Evansville, Rock county, Wis., April 8, 1874, Dr S B Collins, Laporte, Ind.: I used 360 grains of Opium per month; have been cured since January, 1S74. Opium. THE INVALID STATESMAN. Latest News from Hon. A. phens. Ub Own Opinion of Uis Condition and His Views of a Constitu tional Convention. ed to form, and to which they will for ever hereafter contribute as much of pa triotic ardor, of noble devotion, and of willing sacrifice as theconstituentsof the genlleman from Maine. O, Mr. Speaker, why cannot gentiemin on the other tide rise to the bight of this great argument of patriotism! Is the bosom of thecoun- try always to be torn with this miserable ■jctional debate whenever a presidential election is pending? To that great de- ^ i0n i '*“« «r. — ■—u u.e weuaic oiour there were left no adjourned questions, goresnmeot, state and federal, remains un- The \ ictory of the north was absolute, »bated, nor does he abstain from conversing and God knows the submission of the on these topics that lie so near his heart and south was complete. But, sir, we have have rxeiciaed bis h’ghett energies through recovered from- the humiliation! hi* honored life. ' of defeat, and we come here! He th^hk* it unwise to call a constitution among you and ask you to »1 convection at tl.i. time, though he admits t T Si he ^ 8 .^L d f dJb,oth« f asking grave statement* without due con- by brothers. We propose to join you in is conveniences for a while longer, reduce *ideration. every patriotic endeaver and to unite with Uses, and make reforms. There is too much Once for all, let me declare that I have you in eTery patriotic aspiration that passion now for a convention, iter found fault with any one because I H. W. B. Crawfordvillk, Gs., Jan. 17,1876. Editors Constitution : It was gratify ing to me, upon my arrival at Liberty Hall yesterday afternoon, to find Mr. Stephens In a more hopefnl condition than I had an ticipated. When I last visited him, seven teen days ago, he was afflicted wi.h a most violent rough. That, 1 am rejoiced to an nounce, has gradually abated so that he is now seldom annoyed by it. W»th the cx- ce >t!oa of this abatement of the cough, his condition seems to me to be unchanged what it then was. Dr. Shields, of this place, who w atched with Mr. Stephens lattnight, mailed a let ter at 4 o’clock this morning, to Dr Steiner of Augusta, from which he kicdly permit ted me to make the following extracts : “On examination this a. m. at 9 o’clock, (Jan. 16), I found not much change in his condition from what it was yesterday at the same time. His appetite is still gcod. Skin seems to be acting sufficiently well Fulsc 97, temperature 101 degrees. 1 On a stereoscopic examination ot his chest, I found no evidence of the presence of any greater quantity of musus th«?n was vesterday in base ot posterior of left lung, but on examination of the right lung, I found (what yon may have noticed) a cavernous respiratirn of the amphrolc va riety (as far a* 1 can judge) and pectori!o quy also (as also In other lung). He complains pain in th>s region, and we applied slight counter-irritations with a pustulatory agent. He slept well last night and has no symptoms of any new troubles this morn ing. ‘•P. 8.—Midnight. Mr. S., Insisted that _ should sit up with him to-nighl and time hi* pulre eveiy hour. I have done so, so far, and find that his pulse and temperature have gradually reduced until at thri hour he is entirely clear of fever and skin is acting very tticely. But he has been very restless and wakes up regularly every hour, otb* r wise, he is doing as well as could be ex pected.” I have also obtained from I)r. Sheild3 the following record wh'ch he was making until 1 o’clock last night of the pul-e temperature: JANUARY 16. 1*. U. PULSE. TEMPER AT JANUARY 17, A. M. PULSE. TEMPERATURE. 1 o’clock 8t deg. After 1 o’clock, the doctor discontinued counting the pulse and temperature, and he slept refreshingly the remainder of the night. Indeed, In response totSe inquiry how he had rested daring the night, Mr. Stephens replied: “I never shall have a more pleasant and profound sleep than I had last Stephens evidently has but li'tie ex pectation of recovery. “It is my opinion,” he says, “that my system will give way here and $ve way there, until there will be? s general collapse.” Upon my expressing a hope that this opinion was erroneous, he rejoined, “.i Is merely an opinion.” Dr. Steiner who was here on Saturday, expres sed the opinion to several that the chances for recovery were more favorable than those against it. In the protracted struggle with disease, his frail constitution has exhibited the mo^t marvelous elasticity and endurance. Al though te seems to have despaired of get ting up, yet his interest In the welfare of our P IUM Habit Cured READ THIS. They Tell of Hearts and Homes Made L Happy by Dr. Collins. LaFoute, Iud. Nov 17,1869. Dr S B Collins, La Forte, Ind: I used 1,920 gralus of opium per month; have been cured since November, 1869. JOSEPH C DARROW. £t Joseph, Mo, Nov,, 1871. Dr S B Collins, La Forte, Ind: I used 360 graios of opium per month; have been cured since Novemb;r, 1871. JOHN B 1IOWARD. M I). Pikrceton. Ind, March 17, 1874. Dr S B Collins. LaPor e. Ind: I u-ed 300 grains of opium per month; have beeu cured s-Ince July, 1873. DR W HAYES. Gray ville, IU, Oct 20,1873. Dr 8 B Collins, La Forte, lud: Wo uj d 1,80J grains of opium per month; have been cured s nee September, 1873 THOMAS AND FANNY MOSS. Rockport. Ind, May 13,187L DrS BCollins, Laporte, Ind: I used 2,8S9 graiL s of opium per month, have been cured eioce March, 1871. JOHN J PATTERSON, M D. Union Mills, Iud., Sept SO, 1872. Dr S B Collins, LnPorte, Ind.: I used 1,920 grains of opium per month; have been cured since July, 1872. JOHN McLAIN. I’ieuceton, Ind.. Nov. 7, 1872. Dr S B Collins, Laporte, Ind: I used 1,021 grains of opium per month; have been c ured siuce September, 1872. ROBERT Me NEIL. r ropiietstown, 111., Fee. 5,1872 D: S B Collins, Laporte, Ind: We used 840 grains of opium per month; 8ueluy ville, Ind., Jan. 27,1873 DrS B Collins, Laporte, Ind: I used 480 grains of opium per month; have been cured since July, 1872 T M ENDICOTT. Braytonville, North Adams co., Mass { March Sf, 1873. j Dr S B Co’lins, Laporte, Ind: I used 960 grains of opium per menth; have been cured since October, 1872. Joskpii Cooper. CT. LUUis. Aiarcn Dr S B Collins, Laporte, Ind: I used 720 grains oi Opium per month ave been cured since August. Ia73. GEO. T. ALLEN, M D Altoona, III., May 13, 1873. Dr S B Collins, Laporte, Ind: I used 1,080 grains of Opium per month; have been cured since December, 1872. JAMES HANLEY. New Berlin, N Y, July 10,1S7L Dr 8 B Collins, Laporte, lud: I used 540 grains of Opium per month; have been cured since July, 1873. CHARLES BEARD3LY. Tahlequau, C N Indian Territory. > July 27, 1873. ) Dr S B Collins. Laporte, Ind: I used 480 grains of Opium oer month; have been cured since July, 1873. JAMES S PRICE. Gray ville., Ill, Oct. 27. DrS BCollin?, Laporte, Ind: I uted 4,803 grains of Opium per month; U SHHU ukUUUl)f »on. SOPHRONlA PALMER. TO PHYSICIANS. No physician, prior to the year 1868, ever aimed to be able to cure the Oj iom habi\ or ever bcMeved that there was a cure f r this terrible dif ease. Ordinarily speaking, tbe disease ri con sidered as a habit, purely, and few physi cians pay much attention to habits of any description. It is a fact that physicians generally, seriously object to the use of auy specific, the component parts of wh'ch they know nothing, yet eminent physicians in all part? of tte country, have, with a wonderful unanimitv thoroughly investigated the matter, and have cord'ally recommc nded the Antidote to their patients. I hereby submit to your examination the evidences of the efficacy of my Antidote, and request, that It in your practice th* re- arc any Opium eaters, you will inves'i’ate the matter by communicating with any of those whose names arc used as references and. if, after such investigation you are convinced of the fact that the Antidote if. really as represented, painless, permanent and certain, that you will refer such suf ferers to me. jan2—d&wtf S. B. COLLIN.-*. 0 PAINLESS PITT JS& AND M r '*»FHlNE ANTIDOTE, Permanently cures t.he Op>uu* Habit, For less money than sdv other. Discovered and Produced by Dr. W. T. Park, a Georgian. Regular graduate. 25 years in the P acii- o of Medicine, with au esK’ dshed reputa tion throughout the 8or*h, for his success ful treatment of all kind of diseases. If no cure, money returned. Questions, Price List, and all particulars mailed to any one on application. Advice and Medicine for all old standing diseases, as well as the Opium Habit, forwtcAvl by Express to any part of the U. 8. Agents wanted In even section. Address \V. T. PARK, M. !>.*, P. O Box 158 9 Atlanta, Ga. August 11. 1875—dsun-t»«*A,wtf F. C. FORD, of Atlanta, for Scrofulous Cancer on the right 6ide of my nose, the rize ot a half dollar, of nine years stand ing, and have 6ince felt no symptoms of its return. It seemed to progress slowly, until six months previous to treatment. 1 have no cause to regret having it attended to when I did, ffir 1 have been spared from j long suffer! r g and probably «tealli; and can safely say. ids treatment is a ceitain cure. MARY P. CALDWELL, East Point, Ga December 3, 1875. *ler8—<13LK«4t Marietta, Cobb Co., Ga , Nov. 6,1873* Dr 8 B Collins, Laporte, Ind.: I used 1,680 gral s of opium per montl have been cured since October. 1873. JAMES J BUTT6, M D Santa Clara, Cal., Dec. 30, 1873. Dr 8 B C-Jlltns, Laporte, Ind.: I used 720 grains of opium per menth; have been cured lince January, 1874. W U i'A 11 WELL. Crawfords ville, Ind., Jan. 29,1874. Dr 8 B Co 11ns, Laporte, iuu : I used 210 grains of opium per month; Kingston, R. I., Feb. 1, 1874. Dr S B CotiJn , Laporte, Ind.: I used 3.C00 grains of opium per month; have been cured since August, 1872. ELISHA C CLARKE. Cotile LANDiNG,Rcd River,La, ) February 4, 1874. ) Dr 8 B Collins, Laporte, Ind.: I used 1,920 grains of opium per month; Nashua, Iowa, Feb. 21, 1874. Dr 3 B ColKns, Laporte, lad.: I used 910 grains of opium Der month; Greenville, 111., March 19,1874. Di 8 B Collins, Laporte, Ind : I used 1,440 grains of opium per month; have been cured since January, 1874. WM. P BROWN, M. D. Brentwood, Wi liams Co., Tenn„ i April 10, 1874. [ Dr 8 B Collins. Laporte, Ind.: 1 u-c-d 720 grains of opium per mon tb have been cured since December, 1871. H ZELLNEB. PiTtanuRo, Pa . May 13,1874. Dr. S. B. Collius, Laporte, Isd.: 1 used 120 gnflns of opintn per month; 7 ”'iv, 1874. JAM AUGUST. Calhoun, Ga., Aug. 18, 1874. Dr S B Collins, Laporte, led: 1 used 2,160 grains of opium per month; have been cured store August, 1874. W. J. REEVES, M. D. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 6, 1674. Dr 8 B Collina, Laporte, Ind: I used an equivalent of 1,440 grains of opium per month; have been cured since August, 1874. E. IL SPALDING. Trot. N. V., Nov 20, 1874. Dr 8 B Collins, Laporte, Ind: I used 1,200 grains of opium per month; have been cured since January, 1874. MARCUS P. NORTON. Napoleon, Ohio, Dec 10,1874. Dr 8 B Collins, Laporte, Ind: I used 7,200 groins of opium per month; Executor's Sale. B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordiuary of Chattooga county, Georgia, S ssted at the Court of Ordinary, held lira’. [onday In January, 1876, 1 will sell at the court bouse door, in the city of Atlanta, ou the first Tuesday in March next, to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, lot No 10, In Jenuing’a subdlv slon of the Delslcar ten acre lot, bcing.ecventy feet front ou the north side of Richmond street, in the ci’y of Atlanta, aud running back north the same width hate way to Richmond street, one hundred end fifty-live feet, n ore or less. 8old as the property ot J. D. Harris, de ceased. for tho payment of debts. January 15,1876. JEROME HARRIS, Excc’r, 8. N. HARRIS Executrix. jaul8—wtd Campbell Sheriff’s Sale. T HERE will be sold, before the c.*.uri hou«e door, in the town of Falrburn, Campbell county, Georgia, between t:ie legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in February, 28!6, the following property, to-wit: AU that tract or parcel of land in the Sth district and 4th section of origiual Coweta, bnt now Campbell county, Georgia, the same being the cast halt of lot of land number five, containing ninety-six and one- quarter acres, more or less. Levied on by virtue ot an execution Issued from the Justice Court of the 1165th District, u. M , in favor of A. Hutchinson ‘azainet J. W. Phillips, aa the property of'said Phillips Pointed out by A. Hutchinson and levy made and turned over to me by E 1*. Jack- son, Constable. junS-wtd W. L. W1L80N, Sheriff. GEORGIA, Fulton county. Ordinary’s Office, January 14,1876 M RS. A. M. VARNEDOE, wife of It. A. Varnadoe, has applied for exemption of pcrsoL&lty and I will pass upon the same on^tbe 23th day of January, 1876, at my * DANIEL PITTMAN, Ordinary, JanC—w2t Fulton county. Notioo ixa Bankruptcy. I N the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia—In t he matter of Alfred A. Dyer, bankrupt— In Bankruptcy. The undenigned hereby gives notice of his appointment as assignee of Alfred A. Dyer, of the county of Gwinnett, within said District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon bis own petition, by the District Court of the United States for sa'd District. December 30th, lb7o. , „ JAMES D. 8PENCE, janS—w3t Assignee Copartnership Notice. OTATEGF GEORGIA, FULTON COUN TY.—The undersigned h*ve entered Into partnership for transacting business under firm name of Burke and Hancock, to deal in Rooks, Stationery, Fancy tioeds and Notions, John V. Burke, of Bibb county, and Frank G. Hancock, of Falt:n county, are the general pariocra in said firm, and Wa. A. Rawson, of Fulton county, Is the special partner. That said William A. Rawso*: has contributed the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, that said sum has actually been paid In cash, by said William A. Rawson. special partner, and that the said lartnerehip is to continue for two years, viz: From December lat, 1875, to December 1st, 1S<7. JNO. W. BURK*. FRANK G. HANCOCK, General Partners. WILLIAM A. RAWSON, Special Partner. jon12— dec?—w«w THE TOLL-GATE! genius gem! fOobjertsto fled! Address, with stamp. E. C. ABBEY, Buffalo, N. Y. 1*1SW AURIC ULT UK Al* ST SAM ENGINES FOB 1875. More effective, and more complete, and more readily adapted to tbe various agricul tural uses chan any other In the market. 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The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, January 25, 1876, Image 2