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express, poft&l letter. ^ tuoalrl bt »d- JiMlI ll IL* ITlIBif f MiiiIMI ■x—■ * - MR-DAVtS ON AND£N$ONVILL£ PRISON Fretideut Davis, tome time be fore bis death,wrote ao article o» "Aoderaonville and other war pris ons,” which appears io the January aaml «-ot Bel ford’s Magazine, now before as. *Tliis at tide, whiles con ▼toeing defense dr the Confederacy, at the same time shows op in plain colors the selfish brutality, hypocra cy sod,slander of the Northern lead ers daring and since the war, and convincingly proves to every fair and reasoning mind that the suf fering of Federal prisoners was not due to the treatment that they re- . oeived at the hauds of theirf captors, but to the poverty of theConfederacy, and the litrliarous refusal of the Northern commanders to agree to an exchange or parol of prisoners,- as the whole world was open to them to recruit from, whi e a man taken from ti>e Southern aimy could not be replaced. Mr. Davis says that when the. United States auUiorit.es refuted to fulfill their obligation to continue the exchange add parole of prisoners, the Climber of Northern Captives' rapid ly accumulated beyond the capacity of the prisons at Richmond, and also beyond the ability of the cotnmis* cierat to supply them. In the ab sence of any prospects ol relief from these embarrassments ’ the removal of prisoners became necessary. The food was different from that to which most of the prisoners had been ac customed, particularly in the use of ■corn meal instead of wheat Hour. Oi' the latter it was not possible,in 1864, to get at adequate supply at Ander- eouvillc. When it was decided to locate * pris >n at AudersonviUe, General Howell Cobb was iu c nonand of the district of Georgia. He was a man of large capital, invested iu planting and farming, of generous and genial temper, so much so that, all who knew him wilt readily believe that if the prisoners within his c( in matul had becu suderiug for want of food he would have supplied them gratui tously with such articles as bis faim produced. Thus probably arose thi report that he had sent provisions to the prisoners, and it probably got wider circulation as confirmation of tbo starvation theory. Mr. Davis writes that everything wrs dona for the comfort and preser vation of its prisoners that the cir- ■Ciinistanees tendered possible, and that Gen. Wilder, who had control of the Northern prisoners, was an hon est, upright nod humane j,entlemau : Mr. Davis says: Genual Winder arrived at ’Anderson, Til e on June 17th, 1SG4; and> found ran. grene and tcutviy misting, and on the 20th of that uontii recomim mJed tin-.t the premiers should be removed as soon as possible to oilier posts. He r-c-ived or. oera to remove the prisoners t • Mtikn and Other points suitable for their safety and health as si on as the necessary arrange ments couldbe made. The want of transpottation and the Id- aofflciency of gun dt produced occasional delays in the removal of prisioner*; but dn the last of September the numb, r had been reduced fiora tweuty or thiity tltousand ip •bout five tbo"taaud, who were t >o ill for the transportation. General Winder bad, in the meantime, recommend, d that agents should be employed to procure vegetables; these and all other suggtgtioos fortbe comfort of the prisoners were sanctioned by the SxtcutiveCommittee at Richmond. Much mere might be added, but the fore going is believed to be enough to refute . the charges made against General Winder of crutl y to prisoners. Let ua now coneider the conduct of the unhappy victim, Captain Heury Wiiz and proceedings by which he was cond. mned and ex< coted. From such information as I posse-s.be was a native of Switz Hand, was a pbys.cian, and practising Ids pro fession in Western Louisiana in 1861; be cnlered the Confederate army at the _ be ginning of the war* in the battle of Ma nassas his arm was broken, so that be re main) d a cripple permanently. Gem nd Winder, who had opportunities to know bim while employed at the Libby prison in Bicbmonri, seleclccted him for superin tendent of the prison at Anders,inville. Mr. Davis says of Audersonville ISirison and Mr. Wirlz: The dead were buried about half a mile to the noribwest oi the prison. Tuey were placed side by side in long trench ?, w-re nearly eight thousand was very grrat nntwil . eetf rti to check its The greatest u.fflculty »its experienced pneoring m.ukinrs and anti-c- rbuiio. Tixwe wn« made cootraUami by order ol ll»» Federal Government . The guards on duty were timilail. aff e’ed wl h gangrene and scurvy. C-pram Wax i.~, gangrene iu an old wound which be bad received in the battle ol Manama,, in 1881 Mil weaabomt Irum the post some lour weeks on surgeon's c-iliticate. General Winder had gangrene of the lace, and wa* forbid.lee by hi* siwueun, I. HL White, io go iasblc lire st cka-l-. . . . For a period of aanoe three months (Job, August a d 8cp*embrr,1964)Cap<aiu IV i z and the few faithful medical , fiicers of tne post were cngasoJ night and dftjr la minwlerinr o >bn waiiisoi the nek and tying, and tS'ing for Um dead. So arduous were their duties that many of llie medical uffl- d rs were taken aica aod had to abandon their p *L In 8.-ptrinbtt, 1864, the prisoners, ex cept five thousand, not abl- to bear tranr- pnitaiion, were removed from Aodeisou- viile, and h nr ually Ceased to be a post for the reception of^prisomn. Poor Witz, upon whom was devolved the most lalioih’Ua and thankless ts-k <>! p.e-tnrmg or-ler among the crowded un comfortable mass ot pris«ner*at Aiidriron- ville, without ad' quale fmoe to (Meter Vc proper police, or means Io provide, for rbeir l-e-dth and comfort, became at Nsi ■he victim of a misd rectcd popular cl >mnr. Attested while under the prop citou of a paiole, tried in time of peace by a military conimisaiun of cfllcere in u service io which be did not be,one. ceded the fa vorable testimony or those whoc-tne, and subpee as tor other witnesses of like chat- actef—wilboiit these ordinary means, granted to tl.e accused tn all civiPz-i! oottnlti s, he oel a martyr Io couscie;.- tiousadiK-renc* to truth. A venerable and venerute'l'priest, Father Wheelad, <»f Stvannah Gt..visited me in psi-ou and there told me that, bearing ot the great mortality tun-ng the pri-.c- uers at Ar.detsotiTii e. lie went there to console tb" sick, to shrive the dying, and to pei form the offices for the dead. He s>u,l be:wa< daily in the stcck»oi and ii the hospital, fr- qu ntly met Captain Wiz ivlk m he desrtbed ns an irritable but k n ! heart- W man, c<p cmlly toward the sick. In r< gard to the food in- said it was ncitk-1 g-axl nor abundaut, ’but .added that he Jrvw voly ih- deiiy ra'Iea tnd subsisted upon II- If tefe ■ et.Cc f<i the report that Captain Wins tie*t tbe prisoners, he said it was certainly unjust, and if be bad U.e w 1 be bad not tb-- power to strike. M Jor R. B. Winder, M. D., and D-an ol the Baltimore Den’at College, was a prtsoi - cr in Hie Capitol of Washington at the tun, of Captain Wtrz's confinement there. A sta-ement of bis in regstd to an event which occurred the evening before tin execution of Witz lias been widely publish ed. 1 therefore make but a brief extinct from ii: "A night or two before Witz’ excu ion, early in the evening, I saw several male individuals ( o -kiug like gentlemen) pass into Witz" Oil. 1 Was naturally on tne qut viye tit know the me-nittg of this unusual violation, ami wss .linprae, and expecimg loo, that it might be a reprieve—for even at that time 1 was not prepared to bedev. that so foul a judicial murder would b- p,t putt at ed. I ipjnk—ipdeed, I am quit- Ceria-n—'here wife three of then'. Wlrz caine to his (loo*, which was immediao |i ,1-ppoeiU to miue, and 1 gave him a look of nquity iwhioh was at ano-'understood; ll> Said: “TIiWmeu tmVr just i.tfered me mj liberty if 1 will testify against Mr. Davis aud-Crimiuale hon with the charges og-tin-i the Aiidersonvilic Prison; I told them that I couid not do this, ns 1 lieitner knew Mr. Dsvis personally, officially! oi eodalK, but if they expected with the offer of my misei- able life to purchase me to treason ao. treachery to the South, they had under, v.lued me." 1 ask- d him if he- knew who the parties wer . He 8>i-t, *2fo,’ aud that they. kaitMusn to tell him who il.ey were, but assured h-m that tli-y Bad full power to do whatever they might promise." We arc informed by the.breve and faith ful c<>uUset of Witz, Louis Sdhi.de, E-q , tiial “.in the same evening some parlt.s came tp the conf.ssor of Witz, H,.v. Father JJ-iyle.and also to me, one of tit. m tolortn- iDg ' me that a high Cabinet officer wished to assure tViiz flint if he wi-uld implicate J- fferson Davis with the sir cities cotnutb- led at Aiiih-tsouviile, hisStnleitCu would b- commuted, lie-, the me-sengvr, or whoever he was ir questcd mc to inform VV’.rz of tills. Iu prvstuc-; of Father Boyle I told Wirt’aftt Miri^SEttlftt had happened. The Ca^talu jjinply and quietly replied: •Mr. Scitade, you know that I have afwavs told yon that 1'do n>t know anything about J-ff'wr D-ivf*, H? bus fo conmc- tfoti wltL mt a- id wlirtt wus done si A... dersniiville. If I knew.any thing of him I wotlld not become traitor against bim, oi anybody else, even to save tity life.’ He liUewise denii-s that he had made any stati- raeut whatever to General B,ker. Thus < n- ded the attempt to sub >rn Captain Wtrz against Jefferson Davis. That alone shows what a mau he was. Bow many ot his d< - fameis would have done the saute? With his wounded arm iu a sling, the poot paroled prisoner mounted, two hours later, the scaffold. His last words were that he died innocent," *** Rev F. E.Koyle who attended Wirz on the 8caffbld%ay-a. ‘•I attended the Major to the scaffold, and he died io the peace oi God and praying foi bis enemies. I know that he was indeed innocent of all the cruel charges on which his life was sworn away, and I was edifi. d by the Clirislain spirit in which' he submit ted to bis persecutors. *% • ■ These witnesses were men ot high char acter aud inteiligei.ee, of whom it could not be pretended that they were in any manner connected with the charges under consideration, or otherwise of doubtful credibility. Could as roucb be said in behalf of the witnesses for the prosecution? Was a prisoner who violated his parole and was captured,a proper accuser of the subaltern whose duly it was to prevent his escape, and, uot having a sufficient guard for that purpose, employed-dogs to track the fugi tive-? A few words will suffice for ibe blood hound horror. Since the war I have beeu infprmed that there was not one blood hound at Andersbnviile prison, but sorti-- derr— or fox hounds were kept tn follow prisnners, who, when paroled for volunta ry service broke faith and fl- d. When time shall have softened pa-sion and prejudice, wh-n reason shall have stripped the mask from misrepresentation, thro justice, hold ing evenly her scales, will require much of past censure and prai-.e to chauge places. paper published in New York, and find therein a very sensible latter frogs' a Harmony Grove, Ga., merchant, aa fol lows: T. E. KrrA Co„ T. E. Ksr, Qrser*i .M-rch-niise. Jxo. Ir. tiABXsrr. Millinery and t-'.ney O-rdt 11 r tiaoTs, Ga., Dec. 5,1 S'->. 7bna. A. heckaiu. Perk mill, Fear York: Mt—I am itt re« e p' of a circular from you in which you express vottr inten tion ofbeginnuije the publication of a “Colored Democnicratio News (taper.’’ in tlie City of New York. I was very much gratified to h- ar of such a-^enter prise, and hope and pretiict for you zod your patter great success. If I ain correctly informed, there is nota single newspaper published in the Union by colored men, in the interest of the Dem ocratic party; and I must say that such intentions as you express in youi* circu lar, will be kindly received by your white friends, and that they will "render to you generous support and assistance iti the cause which you espouse. Then a newspaper published by col ored men in the interest' of the Demo cratic party is gratifying iu othqy re spects. It show s that tlie colored voters are at last avrakiug-to the fact that the promise* so often made l>y the Republi cans to the negro are empty and mean- ingless. They get the colored votes, pacify them with promises (which they never keep) and give the officers to the"admin istration family. It is also an evidence that the princi ples of Democracy are ott the ascend ency; and that the negro as well as the white people are beginning to realize that in the principles of Democracy exist the life and salvation of national ecohoniy and the welfare of American citizens, and. a form of government •‘for the people anil by the people.” I.et vour paper be conservative but ag gressive. Teach the to ten of your race chat they are 'under no obligations to the Republican party; that the deb’, if any ever existed, has certainly been paid lit 23 years’ loyalty, and that the Democrats ropri smit their best inter ests. Upon the receiptof the first copy of The National Eve l will forward my subscription and rendyrperhaps further assistance. Yours Democratically, Jxo. I>. Barfs ETT. Mairiag<s of 1889. Ordinary Herrington has issued one hundred an f fifty marriage licenses during the past year. Out. of Hie one hundred fifty issued, seventy-two were for negro marriages, twenty of which have prove,! unsatisfactory to the con tracting parties. Out of "the seventy- eight white marriages, only five huim proved unsatisfactory. Here is a par tial l'st of the white couples married dnring the year: B F I'rooks to Miss Malta Harrison. J IV Thurmond to Miss Sarah E Brown. J It Hale, jr, to Miss BertrB Garett. Eli Roe to Mi-s Annie H Grier. T M Forester to Mis* Mary I ugraltnm. Henry K Milner- (Alabama) to Miss Helen {Bishop. John Sisk to Miss Rosa Ann Archer. F M Hamilton to Miss Lizzie Mather. F H Kroner to Miss Mattie Hayes. T J Black to Miss Lucy Benton. James O’Farrell to Miss Annie Wing field. TV J Smith to Miss Ida Wingfield. Beauregard Billups to Miss Nelie Ilosey. Clarence L Allen to Miss Claudia F Farr. John Dootson to Miss Mattie J Parr. Knox Faulkner to Miss Henrietta Burners IV J Evans to Miss Fannie White. W T-Cogan to Miss Viola Crawford. Samuel 31 Couch to Miss Leo Stret- sltia. A J Bone to Miss Sarah n Hanson. T'L Holton to Miss Ida Haudrttp. J II ILmcook to Miss Marie Brown. J W Baugltu to Miss 'Emma Nabors J E Beavers to Mis* Fannie S hover ing. J M Nichols to Miss Sallie Smith. J II Aigood to Mis* Ella Billups. J M Sikes to Miss Lnkt Hardeman. Jerry Pittard to Miss Bent Brown. W S Posh to Miss Mary S W'hittoy. }V T Cooper to Miss Mamie L Rey nolds - Carl Von dor Lieth to Miss Janie Fears. J Q Rivers to Miss Mamie Boyd. J 11 Richards to Miss Lula Lester. W A Turner to Miss Cornelia Bird. F T Rivers to Miss Olivia Peeler. Ju Murray to Miss Mollie Ed- tvcids. M B Saye to Miss Lizzie Dean. W F Roberson to Miss Susie Prater. E'L Mayer to Miss AJH Noble. W T Johnson to iliss Minnie Pittard. C S Simmons to Miss ICatie'Lantpkin. Asbttry Stephens to Mi.-ss Jane llall. Ed P. Stone to Miss Ltniiie Blair. Jessie E Wall to Miss Marietta Wins- leth. J W Benson to Miss Alice Hamilton. William Couch to Miss Georgia Winn. James Watkins to Miss Josie Bache lor. James H. Jinktns to Miss Addie Lov- ern. R L Bramlett to Mis* Ida Barber. John P Hillestein to Mrs. Mary Ann Forrester. If you wish to buy a nice home attend the sale at court house on next Tuesday. A good house with four rooms, well finished, with hall running through, baek and front veranda, good well, one acre land, fronts on Baxter'street, cor ner cf extension of Harris street, only a few steps front street car line, house comparatively new, sold to highest bid der. If you wish to see the place any of the Parr Brothers will show rit to you. IS acres land will also be sold at same time and place. Land joins Bob bin mills and Mr. E. K. Lumpkin’s land. Only two miles from court house. Jan2-5t Fine fish and select oysters all times at Booth Bros POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder uever varies. A marvel of nurily, strength and wholsomeness- More economical titan the ordinary kind, and cannot be sold lit competi tion with the. multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate pow ders. Sold only in cans. Royal Bak- im~- Powohlt Co.. lfA Wall St., X. Y. A GOOD HOME. Or a good investment for someone by attending tlie administrator's sale at Court House on next Tuesday. Have to be sold to highest bidder. Terms cash 18 acres laud joining Bobbin Mill lands' and Mr. E. K, Lumpkin’s land, will be sold at same time and place.. Any of the Parr Brothers will show you tlie place if you wisi to to see it. Jau 2-5t Her Husband Fo-got Her. Lixcoln. Neb.; Jan. 8.—[Special.]— A sensational elopement front this city culminated today in the arrest of the parties at Alma. Neb., and their incar ceration in the jail ui this city this eve ning The grisonersare William Dice, aged twenty-eight, and Ollie M. Mitch ell, rhewifenfn prominent, ci.izi-n named Harry 1C Mitchell. Mitchell and his wife were married nine years ago in Springfield, Q, where Mrs. hitcltell vva*i» society belle iu her youthful days. She lias sisters married to prominent business men in Toledo. Tlie iulrigtie between lie aud Dice be- itl lust spring. Dice left live weeks ago, and she follow ed the day before Christmas. Mitchell's love for his wife is so strung that lie will take her back, notwithstanding her escapade. Ti i* she at first refused to do, professing greater love for Dice, but when inform ed that he would p o abiygot a term in the penitentiary, site agreed to go home po ided her husband would 'never mention tlie affair, which lie promised to do. Mrs. Mitch,*1! is 20 years old, and the mother of two children. - “Give n« a r»st’’eri«d a bootblack, from tbe eaitery ul the Optra House, to u party who had bern constantly ct-uglong daring the per- fonnaucr. • Use Ur. bull's Cougti Syrup"’ chim-,1 in aouther Attliis Masfaii offiut dt ring and accidents to unoi and b ust keep Salvation Oil on lu>ud. Don’t say ydu-cannct find yott a lot to build ,m wlicu six b-auriful lots will lie sold at the coin t house on next Tuesday to highest bidder. The lots trout on Baxter street 100 ft, running t.a'ck 2i>0 feet. Only a few steps from ,-t reel car line. Come aud buy one. Titles perfect. Jan2-ot. Prosit Fish and oysters received dsi(y at Booth Bros. if If you wish to see plat of the six beautiful lots that will bc.sold ott next Tuesday to highest bidder, you,can so il at Parr Bros, paint shop, No* 17 North Jackson street, or, if you wish \ ou will be shown the lots •Term cash; "l-d-oi For fresh fish and oysters call on Booth Bros. ~ tf A good it.vestment for. some one if they tiny one or morn of the six beaut i ful lot* that will lie sold to highest bid der at court house on next Tuesday, oidy-n few 1 steps trout street car line. One lot 1ms a house ou it 18x3‘>, plas tered and rents well. J;ui2*0t Fob Rkxt.—One n-e.dy furnished room. Apply at Bantter office, janldlw The six beautiful Tots, 100x200 feet to he sold at tin* court h--u*e are only a few steps from street car line. Jatri-ot One of the six beautifitl lots to be sold next Tuesday at court house, legal hours of sale, has a house, good orchard, rtc. on it. Jan2-5t LEMON ELIXIR. Its Wonderful Eject on the Livor, Stomach Mowels, Kidneys and Blood. Dr. Mozley ’sT.emh.i Elixir is a pleas ant lemon- drink that positively cures all Biliousness, Constipation. Indiges tion, 11,-adache, Malaria, Kidney Dis ease. Dizziness; Colds, Loss of appetite, Fevers, Chilis, Blotches, Pimples, pain in back. Palpitation of Heart atm all other Uisea-es caused by disordered liver, stdiAach and kidneys, the irest great cause of all fatal diseases. Fifty cents aud one dollar per bottle. Sold by druggists. Prepared only by H. iiozley, M. D., Atlanta, Ga. LEMON HOT DROPS For coughs, take Lemon Hot Drops. For sore throat and Bronchitis, take Letnon Hot Drops. For pneumonia and laryngctis, take Lemon Hot Drops. For consumption and catarrh, take Hot Drops. ' For all throat and lung diseases^ take Lemon Hot Drops. An elegapt and reliable preparation-. Sold by druggists. 25 cents per bot tle. Prepared by H‘ Mozley, M. D., Atlanta, On. A good investment or a good home for some one. The house and lot on corner of extension of Harris and Baxter streets, will be sold on Tuesday next to the highest bidder. If you wish to see the plaee aay of the Parr Bros, will show it to you. Jan.2-5t Clothiers, |}h| Tailors, Hatters, Furnishers, Ail goods marked in PLAIN FIGURES. Prompt attention given to mail orders. Measure blank^ furnished upon application. v - *9 17 and 19 Whitehall Set, Atlanta. Ga The Best Instruments at Lowest Priees. See a parti qllistpfcmr customers for reference on any of them IPI-cYjNTOS. Miss I.ucy Bishop, Athens. Cupt. J J. C. McMahan, “ Billups Phinizv, “ Col. E. T. Brown, “ IV. B. Jackson, V Mrs. Raphael, “ M. B. MrGiuty, “ W. D. Griffetli, “ Mrs. E. A, Crawford, “ Capt. W. \V. Thomas, “ Miss Ellen Well, “ J. T. Tolitert, Danielsville. P. F. Crawford, Lavottia. \V. II.. Morton, Crawford. VV. II. Cheney, Bainlstowu. ORGJlJSTS. L. M. Cain, Athens. MT'lliams Lodge O. F. “ H. T. Huggins, “ 1st Baptist Church “ 2nd Baptist Church,. “ Mrs. E. A. Phelps, ** IVintcrville JBaptist Church 'V. U. Wright, Batiksvillv. Mrs. Dr. Thurmond, Jewelvillo. Vf. TV. Brightwell, Mttxeys. Methotlist Church, Winterville. O. A. lVaddell, Milledgeville.l J. P. Wilson, Greenesboro. Miss Maggie Thu rmond,Lynchburg,Ya W. L. Adams, Monroe, Ga. ill it OF NEW LARGEST, SAFEST OLDEST 7,940,063 103,214,261 482.125,184 14,727,550 7,275,301 1,645,622 54,496,251 MOST RELIABLE Assets $126,082,153 Surplus, - * New Insurance,; Insurance in Force, Paid Policy Holders in 1888, Increase in Assets Increase in Surplus, Increase in. Insurance written, NO ItIfiSTMlIOTTOis - B. If you pay yoor Frcaaium, tbo Company Will pay your Claim. CrltANl'P & AV I LLCOX A^tsJ -13, EAST OLAYTOK STREET. ° C. L. SOttdRly. „ „ |v( , B SORREL; & HAINES.' feilOpUNG eri .Will also bu,M *ag«iis, ; j*mages and otbef vetiidts to order AM kioda ofr® p. i ;nng<l l .,H. momptlj- and «t reasonubit prices. Mr. Haines has bad tw4nty year, experience" m the Sapors*, ew.,t of which were spentot the old Hodgson shops. Give S, trial and we will give yon saustuctiun. r rm, » aua we REPAlRiNG AND HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY ! S!>al - r Bespectfally, SORREL & HAINES Augusta Brewin Ga. they buy one or more of the six beauti ful lots that will be sold to highest bid der ut court house on next Tuesday. Only a few steps from street car line. Come and buy one. Titles perfect. J an2-ot. —Chamto-t: An indiscreet man is an an* sealed letter. —Vauvensrgues: Truth is tbe son of the in telligent. Special high quality Bottled Beer for family use. Prompt attention to orders. 6. A. DELL, H. H. LINTON, MELL & LINTON, Insurance Agents, enresent the. BEST llfYM'PA^rttra ._ J Represent the BEST COMPANIES and Ins Athens and vicinity on most favorable terms. Ust of Companies. Ciotlil Hotneof New York.....' ai nLriw, Flioenixof Hanford ;V oSSlni? •Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company of North America.. North British and Mercantile Germania of New York. Hartford of Connecticut Georgia Home •• • • Atlanta Homo Savannah Fire and Marine onnnoa New York Life Insurance Company (Mutual Desirable Property in 2,000.0*0 .£2,000,000 ■ 3,000,000 .£2,000.000 . 1,000,000 .. 1,250,000 .. 300,000 ‘ ,000 •8,961,65 6,0613 In C. B. 6,963,SI in C.8. 8,472,61 2,808,71 5.760^)8 726,76 284,83 ■232,66 _ 93,480,18 feu?dS FICE AT BANK OF THE UNIVERSITY. - Jir -