The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-05-09
John T. Horne---Agaln.

Tho !" Madison County Republican" a paper
published at Anderson; Indiana, was handed to US
last yeek, in which this delectablc piece of human
ity is exhibited as the most abused of fGod'ss crea-
lures. Had Horne gone to the North and iold the
truth, he would no doubt have received sympathy
and aid from the mad fanatcism that rcigns there
but the utter recklessness of his falsehoods, shall
if We can effect it, debar him fromsit Horne says
he was robbed of two hundred and twenty-five
dollars in money, six hundred dollars worth OF
tools, and FIVE hundred and sevcnty-nine dollars in
notes, took his wife and children from him, took
him to the woods, and gave him about one hun
dred and fifty lashes, and all for uacring a few
Union sentiments.
These are the principle mistntements of Horne,
but there are several minor ones equally devoid Of
truth The facts of the case were published at the
time in the papers at this place, but nauseous as
the subject is, we win substantially repeat them
Horne was arrestcdfor uttering and writing dJOF
lion sentiments, and convicted upon the most IRE
fragiblc proof, and then by his own confession,
when he was informed that he must leave. Hi;
notes were assigned by himself to secure debts
that he owed here, but what money he had OH
hand thirty dollars) was not touched by any
body He was then offered fifty dollars more anl
his tools, or one hundred dollars and to leave his
tools. He chose the latter alternative, SO thai
with fifteen dollars and fifty cents given to his wife
and daughter at the depot, he left here with onS
hundred and y-two dollars and fifty cents, glyer
to him openly by the friends of his wife and
daughter, and not one dollar was slipped.into hi:
pocket by Union men as he states, for there was
not Union man here to do SO. Horne was ther
informed that whenever he would send fifty dolla:s
here that his tools should be sent to him. and thu
premise was made by such men as he knows would
fulfllit As to the whipping, he received twenty
lashes with single strap, instead Of one hundred
and fifty with double strap as he states, and he
then acknowledged that the citizens of this place
would have been perfectly right in hanging hiin,
as he was traitor to his country, and thanked
them for letting him off SO lightly
As to his assests left here, when his tools are
sold for the most they will bring, and if all Ills
notes should prove good, he will still lack two OF
hundred dollars of paying out here what he owed.
That big; spree told of by Horne, has never yet
come off, andprobably will not, until he returns to
take part in it, when it will be closed by Horne
himself, dancing at the lower end of tight rope.
These are the material facts of the case, and will
beiattested when necessary by all the citizens Of
this place, and not being of them We will shy,
that they are equal in responsibility in moral
worth to any community in this, or any other
country. If any reasonable, correct thinking man
of Indiana wishes correct attested statement of
the case signed by the citizens here, they can
probably get it, by addressing the Hon. JAMES L.
ORn, OF Gen. J. w. HARRISON Anderson Court
House, S. C.