, 1862-08-06
EHUM GEN. BCELL.S GDMIAND.
The Case of Gen. Thomas Wood OF
Kentucky

Senator Sumner has received letters from
t.fficers Serving under Brig. Gen. Wood of
KtutucEY, from ~hlch We fake the following
extracts. il halt OF what they say of him be
true, he should be cash1ered ia trice:
CANT NEAR CoRN1u, Mics, July Is, 1862.
DEAR SIR: Perhaps yon may desm nlc i'll
trusive, and out Of the line Of my duty, in
addressing to you 4 li1e upon subject which
for several months mas been source OF all
no5ance and regret to our regiment, now
composing in part Gen Garield's brigade Of
Gen. Ttos. Woods division Of the army Of
the Mississippi.
/ have reference to the conduct, personal
and olicial, cf Gen Wood. In the first place,
perhaps, without exception, LIE is the most
protane man in the service, regardless Of all
tio,al obligation. HIS fnbumanity is prover-
sia1. He is man without any dignity OF
character; indeed, he seems to be adjusted by
10 feeling faye that Of reckless indifference
in relation to the comfort and safety OF his
command.
Again, he lives in OPEN disregard Of the
"act to make an additional article OF var by
employing portions OF his men to arrest aud
place in custod. "fugitiyes frem SERVICE"
CAMP ON Town CREEE, Ala. July rs 1862.
The condnct Of our general, Wood, is be-
coming intolerab1e in tins division. No longer
ago tran last week he with his own hands
stripped naked a negro, vino made his way
into camp, tied him to tree and whipped
iil1u LII Lie uupt SEtEEE Alu pHJIE
Indeed his acts seemed to be the studied re-
suit OF q mind bent On giving aid to the re5-
els and courtiug their favor. He is in the
daily habit Of employing soldiers to appre-
herd blacks, and dttai1l them, and conveJs
Information Of his dnings to the rebel owners.
Our SOLDIERS arc hec5mjng disgus1ed with his
cuuree and discouraged.
CAN'T NEAR MoHRIsv1LLE, Ala, July !, 1868.
t. dc not wish to find fault with our com.
tnaEdiug officer, yet the thought will force it,
| self upon us that many Of the e slaye-catcacrs
| whom they admit within the lines act well the
part OF spies, and carry important information
to the enemy It is almost an hourly occur
| renee Tor lis to see some person in citizens
! dress roaming through our camp in pretended
| search for runa~ay6, and they are sure to visit
| the whole camp
Allow NE to relate one instance: Oar divls-
ion, Brig. Gen. Wood, camped ut Tuscun oi,
| about the 18th Of June, aud on the Goth Of the
| SAME month two companies of the Sd Ohio
cavalry were ordered on outpost duty 1t Rus.
| seville, eighteen miles sonlh of TuseumoiA
| While there We learned that lieutenant o
the rebel army, q son Of q Mr.. East (who lived
four miles south Of Russel1vi?1e, on the Tus
cunbia roA5), vas at home on furlough; also
q sou and son-in~law Of Mr.. Robinson, whe
! lived in the Bame nelyhtorhood. We also
! learned that these young men were in TIT
habit Of meeting almost nightly, togethsl
with other prominent secessionisEs OF the
1tlEhGDfA0D0. az Tue mouse Oh 1}f. H0bif1S01
Or course, their meetings boded no good &
US. and we resolved to break up tile nest b.
making prisoners Of the soldiers. Althoug,
we failed in this, yet We iearred who werc on
real friends in that nelghborhooL
The old man East, and Robinson, and all il
the neighhorhood, are the most bitter s.ces
sionists thst l ever saw, and another that
Should have mentioned was = Mr., More
anoihcr son-in-law Of MIR. Robinson.
There is an abundance Of proof that thas
1nen are secesslonis's OF deepest dye. All
now, fir, you eln imagine our surprise Thsl
NC ~ere ordered to camp on Sunday, the .9sl
to find these esme men, Eust and More, in oll
camp searching for runaway SLAVES. East au
Mere could cnnle into our camp, get al th
Information they could, aud young Robinson
std East would carry it to the rebel cam{
Again, yesterday, mau from tue sa1le neigt
borlood was looking through our whole cam
On the SAME cl raid.
Since wiring tue above, Lieut.-Col. Mu.ra
has brought into camp the news that the tw
companies Of tue 1st Ohio, who relieved us
| all made prisoners. I know Iot the particl
lars. but have no doubt that the plan COZ
Z coctcd al this same KobiGsou'e, and by tt
same prccicus scaMIts, ard Of which g negl
iold us, was carried out. The waiter owe
: heard what was going en- while pouring o.
. The TIA 81 the supper table, and told anoth
= negro who walked six miles after doing hal
1 days work TO let It's kno y Of our danger
= The commander of the squadron Who r
1icyea us was told Of this plot. bn1 lie seemt
i to psf but little attention to it, US hc.consi
crcd the source Of Information untrustwayih
!! Dearly his ht paid for his pre-s!ayery obs
:. nacy.
: The sixth division Of Gen. Buell's army
y found its chief occupation il protecting t
property Of II be1s and tyadirS the last ar:ie
q q of war: whipping negroes in the prescn
r,f hrufa hr4vc <r-4+1
generals VINO whip them, is no uncomnl
!biug. I have al abiding faith in your ensi
fa'tf'ulness and tru:hfnlness, an3 in your
: paci'y, from Jeur superior standpoint.
4Adiscern til. sure PROMISE Of the future
But il believe That tie President 11ncx u
tolerated all the abuses Of this de 2art,n:r
=. not the broadest charity, coupled with h
s. jaiih, could convipce me that there was III
tbirs. Eob1e il the conduct Of the war viii
. that future would reveal
At In The faec Of sech conclusive testimony
3Curs, will believe that 3Lr. Lincoln Is III
raut Of many Of its denominations. Tie
n heartening effects which the c0u.sc Of Br
Gen Wood is having upon the brave IN
nj d. bis command are deplorab1e, anl oug
to be speedily end surely appreciated and {
:. cause removed. Two men offered to svy
- that man who came iuto our lines was
/. captain in the confederate army on duty; t
at when Gen. Wood ascertaiued that the n
4 + nesses were "gui1ty of skin not colo,
es I like Lis oTn' (thc difference was very biist
d, he discharged the accused aud abused
H. H. officer who interested himself ia the are
and for doirg it upon the statement OF II
:. whose Testimony was not evidence.
D The fidelity with which the property
rebels is guarded hy OUT men Is most reana
able, and to me Is cruel. have Two broth
y in the army before Richmond, and while
'al here guarding tie property Of traitors in th
a. absence, they are in R1chmond shooting do
= my brothers. Ii that is not what Cover
ut Andrew would denomiua1e tax upon
i'd loyalty, tEen know not hoW to Lax it.
1a The three hundred Thousand mea called
L19 IN By President Lincoln ought to be speed
Ia raised. organized aud equipped by the Sta
ee themselves. Then ought the eoyernors
Y the States to tell tue President that til,
80 troops were raised ITO coaquera peace" d
4 orsalized ard equipped to tight, rather Il
n n coax or guard 1eneIs
ne Our soldiers are exercised upon the subj
,os Of more vigorous prosecution Of the =
~ That Keeling is unanimous amonE the
: Another feeling, not entirely uuanimo
n, but nearly, and most intense, is t1at
I'll ! which sees not less the absolute Justice tt
t. the imperative necessity Of emancipation.
Y THIS feeling is iargeiy Starred By the sub
Ehe din8te officers here, but that sentiment
d. damaged mems regulations that two or th
!. bIigadier generals and q score Of color
only were appointed from that class. T.
= | arc the salt Of tht earth.
Casting Dn1l1ercn Gaps.
- fFrnu the Proy1dance Jnn+ra1 9Qtb