The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-12-15

six Minnie balls shot through his ail body tfor he
was but a feeble boy;) and > was left unb'.r'cl A
yohth named tlemiug Sanders, aged seventeen years.
who lived near artsJillc and whose father aul mo
thcr were both dead, arrested. taken to Gal.an
and confined in Jail for sonc weeks lie was then ta-
ken out some four or five miles from town to Mr.
Ihoulas Barry's house, shot hy tho soldiers and let
unburcd I he persons above mentioned were all Kill.
ed without any trial or Investigation Whatever.
The case OF Alfred Dalton. who was murdered near
iiartsvlue, in February 1861, WAS ncart-rc'nng in
decd lie had he longed to the Cd Tennessee (ebcD
regiment originally commanded by Colonel E.te lie
came home i'll The fall Of SG3, and but short time
before he shot, to Nashville and took tho
amnesty oath, and had the same in his hand at the time
General Paine ordered him Of the .oad to bc shot,
lie believed that, under the proclamation of the Prcs
dctt lc hat forgiveness for past offences as soldier
and was conducting himtrf as quiet citizen. Tho
particulars OF his case these: Mrs. Vance had becn
Killed the night hcE're in attack upon her husband
Joseph Vance, worthy man. The p rpctrators of
this foul deed were unknown aud arc to this day
lou,g DALTON stayed Mt his lrrs house the vi. lit on
which Mrs Vance was murdered, nm slept in The same
bed With Captain MHrtin, who, lew weeks previous
had been pilot for General Paine
General Paine arrived in Fla tsvile on Sunday eve
ming the day after the killing Of Mrs. Vance. lie or
dcred his orderly sergeant to accompany Mr.. G. D.
Read The brothcrn-aw OF Dalton tic house of Dali
tons ialler and request Young Dalton to meet him near
MI Fancc's house The .1nsssage was delivered to
young Dalton Dalton aud l'o pTs6 eoheyed accompanied
ordered q file OF soldiers take ni of ,,l,! shoot
hhl uuhg Dalton taken by surprise at this an.
no'nccnent, and asked for the charge against linn but
none WAS given: Gcncral Paine ravcd and swore That
ho should die.
The 'athcr sn aged man Of more than sixty winters.
wit''1ears md lamentations t.dGsc' liable, b7:sonsht
them not 10 kill his son. t., spare his life aud give him
II trHl; that he Hl.ew tia, he was an innocent boy
General l'alne replied: You Cd ID son Of D.
you say another word I'll have you shot hers viii,
your I'd ID son.:' The father is as rcsperublc
cl''@eh as 'iVcs IN the county, and Tor many years
a' "c'ns J''st'ce OF 'hc peace Nothing avai:ed the
Young man was led off fom the presence of General
lahe ana his iatncr slo,t distance. The oil Intn
was cnTagcd III carncSt cntrCaly with Genera; Paino
when Inc first gun was heard. Tho shot took eject
III ms leg, and the Young screamed, which was
nSt'nc'ty heard by his I;ticr The second shot took
ctert III ll'e breast. and the third in the head, when
le screaming ceased iii death. Nolhing c .ld be
heard but l'c involuntary lamentations OF the father
l.e hmSeIi 1rli; u,icn!,Stils Of such l!r.tat ols
!"r his l'c i; already hccn characterization them
General 'nc, during The bloody process was ray
my ana cursing that agc;l aud arcr.,,a l:;rct 1t
toes seem That any with heat less than :,,-
nint would have been moved; hut not SO ,:,:.t T.! ii.
Gen f.. y. Paine, Of limos Oh! nv ;;o:l w:.o can
adequately d.sct:hc such scene? What ptn c,;l
portray tins awful Tragedy y. wiincs,6 Il ly tl, ny Il i,
broNci'-c:t'icd mali, and tcn kncelng reside IT..
n'nGru corpse OF child inst i few .,.n ,lt, iclnr
III iul vlSor and health to hear The ronls and sos
u see Ie "r"lced c9'lntcancc Of the venerable sire
over the ivori'e chlid corpse nuier s;!ci. circu-
stances! Mine cannot, and Si" cease. to at temp, il:
IL commission should come to t:llatin to inyt st
gate Tho acts and duMgs Of L il. Paine other eases
and other Facts would be developed that would stnrt|e
a sroc and chill the lIood that courses lhrouph thc
VEINS OF il man possessing heart with particle q
feeling. -