The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-12-15
Career of Con. H. A. I'ainc, gr. S. a.
Horrors Of sulEiusatEoM.
[From tic Nas7uille (yaukee) Despatch1

From tic NashuiUe (Ia,,kee) Dcspatch1
From December, 1862 to March or April 1864. du-
ring the bloody reign o: Rrigadier General b. A. Paine
at Galat, Tennassee, those who did not witness the
harbarous deeds committed and the wholesale robbery
otEVate property wllscarccly believe human nature
SO corrupt when tho stubborn facts are revealed and
made known to the world. Tho writer docs not know
howor where to begin to make known the many base
and vile acts of this little despo lie has been recent
y styled by the Hon Bale Peyton, at Nashville From
the begnnlng OF this mans reign Gallan his cruel
ty and barbarity to men women and children las no
precedent parallel in history Ills coarse and vul.
gar abuse OF them was revolving to any person claim
ing to be gentleman. His habit was to have ladies'
OF the highest responsibility arrested, and brought into
his presence, and such profanity and language as were
uttered by him to them would do to be published
IN respectable newspaper Tho writer will proceed
to detail some Of tho deeds (and only few Of tho ma,
ny)pcrpetrated by this monster in human allac:
There was lady Of rcspec ability wheivcd in G al
iat'n who had tso daughter to dio Fer house had
been taken from her and occupied and she was staying
with friend Mt The Time she made an application to
General Paine through friends be permitted to carry
the remains of her child to tlartsvillo for ircrrcn
place held sacred by her the family burial GROUND
1~is was most positively denied and refused her and
General Paine sent message to her to send for her
id rebel husband" then in the rebel army to como.
and take IT and bury it, Sho was forced to have it
buried in Gaatin, and dccl the privilege OF at.
tending her little daughters burial not half mile dis
tant.
gentleman who lost hl* wife in Gaatin was re
ter of mile from his residence and the gr.vcy:rd is
within thehucs Of tho post There arc many crsos
in Gallatn Who can testify to these facts.
The property Of the people was tukcn-horscs mules
cows sheep, hogs, provender Of all kinds household
and kitchen furniture. 4 + 4 r :.
During General Pane's stay in Gallatin, il was not
unrequcnty the case that squad Of soldiers was seen
to tako prisoner out Of Jail and 60 off with hi.. but
return without him. Tins was::tantnucd for some
months Perhaps the prisoner prisoners carried ST,
were strangers to the citizens of Galalin but sonld
paofs,, F,>L L.,I a..
nscertaned.
Tho longer General Paine continued at tho post the
more bloody he became, and finally ho publicly boast
Gu o. having rebel soldiers aud private citizens, who
were prisoners, shot Tho people became terrified and
were afraid to oppose him III anything lie tlonght pro-
per to do Such reign Of terror prevailed among
the people OF Sumner county has been witnessed
in this any other age. Some few persons prouosed
to go to Nashville to see General Rosscau ,pon the
subject of their grievance; but whenever this was
1ouna out ny General Paine they sought out as
victims OF his vengeance, and were threatened with
eeVere punishment. This course was kept ,lp until tho
people were afraid to- murmur or coI,plajn at anv
act ne thought proper to commit or any order o is.
SUED: ne Tald On one occasion to substantial and
Respectable citizen OF Sumner county, a Union mali
who complained Of his taking of his nroncrt,, ta +
Con- Rossoau dared to undo what he had done c would
have him removed.
The writer is familiar with tho cases Of several robel
solaers VINO wore captured as prisoners Of WI, some
OF thom hold Tor weeks and others only for n short
Time and then shot in the brutal manner by order
OF General Pane without even tho farce of trial and
their bodies left to rot, tho citizens fearing to bury
them lest similar fate should overtake them These
rebel thus summarily execut ted, may have been bad
men. but having been taken and held ay prisoners
they were certainly entitled to the lornaty Of trial
The case OF boy, named Lafayette Hughes, fifteen
years OF age Charged with being with somo grerilas
@ Wao purnt bridge across Goose Creek, at Muddens
All' between Hartsvo and Carthage, deserves men
tion; me bridge was burned in tho daytime Mr.
Aaooen, inc owner OF the mill, present, and used
every means he could prevent them rron, burniur
IT, II this little boy had had the benefit of the trial.
he could have proved by Mr.. Madden that he was NOT
preScht on inc OCCASION But, perhaps somc negro
with Gen. Paine '' ''''~ ''"'
Inc BOY was taken prisoner, carried some ten miles
and near Mr. B. S. Martns on Gallatn and IortsviIlc
pke' taken oia short distance FROM tho road and five