New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-26
Erp.y 20 Edx,upd II. sacnd.

LID. QRs. OF GIS. BUTLER Aro. .rIH,. 1854.
! TIE TEIyUSH Of yesterday surrcnders more 'ban
/ three columns b. en- article headed "the Sorioia
pifjc1ty," and ssned Edmund y. Sncad' which
eeeus to demand from Inc briei counter statement
must needs address myself 81 Mr. sncad, tho os-
teusble arthcr of The article, although Tho proba-
bility is that Mr. +. II. Pierpont has used him To
cover studied attack upon Gen. Dnscr, ana MI
ellborats statement of his own sslo of the Nor
folk Difficulties for have grounds for the suspi-
oon that my letter to tho TRIBUNE was but made
the prcons" through which TO obtain the rss CT the
columns ofso wdey-resd Journal IN bohalf OF MI.
Pierpout ard his "rcstored government
| Mr. Snead classes me among Anonymous and
stipcudiary serbblers" and TORIES nc one who Won
,ilates his rhetoric under tho euphoniouS ran de
plume of &C. a. Pr Upon which remark that
when be calls correspondent wiring under ais
own initials "auonymeus," and when be terms
writer's own initials, DO matter hos "euphoaious
they may be, "non de plume" he yehtiiates ms
'rhctoric" after manner most writer's woularreier
should he buried under @ fictitious, rather thar
Acknowledged under real name. Ifby The epi'le'
a" stpendiary" he means anything beyond sA5 iaci
that receive proper stipend Tor seEfice' ren
dcrcd 10 the newspaper Of which am regular cor
respondent, oppose TO the insiEuation asqaarc de-
nial, with the remark that The TaBUss would not
retain Ia its service instant correspondent vno
should become DE- body's "stipcndiary," snybody's
paid olscquor. NO heightened paper would suffer
/ such restitution Of its columns.
. IL IL tho business Of Il correspondent 70 repor'
events, facts, and news. In The striet Inc OF that
duty certain facts which conceived 10 be OF inter-
4 es. having como t. my knowledge-that MI SneRd,
vas here under arrest. and the reasons Why he vas
so heidi reported thsm. 10! three columns BY
way Of indig. ant protest lir. S. says; 'Ho ~
DISPLAYS lis Ignorance Of the subject upon which ne
u pre.pmcs TO writo." | concede 1t. Had ho'
been partially ignorant Of the subject upon which
wrote, the lcttcr, 20 which no takes exception,
would have been made, IN its statement OF iaes,
even more damaging to him,-as, sinee he p!oYckcs
-. THIS shah no
lie says, az (he) am willing TO DO jTdged by my
hiss record" By tie record, then let II be- Gi
though were he as honest as the Irish culPrit who
when assured BY tie judge that ne should have jus
tee replied, "Be dad, yer honor, its JiSt joos'i'
that In afraid Oft 20 DO caircd that I'm aitcr
IF he were rs honest as Pat he wonld ask to 30 re-
ieved from the "deep dgmnation' Of tAsi zane
: record
he admits az o part of his record, that hc prac
: tocd his profession during tho time the Easter
shore Wa in rebel occupancy, but attempts 70 par7
ony inference Of disloyatY BY cSclair1ing, ""i1i
the same proprety might this potent logiean aiEFn
that every farmer, storekceper physician, shoe
: maker and blacksmith who followed his rognia
avocasion while living under rebel rule vas q
b, traitor" Not quite. Mr. Snoadl by practicihg
before rebel court you acknowledged Ito jurlsdic
lion of that court, while farmers might plow and
phvsic;sns might heal without in any wa acknowl
= edgiDg rebel authority. Most "poteit logieian,
thou!
tie following IL an extract from 4 pamphlet
] written and published in January last By Hon.
Joseph segar. It throws some further light upon
Mr. SneGds record:
0 "And now As TO Mr. Snead sometime after the so
eo.sion ~ Virginia FederDl invasion reported h
Inc neichborhood 0. Pungoteague. The Second Reg
rleni Of Virginia militia was called ont " Col tinhey
and ngsembled ~ puugOteaEue. lie alarm proved
false one and IL he eyening several persons Net oa
ed upon I speeches. Among The speakers was MI r. IA
Snead The subfiance Of that speech ns irusheh me
hy those who Lcard II, was that vos The time for ae1r
end MOI speaEirgAaI h. (Sasadj led come al ta cal p
he COUNTRY fep sbs inrasfoH Of her sol ard poht6 D.
, TIE las 20 fahT-thGt u eny man shontd nm n
iehoped sor,s oat rogld shoe, t (Ssc0d) DORM To,
vote Tor JEFF payisis Acknowledged b Mr Snead one
gige him tho IN benefit u bis 1pahdtlon Oi that vote
Ho as appointed Con ssiOneT Of elections and be
ng 60 appointed be could not vote but the Rebel Press
Dental ticket Bor OircIn loyalty BY the yeiy cbeaI
honor OF en- appointment as officer Of tho Polls Iii
loyalty could moi have lain yery deep. why did he not
decline the appointment nDd thus rave himself fIOn tai
: connection with ireason and Iebeoaf ] would h0y
seen the earth reel and totter before wouid have con
serted. Mr.. onead did o"eepho polls GA tfeasoa ai'
then cast vote for tie archiTd!tOr. Non yst TINS III
oay dlsloy al east by tho gentleman. He voted To-
Ia Dembcf OF thc rcJe Congress, and for Secession
member oftbe House Of Delegates.
Mr.. Segar also states, in letter which I have
seen, that te knows from personsl inspection o.
the Roll-books of Accouac county that Snead vo
ted FOR JEFF. Davis" So much for the record by
which be is willing TO be judged. A plea Of repen
lance might be in order, but on the record simply
. was wrong, in prehxing "seni" to the word I" dis
loyalist." In LIS communication 10 tho TRIBUNE
Mr.. snead says.
, ''On the 2oth OF September lat wa,
elected Judge OF tie First judicial Circuit. without op
position was called 10 the position by the spontane
notion Of the loyal people Of those cities Norolt
and Porssnoutl without any solicitation Or edoit on
Z my part
7 In my letter which called forth his communica.
8 ton, tho types madc me say that be received zoe
8 votes IN Portsmouth and less than 20 in Norfolk
I Instead Of the former number wrote 100, having
been informed that his entire vote was about 49,
. Now this was one Of tho statements wherein was
open to his charge of ignorance Of the subject upon
, which wrote. 1 am therefore happy TO make thu
amende hoaorable. Mr. Saead reccued at hat cleo.
son IS potcs only, and not 10 stated, nor ye,
, 40 as / was made TO state. But he says no "wa,