Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-14

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y pastor Of the Sixth Street Church, Reverend
NJ IT. NJ. Sneed, was put upon trial, on tn
NJ general charge Of immortality. The followin.
is the substance of the more serious specifi
u cations:
Y L. With living, in saying that two Of hi
" clerical brethren put up at 4 house of ill-fam,
during the Conference in Cincinnati, in Sep
N TENDER, 1864.
y 2. With lying, in saying that one of these
y ministers used such vulgar language in the
II presence of another minister's wife, as tC
y insult her, and when she informed her hus-
y band he tnrncd said minister out of doors
3. With lying, in saying that Reverend
/, VI. p Gaddis went to see Parson BrownLpw
i in relation to his (Snced's) loyalty.
= ,. With lying in saying that he was a
= Mason, and then denying it, by saying he
1 never made an application to join the Ma
3D. sons.
7. With lying, in saying that Reverends
J. S. White, Alex. Clark and Asa Mahan,
ID. d., slanderously attacked the character
Of a family on David street, and then de-
! nying that he ever made such statement
8. With lying, in saying that he defended
the character of said family, by saving to
Doctor Mahan: q venerate your gray
hairs, but detest your slanderous tongue"
and then denying he had ever made such
statement
I6. With lying, by saying that certain
minister's wife saw a certain minister, (giv-
ing his name in 4 house of ill-famc in the
city of Cincinnati; that he was disputing
with a man about the price of the hire Of
one of the female inmates; that he paid the
money, took a woman by the arm, and led
her out and put her in a buggy, and drove
off with her.
The specifications we omit charge the rev.
erend gentleman with lying at sundry times
and places, not only about his brethren, but
about himself; as, however, they have no
local interest, we pass them in order to give
some space to the testimony on the other
points.
The committee before whom Mr.. Sneed
was summoned consisted of Messrs. c. II.
| Williams and Thomas Carbert, Of this city
Rev. =. L. Kendrick, of Xenia, and Rev.
| y. G. Oglesdy, of Middletown. Rev. d.
Kinney was President of the committee, and
! NJ. V. g. Evans, of Springfield, was the
prosecuting witness. The examination was
| held with open doors, and occupied five
| hours, during the afternoon and evening. On
| account Of the defendant refusing to appear,
| the committee appointed a professional re-
| porter TO take down the testimony, so that
| coming through a disinterested party no
complaint of uniaimess or falschood could
i be made as TO the verify Of the statements |
elected.
The testimony in regard to the first two |
| specifications our reporter did not hear, but !
| understood it fully sustained the charges.
In regard to the third specification, VIM. |
B. Evans testified that Mr.. Sneed told him |
, that Mr. Gaddis went to Mr.. Brownlow and |
| asked as to his (Sneed's) loyalty, and was
told he was as loyal as he (Brownlow) was. |
Rev NJ T. Gaddis testified that he never |
went to see Brownlow on this subject had |
not seen Brownlow since his acquaintance !
| with Succd, nor conversed with Snted in |
reference to seeing Brownlow.
In regard to the fifth specification, the |
deposition Of Rev. Joel Graham was read, |
| who said chat Mr.. Snecd told him he was a |
| Mason, Free and Accepted Mason; he |
| understood him, and not brick or stone |
| mason; that he was a Mason in the South. |
| Mr.. G. Arthur dcposcd to the same effect
| Rev. !. y. McNay deposed THAT Mr.. Sneed |
| told him he joined the Masons at Ridge |
wood Ohio; that he took the first degree, |
and that John Wood blackhaled him on
| the second, and if the devil had him Wood |
! he would nave got along well enough. Rev. |
7 Mr.. Caddis testified that Mr.. Sneed told |
| him one reason they were out on him at |
| Ridgewood, was because he had exposed the |
| Masons. Mr. Gaddis asked him If he was
| a Mason lie replied he was not "Then |
how could you expose them!" He replied |
That is the reason they give.
| The prosecutor here remarked that he had |
notified Mr.. Kohl, ofthe Sixth Street Church |
| 20 attend rs a witness; also, Mr. Richards, |
wife and daughter by whom he expected TO |
prove that Mr. Sneed had said he never
made application to join the Masons. lie |
understood that Mr.. Kohl had been con-
cerncd in locking the gate Of the Sixth |
| Street Church against the Committee, and !
therefore his testimony could not be obtain
| cd
The deposition Of the Secretary Of the
lodge of Masons at Ridgeway, Harvey |
Wood, was read, in which he said that Mr..
Sneed made application twice to Join the
lodge, but was rejected. The deposition Of |
| J. Wood was 10 the same effect. Rev. J. c. |
Side testified in person that he proposed the
name of Mr.. Sneed for membership, and that
he was rejected twice. lie knew also that
he never had been a Mason.
In regard to the seventh and eighth speci-
| fcatienS, the prosecutor stated that he had
summoned Mrs. Bemis and her daughter
Miss Garner, living on David street. but that
they refused TO appear He had thier writ
that Revs. j. j. White Alexander Clark and
Rev DIR. Mahan, had attacked their charac-
ter. As these statements had been taken
WITHOUT giving Mr.. Snccd notice to be pres
ont, they were not allowed to be received.
Mr.. Gaddis testified that Mr.. Sneed told
him that he had heard Messrs. White, Clark
and Sneod, at the house of Mr.. Clark, SIAN
dcring the ladies referred 10, members of
Mr. Gaddis' church, and that he rebuked
Dr. Mahan, saying he vcnerated his gray
hairs, but he dcspiscd his slanderous tongue
These gentlemen scverally testified THAT
they never held any such conversation; that
! they were all there together on one occasion,
but nothing was said of any person that
would authorize such a report.
Mr. Mahan and Clark also testified that
Mr.. Sneed declared 10 them that he never
made such a report.
Upon the sixteenth specification, Reverend
J. G. Side testified that Mr.. Snecd told him
that Gaddis was out shopping with her
mother, and passing by a certain house she
heard loud talking, and looking in at the
window she saw Rcvorcnd--disputin
with the clerk about his bill; that finally he
paid it, took a lady in his buggy, and drove
of with her. He (Sneed) said twas a house
Of ill-iamc.
Mrs. Gaddis testified that she never spoke
to Mr. Sneed of Reverend -- in refer
once to such matter; never had any con-
ycrSation with him about Reverend --,
except about his book: and would have
thought it highly out of place TO talk with
him on such subject
The foregoing is the merest abstract
| OF the testimony elected. On the specitica-
tions NOT mentioned, the testimony was as
directly against the defendant as that We
have given, except as to the fourteenth spe-
Cihcation, which was withdrawn on account
Of the absence of witnesses.
In closing, one Of the committee inquired
Of the prosecutor whether not Reverend NJ.
=. GadGis had written 10 him soliciting him
10 bring these charges against Mr.. Sneed.
The answer was that he had not. This
question was suggested by the fact that Mr..
Gsddis was lately pastor Of the Sixth street
Church and left it in consequence Of some
difficulty in the congregation.
At a late hour last night the committee
took the case under consideration.
Cincipna:I Market.