The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-01-25

Paine o. tho time of his arrival. r
p Your committee can not pretend to ar
range in systematic order the history Of
Gen. Paine's career, as contained in the
afidavits herewith filed, nor will they
refer to them ip their order of time.
From the sworn testimony they will
endeavor to report briefly On the different
topics of maladm dministration which they
have been called on to investigate, and
beg leave, first, to advert to Gen, paine'ss
CONDUCT TOWARD PRIVATE CITIZENS. u
Your committee have found but one
sirglc citizen of the city Of Paducah (Mr.
X. Enders), who was ever accosted by
General Paine in terms of common civil
ity, His usage Of gentlemen, whose rep,
uta'ion for integrity and social worth is
coextensive with the district, was harsh
and brutal in the extreme. Curses were
hcapcd upon all who approached him
A iavorite expression, and frequently
made use Of, was, "You are God damn
ed Scouudrcl; God damn you, III dig
hole and shoot you and pu you in it,"
Language, Of which the above is only
sample, was used constantly, and without
provccation, toward not only gentlemen,
but ever ladies', for whose responsibility
and lady-like manner the entire country
could vouch. Under such a Continued
state of abuse, the people we're soon made
to feel that appeals to Gen. Paine from
the outrages OF his subordnates only az.
gravated the insult, without redrcssing
their wrongs. Private citizens, against
whom not an earthly charge could be
made, were summarily arrested and thrust
into the guard house. One gentleman
(Dr. Milan), was confined for fifty.
days, AMI finally thrust ou, as he was
thrust in, without charges or explanation.
During his imprisonment he suffered
from violent attack of erysipilas, but was
refused medical aih All this was by
General Paina's individual order, as will
appear hom Dr.. Milam's afidavit A
man named Doueherty was seized by
General Paine, and ordered to execution,
although he had been tried and acquitted
by military court, of the idenical charge
upon which his death warrant was found.
ed. Fortunately, your committee was
informed of the fact, and liri;sadier Gen.
eial Meredith was apprised of them and
c9untermanded the order.
Your committee could multiply in.
stances, but respectfully refer to the ac-
compauying afidaviis for the accumula-
TED proofs Of a uniform system of violent,
profane, and abusive tyranny, such as
they freely confess they would not have
believed possible, were it not Tor the re-
spectacle oaths which establish the fact
Still further, to icrrify and alarm the
citizens, an order was issued by General
Paine con6scaling the rents Of all prop.
eity be.ongIng to persons who were not,
ubd had not been, OF unconditional 10y.
ATTY. Mr.. r. IL, Hall, Provost Marshal
Fnst Congressional District of Kentucky,
who was charged by General Paine with
the collecting of the forfeited rents, test.
fed that many loyal and Union mea suf.
Tered heavily by this order; but that
General Puine's order was express and
peremptory. How much money was col
lectcd under this programme, or whether
Captain falls report OF S2700 is correct,
your committee had no method of ascer.
tanning, except from Captain Halls aiTi,
davlt, which is filed herewith. When
the ci'i officers Of the country remonstra-
led against General Paine's policy, they
were notified to resign, and in one in-
stance did resign. .....
The jailor OF that county was forced to
discharge from his custody persons com.
mlited lcr felony, because their accusers
in the civil courts were not proved tC
have been unconditional Union men,
Money! was extorted from private citizens
by officers, with the knowledge and con.
sent OF Brigadier General Paine, as will
be particularly seen from the affdavts Of
w. s, Mayes and Thomas A. Duke.
The Colouel commanding post at Pa
ducah Colonel H. ". Barry, Sth United
States Colorcd Heavy Artillery forced a
banker Of the city TO pay $3.50 in gold tt
prostitute whose society the Colonel en-
joyed. Private houses we're seized BY
General Paine's order, and the furnitur,
aud bedding confscated. @
Your committee inquired carefully anG
closely for the money resulting from tn,
con6Scatiou, but no trace of it could b.
discovered. 1t will bc seen, from Tho
afidaviis of Major Bartling, Scott Ford
and Simpson Brownfcd, that Captain
Phelps Paine, son of General Paine, and
his Assistant Adjutant General, actual,
appropriated bedding from a private
house and carried it off when he loft thu
station. 1t would be endless to enumer
:e the indignities, wrongs and outragc'
that the citizens of Psducah, without dis
tinction of political faith, have endured
5t% TRADE ORDERS.
General Paine announced his inten
} ton of excluding from trade privileges
within the district all who were not o.
: unconditional loyalty from the commence
! ment OF the rebellion. With this view
, he levied u tax of $40 on each hogshcaC
, Of tobacco and bale of cotton exported
, and assessed an ad valorem tax of 25 pei
cent. on oil cotton which had ever beer
s the property, in whole oriu part, Of any
person not an unconditional Union man
I The tax of $40 per hogshead and bal,
0 was to be paid as a fec TO J.aE. Wood
, ward, whom General Paine had appointed
trade agent to grant permits For tn,