The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-01


NyOr- General Joseph Hooker. Commando
ing Northern Department. Cincinnati. ohio.
SIR: The President of the United states has
RENTED the sentence in the ease Of Charles
w. Hall, citizen, a. promulgated i'm General
Orders No. lS6, Headquarters Department of
the Ohio. Of November 2lth. lS,,3. and directs
his discharge.
| am, sir, Very Respectfully.
Your Obedicnt servant.
(Signcd) T.. II. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
A true copy:
III. L. BURNETT,
Brevt. Colonel and Judge Advocate II. . 4 Ind
Now, that order OF Mr.. LINCOLN was right
or wrong and if il was right Mr.. HALL was
wrongly convicted, Of course. We believe il
was right for the following reasons:
!. Mr.. LINCOLN was a pure, honest man.
and could not have been bribed TO issue the
order. There may be Executives Of whom
this much could not be said.
?. Mr.. LINCOLN was a good man, wise
man. and, if we are rightly informed, is held
by the clergy generally, 20 have been an in
spired man. He knew whether Mr.. HALL was
guiltyor not; and his remarkable purity would
not have allowed him TO annul the sentence
against him, IL be was guilty of such an Of
Tense as charged.
This dilemma exists, either Mr.. HALL was
wrongly convicted, or Mr.. LINCOLN was
guilty Of an act Of mal-administration in dis
charging him.
The J0urHGlmay take which horn ii pleascs.
and we are content
We now turn 70 the journals attack upon
GU humble SELF He charges:
J.. That, while we lived in Richmond. we
were the editor Of little country newspaper.
.. That we came 10 this city poor.
5. That we are now rich; and he wants 10
know how We came by cur property.
Now. We are not going 70 get angry about
these charges. nor pass from them 70 the abuse
Of somebody else. We are going, like an
honest man. 70 march right up and meet them.
J. We did edit little country newspaper
called the JcFerS0EiGH, that i, if Richmond is
country and not city; and we lost money At it.
at least. 81 900.
> We came % this city a poor man. CON-
pared with what Shoddy would call rich one:
but a rich man in our own esumation; because
We hold that man rich, who has enough TO
make him independent in plain. simple. VIZ
tuous course Of life. We live plain; never
gamble, never drink. and. like bishop. are the
husband of but our wife, etc We keep no
coach and four. ets re are enc I'd he plain
people.
8. That We are now rirh. ct. snl how Jill
we make cur money. etc.
This VIII require more length, ,Npltut-
ton.
In the spring Il iS57. We were admitted 20
the bar in WAYNE county. We wer, then ~
poor boy - ANDY JOHNSON ever was. the
only difference between u being that he had
been a tailor and We = farmer boy. We
practiced law there till the winter Of 1915. be-
ing over eight YEAR. when We We're appointed
Judge bv COY. wHITcOMB. a the Journal
charges. \ part q this tine. il should
- Observed. we carried the hoi in the
intervals between law case. Well we were
successful ia thc practice Il the law. When
We came u this city. We owned three pscces II
property in Richmond. hich we goi hy hard
work. We traded two Il tho-.. pi,ces e. WI
Ian YOUSG Tor an acre Il ground and nm
movements then on II, on Meridian street. IN
this eitv We got tn bet II the bargain but
aid not then know H. With the means derived
from the sale Of the other property in Rich
nond. and cur little economical savings. we
commenced building on oar acre, houses cost
M, about =. 900 apiece. We sold the property
f.r txentv-one thousand dollars. some Ten or
eleven YEAR ago, and got the money We
then bought ground q HENRY l. ELLSWORTH
and built on il a foundry and machine hop,
decided II = q mechanic - help him along
went his security for 5000 more, soli the
es,ablishment % pay the note, whereby We
lost $4,000. Mr.. OLIVER ToUsEl can explain