The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-14

wealthy planter, was an avowed secessionist.
He was member of the rebel Congress- chair
man of the Finance Committee and author
of the scheme for cffecting confederate loan
of fifteen millions upon bonds, to and the re-
bellion, as well as the bill for taxation and the
funding act of the currency. ne was. oil
course. oneof the most violent secessionlsts.
Edward s. Dargan, recommended for par
don. is monument lawyer and seeessionlst-
He was inrmerIV a member OF the United
States Congress and Judge OF the supreme
Court of Alabama; was member Of the Sc
co,c;on convention and rebel Congress- He
was author of the proposition to raise a mil
! lion dollars for the war % - --
9Thadeus Sanford, recommended for pardon,
was collector Of the port OF Mobile under Blu
| chanan, and editor of the Advertiser. He re-
| fused to honor draft of $4,000, drawn on
him for the port, and resigned holding on to.
nnds belonging TO the United States. He af
forwards accepted the collectorship from the
rebel government, after the sequestradon OF
the public moneys
81. w. Echols, pardoned, was a contractor
for the state; went to Illinois, when secession
took place, to purchase corn, meat, &c. Was
a colonel In the rebel army, a conscript officer
and persecuter of Union men; drank the Con-
| federate hospital whiskey at Selma, for which
act he-was superseded. e
General Cornelius Robinson, recommended
for pardon, was deputy to the rebel Congress;
made violent speeches in favor of secession,
declaring that ii Alabama did not secede his
/ county would, and if that did not, he would
with his plantation. He favored vigilance
committees and lynch laws; declared his de-
sire for the election, because, as he believed,
that would bring about disunion.
Ell 5 Shorter, parloned, was one of the
most extreme rebels in the South, and noted
his nor rF1 1o ic nm
ex-member both Of the United States and
Confederate Congress-was also a Colonel in
the rebel army. ~ e
james M. Calhoun, nephew Of the multi
| fer, is recommended for pardon. He is a veal
| thy planter, lawyer and politician; has been
| plotting secession for nearly thirty years; was
a Senator in the rebel state legislature, and a
bitter persecutor of Union men.
k"JohnF F. Morgan, recommended for par
| don, was cunning lawyer and violent seces-
| sionist-was member of the secessionist
convention, fully justified Governor Moore in
Selling United States property was general
| IN the rebel army, conscript agent of the state,
| &c. X I'll III 88k
III. W. Hillard, recommended for pardon,
was strong advocate of secession, a famous
ecclesiastical orator on the rights of the South,
commander of the famous Hiard Legion, a la
Caesar, and is now spending his days OF penl-
tence in Washington, under the eye OF his
hoped-for restorer
"W. II. Fowler, pardoned, was secretary OF
the Alabama Secession Convention, and as
sumed command of company called Warrior
| Guards with which to take Fort Morgan, be-
fore the state had seeded, He is now IN
Washington sacting as pardon, agent. On
| the 4th Of this month he telegraphed from there
to certain gentleman in this city: i paid moth
| ing' He was made special agent by Gov
ernor Parsons to administer the amnesty
oath. SIS 80
washington M. Smith, pardoned, was pres
| ident of Selma Bank. ew ptts
Colonel N. Fl. r. Dawson, pardoned, was
the first man who wore the South Carolina
| coclade in this state. ia 4 ssa,.s5 W. ss5s
Lehman & Brothers, rich Jews, and mer-
chants in this city, were pardoned.l They were
! blockade runners. "a "a ss44sas5 "A n .r3
| ga. D. Barnet, Isaac Micon, A. Kirk, and
others comprising the firm Of Barnet, MicoA
| & Co., Montgomery, are now, and were before
| the war, the owners and proprietors of the
| Tallasa Cotton Factory, located in Talapoosa
county, in this state. This company made an
immense fortune during the war, havingbeen
! favored contractors of the so-ealled Conieder-
ate government. tga be E20r9 no