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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-08
CITY NEWS.
City Council.
TUESDAY EVEN

TUESDAY EVENING, Feb. L.
Council met at the usual hour, the Presi-
dent of the Council, Thomas Jones, Jr., in
the Chair.
All the members of the Council present
except Messrs. DOugler, Gardner Heating
and Henderson.
Reading minutes of the preceding even
ing dispensed with.
PETITIONS.
Of twenty-nine prominent residents on
Prospect street, to grade: pave and thread
with sewers of said street between Hudson
and Perry street to pave it with wood, OF
the Nicholson pavement; and that sll ser
vice pipes for gas, water and sewerage
leading from main pipes for each lot, be
completed and laid to curb stone; and all
repairs of gas and water pipes be made be-
fore the paving is commenced.-Board Of
City Improvements.
0fmany proprietors of, and journeymen
in, barber shops, asking for the passage OF
an ordinance forbidding all such shops in
this city to remain open to custom on the
Sabbath.-Ordinance
REPORTS.
Of Gas Inspector for the month of Janu-
ary, 1885. Filed.
Of Weigher of Hay for the East Side, for
January, 1865. Filed.
OF City Sexton for January, 1865. Filed.
Of Weigher of Hay for West Side, for
January, 1866. Filed.
Of same for December, 1884, Filed.
OF same for November, 1864. Filed.
zOf the Board of City improvements and
Special Committee, allowing the Cleveland
and Toledo Railroad Company to use a por-
tion of Front street. Filed.
Of the City Attorney on the legality of
the ordinance changing the rates of fare
Of the Council thus to change the rates of
fare. Filed.
Of the City Attorney on the petition of
Mrs. Betsey Church, praying for the re-
funding her money paid as tax through
mistake on certain lots in this city, ad-
Yersely to her petition. Filed.
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4 VERY DESIRABLE LOT ON 81.

A VERY DES1kABLE Luz ON EU-
II cid street. for first class Residence is offered
br sale at reasonable price. 1t fronts on Euclid
sreet S0 feet extending back l2l0 feet and contains
i've acres On it are planted, and in thrifty cOndi
ton, 90 Grape Vines Of tho best yareties-I alta ba
laWare aud Concordi also, 100 Peach trees and 20
Apple trees Of the best kinds The land is little out
side the city limits the Street Railroad passing the
premises. Apply to S. F0LJAMBE, No, 6 Atwater
Building. Jan26:lg9
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-08

QT0 a MONTHI-I WANT AGENTS
pa v everywhere, st so . month expenses maid
70 sell EETEEE ARTICLES, the best ever offered Full
particul Ars FREE. address OTIS I. CAREY Bidde-
ORD. Maine. daS S.lSldEvy
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-08
CAPTAIN NASH HBLD TO BAIL.

On Thursday afternoon Captain Nash was
arrested by Deputy Marshal DeWolf, and
appeared in Court. He was held to bail in
the sum of s., ,OOO, which was given by Mr..
Yorick, of Akron.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-07

$50 .. m.-Him OF the gum and the telegraph
aeain-magnetic child reminding By the abandon
of HE chewing and bis general style Of living in the
clouds while running errands, Of the page saw
shooting about big basket at the end Of q string
as he marched across the floor Of the Honse OF
Representatives, during the voting on the amend
ment of the Constitution to abolish Slavery IN the
United States. He throws down three dispatches
"DosToS Feb. io-JAY COOKE, This Banft sub
nril a. e2O coo TO SeyrL and Three 1enths LoAn-J
X. FULLER. Merchants National.
"CoLupus Obio, Feb l5.--JAr COOKE: Gent Ger.
ti6cat.s Is TbousaDds, 20 Five Hundreds, " Que
Hundreds. 20 Fifties.-w. q. DEsHLER"
Some may need TO be told that the Seven-Thirtes
are issued in FIVE denominations: 80, 500, 500,
81 0O s. O00 and that they bear interest as follows
One cent per day on each....... go bond.
Two cents per day on eoch..... 100 bond
Ten cents per day On each....-. so bond.
Twenty cents per day on each. l.CU bond.
One dollar per day on each.... $3.50 bond
"NEw HAVEN Conn, Feb l5.-JAY COOKE: Sub
scription to-day, 7.5Os. Que Hundred thousand Dol
lars-H. NJ WELH"
From this time on till the close Of the business
hours of Jay Cooke & Co.'S, and till Jay Cooke &
Co.'S puts up its shuttersland has seemingly gone
home and got into slippers, and has perception OF
tea through the sense of smell, kilograms pour In in
a stream up to nine O'Clock at night. Listen TO
them as they arrive from West and East and North
and South;
"YonK Pa, isth.-want ten thousand thus: One
thousand 4 Five Hundred ~ One Hundred ~ Fiities
H. d. SCHMIDT. Cashier"
"BrRINcroy, Iowa. l5th.--Subscriptions TO 100 TO-
day, Thirty five Tbousand.--GEoRGE c. LAuMAS."
"PrT1snURGH Pa l5tb.--Sales to-day $50, 100 Send
II thousand, ~ bve hundred, ~ ono hundred ~
Afties.-S ID. HEBRON, Cashier"
"NRw.YoEK I5th.-We shall keep the sipsy for our
own little town.-LivERkoRR. CIEws Co.
You will keep the $JOO.OOO worth, chi very
good thing TO keep.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, l5th.-Am0unt OF our snb
serptiun 10 Seven $40 to-day is one hundred thousand
dollars-L X. WARD. CASHIER"
WHEELING. Va. l5th.-Subscrptions IN Seven
Thirles To-day. ninety-ons hundred dol'aa-G.
ADAMS Cashier"
providence r. l.. i5th.-,o fftes. $50 one hund-
reds l0l five huudreds o. thousands 10 i've thou
sands. WV. C. TOWNSEND Cashier"
NEW YORK. 18TH have Just invested 500 In
Seven Thities Tor oor washer woman oi ms city, the
savings Of seven years whic ale has until now ben
deferred from investing by the counsel OF copperhead
fficDd.-S0Lon ROBINSON. 90
Isn't that o characteristic billet doux! Oh the
unseen and unknown knitting, Knitting, knitting
of philanthropy and politics and patriotism in
threads Of silver and Of gold and Of WOODEN and Of
linen, in big stitches and little stitches into this
great Government Loan
"CBicAao, H.. Subscriptions Seven. Thirty
Loan si7. s0O--lRA HoLhEs"
"BuFpALo, n. y. l5th--Subsctip.ion 70. day e72,.
3S0-H. g. NoLIos." lr. Ia IrraurrI ..'1f
"IRoSTox O.. l3th.-Subscriptions 70 day. e4oo
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The cadence Of this sentence slightly drawn out
ss he resumed his pen and wrote rapidly, produced
the efec, of halt in his thought, that left nnsaiu
things which might have been saio' pa' no'
being necessary to be said hSo oeeh w.
fcred FOR want Of time. Evidently man OF onsi-
ness earnest. intent, pcrsevering - quick, Sell
no.sesscd. bold He grips big things win the
familiarity with which old gunners grip cannons.
have heard that he will buy raiiIoad hundred
miles. or two hundred miles long-a railroad DEAD
Of bankruptcy and entombcd in trustees and with
ont promise or prospect Of resurrecfion-that he
will bnv H. reanmate II, rebuid II, resock 1t, and
set itsroinc. and sell It to the bys,andcrs when they
have cotton over being dumbfourdcd Of The miracle
at price ecmpassable by them and remuneratve
TO himself Ard I have heard that be will bny up
the deprecated deb, of huge Western State upon
his convictions that its soil ard its population Will
double, treble, and qnadruple the wealth OF the
State and fetch her obligations upto par. The man
handles hinge sums of money and hugo loans, with
the ease anu precision with which mathematicians
handle large combinations Of figures.
new telegraph boy rushes il, hidden nearly IN
great coat and wheezy as to bis respiration, tho
spur of pressing importance roweling him deep
lie throws down his dispatches, then folds his
book and plays a tattoo on the cover, and employs
his leisure eyesight 20 hunt the ceiling over to see
where the seven-Thirty is kept. and not finding II
there settles his look and his faith upon Jay Cooke
as the Seven-Thrty, and listens to him with rever-
ence.
"Keohuk, Iowa; $50 900. That's well of to sun
down. Good! Lowell, Mass; sE,WO. Good
also, That's from the factory girls McConners-
vile, Ohio; $205oO, nearly all in ffties and hund'
reds. Lafayette, Ind. 10000. Augusta, Me-,
Louisville, Kentucky, Des Mcines, Iowa, $'o'ooo'
Won, somebody Just tell NE where will be the
Reputation of the National Debt that is dihnsed
East and West and North and South T. And be
resumes bis rapid wiring, and is absorbed ID DIS
work. The letter finished, ne speaks up enecih!
again. while be folds the sheet with bis fingers:
at is the taking Of this Loan by the People
instead Of foreigners-it is the depositine by the
People Of their money, and their faith, and 'heiI
affections, in the pcrpetuity Of their Government
and in the boundless resources Of their Country
ard in its power and its goy-it is this that makes
these telcersns bewitching and important. IL Is
these small subscriptions that We want, not the big
ones. These small subscribers wont sell thelr
bonds. They buy to keep. Every little Flity
Dollar or Hundred Dollar Bond they get Is nest
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70 date Of subscription ,-GrOHGT WILLARD"
Answer to which 10 instantly made; "Yes.'
Then there is among the clerks an appendix OF con-
gratua,ory talk over the telegram from ironton:
"These 800 are the earnings Of two or three or four
furnacc-men."
lizard earnings by men who can hit hard knocks
for their country"
"And who buy to keep, and not for rise"
"wat till the Iron enters our SOUL mot
laughed at
"HAg1YoHp. Conn.,. Isth.-Onr subscription to day
10 three hundred thousand dollars-J. S. 1RroS."
"pHoRA Illinois 18th. -Subscrp tion this day thirty
thousand dollaTs.-M. Il. CUKTIss."
"KroKrK Iowa I5th.-Snbscrptions this day
amount 10 seventy five thousand dollars.-R L. FooIE.
Cashier"
BOSTON. Mass, i5th.-Two hundred thousand
seven lbirties to-dny.--JOHx CAER. Casbier."
"BAITMonE, Md. l5th.-We deposited for John.
medium --BRorBgRs McKiM"
Unlocked by the scven-thirfy key, that IL An or.
der for $4,000 Of the bonds in five hundreds and
one thousands.
"MpApvnLz. Penn. Isth.-Sub,criptiors to-day
sirty.two thousand seven hundred dollars 40 fi'tes
l5i hundred, 81 Eve hundreds. u one Thousands
NosIER Cashier"
BATH Nc. i5th-Subscriptions ssven.thirtos ga
900 this day.--w. ID. MUssESDgs. Cashier"
NEW YoRK. I5th->ubscriptions To 7.30 Loan At
this Bank to-day amount 10 eJOe, s50-JoHs I. Hill.
Cashier
"Nfw.YoRK l5th-Subscriptlons this day el99. 80.
| Advices by mai.-J. l.. EygRnT. Cashier.
"NEw. YORK l5th.--Have subscribed for eco 900
Seven. Thirty Loan-P. &. CALHOUN. Prest'
| "CLEvELAsD, o., l5th.-Su5scriptions to-day, 80
fifties. 80 Hundreds. 2o9 Five Hundreds, IS One
Thousands, 90 Five Thousands. Total Three Hundred
1housnnd.--H. Is. HuRiBURT Cashr"
"DAvgsPoRr, Iowa. i5th.--I send todays receipts
fr $4,000 Seven Thirties--B. Il. WOODWARD. CnshT.'
"SYnAcusE N. Y. I5th.--Subscrptions received for
Seven.rhirty Loan to-day amount " t3i. 5oo-E. b.
JuDsoH."
"NEw.YoRK. lsth-Totsl Emily Stone. Half Coun-
try. H. Stout Cashier"
The which unlocked develops thus, "Total
5000 half TO be forwarded to rs from Washing
ton in One Thousands, and balance TO subscribers
from Washington"
FOR to-day hundred thousand instead Of seventy i've
thousand; dedncting COMMUNICATIONS IL. LIVINGSTON
Cashier"
MANSFIELD o.. l5ih.-Tn,rty thousand dollars sub.
ecrpton todhyone-baf In hive per cent notes. orders
BY mail.--A. L. GRIAEA Pres'L"
"NEwYoRK Isth.-Shall we get any potatoes TO-
morrow t-VERMiLyg 4 Co."
To which answer is made: "Yes; $4,000"
While meditating On the interesting variety Of
potatoes thus promptly promised, and determining
IL the excellent Mr. Verlnilye Is to receive $1,000
Pcach-Blows, to DO counted out potato by potato,
or SC, 900 bushels Of Pink-Eyc,, or Carriers, or
MERGERS, or Dykemans, or Junes to be measured In
the standard bushel measure Of the State Of Penn.
tylvania, in rushes, for the twentieth time. that
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MONDAY. March 6--r. N.

MONDAY March 6-r NJ
Gold has been steady all day, closing at 1881
after selling at 1881 1891.
Government stocks arc steady, with moderate
business. No largo amounts are pressing upon the
market and no heavy orders could be filled at the
rates. The Miscellaneous list was quito irregular
Canton Company sold at 35a35i. Cumberland
Coal was lower and sold at 69070 Mariposa was
steady at EaaTi. The Railway list was weak and
In some cases much lower. Ncw-York Central sold
at l0s 1881, and Erie 7Ot S70a. The Western list
was weak and freely offered for cash. Erie was
sold as low as Co. and offered at that price at the
close. The holiday has boon closely observed, and
nothing done after noon.
Exchange 10 nominal. The rates are l0s a los.
for leading names at GO days, and fsncs 5.9oS527l
Freights are dull; the engagements to Liverpool
arc 70 tuns heavy goods ct So. BY American. and
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egg. They viii pinch and rave ana ~ofk 10 ohy
more. The big subscribers will sell out On rise
rr they will sell out to buy ship, OF stock store,
or buy land. Blu, the small buyers hang on, and
weave Il emseves into the very life and interests OF
the Government. This Loan could easily have
been marketed in Germany. But what q political
blunder it would have been TO have sold It abroad
and what an economical misfortune. The war
Debt of the United States due to the People OF the
United States can be easily carried and ultimately
paid. Two American National debts have
been e1tineuished by payment. The third
one will DO extinguished IN the same way. But
until /, s paid not the scuryest politician Will oafe
peep of Repudaton-no section will lisp Secession
or Division. hold In this fist the guarantee OF per-
msnent Union between the East end the West, and
the Center and the Extremes; and he futters with
erea, smile fst-f,ill Of Seven Thirty kilograms.
There is an army of banks, bankers, brokers aud
agents engaged in the work OF popularizlng tnis
Seventy.Thir,y Loan They number between 4,VVV
and 5000. Every man Of them has the necessity
of eating, and Of being clothed, housed ana
warmed. and has lively prejudice In favor OF
wages. Jay Cooke phys every one OF them out OF
his private pocket. Here Is his account with 'h'
4
Loan and the machinery thereof, and 1t Is no'e-
worthy. The Government pays him Of per
cen, for the first fifty millions be sells, and OF
Der cent for the second fifty Millions and the resi-
due The Government puts on him all the losses,
all the risks, and all tho expenses. Now, out OF
thu, small commission Of first, and afterwards t.
be paws 10 the sub.agcnt banks and brokers OF
| per cent, Then he pays for all OF the
telegrapbing Incidental 70 The business ana II
is awsully costly. Then no pays all the
expenses Of the travelling agents-pays al
the expenses of advertising land nearly every paper
in tho county display heads the 800, oil the e''
pcnses of clerk hire express charges. blanks, cren'
lars and the distribution and posting Of hand-b'h'
Less than ouc-eghth Of one per cent remains IN MS
hands ct the end, with the immense risk and the
enormous care and labor Of so vast and driving
business. In Europe, on the other hand, the
banker that opens his doors only, as medium OF
negotiations for Government loan, Is paid nom
to q per cent ! take il that the incxpen'iveness
Of this SevenThrty Loan is feature Oft as well
as It's popularity.
To diminish the expense Of the immense system
Of telcgraphing, necessary TO tho rapid pushing OF
the loaL, remember that the Government was about
run ashore for money three weeks ago. cipher Is
employed, of which the following il the key;
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The first regular trains OF the Chicago and GreX
Eastern Railway pass over the lentire road ffow
Chicago to Richmond, Indiana t2223 miles to-day,
the route being now opened for through traffic "
the Atlantic cities. Tho connection is made a.
Richmond via the Little Miami and Central Ohis
Railroads TO Bellare and thence over the Baltt
more and Ohio Railroad to BALTIMORE or over tie
S,eubcnville Road via Pittsburgh 70 Philadelphia
and New.York. l. opens fourth trunk line from
Chicago to the East, and is the most important
connection for the Western roads centering q
Chicago which has been completed for many yesrs
RAILROAD EARSNos-FTBRrARY.
,.,., I Is.; J H. 3: ins e y:
R0ck Island. lbe, lo4 zcbs3y oe,I@
Michigan southern. .235.666 2gs.seo 6+9t
The subscriptions received at the Ninth Nstona
Bank for Seven.Thirties, this day, amount y
$4,000.
Mr. John S. Sauzade Of Winslow, Lanier 4 Co.
was elected o member Of the New.York Stock En-
change.
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF rHB CITT %
NEw.YoRK.
Nos. ~ AND 30 PrsEsT..
DEPOSITORY AND FINANCIAL AGENT OF rHS CHTD
STATES
Have for sale. ready for delivery
UNITED STATES z $40 TREASURY NorHA
Convertible at maturity. into $40 GoLDBHAAue
BoNps
UNITED STATES 1910 BONA
UNITED STATES $40 BoNDs.
UNITED STATES 1-YEAR CERIIFNArEa
We also collect Government Vouchers and Dratae
and attend 10 other business with the Government
L. c. CALHOUN PrssidsaA
b. SEAMAN, Cashier.
UNITED STATES
$40
TREASURY NoTEs
For immediate delivery. at
HowEs & MAcYs, Bankers,
No. 80 WALTZ
TEyTH NATIONAL BANK,
No. $40 Broadway.
7.3o TREASURY NOTES on hand for sale.
ID. L. Ross, President
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TENTH NATIONAL BANK,
No. $40 Broadway.
130 TREASURY NOTES on hand for sale.
ID. L. Ross, President
J. H. Stout, Cashier.
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per steamer 200 boxes Bacon OF l5s, and $50 tuns
Cheese at EOS.
In money no change. Seven per cent 10 readily
paid upon call.
The following arc the comparative figures Of tho
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TAsIr Of "a, ioans Specie Circulation. and Opposite as
Of ne Gun 0C Ns York. for tho reek sndtHs Sac
syaau sIareA T. 1865. 20 UiseA % a1hssd - CeSstss
Of each Bdrk
, 1865-03-17

Senators McDougall, Of .Caltornia, and
the standing committees Of the Senate on
account of hab1tual drunkenness.
Hon. Lafayette S. Foster, who has been
elected by the Senate its President pro kena.,
is q natiye Of Connecticut, and g iueal de-
scendant Of Miles Standisb.
Jchn Lowell, Esq, of Boston, has been ap-
pointed Judge of the District Court Of the
United States for the State Of Massachusetts,,
in place Of Iudge sprague, who has resigned.
Judge Lowetf. although quite young man,
has an established reputation as lnwyer.
His great- grandfather, hon. John Lowell, oc-
cupied the came position many years since.
&c WAS the author Of the first article in the
Declaration Of Rights contained in the CON
etituuon Of 11assaehusetts-thc article de-
claring all men to be born free and equal,
which he wrote and proclaimed IS an abon
ton Of sluyery.
4 Charleston correspondent Of the Boston
Journal says that secret Union League ha:
existed In Charleston during the rebellion
DR.. MackeS was the chief officer. Governor
Aiken, Judge Buist, and FIVE hundred Others
were members.
The appointment OF Senator Harlan u
Secretary OF the Interior, leaves vacant
chair in the Senate from Iowa. ExGosefno!
Kirkwood, General Fitz Henry Warren. sns
Congressman Kasson are mentioned Us candi
dates to fill the Vrcancg.
General Whiting, who died at Governors
Island, New York harbor, Friday, was II
command of Fort Fisher when it wns captured
nv cuv f,sces. He Wns about forty ycara o
age. He was Mis.isslpplan by birth, and {
graduate Of West Point, and, next to Beaure
gard, was considered the ab1est engineer oil
Ger in the rebel Ecrrlce.
The Barre Ga7ttt says Mrs. Betsey Woods
widow Of the late Samuel s. Woods of New
Bratntree, Mass, committed suicide on tht
sth inst. BY hanging herself at the house o
hcr scn, Mr. Lortng F. Woods Of Barre
| where she resided. She had been mental,
dc1anged for some time. p.
, 1865-03-17

Cook county scrip ,,Was dali at 87}. There was
very little interest manlfe,ed In 1t On account OF
the excitement in Gold.
Tho money market vas unusually stringent, and
The bankers refused to discount to theiz best
customers. The rato was therefore nominal. On
the street loans were contracted at EOS per cent
per month. The bankers naturally feel alarmed
abont their collaterals, and large amounts Of pro-
duce were forced to sale on 'Chanee, and in the
afternoon and evening On the street and at the
fremont Honse. Thus far the holders Of pork
hare displayed more nerve than the holders Of
produce and but little has been offered for sale.
The mercantile trade is quiet. and apparently free
from the panic which has peryaded the produce
market.
= The demand for Eastesn Exchange continues
good, and under more limited supply to-day the
market was Armer but there Is no Charge IN rates,
which remain at par buying and sc premium sell
ling y
AT The suggestion OF the Senate, Secretary
McCul1och has undertaken to prepate compact
statement Of the Import and export trade Of the
United StAtes up to Janusry Of the present year,
distinguishing the movement Of gold ffon that OF
other exports. By thia report comparison OF
the trnde of the country In time Of peace with
that In time Of war may be obtaiuea, and.a sound
basis will be gained for calculations ~ to the best
means Of maintaining the revenue Of the govern
menk
In New York foreign exchange is fsmer, and
prime bankers sterling GO day bills arc quoted at
1GsG1cs33, and good at 1g71.
In New York money Is moderately easy at Z
per cent On call Commercial paper, 8@10 per
cent.
In Boston the money market Is close and
stringent. The Boston Adcertissr Of the 13th
says "There has been considerable activity In
lhe money market to-day, both in the loan and
discount line, and greater degree Of atr;ngeucy
has prevailed than for come time past, which has
had the elect to adyauec the rates Of interest
about per cent. The best paper Is discounted at
T{I9h pet cent,
, 1865-03-17

IL lit i know noshiDs Of il; th,t no ordsr. rlYen
By me authorize The Killing OF prisoners after cap
apy Of yours except under circumstances In which
It xns perfectly legitimate and proper they should
deserate ~ foracsrs to fire 'he DWELLINGS Of tho.e
ciuzens whom they have robhet.
70 cheek !his 11h9n92;aa u. system WHICH ia justly
cd ny men 10 shoo. down all OF Jonr men Who arc
cspcht burning houses. This order shall remain
Sre >. ron di'grsse II hs pees:iaa q
You fay that cannot, Of course. question youe
!, Il no =
But there Is right older oven than this. and onc
more ina'ieoable-ths right that every man has to
pendent upon him. Aid from my heart wish
that every old man and boy In mr. country who can
Gre gun, world shoot down, as be would wild
burning their houses. and insulting their women,
Iou are particular IN defining and claiming
"was rightsf May / ask II you enumerate amons
them the right to fire upon detancetess ctty.
without notice; to burn that city to the ground
atttr It had been su1rendered b. The ah1horitles.
who claimed though IN vain thss protection which
cnmbatants; to fire The dwelling. houses or cid
| gems after 1obhfpg them. and to perpctrata even
tarkcr crimes than these-criInes too b!ack to be
You hare permitted, ityou hare not ordered, the
commission OF these offences against humanity and
the rules Of wsE Yoo ared into the city Of Co.
lumbia without word Of warn.oy. Alter ita .ur-
private property, you LAID the whole city IN ashes,
| leaving amid Its rims thousands Of old men aud
| helpless wsmen and children. who are likely to
| per1eh Of starvation and exposure. Your li1e oi
rsarch can be traced By the lurid light OF barnlus
honsee, and in more than one household there i
| IN agony hr more bitter than That Of death.
| TIE lndian scalped his victim, regardless OF eea
or age; but with all bis barbarity, be always 70
fpected the persons o! bis female eapuves. You
soldiers. more savage than the Indian, insult hose
| whose natural protectors are absent.
| In conclneion, have only to REQUEST that when
evcr you haye any Of ny mon "d1sposed Of" o.
"murdered," !" for The ferps ~ appear to BE- synony
/ that may know what action to taxa in the matter
IN tho mea1 time shall bold ftty:s,1 Of your mel
as hostages for those whom you have ordered tt
| be executed. am yours. &C.,
| " WADE HAMPTON, Lieut.. Con.
Official: JHo. II. p1EI, A. a. Gen.