Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-31
Gen. Hindmaanl. s and 8. s lFoote + .


Those who write history in The II fel time
OF the subjects OF iti must lexpeet to- have
their criticisms, oyerhauIed. Among. those
who are now verifying, this, is Henry S.
Foote, who, Of all men, should have been
most SILENT yet was among the first to get
into print, with his g War of the Rebellion"
ltseems that in8 this book, which very few
have ever read,' he makes very gross charges
against General iEtindman, of Arkansas. now
otSNlexieo.i Gen. III. replied with disproof
otshis several specific iaccusations, and then
closes withsanl invective (which even NTrl
Foote' s'powefs of languages cannot reach :t,g
for the book before men toned, it can
do no hurt where the author is known. Re.
pudiator, Bond>payer, Whig,l Democrat,
Know-NOthing, Unionist, Seeessionist1
everything by turns and nothing long; po-
litical mcndicant in half the States, and
refugee from every party, betraying and de-
spised by all; placarded as a Constitutional
liar, years ago, by the great captive whom he
at one moment SANDERS and at the next insults
with spurious sympathy thrust forth from
Mississippi the formal declaration Of her
House of Representatives impughing his ve-
racity branded on his forehead-with such.
antecedehts UP to 1861, and with the black
record, PAINTED by himself, of timc>serycrr. r.
factionist, traitor and sycophant during and.
since the war; howling against the North
when Southern fortunes were at their flood:
embarrassing our counsels when the tide be-
gan to .ebb; ignominiotsIy deserting to the
enemy when great disaster befell' us, and
tawring upon that enemy when our country s.
subjugPtion' had been wro1Sht9h6w' is it,
possible for him to, win credence from the
putlfe, OF to Bass his base lies toT truths ?@
relish his base acts, as they may, his present
mos
slaves must turn from him ii in disgust, p
heard, little while back, that he was va dead.
and was SURPRISED that a Sentiment chafrfitAa-l
Bile towards him spfang up in my mind IT
was that he hight turn, out to .haye had at,
least as much grace as 1scariot, and, have have
hanged himself, IN atdhemef1t 70 for 7 three-scor
years of continuous lying and trcdehery he
must be aware that his career Can 'fitIy have
but this ter1nination is owf Ire Tie, only
hands vile enough to end his eSistennce. and
the NAV Of the carrioni crow, IN his natural
place of fsepulture.: = so 'Sn 81" y1i"gp9 S'f'
agEEERlNG I'M SoBFH, ,GARohINA.-sGoyi
Orr, oil South Carolina, has written to General
Howard pfrthe Freedmen,s, Bureau zstating
that the want and suffepipg gsa1e very great dn,
his State sapd dcaskipg to have the distributiohi
ot ratlons continued. .ss;r!
! AS early as Mgrch last, he says, an esti-
mate was made ia CGhegt9Gfefdt district, and
it was found that there were only seven
bushels of corn to eacHl person m tie district
Without any allowance being made for fegdiHg
Of the, stock, the1supPly sihadequate, to
I glYeJ breadutoI the peefleog4Qtleto districts
are nearly; asiidestitutesi in lRiekela, gs6me
600 families are iwithonts sufficient supply of
I breadstHfs and theisearcitg is also great else
! where all over the State.,2 rt,stse.i Isdt8 -,
; IRestax levied for thersupport ofsthe poor
is asdfstrict tax,zapd itAappen lthatsin those
secticnsi iwheFei ithe1ssaEcity nis lmpstsfelt the
general population are least able tospag a
9 local tax, and hence there are thousands in
the State, White afd cofored who must suffer
& for she eenfmdheste nieansssof Subsistence.
unless ionSIaresissuedt from the bureaus Is:s
q Governor On, eopeludesf by Stating, that
Ethe wheat crop, WHICH is now ttrashed out.
PROVES to Be not half al az average - Yield q
|, !, 5rdG1sa rdGaptaip McD0aalg, professor of chem.
istry, geologyo $s, at at the NiEgipia Military
Institute, promises TO make anassay 6f a1T
specimens ofGiromor oiEsriorezsehtif to dfimzSif
stthe parties interested vii lassist sn,skine,a
new collection of minerals, fossils, ;&c. sfSr
the Institute, the old collection hayinsSL = beeS
burned by General Hunter.