The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-08

NESS of the medical student The next day,
The knit. IN the hands of Dr. Thomas Me-
t;ci,er. and his father DR.. VIM. c. McCiehee
a physician OF age. character and standing
. in This ucig hEorhOod. did tire work of dis
/ -ec1ing the dead body; and it was subjected
( to such scrutiny az is usual in such eases.
Parts ofthe body were also preserved, as is
customary, and afterwards subjected 10 such
tests rs they supposed would lead to knowl-
edge in She healing art. Nothing more was
auao with the body than is usual in such
cases he WAS skinned only as such subjects
Az usually skinned, and fOl the usual TT!r-
poses, and with the usual privacy Nothing
is more common than physicians cutting up,
boiling, drying and preserving parts of the
human body and if these are facts upon
which Matthews has manufactured the story
against John H. Mc{Ahee we scarcely know
which he deserves most, pity for his imhes
Gle weakness, OF contempt for his great 1g-
Hol#ncc We distinctly state that john ii.
NeSpHee was not connected with this trans
action in any way, was not present at the
hanging or dissection, and is rs innocent of
any crime connected with it as his false
accuser.
The last charge which we notice Is, that
not a man III ten, in Zion Hill precinct can
lay his hand on his heart and swear he has
done faithful part 10y the freedmen" And
his recommendation that . troops be station
ed IN that ueighboTho0d. or that freedmen
be allowed 10 remove to localities where
their lives VIII he safe from such monsters"
The best rcfutatiou OF this wholesale slam
der j, the fact tlat most Of tie negroes are
still here with their former owners; and
have. freely and of their own accord, with
ont any fear, threat or c0InmIsion, made
contracts with chem for the present year.
Since the meeting the committee have re-
ceigcd certified copy OF the report OF Mat
thcns, and find it contains more charges
thau we had seen published.
lzs lie saws Mr.. Cain IS . uiiiti5mau.
Mr. q. is noaIi, seventy years of ago aud
ha, 10 Kind OF connection with the MALTA,
and never bad. 2nd. lie saws Nj. LHmpllin,
som ai Squire iunphIG - q miiItl@uaE.
This Is. a!so5 false; Mr.. LuInpkin never
has had ans connection whatever with The
militia, and never was with them al any
time While on duty. 3d He says, on the
same night on which TWO other WhipplngS
IT women occurred, both Of which state
Ene1t% are false; 10 such women ever having
been whipped. negro woman was terribly
ilog@cd' On the place Gt John H. McGeEee,
and that >he has disappeared and caunct be
found This H. false \ woman formerly
owned by II. Mct,rhca. left his premises
about the 9Th Of December. after having
some trouble with hir. Mr;,eaee. and went
To L;Rgri s. ou tn" same day, or, on the next
day remained there several days, and IS
now living on plantation within i've miles
at Liberty. and is perfectly sound and well.
She did not even report the ease 20 Capt.
Cadet. the Provost Marshall 1t that place.
+Jh. tie says on the next night, 4 negro
man, whose name be had forgotten, but not
withst&mdng that fact, he youchcs for the
truthhulness OF his statement, had two horses
stolen from him on the Cain plantation by
the militia. This is like all the otbcTs-talse-
We cannot hear that ANYTHING akin to such
an event ever TRANSFERRED, and if it did, we
certainly would have some information on
the subject. lie is again haunted with the
images Of Cain and Lumpbin, and says they
were present, aud eau ia identified. These
gentlemen court invest gation. 18th. He
says nc went TO the houscs Of the various
persons connected with these transactions,
and attempted to arrest them. This is also
false He visited John II. MeGehee-s place,
"a we have before stated, but lac did not
visit the place of a single other man in this
urighborhood. to whom he has alluded
Respectfully submitted.
joins Y. NUNNEEY, VAN L. SW.2ARTNGIN,
THOMAS l.. MOoRE. J. ;. REEVES, W. Nc
kINs0N.