Maryland free press., 1866-11-08
Arrangement With the Confede e rates
by General Batler..Goqz9 9s9A
PROPOSITION FROM BUTLER TO- GEN.
VAN dorm.

PROPOSITION FROM BUTLER TO q GEN.
VAN dorm ..o f,;, \. !
OWES POWDER TO his ENEMIES TO K,LL HIS
2i!H'.lfm yi FRIENDS, oaofo Iiiw oW
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tc'rrespondento OF t.,s Cincinnati Enquirer. "
NEW ORLEANS La. October s, 1866,
EIroz ,t.t "Oh! Damned william"
rf..a.. -. fSaAKEspKAR:.
While the Confederate army Of the West
was at Tupola Miss, General Butler was
IN Now Orleans; and fir months this no.
bic. patriotic, aud selfish man supplied
them then wit with boots, shoes, salt, gunpowder,
percussion caps, &c, &c, Does any MAJ,
doubt this assertion? If so, let that man
50 to Jackson, Miss. or to any point on
the New Orleans Railroad below jackson.
an and ask any body living upon the railroad
II supplies Of all kinds were not regularly,
sent over the road, from New Orleans. -
Let the unbeliever inquire for {, certain
Captain Colby (formerly known in cincin-
natti Ohio, who was a. oemmissary of tie
Confederatesar army, and stationedgat Jack-
son Mississippi, wliether,he did not receive
constantly, large supplies Of coffee, SALT
&c Nc, for Il perio,l extending over
eighteen months. The writer of this arti1
oe' while in Jackson, Mississippi, ia the
Summer Of 1862, bad occasion to visit the
chicfol of Capt. Calby,' Mr.. Bliss,
(tormcrly Governor of Colorado Territory.
and while there heard conversation take
place between Colonel Jones Of General
Bragg's staff and confidential agent OF
General Butler, in which was agreed on
the part of General Butler,; to furnish the
Confederate army with Shoes, bianketsg 2
salt, &c., and that 5000 sacks of salt
should be delivered / remember riyht-
in three weeks. bliss and myself we're
separated from the speakers by board Pc
tition, not well made, and could hear the
ontire conversation. AS we listened We
beoame much interested, 'hnd exchanged
frequent significant winks, both being good
Confedcrates, .'.'--------.
q Bliss. afterwards "slopod to- avoid the
cog eoppseeriPt law; he was. . fno fellow for, all
that that toweyerh Butler's agent wanted a
bale off cotton for sack of salt, AMI the
parties came near splitting on the poiut.7E
pon't Pen kr%gwIlh know hov il was settled, but know
that tn supplies came in regularly. Upon
the evening of the same day that the con-
vcrsation above reported took place I vis-
itcd the headquarters of General Van
DEorn, and while talking to tw, of my old
aacluaintanees- Colonel Ned. Dillon, chief
co,nmissary, and Colonel Lnmax, 10th
graduates of West Point General Van
Dorm himself came in laughing. "Wcll,""
taid the General to Colonel Lpmax, IL
h1aaye just had proposition from General
Butler, and he purposes to supply our ar
my with all we want, provil ed will send
him cotton. "What an Internal scoun
drcl he is" said Van Dorm. To this we
all unhestatingly agreed What II spccta-
gle of depravity is here prcseated--a man
furnish gunpower to siay his comrades,
aud clothes and fiod to supply thcis enc
mics, ..i. ...t ....,. a., r.r.... ~....., i,
pG have boon Confederate soldier Of the
fighting department, and have; q met on
laany, fields the noblo soldier. Of the Nortl,
vest, and | have thought when have
seen them, dead and dying around me, that
they probably ladlsllen, killed by anu
uition furnished by General Butler. Now
the beast. this -'shape informal" presents
himself before the people of the North. and
has been hailed with applause by thous-
ands. r as.iry .,.- O., .....r -.
lbs there just God above who willpour
out the vials of bis wrath upon those who
Gefy him. There is. and Bon. Butler will
come tqia horrible emil. mark the predic-
tion, this man is destined to terrible end.
It might have been said of liu that he
was simplyla brute, for publishing his Or
der No. %, Or for presenting.a . lpaIed pis-
tol IT, the head Of weeping lady; but
where are he1terhs, In which to charac-
tcrize the utter depravity of the man, that
would slay thousands of Lis country,nen
for gold. aHo .iai '' .rf[ y" '''
Come forth ye hundreds Of witnesses of
this mans dspraviy and make it kn wn
to the world! | summon you to the in
QUESTION, not as partisan, but for the
cause of humanity. BENJAMIN IF.
BUTLER MUST BE UNMASKED.-L
Somebody must undertake this task. rd' q
70 Some months ago I wrote to Secretary
Stanton, giving him "the points against
Butler, and the names of the witnesses.
but nothing ha, been done. ID I wrote a
Driy,to lnttor tn Sao.afor r,, Gt.,,tay, !! q, 80