Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-10-27
Correspondence OF the Cincinnati Enquirer.
FROM NEW 0RLEANo-A CURIOUS
LETTER.
oh damned villain Shakespeare.

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Mss. Gen. Butler was in New Orleans ;
md ,or months this Noble, patriotic. ufi-
selfish man supplied them with boots,
hoes, sait, gnupowder. percussion caps,
etc, etc. Does any man doubt this as
II so, let that man gu I" Jack
son. Miss or to any point On the Ne"
Orleans railroad below Jackson, and ask
anybody living upon the railroad If sup
plies we're not regularly sent over the
road from New Orleans.
Let the unbeilevar inquire for a GER
tain Colby, Formerly known in Cincinna
ii, Oaio.) who was a ~conilnlssaFy OF TN
Confedel ate army, aud stationed at Jack
son, Miss, whether he did not receive,
constantly, large supplies Of coffee, SAT-,
etc., etc., fny a period extending osel
.ioI teen months. The writer OF this ar
t,cle. while stationed at Jackson. Miss.
N the summer of 1852. had occasion to
visit the chief clerk Of Captain Colby, q
Mr.. Bliss, Formerly governor Of Colora-
do Terri,ory,) and while there heard "a
conversations take place between Colonel
Jones', Of General Bragg's staff. and a
confidential agtut Of Gen. Butler, i'll
which it was agreed on the part OF Gen
b. to furnish the Confederate Amy OF the
Yves, with SHOES, blankets, salt, etc, anu
bat 5000 sacks If salt should be deliver
edit [ remember rigiit-in three weeks.
Bliss and myself we're separated from,
the speakers by a board partition, not vel.
made, AM could hear the Whole n
sation. As We listened we became muct,
interested, and exchanged frequent signl-
ticau, winks, both being good Confeder
ates. -IrFo
Bliss afterward " sloped T" to avoid the
cnnscript law he was q fine fellow foi
all that, however. Buffers agent wanted
\ bale of cotton for a sack OF salt. aud
The parties came near splitting on thu
point. Don't know how it was settled,
nnt know that the supplies came in regu
iarly. Upon the evening Of the sanae
lay that the conversation above meI,-
toned took place, | visited the head
quarters OF General Van Dorm. and Will.
taking Il. two Of my old acquaintance
Colonel Ned Dillon, chief commissary,
md Col. Lemax. both graduates of Yves,
General Van Dorm, himself came
III laughing. We'll" said tie Genera
to Colonel Lnmax, " have Just had a
proposition from Gen. Butler, and he pro-
poses to supply orr army with all we
want, provided [ send him cotton
/" What an Internal seouudreI he u.s." said
Van Dorm. To this ws unI.esiiatiagl,
agreed. What a spectacle of d prasity
IS here presented-a man furnishing gn,r
powder to STAY his cnfnrades, and clothes
and food to supply his enemies
| have been a Confederate soldier OF
the fighting department, and have met on
many fields, the motle soldiers of the
Northwest, and | have thought when |
have seen the mdead and dying around me,
that they probably had fallen. killed. b,
ammunition furnished by Gen. Butler
Now, this beast, this Shape INTERNAL
presents himself before the people Of the
North, and has been hailed by :hous
ands with applause.
If there is a just God above us who
will pour out the walls of his wrath upol
those who defy him | There is, and Ben
Butler will come to a terrible end, mark
the pred ction this man is destined 10 .
terrible end. It might have heen said d
him that he was simply a brute. for pub
fishing bis order No. 2S. or for present
ing a loaded pistol to the head of q weep
ing lady /; but where are the terms, in
which to characterize the utter depravit,
Of the man that would STAY thousands o.
his countrymen. for gold.
Come forth We hundreds of witnesses
to This mans deWavity and make il
known to the world summon you IL
the inquisition. not as a partizan. but 70,
the cause Of humanity. Benjamin F
Butler must he unmasked Somessdd,
must undertake this task,
Some months aga i wrote to Secretary
Stsntaa,, giving him " the points " against
Butler. and the names of the Witnesses
but nothing has been done. / wrote q
private letter to Secretary Stanton ii
regard to this matter, but not a move ha.
ever been made against him.
Butler is a worthy son of New Eng
land, He is loved there as a good. tru.
patriotic man Wait for u time, anda Sc,
his guilt unkennel.n
JOHN f. WArsoN.
A dispatch to the Philadelphia Ledger