The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-18
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Is THIS TRUE?H 500
From the Nashville Press and Times.
Some ten days since, when the tele-
| graph stated, on authority of General
Strong, a Federal officer stationed in
Texas that Wa lille c J1ensan Pr se po Fl
of Valasco, Texas, and an old man in
his sixty-eighth year, had died In con-
sequence of the refusal Of rebel physi-
clans to give him professional attention,
basing the refusal on the fact that he
was Union man and brother of the
President, this seemed 80 incredible that
we hesitated at first to copy 1t. 1t re-
vealed a barbarity and brutality which
we rejoice to believe was not usual
during the war. The medical profess
sion has always been one of humanity
we had almost said above all others; and
that all the physicians within the vicin-
ity of Valasco should carry their rebel
liOus feelings to such an extent as to
allow an aged man, nearly seventy years
old, to die for lack of attention, simply
because he differed from them in poll
tics, seemed to disgrace humanity itself.
But the card which was sent to us yes
terday without our solicitation, by the
sons of the deceased, and the cOnfirma-
ton of the original statement, by his
widow and daughter, of William john
son, establishes its truth beyond all con-
troversy.f We republish the materil
portion of the card of Audrey and James
Johnson, who are officers ofthe Tennes-
see penitentiary ssoiai 'ag t@a NI
General Strong makes a statement
that our father, Mr.. William Johnson,
was accidentally shot by the discharge
of his own gun, and that number of
surgeons in Valasco, Texas, where the
accident occurred, were applied to for
assistance. All refused, and not only
refused, but based their refusal upon the
grounds that Johnson was a brother to
the President, etc. In addition, we will
state that the above are facts, and that
our father had to send to Columbia,
Texas, a distance of one hundred miles,
for federal surgeon, before getting any
assistance. DIR. Seads Is the gentleman
who came to our fathers assistance from
Columbia, but fourteen days having
elapsed, was too late to save his life, and
DIR. Seads says our father died from neg
lect, and the medical faculty generally
of Valasco stated that there were toe
many JohnsOnS nOW."
Within four hours, ride ,f vaiasco
wnere MT. JUnhson lived, there were M
less than twenty physicians, yet not one
would go to the relief of the suffering
man. Even the onewho had been theil
family physician in times past refused
to attend upon him. Mr.. Johnson's of
fence was that he and his family were
decided Unionists md relatives ofthe Pre-
.,s1 n N f.v,inf ind ofvia nj
zen, and although positive in his adher
ence to the Government, gaveprovocati
to no man, and that was crime not to b,
pardoned this side of the grave by
Wretches who would make no scruple o
asking pardon from the President, anl
demanding the restoration of politica
power to their hands, so that they migh
bring the Union citizens of Texas unde
proper discipline. The rebels at Va
iasco say that they will wait quietly
until the departure of Federal troop,
from the state, and that then they viii
manage things to suit themselves. The
loyal citizens are justly alarmed at the
prospect, and dread being given up tt
the power of rebels who ruled the cOun
try with q rod of iron during the
rebellion. .,=a
We can easily understand how loya
men at the South sometimes grow
heartsick and despairing when they
contemplate the sudden reclamation O
their state affairs by the rebels. lie
| them take courage at the thought tina
the loyal millions of the North are de
termined to see that justice and protec
ton are guaranteed to them perpetually
There are many of the late paftisans o
the rebellion who intend to be good cit
liens, but there are many others VIII,
seem given over to judicial blindness
and are rushing rapidly to their owl
ruin. The power is with the nation t.
build up or crush out, and IL will protec
its friends. 'e - lal
81 AND CAN THIS BE TRUEf
From the Philadelphia Press Of Monday
1t will be remembered that SOM
weeks ago Major Dixon, paymaster
was shot and killed near Alexandria
Va, by DIR. Maddox. of Fauquier coun
ty. After the death of Major Dixon
who was one of the staunchest Unioi
men in the country, the ex-rebels deter
mined to drive his unprotected widow
from the county of Fauquier, and the,
proceeded in guerilla style to burn he
house over her head, at the dead hour O
night. A kind Providence, however
dVeTteu tile uOOul lutcuucu, dHu Tile III
kindled against her door failed to ignit
, the house. This attempt was sufficient
however, to drive Mrs. Dixon from he
house, and she Is again ali exile il
Washington from her home and from
: her native state, as she has been during
the past five years.
TRIAL OF RAPHAEL SEMSfEs.-Th
trial of Raphael Semmes. late com
,, mander of the rebel steamer Alabama
it is generally believed will take plac
very shortly. The full detail for tn
court has not yet been made, but it !
. believed that the arrival in this city 0
7 Commodore Winslow has something +
do with the. subject. National Inteli
gencer JAM 16.
3 A contemporary says the article whic
D produces so many deaths from Gun
t known causesr is sold in every tow
and village In the state. 1t has man
8 aliases as thief, and as many disguise
: as murderer. 1t attacks its victim
e the gayest festive circle, and waylay
g him In the lowest haunts of wretchec
J. ness. No station il exempt, and n
S condition in life is above or below Il
n assaults. 1t adapts itself to the purse
i every purchaser, and Is all things to q
II men. Consulting every taste, it slay
70 all alike. False throughout, il attribute
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