The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-05-16

| E, a"r. COMMITTEE. ...
The Committe on Reconstruction still
! persists in suppressing the most important
| testimony elected before it. Dan. Rice has
recently been on a circus tour through the
Lately rebellious States, and has had oppor-
| tunities such as are afforded to few for OBJ
! serving the condition of the Southern peo-
| pie as TO loyalty. His testimony will be
found to show the true feeling that exists in
the South when the thin crust of pretended
loyalty is melted away and true character is
revealed US under the exhilerating influence
of menagerie, xhen man stands in the
presence of the untamed forces Of nature,
separated therefrom only by the thin par
tition of an iron cage, Mr.. Rice being duly
sworn, testified thus:
Q.-You have an unruly animal, known
as pet mule, with your circus, have you
not?
Al have.
Q.-What are the idiosyncrasies of that
beast?
Ale is much given to kicking ,
Q.-lt is almost impossible to ride him,
is it not2 IT
Alt is. | generally offer $25 to any
man who will ride him round the ring.
you receive any offers to ride that mule2
Al did. I'D.
Q.-State what occurred on these occa-
sions
Ain Richmond, discharged Confed-
crate soldier attempted to ride him, but was
Immediately thrown fiat on his back.
Q.-What did the Confederate soldier
say to this? r.. Thts .a.t-si,
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cuss. a -A A
@. Did any others make the attempt?
A.-Another of Lees veterans tried to
ride him, and succeeded
Q.-What did he say?
Ale said, after he had dismounted,
that if he'd had regiment O them ere
cavalry he d have whipped Fitzpatrick all to
smash; and that in the next war against the
Yankees he intended to raise brigade of
EN-
Cross-examined by Mr.. Stevens:
Q.-Is that he mule, or she mulef
Ats he mule. ..
Q. You have monkeys in your show,
have you not?
Al have.
Q.--Have you ever heard any disloyal re-
marks in relation to those monkeys? =,
Al can say that nave.
Q.-Have you ever heard any thing said
In their prcst nee?
"A couple of young ladies were one
day standing in front of the cage, and |
heard one Of them say it looked like Freed
mems Bureau. p.
'Q-How was this remark received?
Alt created much laughter.
Q.-Were there any personal illusions
made on that occasion? ''
A.-Some one in the crowd said, pointing
to the ourang -outang, That's Sumner" !"
Odd that please the bystanders?
Avery much. ...,
Odd you ever hear any observations
about the bears?
Al heard it said once about one.eyed
bear that he looked like Ben. Butler, and
abouta grizzly that it ought to be called Ben.
Wade.
Q.-Were the points Of resemblance stat
ed? ....,.
A-Tbey were not. The observation was
made on the to,,t ensemble, with special re-
ference, perhaps, to the ocular deformity in
the case of the one-eyed animal.
O.-Have you side shows with your cir
Al have. ..-...,
O.-State if you have ever heard disloyal
remarks in rclationto them?
Al believed heard something of the
kind once about Daniel in the lions den.
Q.-State what it was;
"A young lady asked me which was
Daniel and which was the lion.
O.-What was your reply?
Al told her it was easy to distinguish
Daniel from the lion, as the former wore a
swalow-tail coat, and lad cotton umbrel-
Ia under his arm. ...
Q.-What did she say?.
k.-After looking into the cage, she said,
yery spitefully, that Daniel looked like a
mean Yankee, and she wished the lion would
cLaw him up. MACK.