Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-08-09

may famiiiarize myself with the condition
has gone TO see Mrs V. He came from
sbroad-Europe Ito do what he says he did
not know that we were intrusted to do, and
he has gone on TO do IL. There is such a
thing as spoiling both by having too fpany
hands 10 it. Clay has been in Toronto for
several days He writes me to come on /
cannot do anything more at the present at
this place. Let me hear from you as soon
as you get this. t.5 ...
SUMMARY OF EvIDSscE.
The evidence examined is thus reviewed
aud presented by the committee, and upon
the preliminary branches of the case estab
lishes, or tends strongly to establish, the
following propositions:
LIST. The rebel authorities at Richmond
proceeded systematically and criminally, and
10 violation Of the dictates Of our common
humanity, as well as OF the ,usages Of civil.
lied war, to imprison, enslave and destroy
negroes employed as soldiers in the army Of
the United Statos
I'd. They treated with gross injustice and
brutal uhumanity those officers who we're
taken prisoners of war while in command Of
negro troops who we're 10 the service of the
United States.
Sd. They systematically, knowingly and
maliciously subjected soldiers of the United
States taken prisoners OF war to the horrors
Of disease, to brutal exposure to the ele-
meHts, and to wasting, fatal starvation and
all com matchmaking chapter of horrors,
sufferings and woes which have had no par
allel in the annals of any other people, civ
ilized or bsrbarous.
4th That Davis, Benjamin, Clay and
Thompson planned, organized, and melted
the various schemes, expeditions and con-
spracies, referred to in the testimony sub
mitted, for the introduction of contagious
and infectious diseases in the United States,
for the destruction of our commerce upon the
rivers, lakes and ocean, for the release of
prisoners at Johnson's Island and Camp
Douglas, for the indiscriminate destruction
of private property upon the border and the
murder Of the inhabitants, and finally the
overthrow of the Government itself by the
agency of secret and reasonable orgauiza-
tions in Canada and the States of the North
west 'H .l
These criminal acts are a bar to the plea
which otherwise might with force and res-
son, be tenderedt that sand his associates
named were incapable of the great crime OF
assassination. Men who could remain quiet
ia the presence aud with fsll knowledge of
the bgrbarites that were practiced by officers
under their authority in the prisons shdpens
of Richmond, Andersonville aud Salisbury,
and who justified themselves to themselves
by the consideration thst it was necessary to
accomplish shat they had undertaken, con-
not plead that it is important that they
should have procured the assassination OF
those who stood in the way Of the accom-
plishment of their designs. i.T lr
FOO THE ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY. '1
1t now remains for the COMMITTEES TO pre-
sent the evidence tending immediately to
implicate Davis, Benjamin, Clay Thomp-
son, in the assassination of President Lin
coin, 1in .'o 1901 '9.5 Hr .1s
We herewith submit copies Of several pa
psrs found in rebel archives, showing that
the propositions we're made by different
parties for the destruction Of persons con-
nected with the Government OF the United
States. and ENDORSEMENTS thereon Itappears
the propositions were aot only not rejected,
but were entertained and considered. The
first of these is o letter frem a man named
and addressed to the Secretary ofWar. The
Your Honor is undoubtedly aware that
on the fourth of next month the Northern
Congress assembless and that the Federal
Uaritol, as we'll as the public buildings, are
undermined. In regard to this matter, |
very respectfully beg the hsnor Of a few mo-
ments' private audience. i.a -ltsa..|
."CAMIILE LA VELLIERE DEkALB
On the letter is the Endorsement OF the
name of the writer, date of the letter, end
the phrase, ,"About Blowing up theCapitol
at Washington. !" Hi isu.u sii ,rirsr-i9sr
It'seems from the following letter, dated
une 20, 1851, that De eKalb had an interview
with the rebel Secretary ofWar, p. Walker,
onothe very day whsu the first communica-
| ton by DeKalb was made; and seems, also,
from DeKalb's letter of the Goth OF June,
/ 1851, that Walker did not hesitate to employ
him on account of any objections against
/ the performance of the deed, but for the
reason that DeKalb was q stranger to him.
The following is copy ofDeRalb's letter Of
June 20, 1861. i..,..f .....-. -al,- t.-.-..-
b. -.r5,' r.. ,''RIcHMoND, June 20, 1861.
"Hon p Waller, Secretary Of War South
jr era Goatederdcy ,e,e,. NJ. %. ...cer.,,
"SIR In reference to the subject upon
which / had thelhonor to converse with you
yesterday, and on account OF which you bsde
me call to-day, take herewith the tresdom
to address this most respectful wrlgng tc
you. Your Honor seemed 10 state 10 CIV
ing me, az sf6rmsive answer to. my STATE
ments ,becanseii I'm unknown toyou. Per
init me TO remark that, Notwithstanding
can give,yOu no reference in this country,
sm, nevertheless, fully worthy OF your conf
dence. My grandfather, Maj, Gen. Barof
DeKalb, fell in the Revolutionary War o
..bE country, atIadian Mill, Camden, N. G.
Irsoeiyed au education proportionate to the
tsmesns of my parents !; served in the Crlmear
War as Second Lieutenant Of Engineers
Family trou bles induced me to leave my
country. l landed in Qasbees @; T., in
November last Arrived in Wsshington
ID. c., about thrse weeks age. This is &
short outline ef. my history, but | cannot in
the least perceive why your Honor sh9nlc
hesitate because | am stranger to you. rh'
matter is to my poor, ignerant perception
nothing requiring references or confidence
! lori do surely not expect to reap persenslll
4 any benefit before the strict performances o
what I undertake. The task, | know, j
connected with soma danger, but never vii
it in any event become known ini the Norti
ttlfat the Southetd Confederaoy had anything
whatever TO do With it. The whole trans
action resolves itssf, therefore, into on
1 question (. Does the Southern Confeierac!
con slider the explosion OF the Federal Capito
\ at time when Abe and his nyrmidons ant
the Northern Congress members are Assem-