The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-16
Dr. Mudd.

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when, short time ago, says the Baltimore
Gazette, the Northern people had been reused by
the appeals Of denaago and the falsehoods of
political schemers to pitch of excitement little
short Of madness, few men dared to brave: the
pitless tempest. Few yentured to say that an
opponent Of the government had any tights, or
that man protesting loyalty could dc: wrong or
swear to q lie. TWAS scarcely safe TO aYows dis,
belief in the tales which tie Titus Oateses and
the Bedoes Of onr day; were diyulging at Washing
ton or to contend military judges who de-
ported themselves with The, par6sanferocity Of q
Jeffreys. As schanga :fha better has begun
to dawn the voice is beginning to be heard
once mora: 1T zspAaks as yets-ine #nbdued tones,
but it viii one 'aSYIiaig gout lIKs;;a ;;aclarion.
The dead sleep but blood foully shed has
cried from the gfdnnd horA haorA inmemorial time, and
from the graves pf fIrs: sllnssrT:hnd WRz. ave,
and from those pEisoniars sRho perished atj
Andersonville and Salisbury accusing voices wi1l
sooner or later come, telling us how, from cold
blooded policy, or in hot passion, murders have!
been done, and calling the guilty to account: We
have heretofore published many. isolated facts
which have from time TO- time been developed in
relation to- one or other Of the Victims OF Military
Commissions. y We append the; following startling
statement, which shows that Dr.. asnad
as aprisoner at the Dry Tortugas under the:seni
tence Of q Court which believed him innocent; Ii
was originally written for the Prince George'e
1;ahai Sosraasons unknown to MS; was not
4 1;;,,.s :; August 49, 1885.
met an old acquaintance, one cf tie .hikhest IN
military rank Of the late sComt mission, etc. fae
thus spoke to me II: 5s S 22.
tt THE Court never believed that b, Musd fneW
anything about Booths designs. Booth madehiin
9 tool as be had dbne with heothers:a De Mndd wis
tho victim Of his own tirnid Has he ackuowi-
Booth (the day sftef sse aaeassfn Sha5 Boofh
had got his leg eet.st his house andwent off; aid
bad bad he?ike man ~ GONE ont and .5 said ha knew
wo1ld have had little trouble. = - s T.,
More Ct similar ptlporswa said |, but the points
aFs Is s5E iasn s M Mud 3 III IL
aves it viii be plain hope, that this 'stateraeht
ig msde solely the view tEiat it maybe acce1t.
abe 9. sa te some; g ;of his friends
hereby 6a4 81 sbis s,sssnsf day il II
Deeenaber Anno Donaini 1855, beln1e rpe, the sub
and for said county personally sppeared James G
a5sea 3 "a aa osfs e sidrsaox a
hi ssSe ssRa S Sas R5ss
ofits being inserted 70 q: :neWspapat uahIiafad :sf
the seatsof the caosanty aforesaid, ,ibnk t1a
ther TINT the facts set fccth in said 6r
strictly and that the 6cef alluded tar1in
was General David Hunter, WHO was thePr6Aiddnt
of the Military Commits To- and Will
whom this aftsant has been acdnsin tot many
years, having been the army i9sj
Sworn TO ba1crs ,si ~ :ss
ss.:s .a xBNEtR II sKooD, ). I. {
IF,,snpe eqxggs Goan.y DO:
before hoInt sMereyoi Rdavit a 1pesSs to
have btSH TtAd ;Hnd who hassufGcribedsas sas sxn.e
aythe thereof A Justic Eof the Peace Of
@ uia ssa a 5 an a ~ sSa Sns %
Stntst to- eIederpenfs; Of
deeds, adnsinister ~.
testimony whereof lihaya
Seuit Court dor: pFlqa Ga saesentsa
Anao u .s
aeaasNGSuit cutt I.