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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

We think Gov. Peirpoint is ''speechitylng
to no purpose. The Danvil!e Register giving
an account Of his speech in that place, SAYS
that he affirmed that although there are some
extreme radica! men among the Hepuollcah
party, ''the large majority OF them ana those
who control the legislation OF Congress, were
conservative men, Did Gov. pelrront think
his hearers were ignorant OF the current history
Of The day?
The first case of involuntary bankruptcy was
taken IN On Saturday, 10 the L, 5. District
Court, in Richmond, Wilson Sch"erlah q
Kohn. Of Philadelphia, petitioniog creditors.
and joseph Hirsberg, Of Richmond, dchror-
The respondent denied the acts OF banSruptcy
charged and wai7ed jury. The facts were
submitted TO the court, and tho questions aT!S~
ing in the case were argued by counsel
A dispatch from Richmond, dated yesterday,
says that yesterday morning ''Governor Pier
poipt was assaulted, al The Executive Mansion.
ty Mrs. Drsco who Eas Immediate? arrested
By the ro!ice The assault vas made because
the Governor pardonrd & man who vas con-
yieted OF killing her sou. The Governor was
not injured. '
Speaking of business depression all over toe
country, the National Intelligeueer contends
that trade will not revive while Radical rule
continues; fair crop of graia will put starVa-
ton from our doors is very true; but it will
not be sufficient Of itself to set in motion the
capital, labor, and industries Of the country.
Mr. Ould' 5 letter 'oa the exchange 81 pris-
oncrs, for the present, has struck sort ot
'lumbness among the rampant amt voclier.
Gus DISCLAIMERS against the Southern people
This matter Of prisoners o. war has not yet
been sufficiently ventilated.
According to Il letter from Saratoga, in The
New York Home Journal, there must DC an
extra amount Of "Shoddy," at that watering
place, this summer--in language, dress and
manners. Newport is not irl'. ShoadT is
money-wlth vulgarlty.
We have received the August number OF the
Farmer, published monthly il Richmond:
Which contains the usual amount 0! eaiGab:e
information t;1r cutigators OF the soil, in rea
ton 10 all departments Of Agriculture.
The New Orleans Times remarks, with poiah,
that the people Of the South have accepted
the situation but they want the situation 10
accent them. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30
;COMMUS ICATED.


ALEXANDRIA, C1ToRrp SCHOOLS. An ae-
count CT an exhibition given at Liberty Hall,
Of the coored children who have been educated
during the Water in the AlexandEia free
schools has been published. Already the
friends Of the schools have required and re-
ceved one apology from the Superintendent,
upon the occasion OF another exhibition, and il
appears that second one will now be required
By the teacher who are absent, recruiting at-
ter winter OF arduons labor among the freed
children in this city.
The only teacher represented III this last ex-
bihition is Il cousn Of tho Superintendent. Miss
Orton, vine thu; claims The credit Of the whole
training exhibited Are the absent teachers,
Miss Brown, Bliss Fo!ea, bliss Hal, Miss
Jones, Miss Dennis: and Miss Hawlcy - De re-
warded for winter Of devoted labor, E,y ih,'s
having lie result OF their efforts paTadcd with
cut receiving any credit to: their admirable
training. We thioi; that simple justice re-
nures that the scholars, prepared Dy these ;o-
sent ladies'. should be mentioned, that they may
receive the praise they have fairly earned, b. 4
Winter Of careful teaching.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

FROM EIRopE. The Paris Moniteur OF yos-
terday declared that the rumors CT war which
now prevail on the continent arc without ioun-
datj0n. 1t SAYS the existing relations Of France
With I'll European powers are emncntiy peace
fu! il denies that The formation CT new mil
itary camps is confemp plated, and says the re-
serves of artillery and cavalry horses ara to be
sold to the farmers in the departments.
The London Times is Of the opinion that the
alarm created by these waTlike rumors will have
the effect to cheeI. trade generally, and until
nozt spring.
Is Is denied that the Hungarian national
military nrganization, known as the National
Guard. is IN be established.
New MILITARY ORnER-An order will
shortly be issued BY General Schoficld directing
the l',oards Of Registration 10 reconvena at the
oarIip> t nossibtc moment, after giving the ten
DAYS Z, ,tica specified in q former order, with
view IA com p!"ta registration Sub-clstrlct
command 'eTs and al! military commissioners
will h. c Empowered II All T. Presidents ri
Boards ,,f RcgistroioH.
Whnr, o,4ccr become vacant, allb-ltlstrIct
comma pi;ers will be- required to recommend
nartjcs who ara 1ua;itic3 and who can take the
iron clad oath. IN
,Jndici II Tecomn. endation" VII! nave 10 DC
fnrw,rdp,4 n the {, overDOr for his endorse
m,nt \ Il others sen, direct to lnlltsFE head
quarters. -Ric}tn0nd E.'4usT>''
CALIFORNIA Politics There Is a DIVISION
of the Republican party III California INTO
long hairs and short hairs: There are
now two Republican tickets il the acid IN Cat
ifornia-Jo4, I'm Bidsyell, late! memesr OF Eon-
gress, being at the cad OF the ncSee CHOSEN
by the long hairs and Mir (forman meaning
that nomina ted BIZ the short hairs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

BAGGAGE OF ! FASHIONABLE LADY. he
question has been i,eqp"nty asked. how muck!
room i3sbionab!9 WOMEN requires 70 pack
away her dresses ana garments Ia MAKE sun
mer tour to The watering places. This has
never been satisfactorily determined, bur =
young lady arrived in this city from New l ork
this morning, on her way, probably, 10 the
and two rood sized boxes, in addition 10 her
reticuie, parasoI, Sc. t>ne occupied seat al
alone in one Of the alaec coaches during her
trip across the city, and the Iac, and roof Ct
the coach we're completely filed with her para
pherna!ia - B1gtrA ITdrcVc1.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

The Washington Chronicle OF this morning
says: we learn that the President, in con
versa'lon yesterday, unequivocaiIy expressed
his Intention OF removing Sheridan rom the
command of the 9th military district"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

SURRATT's TRIAL--Thc attendance was
yesterday, much smaller than usual. owing, in
part, to the withdrawal Of the oh passes and
tie Limitation to the issne ii new oncs and in
par, 20 the rain which fell at the opening Of
the court Among the auditors. however,
were several ladies who have hcen regular at
pendants since the beginning Of the trial, Mrs.
Ann S. Stephens, the authoress, occupied heT
accustomed seat within the bar She seems 10
lake 4 lively interest in the proceedings AMI,
it is said, proposes one day 10 weave The tact'
and details into & story. MIR. Darlington, the
/. S. District Attorney continued his speech,
for the prosecution, and in examination of the
evidence, until :; clock. =. ~, when the court
adjourned until to-day. Mr.. Darlington will re
sumo his argument.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

GENERAL FREMONT, who since the war has
been indeia:igable in exartioua for he al
vancemcnt Of commercial advantages III the
South is the leading spirit Of the nbinaton
formed. which has for its primary object The
connection BY rail OF Norfolk with GGnyama$
on the Gulf Of California; the latter being 90
the other shore Of tljc continent rs Norfolk on
this. II harbor possessing every natural adyan-
tagc. The Iine from Mcmphis is TO be formed
BY extension Of the Ifniou Pacific road, passing
through Northern Texu$. and the Mexican
territories already mentioned. to Guayanlas, 10
q junction with the Little Reel; and III Peso
road already in process Of construction. Then
comes the Memphis and Little Rock line.
owned BY General Fremont! anal within ioTiy
miles oi rompct5n and ttcrr remain 1t The
three thou. a1d N les gap only a ;0ur hundred
unified -- ifieiYJn3y ErprGa?.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

The New Orleans Times remarks, with potat,
that the people Of the South have accepted
the situation hut they want the situation 10
acfani them -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

We have received the August number OF the
Farmer, published monthly il Richmond,
which contains the usual amount 0! valuable
information l;n cultigator5 OF the soil, in reIa-
ton 10 all departments Of Agriculture.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

FROM HAVANA dispatches from Havana
tn the 18th instant states that The Spanish
steamer Cuidati Con1aI, from Havana To Sisal,
was wrecked on the 18th instant with SEVENTY
nine persons on hoard Only fourteen are
known 10 be saved Refugees state that Santa
Anna is still prisoner One hundred au'I
twenty deaths from yellow fever occurred in
Havana during June. The steamer Maya,
with the submarine cable, has arrived of Ha-
yana, and the laying of 1t will be completed
about the .!th Of August.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

From MEyTCo.--A San luis specia! Of ihn
18th states that Niduari was shot in The 81.
Domingo Square, in the city Of McXio".
'i'he generals arrested at 'lueIctaro will be
sent 10 their respective States for trial. The
Liberal: Government has decided that aIi
Imperial Proi;scts shall be cxllcd 10" &!x years,
aod the Secretaries toF two years.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes various
letters from Ohio and Indiana, to show that
The p'aa Of paying of the public debt 10 green
backs is becoming daily more popular One
letter says; II tell you that the plan Of pay
ing OF tue debt with what Congress has made
me money OF the country is one of the irons in
The fire the people mean to take care Of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30
gsx JUDICIAL SALE OF :
y& VALUABLE FARN IN GU hfEPkls.

Rr girt,ia Of = decree Of lie CIRCUIT Court oi
CnlI cTcr, pronounced on The 9Th day Of June,
1871 il the cqs3 O: '3ynont =: Ersnd1S Admin
jstrntor, &C., The undcrsig2ed, t0IIIaS@oHG!,S
appointed .or the purpose, will, ~ Mo% ia !.
nc 2nd day cf September 1867, II lax, II !'"' o.!
Inc next fair day, SC J. OF the premises, a. j!is,
lie auclion. 10 The highest bidder, That Tfit-
known ard beautiful! i4rn called " BRANDY .
WINE" formerly owned by Daniel r. S!Hil9h-
ter, csc and by him sold t. Or. Logan brandl:
continuing THREE AZ NDRhD AN y IhlR
TY.SlN AND THREE.FNj'Rf RITZ ACNtS, -"
The 2ame, more or le,G. .,.
This ia:Il. ,doHs the innd, ii Rev, i'hJ'i'
Slaughter. WIN. Major. ais. tHtbe';Hc ttii;@'
the foot 81 "S!aWghIeG'- hiountan Ha- "a
III ,ouug and yisor"Hs ORCHARD; * wei:
waIarad and !!ne!y &duptod - The g?o|EiH "i
g-aas and All the cereals: j: n Inc midst 81 %
2riiart society: about l. 1oi,H7 from N!!ch"!
Station, o.. tie Orange Z h!e2HndTiA kaj:g"nd:
aha:,; i ! miles !T0!. Gtipcstc- i""rt au~:c
and i ono Of he .a0st .tesicnH" -H"Wi n ms
@qcto~ of he country.
TERMS. so rli.ch - !!.a purchase money
| 81 nav ha necessary % 3cfgaY tAe o2rc..c> @:
the el.it, and lhr expenses ii 'oa4lng THIS Sa.r
must be paid down in ci,5!! for the cc$'nut
credit Of two, three and lnUT yea VAL De giF-
en- the purchaser giving 30" with coca s.-ci'"
tY. Nth interest from the d., noG t.lc utn .
! BE- withheld IL: All The ''Ccch%s" ''".,": sA"!
| huI-n been naiG.
l':.,ier this decree tie Co:nni sionofr ;."a r..
! ,hor:od 10 sell either publicly 0: privately anc
! hc purchaser may III h:s option. pay down i
! cash :lr whole cr the purchase MONEY.
| HENRY SHAGKELFjKD
JOHN w BELL.
! JAMES !" GREhH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30
latter from Mid6lebprg, Va.

CORRESPONDENCE OF richmond DlSp9l'!!.
MIDDLEpuRG. July p, 8hI.--This Is one
of the prct:est, hcathiest: pcasantest villages
in Virginia. We have delightful society, and
you can get board at an excellent boarding.
house or at the hotel ia good one Tor twenty
dollars q month.
The Piedmont Con7ocaton has been in
session here. Rev. hlessrs. Perl ns,. Dudley,
Aldrich, and Nicl1ill, are assisting MIR. kln-
solving. Mr.. Kinsolying has received caI! to
Halifax Courthouse.
Rev. y. i. Dudley leaves in q day o. t~o OF!
q Temporary visit 10 Harrisonburg, and will,
after September, reside there permanently.
Bishop Wilmer is expected here shortly, to
ypenl lev, days with his friends. We are
also promised a visit from The great Methodist
pulpit orator Rev Mr.. Munsey:
Hon J. K. Tucker returned home Oh Tues
day last, after protractcd Sciourn in Phlla-
deiDhia and at various courts He Is looking
unusually well, having gained many pounds
avowdupoiS during his absence
\ fine wheat crop has been harvested OATS
promise well, and 50 does the corn while the
Weld OF Grass is unprecedented. Nature Is 80
bvuntifu hGrcahnEtS. and Tic farmers 81
thrifty that with the exception OF tine bnrnt
barns all traces Of the war have been obilHr-
ated
l. few years hence The grape crop will be
one Of the most important in this Immediate
vicinity. Quite number Of gentlemen are
going largely into the business, and Captain
OFT. formerly of the Dava,ian service, who is
thoroughly vcrsah in tho manufacture OF w!ue,
will make Niiddlehurg bis home, and have
general supcTiniendanca oi The ncighhorlae
vineyards.
Much attention is now paid to sheep raising,
and with good reason. st the close OF the war
a gentleman here bought 900 Alcrino sheep
on credit at the end Of the first year his
sales of wool and sheep paid not only Tor the
original outlay, hut lett him 30 sheep in hand
-eou9aent to 81 ,00) in money. Sheep have
TO be fed here only few wceks-seldon more
than Il mouth during the winter; whereas in
the North they have TO hc fed tonr or five
months.
While the whites are in the majority, it Is
conceded. [ believe, that the Radicals and the
eo!ored people will carry the county. | am
net familiar with the opinions Of the people,
but gentleman who is, tells me that he does
not know man who Is in favor Of ''co-opera-
ton. Apparently, our people care little
about politics. They are neither 'Passivists'
nor ''Pcskyvists," ''Do-nohings' nor DO,
bads,' but Industrious, patient growers OF
grass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

TWHsrS.-S0 much - tx, n@r~has2 money
g. nav be necessary % acf:ay tAe nyrc,:cs @.
the ETt, nn@ lac 2zpeHs'' .! ";a.i"S tu;S
lo"St De p,!" GG% Il, G"7 rl- 'u ,iI ha o;y-
creuit ~ wv, 't'r n" Win coed .~-
en-, me H!rcAA'es 'H'S po3' 49," 80"
~, "lLE intIEE:t ';",,' '.'1 IN, "'- ~, xii
bo Withheld ~: =" ne :''-'S'''r" ''','' 1870
""rh yeen :a'G. 49,, ,.o..u,;..:o,.>,- ........
,hori@od to eel either publicly or p;:va:c.y,and
Inc purchaser may ii h:s option. pay down n
cash thr whole O. the purchase MONEY.
HENRY straightforward
JAMES ". Gi;EEN
Iulprpnr co iy 70 q" Commissioners.
4sz..sss4 COMFORTABLE FRAME
h;zs DWEILING, SuUTHEA%r C0RN EE /:
OF QUEEN AM ALFkhp STREETS, -
. T tn a6oyc. ri present Occupied ,y -----~ II,
not nSbh s iIII o 81 81 g. 3rni IT to VI a~y
r .;ii mh%" ~ "'l ~ rrnDt ~ +hn usvnr
%l1! ~ WHIT 1r,I,t ~ "a ,i,, ~ - ~
Oi,;G": on l II -
'S 10; ntaroS, sa,ro Az h ;"n on Ioi
CnnveyancinG al coz Of pu:rhasor;, ~, j.,
jy %'-tS ;. FERh uSoN BEACH ) r5''','
TT :, =, !, = = :. 7 Y = y
/ = - -
4;cI,ol.,. Kc>,.tone Cider Mills
Hotcbinson's Family eide: Mile,
Ingcrsolj's i:aproyed Hand and Hose Power
Montcomcry's improved Eocknwuy Wheat
Fms j. =. BARTHOLOW,
70 - A'hS ST. "e' " i;T Iax' o. GH,'! T.
~ ,'J--Ini y >'..t't- ID" : ::
FOR RENT-Gbe three story BRICK
ti:#t STORE and WAREHOUSE No. Prince
street. r0,sT3I'G't ''e" a1,Pir'
~ ~. ~ !. : = ~ ---'
GTEARINE SOAP.
~ ">i:hA - m 1G GI III ? ~ C I,
800 go ~ " '''' W va 1'''
~ boxes oteStlhe ooAp; d., ..,o,...< ca,.ol
Snuff; ECO lbs Ground Coffee, just received snd
for sale hY \. j. + Lk.hIAG,
iyS-, No. >, King street
- cases Concentrated bVC: lreSh ana genuine
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

TIE BoB-o-LINK.-The gay young rascal,
the Bob-o-link, is in his glory just now-in the
high tide of his musical dissipation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

TUTlCE.-Cn 10. 80, for TWO
~ shares Of The capital stock OF the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad Company, issued in
The name OF Reuben Newman, on The 4lth OF!
May, 1853, have been lost or destroyed. lshG!t
apply to the directory Of said company f. =
renewal o. end certificate through
ieli.law2m GWiN * BECKil.i H.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

Mr.. Ould's letter "oa the exchange Of pris-
oncrs, for the present, has struck a sort OF
''c.umbness among the rampant and vociier.
Gus disclaimers against the Southern people.
This matter Of prisoners Of war has not yet
heen sufficiently ventilated
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30

The New York Herald has come 10 halt IN
its advocacy Of the wild work OF the dcs,ruc-
tive element in the land. Il comments upon
the evident attempt making il the Sont!s to
Alricanize the country: ana sees in it danger
everywhere. But what then ? This is the
Herald one dag. Tomorrow il may exult and
rejoice over what today il Processes to con-
deGn-~and may hail the ,A(r;cani2atoa a. an
aat at Justice ~
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-30
Woman Suffrage.

The following is report from George
Francis Trains Madison, No., speech on fe-
male suffrage: -
"What about womau's suffrage" asked sena-
tor.
al am in for it,"
Like Senator Wade, go for them. Applause
1t is the only self-hedge we can have the ne
gro's voting. [0h, and hisses. 1 believe, with
these distinguished senator's, that a woman is q
man and brother. Loud cheers and laughter
Women are more virtuous than men more NOR
al, less brutal. Besides, women rule their homes
why not help rule the nation? lApplause. i
Give us women's suffrage and win organize a
million of my Irish girls to march down Fifth
Avenue and vote your bond-holders monopoly to
its grave. Loud cheers and some dissent.
Women should vote. Why should the panta-
ton poor-the unlettered, ignorant African,
whose hair grows up and back into his head like
the Banyan tree-whose leg is set in the middle
of his foot laughter who has nine cubic inch
es less of brains inside his thick skull [hissesl +;
who has only one hundred and fifty pores to one
square inch of cuticle, which accounts for us be-
ing able to smell him for half mile daughter
and hissesl +; why should this half savage of the
backwoods plantations make laws for Anna Dick
enson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, or other strong
minded advocates of feminine trousers Zap
plause.
What man dare say his souls his own at his
own tablet How is it with you, Train n am
the best managed husband on the continent
[Laughter.l l say I am ready to take the stump
for woman suffrage. [Applause.] 1t win purify
the polls they will vote down houses of bad re-
pute vote down faro banks vote down your
public thieves vote down your political thieves
and swindlers Of every cast and dye. Lend ap-
plause.l They will vote for men for Office who
are willing to preach this sermon and to practice
it:
aDon't drink; don't smoke; don't chew don't
lon how hut NINA vvifa !.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-30


for his honest regard for the obligations OF
his oath, they refuse. to investigate charges
against the honor of the nation which, if
uncontrolled, win transmit our name to his
tory Is guilty of the same offences which we
so strongly condemn in others. These al
Legations are already part of the history OF
our unfostunats civil war, and the historian
who ID impartialin his record of events will
be compelled to write out this report as one
Of the facts of the times, unless full and
thorough investigation by fairly censtitut-
ed board shall prove it to be exaggerated or
false. We do not wonder at the sensitive.
ness of the republican party on this subject.
It is sorely implicated in all the outrages
and inhumanities alleged or committed.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-30

At conservative meeting in Nashville,
Tenn, ON the 18th, Gen. Frank P. Blair was
repeatedly interrupted by negroes who sought
to prevent his speaking by vociferous calling
for Brownlow. A fight in the crowd ensued,
pistols were drawn and shots fred, two ne
groes being wounded, but Gen. Blair was
not scared out of his wits by the riot as kel-
ley was at Mobile, who escaped On all tours
from his friends and made the quickest time
ON record to his hotel at the very commence
ment of the fight, and has never been able.
to give coherent account of events since
The conservatives stood their ground, at
Nashville, and Gen. Blair finished his
speech.
We shall watch with some interest to see
what will be said Of this attempt to restrain
free speech, and break up conservative
meeting by those radical journals which
raised tremendous howl over the affair at
Mobile on the occasion of Kelley's meeting
there. They denounced it as a monstrous
invasion Of the rights of free speech and
tried very hard to make out of it New Or.
leaus massacre" and a Memphis riot. Let
us hear what they think of an attempt to
break up conservative meeting by black
radicals. The whole disturbance comes of
the teachings Of white radicals belonging to
the Brownlow faction who create riots as an
excuse for distributing the Brownlow militia
through the state to aid in carrying the elec.
tions
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-30

A mob of citizens from the vicinity of
Norris, Grundy county, in this state, on Fri.
day, the 26th, took one Alonzo Tibbets out
of the Jail at that place, by violence, and,
conveying him out of town, banged him on
a tree until he was dead. Tibbets was
charged with the murder of a man named
Page, but was recently tried and acquitted.
He died protesting his innocence, but con-
Tossing that Page had been killed by his
brother. The proceedings of the mob were
disapproved of and opposed by all the re-
spectacle and lawabiding citizens of Morris.
The executioners are in this case as guilty
of murder if not more so than their victim,
and should be arrested and dealt with &C.
cordingly. Not only Grundy county, but
the state of Illinois, has been disgraced by
this act of mob law.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-30

The estimate of the treasury department for
the support of the United States army in the
southern states during the present year is from
S35, 100000 to S49, goo, 900.
Here is an example of what it costs the
people to keep up military despotism in
the south. If the southern states had been
admitted, at once, to their rightful place in
the Union, we should have been saved all
this unnecessary expense. No wonder peo-
pie complain of taxation. Radicalism is 3
costly luxury
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-30
Treatment of Confederate Prisoners at tn
North.

Congress having raised a committee to
investigate the treatment of federal prison.
ers of war in the hands of tho oonfsdo-ot.s
during the late war, and refusing to order a
similar investigation into the alleged bar.
barous treatment of confederate prisoners,
we quote, for public information, from tes.
timony taken ON this subject by the Rich.
mond authorities:
assistant Surgeon Tinsley testifes: Il have
seen many Of our prisoners returned from the
north, who were nothing but skin and bones
They were as annotated as man could be to re-
tain life, and the photographs (appended to Re-
port No. 67) would not be exaggerated represnta.
tions of our returned prisoners to whom TIM,
allude. saw two hundred and fifty of our sick
brought in on itters from the steamer at Rocketts
Thirteen dead bodies were brought off the steam
er the same night. At least thirty died in one
night after they were received
"Surgeon Spence testiass: Twas at Savannah