Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-10-06
CAMERON.
McCuIlOugh's Letter.
Judge Perk1ns' cOmNents on
 that Letter.

The following letters sufficiently ex- plain themselves, and comment fs hardly necessary. The style and tone of McCullough's letter were enough to condemn it in all unpreiudiceo minds, without the refutation made by Judge Perkins in the columns of the Memphis Bulletin. It seems that man of never so pure a character can come before the people for an office without some partisan being found mean enough 10 attempt to traduce his fame and char acter at the cost of all truth and hon esty;
 MoCuLLoUGHs' LETTER.
 Bic borrom, IxDnrENpEEoE Co.,. ARK,
 September 9th, 1868.
 Editor Ba,esciHe Repnblieam:
 DEAR SIR-I have just discovered and met with, in one of the most dis tinguished persons ill the State, an old acouaintance and fellow soldier. You may almost doubt my statement, but it is a fact that as l am, 1 still was, but few wears since, actually the acqnaint- ance of the distinguished person going about our State under the name of Col. Cameron, and now the Democratic can didate for Congress in this district. And knowing that he is a comparative stranger here, take great pleasure ib giving to the public the following sketch of his history acquired by me in campaign of nearly one year in the same regiment together, on duty at
 Helena and other points iR Arkansas during the late war. As von know was attached to the corps of Guides and Scouts of the Federal army, sery- ing mostly in Arkansas and at Vicks- burg. In this capacity l was ordered l to join the Cav. Reg. 9th Illinois Vol l unteers, then stationed at Paraquite Blutf. l soon became acquainted with all its officers, as follows: Col. Alb't F. l Bracket, in command of the regiment {: Lieut.. Col. Sickles, Major Wallace,
 Adj't Stevenson, Capt. .Blackmore, Capt.
 Burge, Capt. Knight, Perkins and Buell., all on duty at their several po- sitions in the regiment, and also let Lieutenant Charles Cameron, in charge of Company K, in said regiment. By some cause this Lieutenant was pro- ! noted but not commissioned, Captain 1 of the Company, and so continued un- til court martialed and dismissed from the service by special order No. sos from the War Department, dated Dec. | 3lst 1863. For nearly one year before his dismissal ] was constantly on duty
 with the 9th Cavalry as above stated !; and the last fight in which Cameron's 1 Company figured, took place on the 1 Waddle farm, in Jackson county, and i in which Cameron fell of his horse aud after running for half a mile holding 1 to the stirrup of horseman, was at
 last carried of behind sergeant Clark, ! of Company K.
 1 Lieutenant or "Captain Charles Cam | eron," as he was commonly called by us in the regiment, belonged to Com pany K. raised in the city of Chicago, Oct. 26th, 1861, and then was eommis- stoned lst lieutenant of the Company. The members of Company K. thrown together soon became acquainted and intimate; and they then found that their Lieutenant was known about the streets of Chicago and to the police of the city as dissipated and abandoned character; all inmate of. and 'pimp" for one of the lowest houses of prosti- tutien in the city, and the female he brought to the command at Helena as his wife, was said to belong to the house referred to. Certain 1t is that the unusual attractions of the lady in question pleased the eyes and fired the hearts of too many persons belonging to our command. But Charley Cam eron if he had his frailties and if he had a bad character in his company, was strictly temperance man, and to his credit, l wish to state that he was so fond of water that l have known him in sight of the whole town of Helena to lay in gutter apparently insensible, and no doubt happy, while the rain poured from the skies, and the water in the gutter swelling and threatening to sweep our temperate and gallant officer into the Mississippi river. And now that our Lieutenant has been taken by the intelligent and refined rebels of Arkansas and promo ted to the rank of Colonel, and is their gallant leader and candidate in the coming election, l cannot forbear lend ing my humble assistance to help his election, and to lay before the people of my State the brilliant record of the past life of Charles s. Cameron. And of its truth and correctness, the accom- pany certificate of the Asst Adj't Gen eral of the army, [omited] and the po- lice or the city of Chicago, Illinois, and | Col. Albert Bracket, Mai. Wallace
 Cartu's Knight, Blakemore, Burae and