Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-14
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fights his personal foes. who would i'm
peach aud persecuie him, aud Is gaining
vas, immortality for his signal foriiiud'
and mar,yrdom. erueliies untold arc
practiced by his subordinaiea He IL
aware of the fact, but issues no orders
nroteets no sufferer, and does not, with
The virtue Of Howard or the heroism
Of A jackson, throw himself into the
the breach, aud declare that citizens OF
the United States, whom he is bound 10
protect, in time Of peace, 10 oil the rights
under the civil law, which pertain to a
free people, shall only be outraged, per-
scented and tortured, by 6rst striking
| him down, and over his PROSTATE aud
disabled body. I,he not,akinghis com
narrative case at Washington, while ciii-
Gems he is sworn to protect, by seeing that
the Constitution and laws are faithfully
executed, are in distress and agonies
amid the horrors Of the Dry Toriugas of
FloridaP And is not the blood OF thou
sands stricken down by violence, disease
and death, which he makes not even an
effort to prevent, crying from the ground
to heaven against him. When he
rectifies grave matters like these, we may
think of what is justice to him-not be-
fore. ID e peoples man cares less for
the rights. liberties and blood OF the peo-
ple than for the Insignificant question OF
his own official head, it is not in our
heart 10 praise him. II he would leave
name only passably respectable, we pray
him TO use the remnspt Of his official
DAVIS as honor and conscience and COM
mon manhood require. The followingis
a statement from the Galveston, Necs,
furnished by correspondent of that pa
per. Did devilish ingenuity and malice
ever exceed these atrocities9 Did the
palmiest days of the Spanish Inquisition
surpass il?
AS far as the punishment and torture
of prisoners and soldiers. detailed in the
article published in the New York
World, of November LIST, with the ex-
ception Of one or two typographical
errors. assure you tbs true 10 each par
ticular, and much worse than therein
represented. Dunn did not lose his
hand. but lost the use of i The soldiers
| finger was not cut of, bu. sustained an
injury which deprived him OF its use.
For that publication Grenfell was placed
| in solitary confinement, and treated with
the utmost cruelty Being sick on one
occasion. he went to Doctors call. The
Doctor refused to excuse him. The
Doctor and every officer upon the Key
hated him simply because be was uncob-
ouerable. He then called upon the pro-
yost marshal of the post, stating his case.
The nroyost marshal stated, if the Doctor
did not excuse him, be could not, and that
he would have to work. Grenfell stated
that he would do what be could and lett
him. He was placed at labor which
Young man could not perform, much less
an old man sixtyfve years of age, and
half starved at that. Not complying
with the demand suitable to those who
governed. he was taken to the guard
house and tied up in the broiling sun dur
ing the morning In the afternoon, under
ankarmed escort, bound in ropes, he
was hurried TO the Gulf stream, three
officers accompanying him, viz:-Fred.
Robinson, George A. Crabb, first lieuten..
ants Fifth artillery, and A. Pike, second
lieutenant in the 9Th artillery, each armed
with a Colts army six-shooter, loaded
with ball and powder. Every soldier and
nrisouer were driven into the fort, but
there we're some who viewed the affair
| from the casemate embraspres. DE was
thrown into the Gulf, bouHd in cords, but
managed to keep above the water, see
| ing which, be was pulled out, and upwards
of fffy pounds OF iron and brick tind to
his feet, and again cast into the sea.
| This time he sunk, and when pulled out
was in an almost lifeless condition.
| This was overseen by the above officers
named. and half niger by the name
ofG. Il. jackson, acting NJ. s. regiment
at the post. This to an unarmed and
defeDseless old man over sixty-five years
of age. Many other parties were served
| in a similar mannsr. The enlisted men
and soldiers were severely punished for
| drunkenness, and by officers who reeled
In drunkenness upon every occasion
they could obtain liquor. A set OF
drunken blackguards have rgled here
with the harshest tyranny. A negro vas
half drowned in q similar manner for
theft, and afterwards tied up in the
! uuardhouse and dashed by order Of the
officer of the day, B. T. Rittenhouse.
Rules by thousands are in force, and any
infringement, whether yours or any one
else's fault, was EeYerely punished, the
| prisoner receiving the same for another
man s neglect A drunken prisoner vas
shot down and killed inside the fort-as
cold and bloody murder as ever was
perpetrated-and smoothed over by the
officer report that be was attempting to
escape. Brutality, in its most savage
sphere, reigns supreme here. There is
no security for life or anything else.
Grenfell left here in q small boat, some
time since, owing to the persecution
| which had been commenced against him
by c. G. Mcdonnell, the party named IN
his publication of November /. He
could not forget he nearly lost his com
mission through it, and certainly would
and should, had not false and heartless
contradiction of it been made by his
felow-officers - fit associate Of such
set Of tyranis Every prisoner has
been curtailed of former privileges, owing
to his escape, il having been reported
that he had received money from outside
parties, etc. Such report is utterly pn-
founded. Men Of Company /, Fifth Ar
tillery, intended TO desert, themselves, in
the boat, and we're deferred from it owing
10 the stormy weather; and one more
bold than the rest was determined to go,
at any risk, and it was through him that