Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-01-27
NUMBER 2.

February 1865, made Il statement before
the legislative investigating committee.
which was taken down in writing by
Hon. Nathan Webb, or HE one who more
than six years. after the event subscrbes
and swearS 10 tho testimony taken
before us. I'm the former he stated that
he had commission from the Adiutant
General and procured all his men under
that authority In the latter he swcars
Tint he refused 10 take II commission from
the Adjutanl General and to be consider
ed a recruiting officer, and only had
letter iiom The Governor In the former
he said that he had paid maximum Of
5000 Tor men and $50 for personal
substitute. In the Latter he testiiies that
he paid 900 for men and $50 for per
somal substitute. In the former h. re-
lates that Of his 90 or 80 men, all
but twelve or twenty were men already
in the navy on board tvo different war
vessels whose cnli>iing papers he had
bought In the latter he makes oaIh that
the whole number. not vtrying 10 from
-. were enlisted and mustered into the
army in the vicinity of Washington. In
the former he plainly implies that he
honght ihr enlistment papers Dl Sim
sons. GtSIin., Emcry's and Nanlcy's
men. In the latter he admits that he
bought only Emcry's and ManleyS men.
and il j. otherwise pruvud that he did
not buy Stinsons. In the lormei he
makes no complaint Of Encouragement
or loss OF men. He WAS 50 successful
that he had men to spare, and after gen.
ernu,ly donating ten or fifteen men
which the Adjutant General assigned
for political purposes at his written
request. he sold what he had lett SO Is to
get back what he hal paid out and lit
tls more. In the lIttcr he complains un-
| der oalh that hc lost some 30 or 90 men
| by the mi,managcment OF The State M
thollirs. and more than $4,000 which
| he h.sl disuurscd for ihrm more than
what hn got back by sale anl payment.
and That The State authorities repaid
this loss by ;urnin. over 60 on more men
To him from the general navy credits.
II is dill mlt 10 reconcile these two
statement, or make them appear like ver-
liable recital. ot thr SAM WIusaction.
We con, luIc that he men sold hy Far
well t. the town, of Sidney, Mercer.
Winthrop. Stark, Norihigcwock and
! Green. were taken "it nt the Category "t
general na,c credits, where tlry first
stood. and pat To the credit of hesr towns.
ell her in thr manner that Drlany Effected
his assignment OF III" SANE rla' at men.
o, in the manner the 25l lit wIs assign
! ed OF which We next speak.
TIE rwo HUNDRED ASD FIFTY ONE.
The names contained in the PSI list,
and claimed t. he the names ot recruits
! in the navy. altho Igh assigned 5y the
! State authorities to some 81 towns, seem
! 10 have been regarded ~ The property Of
J. II. Manlcy, and were probably bought
by him Of some persons connected with
:,d referring 20 John p Heath. We de-
Tired To- obtain the testimony oL Mr. Man
| l,y him eff IL to this li.ts, but have been.
disappointed Perhaps however there IS
u, mach light thrnwn upon the ac-
qui,ition, di,,ribution and sale o! this
number OF men ~ Upon any other class
oi suspicious ,ni>tmeu'N. We have the
/, ,limouy OF NJ. Simmo2-, partner ot ).
/ p. Dcarin! 4 Co. .ub-ianliAtcI hy the
! Lo,r,s ul the firm. ho .od over loo or
them: iragmcu, or MluIrN : ,,niem'n,
brforc the legislative cnnullre in 1861
anI :. copy ofa paper which will he an
urxcd To this report, which Ii,n. ll'dSon
thinss shows the actutl distribution OF
men t. these towns.
1t appear, that the list containing these
men was ir, cnrrd by j. ii. ManIey
through J. Z. iIrth: ihat il was "tf''rcd
10 the State authorities to OBTAIN heir
sanction to it. assignment to the credit
of towns with which bargains ot sale
hul already been made, 0r were expect.
ed to bc made that the State auth ritlea
sent an agent to Boston, who went on
board The receiving ship and reports that
he found all names on record there rs en-
listed men. a fact however which would
in no wise prevent their hclnS sold ana
assigned On the credit of other States
The men were not residents Of Maiae,
or alien. enlisted in Maine, and there
was no law OF general order by which
they cunld be put 10 the credit OF towns
in Maine. a special order however from
Provost Marshal General Frye was OBJ
Iaine,l, under which the assignment actu-
all, ma.lu seems To have been justified.
We append II copy of this special order
IN ed Dec 10Th, 1864.
Perhaps it is Iairly in!crable from what
we have of Manlcy'S testimony tina, ho
ha... some agency IN procuring TINS
special order. 1t turned out that he had
very strong personal interest IN pro-
curing such order, for he Sc ms I" have
sold to Dearimg & Co. alone l2l of these
men. al 81, 400 and il he sold the rest
at the same rate, his gross sales must
have amounted To more than SlO0 VO,
The abstract accomp ,nne the, rerii
shows the sales OF this l,i SO far AS we
have bepn able 10 trace H.