The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-28

ia, tIio6sk, that While so many suffered 81
n,inOuslY BY the destruction Of their cot
ton m tiff way, the crops Of Mr. Jefferson
Davis and Of hiS brother Joseph are I'M
derstood, In some mysterious way, to have
escaped the devouring flames.
1. Lave heretofore brought TO notice TIT
fact that large proceeds arising from The
sales of the cotton OF the. Confederate
Government were understood 70, be Il The
city OF Liverpool when the war was
brought to an end. i hope that MI. Da'
Wis and the. historic pheE, Hhoeyer be
may be, that had the honor to bB-Belected
the other day to compose the first truthful
and impartial history, OF the war from
Southern material" will CondeScend 70
give TO the Worldisoine explapstiop Of
what has become Of this lRrga amount Of
money, and also what became Of the
S200, 900 in gold which ] assert, and can
prove, TO have been taken across the
ocean from Canada after the end Eof the
war, by Jacob Thompson, MI Davis
once accredited agent Did Mr.. Thomp.
son keep the whole Of this money Eor did
the yet Hunreconstructed" ex,Empetor Of
the South get his ahRreP And e u IN
this way that we are to account, tof the
mysterious suspension Of that generous
project set on foot in tho city OF Rich
mOnd few years ago for raising large
sum Of money from the distressed and
ruined people Of the South for the
purpose Of reWArding Mr.. Davis for his
Washipgton-like services TO . generous
minded but, l fear, q too easily deluded
people? Perhaps the most cruel and
atrocfous conduct perpetrAted by any Of
President Davis military SerVitors during
the war was that prRcticed by bis especial
laVorite; Gen. Hlndman, In the State Of
Arkansas. have formerly asserted, and
my assertion has never yet been denied,
nor can 1t be, that "this person. as his
own, formal report TO the War Depart
ment evidenced, finding, "a he said, that
the very comprehensive provisions Of the
conscription law were not quite compres
hensive enough tosuit his purposes, delib.
erately amplifled them by proclamation;
declared martial law throughout Arkansas
and the northern portion Of Texas, and
demanded the services Of all whom he
had thus lAWlessly embraced in his wide
sweeping CONSUMPTION list. All who re-
fused to obey his mandate, as he in terms
confesses, were apprehended, subjected to
trial by military court, appointed by
Hindman himself; and when convicted, as
good many Of them were, Of an olfense
which he himself unblushingly acknowl-
edges in this same official report, was
wholly unknown to the law Of the land,
he had them all executed; and going even
beyond the example Of the internal JET
freys himself in barbarity, he, las be also
most OstentatlOusly declares, in the same
repOrt,) took care to be personally present,
that he might witness the dying sgonies
oil his unfortunate victims. This man
8eized upon all the cotton and other prop.
etty for which he had use, (as he boldly
av0Ws,) burned some, retained some, and
appropriated third portion to such pur-
poses rs he pleased. His cruelties were
so enormous in Arkansas that 1t became
unsafe that he should remain there longer,
when he was brought across the Mlssls-
aiDpi river under order OF tho Confederate
War Department, made president of
court oil inquiry for tho tEiHl Of oOuOI Hi
Lowell and, after having made such a re-
port as was deemed TO be necessary to the
shielding Of certain officials in Richmond
from blame in connection with the cap
ture of Now Orleans, was Immediately
thereafter put In command OF the largest
division in the army Of Tennessee, where
he remained snug and comfortable until,
running into collision with more poten-
tlal presidential favorite, the wei! known
Bragg, be was quietly relieved from COM
mand. Iexposed all the enormity ofthis
fiend in human form In open session oil
the Confederate Congress on moro than
one occasion, and took pains to have my
exposition put In print, and yet could l
not persuade Mr. Davis or Mr.. Seldom to
take the slightGst notice oil these out
rageOus CnOrmities.
This is the proper place to give some
special attention 10 this same Gen. Bragg.
This military commander first set the ex.
ample OF prOclaiming Martial law, which
he did repeatedly and upon the most
tlImsy pretexts. assert what know 10
be true, and what l charged to be true
on more than one occasion, and what l
stand now fully prepared to establish on
proof, that General Bragg did deliberately
put to death on repeated occasions, with
out shadow even Of Confederate author
ity, as meritorious soldiers as he had IN
der his command, and for one Of the most
revolving incidents Of this kind which oc.
CURED, ! can confidently rely on the au.
thorIly OF General BuCkner, from whose
own lips l heard the particulars. He
cvinCed ON oil occasions while he com.
manded the army Of Tennessee an utter
disregard OF all established principles OF
constitutional freedom, committed such
excuses as Sylla or Marius would
almost have rtcOiled from, and yet, in
spite OF all that could be done, his re-
moval from command could not DO effect.
cd until the Confederate cause had be-
come well.nigh hopeless. On one occa'
sion, in company with a majority oil the
Tennessee Senators and Representatives,
l Joined in demanding the removal Of
General Bragg, and the substitution in
his place Of General Joseph 4. Johnston.
A written communication had been ad.
dressed to tho Confederate President re.
questing an interview with him, and ask
Ing 1t might be q private one. Mr..
Davis had consented to see us OF a par
ticular hour at bis office. We were re-
ceived with sufficient politeneSs, but we
presently perceived that Mr.. Hunter, Of
Virginia, and Mr. Barnwell, Of South Car.
olina, were also present. l addressed
these gentlemen Civilly, and suggested to
them that as they seemed to have prece.
dencc over US We would withdraw until
their particular business should be dis
patched. To this they answered, mo, 1t
Is unnecessary and took their seats be.
tween large table and the wall, near
enough 10 hear all that might 90 on. Our