, 1876-07-26

Tan, tghss;sas, 1'ien't know ex1s'ly how much
l. % H. ."sb.s 9s b.t R,sf r:s nd Ss1s % ba1
did get 70 Fort Doneisot,, and some oi you have
hs:t'i p thc iYn tnat W Second Iowa Ind there
With That lot Of Den MIR 't"n'ttntton' 'hurgsra."
THA SECOND iowA's F1RsT rtEBHL Ft.A0.
esx.id Ss IL IT, s ssnt e
an extract front = papcr in Missouri. -name Of tho
me With having murdered > .nAn in Btewart No.,
and with shoonR men after tl1oy had surrendered.
10 n Ta w.s On uat H. iann
bal 81. 10 Nond. The Second Iowa va. tho aret
un!on regiment that made Tho trip along the whole
way, Int ths Second mnlc the whnIotflp, and wero
tho hrst Union troops that the ltcbcfa down there
had h secn A. we came to th!s little town. Rebel
was The 6rst rag 4 tho conioderasy ny hoys had
.een, and they said Il must come down. (Cheers.l
up there, heard roma shot. and then Vent s' np.
4 Young Kebel bad heard of our coming to tho
sna hHa shod .hG s an
y With his lifo. lie got chance Ho eall, with
hia rerolvoI drawn, nj The boya ennc up. that the
.st man ;t who ,sa hsnds on That Gag hs wod shoot
down, Ind hc got Killed. IIow he was k!tlud,
don't know s1ac!!y; 1'htlo, there, Ipointlng 10
o M dfa@ Il s % tSn e sas
sr fsiow wa sa,d iaa he ronld shoot The
and the boys went Tor IT, 1e sriet 10 shSot, snap:
ping hla revolver twice lie didn't Get chance 10
sMGSP MPp.t Il again Ills flag came down and 10 did ho"
Tbs denenl-we,l that's The story OF it.
didn't aee thst part q y. saw the. dag After 4
petllaps am responsible. II 90. hare nothing
70 take back. Our bnsinets down there vas 70 put
s Ss Nv s1a %ae a @ wos com
menced.. [Cbcers.j tbs boye in taking down the
ltebel's la4 had to shoot tho' Rebel 10 do it and
TO ave thelt own lives In doing Il, and 20 am
charged with numbering him.
SHOOTING REAEL DRlp1E-BuRNERs.
As to tho shooting Of men After thoy surrendered,
these n ato the f9sts: Thg Rebcls had been burning
They wers trying 70 throw Trains % tho truck. and
Teaksn bridge. 10 a. to let whole tcsiMents down
them. Well, sent Lieut.. McKcnnoy inow 0eu.
Mokenney, who waa commanding Company a Of
hearted man a. cvor ved, ut ] wbo a'ways M " % msnos
hualnees ~ nuch as any man cvcr kncwI to stop
fss.s 70 lo
i IT. i51ns ss
Ssa SeasS 1s,se h 4 ha pqe n % .ess H. sa
f. a. +
HoSes came i; Whining, ana d comnaing that ny ny
detachment Of troop. lid murdered SoWe 81 their
itoid them 10 Walt awhl,s nd would inquire
r. ,as;, saw that a9s" @ sa blood i bs sye.
lie aald he Ind canght some Of tho devils, and lad
stopped 'em. tI.aughter.] ], lIo lad caught them
so ssSg S do"q and nps fhs SHdf9 anS "a Pe % s4
il VA nc! % IT,. l. enS SnS
II x1s sa ea s sa
[Cheors. lIe said, "Doyou think conld let those
follows, who had already murdered some Of on. In
INC, with ther banda att tarred over, n an atto,pt
to DO It agnin, sutseuters No. sir. couldn't DO
4, md Ia aidn't ons % !ot Of them have stoppod
dld ! wi 1id ebnle "GacA aad Ii gallant
squads said "Y9a J. u! have done right; and do Il
81 at tic sams sort Of deyi!try" Thoss were @ tho
fellows am charged With having, murdered astor
III ~ wsaSn It hsn' has' n se
were no more bridges burned on that l!nu while
was In command q that rcad Boom after No LETT,
naios, killing number Of women and children.
Thoy, thought they were laying tho trap for soi.
dles. @ ,s.|a II Put As h. @nghs; passenger happened to
wish that :" Mac" and bis tquad had been Tiers,
and caught them sott!ne 1t on ire.
ANONYMOUS LErTERs.
There, follow clttzcna and noghbors, are soma
OF ths many chargra made usainss mo, and sent 70
cannot Teles 70 ~ ot item They can prove up
many likU things on me, an! on any Onion o!1ceF
Or soldier VINO way In tue " At anti tried to do hI1
msisl,, like Den lili's rsbsls. to hug Tho con;u.
tatlon.
In having dohe my amy ~ q soldier. In my hum-
o!e. nnn yet sarneet nnd Wc,l-meantrH way, am
now called. after nave lclt tho Democratic party,
= sobber. : burner of houses. mur1crcrt-iust ~
Gen; logan. noaee1 noole, nc.ncartea, anu
natrollc, was 90 httgmatzea after ~ hnd left the
same party: 70 fuu wonder, gentlemen. that
nave oeen stnnR tnto making publicly tho remarks
that have hero7 hare no abusa 10 make Of any
one: ca!l 1, no On ona ~ name: state tinplT the
general laen' tnat otheIa may seo As well ns my
sGif maj the W9F anu NE hAto 81 Union soldiers
uid mol did ID the BIZ Loais platform Bays, eleven
yeafs ago.
thu ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.
Ihs Conpenton ol1 not look 40 though treason
vas an odions th1ng; nor laat Meoe's wore any the
less to bc honoscd taan patriots. That xHthetlnE
proved again What ihe ucmucratlc Housa Ind al-
ready proved. that TIC Old Hchal element 10 run
Ming tue Demottatc party, and That IT. whole hope
OF sueGess Ii staked On thc!r aoi1u support: Tl1y
we're all there a. " Louis, and were the lions OF
the dey, e6ptclaily honofo1 hha cheeFeI by Tho
Convention. and honoted and liontkeu by the rnuae
ganga o. Kebels who were spouttnR treason and
abusing soldiers there In 1eol at We were going IL
tho front, and who wcEo talking tho same trclSon
when va there two years aEo; [Applanso.
Why ~ y that ths nemnat!on of Til1cn has So re-