, 1879-07-19
THE COST OF TREASON.


Fnto Of tbs Ex- x-Cnnfetlorntcs Who Deserted
thc unlun Army or Nayy.
WasafnGton c"rftspandtnrt Lharissian {A ~ Nefos
The Hemto ie, weekly Journal, published /,
Washington, ans] edited In the Radical style oI
Journalism. attneits Gems. l,cauregari nnd Early
on ACCOUNT Of their connection with thu LoutsI
anA lottery. Willie no ctlargos aro made
aGuinst the honesty OF tho couccru or tho houot
VI thu Generals iauncL,> fEo Repu5'ic sarcastic.
ally nllules to tho dsgracc Of sule Confederate
upltornI III Depicted BY The Rebel Ainjos-ucu-
er,ll standing on other stde Of q lottrry-whcol,
act!1l as an advertisement for professional
gan,blcr. We'll! II Is NIT n sight TO make MI ex.
Rebel burst witt, pride; but WHO Is to blame for
III Illus any Southern State, sinec they hnve
bud tllc management of tlIulr own affairs, ever
I0l!t anything FOR The nuu whose professions
wuso atrtctly military, anu who weru educated
especially fur tic scrytcu a1Il succtally uulttgli
for my business calling. u'u Win IN tl,c hour OF
Their Gontry's llccd Enyc up tlIer ilia POSITIONS
believing that. euitc what would, they would
trust to tho Erntttud0 MD geilsc Ut Justice III
tlGLr pcoNcf but Hllut las beet their fasc7
The u!stinKulslicd citizen soldiers, most Of
them lawyuia atId politicians prior To tbs Wny,
naturally resumed tl.etr positions M political
LEADERS atlGr u Was over, md filled all Illu brst
n!nSss within '.c gtft ot ihe psoalc but what of
years. tlcl!bctatiap, Virginia l,us sent Joscpl t.
johnston TO thu bear garden .clepcd IIu,lsu Of
Representations, Another lucky lVest rointor
who commanded u division !n Lco's army Is a
urlratiicr who is u clerk IN thu stationery room
sars, n liz 'totes' cards to Senator'S" l1csu
three aro the luesy nses, hut how inany of the
gallant l,carts 'Avc fotla relief fr0l! wuus and
hurried by the shasnc of their ponury from
which tsirrn wns no hopu OF rcleff
lluw farad It with tne naval men who hau
spent Their lycs upon tho "atlrs aud in stranger
'modorc died In baltimore willis occupying ,Iu
exrellcut position OF cr!cr 10 i court.
This n,an had commanded ,lcets. lIo
wnH Atnlahpnun iu the frIGato President,
when shc was Gapturod by thu British fr,guta
Of American cittzena tt,at he burnbar,!ctl and
destroyed thu Guy o[ Grsytown, snpsy because
nn American had been wroNRed, An,( tho au.
ttlorltles OF thy plnre refused to do Justice by
him. His gailaut tights from the Iiluutf Ut thu
hlissfgsippl to New sindFii hEd lsInlul NJ, III
during tie lutte War aro forgotten, Md, us,s.,ng,
unhonorpa. without etUne to record his gltant
ducds, tie old heg0 pleeps whcru ulsnpIulut-
n'eut antt dcstitution can no longer weary or
Another nayal nun, who catI ho seen roaming
tht streets vi Washington any day, RlFnyB hunt-
nE for 6otne politician WHO will be patient Io.lls
enough to llsten to his tale Of woe, disappo'ut-
nicltt, and want, IL tic man WIN, with au old
steamboat, at Now Or!cans, snn down nI,d sunk
ult 1t-gun sloop-oc~ar feronu. Tho Captain
ol tho Fer0ua Hah tladn Ill AuuIfra1, al,d puor
keunon, one Of the brightest nl,l ,aoat gtttod
nlc!l lu Tho country, eat,uut got sufficient all.-
ptoynsrnt to give him foutl. Tho South bus no
shiI s, alHl Northern tnen dect!na to volpluy
ttIu ex-ot!fccr VI the Aabama and hur eo,,susts.
IA most Qf tlese mst.uftlGd mon haY0 beet,
HURRIED by want Into tllclf xrnYrh, mud IN equal
division Vi thosc tuft would mol leave 1noro tilau
spyen or eight tu Il Southern Htnle, wouI 1t not
nppcar lllt1o mure dIgul!ietl II thoss S,atcs
Ml'u 'ldured .l'ela to forfeit tl'elr proslerous