The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1880-09-24
An TEFANOUs LIE

The Cincinnati Commercial, the
dirty and infamous organ OF the
worst eleuen. Of Ohio ridicalism,
WHOSE editor in chief is no less a
peTsouagr lhan Field Marshal Mu-
rat Halstead, a man vho delights
In manufacturing aud publishing
all kinds OF fiisehOOds about the
South, publishes . special from Co
Iumbus. o., ia uhieh one Geo. Davis.
an ex-Fedrral soldier, uow said to
be a guard NJ the Styte prison
I've suspect though be Is an inmate
Of that institution charges that
Hon. ChaS. f Hooker took from
him Davis a silver watch while a
prisoner OF var. The following is
Davis version of the affair:
On New Years morning, ls63, was
captured ar Stone river by three rebels, aud
jusJ after they seized me a rebel general
rode up aud demanded what had In my
1 clothes. l cleaned ont my pockets, aud
he took a silver hunting case watch, which
was present tu me, aud cost thirty -tiFe
dollars, as happened 10 knew three pho
tographs, two Of .oang lady friends, and
one OF my sister, and three letters When
~ fsI. s.f
these things He was real cross about il.
1t was all done in half minutes time,
aud he went away without saying any
thing else. When he was gone asked one
ofmy guards who the general was, and he
told MT il was Gen. Hooker. know it
wasn't Joe Hooker, because this man had
on a gray uniform and was rebel. He
was nau little heavy set, and wore
large moustache aud gray ehi:. beard.
When being asked further ABOUT
the affair by the reporter, aud in
answer to the question: " Are YOU
quite sure it was this same Gen.
Hooker who has been speaking
here n Davis said:
"No, am not dead sure il is the same
one; anybody is liable 10 be mistaken
sometimes, but | believe II is the same one.
told the man board With the other night
| was going to see this Gen. Hooker and
see II IL was the same mau, aud he went
along with me. When saw him recog-
nizei him as the same man that had taken
my watch, and who the rebel soldiers that
guarded ne told me was Gen. Hooker |
was inst that sure that II was the same
one that II bad chance would have
asked him to give me back my watch"
We state positively that the
above tale is false in every particu.
lar, aud there is not the least foun.
dation, in fact for this man Davis
to make such assertions.
Col. Hooker was first senior lieu
tenant of company A, First Missis-
sippl artillery generally known as
Withers' artillery, and on the first
day of January, 1868, this battery
was in winter quarters at Snider's
Bluff, on Yazoo river, Warren
county, Miss, about fourteen miles
from Vicksbnrg. The writer of |
this belonged to the same com.
mand, and Col. Chas. Il. Hooker at
that time was lieutenant in com.
nand OF section No. |, of this bat.
tery, the section to which we be.
onged, aud we know he was no
learer Stone river than we were at
hat time.
Davis assertion that Hooker was
real cross and intimation of rude.
less upon the occasion mentioned
S altogether unlike The manners
# Col. Hooker, for he is u natural
'orn gentleman, and one of the
lost courteous aud refined gentle.
len we ever met. During the time
e was il The army when he had
ccaslon to repremand any of the
zen he would do so in such a gen.
Iemanly, though stern manner.
bat the derelict soldier could not
ecome ollended, and every ond
'ho Knows the gentleman, knows :
his to be the truth.
If Mr.. Davis is a gentleman he :
I'LL take the earliest opportunity
D contradict the statements he has ,
lade with references to Col. Hook.
I, aud publish the same in the !
lncinnati Commercial, tue vehicle
trough which bis false statements !
ere made.
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