, 1881-06-05
don OF the age We were. when prisoners, SUBJ
jected to petty ptliagc-

1ected to petty ptliagc-
IINcoLS's ASSASSINATION. ~
On the subject Of the assassination Of AIr.
Lincoln, Mr.. Davis writes:. =
We arrived at Charlotte on April IS, 1885, aud
there received at the moment Of aismounting =
taleEram from Gen. brecklnridge announcing,
on Information received from Gen. Sherman.
An ihauential citizen Of the town. % WHO bad come
ss saa; ,atssF ~ rsnart!as @ t e a!% ie IT, : low low
! l handed tho telegram to him. Some
! troopers encamped in the vicinity had collected
| 70 sec me: they called to the gentleman who had
the dispatch in his hand to read i. no doubt
| suppostnE It TO be army news. He compiled
win their request, and a few. onlT taking In the
osi To- The s T.
| they considered their most powerful foe. The
man who invented the story of my having read
| no chance to know whereof he bore witness,
even II there had been any foundation OF truth
For an enemy so relentless in the war for our
Subjugad0n we could not be expected to mourn; !;
yet, in view Of It's political consequences, Il
misfortune to tho South. He had power over
the Northern people. aud was without personal
successor was without power In the North, and
the embodiment OF malignity toward the South
ern people, perhaps the more SO because ho had
betrayed and deserted them in tho hour OF their
need
Con. Sherman, In his 'Mcmoirs'' Vol H., p.
59), referring to d conversation between him
writes:
told h!m e9pla M not believe that he Gen Leg
M the h ocefs Of re army could poss!-
say as mncn ~ fos Jen Davis George Saunders and
On this I hare but two remarks to make:
First that think there were few officers In the
confederate army who would have permitted
nf
their Government; second, that I could not
value THO good opinion Of the man who, in ro1.
charge against Gen. Wade Hampton. and, hav-
Ing left It to circulate freely for ten years. then
In bis published memoirs makes this disgraceful
y CHARGED i % Zen. Wsds Hampton. and confess
dd 80 pointedy, to shake the faith Of his people in
l. WRz.
In relation to the charge that an attempt
was made to suborn Wirz and have him i'm
p1icate Davis In cruel treatment to prisoners,
the author cites several pieces Of testimony,
Of which the following Is perhaps the most
pointed:
The Hon. Jefferson Dapts-DEAn SIR:
execution of Maj. Wiz, man visited me, on on
the part OF n Cabinet otllcer, to inform me that
Mai. Wlrz would be pardoned II he would i'm
Andersonville. No names were given BY this
messenger, and, upon my refusal to take my
cssa1a acaon IN the matter, ne wont to Mr. Louis
purpose and with q like result. When visited
MAJ. wirz the next morning he told me that the
been rejected with scorn. Tho Major was very
Indignant, and said that, while he was innocent
OF @ me cruel charges for which he WAS about 10
suffer death, he would not purchase bis liberty
" perjury and crime such as was made the con-
ditfon Of his freedom attended tho Mayor to the
scalold, and he died in the peace OF God and |
f1F1 alas frx1z
innocent OF all the cruel charges on which his |
llfe was sworn away, and l was edifled BY tho |
Chs;ftan SPIRIT in which he submitted big
In tho other case OF tho fabrication Of owl |
deuce " some Of tho authorities il Washington
relptivo to myself it will bo sufficient here to
present what others have snid and done Tho
subject Is Noticed in these pages only to show the
desperate cxtremittes to which the agents OF tht
order 10 compass my ignominlous death. Thso
principal measures we're resorted to for thcac-
m M Of this obtecI-the charge 3 tho
q me case now under consideration a4,d the
n, ,ruel and inhuman treatment intictef upon me
WHO prisoner In Fortress Mouroe...
DAMAGES TO AMERICAN COMMERCE.
Some interesting facts are ezscn as to the
lamago done by the Confederate navy, as
olows:
Ihe United States producet hy these cruisers
ttP Tar beyond the amount Of claims presented
owe Geneva Conference. The number of ships
rachi1 the United States at the commence
tran2at a.s5hAo s5ho War, which were subsequently
regisi2rSM Mas tta former owners by, British
nage ans f i:as o la,ss ust Of t9n On
,5nta1 gnauu tes thAs.pt ote OF them hns bcen
a'inTSa 1se ss:ums 1e,, 4, 1Au;.dean n; register
Ioreign G;oM5orce Of the cAntry was carried on
aanres of ,y 1as o'r
Ships were expsed Inc amo aS to t,s which these
carried By thgIhad ewn IN eoTefee 1s1a &c
Enf{t,
War, and in 1872 bad fallen SSo nar a.tsr aa the