The Selma Times from Selma, Alabama • 1

VOLUME 1. ELMA, ALABAMA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 18G6. NUMBER 170 I triumph anticipated, they might have ton ml on the arid prairies of Texas only C. S. CARRIAGES, CARRIAGES.

Vindicating Officers Charged with Exhibit- such laurels as they once gathered in the ing Bad Faith in General Grant's Be- Wilderness of Virginia. port of the Surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department. To the Editor of the New York News The pen is mightier than the sword I To the potent point of the former, rather than to the keen edge of the latter, are the Federal chiefrains indebted for many of their victories and consequent reputation The events which transpired at Shreveport upon the breaking up of the army, and which were repeated with but little variation, at all the ports, were such as might have been expected at the failure of any great revolutionary movement. Anarchy prevailed. Owing to the difficulty of communicat- I AM receiving a nee and well selected stock of new styles from the best manufoctorac oj PHJETONS, PARK PHvETOXS, CHARRIOTTES.

BRETTS, BUGGIES, PRINCE ALBERTS, JUMP SEATS QUEEN PILETONS, CONE BOX, BOLES, NEW STYLES. but the hero of Mark's Mill rose superior to them all. With indomitable energy he made available every possible means ot procuring subsistence. Whenever a bale of cotton which belonged to or had been tasen trom the Confederate Government, coaid be found, it was used for the purchase cf rations, and when this source failed. General Fagan pledged his private means for payment.

This was the bad faith exhibited bv the last Confederate commander at Shreveport I but thus was starvation warded otf. and a train of consequent evils prevented. There is no historian to record the events of those days. There is no superior officer to compliment in his repot ts those who deserved well. But brilliant as have been the achievements ot Junes F.

Fagan on the field, there was no time in which that gallant young officer more completely proved his fitness for command, more gloriously il lustrated the nobilitv of a true chivalrous soldier and the generous qnaltitsesjof the high toned and courteous gentleman, than wli'm he stood -as it were like the last pall bearer at the grave of the in- The grave of the murdered Wirz stands a monument ot national fidelity. It is due to tue officers of the late Trans-Mississippi Department to state that the undersigned is alone responsible for what he has written in their vindication. lie had no communication with any of th upon the subject, not even made known his intention to correct statements so calculated to do wrong. Of all the members of the department staff be is p-opatily the only one now in a position to pen such a refutation. It has been no pleasing to recur to those days of bitter sorrow, when men who had stood together as bro-tliers amid leaden rainar.d iron bail, parted with crushed hopes, many to meet nq more.

Eyes moistened then that had looked tearless on the stark forms of fallen kinsmen: but though all else were lost, each heart felt that honor wa9 saved. What but fiendish malignity would seek to steal away that, tile mo9t cherished attribute of every true soldier Yet men whom the nation in its better days was proud to distinguish as its servants, are now pursued even into exile, with vile in the late war or rebellion, so called, ing with the cis-AIississippi. from whence Go tell history it's a lie!" said Sir Walter all the lunds were derived, the army had Raleigh when America was in its infancy, not lieen paid in many months. Men who Had he lived till the present day, the men- had hundreds due them, found themselves daeity of those chronicles known as mill-! without a dollar, even of Confed rate tary reports, tieil at the War Department money, then become useless. They claim in Washington, would have left him speech-: ed a division of public property as simple 1 less with astonishment.

Yet mse are justice. It was in vain that Shreveport perhaps the only data from wl pos-1 was declared an entrenched camp and terity is to learn the history of the des-1 marshal law declared within its limits, perate struggle tor the ight of self-gov There were no means of enforcing it. The eminent made by a people now without a Missouri troops almost alone remained name almost without a hope. Tradition with their colors, not with excess of pa may in after time throw a new light upon triotism, Imt because, poor fellows, the 1 had no homes to go to. Upon them d'- volved the police of the town.

They were i two few to restrain the turbulent mob. and stores were plun- the deeds of the past. The half palsied tongue of senility may hereafter divulge certain acts as they were known to tin participators, but these will he mere local The public stables Also, CHILDREN'S CABS AND PERAMLVLATORS. WHIPS, HARNESS or rious kir.tls anil quality, such s- Buggy, Coach, Way. o.

and Cart. I will have connected with the above the Repairing and I'annfacluring of Carriages, Wagons and Carts. With a variety ol LADIES AND GENTS TRUNKS, VALISES, TRAVELING BAGS, AC. SST At my old stand in rear of tlie Commercial Bank, deeltd W. B.

GILL. t.uit confederacy, where with the hopes ot calumnies intended to injure them in new people were buried, all that remained of homes; and this for no other crime than evil and religious libr.uy in a republic devotion to their native land. With shame CRESCENT CiTl FASHION! CLE CLOTHING ElIPORiLM. a hn i grandsires had aolished and ta- he it said that these attacks have not all i and sons fought miitles-ly to per- emanated from a satanie press. J.

F. Oi the leaders alluded to having sur-j rendered in person and then taking ref- ug a the -idejfif Mexico, most prominent is (J, mS'ui Sterling Price. In-! deed lie i perhaps the only general officer; in the tm ns-Mississippi arn who did surrender in per-on and afterward seek place on the Cataaba road, ami two miles from asylum abroad. The circumstances of his I Selma, known as the Stark Jones place. Gen.

Price, faithful to tie ir about 400 acres open land, a ie these nn i Corrections, and the probability is that the dered. great body ot truth will forever remain at Limit. Hen. Buckner, who. in addition th bottom ot the well, crushed neath the () jjjs duties commander ot the consol-weight of the bloody bayonets of the lie- la1d districtsof West Louisiana and Ar-roes of 03 the present champions o.t kansas, was also charged with tho-e of freedom, progress and civilization.

chief of stuff, having found it impossible The attention of the writer has just 1 tarry out the instructions of the com been called to a certain portion of the re-1 manding general, countermanded the or-port of Lieutenant-General Grant, United for removal of the headquarters. States Arm respecting the surrender ot; to Houston, telegrapcd General Smith that the Trans-Mississippi Department, Conted-, would arrange' for the surrender of the erate States Army, commanded by General department upon terms similar to those E. Kirby Smith, in May, 18t5. The state-; (Jem ral Lee, and left nients therein made, assailing the reputation of brave men, require contradiction. Manhood forbids silence, even under compulsion.

Errors of figures, flights ot fancy. I granted General Lee, and left Shreveport I at once for this purpose. The terms were finally agree I upon, and the articles signed at Baton Rouge on the May. Thu-was Kirby nith separated from his staff. as 14.

Nos. 13 and 15 Camp Street, NEW ORLEANS, Opposite Ladies Entrance of City Hotel. and freednien who are anxious place. ner to Baton Note, payable 1st of January next, with good Rouge, Gen. Price was then and there pa- security, will be required, ruled, with the express obir-ct of avoid THOS pop.TiS, interests of ML-ouri troops to the last, nc- to' -tavou cotnp.imed G-ueral Buckner to Baton he express object of avoid When the state of affairs in the Trans-Missis-ippi is rightly understood, the eon- his contemplated journey to las contempt tut jour M.

Ik JONES, Guardians. simple exaggerations, when only intended to add new glitter to the stars of Yankee ing delay in Mexico. In rplv to liis inquiries he was; told by the Fed ral officers that, although MMiniSTK ITOK the military authorities could not give1 i with tin-will annexed, on the estate cl lam pas ports to leave tlie eountry, las do EmUy Williams, deceased, having been g. inp so would not 1 considered a breach to the undersigned on the '21st day ot ot It is parole. This statement was fnly and freely repeated at Shreveport, as lie passed through on his way to Washiny- 5i ton.

Texas, where his family were then re xmn: LETTERS of administration do bonis with the will annexed, on the estate cf igueti on the 'lst day ot 1S05, all persons having claims said estate must present them within the prescribed by law or the same will be febtidOw THCH. J. POKTIs. Admr. I am- now receiving from our manufactory a large assortment of Fashionable Clothing WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, Gencrals, are pardonable fictions, fully un-1 of the troops is not without excuse, derstood by intelligent readers at home por years they had contended against a an abroad.

In the present trammeled foc vastly superior in numbers, armed and state of the tree (I) press ot the South. equipped fully in all respects, and sup-they can, with difficulty be corrected, and pjt.j more bountifully with stores of al non, Mrs. ranted November, against time barred. COMPRISING siding. The exited patriot, now safe in enjoyment of that liberty denied him in his native land, conscious of right, desir- TR1STHK8 ALE.

ON Wednesday, the 14th of February next, 1 will sell, at public sale, at the late residence of i Mrs. Mary Satljld, in Dallas county, sixteen ing pardon of no human countrymen, to miles from and four miles trom Pleasant whom he has given the best years ot hi9 Hill, all of the personal property belonging to life anil in whose service his hairs have esta Saflold consisting of 'S Corn, I odder, Cattle, Hogs, Fork, Cotton 'Lean w.l. with silent scorn Carriage, a good Gin. and Household Ule puny efforts ni those who would now Furniture. Most of the Furniture is very attempt to sull his 'fair fame; but vile in-1 handsome and r.ot at all injured, comprising BUSINESS SUITS, of every description.

YOUTHS and BOYS CLOTHING, LINEN and LINEN BOSOM SHIRTS. UNDERSHIRTS and DRAWERS, Also a' large assortment of LINEN COLLARS CRAVATS, SI" SPENDERS, HANDKERCHIEFS, GLOVES, GENTS SHAWLS, UMBRELLAS, TRUNKS. indeed, arescarcely worth serious contradiction. Were those who know better to review seriatim the report in question, as has been partially done in one instance by Lieutenant General Early, Confederate States Army, there might be but few facts left therein to aid the historic muse in making up a true record. To disarfn an antagonist, even to slay a foe in fair fight, is legitimate.

To stab at the honor of a vanquished and deienceless soldier is not right; is not manly is not to be tolerated. Fortunately, the offense is rare, almost unknown in civilized countries; committed by magnanimous men, never. Kirby Smith's Bad Faith is the sen-ition heading of that portion of the United States Lieutenant Generals report which now claims attention, as printi in the New York Times of Wednesday, December 6, 1865. The text is this On the 4th day of May, Gen. Dick Taylor surrendered to Gen.

Canby all the remaining forces east ot the Mississippi. A force sufficient to insure an easy triumph over the enemy under Kirby Smith west of the Mississippi, was immediately put kinds than ever were armies before, while thev themselves, with scanty clothing and indifferent food, were tortured with 'anxiety for impoverished families. Without railroad facilities and with but worn-out transportation, these shoeless, foot sore men had marched back and forth from the Rio Grande to the Missi-sippi. Thev had tracked the enemy by the light of their burning homes to bis gunboats on the Mississippi and the Red, to his strong holds in Louisiana and Arkansas. The smoke of Alexandria and Campte wasy'd smarting their nostrils; the remains of their shattered penates, strewing the path of the fleeing foe, were still present to their sight.

What wonder, then, that these men were anxious to return and give to their defenceless families such protection astheir presence might afford. Four years experience of war had well taught them what to expect from the negro allies and the foreign hirelings of that best of Governments which had not spared feeble women and little children in its wrath. If they took their arms with them, was it strange? They had either been wrested Two Parlor Seth, Four Bed-Uoom Sets, Book Cases, Pier Table and Glass, Dining Table, Carpets, Window Shades, Curtains and Hangings, Mattresses, Crockery, See. Terms of Sale Twelve months credit, with interest. Notes with approved security will be iquired.

B. F. A Fob D. jurd-idtd TruMee. The citizens and merchants of Alabama are invited to examine mv stock when thev vi-'J, the city.

A liberal discount made to wholesale buyers and satisfaction guaranteed, as "goo are manufactured at our Factory in the city. Call and examine, and recollect the Lumbers, IS and 15 Camp street. New Orleans Mr. TV. H.

PIERSON, (formerly Pierson Harrison, New Orleans) i- with the jh.wi house, and will be glad to receive a call or order trom bis friends and mere Tantin Alabama. deed is that enemy who would venture to asperse lie rare integrity, the noble honest of purpose of Sterling Price. Maj Gen. M. M.

Parsons, ot Missouri, another leader who sought refuge in Mexico, may have given his parole at Shreveport. tie however, has xpiated his political sins, having been brutally murdered near Monterey. Maj. Gen. J.

O. Shelby never surrendered. Those who know that fearless chief believe that he would have endured a thousand tort un sand have sou-rht death rather th in submit to those whom he had! so well taught to fear him The te ms of the surrender were first I announced to General R. lvirby Smith, at Galveston. His approval of tin term was qualified bv the proviso that.

Confederate offices desiring to leave th' country. were: to bcprrnvtt to do so; ths was indorsed over lrs signature. It was then that Maj. Gen. Magruder commenced bis journey to Mexico, tin exercise of aright justly I LYMAN DAVIS.

BUTLER, CAMPBELL, GI AKIHAA SAMI. UNDER and by virtue of an order ar creeof th lion. -I no. K. Couoley, Judge ic Uronate Court ot Dallas county, 1 will m-ii at public auction in front ot the Planters and M'-rchant- Insnrauce Company bui divg, in Selma, oil Monday, the 5th day ot March next.

1SC0, at Pi oclock, the following uescrilicil al in the city of Selma, belonging to Herbert Tanner, a minor, to-wit: he house and lot situated at tbe north-eastern intersection of Union and Selma afreets, known the residence of 0. lanm-r, deceased, containing one quarter of an acre more or less. T- ms Oiic-lburtli cash balance on 12 in nths credit with interest, note with two ap-proved securities. GEO. O.

BAKER, Guardian rb ition for Texas, and Major General from the invader by their own individual 'vur -T Vx seca a 'o West Side of Broad Street, Short Distance from Water Street i i.ivii a small stock i of Goods, consisting ot Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, fa Sheridan designated for its immediate I command, but on the 26th day ot May, and before they reached their destination, Gen. Kirby Smith surrendered liis entire command to j. Gen. Canby. This sur- rend did not take place, however, until after the capture of the rebel President and Vice President: anl the bad faith was exhibited of first disbanding liis army i prowess, or had been purchased abroad with the proceeds of the sale of cotton of their own raising, and hence, notwithstanding and i they had come at all times them as personal property, was taken from the depots need it If medical purveyors were robbed of stores, were they not wanted at Government home fur tbe paternal Steam Engine ar.d Machine Wort SELMA, ALA.

HI 9 i LETTERS of ration on tin: -state ol LcwL G. Starffiv.int, deceased, having been c.aim by a.l recusant li'arleis irvler the granted to undersigned by the Honorable conditons ot the snrrood of the depart-1 Judge of tUe Probate Court of Dallas connty, mnt. That so ibandonrd 'e conn-i on tlie SHli Uay of January, lNVi, nutiei try was not becau of their faith in til-! therefore given all persons Imichtcd to i Tii 1 said estate to make i innie payment, and to magnanimity ot the conquerors Indeed. tll0sc against the to pre-many other brave art. fn'Tbfrne i bv sent them within them time prescribed by the so-onlhal An.ncMv Procbimation.

1 law or they will be forever barred. STF. ENGINES. Saw Grii all kinds ol Macliim rv lnad. and rui'ain d.

BUTLER 6i CAMPBELL. and permitting an indiscriminate plunder of iblic property. against whicli they hail reU lleil had dis- i se I covered and declared that healing drugs were contraband of war, and for long! years they were almost entirely deprived! Owing to the report that many of those lately in arms against the Government had taken refuge upon tire? soil of Mexico, car i CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, CROCKERY, HARDWARE. BLACKSMITH TOOLS, AlSO. Sugar, Coffee, ON hand and for sale low, one first-ela-horse power Engine and Saw Mill, ca; able M.

J. WILLIAMS, Administrator. awing te.t'OO feet per dav. BUTLER CAMPBELL. jail'd janlOddw roirs woiibl lmve yielHial to the impulse which prompted expatriation, but lark of mean! prevented.

General Smith himself, not-! withstanding the base danders so in lu Flour. tm circulated as liis speculation i LETTERS TESTAMENTARY upon the es tateofJolm E. Toole, 'a-ud. Were yrantei the undersigned by Hon. J.

E. Couoley fudge of the Probate Court, of Dallas fudge of the Probate Court ot Dallas county, Irish Potatoes, JEUILTEKA Molasses, Sait, Mackerel. Steam Planing and Flooring MILLS. ill cotton, was ind bted to the sjenero of friends for the li'ght t'irse with wllit i he crossed the Rio Grande. He had 1 Alabama, on Monday, Januari, Bt, 1806.

caused to he turned over the Feder 1 coinmmder llic only public lunds nt i bate payment, and those having claims agains liis disposal, being Several thousand the same to present them within tlio time prv dollars in goll, an unexpended balance of secret service nm-ev. This particular i nst.au of ba lf i'h docs rut appear to have been memloiv in the r- -ports to the War pi'-tnent. It is to Jan 3-d6w EXKCll I'm, et it. THE undersigned wasanpuin 1 on I ltd. 4 And various other articles all of which we tlAVING completed OUT Works, are-.

purpose selling at as Uw prices as can be found Pf'-parcd to plane all kinds oi Flooring, Weather-boarding, Counter Tops, lielim; elsewhere. Ceiling, MOULDING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION We expect to add a few goods tt our stock FURNISHED TO ORDER. Counter Legs, Newel Posts, Columns, iv i occasionally os the demand wav seem to justily. I allkindH Fancy Wood Turning on hand I made to order. LYMAN Si DAVIS.

All orders executed with dispatch. I janSd BUTLER CAMPBELL. day of December, Is. by tlie Hon. Judge of Probate for Dallas Bonn execulor .1 the last will and testament ol N.

McClure, deceased. Persons having claims against said decea-ed, will present them withjp die tinn pre, crib. by law, or tin will be barred ty this notice. All persons indebted are request ed to come forward aud beltlc. C.

E. THAMES, janAMBw Executor. vying with them arms rightfully belonging to the United States, which had been sur-i ren lered to us by agr ement among them 1 soma of the leaders who had surrendered in person and the disturbed condition of affairs on the Rio Grande, the orders for the troops to proceed to Texas were not changed, tor facts. Kirby Smith did not disband most of his army Kirby Smith did not permit an indiscriminate plunder of piblic property; Kirby Smith exhibited no bad faith. On thecontrary Gen.

Smith was not present at liis headquarters at the breaking up of his army, issued no orders in relation thereto, and at the time had no control over the matter. About the 15th of May, Gen. Smith issued an order directing the removal of the-department from Shreveport, to Houston, Texas, which last named place I for some weeks been in process of for i ication, und.r the immediate direction of Major Gen. Magruder. Gen.

Smith leaving at once in an ambulancc.with his medical attendant, directed his staff to follow with the headquarter train as soon as it could be prepared. Demoralization, which had commenced with the citizeus. immediately upon the announcement of Lees surrender, now spread to the army. Soldiers deserted by companies and regiments. Couriers left their posts, telegraph tine were broken down, communication with distant commands was no IPngcr possible.

The troops were not disbanded but the gallant army of the Trans-Mississippi melted away despite the efforts of its leaders, under the blighting influence of demoralization. This alone had accomplished what the enemy had ever failed to do. Fortunate was it for that enemy that it was so, othirwise instead of the easy SALE, A FINE PIANO. Apply to J. H.

BEARD, Cahftba. LI MULK, LI niSS.H. HAVING two Mills on the Railroad eapablf 1 of sawing 20,000 feet per day, we are now pi pared to furnish our friends" and patrons itl i any amount of Lumber they may want. 100, 000 FEET CHOICE LUMBER of all, save such as were indigenous. If horses and mules were taken from the! public stables, was it not that they claim- eil them astheir original owners, who had: not been paid for them I Finally, could! such excesses be restrained 9 Let Federal commanders who were appealed to by unoffending women for protection from the lust of Union soldiers, have attempted to scrum themselves from shame on the plea that they could not prevent outrages, though they might punish the perpetra tors, when identified! Let these officers answer as to the justice of accusing Confederate officers of delinquency, at a time when the functions of their Government were suspended and their own authority no longer recognized.

Among those implicated as exhibiting bad faith is, doubtless, Major General Fa gan, upon whom the command of the de partment devolved when Lieutenant Gen eral Buckner left Shreveport for Baton Rouge. Never before was an officer placed in more trying circumstances. Without money, and Without resources other than his own sterling qualities, this proud soldier found himself charged with the care of public stores, yet intact, with the uiain-tainanee of order among the troops still remaining at their posts, and lastly, hut more difficult than all, with the subsistence of those troops. This, indeed, was a very serious question, upon which ail was dependent. The principal depot at Jefferson had shared the fate of the others.

If supplies cnuld have been obtained, there was no public transportation for their removal. Those only who were with and in the confidence of General Fagan can appreciate the difficulties which sur-rorn led him at this time. Almost any other man would have been overwhelmed; On hand and for sale, in lot to suit purchasers, yard. (JanSdl BUTLER A CAMPBELL. POTTOS EED FOR SALE.

5,000 BUSHELS superior Cotton Seed for wrn ale. Apply to JOHN G. BELL St BROTHER, Water Street, deelSd Over F. A. Woodson A Cos store.

i at our ll iped that the IT. S. Tr anger has a cord of tile transaction. The accusation of ad itn comes in bal taste from any offichtl a govern men which has shown so much o- it. There is not an uffi er of the Confederate arinv who, if free to-day, would not thrust it defiantly in the tcetli of him who would dire to utter It, A and none so hold among tiie conq- ers of the hour as would not then ftp ere he made the charge.

I'" a fides, in c'assic times, expressed the maximum of perfi i It was for the government of the modern model i public to inaugurate and nationaliz its superlative sartorial faith; illus I daily byjthe arrest of men who fancied th mv'vs protected by the assurance given on 'h- ir paroles that the above tmqd leer w'll not be disturbed by the United Stat authorities as long as he observes his pa-ole and the laws in force where he resides this duly anteut Seated and signed by a I commissioned officer of the Unic 1 tates Army. The prison bars of Raoheil Semmes, of Win 1' aid of scores of nth-I ers, attest how well t.iese Iges are kept. Clotliiiig: and Gentlemens' T'ur-iiisihing HAVE just received an immense lot of all and every description. Also a large lot oi Boys and Ciiildreu's clothing, to which we invite the attention of the public. E.

ELKAN, Agent for nov23 S. Kotbschild fc Bro. JIESrSOADES. A FEW dozen opened to-day bv feb4 ilw JUDSUN, DU CO. lYEIICI NNIO.YI CAPS.

torn Cara FOR SALE. Choice White Western Corn, Black Seed ts. to arrive. Delivered at the Tennessee Depot, bv D. SULLIVAN, Janl3d Near Ala.

and Tenn. R. R. Depot. Messenger copy.

yAATED 1 Aft Aft EIHAiLla 1 BEAT B1KGAIA TEAAi I I I A DN. FOUR Thousand Acres cf the best land in Texas, convenient to transportation, tor sale AT nut aiuia A. from $3 $7 to per aeae. Apply to FRANK E. BURKE, MEN to work on the City Wharf.

Apply deedif Times Office Selma. Ala. immediately at the Council Chamber. I.iocr 'i wages will be paid. M.

J. WILLIAMS, HISKV, WHISKY. dec21d Mayor. ONE ent'r case, Manufacturers Fact ing containing a half million, receivid to and offer'd verv low to i.iotrr re'iints, bv fcbHlw w. DUG 1'OKAim 40 BBLS.

Dexter on consignment and ordered I 30 BOXES of good Tobacco received to-d; old A bargain can be had bv early applied- on consignment. This Tobacco is offered by fon to A. MIMS instrnetion of the owner at nnnsnallv 1 (- TIER 4 IKS BEST SUGAlt CUR HA M3. For sale bv KNOX A ADAMS decSld Wrater Street. rices.

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