Memphis Daily Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • Page 2

i 1 Ml art ISO mm mm mmnm appeal SITUKJUY JJOKMXrJ, IS7S. sjhc rinKy Apiir-M Iim larsrrr -lrcn. Jnftnn than nil HiralhrrMetHiiM ilnllj- Vl 'ULTliKS. JO.VATIIAX MUGS." 'alklng up IfaslivMe, -knells in 1 858, the writer of tlifs then a "'irtrasgertn Tenneee, tnef a tall and dignified looilug gentleman wending me vmy wivn fjutcK ami sieaay wepa tw.tfai use cajuioi, wnere, as tiuw-'3. learned, lie nau been in the sbfcreme court of the Stele, then in session.

Inquiring of our yupipauMHi wl) he was, we were told "It is Keturn J. Meigs." KepeaUng the first same two or' three times, and won deriug if it were xssible that in a south' urn State there could be found a llnger-''till'VE, diking for okl and odd puritanic eir-namrs we inquired, why ''Return?" And he answered, as near as we van re- eolieet, that away up in Pennsylvania or 2vew England, many years ago there ti 'Hved a handsard (we don't weieeiber ever toeing an ugly one) who bad a lover in one Jonathan Meigs a reanoi liabite.or correct VepOrtmiSit, strong in moral courage, asd firm in the ways and habits ol 'tt(. people whose simplicity har passed into a proverb. Jonathan eoftrted Ms 'sweetheart none the less that be was a Quaker, and that all her communications were'' ye, ami "nay, nay." Ixve, llKe death, no respecter of pereas, and ''breaks through formalities of cus torn, time, or place. Joaathan was ar tl-ui, albeit his religion taught him tc OMMttal it behind tne mask of a caln.

exterior. He, therefore, piled Iris sull earn telly, and after the lapse of a year two, perhaps, Impatiently. Tbi maiden was oey, as maidens used to be, was in no hurry to marry. Th rather annoyed her suitor, and he avowed his annoyance, on the oc- aonof; wiiat he intended his las vMt, and turning from the gate when heiiad made such adleux as her modes- ty acfl Quaker training would permit, '-he walked rfowiy away, feeling sorr fit) enough, no doubt, that the woman as hb feoul to htm was parteo from him forever, aiid by his own act But he was as firm as For or Peni himself, and he kept on; when tud 4ly there broke upon the stillness cf the B1gat a ert "Return, Jonathai return!" He returned, and the two very soon after became one flesh asd their first child, in oommem' oratitm of the touching and hapf.j iaeideet, was named Return Jonathai Meigs. He became a lawyer and settle) 2 ashville, and there roe to the high eetrank in a prof efei on that in Tennessee seed not be ashamed to compare its past ad present membership with an her bar in the Union.

He lived quietlj and unobtentatioasly, and gathered around him a. wide circle of friend' i- who, in all the changes and chances cl the war, never forgot that, with all devotion to the Union, Return J. Meigs was a great lawyer, a good citizen, a model for those of lesser years to fnHow a man whose differences were honestlv y'taketi, and who was actuated in all hlr life by profound convictions without re gard to what "soeiety" might say. He left Nashville nfter its capture by the federal army, and removed to Washing- ten, where he has ever since resided filling most satisfactorily an important position in connection with the supreme eeurt. A day or two since he -visited Xashvitle with his grand-daughter, and his "return" to the capital of a Btate whieh he had in ether years served we 1 ad faithfully, was made the most able occasion of his life.

The veitior, supported by the best men of i city, not only received mm at thr residences but tendered him a public reception. This be declined. He had as quietly ashe had left, and IJI I I witfa their de-Fl 3 hfeuer wbiflh, he njod-estfy insisted, he could not cope with. The strength of the man was never better displayed. In his fim- ple way, and as he could, he would mln gle with his old fiicnds and interchange cordial greetings, but he could not sab-ait to a public display of a feeling tco tmm rffcfalhfer utterance.

And so beds the hou- of every one of them by Ilturuf.recivia heartfelt and cordial welcomes, each one as ardent and honest as the other, and all combining to print and honest 5 truth itself. We atftf oSir welcome to the general greeting, and would say, in the language bis sainted mother, "Return, Jonathan and tie 6eef us again. Tin: a llatemarkabte man, Fred Douglass, viwteU, we learn from the Louisvilh OiHtrier Journal, the exposition at Louis ville -the other night. He was invited late the Prens-room of the building, and the? partook e-f the hospitalities of th Democratic press of Louisville. A prominent menti-er of the Democratic prew, we are prefiosed the follow- 2 tnaaf nn IIia notHcInn yr- 1 uu vwkuu.

wfehiftg-VMx. Deuglattt prolonged Ilia sad haWinese, as worthy of tfee'maif who above all others was the nlghett type ef his race a man who had done an auy other to show his ract Imw they might become truly great ano T6 this Mr. Douglass responded, ayij)g, among other thing-, that "It nQJklwayshad been his canliuol principle lINtVUi Help to arlaj'-the (HUerenees and the -bitterness which might exist be tween the people of this country-'' LCjtake pleasure In aetlng this recep-In ef a worthy and taleMigent colored man by Democratic and southern mem-5iJI3bera the prew. It fe jlgn of the times, of consequences which prpmote the general good of the teuth. It je remarkable inotdauoe, toe, of the mobility of southern iHiblic (opinion, which, conquering life-long ascend above the unworth nggestWas ef caste, and redegnizes the tljertu Qf the.

man, regardlosB of race, uoior, or prevhws condition. Whatever ilts we have to find witli the colored people for boing blindly led away by fiarruppolitieiaiui, oifd voted by them ereso many men of straw Instead of Aantfiean citizens, the logicif events, 'like that of the reception of Fred Douglass indicate the speedy arrival of an era It "'ofigeodi'feeHng between the races. For the most part agriculturalists, and skilled In the cultivation of the products which form the great staples of the south, their iaterests are plainly identical with tiie iaad-owaers upon whose soil these )ro- daete are raked. Peace and good will between the races are essential to the Tii prosperity of both, and he who eontrib-" otes to this etfmte oordtale is th friend rX jKr the bteek man as ydl a the white. vfth all the demoralization bequeathed tiie negro by an emancipation bom of war and military intensified vby the villainy of corrupt poll- tieia, ttt xeeogniae the eloquence oi the fact that to hi labor, almost exclusively, the nation and tbe world are in debted for the 3,96,608 bales of cotton raised last year, aBd worth the magnificent ram of To this may be added $50,000,000 mote as the produet of hk labor in the cultivation of sugar, riee, corn, and tbe raising of live 'ntoek.

These are silent but potent witnesses of his great value to the nation, and should be borne in mind by those shallow and heady partlzans who, to gratify their party Seal or personal pride, wbuld set a toreh tp the beautiful temple of our national prosperity. There is no reason why the white and blacV ractf'-cnow111 ve In barxnonyto- WffierunviolatIve of the civil or the naturalJaw. Experience teaches a bet ter and nobler condition than that 0 i ringing from aidlsregard of the laws of God which made and have preserved Air thousands of years the races apart1 and diatinet from each other. They can A 'yureue 'parallel llnes-along the great bfghway of life near enough to asist 1 and mutually promote each-other's ma-' ferial interetU, but never once the divine law which has ilamped, for its own wise purpose, each r-ce with dUUnctand well-defined char-actcristica. llie law of cAinpettMtioa i as kiiMlty in its fleets as it is wide-epread in its application.

If men would but stop to consider, they would find that in the economy of a wie and good Providence, the deprivation of one blessing is substituted by another, the sum of whose beneficence equals hi the end tbe'total of the ot favor. During the warbetyyeen the fetates nmny. a glorious viriue ofyar- tkude, of. pattlotUai, of charltR eliminated from the ashes of desolation, enobling and compensating the man or woman for fortunes lost In the Iron grip of war, and bringing the sweet consolation-that the ancient heroism of our race, north and south, was stitl warm and living in the veins of the people. JIaiiy an effeminate youth in both ar mies grow up to a strong manhood under the hard discipline of the camp, and many a wife and daughter, whom lux ury had enfeebled, and prootrateu in wretched helplessness before the war, found the priceless blessings of health and self-reliance springing, like beautiful flowers, from the ruins of princely fortunes and from 'tfie ashes of once luxurious homes.

"Sweet are lbs bus of adversity. Which, tike the toad. Duly and venomnas, Wfarsyetapreclowjffwel In his head." In the affliction of our city there are not wanting evidences of the kindliness of that Providence wbiaa tempers (lie wind to the shorn lamb. Many a loving act is performed, many a personal sacrifice Is made, many an afflicted spirit takes its flight from earth, bearing to heaven the testimony that the thioooe of charity quickened by, affliction In the minds of men. The demons of fcelfishnessand eordidness are heifen down by the strong angel of sweet charity, and men and women, In contemplating the victims of the plague, Oraw nearer to tlie noUer and better impulses of humanity.

Surely, there is a divine compensation in this, and when the parsing cloud oi pestilence has disappeared, may we not hope to find the people of Memphis ttronger and purer, and better prepared for the discharge of the real duties of life? To our city author! es this -visitation of yellow-fever comes in the threatening attitude of a public prosecutor, and, painting its skeleton linger to the wretched system of sew-jrage in Memphis, discovers at ince its parentage and their ieriliction! Alas! the poor and ndigent pay the fearful costs of this prosecution. Let the leesou of the hour, (earing even now good fruit, in the honest eflurts of the general council, board of aldermen and board of health, mitigate the plague, be heeded even titer It has passed away. Let there be tu entire reconstruction of 'our system of Internal police, and let tbe city at any cost, never rest until Memphis has a system of sewerage ade-pjate to the perfect drainage of herstreeU ind alleys, and a board of health whose power and vigilance will render anj local cause of a revisitation of the destroying pestilenee impossible. TUB rABLliS TDKSIAC. We find the statement in the eu York Tribune of the sixteenth Instant, that Messrs.

Jackson Chace, iron dealers of that city, have received an order from a Liverpool house for one bundren tons of American merchant Oar iron, round and square, This is uews Indeed, and is the index-finger pointing to the time when England wi'l draw much of her supplies of iron and coal from the mines of the United States. It would seem that the operations of the trades unions of Great Brit-tain havej advanced the rates of English manufactured lronfand made it possible for an English house to purchase and Import American iron, "leaving a fair margin of profit at pre-ent upon a quality that will compete with the prominent Staffordshire at from twelve to: pound sterling." Messrs. Jackson iSTlhase contend that at the Pittsburjt rates a profit can be made out of manufactured iron exported to England. Thisissomewhatre-BMrkable in view of the advance ra toot the English manufacture, but i1 npeaks In eloquent terms of the extraor Jiuary growth and prosperity of the iron interest of Ameriea. We have the oewe, too, that English capitalists be.

I'Sve that the present labor trouble io England, or in other words, the influences of the trades uniea in favor of the laborer as against the grinding ex actions of their English masters, is 'the work of American capital sent there to create Just the present dissatisfaction in regard to wages," a most direct blow at English manufactures. This item of news has a two-foUl aspect; the one mol 'beeriug to the iron and oeal of the Union, to whose 'developement It must add an immense impetus, the other clearly indicating- the comlnj. emancipation ofBnglish labor from hs present serfdom to English capital. Both are signs to be hailed by our own tnd by the Englkh people as auspicious of futu'e good. The first brings out in bold relief the grandeur of our Ameri-tin industrial syetem, where free labr and good'wages'can, offspring to tender to the mothe: country a prontable trade in tbe very staple commodity which "has lieen the source of Eugliih wealth and EnglUh for hunorjdpfyears; and the feJuptfl; corroborating (he position so frequently advanced By Te 'hat the mechanics and operatives o' England, sparred by the armed heel of necessity, are finding in the trades unions au engine of protection and rt-dress from the grasping tyranny of remorseless Ils this tyranny, and not "the work of American capital," which has caused the labor-trouHe In England, and English "capitalist, would be wise to hearken to the voice coming up frora the trades unions, and in good time strike, the mannacles from the hands of their hard-workei! and half-paid operatives ere I' is ever lastingly too late.

Si rS 1 OtflH Alt A t'OTTOVlMAnT. The GloU, of SL LouU.k indulging in some extraordinary speculations touching the cotto'j-trade of that city. With total receipt for the year ending Sep tember 1, 1ST2, ef 18,700 bales, and of 34,216 for the year ending September 1, 1S73, it is claiming that St. Louis is soon to be me largest inland couon- market in the TJulted States." When it is remembered that the crop of last year is estimated at 3,980,608 bales, or 3,695,293 more than found its way to St. Louis, the exceeding modesty of the as sumption of our cotemporary will be appreciated.

What a poor exhibit this is, compared with the cotton-trade of Memphis, whieh for the ending September 1. 1S72. numbered 380.6W balesand for that endingiseptember 1, 1878, 414,3711 bales, or 3S0.1B1 In excess- of IboMS received at Louis. In other words, tbe grea pottoa-trade 0f iu the number of bales received in Memphis iu over those, re ceived in Qdr friends ef the Globe, in their frantic efforts to exUblku the supremacy of St. LouH as a cotton- inaiket.

are nsiinhay iu tlie state ment having reference of cotton from St. Louin to Liverpool by rail to New cheaper route than by way of New Orleans from the places of production in Arkansas and Texas. In fact," naya the Globe, "aouieof that I nittrtn nftpr mil 1 mnnArtIIim in fTita iJ. ii 1 I clty.isnow being shipped to Or- leans In the boats for account of that city." A curious way this of provjng the roatety will to NewaVkJ cheapen than Vay-of New1 iftlefns. 'Thf planters i simple facts are that a few along the line of the Cairo and railroad have chipped, an early or two to St.

Xiouls to enable their wives do'a'little 'shopping, while the great buIK 01 tne crop is reserveu ior tne real openingof the cotton season, when It possible to tell, when the flrowasen will find Jts usual way by tbe numerous i ynJp Jtel citizens were arrested and cheap water l.nto the great cotton-mart of the south, destroyed the city originated by the There Is in the distant future flrinS cotton. aot of probabUityomemphlsouUtripplugSt Louis as a manufacturing city than 6f pecially the cotton, before the federal St. Louis becomlug "the larget inland I army entered, and am sure the llttlp cotton-market Jn the Lnlteu tj tales." The lioard of admiralty, of London, hv.ree4 inBtotheentiihtiavyhawe ben attacked by iavereeeled information that UoaU tjelons- pirates nr lvnang and wi i their i s'atemenuot tneir generals to tit con-wounded. The roan-of vrar Thaila has Irnrv nntwltl-htandinir retwl iron. to chant tw tbe pirates.

Ths Question of 'MVfco Tired the Ilcauliful City," from the Federal Maml-PoInU i LsUer from (t'ehcr, rHl T. Sher man Official. Report "ofi General it i Giles A. Smith. Letter, from the Secretary of War In- tercstInffTcstlmony Is It to he Taken as Conclusive I UiunquARTXRS Abjiv of United Htates.1 WAt.nisoTOjr,l).lX,nptemberl2,lira.

To the Editor of the Chroalole: Dear Sir When vou annliedtome some time am for material bearlmr on tlie controversy or Who burnt Columbia?" I cave you two minted namnhlets wnicn naa ooiaineu Judge rioit, containing all the testimony taken In uie cotton cases growing out or tnat event, and submitted to the mixed mission appointed to adjudicate these "Mm uuuer ine xreaiv Wltn ureat iiritam. Judge Hole could have obtained tbe teetimony of all the eight or ten thousand officers and soldiers who were at or near (xtlumbia when the conflagra. uoti occurred, but he thought he had enough without nuttlnir the trovern- ment to the expense of bringing more witnesses from a distance. I suppose he did not summon Colonel Stone, who commanded the leading brigade of the fifteenth corps, because he did not know where to find him. I surely did not kuuw ma wuereauontatlii lie voluntarily published his statement.

I my official report of the affair, pub- inueu ueiore we close of tne war, when General Wade Hamnton was flchUnc us, and not when, as he alleges, he was j. iJiiouiiL-r oi war, relerred incidental- to a laci or winch I had knowledge, that a small detachment of the seventeenth corps had passed over the Con-garee, had entered Columbia, and hoisted a flag on the new statehouse in advance of the regular entry of the fifteenth corpj, which had made a circuit to cros tbe two branches, Saluda and Broad, which make the- Congarec 1 rested the performance of this detachment as 'somewhat Irregular, but thi meq who compojed it now became important I herewith iuclost opies of their written statements, together with the official reports, which explain tbe whole affair. These wit-aewes go back to a time three-quarters of an hour before the entry of the head -if Stone's brigade, and about two horn ahead of the time I personally reached the piles of burning cotton of wh.ch there were many and I invite your careful perusal of them, for they are positive that they taw rebel cavalry soldiers ripping open the bales of cotton and applying fire; also saw rebel soldiers plundering the stores on Main street, which General Hampton attributes to our men; aud they further positively assert that Hampton had already gone out oi 'olumbia. So that he personally could aot and did not see his men applying 8r Uow, Hampton admits that the otton was rolled out in the streets "for the purpese of burning," but that he forbade the burning lest the fire should extend to the houses; and I reiterate that no matter what his orders were, (he men of his army, either his rearguard, or his stragglers, did apply the fire, and that this was a sufficient cause for all else that followed. With great respect, yours, W.T.SHERMAN, General.

Extract from General Sherman's re port, on page C77, Military and Xaval History of the Hebdlion, published by Anpletnnin 1S6G: "About this time a small party of the seventeenth corps had crossed the Con in a and entered Columbia from a point immediately west." Letter from General Giles A. Smith to General Belknap, commanding third brigade, fourth division, seventeenth corps: Heaixi art jeks- Fobrt Division.) SEVENTTESTtr AHSV 17, IS65.J William W.Belknap, commanding third brlKadf, fourth division, sev-ententri army corps: Sir Allow me to congratulate you, and through you, Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Kennedy, thirteenth Iowa veterau volunteers, and the men under his command, for first entering the city of Columbia, on the morning of Friday, February J7th, and being the first to plant his colors on the capital of South Carolina. While the army was laying pontoon-bridges across uie osiuu.i and is road rivers, three miles above the citv.

Lieutenant- Colonel Kennedy, under vour direction. fitted up an old wornout flatboat, caps- oie oi oarrying aoour. twenty men, and accompanied by Lieutenants H. C. Mc- ArtUur and WKliam H.

Goodrell. of your staff, crossed the river in front of the city, aud boldly advanced through its streets, sending back the boat, with mother procured on the opposite shore, for more troops, and on their arrival, with seventy-live men in all, drove a portion of Wheeler's cavalry from the town, and at half-past eleven o'clock in the morfiing, planted his two stands of colors, one upon the old and tbe other upon tne new capitol. Tbe swift current of the Congaree river and its rocky channel rendered his Crossing twin difficult nud dangerous, nd uie presence of the enemy, but hi what force unknown, rendered tbe undertaking still more hazardous. Lieutenant-Colonel Kennedy and his regiment aro entitled to great credit for its successful accomplishment. I have the iiiuor to be, very rei-iectfully, your obedient servant, GILES A.

SMITH, Ilrevet-Major-Uenerfd, Commanding. Vi'ak Department, Washington Citv, 1S7S. UnJorH.C. Mc Arthur, Memphis, DeakSir You will remember that you are a member of the party which, in mor ing of the seventeenth of February, 16C6, by my orders, crossed the nver in an old flatboat, and with a detachment of men from the thirteenth Iowa, proceeded to the city of Columbia, being the first troop-f the army, that entered that city, planting the flags of the thirteenth I wit, one on the old and one on the new capital buildings. You will remember well the tire which occurred during that day aud evening in tbe city of Columbia.

Charges have been made that said Are was originated by the federal troops. Unless my recollection fails me, cotton piled in the streets of Columbia by the rebels was ournlng when you entered the city. I will be greatly obliged to yeu if you will, without delay, send to me a statement, in the shape of a report if you rhoote, giving your own recollection of the facts connected witli the crossing, aud your entrance into the city, and the pocurreneeiFwnicu loot grace xuere, es-fttcially with "reference to the burnlnc of ootton and the departure of a ortIon of me rear-guaru oi tne reuei troops from the city. As it is probable these statements may given to the public I request that you will' refresh your memory, so that your statement may be entirely cor rect, and nor open io correction here-atttr. I have rent a similar letter to Maior William H.

Goodrell and Colonel J. C. Kennedy. Very truly yours, Wii. BKLKXAI.

Secretary ol War. r. 8. Internal Revenue, Assessor's OrriCK, 3n District, Mo, Memphis, September 4, H78. lion.

W. W. IWtuap, Secretary of War In reply to your communication of the twenty-second ultimo, In relation to tbe firing of the city of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1SS5, 1 would re- I gpectfully submit the following report: un tne morning ot r-eoruaiy 17, nf th Mnii Iowa, together with Mar AVUUam H. Goodrell and myflf. of your 6taff.

crossed the Cougaree river in front of Columbia on an old flatboat, and pro ceeded at onee to tne capiroi uunuiugs, wilhinhalfor.three-fourths-oramlle ofWB3aetalledto hunt them outaudreV 1 citizen, and Colonel Kennedy, Major GooUrell, uijm wu uu UUjM uu u- owuru niuuijf uu iu.bicuiw, We struck Alain street several blocks from capitol buildings, and found cotton inieu iu wuia um nwuv uiiunni i joy was luuescriDauie. utners there of each block. I saw rebelsoldiers pull- i were a Columbia whom the prisoners Ing out tufts of cotton and firing theweu itnew natives of both bales. Cotton was pulled out and scat- wujte and hit.dk. wbi had "befriended teredover the piles, evidently with a them on all occasions.

Mid now that all viewto starting easier, and It is my be- ntf usu we not appeared when we did Cty Vould have been on fire before pjir army possession of the city. I aw others breaking open and pillaging Vr our appearance the reliels I tablni, u'ltti thiim whit th.v fVMilit fled, taking with them what they could CSi. one enuad of four cavalrymen fired, at ut aa we passed up Mala street. Tha Are In the cotton Diles was sun- posed to beMEXtinguisbeU several times during the day, but would break out In different places at different times. It was very hard to tell.

In fact seemed lm- uanu oi mur mai nuw up am street that eventful morning will ever lidiuvo ltw nf r.a 1 I 1 i nii.r.a.l 11 guaru or itraggiers oi uie reoet army, too "thin" for them to como now and claim that the Union army fired the city. I know cotton was being fired by rebels when we ursi appeared on iiam Btreet, and I know those eume cotton piles would blaze up at dlllerent times during the day, and when the wind rose in me evening, as aid, tne Biumrjenng clement was. fanned into a blaze which was communicated to tbe building; and destroyed the city. I am, very yours, c. M'ABTirrjE.

Iowa Citt, Auiuat 30, Jlajor-Gentral w. W. Belknap, Secretary of nil, Dear Sro I have to acknowledge your communication or ton twenty- third Instant requesting a report or tbe capture of Columbia, South Carolina, on the seventeenth day of February, 1865. On the evening nrecedinz the occupa tion of Columbia an order was issued by you to Colonel J. C.

Kenneday, Major McArthur, and myself to cross the river as an advance guard and take possession of the city. Pursuant to said or- der, Colonel Kennedy, Major H. C. McArthur, and myself, with a force of eighty-five men, started before daylight and, reaching the river, procured an old flatboat, on which we carried the command to the Columbia side of the river. After reaching the latter side of the river we procured an old buggy into which got tbe three men last mentioned, and started with the flag of the thirteenth Iowa infantry to place it on the dome of the capitol of South Carolina, leaving orders to the men to follow on as rapidly as possible.

After getting through the lower part of the city and reaching one of the main streets, and the one on which the capitol is located, several blocks distant from it, we came upon a large number of cotton bales scattered along the middle of the street for nearly the length.of a block. The bales were cut or rippen opon and burning slowly when we reached them at about nine or ten o'clock, on the said seventeenth of February. Beyend the burning and between us and the capitol, a squad of thirty or forty cavalry weie drawn up, and, after we had passed the burning cotton a half a block the rebels fired a volley at us, and would have captured us, but the negroes placed themselves between us and tbe rebels, and tearing up tbe pavements presented such a threatening aspect that in the course of five or ten minutes the whole force galloped off and left the city. We then went on and raised the flag of the thirteenth Iowa Infantry on the capitol of South Carolina, in advance of all others. After raising the flagl was in thecity the entire day aud following night until lour o'ciock tne next morning, uurini tliB dav tlie firs smnuhleml iir the cot- ton bales until about four or five o'clock in tlie afternoon, when tbewind became violent and furious, and burning flakes of cotton were caught up by it and carried to a great distance, igniting mam- of the adjacent huildinirs, and from them gradually spreading, until during the course of tbe night it embraced a laree portion of the city.

After we had planted our flae. I was in company with Kennedy and McArthur the remainder of the day and part of the bight, and mont of the time at or near the of the burning cotton, and from my own knowledge, I am sure the cotton continued to burn from be'ore we entered the place until the wind arose and commenced scattering the fragments over a large portion of the city. I am certain no building caught until some time after the wind raised. At the time the first buildings were ignited I was in close proximity to them, and from the fact that I was observant of all that was going on I am certain that the fire started from tbe burning cotton-bales we found on the street when first entering the city. At the time the fire began in the buildings, the fifteenth army corps was on duty in the city, and all the streets were closely guarded by sentinels from that corps, so that I am confident the soldiers could, nor did, not ignite the lire.

After it had commenced I was on horseback during the whole night, nntll time I left with my command the next morning, and during the time was in all parts of tbe city, and in not a single instance did I see a federal soldier apply the torch to a single building of any description whatever. I will further state that the rebel cavalry that fired on us were regular Confederate soldiers, belonging to Wheeler's cavalry, and wore the regular Confederate uniform. In regard to setting lire to buildings, I will state an incident that came under my observation during the night: A German, who was a resident of Columbia, and, therefore, a citizen of the Confederacy, set fire to his own building, saying that he did it for tbe purpose of revenging himself on the rebels for what they had made him suffer, and by burning his own house he would cause tbe burning of many others. One fact I omitted to state in tbe proper place, that Kennedy McArthur and myself were the first men in the city, and thereby had an excellent opportunity of seeing and knowing everything that transpired during tbe day and night and until our departure with our command the following morning. I have tbe honor to bo your most obedient sen-ant, w.

k. ooodreix, Late Captain Company 11, 15th Iowa Infantry. Boose, Iou-A, September 1WS. General Belknap, Secretary of War Washington, D. Sir In reply to your letter of August 23d, asking for a statement in tbe shape of a report of tbe occupation and burning 6f the city of Columbia, South Carolina, will say that for the present I have not time to make as full a report as circumstances would reauire should one be made, but will send you in this a communication that I sent to the Chicago venwa Journal last May, which giveii part of the facts of the burning of tbe cotton and city.

The cotton was not firal bv our troons. If this published letter will be of service to you I shall be glad; and if a detailed report is necessaty, please let me know, sn'l I will furnish it as soon as 1 have time to refresh my memory and write itout. Inhaste, very respectfully, your oueuiem servant, J. V. Late Lieutenant-Colonel Thirteenth Iowoln fan try.

From the Chicago iJvenlns' JoarnalJ THE 11URNI.NG OF COLUMBIA, S01T1I Since the agitation of the question as to who burned Columbia, South Carolina, many of the officers and men who were present at the capture of that city have come forward and added their tes timony. Colonel J. (J.ivennedv. of ITo- iusona, who was the first man to enter the city with his recimeut. sends the ioiiowingto tne unicago journal "i nave just reaa an article in your pauer oi me eigniu insiant neaueu 'Who Burned Columbia, South Carolina? A Question on which Generals etc.

It seems that in order to settle the validity of claims held by nruisu buujecis ior coiion uestroyeu by fire at Columbia it must be ascertained who burned the city. With all due regard for the generals whose testimony has been taken by the mixed claims commission, I think none are better qualified to know the real facta as they exist than we who first, occupied the city and remained there watching events as they occurred during the entire day and night of its destruction. Sly regimentthe thirteenth Iowa infantry-crossed the river in fliitboata opposite the river, and, as the mayor was leaving Slain street, going north, to surrender the place to General Logan's lorces, who had crossed four wiles above, drove out a few soldiers and stragglers we found plundering stores and outhouses, had our colors Hying over the state-house three-quarters Lour before Logan's troops arrived, acd before the surrender was effected. It was after we had reached the statehcuse, and before the troopi bad joined up, that the cotton niled in the streets was flred. I cannot for my life see how Wade Hampton and Beauregard are so positive that Sherman's soldiers first set fire to the cotton, for not one? was near it when the fire first started, and certainly neither Hampton nor Beauregard was within gunshot of either tho cotton or the statehouse.

"I learned that qditeanumber of Union prisoners had escaped from the Confederate forces during their precipitate evacuation. Accorumgiy, a company lease wem irom xueir jf en were found who had suffered montbs and months in prison. One poor lellow nau tjeen a prisoner lor I twenty-two montns, anu upon realizing tnat they were once more free, and pro-tJ ttcj by the old flsg, Uieir wild, franUc were free.lentered with them in all the fierce excitement following their deliverance. Some had been sorely persecuted, hunted down by blood-hounds and dragged into au army they disliked. But now the tables had turned, and, with this element let loose, General Sherman and his army were' as piwerless to resist tho inevitable destruction of Columbia as were the firemen to subdue the wind and check the fiamen that destroyed your own famous city October 8, Fire started simultaneously in dUIexent parts of the city, and tlie wind that had been blowing fiercely all dayr as If to help the work of destruction along, Increased to a perfect and swept everything before it.

"And thus, just four years to a day from ths assembling of the Confederate congress at Richmond, tho city that had so lone nlotted agalnt the government, and had inaugurated (oe mighty war, i TT ll AO UUIUIU, tuil Lovell. 6f Pcencer county. Ken- tnckv. an Inmate of the lcsaue asylum at) wmch ui to ocew ue won ranaciw mutee. iv commusjon cas Deen Bp-that city at the time he became insane.

for the government of the bourse. lie Prospects In London and Llrerpool Facts from Smith, Edwards Circular. Comparative' Statistic! of the Trafio Daring tbe Tears 1872 and 1873 Ylslble Snpplr. Smith, EdirardJ A Co.1 Monthly Cotton Circular. The prospects of our market have not altered in any Important degree since our last issuet They are still viewed in great measure through the medium of the American advices, and these, we regret to state, ore not quite satisfactory as to the condition of tne growing plant.

The bureau dated from the end of July, stated that the crop was 2J per cent, better than In theprevious month, but that it was still 8 per cent, below an average; this improved report was quite expected, as the weather in July bad been generally favorable, and some of the damage done by excessive rains In theTirevious two months bad been re paired. A spell of hot and dry weather" was mucn wan tea during tne mourn ot August to ripen the plant and prevent the spread of worms and caterpillars, which are sd much more destructive In damp and cloudy weather than lu bright sunshine. The accounts, however, to hand by letter, and latterly by cable, are almost unanimous in their complaints of damp, snowery weather commencing at the end of July and continuing throughout the greater part of August, Jn some districts the rains have been excessive, and there arc few that have entirely escaped; the result has been that there are complaints from a large portion of the cotton recrion of damage bv rJSrSt'ITliE OLDEST HARDWARE HODSS IN MIMSI1873 baina, these pejts have appeared In con. siderable force, and though a worm. jicison called "Pails-green" has been freely used, it has only been partially successful where tried, and many disr tricts have not a supply on hand euill-cient for the emergency.

The amount of damago the crop has sustained thus far from this cause is probably, in the aggregate, not very important, otherwise we should have seei: an upward movement in distant "futures" in New York, but, as these re main at 17 ii cents almost thelow- i est point they have reached tliis sum. mer it is evedent that the Ameriexnp do not believe that great damage liu. been sustained. The danger of senuu injury from worms has not, howc-vs passed away; tbe season has been high ly lavorattie lor tneir propagation, and, 113 they have made their appearance over a much larger area than usual, the American advices of tbe next few. weeks will be looked forward to with unusual interest The crop is generally admitted to be two weeks later than last year, aid, in consequence, is more liable to damage in the autumn from stormsor early lrost.

The receipts in September are likely to be considerably less than last year when they reached IGO.OCO bales even though we shall receive thU season a considerable quantity of old cotton, and it is highly probable that the present excess of in tlie stock in America over last year will be counterbalanced by a like deficiency in receipts during the first two months of the season. Our import would thus during the next three months very slightly exceed that of last year, and with outgoings of 35,000 hales per week of American for trade and export, our stock in November would be run down to only two weeks supply. The position of American cotton, therefore, appears to be sound, and even with good crop accounts during the autumn, it will be difficult to force prices much under their present level, whilst, with unfavorable crop advices and a reduction of estimates, we might have some aavance, at least tne medium aud lower gmdes, which are comparatively cheap. For East Indian cotton the prospects uotc luaujriany aitereu. xunug the next four or Ave weeks the import will be heavy probably 100,000 to bales chiefly from Bombay, and as a large proportion of this will be good cotton, which continues relatively cheap, it is probable that spinners both here and on the continent will be induced to operate rather more freely.

It is not likely, however, that we shall have any Important rally in Surats, nn- less there is nrst of all a movement in i American cotton, for their consumption 1 is Mill limited, aud with the prospect of a uuercu fcuppiy ot American next year, spinners will not change to Surats, nn-. lets they have an important advantage in price. If low American, however, this autumn should become scarce and I dear, as it did last year, and all the lower qualities of Brazil, should be used no. we micht se th.ini In the irond fair nilalitiwa nf Rnntin urlii 5 i u. now to moderate in price and.

of such guperior style. Bengals have maintained the slight improvement of lost' mouth, but the stocks on hand are so exctssive that it isjnot likely we shall have any important advance, unless the opinion is generally entertained that tlie next crop will not come forward at present prices. It is highly improbable that Calcutta will shjp freely at 4d for fair, hut if we only receive half as much as lost season the prospect of reducing stocks to their normal compass 'Sill still be remote. Import of Cotton into Liitrpool ana ZAtdm to Egyptian. Amerlen.

F.India. Brail l.etc. Total. ,702.100 2.77WM) decrease or Import this ycor 15300 Export of Cotton from Liverpool and Outpzrtt to Ausuusth. Egyptian, American.

E. India. ISS Ifi TS 171,0 JU) ToUl. Decrease of export thii year Stock Cotim in Liverpool AugiuSUVh. HeypiUn, American.

India. Vrazllfte. T'tal. 1KT3 13JO) 17A1C0 706,71) 1S7J I20JU) ii.KO m.tfU Decrease of 11,900 I UmdoH Stock and Delirtritt to AugvttZSih. Deliveries for stock.

Consumption. Kxp't. 1S7, all ktml ali0 lVOitto 135,700 iSri all klads cpji ssjBou Delirtritt for Contumplicn from Liitrpool and London Auffiut SUh. Esypltin, American. E.India.

Brazll.elc Total. 1S7S l.lMI.lOO 4600 2VU01) UTi W.iUl 4MC0 Increase of delivery thla year. 21JXX) Artragt Weekly Delivery for Consumption from Liverpool and London to Augvtt BsvDtlan. American. E.

India. llratH.elc. Total. 1S73 35,000 liSW UAVD KV0 iav ivtu Increa.se ctweekly del I very thlsye.tr tSUO Ettlmated ileal Consumption of Great Britain- i at in 13 jo ii. Amc-icm.

E. Ind'a. llrazllte. 1ST. UM 18 099 WOO' 1572.

IXO 11JU0 28,000 CofiOO Virible 8Mly A ugust 301A. AmMrtnn. t5m lvry 1 btt Stocks, 10JH SJKO 11S4U) SIOCKS, lAVetlXXM JtVJMI 18710 Atlaat, Liverpool Afloat, 1MMJ u.uua Total American tCl.KO 636,000 att India 38101 Stocks, London. Blocks, MsMQ Afloat, Liverpool ASoat, SOjlitU Afloat, tYmtlnent Afloat, K. India h'brs 1A00O ,00 initio Total East India lHo.OfO stocks.

Llverrxxil 172-tA) Stocks, Stocks Afloat, Liverpool Styw Afloat, ToUIsnndries UIJXO Kff Total visible HpSjOoa S50 000 IftlSflOO Iliinoit Cotton Reports. Jacksonville, September 18. Re ports received at the- office of the JVa- tional Crop Reporter from seventy counties! out ot tbe one hundred acd two to the State of Illinois, tinder date of September 15th, make the average condition of the corn-crop at present three and a half per cent, below that of last year. All counties in the central and northern portion of the State report frost, at various limes, irom iaa bigum in tne fifteenth instant, out only in one county a a ilam -lamfltyiii(v tintnrn All tho eounties reportlDg, excepting the ex- i treme southern aud southwestern river counties, speak of ths pastures as- Se verely damaged by the drought, the roots In mauy cases being utterly des- troyed. Light scattering rait have! fallen in some of the central, western 1 ana nortnern couuues, iuc not extensive enough to afford decided relief.

Intense excitement prevails in the oil regions near Tltusville, Pennsylvania, over the discovery Iu the lower district of a fourth sand rock, which promises to bo more proline In the production of petroleum than either of the formerly producing strata of the second and third sand rock. Three abandoned wells were sunk to this lower rock, and commenced flowing largely to-day. The theory of this lower stratum Is entirely new, and will be rapidly and thoroughly It Is generally believed it will greatly! increase the) production of petroleum. An agent of the Turkish government presetted himself at the bourse at Constantinople on the thirtieth of August, and declared that establishment to be the property of the State. It would accordingly be placed under the direct authority of the minister of finance, and a irnitlH 'SIOO K7AO 3B7J0OO cUJJOO I5JJW) 25,000 50.0U) lSl.000 1.0I9.CO0 S.01A) NOIfl 1S.0110 K.WO 31.000 as.ttjo xflou WHOLESALE GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Nos.

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