Whelan proposes to answer Townsend through the press and lay the matter before the public. Whelan wrote to the Secretary of War soliciting him to refund $400 to enable him to pay Henry Horne of Macon, Georgia. Whelan borrowed of Mr. Horne $16,000 in Confederate money to aid the Federal prisoners at Andersonville, many of whom owe to Whelan the preservation of their lives. Whelan repaid Horne, but not through the generosity of Stanton. Last March Whelan was taken down with a severe attack of congestion of lungs contracted at Andersonville. The Federals at Macon and Andersonville were attended only by Catholic priests. Father Hamilton attended the Federal officers confined at Macon. Whelan was aided at Andersonville by Father John Kirby of Augusta, Father Clavrell? and a Jesuit priest of Springhill College. His motive was not money. It was to allay misery and gain souls to God. If Mr. Stanton had possessed a particle of gratitude he would have refunded the $400 when solicited. :: X-3-l A.L.S. 8pp. 12mo.