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To a* Fir so—Two of the V '■•kw officers now
in the i.oged, in
retuliat. -i ( r .r.:.;r 1 y onler of Burnside of
a recrn -i-g V ic-.p’al.: a I lieutenant,
n:r eel .y ■ T :•»- nd ignonin
, i | i recent “D atb Order.”
T*. • W . It .. r..(i: i C -,t till Mid
|e * ~ t n(i . ■ (o‘» mi purpose of de
terinin u> -v - IV u • i-'f h( ad. This
r • . • ic'. rji i; . el-cable to the nfli
<. . . I> -iu eommuni-
C>* and t 1. Ml :h:llOni / tij.atck. .
N., -ii eg that these two Con
fo Jurat i cili , |/.Me' an and Lieut. Corbin,
were 1 hot, : c t 1 ng to sentence, on thelsth inst.
Wc hi and o informed that several others are
await’eg liXonuli min uiff. reot places within the
Federal lua men 1 It is beyond
our power tt -a. . t ,n r picc ous lives, but tbeir
bloo-1 or s ini. from ..it ground lor vengeance.—
The retaliatory nuuiares determin and upon by our
(lover-I- in •« : vere, but emin' iit y just, and
will rec-ivo th tnb-r approval of all right minded
pern n i. Tlier • are f w t- it will not feel compas
sion Ur those innocent men who must expiate
with th'-ir l-v.-s the cranes of a barbarous and
blood thirsty Fed'., il Admin stration ; but th-re
soeuis to be no ether alternative for the protec
tion of our citizens and soldiers Half-preservation
is nature’s fi it law, und retaliation often becomes
absolutely ne.r as . y !o self preservation. The
step is one which nur Government, actuated by
the hi .• i at pri’ c pi? i if Cbrff.Uan virtue,has long
hesitated .o adopt, hut there should be no falter
ing now, und no holding bask, ou the Bcore of
humunty. I- r , .- -ce has ceasod to be a virtue,
and slorn justice demaids her due.
It it In a coma to ibis, that all the rules of civi
lized wars .re ure to be cast n i o, and loose rein
be given to the posaiona that etimulcte the sav
age—if tin! horn 1 sos mun’i inhumanity to
man is to be xemnlilied here under the civiliza
tion of llr> Hi.h cent ir- r.o h i I We accept
'the dread i.v. ib, and abide the consequences. Wo
know thal by the ad: p-ion of ruob a policy, many
of ou i ,’l • e /. us will be made to fed the
Tung n-i; 0 l to , but cun they sulfur more
than l.bFv have ulie. ly suffered? Will the men
sufl'-r any the le u cf and ialb, imprisonment and
exile, or the worn -n and children of torture, out
-11. nnd : . Our v r> attitude of sub
mitisioa to und ntiuranco of wrong, rather invites
lypri eiu- urug • b. rbartty, end provokes
the c .-.tempt <.t the u nscrupulous foe. who re
g rds o *r sense of humanity as an indication of
fear, and our manifestations of clemency to ene
mies as the token of a craven spirit. Dastards
themselves, tiny war most upon the weak find
helpless, ad tremble most when they are
threaten'*''! with Vie oviis of t'.cir own brutal
violence. When wore they ever so civil, or ob
s-rvunt of tho rubs of honorable warfare, as
when under the pres jura of President Davis’ re
taliatory i rod ti flour of a year ago, or when
were th v bet'c ' di posed to yield the rights of
bellig i '‘ ii • uat iio uti nes, when their own
territory has hr. n threuteno l wit'i invasmu ?
ltis fast bee miing the settled conviction of the
country, that n ial atory m asu'-cs alone will put
u stop to th -e barbarities of the foe. They have
never failed to intimidate him. We might go
fact • i y that retaliation can alone bring us
pi ..ii the wur. The enemy’s country is
i :: a g ss house. Ho is vulnerable at every
P mt.
This whole subj?ot has loug engaged the serious
attention of th • Government. I is surrounded
with per; i- j.itli iud difficulties; but these must
bo met wi i t’ ■ spirit tho occasion demands*
Thu.- fur liitls bus be. u doao except tho ocoasiou*
nl issue of a Imtmie :i fubuination on paper, to
chock tho mi - ; i upon us; and these very
thr. is, ur.exrcuti :ave, we fancy, laid us liab'e
to the cl ar.. of ;nx re vain boasters, and em-
bo'deiiati Jin t 'to _rt>nt 'r atrocities. We are glad
that somethin > is l, -rig done at last. What is
wanted ri, to t.t tke til ) etesty fed that ho is
b; ui:d by the ordinary laws of -afar between na
tion and .at a. Wo hav :an umpie held before
us for the i . ion of this new policy. It is not
lint tell) th' vioi-in;; o ton men lor those tea
innocent c;t z ns of Mi souri who wore shot by
the minister Mon. il. nor to the hanging of some
scores lor those ; nrg or to bo hung, nor to the
execution of the 1. ./ o! tiia last sessim which
in poser tha d»;u!i ppe*!tjr tinou commissioned
office’s wh-- s' 11 it ,ii sto insurrection
nor to mere r a'iutiou in bind i„r cll tha death
orders, bun ir, , pillage, and tortures of onr
wo.q i. ~ w in n rid 1. Iplcsa children, tut it
reaches far away to the fertile farms, peaceful
hot. s, bu v onus, >.). g •nmtic l ues of commu
tes ei iof the rest North and West, as yet un
it •ub and ' the releo. fe-t. tramp of deva ution
un t c»v- go, uaaccj i aed to the «g niitng
s'.. k i ot :■ - ales, rad uoi., ht< dby the leaping
bi i o -i li.grt .or. Out task ts, not only to
chock the iut ;t of the loe here on our own
soil, or to or :ua ■. cc sully onr territory, or to
r it. iov . . V!. s »s the defensive policy of
the pas*, wh c't ! s iri't us a two years* legacy of
blood and den ..t on. Bat it is to give the ene
my a bit i ta te cf war, ,ud thereby to make
him ion,; ; - , . ~ to : ray for pcaoe, and sue for
peace. \\ ,aside his, or pesos, we fear, will
never conic.
BortGati’*s—' to Yankee papers have sud
denly die ~ .it .t the cap'ure of Richmond is
of but small ucc unt. After m.re thau two years
desperate si.ru tvit :■ ain the prix..-, and a sacri
fice of a bandied t'. n-ea-ri l.ves and untold mil
lions of tot oy, '.hr pete.-.to that they have been
greatly tc e>r. , a-..U •: .1 this frightful waste was
ull for n. .; t. "! • N ■ Vo b T ties says:
"lie .... o . - r :.i •caud a strategic
point; i.s imp; r-.. .ec ,i U_. f c i.ioas as the tem
po .tv - . • .... Government, and the
•a .ol * o n0...a bare men but the fail cf
a c .ty.”
lit. i ■ *#.' esc. s bora of the recent defeat
iaVirg; a. Ji.-ter n.ve grapes so sour before.
A: : c-jilo , t a• ; . ... >s employed to palliate
tii. .<• rr. * .•«. . . m ad , ver the "uufonu
t s ..'- 'a .. o paint by contrast of
c. "tj . .e" ..iivo.int ft tiich the diataut prize of
Vicksburg Utica to ibo v.ew. sue Times con
tinue: :
••By. ti e fa'.! ■' : \ tsksburg will b. the .'all of one
b.-df t 0 . 0:,1 ■y. • is s cdy C p ure of
V:ci;oii.-g. t . t ro, ieg to hi the prune object
of pnoito cjisocru.”
_\o ii-. iib; . ’ .;' \' -s v scon find to
th.-ir dticiu. 'u-.' that iirs Yxkshurg is net un
l.'a; the ber. of • e sure latitudes, maga ficent
suit attractive to ;> j . .a.to hues, but hurting
death and . u< .. ..toe tool-hardy mari
ner who dares approach too cicseiy.
Should .Air. Valiaxiditebam he Received 1
The Ceu>« and ilia Pru’i.
Our readers will remember 'hat a few days ago
we pointed out tb j cilcmma in which the errest
of Mr. Vellandigham had involved the Lincoln
Government. The execution cf the sentence we
predicted would raise a storm which wan’d break
in terrific fnry on the heads of his pereecu ors—
whilst its remission wo id be a hcmil aiing ac
knowledgment of impoteccy. Ur:willing to be
impaled on either of these horns, the Federal
President, probably at the sogges' : of his
Premier, who is he Prince of Shutiijrs, com
mutes his punish nurt to ex lie. The telegraph
informs us that he is before our lines knocking
for admission.
There are strong reasons why he should not be
receivtd It is a good rule not to rec* ive during
a time of hostilities any recidents of the enemy’s
country whom he to u .tardy sends to the party
with whom he is at war. The soundness of this
rule hit* recently b?cn illustrated. Tho authori
ties at Richmond accepted c man who l.ad been
sent into our territory as a spy (but who of course
had the shrewdness to conceal hi. true character),
and who insinuated himself bo complo' tly into
the confidence of Mr. Ksid .Sundors that he suc
ceeded in betiayiag him into the hands of our
enemies, and also iu divulging the private cor
respondence which our Government was holding
with its European agents. We of course have
no apprehension that M i". Vallacdigham is seek
ing to damage us, but the rule in q r-caiiott is svi- !
dently proper, and should not be disregarded,
unless there are very cogent reasons for such a
step.
Hbould Mr. Vullur.digham be rec-ivod by us
it will relieve Lincoln of the troublesome ele
pliant which he has captured, and will give his
mercenary presses the opportunity of making
capital or saving character for their ma.ster, by a
distortion of the ioc's. Ho soo.. aa hia reception
among us becomes known, we shall certainly
have sundry comments ou the f ei alter this
style: “ D.d we no l tell you that VaUuniijgham
w a a traitor? Do;s any one ask any better evi
dence of his infidelity to our government than
tho fact that he has beenrec ved with open arm3
by our eacmiet-? Does acy sane man believe
thut he would be accepted hy the rebels unless
they regarded him as at heart one with them
selvoB? Who now will doubt that such a traitor
ought to have been arrested and expelled from
the country, and that in commu iug his punish
ment from Fort Warren to South Carolina the
President has exhibited the Jutmost magnanimity
and forbearance?” In such style will the Wash
ington Chronicle, Horace Greeley, and Joan For
ney paeify the now angry multitudes at the
North, and extenwate the despotism which gov
erns the people with an iron sway. If we de
cline the application of Mr. Vallandigham, we
forcslull most ell'ectualiy all such comments.
It should be remembered further that the Fed
eral exile has voted money for carrying on thl j
war, and thut be bus unif rmiy avowed himself
unfavorable so any adjustment of the pending
strife which did Dot involve a reunion with those
who are seeking to inti ct upon us all the damage
withiu their power. This is another reason for
saying, “ No,” to the application.
Notwithstanding these ecus, which are to our
mind most weighty, it must bj admitted that there
is much to be said on th epro view of the case.—
Mr.Vallandigham is the leader of the peace party at
tbeNorth. He was one of the few men who had sense
enough to see, and manliness enough to proclaim,
that the Union could never be restored by force
of arms. He has unhesitatingly denounced the
wur at every singe. lie has fearlessly condemned
the emsncipu.ion proclamation and other illegal
acts of the reigning tyrant at Was! ingion. He
has constantly insisted that the (\ ualitutiou of
the United States has been vio- ed i.y ths pres
ent incumbent of the Executive chair, a .and that he
is deserving of impeachment. Ho has fitted up
his voice for our rights in the halls of Congress,
and on other occasions evinced a di-position to do
us justice. He has incurred tha wrath of our en
emies for what th y have called his Southern pro
clivities. Added to all this, he is au exile, and
there are claims which exiles, coming even from
the enemy’s ranks, have upon our hospitalities,
which Bhouid not b 8 ignored. "His recep ion by
us would strengthen our positiou with the reai
It tends of this exile iu the West, whilst his re
jection would kindle their resentment. For these
reasons, it would seem best to give him, in a
quiet, unostentatious manner, permission to enter
our lines, subject to such restrictions as our au
thorities may impose.
Such are the pioa and oons. Wo have great
confidence in tho intelligence and patriotism of
our Government. Whatever decision they may
make shall command our acquiescence.
IHoxv to l»revent Ka’ds,
The recent incursion of the enemy into the
Northern part of onr State, together with his bold
approach to Richmond, and his operations in
Mississippi, make it very evident that ha has
stolen our thunder, and intends to light us with
our own mode of warfare. In our own State he
has met with a check which will at least make
him more cautious tu his future movements. But
the partial success which he has reaped in Vir
ginia and Mississippi will stimulate other expe
ditions of the same uature. Such surprise parties,
although they can do Very httie towards the con
quest of the country, may do much damage to
property, both public ami private, and harrass
very seiuusly such citizens as uny reside on the
line of their march. These bands of marauders
must, if possible, be repelled. They must be
met and chastised in such a manner as to deter
them from the repetition of their adventure. Nor
is it so difficult to do tnis es some persons teem to
suppose. We believe that there is force enough
in almost every county in lit State—though our
lighting population has be • cuuiiEis'aed by the
enlistment of about SO.OuO meu in the army—to
hurl back any ordinary Acpeditiou which the en
emy may send for the desolation of the country.
It is to be remembered that these raids are un
dertaken for purposes o( plunder and of distress.
The raid ’rs do not come to tight—unless lbi3 is
foveed upon them for self-protect ou. They must
come with Tery limited supplies of provision and
ammunition; they can bring no ambulances lor
carrying their sick a id wounded, uor con they be
accom; au.ed by heu y artillery cTrita/ kind.
They are not prepared for any serious engage
ment, and they can very s on be persuaded to
change theii base by ev;.. a moderate show of
rtsisiauce. We had an uiu-itmion at Rome a
few days ago of what ootid be hone bv a s nail
but resolute company of the rawest militia. Were
it understood that there were companies of
mounted citizens ia each county, ready to taka
the field at a few moment’s notice at ny hoar of
the day or night, and that ary enemy Venturing
into the in enor would find himself confront.d
by such a force in his efforts to advance, whilst
his retreat would be cut off b/ armed men occu
pying his rear, such hosts as Forrsst recently
transmitted through our city, i/l r.uie for Rich
mond, would be as unusual among us as the ap
pearance of iron-clads in Charleston harbor. It
is clearly impossible for the Gorernme t to sup
ply forces in any con-iderable number for the
protection of our widely extended territory. Our
only defence musi bo found .u the promptitude cud
courage of those who remain at home. We no
tice that steps have been taken in several coun
ties, both in our own S ate end in Ala.ama, ior
the organization of companies r ady to take
the field “at a moment's notice,” when sum
moned to do so by a concerted signal.—
We hope to seo such measures inaugurated in
everj county. Nothing wtu mere ibectnaliy
prevent raids thau a prepara'-ioa to meet theta.
We should be willing to goer .ctes exemption
from these Yankee marauders, if we coaid see
our eitittns arming themselves to r;si*t their ap
proaches. In what perfect security from snch
incursions might Augusta rtp e i; iae men who
Urn. withta hearing of tau large bell on Green
AUGUSTA. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1863.
Street were ready to rendezvous at any hoDv of
the day or night at which they m'g' ‘ b - c ffie- ! to
gether. Grierson reeently went from Meridian
to New Orleans with a thousand men. With Bueb
organ zations even in the thinly populated dis ricts
of Mississippi, as we have recommended, his pro
gress must have been eSdually checked b.-fore
be could have made one-fourth of the distance
R chmond county, though she has contributed
hundreds to the Confederate army can furnish, if
’rcessary, more t r an a thousand strong arms for
hon e protection—a force sufficient to destroy the
party who have recently ravaged Mississippi.
Bit her power should be organ-zed and held ready
or action. In tVs way we shall >ive the enemy
effectual “pause,” or if he attempts an invasion
he will be properly punished for his temerity.
Cheerlag from Arkansas.
We have had the pleasure of an interview with
a gentleman recently from Camden, Arkansas,
who has kindly furnished us with some fac's is
regard to the situation of affairs in that State,
which cannot fail to be of great interest to our
readers. Our informant is a gentleman of rare
cultivation, strong goed sense, end pleasing con
versational powers, and his knowledge of affairs
in that quarter is ample and reliable.
T’ie social condit oh of the people of A’kangns
is most encouraging. The war has proved to
them a blessing, in the sen'e that it ha» brought
out the res'’drees of the country, taught the in
habitants self reliance, and developed their num
bering energies. laths enterprise and activity,
born of the emergency, the State has become a per
fect hive of industry. Factories, machine shop?,
forger, Sundries, etc., : b and, where articles for
home use, and for the use o' tbs army, are abuud
antly supplied Salt walls have been found,and the
manufacture cf salt is carried cn extensively and
successfully. The lancing of h:d>s, for the past
eighteen months, has been b yood all parallel in
the history of tha State By precaution and a wise
foresight, cotton and woolen cards are plenty, and
many families are engaged in carding, spinning,
and weaving cloth, both for domestic purposes,
and for clothing the soldiers. Our informant
mentioned some households where eight bundled
yards had been wove the past year, who intended
this year to increase tha amount to one thousand
yards. Ui:d :r the quickening influence of the
times, the who’.a Siatce is alive with industrial
enterprise.
The ciops this year, we are happy to learn, are
very bountiful, and the breadth of wheat sown,
and now nearly ready for harvest, is at Hast feyr
fold that of any previous year. All kinds of pro
vis on crops will yield generously.
There is no suffering among the poor in Ar
kansas. The Legislature appropriated a million
and a halt for the benefit of the poor and the
families of soldiers. And in addition, labor is
everywhere wanted and commands liberal com
pensation. Under ouch circumstances, it is im
possible to resist the conviction that the people
arc even better off than before the war com
menced.
We are glad to know, also, that the most un
limited confidence is felt in the officers who have
been placed in command of tha army in that
quarter. The soldiers—officers and men—are
perfectly enthusiastic iu their love for their lead
era; and especially is this the case with General
Price—“ Old D«d,” as he is called. One has only
to mention his name to the men, and they in
stinctively set up the wildest huzzas for the old
hero. Generals Kirby Smith, Priee and
are a tower of strength, and under their leader
ship the men will march anywhere and do any
deed of daring. Our army in thut quarter is all
right, we are quite sure.
The citizens cf otter portions of the Confer e
recy have entertained the idea that Arkansas was
almost entirely given over to the tender mercies
of the enemy. This is a mistaken notion. They
have actually invaded but a small portion of tho
■State—a fact asoounled for by the excellent fight
ing qualities of the Arkansas boys, who are a
perfect terror to their enemies.
Tha Indiana arc generally quite favorable to
the South, and have given the people no trouble.
The amicable feeling among them h. s been great
ly encouraged by the frequent visits of the Poet
General, Albeit P.ke, among them.
The gratifying condition of affairs at present in
Arkansas, our informant thinks, i ’ in a great dj
greo due to the premptness, energy and perse
verance cf GeD. HinCmin, who to k the com
mand there at a critical period, and saved the State
by swelling an aimy al 12,000 mon to one of 50,-
000 in sixty days. His ser.-ices, until he was
superseded, were invaluable, and should and will
be appreciated by our Government.
Ou the whole, tr.e staWiect which we have
listened to, and wh ch_we have here perhaps but
imperfectly set down, is ol the most hopeful
character, and if any fears are felt for Arkaas s,
we think they may bo ditmUstd. Herc:resr,
glorious aa it has been in the past, we predict
will be yet more glorious, and we feel a glow of
pride that she is an honored and prominent mem
ber of the fair sisterhood of Southern States.
Yankke Hostages.—The Savannah Republican
has some suggestions relat ve to the retaliatory
policy, which are well worthy of a ; tention. They
relate to the necessity of preventing counter-re
taliation on the part of the enemy. If we hang
one Yankee officer, what security have we that
the Yankees will not hang two of the Confederate
officers ia their possession ?
It would seem that they have been preparing
for some such contingency, for, in positive viola
tion of the cartel, wmci stipulated that all priso
ners should be paroled and .sent over the lines
withm ten days, we believe, after their c ptnre,
the Arkansas Host and other prisoners, embraa
iasr some three hundred officers, captured last
••'all, were not re eased from Camp (Jluiss until
•rithin a iew weeks past.
Ia order to carry out this retaliation resolu
tion, we sh, uld hold as hostages an adiquats
nunb* r ot Yankee officers now m our possession.
And yet, we hear of no move,'.teat in that direc
tion The prisoners captured at Fredericksburg
have already been s.tv down James river for
transfer to the Federal lines, and Forrest’s raid
ers will coon lake the same direction. Unless
some of these in; i are he,d back-, the retaliation
resolution will never be ex. ootid, ur.ljgs the cap
tor- shall take the raaner into their own hands
:v. I h a quiet woj run up to a tree every raicalh
negro leau.ng Yankee they may lay their hands
ca.
Ia dealing with a wily and treacherous r oe, it is
nccersary to finht him with his own weapons—tc
oppose wiles to wiles, and canning with cunning.
And while the ex ess oT prisoners is iergely ; n
our favor, it is no difficult matter to reserve f
| sufficient pumber S3 hostages for the security of
such cf our sotdt. rs as are now or oiuy hereafter
foil into tfeir hands. The prisons in Nashville
and other phccs are even now fillet: wi.hSouthern
men—unoffending non combatants, who Lave
been ruthlessly dragged from their homes, and
thrown into Yankee prisons ! Something should
be done for these inneont sufferers, and we should
do it sow, when we have the means in our hands—
Yankee prisoners. We should throw at least five
of them into prison for every Confederate citizen
now confined within the Fiderai lines. Do this,
and we shall enforce the justice and humanity
which are dow denied is.
Price % Prices in come sections have come to
a kind of “ sta :d stu ,” neither going up or go
ing down, halting, as it w re, “ between two opin
ions.” In other sec-ions they Leap tumbling,
tumbling, tuuiourg— low r and lower each day—
in spite of the extraordinary eiervons to keep
them up. It is very evident that tn? backbone of
the speculation mania that exirUd some time
since ha= been broken, ard wi i stay orokea not
withstanding the efi;rts of interested parties to
splice it up. Prices have gat to came c'own; gen
tlemen. You ctBEO. prevent it. lae cropi
! promise too p eatiiui a yte.a iris v»ar ior your
i purposes. Nature is ag-.iast you. The fate cf
j those of you who toil larg 'stocks of things earn
'We tor higbir prices, s wir-ien on me wail.—
j Better get out of the pickle you are in the best
Way you cun, as soon us possible.
ifuunidPs InfaiuouiOrdsr.
Ano“xed we give the infamous and bloody or
der recently issued by Gen. Burnside the Feder
al com nander is the west. Vuiiandigham was ar
rested under it :
HsAiiqtrAßTsrs Department or Ohio, 1
Cincinnati, April 13,1563. )
The commanding General publishes, for the
information of all concerned, that hereafter all
persons found wishin our lines who commit e.c’g
for the benefit of the enemies cf our country, will
be tried as spies or tra’tors and if convicted, will
suflsr death. This order includes tne following
class of persons.
Carriers of secret mails.
Secret recruiting officers within the lines.
Persons who have entered into an agreement to
pass our lines lor the purpose of joining the re
bels.
Persons found concealed wiihin our line3 be
longing to the service of the enemy, aDd ia faet
all persons fjucd improperly within our lines who
would give private information to the enemy.
All persons w’.’.'nin oar line3 who harbor, pro
tect, conceal, feed, clothe, or in any way aid tne
enemies of our couutry.
The of habit declaring sympathy for the enemy
will no longer be tolerated in th’.3 De; artmeat. —
Persons comniu'iog such offenses will at once ar
rested, w th a -riew to being tried as abovs stat
ed, or sent beyond our lines into the lines of their
friends.
It mast be dislitc.ly understood that treason,
expreesed or implied, will not be tolerated in this
Department.
All officers and soldiers are strictly charged
wi h the execution of the order.
By command of
(Official.) Major Genera' Burnside.
Brig. Gen. H iscell. of the District of lad.ana,
has a’so issued an order ia which ha in'orms his
subjects that he intends rigidly to force the above
order of Burnside. The following extract is suf
ficient. Tbe latter sentence will attract the read
ers attention :
All newspupeia and speakers that counsel or
encourage resiEucca to the conscription uct or
any other ia,v ■ f Congress passed as a war meas
ure, cr th -t -udeivor to bring the wur policy
of the Governmunt into disrepute, will bi consid
ered as having violated the order above alluded
to, and treated accordingly. The country will
have to be saved or lost during the time that 'his
Ad "mistraiiou remains in power, and therefore
he who is fac'iously and actively opposed to the
war policy of the. Administration is as much op
posed to his Government.
Treatment of Confederate Prisoners by the
Federals.— Mr. T. J. Stokes, one of the prison
ers taken at Arkansas Post, has given an account
cf the treatment our men received.at the bands
of the Federals, Comment on such outrages are
unnecessary. The facts given by the returned
prisoners are enough to rouse the most indignant
feelings ia the heart of every Southerner. An
nexed we give extracts from bis story :
After the surrender at Arkansas Post, three
transports were emptied of their sick—numbers
of them small pox patients—and our whole di
vision crowded upon those three boats, over 4,600
in number, a part of whom were captured while
coming ia to reinforce us. For sixteen weary
days and nights upon those crazy pest boats were
wc confined, with r.o place to lie down ajd to
hardly stand—men dying from' exhaustion every
day and for the want of medical attention, the
Yankees promising, but failing entirely to supply
our sureeous with necessary medicines.
In this condition, tbe remembrance of which is
like some horrible dream, we arrived at St. Louis,
Mo. A Yankee surgeon wa3 sent abroad to ex
amine the command, and send those to the hospi
tal there who were unable to trav:l, A farce up
on humanity ! He refused the benefit of that pro
fession of humani-y to those who hied two hours
afterwards from f-Ueer exhaustion and cold, With
these words, “Oh you’re able to make tho trip.”
The 'ifiicsrs were seperated ‘rom their men at St.
Louis, the foimer going to Camp Chase, Ohio, the
latter going to Camp Douglas, near Chicago, and
i.ainp Butler. Many had their feet so badly
frost bitttn as to render amputation neces
sary.
Arrived at Camp Chase on the 29th of January;
thrown into prison th ere after the most barbarous
treatment at Columbus, where the sick were jerk
ed up from the ground and forced to stand while
they would count us over a dozen times to see no
one was miss'ug, and inquire »n contemptuous
tones if the who'c Southern Cculidf.racy was
sick. Cariosity was on tiptoe everywhere, and
srch expressions as “We’ve got you at list; oh,
you dirty rebels 1 You butternut:! ! Huzza f r
!he Union 1 The star spangled banner, oh. long
may it wave 1 Don’t you recollect the Devil first
secsd and from her.ven
A ?fer being at Camp Chase for sometime, near
ly destitute cf comfortable clothing, the kind la
dies es Kentucky learning our condition, sent by
express many boxes of clothing; and so also, the
individual friends and acqna’ntancea of prisoners,
until all could have been comfortably cicd, but
for the thieving disposition of those dogs there in
power, headed by Capt. Henly, Provost Mar
shal.
This wholesale robbery was carried on until
our friends were notified that it was unnecessary
to send anything more.
Every privilege was- restricted ; a minister was
stopped in the midst cf his ai: course, because,
forsooth, on Thanksgiving day, he prayed for the
President of the Confederate Slates, our Army
and our Generals. Men were cursed without pro
vocation by thrir hireling guards, and guns cook
ed and presented at them.
Oar best friends were permitted to die, within a
few hundred yards of us, and we denied the priv
ilege of seeing them, of gathering up their ms!
broken senteoces for the "loved ones at home.”
Sick man, upon the verge of the grave, who'e
friends lived in the North, and who had they have
had proper care and nursing would have recover
ed, applied for paroles, and were insulted by be
ing told they could have a parole by taking the
oath cf allegiance to the Lincoln Government.
Such was the ease of Lieuten nt Palmsr of the
Sappers and Miners. Although a native of Maine,
be had espoused the causes of his adopted S-’nth.
He was told ha would d-e if not removed to wbete
he could be carefully nursed ; his friends were
wa ting to take him to his old home in Maine. But
shams 1 the condition of that removal, was an
oath of allegiance to the U. 8. Government. When
told the condition, and that he would die if he re
mained where he was, listen, patriots, every
where, at his rtply : —said he, ‘‘ls that the only
alternative? Is that the condition? Then let
me die 1” and he died. His reply to those tempt
ing friends needs no comment ; they sink deep
into the soul of every true lover of liberty and his
country, and deserve to be immortalized ia song,
aid engraved upon the tablets of memory for
ever* * * * * *
But “the unkindest cut of all,” was to allow the
prisoners to buy from the Sutler what articles of
clothing they desired, and then forcibly to take
them awa" when leaving the prison.
On the Bth of April, the nnsoni rs were notified
that they would bo scat off.the next day for ex
eban.e, and all their baggage ordored te the
guard house for' inspection.
On the 10fh ot April, we were ordered into
line alphabeticolly, and marched one at a time
through the guard bouse, stripped o! every thing
of value—shirts taken off, the only remaining
blankets and omfirts taken, over-coats pulled
oil'our becas, haadkercheits taken., napkins—in
tact, everything w. had. The sek were ro'ohed.
I beard several begging that they might be at
•owed to keep the-r u ve shirts, es ‘hey were sick,
and but for the hope of getting home, would not
be up. They wers answered with an inhuman
laugh end “Shoc-k yourself.”
Our General hud his overcoat taken from his
back, as he refused to puil it oil’ himself, and
his spurs off his boots.
At Puiladeiph'a, we were stoned by boys, je.r
ed and insulted by both men and women, who
seemed very much excited, and cr.ed out iustily
for the Union, and cursed the Rebels.
Since our exchange, I ieara from the different
commands they suffered v»ry much at Oamp3
Douglas and Butler, about 700 dying out o! some
thing over d,600, ard th s from the inhuman
treatment of a people callir.gthemsehes civil.zru.
Mark the treatment of Yankee prisoners in Geor
gia. Tbev are Heated with respset and eaen
consideration, allowed every privilege of a pris
oner cf war, and it is even said dciae3t:c wines
tare sent to some of their officers. Is it po- s;bls
that Georgia went and condescend to show those
thieves, v ikans and assassins, ary other than
thit dignified ind.lfirence in the presence of a
captured Yankee thief? If thev fcai their ce-
Bcris, the trees a'eng the border wou. u groan
w-'.h their mouldering carcasses, and if e clack
ytnoer,” that tireaa emblem of death, wou.d be
unfurled to eVcry Bouih rn breeze, teaching the
despoiiers of our homes what their fate win be
it t'jcv trespass longer upon a generous, though
now rendered a desperate people.
Plaxtatios Wasted —Tue attention of any per
son who has a plantation for sale is called to the sd.
vertisem- 1 ni leaded “Wanfcd” in another column.
The party w.suing to purchase it, will be seen, is
wiring to make a cieaa th ng ot the matter, and
purchase not oniy a plantation, but the negroes,
tools, stock, the growing crop, and everything
saleable and unsaleable It is noi often a buyer
of this description can be found. They are rare
ly to be met with; therefore the chance is a rare
one for those who have property they wish to
sell.
T"e Rome Cos r er says toe wheat crop through
out Northern Georgia looks well.
From inississippi.
Through the kindness of a friend we are enabled
edto giveths following official report ofthe casu
alties in two companies of the Thirty-ninth
Regiment Georgia Volunteers in the recent bat
tle near Raymond, Mi.-s. Col. McConnell, in com
mand of this regiment, was wounded in the
thigh end taken prisoner. Brig. Gen. Alfred
Camming was in command of our forces in this
eugagim nt. The men taught gallantly and
were compelled to retire to Vicksburg oniy by an
overwhelming force.
report of the thirty ninth oeobqiv regiment.
Company D K lied : Fr.vat- s F V. Carson, J
o Kennedy, M AE irp, M W Murphy.
Wound and: Corpl J B Cartwrigh*, Privates
Barney, Weddle, W D Bess, Liroy Tidwell, F M
U-iS.leberry, (uot dangerously.)
Missing : Corpl Win Woo i and B E Wilson ;
, r ' ,a h* D L G Wilson, F Bryant, M. Braonum,
J W Case, 6 W Corley, W H Daniel, J H Daniel,
John Deurrybearry, Isaac Doyi, David Ksoflehy,
F v: Long, J W McCalley, Wm J Morgan, A Pan
Hie, Jr, F Pangle, C Simpson, Wm Tinker, F U
Taakert’y, John VVilliams, Jos Wiglay, Lieut B H
Daniel, J W Cureton.
(Signed) J. W. Cdrston,
Capt. Cos. D, 89 th Reg, Ga. Vol.
t Company G—Won ided and captured : Lieut w J
i« Bates, D M Ruekiey.
C: ptured—R a Menu, M L Posvcll, W J Til
iarsnu, James Hole, J C Miichal, Jesse Ayres, D
Q Stone, S W Labor, J H Parker, N C Brown, H
L Werner, 3'-option Bearden, Martin Ayres,
Westiey Jones, James Jones, J W Jones.
B. J Brown,
Capt. Cos. G, 89th Ga. Vols.
Company E, Capt. H. Prentiss Osborne, suffer
ed severely. No hat of casualties sent.
British Magazines and Literature. —The able
correspondent of too Charleston Courier sends
the encased very excellent compendium of tho
latest British Reviews:
The“ Unit 'd Service Magazine” comments up
on “ anew phase” now rapidiy developing in the
American contest. “The Confederates have al
ready stowu maiked superiority on land, and are
now turning the tables on the ocean.” After al
inding toihe operations of the Alabama, Florida,
&i., the writer says: “We should uot ba greatiy
surprised to hear ere long thut the Confederate
attack on Gzlveston had been repeated elsewhere
on a larger scale, the blockade of the South ef
fectually raised, and New York or Boston, or
both, bombarded, when the war must speedily
come to an end. No forced levies in the North,
no arming of negroes, no emancipation or otlur
pioclamations, no rabid abuse of England cm
neutralize the effect ol the rapid growth oftfie
naval power of ths Sou 1 b; it ia being reared un
der difficulties that would appal most men, and
assuredly the time is not far distant when its
weight thrown into the scale must be decisive, if
only as ably directed as its antecedents give eve
ry reason to suspect.
The “Saturday Review” has n long article on
“The Preaent Military State of the Southern
Confederacyfrom which we extract: “The
South was fortunate When the oontest broke out
in possessing a statesman at the head of her gov
ernment who was sufficiently a soldier to know
how to select his Generals, and also haw to let
ihsm alone and confide in their abilities when they
Lad been selected. There are no differences of
opinion as to President Davis. He may have
made some enemies, but no one doubts his ca
pacity. Next to him, and first among the Gen
erals, not only on aucoum of his military genius,
but from his noble qualities, stands General Lee.
He, like nearly ail the Confederate Generals, was
an officer of the old United States Army, and
when the separation took place at first doubted as
to the course which his duty to his country would
lead him to take. However, when he had re
solved on his line of conduct, he embarked heart
and sou! in the cause, and now regards it as the
noblest for which a man can fight. His charac
ter is said to resemble that of Washington. He
is without ambition, love of country being the
motive of hia actions, aud by his personal con
duct he gels an example of roldier-iike qualities
to the troops under h:s command. Joe Johnston
stands next in the estimation of the Southern
people, * * * * Beauregard is much be
loved, especially by the people and troops of Ul3
Southern portion of ibe Confederacy. The battle
of Bui! Run and the successful evacuation of
Corinth before Gen. Halleck’a army sufficiently
attest his military qualities. These three men
occupy ’he first rank amen* the Generals of the
Confederacy. Asa division leader Stonewall
Jackson stands pre-eminently high. He not oniy
possesses the religious enthusiasm attributed to
some of the Genera's of the Commonwealth du
ring the rebellion in Eoglaud, but also has in
spired his troops with t' at feeling. They have
the most thorough confidence in him, and wil -
lingly subm tto the greatest hardships when led
by him. Nothing could be fine than the man
,cor in which in Juno last he dafeated or success
fully evaded the five Generals sent to annihilate
him in the Sh nandoah Valley, leaving them
there, and himself arriv.ng, by forced marches,
in time to relieve Richmond and defeat the Aimy
of the Potomac.” Short sketches follow of the
Hills, Longglreet, Bragg, Van Do”b, Price, Ma
gruder, Stuart and Morgan.
The “Examiner” has a paper on “Cotton Cul
tivation.” It says. “Some are of opinion that
even after the restoration of peace in America ;t
will taka years to restore the cotton cultivation to
what it was before the contest. That is far from
our opinion. We have no doubt that it will bo
quickly restored to its highest rate of prouuction,
and soon fur exceed it, reduciug ail other coun
tries as producers to their former subordinate
position. There will certainly be fresh induce
ments to add to the cotton cultivation in the Con
federate States. The Northwestern Slates of
America will furnish articles of food cheaper thaa
the Southern States can produce for shemsolvss,
and E igl ind and other European countries wi i
furnish them with manufactures unburtbened by
any luxation.save what the States themselves may
think i expedient to impose for revenue pur
poses.” The “Examiner” notices with warm
commendation the action of the State of Alabama
in remitting V-10,000 in specie to meet up to July,
1864, the interest on the State bonds, payable in
Loudon. *
An article on “Our Colonial Empire” ; n the
“ United Service” combats the growing convic
tion that the Union which has hitherto existed
between England and her colonies may be sev
ered without injury eith r to the parent State or
it3 offspring; that the expenditure now incurred
by Great Britain for the defence of her depen
dencies is unnt cessary, and that the practice of
sending English troops to the colonies should be
discontinued:
The following are some of the new works on
Amfrica aud the American war: “Six months in
the Federal States,” by Edward Dicey; “Social
ana Political Bearings of the American Disrup
tion,” by Beresford, Hope, a parti* in of the South;
“A Two Months Residence iu t tbe Confederate
States, including a Visit to New Orleans under
the Admi listratkm ot General Butler,” by an
English Merchant; “Tie Proposed Slave Em
pire—its Antecedents, Constitution and Policy,”
by Charles S. Miall; “ Confederate Notes for
English Circulation,” by M. B. H., of Arkansas,
C. S. A.; “ North aud South,” by the “White
Republican” of Frez.r’s Magazine; “ Tne South
as it is, cr Twenty Years Experience in the
Southern States of America,” aad “ Jou'na! of a
Residence on a Georgia Plantation in 1 838 39,”
by Fanny Kemble, the actress. Most of these
woiks are lavorable to the South.
Loos at this. —The following intelligence, from
an Limois paper, will serve to show what kind
of philanthropy actuates a free soil or Abolitiou
State, in regard to the darkies. Ia Mr. Lincoln’s
own atuie free negroes are fouad guilty o: a high
misdemeanor, for in n fi3ting “ an inteat oa to
reside in the Slat-” 111 S ch are the tender
•mercies of negro emancipationists tewarfs the
African race 1 If the Yankees were to free all
the negroes in the land, they would signalize and
celebrate the jubilee by driving every darkie out
of the country :
The Wh teside (Illinois) Sentinel publishes an
offi.ia! DCfee under date of February 2, 1863,
signed by C M Child, J. P., to the effect that,
whereas certain negroes named were, on the oih
and 6;h ult., tried on “ a charge of high misde
meanor, having come into thio State and coua y,
and remaining therein fer tea days or more, with
the evident intention of residing lu this State,and
weie found guilty by a jury, and were each sever
ally fined, in the sum of $50,” a-d whereas the
lines aud costs cf sai- not having been paid, ths
£a >d neg rOE g wiii be sold, at auction, on the 19tb
cl February, 1563, at the Court House o' Carth
age, for the payment of said fiats and costa.
DssTaucrioN or Paopaaix. ox Bull Island.—
A icuuti, g pariy trorn one of our commands
near Biuffton, y ale. Bail island 1 .at week. They
report that tvery house on the is aad aa3 been
burnt; even the fencing has been torn down,
made into heaps, anu c.nsaoied- The property
was owned by Col. t. M. Seabrook and a small
portion by Mr. Bay hard, and woo <rig;naliy one
of me most magaiLcsnt estates in our tide water
Section. The Yankees were in small.force, and
bivouaced on the island for Several days. The
fragments of iheir coau-issary stoics showed that
j tb“y w-re wed fad ; sardine bexes, preserved (rr.it
Cols, ac , coulo be seen near their bivouac. They
| also e aughteied tome cattle. Ail the valuable
l machinery has been destroyed in the conflagra
i turn, —QfnirUtUm Jltrcury,
VOL. LXXVTI. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. NO. 22,
\ TiopA ism Nows.
The Court cf Minnesota h»s decided
that theNKCv passed by the Legislature of that
State, suspending tho privilege of all persons
who are aiding the rebellion prosecuting and de
fending actions in any of ice courts, as uucsnsii
tutional and veil. Eve*y law that protects the
rights and liberties of the citiaeas bai long been
void at the North.
The ship Pucjanb, from Calcutta, reached Lon
don April 26th. She w*« captured March 14th in
l&t. 9, long. 31 W., by tbe AUbacia, but the car
go being British property, was released, and the
vessel bonded in the earn of $85,000. Glad to
see that our gadunt navy bars still continue to
let us hoar good report! from tlhem.
It is fiaid that the Maine Democrats will nomi
nate a war man at thair coming convention.
Nothing better could be expected of them. A
majority of the Democratic party of the North
heve proved themselves worso imree enters of the
South iu this war than unadulterated Abolition
ists.
A c-rr-apondent of the Herald, describing the
Yankee trip to Port Roy*!, Virginia, says: "Ne
gro slaves, wl o w»ra offered their freedom, re
fused to come over with onr troops.” Negroes
ore beginning to sec that “the much boasted
Yankee freedom” is *ll talk—nothing real.
Twelve tbemand Ftdqrsl troops n North Caro
lina will soon be mvsrercd out cf service. Their
place, it is staiec will os iil'ed by negro soldiers.
The Federal sloop-of-war Preble, which was
destroyed! by fir* off Penvaocli, was a sixteen
gun correits, bnilt at Partsaior.vh, N. 0., in 1339.
She was 560 tons burthen, and carried 800 officers
and men. She represented the American navy at
the great fcU at Cherbourg.
Gov. Andrew, of Massachusetts, has irritfen a
letter saying that negro soldiers are to be plaead
on a like footing, iu every respect, and are to be
protectsd, if taken prisoners. His negro d*pos
will find out their mis.sks to their sorrow, whan
they are captured.
Quite an excitement was created in Philsdf iphia
a few days since by a newspaper putting od a oul
letin board a heading “ Illegal 3rreai.fi by the Gov
ernment.”
Efforts are being ms.de to raise tea thousand
negro troops iu New York city.
The rumor that Gen. HaiUck intends to take the
field is centradic>»d.
The entente cordialt between Seward aad the
Briush and French misistcts Is declared per
fect.
Lincoln’s proclamation in regard to ths con
scription of foreigners is said to have bean issued
in accordance with recommendations Irom Earl
John Russell.
Judge Brantlotte, is the Union Abolition candi
date lor Governor of Kentucky.
According to Yankee papers our “raiders” in
Western Virginia are doing much damage to Fed
eral.
The Mozsrt-Hall DsKoer&ia have put forth an
adress #*iling the masses of Now York into eoun
cil in order to repudiate the war platform puforth
by tbe members of the Legislature at Albany.
Federal papers are full of speculations as to
what will be done next by G*u. Hooker. It will
be far easier for them to t«I! what h# will notjdo.
A late order of Federal General Loan of Mis
souri, autbor.sss and justifies tbe murder of any
parties or persons found in central Missouri aad
suspected of being (loafed-rats guerrillas, reeruit
itijr officers or emissaries, by the first commis
sioned officer into whose bauds they * all. Loan
by ibis inhuman order hit- forfeited all claims to
mercy. IE he is captured by us no humanity
should be shown him. Ha is a murderer, and
should be treated as suoh.
Tbe Federal War Department has ordered thut
no extracts from Confederate papers which con
tain news unfavorable to the North shall be tele
graphed from Washington. Truth appears to be
as unpalatable as ever to Lincoln and his satellites.
At the West, according to our blockade run
ner, the people w*re beginning to feel the war
very onerously. Calico was cents a yard iu
Springfield, while wheat would not bring mere
ihan 25 cents a bushel. We trust the war will
become so burdensome to Lincoln’s oppossrs at
the North that they will be forced to oppose him
by arms. A little blood letting iu that section
would have an excellent effect in bringing about
peace.
The steamer Horison was lost in the engage
ment at Grand Gulf, with 100,000 rations.
The New York papers say that a uegro expe
dition will soon start for Hilton Head.
Iu a idler to Myor-Gen Htmcock, General
Meagher has reasoned his commission upon the
ground that his command is reduced to a mere
handful, and that he cannot recruit his brigade.
The California overland telegraph paid its ori
ginal cost buck to the stockholders, within the
first year.
Sixteen Massachusetts regiments of nine
month’s men will return honi9 during June and
July.
Gov. Buckingham, in his annual Abolition mes
sage to tbs Legislature of Connecticut, on the
51b inst., says “that the demands of the Govern
ment and the claims of ibe rebels are aa_ irrecon
cilable aud antagonistic as freedom aud slavery,
usdemoeiecy and despotism, as falsehood and
etsrnal truth, and consequently the conflict must
go c-a until the Governnicat shall conquer or be
conquered. No on* must be deceived by the art
ful devioc of securing peace by a cessation of hos
tilities, because a esce thur ob-aiced would cost
the nation its birthright. We must not inquire
whether the rebellion was caused by slavery or
abolitionism, by ambition or interference with
State rights, Our duties are with tae events of
the hour, and we must render the Administration
a oordiai and energetic *upp»rt, as it is the agen
cy through which the will of the people can be
legal !y aud property executed.”
The Northern papers state that tho Confederate
steamer Alabama has been seen off the ooast of
South America, south of the Equator.
Miss Fanny C. Janus, daughter of Mr." John
J, liner, whose wife was recently sent .South upon
the charge cf disloyalty, was arrested at her
father’s residence, in Baltimore, last week, upon
the charge of giving aid and comfort to the ene
my. Her case was investigated by Gen. Schenck,
who couraitted her to Baltimore jail, in order that
she may b 8 tried by the civil authorities under
the treason act of Maryland.
It is announced that all prisoners captured by
Hooker are new on their way ior exchange.
The Northern papers boast of the vandalism of
their generals in Tennessee. Every description
of valuable property is being destroyed.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that the prepara
tions for the attack ou Charleston cost one hun
dred and fifty millions. The fight lasted but half
an hour, or at the rate of five million dollars per
minute.
The rules and regulations of the Federal con
scription act have been published. Persons resist
ing tee draft, or couus sung or aiding resistance
to it, or counseling any drafted person to conceal
himself, or in any way disobey or dissuade from
obedience to the law, are to b» arrested aad de
livered to tie Provost Marshal with written char
ges for conviction, fined SSOO. All person*, white
or black, ure to be unrolled, with their **ej, col
or, residence and occupations. They mast in
clude all able bodied males not exempt by lew,
between the ayes of twenty-two and forty, and
forty, and ail foreigners who have declared their
intention to bssocie citizens.
Some ot the Northern journals have commenc
ed. figuring out Hooker’s late defeat or History.—
This is just what every one expected. The fed
eral are bitter at figuring out victories than
gaining them.
The Federal authorities have again commenced
a war ca papers opposed to t ran —forbidding
their circulation—they eo not like to have their
deeds shown up. Like the evil oat, they prefer
darkness to light.
Fernando Wood demts that he i* in favor of
unconditional peace. Like Vaiiaadighana be is a
reconstructionift. We have got no use for such
men.
Maryland ministers, who believe in preaching
the gospel alone, and not Lincoln's politics, arc
being arrested : n Maryland and sent South.—
“Pure and undefi'e i religion” is not a thing that
uits the Northern tyrant.
Rob rt Wilson, Clark in the Inferior Depart
ment, and Tbortoa Smith, resident cf Washing
ton, have been indicted for conspiracy to effect
the escape of prisoners is the old Capitol prison.
lowa, Rhndo Island, Minnesota, Kaunas, Illi
nois, New York, Kentucky Vermont, Wiscon
sin, and Penosplyanis, have made application
for grants of land uader the agricultural college
act of Congress.
X’- e Kew York World publishes a letter from
Newberu, N. C, dated May 6tb, from which we
extract the so lowing: A sensation was created
here by the ma-ri»g* ihi* morning of Charles W.
Lawrence, of Boston, a member cf the 44 h M**-
saciiusett?, to the acs .mpushea Gauga-er of Is
rael Disosway, a banker in Newoera. A.--r mak
irg a traas.er of bis property'to the oridegroom,
the father left ear lines with offier disioyal c.t
izzhs.
The N. T. Herald rajs teat it would seem that
that poii on or Gee. Grant q r a ' t ®,
secure as his recent ocuupat mo. tne capital of
Mississippi, alter a succession o. victories at Ray
mond, Mississippi Springs, ana Jayson ‘ttelf,
BHgfct If ad us w suppose it was. ibe waoie tone
,h . Coni'.. -rate pre.v. show th-J tht.-' areanticipat
mKM.e dof.at or Gen. Grant ana tae success of
Gen. Bragg’s plans to induce Gen
advance from ffis secure position of Mui.reesco
1 Two men have been arrested in England for
forging £ld green-back nates.
Matters ia Mississippi.
A correspondent of the Columbia, 8. C. Guar
dian, writes thug from Mississippi, undor date of
May 17:
I arrived direct from Jackson last night, and
drop you a iew inklings on military matters in
Mississippi.
I was sent to Mississippi, In oompany with six
other army surgeons, for the purpose cf examin
ing conscripts, which mission, by the way, has
proved comparatively a failure, and vary little
good bas aesrued to the Government therefrom,
owing to Yankee raids and tbe constant encroach
ment of the Yankee army, which now occupies
not only parts of Nor'h and Bcuih Missies ppi,
but verily have penetra.ud to the very heart of
the State’aud captured its'.capital.
This status of affairs has virtually pu; a stop
JO inscription in Mississippi, and affords refuge
40 Wose who would basaly ny from defending the
m’othsr whose protection they claim. And it is
humiliating to record that she arables hundreds
so.vile 1
I left Jaekson, in company with many others,
both military and civilians, who, with their ap
purtenances, occupied about five immense trains
of oars, just before the enemy entered the city.
We had not proceeded more than four mil os
when we met Gen. Gist bringing up the remain
ing portion of hia brigade; a poriion of whioii ar
rived in Jackson the day previous, and partici
pated in the fight.
We did not proceed more than eight or ten
miles from Jackson that evening, though leavin r
at 12 M., and there laid over until next morning;
all quiet, save the constant whistling and bellow
ing of the engines for seme time after reaching
that point.
Daylight came and disclosed to us that tbe eie
my had not been idle, for parties reached the
train stating that they were but two miles be
hind, had torn up the railroad track, and were
stealing horses and negroes wherever met with.
This report, I assure you, soon developed the
faculty of go-a-headitivenesa, and ths trains were
pushed forward os last as circumstances would
permit.
Notwithstanding, the citizens of Jackson were
cognizaat of precautions bemg taken looking to
the possible evacuation of their city, suoh as
moving the various army stores, Ac.; stiff they
were not prepared to realizo its downfall, und it
fell like a thuuder-shock upon them. The event
ful morning witnessed shsn a mass of axcitsmant
and confusion, and tbi->, too, 1 was surprised to
observe, pervaded, to some extent, military cir
cles, which in such emergencies should be calm
and collected, particularly whan anticipated. The
eitizens, however, had not been all along free
from apprehension of such a catastrophe, for they
reposed little oanlldence in Gen. Pemberton ; but
tbeir fears and misgivings were well nigh dissipa
ted by tho preparations lately made for the ue
fesoa of their city, as well aa by tha arrival cf
Gen. Johnston, aad they were buoyed up into
strong hopes of a successful defence. Jacksou
enjovrtho very unenviable reputation of being a
foul nu3i cormorants, seeking only to amuss
woalth, and destitute of all patriotism and valor,
which latter was evidenced on the day dating the
fall of their city, by their not repairing promptly
to the trenches to repel the invading foe, for,
notwithstanding Gov. Potlus’ earnest app al to
them, and their determination so to do, evinced
by eight hundred enrolling their names aad nr
ganisnag for the purpose; osly about iitteen, lam
told, were present at roll oab, whea the signal an
nounced the approach of the enemy.
Most of tha gallant sons of Mississippi have
long since gone forth to battle, and their homes
ere now boast by speculators and extort oners,
mostly of foreign oxtraetion, who are preying
upon the vitals of Liberty herself.
Our army retreated ia good order, leaving lit
tle or nothing to fall in the enemy’s hands. I
heard || estimated that $200,000 would cover she
loss Gs Government stores. The course tnkea
by our frmy was up ihe Canton roa,.’, thus afford
ing an o|g>ortunity for reinforcements, which are
arriving at Forest daily via Selma and Mobile, to
join them; and at the same time expecting to
communicate and co operate with Geu. Pember
ton at Vickabuig. There w*re many regrets ex
firessed that Gen. Johnston did not arrive ear
ier, as it was thought be could have saved the
city. However rumor says Pemberton’s instruc
tions were not to contest the advance of the eno
my too warmly, but to suffer bim to penetrate to
the interior, and that be has accordingly prepar
ed Yicksburg to stand a six month’s siege, even
should he fail to bag or demolish him as he cal
culates. If true, his instructions are fulfilled to
tbe letter and it remains to be seen whether his
strategy will prove him a great General, or un
pavdonably ignorant of military science, and to-
tally unfit for the position lie occupies.
Let us view stem facts, and deduct our own
conclusions as to the final termination of ass airs
about Vicksburg and Jackron. First, then, it is a
fact that Grant’s army, from thirty to fifty thou
sand strong, have repulsed us at Grand Gulf, and
forced their way through our lines, repulsing us
still at every intermediate poin l at which we offer
« 4 resistance, and reached and captured Jackson.
Secondly, it is certain that our forces under G‘-ug.
Stevenson, Luring, Walker, Tilghman, and L"e,
Gen. Pemberion being chief in command, tilth, :
will say, fifteen or twenty thousand men,: ecu; y
aline between Jackson and Grand Gulf, ex-end
ing from some distance on this side oi Big Black
river to Warren ton, twelve mises below Vicks
burg. Thirdly, it is certain tbat Gen. Johnston,
with the commands of Gens. Bowen and Gregg,
retreated from Jaosson up the Canton road, ex
pecting to be reins jrced by troops arriving via
Meridian, and at the same time to communicate
and co-operate with Gen. Pemberton about Vicku
burg. Fourthly, it is certain tbat Vicksburg,
strongly fortified and defended by thirty to fifty
thousaud troops, and having supplies for six
months, is prepared to resist a most strong aud
protracted seige.
These are the facts, now let us cursorily con
sider them. It is evident that the enemy designs
the reduction of Vicksburg, and expects to ac
complish it by taking Jackson and thus cutting
off our cheif means of supplies and reinforcements.
But Vicksburg is provided for a six month oiegc,
while the enemy is not. Moreover, he is in toe
midst of a hostile country, and has left partly in
his rear the forces now forming the line from
Big Black to Warrenton, which can be strength
ened from Vicksburg, and may intercept his
supplies and reinforcements and cut off his re
treat. If, then, our line of interception can be
maintained, it is patent that Grant cannot make
& protracted siege, but finding himseil surround
ed, must sooo either advance io a conflict of arms
or be fore»d by starvation to surrender.
Treatment of Fhokral Prisoner*. —The Chat
tanooga Kebel speaks in very plain terms abouj
buying “greenbacks” from Federal prisoners—a
thing which has lately been pra6ticcd extensively
by many,who claim to be Southerners. The re
marks of the Kebel are not only well-timed bnt
just, although perhaps rather severe. Wo trust
that such outrageous proceedings will nerearter
be prohibited by our authorities—at leas, we bo H e
the P (?overnor of our State will take proper steps
to punish all who give any aid or comfoi t to those
who come South, as they themselves acknowledge,
“to lay waste, bom, pillage and destroy.” The
Rebel says: , . _ . . .....
An abominable practice of trafflicking with toe
Yankee prisoners for Yankee paper money is, we
regret to soy, far too prevalent throughout the
Confederacy. Hoarsely a squad of Yanteo prison
ers arrive at any of our towns but is besieged by
the avaricious money-getters with offers of two
for one for all the “greenbacks” in their posses
sion. The result is simply this. The shrewd
Yankee discovers “the ! ata of a prisoner of war”
to be no such unbappv fate after all. He not on
ly fares better as a Confederate prisoner, but be
finds bis generous captors willing to double b s
pocket money, and relieve him of tho useless
trash furnished him by the Abolitionists for fight
ing Americans of the South. He is paroled and
exchanged, and returns to the camp to tell the
jolly story to his companions of “what rare times
we had in Dixie.”
The camp is full of ths excitement. The ma
rauders, after these recitals, are all impatient to
be sent upon some galloping excursion to Rome
or Atlanta or Chattanooga, or some other point
in the far South, where doubtful greenbacks are
worth two for onß. “Why!” the Yankee will
very naturally exclaim, “ihese rebels bavo co
confidence in their own government— they even
deubt the carrency of their own naiion, which is
the nation’s life. Truly, ‘greenbacks’ must be
money after all, since they rate so high in
Dixie.”
Instead of treating the despeilers of their land
—the insulters of their wives and mothers and
sisters—with the dignified, ineffable oontempt
they deserve, too many men of the South, rlas !
are willing not only to hold converse with .tho
scoundrels, but to trsde with them for their own
miserable currency. Bab 1 such degradation is
sickening ts contemplate. Would that we could
ail rise superior to such littleness of soul.
Taxation or Ramouis’ Fbopebtt. —In answer
to a number of inquiries regarding the law for
taxing the e,Raffia ot refugees, Gcmptrolcr Gen
era! Thweatt has written a letter, the points of
which we condense as follows, not having room
for the entire letter :
All propsrt;, except plantations, mines, and
slaves, must be given into the Receiver of the
county where the owner resides, or is domiciled.
Plantations and (laves, with mines, muEt ho
given in to the reoeiTer of the county wnere they
are situated.
The Comptroller is of opinion that refugees, who
have been drive" from their homes by the enemy
may give in tfi»ir real estates at what they believ
ed it to be worth un ler al: the circumstances, in
the county where they may be domiciled on the
first of April.
There is no law of Georgia exempting any pro
perty of refugees from taxation, the bill for tbit
purpose baring been lost in the Senate.
From New Orleans.
Banks military police in New Orleans are grow
ing more rigid, l’er ona ire fined heavy for hav
ing Confederate flags on their premises. People
a-e arreeted for saying they are “good Confede
rates.”
A parMnd Confederate officer is now on trial
for having imprisoned some Yankee traitors when
the city was in our hands.
r A genilemr.n has been heavily fined for telling
a child to step singing the “Star Spangled Ban
ner,” and calling it a “nasty Yankee song.”
The programmes of tho theatres cf each night
have to be submitted to the Provost Marshall,
and it is ordered that all performances be “inter
spersed with appropriate national airs.”
A general order of Gen. Banks d'elareß that
“any person who shall be convicted before tba
Commanding General of furnishing supplies to
the enemies of the United States in arms, shall
suffer the penalty of death.”
Banks publishes an order dated the Ist, at
Opelousas, in whioh he announces his purpose to
organize a “corps d’armeo of colored troops,” to
consist of eighteen regiments of all arms—in
fantry, cavalry and artillery, limited to five hun
dred men each. He quotes Thiers aad Chambray
as authority that the “valor of tha soldier is
rather acquired than natural.” Mu.h depends
upon the influence of the officers, and ho propo
ses to detach for permanent or temporary duty
in the organization of this corps. Banks argues
the question of negro soldiers from a isw point
of view for an abolltionlHt. lie soys: “ine wot—
ernmeut makes use of mules, horses, uneducated
and educated white men in the defence of its in
stitutions. Why should not the negro contribute
whatever is in his power for the cause in which
he is as deeply interested as other men? Wa
may properly demand from him whatever service
be ean render.”
Captain Dwight,Federal, was killed ne- r Bayou
€ons»ablue,j as is alleged, by Confederate guer
illas. Un his death being known, Banks issued
the following infamous order: “Brigadier Gen.
Dwight will cause all white male persons, to iho
number of one hundred, in the vicinity of the
murder to-day, to be immediately arrested and
set* under a strong guard to New Orleans, where
they will be kept m ciose confinement till further
orders, as hostages for the delivery of the mur
derers into the hands of the military authorities
of the United tltates ”
G. W. Batterson. convicted of an a'tempt to
furnish supplies to the C infederates, has b~eu
sentenced to pay a fiao of $25,000 and be impris
oned at hard labor in Fort PicXens for ona year.
A lady has been arrested and fined for calling
the American flag a “ dirty rag.” Certainly, the
people of New Orleans arc down trodden and op
pressed by the tools of the despot Lincoln, and
we hope that the day of their deliverance from
tha chains that now bind them is not far distant.
Later from Europe,
The American question has been receivingAhe
further consideration of minister Ad im3. A dep
ndation of Trades-Uuionisls, introduced by Mr.
Bright, had wnit3d upon him to present an ad
dress recently adopted at a public meeting of
that body, sympathizing with the emancipation
proclamations of Lincoln. Mr Adrm j said, “I
trust that in spite of all that has occurred, there
is in the government r f each country a sufficient
Eensc of responsibility to induce them to main
tain friendly relations with euch other. I can as
sure yon, notwithstanding the writing in some
American journals, their is uo nation under tbe
sun for which America entertains a greater re -
gard than England, and if the real sentiment of
the pdople of euch country can be clearly estab
lished to each other, i shall have no fear of their
coining into collision.
The London Times looks npon Adams speech
aa most reasonable and timely, and eayt: “A
good many words may pass without coming to
blows, and, as we have every confidence that
neither Englishmen, or Americans have the least
wish to go to war with each other, ws look for
ward without mistrust to that mutual foroear
ance on the part of the respective Governments
which Mr. Adams so wise.y invokes.
The Times show3 reasons why England must
put the most favorable construction possible on
the proceedings of Federal cruisers, and auys “wa
must submit to certain interruptions in our trade
in deference to the rights of a belligerent.”
The opinion gains ground that the improvement
ia the cotton trade lately has been considerable
and it is observable in the manufacturing districts
that a greater number of chimneys ale smok-
ing.
The reply of the Czar in regard to Poland ia
satisfactory to France, but uußatislactory to Eng
land.
It is stated that France has token offence at
Minister Adame’ conduct in England, and de
mands an explanation.
The London Times remarks that in oue of tho
latest American ministerial dispatches the opinion
is expressed that the officers of the Federal navy
are inferior to Southern commanders.
It is Btated that un account of the battle of
Waterloo bas been found in the Duke of Wel
lington’s handwriting, and is to be published.
It is stated that the Loudon Times of ala! 9
dateaunounces that fourteen vessels recently es
caped from English ports for the Confederal i
service.
The Liverpool Post, of March 20, says the pri -
vatei-r Southerner, built at Stockholm, has been
launched on the Teer. She is tho largest iron
vecsel ever built there, length 294 feet 9 inch ,
tonnage 1,963 87 94, old measurement. Her h i 1-
ers have orders on hand from Liverpool for 8. o)
tons shipping.
Mr. William Goodhue, the Vice Comal of
the United States at Zanzibar, reports that
Messrs. Bpeke and Grant’:) expedition in sea ch cf
toe fourees of the Niie has been almost, if not en
tirely, crowned with enccess. Captain Speke had
ditcjvered the AiireraPgo river, tbe first certain
branch cf the Nile. It tnkea its rise lat. 0 dog.
12 min. N., in tho Victoria Majanza, a lake dis
covered by Captain Speke.
The English Army and Navy Gazette says the
Americans have discovered that their steam rams
hare no steerage power. The Indianolu could
not direct her CGures, and was destroyed by a
very inferior antagonist.
Kolbs in Keoabc to Letters by I lag of Truce.
—We have been furnished, for publication, by
General Winder, with the following ruler, adopted
by tue United States Commandant, General Dix,
at Fortress Monroe, and which will b enforced in
regard to all letters forwarded from the North to
Fortress Monroe, to go by flag of ttucs to Kich
mond :.
“In order to secure the transmission of letters
across ths lines, the following rules must be com
plied with : ,
“No letters must exceed one psge of a letter
sheet or relate to any other than purely domestic
matters.
“Kvery letter must be signed with the writers
name in foil.
“AH letters must be sent with five cents postage
enclosed, if to go to Uichmond, and ten cents if
beyond.
“All letters must bo enclosed to the command
ing general of tlHl department of Virgi-ie, at For
treas Monroe. No letter sent to any other address
will be forwarded.
“All letters sent to Fortress Monroe without a
slrict compliance with these rules, except for pris
oners of war will be transmitted to ihe dead letter
office.”
The same ide jtfeal rules will be applied by Gen
eral Winder to all letters sent from the South to
Fortress llonroe, for parlies ia the United States.
Parties addicted to correspondence should cut out
and preserve this notice, as a failuro to comply
with it ia ono single particular, will consign their
correspondence to oblivion.
The Yankees on Folly Island —The Yankees
seem to oe quite ou»y wi;h their preparations for
making a lengthy stay on Folly Island. They
have cleared out all the brush and bushes under
-he tall pines, which cx‘end near ly to the Nofih
end of iJig Folly, and have pitched their tents
underneath their shade. Large fires are to be
seen daily, showing that they are extending their
clearing operations towards the Northern end of
the Inlet. Immediately in front of their camp
they have thrown up sand fortifications a; a pro
tection against any attack upon them, and in
front of these agam appears to be a ubat
ti3. From the midst ot the pines arisen a tall ob
servatory, recently erected, similar to the one at
Sesessionville, bnt somewhat higher, overtopping
the tallestf’pines, and g ving from its summit an
extended view. Their pickets still stationed
at Little Folly, separated from ours, on the South
era end of Morns’ Island, by the inlet, acro?B
which frequeni conversations have been held
They have also a flat in the crock b3ck of Fo !y
Island, with a tens pitched upon it, used doubt
less at night by an outlying picket They seem
to be on the alert, and use every precautxn by
day and night to prevent a surprise.
Un Wednesday last the steamer Eagle left Nas
sau for a Confederate port, and during that night
she was fired into and capturi and Ly a Yankee
craiger. The second shot struck her afi, and, we
»jC informed, killed three of the crew of tha
Eagin, it is also mentioned that the eflicsrs of
the Eagle mistook the Yankee gunboat for the
Britieh’steamcr Flore, and under that impression
allowed the cruiser to get near her.
The steamship Alice, Capi. fcmitb, at Mobile
from Havana, r< ports that the steamer Hoitur, on
c-uiiug out of ths ha; bar of Havana, collapsed a
flue, killing three men, and was taken btes.
The Yankee cruis.-rs are swarming around
Cubs, and it is reported the staemabip tuba has
been captured.
Major F. U. Humphreys, of the Co.umba3 (Ga.)
Arsenal, formerly of the Charleston Arsenal, is
doing great service in directing and expediting
impormnt branches of work at the fabsratory and
work shops connected with ihe Columbus Arse
nal. Among the latest products is a Napoleon
gun, trelve pounder.