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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUT; 12, 1862;
W iff YUffSiSe Editor and Proprietor.
ELEVENTH VOLUME N D M B E R 529.
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BY
WILLIAM J. YATES,
EDITOR AND PROI'KIHTOR.
$2 IN ADVANCE.
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ailvaoce.
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COXSCKIPTIOX.
Headquarters Camp op Instruction,
Near Kak-igh, June 20th, 1802.
Special Ohier No. 1.
I. AH persons subject to the provisions of the act of
Congress entitled an act further to provide for the
Public Delciu-e," approved the 10th of April 18J2, and
known as the Conscription Act, are hereby ordered to
appear at iln ir regular Regimental muster groundi in
their re.-pectie counties, on the Sth day of July, prox.
II. The Conscript? after enrollment are hereby or
dure 1 to appear at the Courthouse of their respective
counties, on the 15th July, proximo, prepared to pro
ceed forthwith to this camp of instruction.
III. The enrolling oflicers will have instructions to
grant exemptions as prescribed by law, hereto append
ed. IV. Officers commanding regiments and companies of
the Mi'.itia of this State, will immediately notify their
respective comniauds, and ovarii all persons liiible to
Conscription to comply promptly with the above order,
N)3. 1 and 'i.
V. All persons snbjcct to enrollment, who may widi
to Volunteer, must join companies in the Confederate
service on the 15th April last, according to law; and
consequently arc prohibited from recruiting or organiz
ing new companies or regiments, Parlizan or Rangers
I'iCcMed.
I5y order: PETKR MALLKTT.
ilajor and Ass't Adj't Gcn'l, P. C. S. A.
CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, President.
Alex II Stephens of Georgia, Vice President.
J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State.
G. W. Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War.
C. G. Memmiuger, of South Curolina, Secretary
of the Treasury.
S. II. Mallory, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy.
Thos. II. Watts, of Alabama, Chief of the Depart
ment of Justice or Attorney General.
J. II. Reagan, of Texas. Postmaster General.
MEMBERS OF THE FIRST FERMANENT
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
SENATE.
NORTH CAROLINA,
ALABAMA.
Win Ij Yancy,
Clement C Clay.
ARKANSAS.
Robert W Johnson,
Charles B Mitchell.
FLORIDA.
A E Maxwell,
J M Baker.
GEORGIA.
Benjamin II Hill,
John W Lewis.
LOUISIANA.
Edward Sparrow,
T J Semmes.
MISSISSIPPI.
Albert G Brown,
James Phelan
VIRGINIA.
R M T Hunter,
WmB Preston.
George Davis,
Wm T Dortch.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Robert W Barnwell,
James L Orr.
TENNESSEE.
Langdon C Haynes,
Gustavus A Henry.
TEXAS.
Louis T Wigfall,
W S Oldham.
KENTUCKY.
II C Burnett,
William E Simms.
MISSOURI.
John B Clark,
R S Y Peyton.
Total number, 2G.
HOUSE.
Thomas S. Docock, Speaker.
WAR DKPAUTMENT,
Adjutaxt and Inspector General's Office,
UichmoXU, May 19, laOl.
Gf.xeral Orders, No. 37.
I. The following act and regulations in reference
thereto, arc published for the information of all con
cerned. An Act to exempt certain persons from enrollment
for (service in the armies of the Confederate .Slstes.
SKO. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That all persons who shall he held
to be unlit for military service under rules to be pre
scribed by the Secretary of War all in the service or
employ of the Confederate States all judicial and exe
cutive officers of the Confederate or State Governments
the members of both House of Congress and the
Legislatures of the several States and their respective
officers all clerks of the officers of the JState and
Confederate Governments allowed by law all engaged
in carrying the mails all ferrymen on post routes all
pibtts and persons engaged in the marine service on
river and railroad routes of transportation telegraphic
operators and ministers of religion in the regular
discharge of ministerial duties all engaged in work
ing iron mines, furnaces, and foundries all journey
man printers actually employed in printing newspapers
all presidents and professors of colleges and acade
mies, and all teachers having as many as twenty
scholars superintendents of the public hospitals,
lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants
therein, and Uie teachers employed in the 1 ustitut ins
for the deaf and dumb, and blind in each apothecary
store now established and doing business, one apothc--iiry
in good standing, who is a practical druggist
superintendents and operatives in wool and cotton
factories who may be exempted by the Secretary of
War, khall be, and are hereby exempted fretn military
fervir; in the armies of the Confederate States. Ap
proved April 21, 1802.
II. lty the above act of Congress, the following
classes of persons are exempt from enrollment for
military servic e :
Justices of the Peace; Sheriffs and Deputy FhcrifTs;
Cleiksand )-puty Clerks, allowed bylaw; Masters and
Commissioners in Chancery; District and Stale Attor
neys ; Attorney General; Postmasters and Deputy
Postmasters, and Clerks allowed by law; Commission
ers of Revenue, and foreigners who have not acquired
domieil in the Confederate States.
III. The following are not exempt :
Militant Officers not in actual service: persons exempt
by State laws, but not by the above act; foreigners
who have acquired domieil in the Confederate States.
IV. No per-"otis other than those expressly named or
properly implied in the above act can be exempted, ex
cept by t'urni.-hing a substitute, from military service,
in conformity with regulations already published,
vtleneral Orders No. 2!.) ami such exemption is valid
oi.ly st long as the said substitute is legally exempt.
V. Persons who have furnished substitutes will
receive th; ir certificate of exemption from the Captains
of Companies, or t lie Commandants of Ca: ips, by
w horn t iie substitute have hi en accepted. O'.iier cer
tificates of cxt l.iption will be granted bv the enrolling
ALAKAMA.
G W Chilton,
7 David Clopton,
8 James L Pugh,
L'ES Dargau.
1 Thomas J Foster,
2 Win R Smith,
ti John P Ralls,
4 J L M Curry,
5 Francis S Lyon,
ARKANSAS.
1 Felix J Balson, 3 Augustus II Garland,
2 Grandisou D Royster, 4 Thos B Hanly.
FLORIDA.
1 James B Hawkins, 2 Hilton.
GEOKGIA.
1 Julian Hartridge, 6 William W Clark,
2 C J Munnerlyu.
3 Mines Holt,
4 A H Kenan,
5 David W Lewis,
Alfred Boyd,
John W Crockett,
II E Read.
George W Ewing,
J S Chrisman,
7 Robt P Trippe,
8 L J G art rt l 1,
1) Hardy Strickland,
10 A B Wright.
KENTUCKY.
7 II W Bruce,
8 S S Scott,
9 E M Bruce,
11) J W Moore.
11 R J Breckinridge, Jr.,
12 John M Elliott.
U T L Burnett,
LOUISIANA,
1 Charles J Villiere, 4 Lucion J Dupre,
2 Chark-s M Conrad, 5 John F Lewis.
.'J Duncan F Kenner, G John Perkins, Jr.
MISSISSIPPI.
r II C Chambers,
f O R Singleton,
7 E Barksdale.
1 John J MeRae,
2 S W Clapp,
iJ Reuben Davis,
4 Israel Welch.
1 John liver,
2 Casper W Bell,
i George W Vest,
4 A II Conrew,
NORTH
1 W N II Smith,
2 Robert R Bridgers,
3 Owen R Kenan,
4 T D McDowell,
5 Archibald Arlington,
MISSOURI.
5 W W Cook,
G Thos W Freeman,
7 Thos A Harris.
CAROLINA.
6 Thomas S Ashe,
7 James R McLean,
8 William Lander,
9 B S Gaither,
10 A T Davidson.
SOUTH
1 V W Boyce,
2 W Portlier Miles,
3 M Jj Boikham,
J T Heiskell,
W G Swnnn,
W II Tebbs,
E L Gardenhire,
II S Foote,
M P Gentry.
CAROLINA.
4 John McQueen,
5 James Farrar,
G L M Ager.
TENNESSEE.
7 G W Jones,
8 Thomas Menees,
9 J D C Adkins,
10 Bullock,
11 David M Currin.
John A Wilcox,
2 Peter W Gray,
3 Claiborne C Herbert,
V1K
1 M R II Garnett,
2 John R Chambliss,
3 James Lyons,
4 Roger A Pryor,
5 Thomas S Bocock,
TEXAS.
4 Wm B Wright,
officers only, who will receive full injunctions in ! ti John Goode, Jr,
regard to the conditions and mode of exemption. Ap
plications for exemption cannot, therefore, be consid
ered bv the War Department.
S. COOPER.
Ad jf and Insp. General.
ATTE.TI04 TO ALL.
tiOO Reams of Writing Paper,
100,000 Envelopes,
Jwst received at the store of
KOOPM ANN & TIIELPS.
M.u i s r, 2 tf
Wil., Charlotte &. Ruth. Railroad
W EST I- KN DIVISION.
7 James P llolcombe,
8 Dan'l C Dejarnette,
Total number 107.
o Malcolm Graham,
G B F Sexton.
axiA.
9 William Smith,
10 Alex R Bot. ler,
11 John B Baldwin,
J 2 Walter R Staples,
13 Walter Preston,
14 Albert G Jenkins,
15 Robert Johnson,
10 Charles W Russell.
GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Henry T. Clakk. Governor ex officio. Salary
3.000 per annum.
Pulaski Cowper, Secretary to the Governor. Sal
ary, exclusive of fees, 300.
Rufus II. Page, Secretary of State. Salary 800.
i Da.iiel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary 2,000.
t W. R. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer.
I Salary 1,200.
i C. II. Brogden. Comptroller. Salary $1,000,
i Oliver II Perry, Librarian.
fn and after Monday the I'.th instant, the Passenger The Council of State is composed of the following
mi l M.u Train win be run on this Road dailv (Sundav
excepted) as follows :
GOING WEST.
I.r-::.
7 oo a. M.
t 4
a
s 10
Akrive.
i: oo
11 23
11 50
12 17
A. M.
P. M.
Charlotte, .
Tuckasegee,
Prevard,
Sharon,
Liucoliiton,
GOING EAST.
Lincoluton,
Sharon,
P-revard,
Ttu-kasegee,
Charlotte,
Py order, y
43
10
37
00
A. M.
11 20
11 45
12 15
1 00
Mckek;
Akiute.
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P. M.
, , "Vi'"' M-4lcr ot Transportation
. April 4,
Lincoluton
Jt. V. BECK WITH"
lias constautlv on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C.,
of the best English and America manufacturers.
Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each.
January. 1SG3 r
gentlemen: Council Woolen of Lenoir, I'resideut,
John W Cunningham of Person, David Murphy
of Cumberland, Wm A Ferguson of Bertie, J F
Graves of Surry, J J Long of Northampton, W
L Ilill.ud of Buncombe.
Governor's Aids Hon Danl M Barringer, Spier
Whi taker.
Literary Board Henry T Clark, President ex
officio; Arch'd Henderson of Rowan, Jas B Gor
don of Wilkes. Wm J Yates of Mecklenburg.
Internal Improvement Board Henry T Clark
President ex officio; James Fulton of New Han
over, N M Long of Halifax,
The General Assembly commences its session on
the third Monday of November every alternate year.
The next election for members, and for Governor,
will be held on the first Thursday of August, 1802.
t WiBUxn Urmorrat-
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The Democrat will be discontinued to all sulscri. '
bers at the expiration of the time for which it is paid. .
Those who Kant to continue must renew before or at the ex- '
piration of their time. The dunning business is unpleasant, j
and we do not want to engage in it again. Those who are tn
arrears, and whose papers hare been discontinued, will oh- j
lige us if they will pay up without putting us to further j
trouble about it. I
OUR GUERRILLAS AT WORK.
Mobile, Aug. 2. A special despatch to the
Advertiser, dated Tupelo, August 1st, says:
Gen. Armstrong officially reports another suc
cessful skirmish. One hundred and twenty of
his command, under Lieut. Col. Kelly, attacked
four companies of Federal cavalry near Jonesboro,
Ala., on the 20th, and routed them. The enemy
left nine dead on the field, five wounded and six
teen prisoners. Our loss was only one wounded.
The enemy on the North side of the Tennessee
river are reported retreating towards Nashville.
And Northern papers report the operations of
our guerrilla companies as follows:
On the night of the 24th ult., a company of
rebel cavalry dashed down on Gloucester Point,
opposite Yorktown, and carried off a large lot of j
"contrabands," forced into the rebel army all the ,
male inhabitants, and then set nre to a lot ol ship
timber, and taking with them the trophies de
parted. Similar depredations were committed in
the vicinity of Williamsburg on the night of the
25th. The rebels made incursions into the lines
of McClellan's army, and carried off a large num
ber of army beeves.
A dispatch, dated Cairo, 2Cth ult., says the
steamer from the Tennessse river brings the news
of a rebel raid at Florence, Ala., ou Tuesday.
The rebels entered the city, burned the ware
houses, filled with Yankee Commissary and
Quartermaster stores, and also burnt all the cotton
in the vicinity. They seized the Yankee steamer i
Colonna, used for conveying army supplies over
the shoals, took all the money belonging to the
boat and passengers, and then burnt the boat.
The property destroyed is reported to be immense
ly valuable. A small detachment of 31itchell's
army was captured. The rebels then proceeded
down the Tennessee to Chickasaw, Waterloo, and
the vicinity of Eastport, and burnt all the ware
houses containing cotton.
Another band of forty rebels attacked a wagon
train, near Pittsburg Landing, and captured sixty
wagons filled with Government stores.
Nashville, July 27. The 10th Ohio regi
ment, guarding the Memphis and Charleston rail
road, between Decatur and Courtland, was at-
From the Richmond Enqo'.rer.;'- ' ' , ,
IMPORTANT PAPERS..
The subjoined Letter from "President Davis to
General Lee, with the Order from, the War De
partment in relation to General Pope's Army, to
which it refers as enclosed, has been transmitted
to General McClellan, to be forwarded to the Com
manding General of the United; States Array:
Richmond, Va., July 31, 1862.
Sir: On the 22d of this month, a Cartel for a
general exehance of prisoners of war was signed
. ! between Major-General D. II. Hill, in behalf of
J the Confederate States, and Major-General John
"A. Dix in i behalf of the United States:
By the terms of that Cartel it is stipulated that
all prisoners of war hereafter taken shall be dis
! charged on parole till exchanged.
I Scarcely had that Cartel been signed, when the
j military authorities of the United States coin
! menced a practice changing the character of the
war from such as becomes civilized nations into a
campaign of indiscriminate robbery and murder.
The Generel Order issued by the Secretary of
War of the United States, in the city of Washing
ton, on the very day that the cartel was signed in
Virginia, directs the Military Commanders of the
United States to take the private property of our
people for the convenience and use of their armies
without compensation.
The general order issued by Major General
Tope on the 2od of July, the day after the sign
ing of the Cartel, directs the murder of our peace
ful inhabitants as spies if found quietly tilling
m j - , I j v tit a j
thus driven to the necessity of adopting such just resign if he hates his work. By retaining his
tacked yesterday by a large force of guerrillas and
thirty or forty of the regiment were killed. The
road was considerably damaged.
A large rebel force is reported near Tuscumbia.
Forrest is reported to be at Carthage, with the
object of making a descent on the Louisville railroad.
Dead Yankees. The sinking
ot the lankee gunboats
and blowing
up ot the lankee gunboats by the Arkansas on
her passage down from Yazoo river, filled the
muddy waters of the Mississippi with the bones
of hundreds of drowned Yankees. One of their
gun-boats with a crew of 200, being run into by
the Arkansas, commenced sinking immediately,
when the Yankees raised a white flag, but the ill
fated craft sunk so quick that no assistance could
possibly be rendered, even by her own friends.
Numbers of the dead bodies are being washed
ashore, and are found every day by our pickets
along the river.
Cotton Seed Soap. Put cotton seed into a
large and strong iron pot, in small quantities at a
time, mash them well with a wooden pestle, and
then pour in a certain quantity of common ley,
aud boil thoroughly; strain in an ordinary seive,
and proceed in the usual way, in drying and
cutting into cakes.
hear a report based upon
authority, that, before
Col. Vance's own regi-
perhaps on furlough,
electioneering for Col.
there was pretty un-
JCSf-We regret to
what seems to be the best
the elect ion, officers from
ment had been off duty,
going through the camps
Vance. We knew that
scrupulous electioneering going on, and that Mr.
Vance, as a politician, would work in queer ways,
but we did hardly expect this. It ought to be
looked into closely. It is due to Col. Vance and
to the service. Wilmington Journal.
the farms in his rear, even outside of his lines,
and one of his Brigadier Generals, Steinwehr,
has seized upon innocent and peaceful inhabi
tants to be held as hostages to the end that they
may be murdered in cold blood if any of his
soldiers are killed by some unknown persons
whom he designates as " bushwhackers."
Under this state of facts this Government has
issued the enclosed general order recognizing
General Pope and his commissioned officers to be
in the position which they have chosen for them
selves, that of robbers and of murderers, and not
that of public enemies, entitled, if captured, to be
considered as prisoners of war.
We find ourselves driven by our enemies, by
steady progress towards a practice which wc abhor
and which we are vainly struggling to avoid.
Some of the military authorities of the United
States seem to suppose that better success will
attend a savage war, in which no quarter is to be
given and no age or sex to be spared, than has
hitherto been secured by such hostilities as are
alone recognized to be lawful by civilized man in
modern times.
For the present, we renounce our right of re
taliation on the innocent, and shall continue to
treat the private enlisted soldiers of Gen. Pope's
army as prisoners of war, but if, after notice to
the Government at Washington of our confining
repressive measures to the punishment only of
commissioned officers who are willing participants
in these crimes, these savage practices are con
tinued, we shall reluctantly be forced to the last
resort of accepting the war on the terms chosen
by our foes, until the outraged voice of a common
humanity forces a respect for the recognised rules
of war. '
While these facts would justify our refusal to
execute the generous Cartel by which we have
consented to liberate an excess of thousands of
prisoners held by us beyond the number held by
the enemy, a sacred regard to plighted faith
shrinking from the mere semblance of breaking a
promise, prevents our resort to this extremity.
Nor do we desire to extend to any other forces
of the enemy the punishment merited alone by
General Pope, and such commissioned officers as
choose to participate in the execution of his in
famous orders.
You are therefore instructed to communicate to
the Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the
United States the contents of this letter and a
copy of the enclosed general order, to the end
that he may be notified of our intention not to
consider any offieers hereafter captured from Gen.
Pope's army as prisoners of war.
Very respectfully yours, etc.,
(Signed) JFJfFKUSON DAVIS.
Gen. li. L. Lee,
Commanding,
etc.
Adjutant and Insp'r Gen's Office,")
Richmond, July 31st, lb02. )
General Orders, No. 51.
I. The following Orders are published for the
information and observance of all concerned.
II. Whereas, by a General Order dated the
22d July, 1S62, issued by the Secretary of War of
the United States under the order of the Presi
dent of the United States, the Military Com
manders of that Government within the States of
Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas,
Persons wishing to settle their Accounts or Notes j are directed to seize and use any property, real or
with Fisher & Burrouirh, can have an opportunity of n9nnnl helnntrinfr fn th inhabitants of this Con-
f A. A. M . Ta lor. ; iJ .,11;'V n i. Vo unrdcin: nr pnnrnninn
NOTICE,
doing so by calling at the store of
Don't delay, as we are anxious to
settled up.
June 3,
8C2.
tf
J. C
Tayloi
get our business
BURROUGHS.
WOOL
l'ederacv. which mav be necessary or convenient
for their several commands, and no provision is
made for any compensation to the owners of
private property thus seized and appropriated by
j the Military Commanders of the Ltieuiy;
IYOTICE TO DEBTORS.
The Fouudrv and Machine shop of the late firm of
ALEXANDER & McDOUGALD having been sold,
notice is herehy given to Ihose indebted to the concern
to come forward immediately and make settlement "by
cash or note; and those having claims against the
firm will present them for settlement. The under
signed is authorized to attend to settlements.
Juue IT, 1SC2 HENRY ALEXANDER.
QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE. I
Goldsboro, June 14, lsb2. )
Farmers and others having Wool for sale are hereby
notified that the Qtiartertnastur'd Department is desirous
of purchasing Wool in any quantities, and they are re
quested to notify me at this place at what prices and in
what quantities they can deliver the article. On the re
ceipt of such notification, the places of delivery will be
indicated.
Those having the article for sale are earnestly solicited
to give this advertisement their consideration, as the places
of delivery will be made convenient and a liberal price
will be paid. This advertisement is intended to apply
onlv to those residing within the limits of the State of
North Carolina. JOHN W. CAMERON,
June 17, lf2 4t Maj. & Q,. M. C S. A.
BARLEY WANTED.
I want to purchase, immediately, all the BARLE1
I can get, for which the highest market price will be
paid. MARTIN MCNZLER,
Charlotte, Oct 29, 1861. tf
I TTT A J I-.., r!niri1 0,L.r Vn If
issued on the 2od July, 18G2, by Major General
Pope, commanding the forces of the enemy in
RAGS AIVD PAPER.
The "Neuse Manufacturing Company " purchase
Cotton or Liuen Rags at the highest cash price.
On band, a supply of Cartridge Paper, cotton Wrap-
npra and cominou Wrapping. Address,
r .
Julv 22. 1SC2
II. W. Hl'STED, Treas.,
Raleigh, N. C.
Northern Virginia, it is ordered that all "com
manders of any army corps, divisions, brigades,
and detached commands, will proceed immediately
to arrest all disloyal male citizens within their
I reach in rear of their rts ective commands.
! Such as are willing to take the oath of allegiance
j to the United States and will furnish sufficient
. security for its observance, shall be permitted to
: remain at their homes and pursue in good faith
their accustomed avocations. Those who refuse
' shall be conducted South byond the extreme
; pickets of this army, and notified that if found
again anywhere within our lines or at any point in
rear, they will be considered spies, and subjected
to the extreme rigor of military law. If any
f person having taken the oath Of allegiance as
! above specified be found to have violated it, he
! shall be shot and his property seized and applied
to the public use;"
; IV. Aod whereas, by' an order issued on the
j 13th July, 1862, Brigadier-General A. Steinwehr,
! Maior William Steadman, a cavalry officer of his
measures of retribution and retaliation as shall
seem adequate to repress and punish these bar
barities: and whereas, the orders above recited
i have only been published and made known to this
i Government since the signature of a Cartel for
j exchange of prisoners of war, which Cartel, in so
j far as it provides for an exchange of prisoners
nereaiter captured, would never have been signed
or agreed to by this Government, if the intention
to change the war into a system of indiscriminate
murder and robbery had been made known to it;
and whereas, a just regard to humanity forbids
that the repression of crime which this Govern
ment is thus compelled to enforce should be un
necessarily extended to retaliation on the enlisted
men in the army of the United States, who may
be unwilling instruments of the savage cruelty of
their commanders, so long as there is hope that
the excesses of the enemy may be checked or
prevented by retribution on the commissioned
officers who have the power to avoid guilty action
by refusing service under a Government which
seeks their aid in the perpetration of such infam
ous barbarities.
VII. Therefore it is ordered, that Major-Gen.
Pope, Brigadier-General Steinwher, and all com
missioned officers serving under their respective
commands, be, and they are hereby expressly aud
specially declared to be, not entitled tw be con
sidered as soldiers, and therefore not entitled to
the benefit of the Cartel for the) parole of future
prisoners of war. ,
Ordered fuither, That in the event of the
capture of Major General Pope, or Brigadier
General Steinwehr,- or any commissioned officer
serving under them, the captive so taken sha 11 be
held in ch.se confinement, so long as the orders
aforesaid shall continue in force and unrepealed
by the competent military authorities of the
United States; and that in the event of the murder
of any unarmed citizen or inhabitant of this
Confederacy, by virtue or under pretext of any of
the orders hereinbefore recited, whether with or
without trial whether under pretence of such
citizen being a spy or hostage, or any other pre
tence, it shall be the duty of the Commanding
General of the forces of this Confederacy, to
cause immediately to be hung, out of the com
missioned officers prisoners as aforesaid, a number
equal to the number of our own citizens thus
murdered by the enemy. By order,
(Signed) . tf. COOPER,
Adjt. and Insp. Gen'l.
It appears from the above, that the orders from
the War Department in Washington, and of Gen.
Pope and his subaltern Steinwehr, received of
our Government that immediate attention which
was due to proceedings so heinous and so broad
in their application. Nothing which has occurred
in the practical conduct of the war, has more
deeply offended and aroused the indignation and
rescntmet of our people, than the outrages which
it is the object of the order from our War Depart
ment to redress.
The promptness and the resolution with which
the case has been met by our excellent President
will be hailed by the people as another proof of
the vigilance and fidelity with which he watches
over their rights and dignity.
The subject was one which demanded a careful
consideration under the lights of wisdom and the
promptings of courage. It is very easy to cry
out in favor of raising "the bluck flag;" but those
who really desire it are very inconsiderate. War
is terrible enough at best; aud it especially does
not become a people looking to the high stand
for honor aud chivalry and refinement which we
aspire to take among the nations, to add to its
horrors. President Davis, therefore, expresses a
very proper and sincere regret at being forced to
take cognizance of conduct on the part of the
enemy so utterly opposed to the dictates of
humanity and to the rules of civilized war, as to
demand the sternest treatment. Nothing was left
however, but to desert our fellow-citizens, the old
man and the infant, the matron and the maid,
and leave them exposed to all the atrocities of a
plundering and murdering soldiery, licensed and
even commanded to pluuder and murder under
the published orders of their chief, or else to
repress such barbarities by the intimidation, and
the sting of retaliation. The discharge of this
! painful aud solemn duty the President has not
! ehunued. The people will sustain, nay even
! aindaud it; for there was no alternative but
lsTuonimy ana ruin, lae civuizea woria win
straps, he becomes a party to the wickedness, and
justly forfeits all claim to clemency. '
We take the occasion to say that the President
is also demanding redress for tho outrages of the
enemy in other quarters. Government (although
captious critics eeeui not to understand it) has to
act with dignity, and with certainty as to facts.
To obtain these facts, sometimes occasions what
seems to be delay; but the people may rest in full
confidence that whatever is proper to be done,
will be attended to by our Government with all
the dispatch consistent with the, nature of the
duty. We have authority for saying that . com
munications were sent to the Lincoln Government,
some weeks since, respecting the execution of
Mumford, at New Orleans, and other outrages
committed by tho Yankee Generals; but no reply
has yet been received. Another demand has
recently been made in regard to them and the
additional atrocities perpetrated by the Linoolti
officials in different parts of the Confederate States.
A short time ha3 been given to the. Federal
authorities within which to reply, before orders
will be issued for the execution of the measures
necessary for the repression of these outrage
also.
OUTRAGES OF THE ENEMY.
A gentleman of Culpepper county, Va.', who
succeeded in making his escape,' furnishes tbe
Lynchburg Republican with some interesting
items concerning the'tyranny of the yank oca in
that section.
The Yankees are ruling with a rod of iron and
are already carrying into practical operation Pope 'it
recent infamous order directing that they subsist
upon the people of the country they may occupy.
Largo numbers of cattle, sheep, hogs, horics, &c,
have beeu taken and appropriated .to their ue,
and the stock of corn, wheat and other provisions,
constituting the only means of living the people
had, have been conveyed away to ' feed the inva
ders. In many instances whole families have been
left without a peck of meal, or a pound of flour,
or bacon, and are consequently upon tho verge of
starvation. The destruction to the land and grow
ing crops is immense, amounting almost to devas
tation. - - '
Scenes of the most beastly and infamous char
acter arc reported to have been enacted upon the
slave women of the country, while the whites
were compelled to look on as these scoundrels ac
complished their hellish work. Instances are report
ed of deeds of violence perpetrated upon . respeo
tablc ladies themselves, which are without a par
allel, save in the annals of- the infamous Yankee
race. Citizens of the county are constantly being
arrested and sent to Washington, there to he im
mured in a dungeon. Among others, the Rev.
John Cole, an aged and grey-haired minister of
the Episcopal Church was arrested on Sunday last,
taken from his pulpit aod carried to Washington,
his only offence being a prayer for the welfare of
the Southern Confederacy and the. success of its
arms. The. thieving enemy stole from Capt.
John Taylor, an officer in the Confederate aervice,
twenty-eight negroes, burnt his house and all the
outbuildings, carried off his stock, and everything
else of value, and laid waste his entire farm, one
of the finest in the country. Every person that
can, is escaping, leaving all they have to the mer
ciless marauders. The force of the enemy it is
said does not exced forty thousand.
The entire property of Wm. Norfleet, Esq., of
Nanscmond county, Va, valued at 8100,000, has
been confiscated by the Yankee Dynasty. - Other
prominent citizens of the same county are hourly
expected to be robbed in a similar manner.
A correspondent of the Lynchburg Republican
gives the particulars of the treatment of Major 8.
Roberts, a vetcrn of 1812, at his farm in the vicin
ity of Baton Rouge. The enemy learned that his
two sons, one captain of a guerilla company, and
another a regular Confederate soldier, were at their
father's house. The letter says: s ,:'
Collecting a body of his men, Col. McMilton,
of the 21st Indiana Regiment, proceeded, under
negro guidance, to the house of Major S. Robert.
Surrounding the house, they demanded the sur
render of Joisah and G. W. Roberts. Knowing
too well what would be their fate, they determined
to die rather than surrender. Seizing a gun,
Josiah was about to make the best defence, whoa
he fell at his father' door pierced by several
balls. Major S. Robert, a veteran of 1812 and
; 1S15, and upwards of four-score years, grasped the
cun from the hands of his dying son, and shot
down Col. AlOiuton. ine oincer next in com
j justify it as absolutely forced upon us, and will j mand then ordered his men to charge bayonets
lasteu the blame uuon our atrocious enemies, to ; upon and muraer ino u a oia scoundrel.
whom it entirely belongs. ' The consequences of , The old Major stepped back a pace or two, and
this step we are yet to see. i told them that "he was lord and master of hwowo
We trust it will bring the madmen at Wash- j hou?e, that he had done the deed, and that, if they
' ington to their senses, aud that they will hence- advanced one step, he would fire again." Taken
i forth restrain their maiice within the conventional aback by such coolness and bravery, the comraan
' bounds. If, however, the result should be other- ding officer told hie men not to hurt the old man
i wjse if instead of redress, they should respond under any consideration, but to take him prisoner.
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: bv new outrages it is easy to see tna; quiciy i ror ue was wu urave w kim. i
the rules, of war will all he laid asicse, anu j um numoers prevauea, ana me oia mao in.
' extermination become the watchword of the strife, i son were taken prisoners. Then commenced high!
' Deplorable as this would be, yet we shrink not J handed pillage and devastation. The - house wan
from it if forced upon us. We will meet the foul ' set on fire, as were likewise barns, the gin and su i
! foe on any and ou all terms, resolved in no event ! gar houses, and burnt to the ground. The mule j
tn ctinmr. ijul lu nunc su nai, uu wuiucicui iiuisct) an Km ew fw Vd&tw9
I mkt PromHTEnt cozens of Page county, Virginia, upon us; but they will increase upon our foes in
I to be held as hostages and to suffer death in the still greater degree. Our soldiers, who mayeoon
; event of any of the soldiers of said Steinwehr ! eonfrout the lines of Pope in battle, are, many of
I being shot by "bush-whackers," by which term is tbem the husbands, the sous, the brothers, of the
, vi una vomeueracy wuu nave i gvuue wives, me ieeoie parents ana tne tender
, taken up arms to defend their homes and families; sisters, who now gioan under Pone's Intolerable
i . And, whereas, it results from the1 above j ppressioe. Need any : one guess how these fitrht
w.-t.o uici auius or me military authorities ot tne : wuen lighting -lor me rescuer we imacino it
uuucu ouues, doi content with the unjust and
aggressive warfare : hitherto W.irrpd " with snvanfr
(cruelty against an unoffendingpeople, aud cx-
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uspermeu. oy lue iauure oi meir enort to subju
gate them, have now determined to violate ll the
rules and, usages of war, and to convert the
hostilities hitherto waged against armed forces
into a campaign of robbery and murder against
j unarmed citizens and peaceful tillers of the" soil;
v i. jua, whereas, this Government, bound by
iuo uiguess obligations ot duty to its citizens, is
hardly needed authority from the War Department
to consider Pope as . forfeit if ho should be met
by one of them! fay, their sympathising comrades
from other sections - and ether States would have
shared their vengeance .to the full, and assisted
gladly in the righteous retribution. - --
, It will be seen that for the present tho President
has withdrawn the protection due to prisoners of
war, only from those who voluntarily share, in
Pope's enormities. Tho private soldier is bound
by his enlistment. The commissioned officer way
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I peace ahall crown our independence, aod sanction ' away; cars, wagons and farming; utensils wer
! our complete and eternal separation. . j seized, and the growing crops destroyed. Not r
i Let our people and our soldiery prepare them- j building was loft to tell where lately flourished r
selves for the new order ot things, aud for whatever J prosperous farm, i ne Drave old man ana hi so
Brigade, has been ordered to arrest five of the may follow. Ihe terrors ol war may increase ! wete camea on naoacuneu.
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