THE DAILY JOURNAL.
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. 7iagleplMOrtbDAILT JOCIKAL fsf Sale at
O3oe, at 0 cents per copy.
the
. To question of the f uarantee of the hoods of the
Confedsricj bj the bdiridatl States U sow the most
important cutter that engages the attention of tbe
Southern people, the progress of tbe war iUelf not ex
cepted, wr tha one is to cloaelj booid op with the
other tbe finaaceVof the coin try 'are essential to
the nlllUrj laccese of tU Government tlfct aolew one
ie maintained ia a healthy condition the otter will be
Lid toon to fail. '
The Inflation ot prices Is dae tea to extortion orevtn
te defective supply than it is to the redundancy of the
tircmlaUon. k If; instead of three httodred millions of
earreccy we had one bandred millions there would be
little difficulty about tbe prices cf the chief necessaries
of life.
Bat how is the circulation to be redaccd ? To this
tbe most obvious answer would be By funding tbe
Confederate debt changing Confederate notes into
bonds. Bat people will not do so with sufficient speed
to relieve tbe existing prmure, unless a sufficient in
ducement is offered. As an investment Slate bonds are
preferred to Confederate for reasons which will be
readily understood. The State is aa integer a sov
ereignty, and csnnot secede from herself, whereas a
Confederacy may be broken op. Lot the separate
States each guarantee their qiota of Confederate bonds,
and Dot guarantee circulation over a certain amount,
and the volume of currency will soon be reduced by the
withdrawal of dotes and their exchange into bonds.
coorage.to auwe ; ooorage to philosophy. Courage
to the press! Courage to all of yfu, writer! The
boor is drawing nigh when men, delivered from" his dis
mil tunnel of six thousand yerrs, will Suddenly bant
forth in all its dazzling brightness, 1
I drink to tbe press, to its power, to its glory, to its
efficiency, to its liberty in Belgium, in Germany, in
Switzerland, in Italy, in 8pain, in England, ia Ameri
ca, and to its emancipation elsewhere.
faillau, Did atiO New.
We are told, in Macaulay's histoiy of Cromwell's
Protectorate, in deacrib ng the character of the Bound
head Puritans, that "they bated beat baiting, not because
it gave pain to the bear, but because it ejare pleasure
to tbe specators.' Indeed, they contrived to enjoy tbe
doable pleasure of tormenting both the spectators and
tbe bear." So, remarks the Bichn.ond Whig, the Yan
kee Paritanrof the prcsant day treat tbe slave and the
owner of tbe slave. Hey hate slavery, not because it
gives pain to the slave, but because It gives pleasure
and profit to the owner. 7'bey are now endeavoring to
enjoy the double pleasure of tormenting the slave and
the owner of tbe slave. Tbeir zeal for the aboli ion of
slavery is not because they love the s'ave, but bscuss
tbf-y hale the owner of the slave.
Charltston Mcrtury.
w KlORTZKEN IUbKL JrON-ClADS BciLDlKO l.M
Kcroi'i.' Under this heading the Bochester (N. Y.)
Advocate startles its readers with the following extract
from a letter of " on American residing id London, who
is in a situation to be advised." He says :
u I know beyond peradventure that to It fs than
eighteen iron clad steamers of various kinds and dimen
sions are being built in KnglandAnd France for the
Jeff. Davis ' Oovernment' ScsTJof tbe vessels ere
nearly finished, and will be launched and abroad doing
their work of devastation before a new year. I have
written Mr. Seward concerning this bunin w, and yet 1
am doubtful (such is tbe apparent indolence. 01, per
haps I should Bay, indifference which posv-xs the
Cabinet at Washington) whether any adequate hl-p
will be taken to meet these formidable monster of the
drep.
Frctn the Richmond Dispatch.
lb AUtaa.
Government have sent a whole fleet of
This scourge of tb-ir
kf na
The Yatkee
sbips-of-war after tbe Alabama.
commerce has stirred tbe soul of tbe entire Ya
lion to iu lowest depths, and that they are low enouph
" rata BtaUe.
A PHOCIO.MATIOS.
Whereas, a edtamanloattoa wu aidreesed en tbe sth a. J
of J.fy last, (13,) by General Bobert T iTxl
4-r the instructions of the Secretary of War r it?
rate Metes of Anerios, to General H. W. Haiia... iET
and deep enough the present war has fully disclosed. 'bk.r ofa umttmte army, informing the latter that
Ttoi nation or pnvateers never speak oi CspL berx.ni,-, ';ft,,oi ruicoafuHrrSG "
A rxisJfD sends a copy of Lloyd's Weekly " News-
. paper," a London paper of the date of tbe 16tb of No
. vembcr. It was picked op on the battle field near
Fredericksburg. It is edited by Blanchard Jerrold, n
son of the celebrated Douglas Jerrold. Of course its'
news has been anticipated, but we make tbe subjoined
extract as indicating tbe tone of one of thn leading or
gans of English commercial 'opinion :
. From Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper.
Tbe report which have circulated dor Id tbe week jost
cloeed, tend to anbitantiate the aMertlon flret made In the
-. Morning Herald, that France and Rnwia have eflered to
: Intervene between the north and south lo conjunction with
KofUad. Tbe speech whloh Lord Palmeraton delivered at
the Manilon Honaa oa Monday, leavee little hope for the
friends of the south. We want the cotton. Heaven knows ;
and a saapenaion of hostilities for six months would enable
the seuth to cram oar warehouses tint wbut would hap
pen afterwards 7 Anarmistioe that gave strength to the
south, would provoke her to stubbornness. She would not
yield on point to tbe north. On the other hand, tbe north
. Is not likely to cot tent te a suspension of hostilities for six
months, and to the raisins: or the blockade for the
same period, it the . expiration of tbe armiafoe,
her opponents would be tea times stronger than
she Is sot : whereas, the north at this moment onm
saaads the situation as regards Europe. If we could stay
the bloodshed if we ooald aave a life by Intervention, we
shoald be bound to make common cause with Franoe and
Russia. The conaequenoes of indetermlnatlon are, uofor
innately, still so misty, that it canaot be reasonably as
serted we are justified In entering tbe fog. If France audi
Kossia believe thai tney will be successful aa mediators.
t them make tbe attempt. The world will thank them
. hoold they soooeed ; but there Is no reason whjr we should
Interfere, before we can see our way to the establishment
of peace between our cooains, who are now waging tbe
moat blood-thirsty and horrible war of modern times.
Mat ef Caswaltlts In BMntlns'a Battv dmrln th.
Sjefeee mt IMurday and gnuday, lh l.llb
UUi day f Oceeaaber,
JTifled.-P. B.Bloodworth. 1
Ifcunded-W. W. Mints, severely in rightarm
since amputated; Thos. Weacott, severely in leg ; John
A. Everett severely in arm ; Jacob Jurrell badly wound
ed in arm and band by the eiploBion of a eboll while
ramming it home.
Orderly Sergeant Klhott got his arm accidenUlly
broken oa tbe retreat, which was the occasion of bis
falling into the bands of tbe enemy. Private Lewis
Thompson who was captured in Kinston, and, as also
Sergeant Elliott, has been paroled.
Extlajutokt. Among the names advertised in the
Journal as deserters from tbe 18th Regiment N. C. T,
that of Wm. M. l eek appears. Of coarse Col. Purdie
publishes it in accordance with law, but we have proof
mat Air. reck is home on furlough, and in good faith ;
and hswever tbe technical question may be, that he is
wholly bcapable of deserting from the service, or doing
anything approaching to desertion. We have Been and
read Yr. Peck's sick furlough, from what be beticved
to be competent authority. Whether that is right or
not, we do not know, bnt that he acted in good faith
we nave tne utmost confidence. 1
,
' Tw w) T.vwsamaww sra . we . w
tam wmi ur tmk i REss. v ictor ll ago, at a
complimentary dinner given to bim at Brussels, on the
uiumo, maae a Bpeecn, c which the following is an
extract :
What do you all-writers, jouixaiiatu, pub
lishers, ponters, pnblicists, thinkers represent ? AH
the energy ot inteUigence, all tbe forms of publicity,
yosi are mind legion you are the organ of a new so
ciety yoa are the press. I propose a toast to the
press to the presl of all nations to a tree press to a
r i ' m - - ----- vjiuwiueu, UK3
press u the light of the social world, and wherever tbeae
is light there is something of Providence. Thought is
someUung more than a right it is the very breath of
man. Ue who" fetters thought strikes at man himself.
To speak, to write, toprinV to publish, are a point of
right identical things. .They e circles constantly en
larging themselves, from intelligence into action, (ley
re sounding waves of thought. Of all these circles
of all these rays of the human mind the widest is tbe
press. ine oiamewr or tbe press is tbe diameter of
civilization itself. With everr diminution of the liber-
7 ?( V 18 corresponding diminution of
GentEca, who are the auxiliaries of the patriot f
Tie press. I know it, xhe press is hated, and this is a
fxit region for loving it. Every indignitr, every per
secution, srery fanaticiiia, denounces, insalts, and
xczzli it u far .as the can. Courage to thought ;
Lea, tleauregafU anU iMcciritan.
No one wbo reads tha voluminous reporU of Scott's
cunpaign in Mexico can fail to observe thn frequency
with which special honorable ni'?t)ti(jn is m.de of tbrfie
young officers of ths enginetrs. In his first diffpa'cb.
giving an account of Jhe capture of Vera Cruz, Cin.
Scott, after ascribinsr the success of this oin main
ly to tbe engineer officers, says : " If thKi 4hirig
in the form, position and arrangement ofrTlffrtnchts
sn1 batteries, or in tbe marner ot tfn ir execution, it is
due to tbe ability, devotion and ntrcinittin zval of
tHeja officers." Prominent among these ppeeVtly namnl
iwPtjin R. K. Lee, Firet iJtutenanlP. (i. T.
Beauregard and Brevet Second Lieutenant Ceorge B.
McClellan.
liee areras to have been the srxciil lavorite of the re.
teran general, and I hi re is hardly a single dispatch in
which bis name is not honorably mentioned. Ptrhaps
this nay te owing to the met that as he was the high
est in rank, the direct execution of the more important
duties was committed to him. iu the reports of sub
ordinate officers, the name of Beuuregard and MctMcl-
lan, with special commendations ot their zeal and abili
ty, appear with about equal frequency. We have noted
nearly thirty instances ot honorable mention of each of
their names ; and that or 1oe is found quite as frequent
ly mentioned, mainly by Scott tumuli.
In reading the reports of the battles in Mexico, a ,1
n-membering the positions now occupied by tbe various
omcers, some curious coincidences are iound. Thus,
Magrader gives especial credit to Kumner, and Jo-pb
E Johnstonis warm in his commendation of Reno,
After the battle of Cherubusco,' Major Loriog reports
to his immediate superior, Earl Van Porn : " The rifles
'were accompanied throughout by tbe distinguished
young lieutenants Boatregard, Smith and McO'lellar.
the two latter in command of a portion of the engiueer
corps ; all, I am happy to say, bore themselves with the
greatest gallantry."
AtCLurubusco McClellan was under tho immediate
command of Lt. G. W. 8mitb, subsequently street com
missioner in New York, and now one of the generals,
the highest rank in the Con federate "service, superior to
major general, and nearly corresponding to marshal iu
the French army. Hmith i. especially warm in bis
commendations of McClellan. He says : ''Lieut. Mc
Clellan, frequently detached, and several times in com
mand of the engineer company, is entitled to the highest
praise for his cool and daring gallantry on all occasions,
in the actions of the 19th and 20th." And again :
14 The Bines, with Capt. Lee, of the Engineers, were
reconu)iteiing the same works, and bad gone to our
right considerably farther from tbe battery than we j
were. McClellan was directed to ascertain the pos
ture o: anairs, and reported that Loe was engaged with
a superior force. ul ordered Lieut. McClellan," con
tinues Smith, " to report the result of his operations to
uen. j wiggs. lis did so, and on the recommendation
of Lievts. Stevens and McClellan. in which I concurred
the 1st regiment of artillery was ordered to support the
Rifua. I have every reason to be more than satisfied
with the darinr gallantry of Lieuts. O. B. McCIellau
and J. G. Foster, and am much indebted to them for
the efficient manner in which thev Derformcd their ar
aaous amies on the 13tn and 20th of August."
ai iinuruDusco, AicUieilan was also under tbe im
mediate command of Smith, wbo, in bis report to Capt
aiacicau, itne uonlederate lien I Mackall. we suppose,
wbo was killel near Corinth.) savs : " To Lieut G. B.
a . ftl 1 1 M -mm ......
mcuieiian, or toe tcgineer company, 1 am indebted for
most important services, both as an engineer and com
pany officer. Ilis daring gallantry, always conspicuous,
was never more clearly shown than on thia occasion.
"v . .. ..
uperaung most' or the time separately, 1 rcbed lmohcit
ly on his judgment in all matters wb?re I was not ores-
i . . .
eni, ana am nappy to say that the rcs ilt in everv case
jusuuea nis aecisions.
lbe careful reader of the whole scries of diaoatches
respecting the campaign in Mexico, will come to the
conclusion inai me inree men wno, alter the, veteran
commanding general, displayed the highest military
laienia, were me inree young cmcers or engineers Lee.
iieauregara, ana Aicuieilan. ueauregard has'noll on
tne whole, justified bis early promise in as high a de
gree as the others : though it may be doubted whether
the reason is cot to be found in the jealousy of tbe
tioniederate autnoniies rather than in any want of ca-
paHty on bis part Lee and McClellan are virtually at
ine oeaa oi ine two armies oi me xtonn and the South,
and by 'the almost unanimous consent of both sides,
iney are , tbe most capable men to fill these posts. So
far as we can now judge, from tbe combined result of
the whole series of operations in which they have been
pitted against each .other, McClellan baa shown himself
ine superior. Ilia eamnaien in the Demnanla rpsnltf-H
unfavorably, it is true, bat tbe unanimous verdict of
we country is that this was owing to his plans being
thwarted by men without any competent military
knowledge. The success of his operations in Maryland,
where he has had uncontrolled authority, vindicates tbe
highest claim for military capacity which his friends
kav ever advanced for MmiHaTftft Weekly ,
-T- . .. V . K.'V , T lD? " Orleans, fr havla
ii ce tana into Pa igw.iw uniiea Biaiee Itgln Uat city, before its
! if they swung oocuP.Uon bT the forces of the United Mates 'and calllnr
bim at tbe yard-arm as soon as be is captured, or, atU uch ZtT't L5. 5 !7,to J&
pirate " they intend to treat bim if be falla into pul-ed down
tbeir band. We shall not be sorprised
events, in a vert short period .thereafter. It U tfsekts
for us to insist that privateering is a Yankee invention,
soch an ootras bad reany been coniiiitted under sanction
of the ahortties of the United Btatesk
And whereaa, (no answer hawing been received toseid
letter) a-iother letter wa. on the 5d imrntt ia.t itmi
anft that If f?ant " Hprvimoa hei ainnct in -an Av it i. letv
:!: A, v--! t. : .v.. . I addressed by General Lee. nnder mm fn.rmi. . n.J
mind then, that in the who of the last wa with f'XtiZXti vJZl&&&&
land their privateers swarmed on every 6ta, and-, that event of not receiving a reply within fifteen days it would
the ink is scarcely dry on the State paper in which Their he assnmed that the fact alleged was trae and was Sanction-
Government refused emphatically the reqaest of the e dAbV d 8t.te . 4
Eurcp Powers, that the UnlidSUte? would give v$$ TgJSW'
n 4Ut mini, rt . t, j. l.i . it.1i 'u .v m .n . . . .t"? u weuorai a. w.
up u iijui v tiaicciiu. n is useless iu urge mai 1 iiatieo, a b u uenrrai-ui-i;nier or tbe armies of tbe Uni-
i.spt. oemmesis a regular commissioned cincer or tee
Confederate Navy, and not a pirate. For the very
tea mates, alleging inmcieni cause ror failure to make re
ply to said letter of tbe 6th July, aaaertlog that " ao su-
reason that he is an officer and gentleman they would ex,on7 mV
hke to bang bim. 1 hese and all other reasons would taken to ascertain tbe facts of the alleged execution " and
be unavailing to save Capt Semmes from bis threaten- promising that General Lee should be duly informed
ed fate jf be fell into Yankee-handd. But there are thre?f: .
may have more ,
weight liiid which we would britfly point out beforthand Confederate Arent for tbe exchange of nHn. ,i
to those wbo are thirsting lor tbe blood of one of tbeir cartel between the two Governments, to Lieut Col. W. H.
gallant officers and high-toned gentleman in tbe naval
service ot sny country.
In the firttt place, Mo. Glad's rule must ba observed
for cooking turbul first catch your Sub. The Yankee
too lies have first te catch Captain .Semmes. We do
not despise them as seamen. Thj are no great soldiers,
but as sailors we have nothing T say to. their dippar
vgen.ent; But even on tbeir wn favorite element,
Captain Sfminis u the master cf the best man ii their
navy, lie has handled the two single ships which have
been successfully under bis command ia a manner which
throwsjnto the shade even the'explai's of Gen'l Joces.
Me Las uiaao me ocean nnsaie lor lanjces commerce,
and has t.itmrto bellied the best laid and most power
ful orgaoizitioiiH lor his capture. It is possible be may
hi caught at Inst, for one vesiel with a hundred alter
her would Kem to have but littlo chance of escape
And yet we are not sura that be will be caught, lis
will make a bonfire yet of many a Yankee merchant
man be tote that ?ay comes. As to the men-of-war,
when he cannot tubt them he will iua,aud when he
cannot run be wi l ikrht. AnJ tuch a fight as be will
make 1 (If he is onlso fortonate as to meet one of tbem
at a tinifl, tl;ere will le ono ship Ices in the Yankee
navy, liut we trust be may be apprised of the odds
coming ataxBt Dim, and make Lis way to som neutral
port, ready to dart out again at tbe firet opportunity,
und illuminate tbe sea with a hundred more blazing
anKee wreck?.
Even FuppoHup the adventurous Captain to be
Cisght, there is still another argument to sava him from
tbe halter in the ariuinty of retaliation a hundred fold
for his fate. The Yankees need not expect that, any
wrong done Capt. Semmes will be passed over by the cause bim to be immediately executed by banging; and I
Confederate Government. As we have said before, he further order that no commissioned officer of tbe Un'ted
Ludlow, sgent of tbe United States under said cartel. In
forming bim that the explanations promised in the said let
ter of General Halleck, of 7th of Aogoat last, had sot yet
been received, and that if no answer wa aent to tbe Gov
ernment within fifteen davs from tha uu
corxmanication, it would be considered that aa answer is
deemed
And, whereas, by letter, dated oa tha 3d da of thm t.ru.
entsmonth of December, the said Llent. Col. Ludlow ap
prised the said Bobert Onld that the above recited eemmu
nicatioa of the 2'Jth November bad been received and for
warded to the (secretary of War of the United States :
And, whereaa, thia last delay cf fifteen da va .Unveil tar
answer has elapsed, and no answer has been received :
and, whereas, in addition to the taoit admission revolting
from above refusal to answer, I have received evidence
fully establishing the truth of the fact that ths said William
B. Mnmford, a chiaen of tbis Confederacy, was actually
and publicly executed in cold blood by hanging, after tbe
occupation of the city of New Orleana by tbe forces under
tie command of Gen. Benjamin P. Bctler. when said Mom-
101a was an unresisting aba non-combatant eaptlve, and
for no oflence even alleged to hitvt been cjpimitted by him
subsequent to tbe date of tbe capture of the said city :
And, whereas, tbe alienee of tbe government of the TTol.
ted Mates, and its Maintaining of said Butler in high office
under its anthority, for many montna after his commission
ot an act that can be viewed in no other lisht than aa a
del. berate murder, aa well aa of numerous other ontrairea
aud atrocities heresfterto be mentioned,' afford evidence'
oaly too conclusive that the said government sanctions the
conduct of said Butler, and is determined that he shall re-
ma n unpumsnea lor nis crimes :
Now, therefore, I, JsmasoN Dins, President of the
Pnnf.rl.Pat. (itl!!)!? n n .4 i .. U ! a
bounce and deelare the said Benjamin F. Butler to be a fel
on, deserving or capital punishment. I do order that he be
no longer considered or treated simDlv aa a nnblie encrriT
ot tbe ConfeUerate States of Amerioa. but as an ontUw and
ccihmon enemy ot mankind, and that, in tbe event of hla
capture, tbe officer in command of the capturinir force do
ir a . j g . j.- . " v
is a regularly coaim'Fsione'd e-fDrer of the Government,
acting under its cathoniy, und if be should be bung a
hundred Yankt2 officers would be swung in retaliation.
We are making prison; rs of the entmy s officers in
every battle, and the fortunes of war may again throw
large numb rs in our hands. Bo let not the Yankees
exult prematurely over tbe fate of (Japtaiu 8emm
whom they hard got to catch before they hang, and
wuom, it tbey bang, will no accompanied to tbe shades
by a many Yankee officers, with broken necks, ai tb
lateot buUli'rf throws into our hands
From MiiiTieeborIlrllllnt Cavalry Nortiniiiili
In the West.
(Special Dispatch to the Savannah Republican. )
M cbfrke8BOKo', DecambtT 23. Genetal Wheelers
cavalry drove in the enemy's outposts on the Xa-:hvi!le
turnpike on tne 1:0th, burning their camps, store?, A c
Ureat consternation prevailed among the Yankees
General Dodge telegraphed to ltostncranz from
Coiintb on the 20tb, that his cavalry bad been fighting
Forrest all dy. t orre3t, witn 2,500 cavalry and
pieces of artillery, left Waynesboro' oa Tuesday.
uoionei xsapier, witn, Z0UU cavalry and tour cannon,
crossed the lennessee at Carrolville on Monday to join
Bethel, in order to cut cfTGrant'a fnnnliea.
lt is connrmei by report that Forrest routed 5,000
Abolitionists at Lexington, twenty-five miks East ot
Jackson, Tennessee, killed and wounded 500, and cap
mred a urge numoer oi stores. Uar loss was 100
Gewral Wharton's cavalry was attacked by a large
lorc-a ot the enemy on tbe 1 1st, on tbe Franklin turn
pike. lie drove back the Abolitionists with considera
ble slaughter. Our lo.s was one killed and f iur taken
prisoners.
From the Petersburg Exprpn.
Mil ALL POX IU RICIIMOIVU.
The Eicbmond Whig of yesterday has ths article whxb
we give below. In view of the nearness of Kichmond to
retemborg, onr people should at least exercise due caution.
The Whig says :
A prevailing topic in the community, scarcely less gener
al than the battle before Fredericksburg, is the " small
pox." .It is tbe subject of conversion at breakfas', din
ner and supper; iu the parlor and the kitchen. Old and
young, white and black, entertain one another witb ac
counts of the spread of the disease, and in many instances
the fears of the timid are worked unon to such an erunt
that an nnusnal sensation in any part ef the body is suppo
sed to be a premonitory symptom of tie terrible disease
The popular question of the dav ia, " Have yoa been vac
cinated ?" Ono bears this interrogatory aa efien as, in form
er times, his eye would meet the icaairinir Dlaeard on lh
street corners, " Have you tried fco-and so's Vermifuge V
Th constant talk about the disease, the undeniable
fact that it has assumed ao epidemic farm, aad the
consequent areaa or tasiag it are causing hundreds to sub
mil to tne process or re-vaccinafon. The Doctors are do
ing a aood business, and in a short timo will have an on-
uoituuiiT oi cHriuir aiarire coi eciion nfarahn. Tlis rrn.
inr; crop must be a very large one.
if tfcere IS Vtrtce in Vaccination, ami n unn man will
dony the proposition, it will be lair to conclude that tbis
community will, in a abort time, be proof against small
uua. lie ureBuojn laere never boa hp.n n-.h a crennral Tae-
cinatioa among all classes. The precaution is well taken,
for we hear of cases of the disetse in all parts of the city.
u V... UVUUVU DUUUJU ClUHfl Himi.YftPIlT TlWmHDLN AI
the camber of new cases to be published to prevent the cir
culation of exaggerated reports.
Tl Late Fight The Forty Eighth North Carolina.
JMtlon or Ex press . Will von lease nnblishthe follow-
fog" i8tj ff killed and wounded officers, of the 48th Regiment
N. C. T., for tbe benefit of their friends, and oblige
I'M OF THKM.
Killed. -U. Peter rivler, Vn B.
M Ound-Jd Lt Col. ft H. Walknrt. sliirritl on rtrit Hn-
Ms). A. A. Hill, slightly ia the ricbt shoulder; Lt Prim, Co.
C severlyia rieht shonMr- f,t Walker. C,n. r. war.
eitgbOy, on left abonlder; Capt Dowd, through left foot ;
Lieut. Guy, Co. V, -lightly ia arm ; Lt. Tysor. Co. G.
slightly in hand; Lt. Beitman, Cov H, right arm broke;
Lt Beasley, Co. H. thronirh left thiffh: Lt. Smith, r. H.
alightly ia face ; Lt Dulice, Co. L ight leg broke and ampa-
imyeaj Mm Auiun, o. i, aabgerousjy la monUi ; Lt Btaflora.
head ainca dead ; Lu BUlbg, Co. S, sllghUy in left hip.
States, taken oaptiva, shall be released on parole befoi ex
change, until the said Butler shall have met with due pun
ishment for his crimes.
And, whereas, tha hostilities waged aa-iinet thia Confed.
eracy by the forces of tbe United States, nnder tbe com
mand of said Benjamin F. Butler, have borne no resem
blance to such warfare aa is alone nermiosible bv the rnlea
of international law or the nsages of civilization, but have
been characterized bv repeated atrocities and oatracea.
among the large number of which, the following may be ci
ted as examples :
Peaceful and aged citizens, unresisting cantlves and noa-
comDatanta have been confined at hard labor with balla and
chains attached to their limbs, and are atill so held in dun
geons and fortresses. Others have been sibjected to a like '
degrading punishment for selling medicines t ) tbe sick sol--
diers oi me uonreaeracy:
ine soldiers or toe united states nave been invited and
encouraged by general ordera to insult and outraga tbe
wives, ine moiuers ana we enters or our citizens :
Helple?s women have been torn from their homes, and
subjected to solitary confinement, some in fortresses, and
priaons, aid one, especially, on an isl ind of barren sand,
nder a tropical sun; have been fed with loatbsonn rations,
that had been condemned a anflt for soldiers, and have
b' en exposed to the vilest insults : .
Prisoners of war who surrendered to the naval forces of
the United States on agreement that they should be re-
laocail nn narnU Iiim Konn maimaA mnA I- -1.... .....
nnement : .
Pepeated pretexts have been sought or invented for nlnn-
daring the inhabitants of the captured city by finea levied .
ana exaciea nnuer tnreai oi imprisoning recusants at hard
lanor wi n pan ana cnain :
The entire population of the city of New Orleans have
Deeo rnrcea 10 eieci oeiweeu siarvauon, ny tne cocncauon
of al 1 tbeir property, and taking an oath against conscience
tn hear allegiance to thn inv&riAra rf their nnnnirt
EgrBs from the city has been refused to those whose for
titude withstood the test, even to lone and aged women ami
to helpless children; and after being ejected from their
nomes ana roDoea oi tneir property, iney nave been leit to
starve in the streets or subsist on charity :
'in slaves nave oeen driven from the plantations In tbe
neighberbood of New Orleans, till tbeir owners would con
sent to share the crops with tho Commanding General, his
brother, Andrew J. Uutier, and other omcers: and when
anoli AArun) limA tlAAfl thA llavaa TiavA Kaam mm-
stored to tho plantation, and there compelled to work un
der the bayonets of guards of United States soldiers:
wnereinis parmersnin was reiuseu armea exoeaitions
have been sent to the plantations to rob them of evrvthinir
that was susceptible of removal, and even slaves, too aged
or innrm ror wora nave, ia spue oi ineir entreaties, been
iorced from the homes providd by the owners and driven
lo winder helpless on the highway i ' ' ,. - ,
Eva recent General Order (No. 91) the' entire nronertv
in that part of taulaiana, lying west of the Mississippi river.
has been secfuoatrated, for confiscation, and officers have
been assigned to doty with orders to " gather no and col
lect the personal property and turn ever to the poper of-
uccm uuwu uu lobeiuu nuvu vi um uiuucri Y aa war uo
required for the use of the United States army to col
lect togetner au ine otner personal property and
bring the same to Aew Orlearm, and cause it to
be sold at public auction to the hiirbeBt bidders.
an order which, if executed, condemns to punishment by 1
starvation, at least a quarter of a million of human beings,
of all agea, sexes and conditions ; and of which tbe execu- ' '
tion, although forbidden to military officers by the ordera
of President Lincoln, is in accordance with tbe Confiscation
Law of our enemies, which te has directed to be enforced
through the agency of civil officials'. And finally, the Afri- ;
can alaves have not only been excited to insurrection by
every licenrfe and encouragement but numbers of them
have actually been armed ror a servile war, a war in its
nature far sxceeding in horrora the most merciless atroci
ties of the savages : .
And whereaa, the sfficera under the command of the said
Ttntt.. tiawA Kuan 4n nftitv Inatanp.Aa. an ti va and .a.lnn.
agents in the commission of these crimes, and no instance '
isnown of the refusal of any one of them to participate ia
the ou trages above narrated :
And whereas, the Preaident of the Uuitel Etatec has, by
pablio and official declaration, signified not only his ap
nrnral of the effort to excite servile war within the Con-
fdraflT. but bis intention to give aid and encouragement '
thereto, if these independent States shall continue to rat use
submission to a loiugo pvwer aiter tne nrst day ot January .
next ; and aaa moa maae Known uat all appeals to tbe
laws of nations, the dictates of reason and the instincts of
humanity would be addressed in vain to our enemies, and
that they can be deterred from the commission of these
orimes oaly by the terms of jost retribution :
Now. therefore, L Jefferson Davis. President of the Can.
federate States of Amerioa, and acting by tbeir authority,
appealing to the Divine Judge in attestation that their con
duct is sot fuiasa 47 ue pasuoa ox merge, tat that the