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; ' vv r-V- w.v -V.' -"-vr-. -V-yfcT" I fill i ?fip 111 liilii V VOL. LX1I RALEIGH- WEDNESDAY 0EN1NG, AUGUST 27, 1862 ; .- . . ... , ....J ..... . . . Register Ouri are tb pln of Utr dligbtfal peae Unwrp'd by pirtyragt to 1It Lik brothers.' RAtiEIGH, X.C,r ' ' - , "" ' ' " ' . SATURDAY MOBNING, AUG. 23, 1862. A W All 'OF EXTEUMINATIOX. We publish to-daj the corretpondenoe be-ac-Ber&li Lee and Halleck.: The idea oC Hilleck'a breaking off theCQrreponaence on he ground thit Gen. Lee's letter was in sulting, is a fine specimen of combined Yan kee impudence and knarery. Halleek knew that be was cornered knew that IU govern ment had broken, and was constantly breaking m m . i il . L 1 throueh the usaees wbicn mitigate ina norrors of war, arid attempts to escape under the cloak of offended dignity, instead of telling what he knew to be the truth. But this lankee rzfce will not sene his purpose.' It ,is man if eat now that the Lincoln Government hu. in it dftimeritiori. eommeneed. and for some time past p ersistently pursued,' a: course which will make this war one of mtual ex fprminttinn " It ia & fact horrible to con template, but it is one' which must be looked folly and firmly in the face, unless our. Yan kee enemy ceases his atrocious violiations of all the laws of civilized warfare, and all the instincts and principles of enlightened hu manity. This business of hanging, shooting, robbing and imprisoning Confederate priso . ners and harmless non-combatant old men, "women and children, mast be stopped., or the - ....- South, while it will, under no circumstances, wreak on the heads of women and children the vengeance due to men, will. show, no quarter to a Yankee prisoner taken with arms in his hands pr fighting by the side of armed negroes. The Confederate authorities have foreborte lcng enough, and their con stituents imperatively . demand of them that they accept, at once, that mode of warfare which, in spite of their, earnest and repeated remonstrances, the Lincoln Government has determined to wage. If this wa is to be fought under the pall of the BUck Flag, let the responsibility for the outrage upon hu manity rest upon the demons who first taint ed the pure air of heaven by unfolding to it the horrid banner. Our esptured soldiers and non-combatant menj women and children must bo protected from such , treatment as they are now receiving in many quarters at the hands of the Yankees, if it costs the shooting down or hanging of every Yankee officer and private who falls into our hands. ' The' people of the Confederacy demand this of their gov- ernment, and wQl be content with no les?, although the curtain shall rise: upon a scene on this continent at -which all Christendom - will stand aghast. . I A PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Our readers will find the message of Presi dent Pa vis in to-day's paper, and we think that they will agree with us teat it is an excel lent State Paper. It is business-like, clear, and concise, and possesses " that merit of brevity wbich is so often and so sadly found wanting in American State Papers, . The spirit of hope and confidence in the success of our arms, and the ultimate triumph of our cause which it breathes, will find an echo in every true Southern hearr. -; Its acoount of the condition of our Finances is cheering, in the extreme, and in fine contrast with what we .know to be the case with the pecuniary affairs of our enemy. - V.--. - The determination expressed to retaliate upon the Yankees" for the atrocious 'outrages iDfiicted by them on our soldiers and -people, will be gladly hailed by the entire country. The people expect this course of action, and as we have said elsewhere, will be satisfied "with nothing less. r Some difference of opinion' may be enter tained as to tha views of the President in re gard to the enlargement of the sphere of the Conscript Law', many persons believing that the enlargement should' be made at once, and the additional troops whioh will be rais ed by it be immediately Called to the field. Steps on this subject have already been taken in Congress, and we have no doubt that. action commensurate with the emergen cy, and therefore satisfactory to the country, will be soon taken. , f : . . k , McCELLAN CONE FROM J AMES RIVER. There is no doubt now that McCIeUan,' with his entire force, has left James River and turned np at Fredericksburg, to assist in an onward - march to Eiohmond by a third route. By this movement "the yonthful Na poleon has proclaimed to the world that Jbis address to. his armyjat Harrison's Farm, and his despatches to his government made up a bundle of outrageous falsehoods, for, if the scries of fights , on the Chicahominy was a series of successes obtained by' him for the purpose of securing, a strategb " 'point, whence Richmond could be more efficiently assailed than on the lino first' adopted, why JJ that point or "base" abandoned! There can U but one reply. ' . i ;..V. GEN. BRANCH'S BRIGADE' . It teems that we were right in stating that the North Carolinians who participated in the'Battle of Cedar Run! were those com posing the Brigade of Gen.; Branch. This brigade did essential service in the battle,' as our readers will see by an-account of it pub lished in to-day's paper. Looking at the fact that Branch's appointment to a Generalship was sneered at and denounced by a no less judge of military capacity than that ; brave and war-worn veteran, the Editor of the Ra leigh Standard, we cannot help thinking that the General has, thus far, done almost as well as his merciless military critic, Captain Holden, himself could have done had he taken the field, instead of staying at home to manufacture military I renown for, those who have .'ndt as. jet carnfd It, and' racer at those who, despite his predictions, have ren dered service, to' their country - and earned enviable fame for themselves. '. " T ' .We, however, express tnis opinion with all commendable diffidence, as toe are not, and never have been a Captain of a company of Wake County militia, and have been taught " never to discourse of war in the presence of Hannibal." THE BATTLE ABOUT? TO COM E OFF. We are in momentary expectation of bear ing of the commencement of the greatest battle of modern times, j The movement of the Yankee troops from western Virginia, James IjRiver and the re gion about DoffolK, indicates a purpose on the part of the enemy tojeoncentrate all his avauanie xorce on me une laeiy cnosen oy him in the region of the ttapidan and Rap 111 t t pahannock, and there gite us battle. All accounts agree that we have accumulated an immense force to meet, and as we trust in God, drive back this hostjof Goths and Yan 3ala. ' If we succeed in doing so, we devout ly hope there will be no pause finthe order" of our following them intq their own-country, and making them drain t$ the dregs the cup of invasion and desolation which they have commended to our lips, j DEATH OF THB HON. WARREN WINSI.OW. We chronicle with' deep regret the death of the Hon. Warren Winlow. He died at his residence in Fayettevflle, on Friday the 15th instant, aged about 53 years. t He had been in wretched health jjor several months Mr. Winslow was well known throughout the country, having filled many important public offices, both under! the State and Na- ional Governments. Hefbad been a leading member of the Bar, Senator in our State Legislature, Speaker of the Senate, and by virtue thereof "Governor-4f the State for a short, period on the election of Governor Reid to tho U. S. , Senate : afterwards for four years Representative in the'U. S, Con gress from the Cumberland District, and member of the Slate Convention from Cum berland and Harnett. WARREN WHITE SULPHUR AND CHALYBEATE SPRINGS. We call attention to the advertisement of Mr. Wm. D. Jones, offering for sale the War ren White Sulphur and Cjhaljbeate Springs, with the tract of land on which they are situ ated. We know this property well, and it is in no spirit of puffing that wesay that such a valuable property a3 A that now offered by AJr. Jones is rarely found in market. ; Inde pendent of its. value as a popular watering place and summer resort the plantation is one of the best and inpsfc profitable the' State : . 'I "i l ' ; KF" We aregtadtoliear that our friend and fellow -to wnsman, Seaton Gales, has-been ap pointed Adjutant - of the 4th Brigade! N. C. T,, commanded. by Gen. Geo. B. Ander son. Mr Gales, while Lieutenant of Co. K., of the 14th Regiment, filled the post of Adjutant of that regiment with great credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. We doubt not that as Captain Gales, he will, in his larger sphee df operations acquit him self in a like creditable manner. FINE RAIN. We had a delightful j tain on Thursday night, whioh came just in time to make" a good deal of the late corn! From all sections of the South we hear of most abundant corn crops. Corn has fallen in this rmar,ket from $L 40 to per bushel, and iwill fall yet lower.;;,.:;-;:ff 3idEQiA Tkoops, It has been officially ascer tained that Georgia has ' in the Confederals ser- vice 59 regiments of infantry; 4 regiments of cav alrj; 2 legiona consisting cavalry, infantry and artillery; 14 independent pattaliona of artillery and infantry; 6 .independent companiee, land a number of partiaao-corps of .which no account ba been stated. 1 ' ' - ' ;- ',' -i'J Thx Coa Caop.--The Uarion Star Infornis us that the cova- crops through1 the middle of North Carolina are unusually promising, bo much to that the price of corn is declining in Charlotte. A gentleman engaged in the grain trade thought tnatcorn would sen xor Oily eenu. . It la now selling ia soma parts of Georgia for. t went j-fife cents per . . ; . MEBTING OF CONQBESS. Both Houses of Congress reassembled at Eich--mond on Monday last, the 18th in L . There be ing a quorum of the members of each House pres ent, they immediately proceeded to business. In the Senate, Mr. Yaneey gave notice that on the nextday (Tuesday) he should offer a Resolution to strike out the 43rd and 46th rules of the 6en ate.and Insert the following words r "All legislative bessionsshall be held, with open doors,ezcept other wise ordered by ,j vote of two' thirds of the mem bers voting, the said vote to be taken by yeas and nays." The 43rd an'J 46th rules relate especially to the matter of Becret sessions. We are glad to see this movement, as by far too mucb of the business of previous sessions has been done in secret session, The President's me36ago' was then ireceived and read, wnen tbe Senate ordered 1000 extra , copies to be printed, and then adjourned. , 1; . In the House , several important bills were in troduced. OnebylMr. Gartrell, of Ga", making' Treasmy notes A.4gftl tuddrt which was refef- ed to the Com mi flee on the Judiciary. Mr Gartrell also offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of compelling the Commissary Depart ment to furnish our soldiers with more and belter food, which was agreed t. Mr. "Miles, of S. C, offered a bill to extend the application of the Conscript Act to all citizens un der 45 years of age; also a bill to punish slaves taken in arms, and the white men assuming to be their officers. This bill provides that the slaves so taken shall be delivered up to the authorities Of the Stale in which captured, to be disposed of bv its laws; and the white officers either to be hung or also delivered up to tne State authorities. Both these bills were referred to the Committee on Mili tarv Affairs. Mr. Foote of Tenn., offered a bill for retaliatory purposes. It recites that the enemy refuse to treat our parlizan soldiers as prisoners; and have also punisiiad innocent private citizens for their acts. It provides that an officer who may have ordered such atrocities, to be put to death if cap tarewi. An equal number of persons (officers to be preferred) taken! from the enemy to fsuffer the fate inflicted da jour captured soldiers or citi zens.l ' , . -. f ; : ... . ; .T Also a bill lor the treatment of captives. It provides that any officer or private captured" by our army who shall have committed any oHence pronounced felonious by the laws of the Confede racy or any btate, shall be delivered up for trial, j Also a bill to punish negroes in arms. . It pro vides that Federal armies incongruously compos ed of white and black, shall not be held , entitled to the privileges of war, or to be taken prisoners Of such as may be captured, the negroes shall be returned to their masters or publicly sold; and their commanders to be 'hung of shut, as may be most convenient. Also, a bill to retaliate for the seizure of citizens by the epemy. It provides that of tire prisoners held by us a number, equal to that of the citizens scized'shall be held as hostages for their safety and subjected to like treatment; any officers, civil or military, concerned in their seizure, shall be lm prisoned during the war.1 All the bills of Mr Foote were, on his motion, roferred tothe Miutfcry Committee. Mr. Foote also pfesentedan argumentative pre amble and resolution in favor of open sessions of uongrees, ana providing inai nesceiorin a mouon to go into secret, session shall require a majority vote, by yeas aid nays. On motion it IwaS laid over. Mr. Foote offbred a bill to provide for raising an additional force ol 230,000 men. Un his own motion it was laid on the table. Also, a bill providing an export duty of 20 per cent, pn cotton and tobacco,to aid in indemnifying the Iosbcs of citizens by the enemy. Mr. Eusselljpf Via., offered a resolution instruc ting the Committed on Military Affairs to inquire whether the Cartel; for the exchange ot. prisoners bad not been violated by the enemy, irufamng to restore certain prisoners, and administering to them an oath of allegiance to their government, and retaining them within their lines; and, also, wbatlegwlation is thereby rendered necessary. Also, a bill to repress the atrocities ot the enemy. Referred without reading. Mr. Cnambliss, of Va., offered a resolution in structing the Compittee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of regulating the im pressment of slaves, by the military authorities, and report. Agreed to. ... ' TUESDAY'S P ROCEE DIN GS. In the Senate on; Tuesday no business was done, save the reference of the different branches of the President's Message to appropriate Committees. In the House axesolution offered, by Mr. Chil ton, of Ala., as a substitute for theonejoffred'yes- terday by Mr. Foote, decfariLgthat it shall xq quire a majoritfof the members pres ent resolve the House into secret session, was adopted by a large majority. 'A resolution was adopted leferring the President's Message, with accompanying documents, to appropriate commit tees. The House then adjourned. In the Senate on Wednesday, Mr. Brown, of Miss., adverted to ihe abuse of the substitute sys tem, in a few j pertinent remarks, the object of which was to direct the attention of the Com mittee on Military; Affairs to. the subject. The session was a short, one, as no bills have yet been introduced from the standing Committees. In the House,' a committee was appointed to in yestigate the alleged . ill treatment of soldiers in the hospitals in the Department of Henrico. A resolution was adopted to provide for facilitating privatering. ' Also, a resolution ol thanks to Col. John Morgan and his command for distinguished services rendered in the recent brilliant Campaign through Kentucky. Resolutions to abolish the office of the Secretary of the Navy, and declar ing Brute Butler an enemy to the humanrace, were offered and referred to appropriate commit tees. j . FATAL AFFAIRS. ' ; At an hospital in Lynchburg, V., on Monday, C. McDaniel, of the 14th Tenn.. was killed in an affray with J. Holmes, of the 13th Ga., who stab bed him in the heart. James Read 'was acciden tally killed on the same day. On entering- his house, he m a playful manner snapped a pistol at his sister two or three times,, and upon her re monstrating wivh him, to show her it was not loaded, put it first io his mouth and then to his breast, when the loaded barrel ex ploded,the ball passed entirely through bis body. - He fell into bis brother's armsxclaiming, "I am killed,"and died in a lew moments. . -:: . BaiGa's MovaMisTs. -The Mobile Tribune of the 12th says that orders have been issued by General Bragg limiting the baggage of our army to what the men can carry .In their knapsacks, and thera 'waa every other : indrcatiori. that it would make a forward movement immedSatalj. LATER PB03f THE NORTH. ;i - Northern papers of the 16th instant have been received in Richmond. . . .. . . ; Oa th night of the i3th inst the steamer Wt Point,- with' 19T convalescent troops from New port News, for Burnside's army, was run into aC Aqula Creek by the steamer George Peabody. Capt. Trayers.and sunk in a few minutes. Seven-' ty-three lives were lost,' including the wives of Major TDort, Lieut' CoL : Scott, and Capt. Cum mings, of the 6th N. H. regiment. . -; f-t ' : The negro- brigade of General Hunter, t BiU tod Head, S. C has been disbanded, as ':' 'the ne groes coaid not bQ made soldiers." ' .; . , . ' 'A large number of Tankees are going over the Canada line and taking the oath of allegiance to the British government, to avoid being drafted.? In Washington, on the 14th, Lincoln addrs- td a delegation of colored men," who waited on im by invitation, to i4talk over" the subject of emancipation. His 'address is reported it two columaaoi the New '.-York HeralcL, and includes two verses ot poetry; xhe following . an- ex : tract from his speech : ' .- . ':'i::tf: : hc bmy qu ceMec be slaves y ou are yet far removed from being placed on, an equality ; vvith the white race. - You are cut off from ; many of the advantages which the other race enjoy , The aspiration of men is to enjoy equality with the best when free; but on this broad continent not a Sin gle man of your race is made the equal of a tingle man of ours. Go where you are treated the best and the ban is still upon you.": I 15" The New York Herald sustains Mri Lincoln, and says that the negroes should be put to work in digging trenches, driving teams, fellicg timbers-taking charge of the ambulances; and the wounded, cooking and other , operaUqns of te cauip, od the field, but never let weapons be put in tlje hands of a race nbt destined for political equii!4; : , - -. ;i i.: ;'f:;. ; L. Pope, in his official report of the battle of r "an, says that his loss was 1,500 killed and wouhd - ,&nd that Monday night the Confederates fled from the field, leaving) their dead unburied and woundedlying along the road. . 1 ' The Quincy Herald says twentyVone Confeder ate prisoners, were shot at Macon,Mo.,on the 12tb, for breaking their parole, and: twelve more are under sentence of death. Robt. AJDobbin of the Baltimore American, died on the 14th. instant, i Thexe is a general dissatisfaction expressed in the papers at the result ot tne battle at ueaar tun. Tbe New York IPorfcfsays that it is the old story over again, but consoles itself with the announce ment from 'Washington that the Federal army is to 'try it oyer again,'' by advancing on the Canied erate forces. i -;' t- . A correspondent of the New York' World gives the following account of the battle : As I approached my destination the cannonad-, ing had commenced. A ltna of dust above the woods indicated the road upon which our troops were advancing. . Gen. Bayard had been driven back from the Rapidan,and Gen. Crawford's brig ade had' been sent out to support him. Their forces joined him at Cedar Runand took position' Besides his four well tried regiments, ,the 28th New York, 46th Pennsylvania, 10th Maine, and 5th Connecticut, General Crawford had with him three batteries of artillery--Roe'mer's,Knapp's,and Best's. With this command he had stood and re sisted the advance of J ackson during the afternoon of yesterday, successfully deluding him in regard to his actual strength. ; .': The Confederates had now "advanced all along their1 lines from beyond the Rapidan. X- en. Banks was this morning ordered to the front. ; Cannon adioe commenced at 3 o'clock P. M. and the ac- euraey of the enemy's aim Waa.unu&ual. Gen (Au gur, who commands the second division of Gen. Banks's army ,was upon tne left, and sunered much from their shell. He was himself wounded. Gen. Geary was also wounded. 'i , The guns core less heavily upon Gen.Williams's division on the right. For them was ; reserved the shock of the' terrible fire of musketry which commenced at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Craw ford's and Gordon's brigades were spread out up on the right under the shelter of a line 0f woods. A right flank movement was determined upon,in' tended to have been the decisive stroke of the day. Crawford's brigade was ordered to. ad vance. Slowly and steadily they were moving on, and though, iney anew it.no, atmosi to uieir entire destruction. ' .. , . . Having passed nearly through an opening in the woods beyond which the enemy were sup-; posed to lie concealed, volley on volley of shots and" bullets were poured out upon , them, causing an unprecedented slaughter. . They gained, and held the woods and fonsht while half a dozen of the enemy's shots were responded to by but one ' . . rrtt . I . .1 iHi ci out own. ;j.ne aesirucuon was ppa!uiijg. -Col. Donnelly, of the 28th New Yorki was carried from the field mortally wounded. Col. Knipe, of the 45th ' Pennsvlvahia,' was wounded: and when tbe brigade of two thousand men retired from the field, it was well nigh annihilate!, inree neia officers only escaped harm--CoIeaieH3ieno firstappTies such a rule to our citizens? " 1 Oth MameLiiieujAiiaitohjfierSelfridge, of the 46th Pennsylvania, 1 and Major " Walker, of the 10th Maine. Captains and Lieutenants wei e also nearly every one killed, wounded or captured. General Gordon's brigade, which came up to suDDort them, came out of the action almost as - . . m . . 3 l:. . a badly injorea. xne uenerai ana pweiau were unharmed, but his regimehts suffered heavily. The remnant of the two brigades wul now scarce' ly make a single regiment, r N General Crawford remained on the field long after his men had" been 'driven back,- and barely escnped being captured.' He was sO near tbe ene my as to have o er heard the ; address of Gen. Jackson to bis men after the fight. Prisooenre bort the enemy to have been no less than 25,000. Qeneral Banks's force was only 10,000- The-ener my have not pursued ua. .We neld the ground at night occupied during the day. " We have I not. been aeteaieu, tnougn we nave suuerea wsmoiy. I .FROM THE COAST. . - Rumors of various kinds have reached here, within the last few davsJ of aggressive movements being made from Newborn by the Yankee force there under Foster. -f- From the best information we can recieve they anded, on Friday or Saturday, a force at ; Bwans- boro', in Onslow county! which has been stated, as amounting to between two and three thousand: a ?art of this force consisting of cavalry and artillery, 'hey succeeded in captuiing one of Captain Among other depredations committed by them, we learn vhat they destroyed Mr. Scott's and Mr. Sanders Salt - Works, and perhaps other Salt works on that part of the coast. In fact, we have justiearned that they destroyed every salt jj work, or arrangement lor maxing sail, wimin ten miies of S wansboro'. They are the same marauders who recently advanced in the direction of Kins -4 ton. , . ; ' '..,. . : , ' ' - ' . " To the great value of these works their indis pensable necessity at this time we think the at tention of the Confederate and State Governments ought to be called.. No doubt the enemy contem plates further depredations of the same character cearer Wilmington. Wilmington Journal. - Heavy A&aiVAt. We have a seemingly an themtic statement of a late, heavy arrival for ac count of the Confederacy at a Confederate port One mlillion pounds of powder and tbirty-fiva thousand stand of arms are among' the Items -of the cargo, the aggregate value of whichfwas such that the' Government agreed to pay 800,000 sterling on delivery a sum equivalent, at present rates of exchange, to about $8,000,000, m y JAToWe AOtyerUter WML J&gistettJ4tA. ; THE LAW OF RETALIATION. -HIGHLY INTERESTING CORRESPON DENCE .BETWEEN GENERALS LEE -AND HALLEOK., , , i . '. The President communicated to Congress ott Monday ' the following' correspondence between Geil. Lee and Get. Halleek; '''j: :i"7-V'. Haaros Dxpas'tuekt of Va., V 1 1' ,..t;-.-.':?l ttly alst 1862. U To Major General B. McCLeUan, . : , . -. ii Gothmandiiur Armv of the Poiomae i Qksxvull It has come to my knowledge that many of our citizens, engaged in peaceful avoca tions, have been arrested and imprisoned because they refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States,' while others, by hard and harsh treatment, have been compelled to take an oath not to bear arms against that Government. I have learned that about one hondred of thai latter class have recently been released from For- tress Monroe. This Government refuses to admit the right of the authorities of the United States to arrest our citizens and extort from them their parole TJOt to "render military service to their coun try, under the, penalty of incurring punishment In case they fall into the hand! cf your force. I am directed by the Secretary of .War to Inform you that such oaths will not be regarded as obli gatory, and persons who take them will be re quired to render mlitary service. . Shculd' your Government treat the rendition of such service by these persons as a breach of parole, and pun lsh it accordingjy, this Government will resort to retaliatory measures as the'only means of com polling the observance of the rules of civilized warfare. , I have the honor to be, very respectfullyyour obedient servant, . ' - - (Signed) R. E.: LEE, j 'i General Commanding. Hkad'qs Abut of Ubtited States; i " - Washington, Aug:. 13, 1862. To Major General Geo . McClellan, i , Commanding Army of, the Potomac : Gekxral I have lust received from the Ad jutant General's; office your letter of July 30th, enclosing a letter from tien. K. B. Lee, of July 21st. V ' , !.'.,-- ; The letters of General Dix and Mjor Jloore will furnish you with the proper information for a , reply to uen. .Liee's complaints in regard to the treatment of prisoners at Fortress Monroe. The i Government of ; the United States ha never au thbrized any extortioh of oaths of allegiance lor military paroles, and ha9 forbidden any measures to oe reeortea to tendmg to that end . Instead of extorting oaths of allegiance and paroie, it nas refused the applications, of several thousand prisoners to be permitted to take them ana return to their, homes in the rebel states. At the same time this Qoyernment claims and will exercise the right to arrest, imprison, or place beyond i.s military lines any persons' suspected df giving aid and information to its enemies, or of any other treasonable act. and if persons so ar rested voluntarily take tbe oath of allegiance, or give their militaryparole and afterwards violate their plighted faith, they will be punished accord ing to tbe laws and usages of war. j You will as sure Gen. Lee that no unseemly threats of retail ation on his part will deter this Government irom exercising its lawful rights over both persons and property, of wnatever name or character. "Very respectfully, your ob't servant, (Signed) I H., W. HALLECK, ' General-ia-Chief U. 8. Army. .To Qeiu R. E. Lee. Commanding, &c utKNEKAi. xour letter ot July 6th was re ceived at the .Adjutant General's office on the 14th, but supposing from its endorsement that it required no further reply, it was filed.! without being shown, to the President or Secretary of w ar. x learn to-aay, for the first time, that ald letter had Deen received, and hasten to reply xie authentic information has been received in relation to the execution of either John Owen or Mumford, but measures will be immediately taken to ascertain the facts of those alleged executions, .oi wnicn you will be duly informed. , I need hardly assure you.' General, that so far as the United States authorities are concerned this contest will be carried on in , strict 'accordance with the laws and usages of modern warfare, and i,nai au excesses win oe duly punished. i In. regard to the burning of bridges within, our lines oy persons in disguise as peaceful citizens, I refer you to my letter of the 22d of January last, to Gen. Price. I think you will find the views there expressed as not materiallv diflenng from those stated in your letter. In regard to retaliation by taking tbe lives of innocent persons, I know of no modern authority which t justifies it except ia the extreme case of a war with any on civilized foe, which has -himself first established such a barbarous rule. Tbe United States will never Ann n tan ancA such- . nrrffp(viinr iinlaaa'frtrrwT to 0 B0 by tne barbarous conducLjDf-an enem Very respectfully, your obd't servant, ! (Signed) H. W. HALLECK, j ! General-in-Chief U.S. iArmy. fcsADQ'&s Army of the "C. 8." I .Near Richmond, Aug. 2d, 1862. To the General Commanding the Army of the United States, Washington : j ' ; " Gekebal On the 29thof June last, I was in k strucfed by the Secretary of War to inquire of Major General McClellan as to tbe truth of al leged murders committed on our citizens by offi cers of the United Slates Army. The case of Wm; B: Mumford, reported to have been mur dered at New Orleans by order of If aj. General B. F. Butler; and Colonel John .Owen, reported, tobave been murdered in Missouri, by order of Major General Pope, were those referred to. I had the honor to be informed by Major General McClellan that he had referred these inquiries tor his Government for a reply. No answer has as yet been received, . The President of the Confederate States ' has since been credibly informed that numerous other officers of the army of the United States within the Confederacy have been guilty of felonies and . capital offences which are punishable by all laws,, human and divine. I am directed by him to bring to your notice a few of those- best authen ticated. -Newspapers received from the United States announce as a fact that Major General Hunter has armed slaves for the ' murder of their masters, and .has thus done all in his power to inaugurate a set vile war, wbich is more than that of ihe savage, inasmuch as it superadds other terrors to the indiscriminate slaughter of all ages, sexes, and conditions ' ; ; !r'-:i"'' -: !:-.- . 4 'Brigadier General Pbe'ps is reportebto have i n itiated in New Orleans the example set by Major General Hunter on tbe coast of South ' Carolina, Brigadier General GN. Filch is stated In the' same journals to have murdered, in cold blood, two peaceful citizsus , because one of his i men, while invading ;Our country, was killed by some smkoown person while defending his home.;! . I am instructed by the President of the Con federate States to repeat tbe inquiry relative to tbe cases of Mumford and Owen, and to ask whether the statements in relation to the action of Generals Hunter Phelps and Fitch are admitted to be trae, and whether the conduct ot the Generals is sane tioned by their Goyernment"i:-G: I am ; fnrther directed by lie Excellency, the President, to give notice that, in the event of not receiving a reply .to these inquiries within fifteen days from the delivery pf this letter, it will be as Burned that the alleged facts are trne, and afe sanctioned by the Government of th United States. In melt event, on, that Govarmest will rest the responsibilitjiof tha retribhtloaoc retaC'c iatory measure which shall be adopted to pat an r end talhe mercaleBs atrocitiaa whidk bow charao- ' terize the war against tha Confederate SUtes. , ' 'A ', I am, most respectfullvf Tour ' . 4. , . general Commanding. , ) lb the General Cbmmandina.) I.?,. U.S. Army; JFwAvfortJ d. a. GKNaaAX In obedience to the order of Qia Excellency, the President of the Confederata States, I have the honor to make to yon tbe fo' lowing communication ; j - . j -:t -( On the S2d July last a cartal for W renaral V. change of prisoners of war was signed between " Jiajor uenerti uuui, lrr behalf r the Con. federate States, and Major General John A. Dix. :A vvisf st. . rt oa . t i . Ht,i Lall prisoners of war hereafter take shall be duu charged on parole till exchanged. j ' , ' - 1 Scarcely had that cartel been sis5ne4 when tha military mathorities of the United States com menced a practice changing the wjkole character of yba war, from such aa beoomsa ci.vllizod nations , into a campaign of indiscriminate j robbery , and ' murder. .; p.-., i j--'; The general order issued by the SeeraUrrof I War of the United States, in the ityxf .Wash- ! ington, on the very day the cartel ras signed in ' Virginia, directs the military commanders of the United States to take the privaU ptoperty of oar people fdr the convenience and use df thwlr armies, , withoat compensation, t, J - . p t. . . t. f . The general order, issued bv Mijor Gsneral Pope on the 23d day of July, tha day of the sign log of the cartel, direcu the murder of our peace.1 furinhabitant as pies if found nittly tllllns;; the arms in his rear, even outside of his lines, 1 and one of his Brigadier Generals, Stainwehr has t seized upon innocent and! peaceful 'inhabitants to ! be held as hostages, to tbe end that they may be ; k murdered la cold blood. If any of his soidlars ara killed by some unknown persons whom he design ( nates as ubushwhackers. j 'l , We find ounelves" driven by our enemies by i steady progress tovrards a practice .which we ab i hor, and which we are vainly struggling to avoid. TJnder these circumstances this Government has L issued the'aocompanyicgj general frder, wbich I f--am directed by the President to transmit' to yoo. i recognizing Msior general rope and hlscoamis- sioned officers o be in have chosen for tbemse tbe position whioh they bemselves, that 6t robbers and murderers, and not thae of publio enemies, entl tied, If captured, war. I ,i s ' to be treated as prisoners of Tha 1vaaMAf4 ltiltMa M t "i I M . u v a iiuyui tJtaw iubu uvs tilt a taaaWrUI JUU that we renounce bur right of retaliation on the j innocent, and will continue, to trwat the private enlisted soldiers of General Pope's J army as prhw : oneri of war ''3 hut if, fter notice to year Govetn-1 ment that we confine repressive measures to the j punishment of commissioned officers, who are j willing participants in ! those -crimjes, the Ravage ; practice threatened in the order alluded to e psr- j sisted in,' we ' shall be reluctantly 'forced o tha last resort of accepting the war on theUermaj chosen by our enemies, ubtil the vlce of anoot r raged humanity shall compel a reseect for tha re cognized usages of war. A ' ! While the President considers that the , facts j referred to would justify a refusal on oar part to j execute tho cartel by which we have agreed to ' liberate ah excess of prisoners of war in oar hands, j a sacred t-egard tor plighted faith, which ahrinks ) from the semblance of breaking s promfoa, pre- ! eludes a resort to such snl extremity nor is it bis desire toexteod to any othea forces of the United ' States tbe punishment merited by General Pope. and such commissioned officers as choose to par ' ncipaie in toe execution pi nis lniamous order, j I have- the honor to be, very respectfaliy, your ' B. I. LEE. ' obedient servant T (Signed) General Commanding. ' ' i ' ; HtADQ'aS CW THX ARMT, 1 ' I : Wsshington, Augj. 9, 1862. ,i General R. E, Lee, Commanding, $c. t i : GiNkaAL Your twoj-communtcatioas of the ' 2d intanfc. with AaieloaurM. ai resni-waA Am Vim . ' 'papers ai c inched ia language sxoHdiBgly icsulU ing to tne uovernment or tne usitea Slates, I. i must respectfully. decline to receive them. They i are returned herewith, v.' . ' , Very respectfully, your obedient servant, ' A ; . Hnv-.rH-- : w. halleok,---- i ! Generai-iin-Obeif U. 8. Armv. CAPTURE OF A FEDEHAL QUN- i f - BOAT.: I ; . v A dispatch from Jackson, Mis., states that on the 6th iust. tbe Federal runboat Samter, in endeavoring to make; a landing at Dijon qara, ran aground, rihe was sum- monecttd snrrender by the -Mayor on behalf- oremiiittixoMhe I parish of West Feli ciana, and yolonteersorniisijiippiner . captain; asked time toi consider 'the demand, which was granted. , In the meantime the . . transport Ceres srrived, and the Confederates ' being withoat artillery, she ran alongside the Samter, when the .officers and crew of the Utter abandoned her and escaped on the jj transport! A Urge number of small t.'rma and stores were found on the Sumter. , Af ter securing the property 'ba board, the ves- 'J sel was fired and destroyed. The flames un 'fortunately communicated to the depot of the . west jceiiciana Aturoao, wwen, witn quo . hundred and fifty hogsheads cf sugar, was1 . destroyed. Most of - this . sugar had been seized and left thjere under elaunj of tha gun- . boat Essex. Next mombg gunboat No. 7 ' and a transport arrired at Bajjou 8ara and landed a small foree, which wai allowed to march half a mile Inland. They ' were then attacked by the Confederates, aid one of the invaders xnorUlly wounded. ; Tbre other wo vuij wuuuueu, us uuaooe running . . back to their boats. was one raan. The gunboat after this threw four shells 1 into the town, bat without doing any dam age. - Among the trophies captured from the ! Sumter were two Un ted Sutes flsgs, one ' pennant, and one chest of sgnejj flags. The following dispatoh baa been received at Jackson, Miss.U dated Bayou Sara, An gust 17thr-U:j l':fy:-lf',s.:K-- .-.. The iron-clad 'Federal eunboat 'Essex is ' now ljing opposite our: town.' J; She Will b rcoeiveu. i 1 ueaw continuous nnnsT was nearn . at rort Hudson last night. . . ' m a . Wm ' . 1 w il ! CONTRIBUTIONS. ; I have received from ladies in and near Balelfb. $230 ; and from ladies j in Chapel llii I, through the bands of Hiss Susan C. Battle, $124 ; and through Mr. G.W. Mordecaf, trom.tne Sev. Cy rus Waterf, on behalf of thecitixent of .Windsor, $50. , It la understood that this money was col. lected to build a gunboat or found a Widow's and Orphan's Asylum; but as these, (objects' wart found to be Impracticable it has beta appropriat ed to the purpose' oi providing iai the cemibrt end welfare of our sick and woasded aoldlars Certainly it could not begivea La a better causes 5 CHA3. E. JOHSOa. it .-.ill "1v 1
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 27, 1862, edition 1
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