Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-11-27
LATER NEWS FROM THE SOUTH

Retalatory MeaSureS-Names of the
OFFICERS Sentenced to be Hung-M-
tereStlng Correspondence,
From tho Richmsnd Enquirer, Nov. l3.l
C. s Il. War Department.,
Rich mOnd, Nov. 9, 1861.
Sir: You are hereby instructed to
choose 10y lot from among the prisoners of
war otht.hest rank one who is 10 be con !.
! fined in cell appropriated to convicted
felons and who is to be treated i'm all res,
! poets as If such convict, and to be held
Tor execution in the same manner as may
be adopted blythe enemy for the execu,
ton OF tho prisoner Of war Smith, recent
ly condemned to death in Philadelphia
\ ou will also select thirteen other prison.
eTs o! war, the highest in rank of those
captured by our forces to be confined in
the cells reserved for prisoners accused of
Infamous crime, and will treat them as
such so long as the enemy shall continue
so TO treat the like number of prisoners of
war captured by them at sea, and now
held for trial in New York as pirates. As
these measures are intended torsprsss
! the infamous attempt now made by the
enemy to commit judicial murder on
/ prisoners of war, you will execute them
strictly, as the mode !est calculated to
prevent the commission Of SO hcinous a
crime, Your obedient servant,
j. =. BENJANIN,
Acting Secretary of War.
To Brigadicr Gen. John II. Winder
Richmond Va.
] headquarters Departmental Hearico, !
Richmond, Va, Nov. IL, 1861. !
/ Hon. j. p. Benjamin, Secretary of War.
Sir: In obedience to your instructions
contained in your letter OF the 9lh instant,
one prisoner Of war o: the highest rank
in our possession was chosen by lot, TO be
held for execution IN the same manneras
may be adopted by the enemy for the eX-
ecution of Smith, recently condemned TO
death in Philadelphia. The names ofthe
six Colonels were placed in can. The
tilst naGle drawn was that of Col. Colco,
ran, SiXty-ninth regiment n Y. 5. NJ,
who Is the hostage chosen to answer for
Smith. In choosing thirteen from the
highest rank to be held to- answer for a
like number Of prisoners of war captured
10y the enemy at sea, the; o being Uul ten
field officers II was necessary to draw by
lot three cuptoins. The first names drawn
were Captains j. Is Ricketts,, ii. McQuade
AMI j. W. lockwood. The list of thir.
teen will therefore stand: Colonies Lee
Cogswell, Wilcox, Woodruff and Wood (;
Lieutenant Colonels Bowman and Nefi :;
Majors Potter, Reyer5 and Nogdes; Cap
tains Ricketts,, MeQuade and lockwood.
Respectfully, your obedent servant,
JOHN II. WINDER,
Brgadier General
! HeadluarterS Department Of HcudO, !
Richmond, Va. Nov. III, 1861. !
Hon j. 2 Benjamin, Secretary Of War,
Richmond, Na.-Sir: In obedience TO
your instructions, all the wounded officers
have been exempted as hostages to ait
the result Of tho trial Of prisoners captu.
red by the enemy at sea. have there.
fore made selections 10y lot of CAPTAINS
II. bowman and I. Keher to replace
Captains Ricketts, and McQuade, wound
ed. ...... ...
The list Of thirteen will now stand
Colonels Lee, Cogswell, Wilcox, Woodruff
and Wood Lieut. Colonies Bowman and
Neil Maj5rU Potter, Revere and Nogdcs
Captains lockwood, Bowman and Keller.
Respectfully, your oLcdent servant,
JoHN II. WINDER, Brigadier General.
From the Richmond Examiner. Nov III
{ Confederate Epjscopm Ghucb
We publish, us general information,
"The Constitution OF the Protestant Iipis-
copal Church in :he Confederate States of
America" as proposed by the general
convention Of that church, lately held at
Columbia, South Carolina.
/ The convention, we learn, was well at
tended. all the bishops of that church in
the Confederate States being present eX-
cept Bishop Polk, of Louisiana, together
with fall attendance Of clerical and lay
/ deputies. The venerable Bishop Meade
of Virginia as senior bishop, presided
over the body. The general tone Of its
deliberations, though entirely free from
/ asperity towards the church of the North,
gave evidence of deep and settled coa>
yiction on every hand that the separation
| in Church organization, like that in civil
government. was, anG ought to be COM
! plete and perpetual. In taking the nee
essary steps to form an independent
church organization for the Confederate
States. everythingwas done with harmony
and good feeling, and but one important
change from the old constitution was
made--namely, that which permits u
State to divide herself into two or more
dioceses (jurisdjc ion Of bishop with
out the consent of the general council
! The several State councils are required
each for itself to rniifv this constitution.
Tie missionary fund ana work OF this
church H. the South, IL was found, had
Suffered no decline since the separation
from the North. but bodi wero on the in.
crease, even under a provisional arrange
ment.
The Confederate form Of Prayer.
The following is the form Of prayer
read in the various churches of all denom~
inations throughout the Confederate
States on the Fast Day, November 18th.
In the Jewish Synagogues the name of
Christ was omitted:
Almighty God the Sovereign disposeI
of events, II hath pleased Thee to pro
,act and defanl the Con fe,Iprata States