New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-22
ALL ABOUT THAT FLAG OF TRUCE.
A SECESSION ACCOUNT.

Correspondents Of tie Memphis Appeal
RlcHMoSD, July ~, 1861.
Ijeut. Col. Thomas II. TAYLOR G.. 5. A., late OF
VI mpl is left thi, city Sunday morning EtI rs 'ne
bearer OF a tier from President Davis TO the Presi
dent of the United Staes il rea ion 10 the case OF TOE
uisopers taken on board the captured prva'eer Savan
nan who al c DOW confined IN prison IN Ncw-loit ana
two of whom the captain and sf mrte, are sald 10
have been con ed OF piracy. PROCEEDING uy r"n 70
Mauassas Junction lie vas directed TO port for iur.
the ustrucfius TO Biga0ier Beaaret ard aud
ne accordin " repair ell 10 the headquarters OF INT
oil er. Remaining over night there, he was fur"rhed
by Gen. b. with an uGse led letter OF eXpl ansuon to
t,rf McDoy, ell, commanding the Fcdrrui fer zee 10
Arlington, and departed The next morning Tor WASH
inUou.
AZ Fairfax he was furnished with o detachment. a
twelve a cunt meu aud two uon-comut.,iJned oil-
ces under command Of Lieut.. BrvC kmridse, and the
rarity caring flag If truce, set ont for Arlington
Tley lad pro. eeded within seven miles OF Arlington
aid three miles beyond the lace where the Couuibia
t,rnnile civer.es from the Alexandra road, where
thew encounter force Of the Federal drag under
command If Col. Andrew Pc Ter, late oi TIE Utued
Sites Rifles, BY whom they were hailed, until tie
uI forualitiee in cases had been gote through
vs,tb From Col Porter Indeed from al the off err
with whom Col Taylor came IN contact, he received
not only g,est cy, but all the military honoFs that
attarh 10 III. rank. Col Porter inquired after ne
ah Of HE former friend and comTads IN hrms, Col
i,obert LIE. Upon being informed that Col Aylor
knew no N h officer "a Col. Lee he begged pardon
aud asl aitr Gen Lee. OF course Col Tay rcould
"A, him all the information he desired III regard to the
h.at, of the acc0mI shed aud universally esteemed
c N m ndern~C hief of the Confederate States army.
Tie ab-ence from Arlington OF Gen. Mcdowell
caused some delay there and 1t was MOI uhll O'CLOCK
at night that Gen. Scott sent Col. van ensseaer,
re iof ad-dr- amp, with a carriage TO convey Col i.
10 bis headquartors III Washington. Arriving there,
be met the Iieuteuaut-GoDer IL full drets, with bis
eu;ire staff al ound him. in all the PRIDE pomp, and cir
eurnsance Of glorious wat. Geh. Scott hea Tue 90.
iect of the uissiOn, received the letter to Pre- den
Lincoln read IT, aud dispac bed q messenger 10 convoy
il 10 the President and return with his roply.
DnriuQ the a, sence of the messenger Gen. Scott
ordered in wiue introduced Col Taylor TO bis s,ah
and in, tied the party Join him Ia glass Of cham
ague q request 70 which tbOse preseDt responded
with arI aaerify altogether carac erisic OF the pro
fession After the laIse Of half hour spent IN con-
yesaion aid the Interchange Of cSiiee, the messen
Ger returned and reported that tho President had
tired and cond not therefore he econ that hight. Gen.
Scott promising that reply should 10 returned at
eaily hcur, lot on the morrow, and that he would
take care ID should be nrusted 20 officer wi would
deliver IL TO this Government Ia person. dismissed Col
Iaylor Lding lin 10 the hos iiaGtieS of Gen.
Mcdowell with whom be returned TO Arlington.
There he spent the remainder OF the night, and on
Tuesday morning after partakiug Of breakfast at the
1aarteie Of Gen. Mcdowell, and beiug kindly sup
Oiled with tls Of Eastern papers, he babe adien 70 hs
courteous host, and took his departure tor home, uidor
an e,eort OF twenty dragons, commanded ~ Lieut..
Putuam u. S. A., by whom be Wa. conducted without
the lines Returning, tie spent Tuesdsy night with
Gen. Bcauregard at Manassas, and reached hiehmond
on "Wednesday evening.
Col Taylor expresses much gTaticaJon at the treat
ent he received during HE sojourn within the eneny
lines. Mott Of the officers with whom he met, aud
amoug the number Gen. Scott, made many kindly in-
ourifs after the health OF former friends and associates
ia tho army while from all with whom he thrown
ia contact be received every courtesy and attent
consistent h military usages OF eourseit IL scarcely
necessary add that the officer he met were OF the
regular United States army, and not Lncolns Yankee
volunteers.
IL speaks well for the promptitude Of this Govern
rnent that did not wait 10 Give Information Of the
sentence OF Baker and the Second Officer Of the Sd
vannah before interfering TO arrest the further pro-
g-ess Of proce edings. As az reached this
ity that the mock trial through which the prisoners
were hurrit had resulted in their conviction, Pres
dent Davis drew up and dispatched letter Of warn
ing and remonstranee, in which, after daily setting
r III the facts of she well the law appica-
bic thereto the Lincoln usurpaEion was warned that
any attempt 70 inhict upon the pisoners the penalties
of piracy would be followed by immediate retaliation
upon the part Of the Government Of tho Confederate
States That this warning il no idle threat, every one
who knows the iron will and inAexibc purpose Of The
President fully aware. And 10 the pursuit OF The
policy thus Indicated he has tho cordial ana unani-
NOUS approval Of every member Of tho Administration,
as we'll the sanction Of the popular feeling so
rests with the Federal Government TO determine
whether II will inaugurate one Of the bioodiest and
most RELENTLESS civil wars that darkeued the page
Of history with the story Of its atrocities. VIII they
dare they, do it 7 We shall zee.
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