Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-30

hnement,l some in fortresses and prisons
and one especially on an island of barren
sand under tropical sun; have been fed
With loathsome fAtions that had been cop-
demued as unfit for soldiers, aud have been
exposed to the vilest insults !;
Prisoners of war, who surrendered to the
naval forces of the United States on agree
ment that they should be released on pa
role. have been seized and kept in close
confinement,
Repeated 'pretexts have been sought or
Invented for plnndering the Inhabitants of
the captured city, by .iues levied and col.
lected under threat of imPrisoniug recu-
SAINTS at hard labor with ball and chain.
! The entire population Of New Orleans have
been forced to elect between starvation by
the confscatfon OF all their property aud
taking an oath against Conscience to bear
allegiance to the invader of their country.
Egress from the city has been refused to
those whose fortitude withstood the test.
and even to lone and aged women, and to
helpless children and after being elected
from their homes and robbed of their prop
erty, they have been left to starve in the
streets or subsist on charity. ~ .5s.a.,
The slaves have been driven from the
plantations in the neighborhOOd of New
Orleans until their owners would consent
to share their crops with the Commanding
Generaii his brother, Andrew ]. J.Butler, and
other officers; and when such consent had
been extorted, the slaves have been restor-
ed to the plantations, and there compelled
to work under the bayonets of the guards
of the United States soldiers. Where that
partnership was refused, armed expeditions
have been sent to the plantations to rob
them of everything that was susceptible of
removal. 1sja i1t3 Ia1 sud
And even slaves, too aged or in6rm for
work. have, in spite of their entreaties,
been forced from their homes provided by
their owners, and driven to wander helpless
on the highway: q rsira5,
By recent general order, number nine
ty one, the entire property in that part of
Louisiana west of the mississippi river, has
been sequestrated for confiseatiou, and off.
GERS have been assigned TO duty with orders
to gather up aud collect the personal prop
erty, and turn over to the proper officers
upon their receipts, such of said property
as may be required for the use of the Uni
ted States army; to collect together all
the other personal property and bring the
same to New orlOans, aud cause it to be
sold at public auction to highest bidders
an order which, if executed, condemns to
punishment, by starvation, at least a quar-
ter of million of human beings, of all
ages, sexes, and conditions, and Of which
the execution, although forbidden to mill
tary officers by the orders of President Lin.
coin, is in accordance with the Confisca-
ton law of our enemies, which he has eff.
fected TO be enforced through the agency
of civil officials. Tltil --a
And, fiually, the African slaves have not
only been melted to insurrection by every
license and encouragement, but numbers of
them have actually been armed for SER
vile war--a war in its nature far exceeding
the horrors and most merciless atrocities
of savages: 1-sI-
And whereas, the officers under command
of said Butler have been. in many instances,
active aud jealous agents 10 the commits
sion of these crimes, aud no instance is
known of the refusal OF any one of them to
participate in the outrages above narrated;
And whereas, the President of the United
States has, by public and official declara
tionsi siguifed not only his approval Of the
effort to excite servile war within the Con-
federacy, but his intentions to give aid aud
encouragement thereto, il these indepen.
dent States shall continue to refuse sub
mission to a foreign power after the first
day Of January next, aud has thus made
known that all appeal to the law of nations,
the dictates Of reason, and the instincts of
70 ~ lu Valu 30
s9as taey s can De deferred
TON sIe e0issaOn .e. ~ tleSe crimes only
" 10 .S''ou',Ou.
NOW ineFetoEe, !, emerson DAVIS, Day Presi-
uegt oI tne OonIeaetate 1ll states OF America
ana @etng Tg py tneir alutnority, appealing TO
ne the DYlne Juuge IN sIestaton that their
colugct y no. guiaea Gy the passion OF
teveuge, tt ous tnas taey reluctantly ylela TO
tIle s9ielnn guy OF re9sessing; oy necessary
seYet!ty, crimes OF W1tea tneir citlAens are
and oy virtue oi my authority as Comman-
aet-ln-Onaet el OF the aFmles OF the Con-
tederate DER! S STATES 90 order
First. rnat at GoEnE'''ioHsd Officers IN the
command o. faia 6egam'H r. BAtteT De de-
efared not entutea 70 De eoHsIdered as soldiers
engaged IN honoFd6te t0GrfGre, but as robbers
and criminals dessIUihg death and hGtHey,