Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-05-26
From NEW ORLEANS.
The following is the Proclamation Of Picayuns Butler
referred to in dispatch some days since
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT CT TIE GULT
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GENERAL ORDERS, no. 25.
The deplorable safe OF desutiOn and hunger Of the
| mechanics and working classes in this city has been
brought 10 the kuowieige o; the Commanding General
BE hes yielded 10 every suPg ston made By tie city
government, and ordered every mehod Of lrrhlshlg
iood the people OF New Orleans that that government
desired No Teie by those officials has yet been ford
ed. This hunger does not pinch the wealthy and iLfl.
entail the leaders Of the rebellion who have gotten up
this war and endeavoring to prosseuteit with
regard 10 the starving poor, the working man. hi
wife and child Upmiadul Of their SUI ring fellow
Oiiz at home they caused or suffered provisions
TO be carried oil tue city for Confederate service
since the occupation by the Uliied States forces.
Lafayette So ARE their home OF iiilerce, wac made
the depot oil aud munitions OF war for the rebel
armies and rot of provisions fer their poor neghbos
Striking hauds with the Yilo the gambler, the idle and
the ruIn they have destroyed the sugar aud cotton
which might have been exchanged for food for the In
dus rous and good and regulated the price Of that which
Is leit by dscrediog tho very curIercT they bad tu
n!sied while thy eloped with the specie as vel that
stolen from the United 5atea the Bka the property
of the good people Of New Orleans thus leaving hem
| to ruin and starvation
Fugirves from astce, many of rbem, and Others,
their eciss staying because 100 puete and insgn'h-
can't to be objects Of punishment by the clem7nt Gov
ernmcnt OF The Uni ell ststee:
| Tltg nave betrayed heir country.
! Tnsy have boon fsl55 toeveTg trust
TGey have shosn themselves Incapable OF defending
| .Ae State hey had &c z q UbCU, although they Ia
forced every poor mans chill mo their service tcl
ders for tbs. purpose, while they usda thsr sons a.
| nepaess Cido0rs.
| They cannot protect those whom they have ruined
bu. have lei: TO The mecits and as5Aasinatlons OF
chronic mob
They will not feed those Wkon they arc starving.
Mosdy without property themselves, they have plum
dered stolen aud des royed the means OF those who had
properly, leaving children pOnuiless and old age hope
| lear
Men of LouisisBs, workingnen, property holders,
merchants and cit OF the United Stsies OF what
eve, nation you may have had birtb how long win you
uphold these tagrsnt wrongs, and by in-cuol sufei
yourselves to be made the ser!s Of these leaders?
The United States have sent land aud naval forces
here to fl bit ard sabdue TebeiOus armies Ia arrsy
against he's authority. We find, substantially, only FL
Il i've masses, runaway property a whisky drink
x mob and Starving eitz5us with their wives and chill.
ir,n. IL is duy call back the atst, puR,sh the
second root the Jhird feed and protect the last
ady only for var, We had not prepared ourselV
to feed the hungry and relieve The distressed with pa
Visions But to the extent possible within the power
| the Commanding General il shall be done.
h has captured quantity of beef ami sugar intend.
ed for the rebels Ia the field. thousand barrels Of
those stores will distributed among the deserving poor
of thi5 city, irou whom the Ttbes had pundestd il;
e5ea although OF the food will 60 10 supply tie
craving waits OF the wires and ohiden Of those
herding AZ Camp Moore and elsewhere, in arms
against the United States.
Cspt John CIsrk, Acting Chief Commissarg Of Sub.
si5ence will be charged with the CN5cui ion OF this
der aud viii give public notice OF the place AID manner
Of ds.rtu on which viii be arranged as m as possible
50 that the unworthy and dssOute viii not share It's beu
ef:s