The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-10-04
FEDERAL oUrRAGEs IN RATION ROUGE

4 correspondent, Who writes from the Sd l.oa.
HiaAna regiment, near saltllio Miss. send. us
some interesting accounts obtained from pfi
waite lettsf-) ~ tar Expectations and outage.
d the Northern saadL, AT Baton Rouge. after
the attack made upon them hy the Confederate.
we have space only for that portion OF our cor
icspo1deDts letter emiodyins the facts stated .
Al old anS patriotic citizen writing, under
date OF August 7th Tn. Fet..rAi. com
menetd foiuiylng themselves Immediately
after the attack. aud have destroyed nearly al
the buildings north OF North street. fhey
have cut Iowa large number Of our h~su,if,il
shade trees All over the cay II obstrucs the
streets. he citizens were notified IN the event
81 another attack being made. that they vould
barn doxn or destroy With their Runbo.t. every
house ia the town. Large naInlrrs Of the cid
krns, meD, woinmen aud children left during
And immediately after the battle and An order
was than isrnrd TO permit none u return who
~efe out Of the city. At least three fnnfth- OF
our community are wanderers and refugees from
their Pland"f-d homes. many of them with
only th- clothes they wear. The houses have
almas, Invariably bren plnudersd as soon as the
Inmates left them. The Maine. Massachusetts,
and Connecticut regiments have been the mes,
active 10 .his hcilish work, Ulcers as yell As
men and the Indiana aud other western troops
were not far behind thrm. II is terrible " VII.
ncss the ancslled for destruction u property
going %, snd not be able to say OF d. anything
70 prevent u, 10 reference to the negroes
the siine winter adds The negroes have taken
advantage Of TINS state OF affair aud there are
up-a'd- Of 600 in town tho.c left or the
plsntstiivns refuse 10 work There will be no
crpps gathered va ihi. vicinity worth speaking
Of, but We do not complain All seem willing
10 give ap property. homes everything Tor III.
cause and hope for some decisive blow Ia h.
struck BY or army th., will tell "A It should W
A LADY writing under the same dat. Tar
pi-hes, these additional particulars There IL A
perfect foign VI terror IN Baton Rouge I, al.
pear as II the Yankees bad sent the "yile-t u
the vile 10 -uitugt,e Us. They Slaughter cattle
In uhe's,rcc,- and,esvc otfil 10 purify where
they slay them. They bury their dead In the
state House grounds and on the premise.
where they de Her. is picture Of the con.
d,ion of the inhabitants "l,is said there ar,
leo0 persons at CD. nieksys plantation and
every place on The coast for several miles on
both sides Of the river sss numbers al pcr-ons
from Baton Rouge, who have asd Tor their live.
compelled TO lrss. their homes by the Yankees
sho have plaadered and robbed tho deserted
houses
Another lady. writing from the country. give.
Information Of an insurFcction gu She plantation
Of DR.. Patrick, Of West Baton Rogue which
the vtnasls stopped by taxing every negro
from The place 70 Baton Eonge to dig finc pits
ufo" up ehhsdthHehtS' etc, adding tse foi
lowing interesting items Gen Williams
you know, weut up from hers to capture vlcks
burg aud instead Of accomplishing the feat, b,
brought bacl the most dsiightf.i fever With him
He lost nearly thousand men on the sxp.di
ton, and they haze been dying rapidly sine,
their return. Every man. woman. aud child
has been ordered TO leave Baton Rouge. and tn.
country Is crowded with these barished inhAhi
tAnts,
Such are some Of the detail. Of this Distress
ing record.