Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1862-05-09
er:ng armament displayed in sight of it. / an,


| to the field if had one at command, and I
know still less how to surrender an undefend.
/ ed place, held this is, at the mercy of your
| gunners and your mortars: To surrender such
| a place were idle, unmeaning ceremony: The
city is yours by power of brutal sforce, nor by
| my choice or the consent of its inhabitants. le
is for you to decide what will be the fate that
awaits US. AS to the hoisting any flag other
than the flag Of our adoption and allegiance,
/ let me say to you, that the man lives not in
our midst whose head and heart would not be
palsied at the mere thought of such an act
Nor could find in my entire constituency 10
wretched and desperate renegade, as would
dare to profane with his hands, the sacred en-
| blem of our aspirations. tr
| Sir, you have manifested sentiments which
would become one engaged in better cause
| than that to which you have devoted your
| sword. doubt not but that they spring from
noble though deluded nature, and know
how to appf eciate the emotions which inspired
them. You will have gallant people to ad.
minister to during your occupation of this city;
A people sensitive to all that can in the least
affect their dignity ard self respect !; pray Sir,
do not fail to regard their susceptibilities.. The
obliga tions which shall assume in their name,
shall be religiously complied with. You may
trust their honor, though you might not count
on their submission to unmerited wrong.
In conclusion, beg you to understand, that
the people of New Orleans, while unable to re-
slst your forces, do not allow themselves to bS
nsulted by the interference of such as have rem
dered themselves, odious and contemplate, by
dastardly desertion Of our cause in this might
y struggle, in which we are engaged, or such as
might remind them too painfully, that they
are the conquered and you the con ouerors.-
Peace and order may be preserved, without re
sort to measures which | could not at this mo-
ment prevent Your occupying the City does
not transfer allegiance from the government of
their choice, to one which they have deliberate
ly repudiated, and that they yield simply that
obedience which the conqueror is entitled to ex
tort from the conquered!
(signed) JOHN F: MONROE, Mayor.
The stanepeaers agaias-P Prisoners brought
| en-.
The Knoxville Register of the Goth inst, gives
an account of the arrival of Capt. Ashby yscommand
with 42s prisoners captured in Campbell county
East Tennessee renegades, making their way to
Kentucky to join the cut throat invaders of their
| homes.
The tory stampeders consisted of SIX or seven
| hundred men-most of them young. robust ana atm
letic fellows About three hundred were armed
with rifles and shot guns the rest with pistols;
/ knives and rude weapons. 50
The attacking force consisted of about 70 oayai-
ry, under command of Capt; Henry Ashby, inclu-
ding Capt. Gillespie's company, under command
of Lieut.. King. Capt. Bradleys company had
been detailed to Big Greek Gap, to guard that
| pass.
| The leader of the stampeders. Capt! Capps, OF
Granger county, was killed. Among the prison.
ers captured were many prominent men from the
vicinity of Knoxville who had voluntarily come
forward and taken the oath of allegiatce to the
Southern Confederacy.
TIE killed and wounded among the enemy amount
| ed to about 100
P. S.-Since writing the above these prisoners
have passed through here en- route to Miledgevile
to be confined there. A meaner looking set OF
men will seldom be found in any country. The
Bull Run Yankees would make very respectable
looking party if compared with these traitors
atlanta Confs1e-aey.
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