American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-10-03

humane of the Yankee generals WHAT thes
NAV be expected from the others
In the dark or middle ages, about which
we hear so much said, it WAS eonsidere1
savage thing for man on his deatabsd 10
be deprived of the rites of his church, or, IS
it was called, "the benefit Of the clergy
IL is true there were some extreme cases
such as conspiracy against the life ct The
Sovereign, for which the penalty was, . 10 be
hanged, drawn and CHARTERED, and deprived
of the benefit of the clergy" but the last
part of the sentence was scarcely ever knoSn
to be executed. It only remained, however,
for yankee general TO carry the sentence
out in full Yet, these same men pretend
not to know the reason why the IFisa Cath0-
lies of St. Louis are all Southern IL feeling
But the Irish have sense enough 10 know
who are their friends.
The organ of Lincoln, tue New York Times,
had an editorial few months ago, in which
the following, among other things CT similar
import, appeared; "Slavery and POPery are
Incompatible with liberty, and When we shall
wipe out the former, we wiz then turn our
The New York Tribune recently said,
/" We are now waging war against slave
drivers, but we will next turn oar attention
to their allies, the Irish The Irish also
know that in Massachusetts, the mother OF
aboIitionism, their churches and converts
were burned and their legislatures have
refused TO make any compensation.
Halleck frequently assesses, as he calls IT,
the rebel sympathizers. This mode Of pro-
ceeding is quite summary. The Provost
Marshal sends his detectives with notice TO
their victims, that if they do not pay the
amount assessed within six days, their prop
erty viii be sold and 20 per cent. added on
for damages. Many persons had all their
furniture sold, not having even a bed left in
the house. The last assessment, which was
made few days before l left, was for hve
hundred thousand dollars. ! suppose that
they will thus keep on until they take all the
movable property frem all Southern men in
ST. Louis. They say that the proceeds of
the sales of this property arc used for the
support of the " loyal refugees" The refu-
gees are low, vagabond whites, too lazy 10
work, and stolen and runaway negroes-of
the latter, they have, think, nearly 1000 in
st. Louis.
5 The most of these negroes have received
free papers, but whether or not, the owners
would not dare TO arrest them for fear OF
being themselves arrested for kidnapping by
Provost Marsha Farrar. This Farrar.
although born and reared in St. Louis, and
the son of Virginian, who some years ago
was large STAKEHOLDER, is now most foul
mouthed abolitionist. I heard him say in
his Office that a negro was as good as a white
man and that he would believe his word
sooner than the oath of any secessiOuist-
His Office is always crowded with negroes,
seeking their " free papers" and they are
always waited on before the whites. II they
say that their master is rebel, or that they
had caught the horse, or blacked the boots,
or handed a drink of water TO a man that
spoke against the government, they receive
the document.
l have converscd with people from ali
parts of the State of Missouri, aud I think
that I may safely say, tina; there are more
than IS per cent. of the population true To
the South. must also say that some Of the
poorest counties have done and suffered
more for our cause than the rich ones for
the latter, there, rs elsewhere, are afraid Of
losing their property. 1t is also a notorious
fact that some counties and individuals, who
at first were the most loud in favor of the
South seeding, have done much less for the
cause than those who, at the commencement,
voted for the Union.
Gen. Price was at first Union man, and
was President of the Union Convention .
which met at St. Louis last winter year
ago.
Gen. Scho6eld, the present commander Of
Missouri, has given orders that no more
bushwhackers be taken prisoners, but that
they be instantly shot. | understand that
soldess who are not uniformed according TO
his notion, come under the head of bush
whackers. Col McNiel, acting on this order,
had IS men shot in Louis county, Missouri,
during the last month, after they had sur
rendered themselves prisoners of war.
Thaca noan with athar had enoraaral MeNarf