Washington telegraph., 1862-04-23

SuAMEFULi--Thc following account of
a recent affair a Biloxi, will be read with
deep humiliation by every high-toned
5uutherncr. We can bear defeat and
disaster better than blot on our cseutch
con. We boast that our banners have
many a rent, Tut never stain. Some Of
our men have fired upcn q aig ot truce,
coming 10 dischagge q duty Of humans
ty, aud exercising ali the courtesy com
mon to beiligerapts. We ought to yin
iica;e the tone Of SouiLcrn sentiment b
universal reProba.ion of the act. The
subsequent conduc; of tie enemy was IN
jus;iGable, but whar can we say? A cor
respondent Of The "Crcsceat' writes a.
follows:
Mississippi CITY. April :, lSG2.-It
appears t!at some day w two before their
ardin4 in Biloxi on Wednesday, they
sent flag Of truce ashore at Biloxi, with
4 liiile glli four years old, The daughter
UT Dr. Ieuistou Ut New Orleans, who,
together with some passengers, were taken
from a b1at thlt left q vessel sn-t was
A.: in lAe gulf This child, ANIL s0mc
letters from persons retained on The fleet,
were left with Judge lIyllcy in Biloxi,
and when thU hag Uf TRUCE started fol-
Ship Island, shc got a-rcuAa aud was
fired at hi sarc persons On tha sA1re;
they were boiri-d after being fred on,
aIl lCsircI or commanded tO surrender.
which the officer refused w du. Nj last
lhoy g.t DIT, and og arriving at the island
and reporting how they had been treated,
the General sent ashore 4 force Of about
SyU men, who On landing at about sun
down, surrounded the town aud remained
until morning, and desired 10 ind out
Why their tng bad been fired into, and
who Lad dJnc it. Il seemed that they
found Out who they were, JuL were NOT
able I'D find them. They posted notice
oh browns gallery, saying That nU prl'
vato rt"pCr;y would bc mJlrstol, and d.
z'fsd ;he ciiilsAs = rnfp~i Fny so'ailr. .Th ho
Should Ivy guilty Ct G.is-a4lGct- They
;AcH went anu WI, ,hc ;cle pl wire, ana
t1oA All Wi Eimer'> negroes -MyH, @1Mcn
ani chlITcL- Wh1 ,.cnt down 10 tile
J1r and asked protection, ani yrc or tho
negroes tod ;hem that hc 'iad wife II
Cal.li.rst's, where tIry sen; .ie II men
ard asked hcr If size wished ID ~ with
her huslard. She sail yes, aud they
.1ok her. IAey took al. iilc goods out Cf
Eimer's stone, ana lot of wood, and
tod liz DcgTces u help tL ins.!ves q
what .hry wanted, ann thcy tried n gct
Elmer himself, but dii not succeed -
seemed 10 thiuk that he had something
- ~ with the ill- of truce allir. They
then went after tcwcll, but MT fading
him they took one u Fewcl's children
10 Biloxi, Slyin. that II Fcwcil I'D not
come In they would take his child off
feweIl then wen; in and they treated him
wcl, asked him ID Ee knew wh0 fred
upon them, anI II lie had 10 control over
the matter lIc informed Them That hu
knew nothing Vt 1t, ana HAD % power to
prevent 1t. When Lc went home they
tool; one soldier prisoner who wa~ drunk
III BiiJx, ana made some iuss ilrre.-
The commander said that We hid siad
long cnyugh, and IL he had nut seen Our
Colonel, lie would not 80 to Mississippi
City to hunt him up, a. he had not come
to see him, as he wanted the persons who
fred on them; that they had DO intention
Of landing if they hai not been fired
On.