, 1862-05-20

WoTc Instances of Rebel RarbarIty,
In addition to the testimony Of DR.. Brown
low and other witnesses, VIC find the follow
ing records OF revolving barbaritics pract;ced
By the rebels. Cumulative evidence Of these
atrocities comes to us from every quarter, and
il every instance upon trustworthy authority:
nRCMMER-Eor MURDERED.
" It is hardly necessary to Bay that officers
and men are very much eXasperated by the
barbarous conduct Of some OF the rebels
bay onctiDg the dead, cutting the t1roats Of
tie wounded, and in one Instance beating
with the butt Of musket the skull of 4
drummer boy who had received 4 wound
Which might well be presumed to be mortal
This var ought to have been one of eXter-
mtnation from the first Was read recently,
choice choice specimens 3 Of literature left in the
eamps To- dne a1y my: Of .he Potomac is quite
it. Certainly I should pity any Tcbel WHO
should ask 8 favor Of the men Of the 18th
New York."--Hest Hint, Ta., Letter to t1s
Boston Journal,
TEAMSTER TERRIBLY MuTrLATED.
"The two notorious bushwhackers, Koehl
and Weimer, were hung at Sutton On last Fri
| day, having been convicted Of murder. These
balbarous wretches, during the la!ter part Of
| LAST summer, caught poor boy who had been
| driving government team alone on the road
They 1nh1manly cut OF bis head with q
| ecythe and disembowe11ed him; and, in their
| f1endish joy, boastcd that they had killed one
iankee. They we're captured: convicted Of
Letter to the Pittsburgh Chronicle.
What War Democrats Think.
| Capt Vim. D. Wilkins, Of Detroit, Mich,
(son, we believe, Of Judge Ross Wilkins, and
nephew Of Hon. William Wilkins, Of Pitts
burgh, Pa is lifelong Democrat, with all
his Kin, but he is particularly straight on Con
fiscation- he recently forwarded to a friend
in Washington a writ of garnishmcnt, sued
out by order Of JEFF. Davis before his District
Judge Brockenbroueh, commanding the Bank
Of Rockingham to come into Court and give
account Of all the money and other property
in its keeping which belongs to or is held for
any alien enemy of the Confederate States,
&c, &c. Hereupon Capt Wilkins writes:
HAnusoNBuEG, VA, Mays, 1861
sent you few days since the mandate oi
the (eo-cal1ed) Confederate Court OF Virginia
to the Rockingham Bank, I measure prtltmi.
nary to the contscation Of all the property o1
loyal citizens that could be reached. Every
loyal eitizsn in the *Va1iey Of VirgiulA"
has been stripped Of everything the rebels
! could carry away. Hundreds d prosperous
farms have TINS been laid desolate, hundrede
of 1o5a1 men stripped Of all they had, hundreds
; cast into loathsome prisons When j Jackson
retired before us from Winchester. he arrest
} Cd and took with him ever fifty Union men oi
that place, whose ouly of1ense was loyalty to
, their country. And these men; many Of then
,aged, and holding. highly respect lolo posi-
i t1ons, we're driven on foot behind his baggage
| train, through rain and mud, denied shelter
at night, and we're often obliged to go all daJ
, without meal. speak Of what do know
Il Leniky to these Rebels onlg makes them be
!: ! lieve that We are afraid Of th<n. They imp11
: L from our forbearance that We dars not punish
7 Let us make haste to convince them TIN
''our eagles bear the arrows Of punishmen
- Us we'll as the-snield OF pFo-ection."
Il Respectfully and sincerely yours.
WIN. D. WILKES,
r.. =: Captain and Asst Adj. Gen.