, 1862-06-23

FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Inhuman Treatment of a Fe.
male Slave.
4 FLAG;8F TRUCE FROM LOWELL
TO BUTLER.
Providing for the Poor, &cy &c.
General Butler has egain struck terror into
the hearts Of the rebels in New Orleans. Act
ing upon the principle that summary and de-
clsiTe measures are best fitted to break the
spirit OF the secessionists, he has punished one
resident Of New Orleans for fnhuman treat
ment Of slave woman, and has hung another
tor tearing down the American flag. More
than year ago General Dix sent his famous
order to the commander Of revenue cutter at
Ne" Orleans, 'n any man attempt to haul
down the American flag shoot him on the
spot-' Gen. Butler followed this precept on
the 5th Of this month.
The Sunday Delta Of June eth gives the &C.
counts which ne copy below:
EHUNAS TREATMENT OF SLAVE,
The Delta says:
Boon after the arrival OF the United States
forces IN this city they received information
that arms and tents were concealed in the house
Of one William T. Hunter, who had sworn he
would shoot any damned Yankee who should
enter his house to look for them An officer.
u due time, was sent to search for them. To
his agreeable surprise, he was cordially. Ie-
ce1Ved by the owner Of the house, who inform
ed the officer that it VAS true he had arms-a
double -barreled gun, an old uniform Or Fl Two
That belonged to bis son, and small tent.
which had escaped the wreck OF Camp Lewis
| which was pitched in his garden as q D1av
house for his children, and that be had no
othef such thing in his house. The officer be-
ing satisfied with this frank ayowal, said that
| be would not disturb the tent, children, uni-
| forms or gun. Thcrenpon the proprietor DO
ntely invited him to t6ke drink,
IN the next day Hunter proclaimed on
Change, or in his nighborhood, that he had
| large qauntity Of tents in his garret; that the
federal officer did not get them; that he
could buy the officer With q drink; and
further, tnat he could buy the whole set with
drinks, from the commanding officer down.
This speech induced another examination,
which resulted In the finding Of Major-Gen-
lo e1al Lswi5's marquee, thirteen tents, and
some pistols and two dirks in Mrs Hunters
Keeping. This lady's nerves were too sensi-
tire to accompany the officer in the search,
and she directed negro woman to show the
officer through the house.
TIE REBELS VENGEANCE UPON H1s SLAVE.
| Upon removing the contraband articles to
| the railroad station Airs. Hunter followed,
| and informed the officer that the negro girl
/ had left the nnT1ca and JEae int
away. The officer said that could not be per
| mitted, and cent corporal to conduct both
| women-white and black-to their house, aud
assured Mrs. Hunter that the girl had ex-
pressed no Intention Of leaving her mistress.
Fearing, however, lest the servants should be
suspected of having given information, the
| officer assured The lady that no information
| had been received from the servants, and they
ought not to be punished.
But the moment the officer retired the girl
fEWss loekep up to await the return of her mas
ter. When Mr: Hunter returned and ascer-
tanned What bad occurred, he demanded Of Ills
| wife why she had not shot the damned
| Yankees ?n She retorted, "They took away
my ams." Upon this, Hunter went to the
closet and took from It q heavy riding whip,
l. ana neat the servant over the head in such q
| manner as to cause heavy buuches. He then
| took her down into the back yard, chained
hcrfcet to block, the mistress, who claims
to be one Of the ladies Of New Orleans, f.sten-
| lDg the shacklcs to the block. The husband
and wife then threw the servant down upon
her back, fastened her hands to the feet OF
another servant, who was forced to hold the
| girl out to her full length. The suspected
| gi1l was then subjected to head shaving; her
clothes We're next removed, and Hunter beat
the exhausted creature with the horscwhip
until he was too tired to stand. He then
| called for chair, sat down and finished his
| brutal beating in a sitting posture. The
screams Of the sufferer attracted the attention
| Of the ueighborhood.
| GEN. DUT1ER's PROMPT PUNISHMENT OF THE
scoUSDREL.
One neiehbor sent intelligence Of what was
| transpir1ng to Gen. Butler. Before word
| reached the general, the monster had fayed
tne PACK OF his slave until it became raw
| washed her down with brine, threw her into q
wagon, and at nine o'clock at night conveyed
her to the parish prison, with the pleasing in
formation that the rest Of the beatiug-to the
extent OF 800 lashes--Would be inflicted in the
| morning.
The general ordered all parties to appear
IN the morning. The gir1 was liberated.
Upon the hearing these facts appeared. The
| GeneEal asked the master to State, upon his
honor, why be washed the girls back in brine,
while resking in blood. He replied, sit Was
! to ease the Psin.''
| Therenpon the general informed Mr.. Hun
ter that he would be committed to Fort Jack
son until further orders, and that he must be-
have himself very well there; because the oil.
GERS in charge would be instructed to chastise
him severely IL ke did not; because, if they
| exceed in the severity Of punishment. thew
would be instructed to wash his wounds in
brine; and that the girl would be turned over
as laundSesF, to the care Of the 18th Con-
nectfcut regiment.
Mr.. Hunter, upon this, eaid he had brought
physician to prove that he had been sick io1
anum5er Of months. TIE General responded
that If he was well enough to inaict tic pun.
ishment that had proved, he WAS in physical
conolsion to suffer the punishment which had
been imposed. Hunter Is rebel, a thief {foi
he bad stolen the tents, 1iar, {for he had be.
brute, flor be had whipped the girl without
cause.) And We leave him in Fort Jackson.
FLAG OF TRUCE FRo.1 LOWELL TO GENERAL
BUTLER.
IFrom the Delta Of the sth1
Lleutenant Colonel Ogden, member O.
General Mansfield Loyell's staff, arrived it
town on Friday morning, under flag O.
truce. He bore 3 threatening letter. from
| Mister Davis to Major General Butler
General Builder read 1t and sent back writer
| ansWtr. It does not appear, from the Gen
erals performance, TINT he was much fright
ENID. We do think he was bit. The fol
lowing Is copy OF the correspondence:
| HEApQuARTERs DEP4R7HES7 NO. 1,}
| 1850. JAcKsos, Mississippi, June i, 1861 I
| maluI Veueral ben1am1l +. Butler, Commanding
United States forcee, New Orleans;
s1R-1 am instructed by the President o.
the Confederate States, to communicate with
you under flag Of truce, and to say that he
mas been informed that ". Van Benthuysen,
citizen of New Orleans, has been placed in
arrest ~ 5our orders, charged With assisting
T; P. Van BeathnJsen to escape from thai
city, and also with upholdipg the Confederate
| Government; and that you have further or.
deIcd that, if the said T. P Van Benthu5sen
lWho is charged with dcsertio from the
United States service be not found and deliy.
cred up, ". Van Benthuyseu shall, in hfe
stead, suffer death, the penalty Of desertiou.
The President, therefore, directs me to
| notify yO1 that, it The facts be as aboye
stated, he shall rigidly apply the zex tagionis-
| 1ntllctirg the same penalty, even to death,
| upon citizen Of the United States as NAV
be inflicted upon the said ". Van Ben.
| thuysen.
take the occasion to add, that at the time
OF the reported desertion of Van Benthuysen
and his two comrades, I made full inrestiga-
t!op, and satisfied myselfthat they were driven
ashore By the wind aud tide, inyoiuntarilY. and
they we're accordingly held as prisoners Of war
rntil the evacuation Of New Orleans.
They stated, at the time, that they did not
wish to be regardedas descrters; but Ilearued
from Vsn Btnttuysen, subsequently,, that
being reported IS a deserter, and fearful that
he would be held as such, he concluded to es-
cape.
This letter will be transmitted through
Lieut. Colonel Ogden, Of my staff.
| Your obedient servHnt, M LOWELL.
] Major General Commanding.