The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-15

sACxIse souraREr cirY-rgsATxxsT OF Tn

for home defence, tbs following account of the
saekiog of Clinton, La, by Federal tsoots
should stir them up to the initiation Of mea.
sures which may preven. their own homes
becoming the scenes Of similar outrages. Ths
city WAS entered by Grierson's Federal cav
airy about daylight on Sunday morning, and
they immediately covmenced searching for
arma and arrestina citizens. correspondent
Of the Atlanta APPEAL ssys
They arrested the citizs sns and took them to
the Masonic Hall leaving none bsia tie women
ana children Ut the honses, and wasD there
was no one, the houses and rything ia
them were broken open aud examined, aud
when anything suited the fancy or taste OF
the ssarcher he appropii Ytsd 1t. From some
houses they took every suit OF gentleman
clotbes, not leaving the owner change; from
others they took az many shirts as 'hey need
ed, and wherever gold or silver Watcn was
found, with few exceptions 1t was pocSeted
Many ladies' brsastpins found their way into
the pockets Of the 9th and 1th Illinois cavalry
Every dairy aud cupboard was ercp.ied Of It's
eat.bies aud every cook was employed III pre-
pairing them breakfast. From a!mos. every
corn-erib they tooa corn 10 feed their aofses
TIE citizens around and near the Masonic
Hall, where the officers were, were not mo-
Of searching for arms they broke opsn every
store and office in the town, scattering the
goods and papers iu every direction, and load
ing some of them il wagons. The windows
and show cases were ru.hlessly and neediessy
smashed.
Some Of the soldiers rods their horses into
the stores and into some of tue offices. White
the citzens were at the Masonic hall hospital,
many soldiers were seen riding by with boots,
k.tn and Arr H.. nft o-in md eayA
bundles OF tobacco Tne Off GERS in command
could not fail to SOC this, and knew that their
men were piiiagiug the town Tne men eeem
cd to think thai any amount of guns aiid ana
muniti0n were ccroea'et iii tA5>lron safes, BE-
cause they broke open Amos. every one III
TO w. none ef which had any money IN them
exeayt one, and that bat small amount
Every horse they could zee and catch, with
every bride and saddle, they took snd carried
off. A great many of the men urged the ne
sroes, wherever they met them, to run away,
and some oEs or two they forced to 90, one OF
whom has returned Some nine or ten went
Off with them, and during the week soma
twenty or thirty followed lhem from town.
They burned the depot aud machue shops, and
the machinery Of the Louisiana peaitentiary,
stasiobed here, which is great loss To ths
Coatsderacy.
With pistols in hand and presented, they
demanded the watches and mon-y from sJma
of o 1r citzsus They got como four or hvo
gold watches, and perhaps as many silver
ones.; They even robbed an old negro man Of
Mr. +. Hardesty Of an old silver watch.
. They visited lhs residence of Mrs. Lee, and,
presenting |. pissol To hos head, demanded all
the money in the hou,e. Thsy cursed and
abused her very much, and greatly terrified
her and her daughter, Mrs Bachelor. They
put pistol 10 the breast Of Rev. Mr.. Hamn,
at his residsuce, and demanded his watch,
threatening 10 shoot him il they did not get it.
They did the Same with Df. r. Deiong, but
neither of these gentlemen Owned watches,
and of course tho members Of Grisrson's
Wsstern cavalry did not get them They pa
oied ali the sca and a.! the stragyiin9 Con
federats soIdisrs they found in town They
left about half past ulDs . clock A III. Daring
their stay they were the most al:rRied set OF
men oar citizens ever saw
A portion of tho men who were detailed 10
guard the citi1sne saw Capt Hayden with Il
gold watch hen the citizens were dismissed
they folio ~ cd him to his home, Lnd pfaSeat-
ipg their pistols forcibiy took his watch ana
cnain As soon AZ they finished paroling the
cisizens they left with their piander. On Mon
day evening following tive Of them went to
the residence of 4. ID. Palmer, about four
mites from town, during the night, and in
veigled the old u III from nis house some dis
tance, and then pretending to have an order
from Gen. Banks 10 take MIN aud his papers
and box to Gen. s., they forced the old man
to give them his money box ard papers, rob
bing him Of six thousand dollars. "A few days
since they robbed Mr.. George kel!er, hear
jackson, Louisiana, Of isteen thousand dol
lars.
They are now engaged in gath 5rng all the
cotton they can iipd and carrying IL oT. They
10 with wagons in parties OF frol: two to
three hundred, and take what they can fad
The negroes have gone to them by the nun
dred Some of the p!ants srs have l0at every
negro, mule, horss and wagon they had, and
ia some instances they have taken all the pro-
visions. These are the msa that light accord
ing to the laws of nations and respect private
property. Every town they enter they pill
iage.
THE SPEECH OF MR.. SEWARD ON TIE FaLL
OF vICKsDURG.
After Lincoln "took the music" in Wash
ing;on, upon The fall of Visksburg, Seward
was ssrsnadsd, and made a speech in reply.
He promises the immediate, happy and slofi-
Gus rscoustruction of the Uuion, though he
seems to lose sight Of the fact that tas Confed-
eracy has about 700 GOO troops ia ths field WHO
won't exactly agree with him. lie said;
lie NaU CoAslucTSu ~ TAG paw VA n pau sos
and Statesman If possible TO avert the condi-
tiou Of public affairs we had lately witnessed,
and following the sublime example CT Him
who had died TO save tbs world, he had prayed
that thi bitter cup of domestic dissaIt!0a might
be Do. away from our iips. The oiacOrd OF our
country was calculated 10 gladden. the worst Of
despotisms, but the country would survive ths
shock il was called upon 10 en&urs. No u alton
can perish that has spark OF popular vIrtua
h. A.on ma
tional titles and national greatness and proepe'
rity No nation can be sayed except by the
sacrifice Of individuals. la the language OF
the Scriptures, we mast renouneo f&tner,
mother, brother, all for our country e sake; vs.
must give up onr treasures, our aiecti0ns, we
must make SACRIFICES, give up everything to 90
saved E,fr himself. he had surrendered ail.
There was not a child Of his capable OF bear
ing arms who had not been freely given 10 the
service of tho country. II hs would no; pre-
serve our nationality hs was here TO be buried
iu its rains. If he mad to fall, ne wanted to
fall iii th streets of the capital Of his cann'ry,
and be trampled under the hael OF the assassins
of ith freedom aud greatness. he had chosen
for his tile leader Andrew johnson, OF leu
nessee. He was for this Union with slavery
if il mus. be, and without slavery il he could
have it 30. Tremendous cheeriugi There 10
nogy "A new iesue. Away with the dead past.
Tue future will ,ieveiops who shall govern
this great country. Neither wisdom nor virtue
cane into existence with this people. They
will not die with the result Of iLls contest
Presidencies secretary saips, foce,g gn legations,
n, o,esentsd no temptations to him. He was
ready 10 pu. them all away ffaia h.m. If his
sonntry would be- saved he sa'Hla never ac-
cent official position At the hs"s!s Of his coua-
trvmen. Hs had been ceDsa. :. :Ar The predIe-
tion that the rebellion would Io eu IL d 10 ninety
asvs. II would have been ended ia that time
...o,,,ia L. f4ci haqA hasu adad ketOro Il