New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-19
sLAyEuOLHTHa MURDEB.

press of Friday last (May l5), which has tel
egraphic dispatch from Richmond OF the l4th,
whence we quote as follows:
The trsfegals nuub.r q wounded brought here since
TO Jet e. 100 u whom 80 will return 20 duy.
The fe,aliaiofy resolutions adopsd by COuge provide
si c,siy conan ,iousd ofcsr who shall command uee
for military service ,ssin.t the CoDiederse saie' AID
them a any military enterprise "a 'sd service, when cap
aleJ sA- 10 ru death Negroes when captured in arms
sn,, the Couirierso, shall be delivered to the State
hoe' DO dealt Will aeeOfd. to tie present or faurs
laws Of the STATE
1t thus appears that the number Of Rebel
wounded in the late conflicts on the Kappa
hammock who had been forwarded TO Rich
mond prior 20 the l4th inst. exceeded the whole
number (7,O0O) that they admit having had
wounded in those engagements. No one Will
believe that nearly al their wounded have been
thus sent TO their capital since We know that
those certain TO die, and those whose wounds
were slight, would not be. In fact the state
men! that three hundred Of these sent twill
soon return to duty" renders it certain that
the great mass of those who were not utterly
disabled were retained in the camps aud camp
hospitals, near Fredericksburg.
Tho tldings that tho Rebel Congress has
decreed that "erery commissioned Union
officer lrhO shall command negroes for military
serrice against he Confederate States, or AID
them IN any military enterprise IN sad serrice,
,cheH Captured, shaH be put 10 death, is al i'm
parchment Of the spirit and determination of
our Government which we are sure the authors
will live to repent. The right TO issue such
an order is exactly that of the pirate to raise
the black iagt declare WAR against all peace
ful commerce, aud proclaim that he gives no
quartcr--ncItbcr less nor more. la the official
and carefully prepared " Instructions for the
government Of Armies of the United States IN
the field compiled by Prof Lieher, re-
vsed by a Board of Officers, whereof Gen. f..
A. Hitchcock is President, aud formally sane
toned by the President Of the United States,
the laws of war and of nations governing this
subject are lucidly set forth as follows:
~ Slavery completing aud coufoundni tho idss, Of
property CHAT Ia o. hHg) aud OF personality On" Is Of
h4aHigl esi.t- according 20 municipal OF local Ia" only
lhs law 81 aud nations has aeknow edged &c
Tue dscs Of tue Roman aw naei tho carly dctum OF the
Pagan uTh that 80 Tar a. the law Of nstnfe concerned
all men 90 equal Fustyes escaping lloni count ~
which they slaves vsus .er'', into another eouu
been held free and acknowleo god
co by Judicial decisions Of LuIOpean couutrs even though
the municipal as tho country Ia " ieh the slave had
taken Tolsv Acknowledged Slavery within iI' own donln
ions.
IS Therefore Ia between the United States and
begorebt which admits Of Slavery, II person hrd ia bond
by that bel Kerent captured by come a. fugitive
under protection the military forces OF the unei
Sasi such person Immediately cut tied TO the lights aud
privileges Of freeman 10 such pefton into Slavery
would dmouut to rusayug nee pofson aud neither as
United states nor ANY officer under their Authority
Save any bu4an being Moreover made Tree BY
aw OF war l. under the shield VI the law Of baons Ald the
oier owner State have, by tho Law Of post nine
/ NO U.usrf-ut lien or claim Of service
o. 90 n aimed By sovereign Gov mt
soldiers oath of fidelity he 10 begsrent his
khliug wouudln,, wHTke acts. individual
crimes OF oun.es No bclgocnt right declare that
onrncs II sin color, ooEditoo, when properly
IgaDLod sodicIs viii not DO treated by him public
elemios
S. The law Ct nations knows distinction OF color aud
Il enemy OF tho United states should and sell any
captured persons Of their army, IL would 10 for the
retaliation II not Trdfessed NJ omplsin The
United State. cannot Iesliats BY rusayemenI
death be tho retaliation for this crime against the law Of
| nations.
The murder of officers aud enslayement of
privates proclaimed us tho rule of action for their
armies by tho Rebel Congress is utterly,
audaclously OF war with tho low Of aatiops