The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-01
FROM JACKSON, MISS.
OF THE EicBmoxD D. sPArCH

JACKSON, 20th May, 1868.
arrived here from Mobile last night. |
came by a freight train, and had a seat on ton.
The rumOr of the sack, pi.Lags. and burning
of the town, fell short of the fact There is
not house that escaped. Every storeaocsa.
every safe was broken-all moneys all goods
of every description stolen aud destroyed l.
Grant cent an ci1icer to Green and ordered
him to surrender every dollar in his vaults-
which he did Fortunately, many of our IN. r.
chants had removed their MONEYS, and only
suffered by loss of their goods and buildings.
Several millions have been lost by the oceu-
patton of Grants army. Oh, what insincere,
heartless, villainOus thieves, officers and pri-
Yates, tasse Yankees ara.
War ia reputable when legitimate but such
war as this, now going on, is alander to
our species, disgrace to the civilization #
The country. l need not tell you all have
seen-all have heard. You can imagine the
appearance of town Gfter regular, old
fashioned sack of the darker ages And vet
these fellows will swear against the evidence
OF your senses that no private property has
suttered-no person outraged. II is idle for
any one to say our soidiers-our arlny-are
as thievish and as brutal as the Yankees In
possible! When Stuart visited Pennsylvania
his troops doffed their hats to Yankee farmers
and asked permission to enter their premis S
for a g'ass of water! o! mockcry of war !!
Shall we be ever respected or feared 50 Tong
as We treat our enemies as Christians Bet
ter give up all-better turn our swords into
ploughshares than to make war SO chivalrous-
Turks and fight like Indians, than to make
mockery of Christianity. Why be tramnelled
by dead laws7 Why not fight the Devil W ith
fire Z Shall we ever convince by fair words
and charitable deeds Did God, according to
Milton, fight the Arch Esemy through his an
gels, or throw the pearls Of mercy and peace
before his swinish legions2 Shall we not imi
tate God, then, and oppose sword TO sword.
torment to tOrmentI l am at a loss to COM
prehend the creature, man. He makes war
like Turk and talks like Christian, or talks
like Turk and makes war like Christian.
We shall never be rid of this war, in my
opinion, until we carry home the terTors of
their visitation. We must burn Carthage to
save Rome We must have our Scipio. The
Yankee Hannibal can subsist his armies on the
fruits OF our labor for many more years than
the Carshagenian subsisted his troops Oh the
vitals Of bleeding Rome. l cannes understand
why should be made to fghtA duel ON hon
oIable principles with a fellow whom have
never wronged, and who is void of honor
himself. II self-defence ia the first law of
nature, it is not first in military ethics. Barn,
steal, rob, ravish, murder, and military priests
will grant you absOlution in the form OF q
parable.
But now for facts. Gran. entered Jackson,
after slight skirmishing, last Friday, burnt the
Confederate house, the depots, the Psnlten-
tiary, the factories, block Of buildings next
below eCapitOl Square, aeuated it after two
days stay, and marched towards Vieksbnrg-
/ fear we shall lose Vicksburg and Mississippi.
Pemberton will surrender, if Mississippi wont.
lit is to be hoped not Johnston is working
hard to organize force to succor Viclsburg.
We have no communication with that town.
Grant has the railroad, and some say he is in
Vicksburg. jackson will henceforIh bs for
titled and made the rendezvous for our troops
The commissaries ETC., are ordered back,
which ls a sign. l have heard Of no cotton
destroyed The Yankees collect invoices fer
future delivery