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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-30
WHY TIE BATTLE OF BAKERS CREEK
WAS FOUGHT.

1t has been frequently ask IT, writes thc
Jackson correspondent of the Mobile 'i'egIS-
ter" why was the battle of Bakers Creek
fought? After the smoke Of the conflict has
cleared. and we have Il full vic"' Of affairs,
,hcrc are many Soomuus to be found. end
Great Generals ut ~ e distance. VIII" critics"
movements with sang trail tina, is delight
fully refreshing. These mcn daily plan huge
camnairn.. fight gigantic battles i'll imasima-
tion' and, somehow ur somewhere else. al
ways cain glorious victories that eclipse TIE
treat captains of hist ry, and they roElan;l-
cullv see n grateful country anI'aa apnlaltin-
world kncclinr in homage at their augusticct
With these fiictS before me. hope that am
not asking too much Of the public hen |
humblv request them not to become offended
with your correspondent for mod"-t'y obtrul-
| Ing his views.
The enemy firmly located at jackson, gave
him the capital Of Inc State, the command and
| nossession of all northern, western and south
western Mississippi. together with all the rail
roads in that portion of the State, except EickS-
hurr. therefore Gen. Johnston would have
bren forced 10 organized his army in eastern
Mississppi, at least from 50 To- luO miles IRON
| Vicksluirr. By pcmbcrton'S marching out Z"
| Yicksb,lrs and assaling Grants rear. lie com
pclled him, in sclfdclc"cc, L. evar"'tic Jack
son and hasten 10 the protection al his rcaI
| and supplies anil 50 .rrccip''ate was ms r.
| trca; that battery which had Ice II taken
down 70 Pearl river 10 batter down the pillars
Of the railroad bridge WI. hastily spiked AM
rho ,runs thrown into the river. These gun,
have since been fshcd mp. Thu the ":em,
was compelled to rclinQuish all tho advantage
oltair ed bv capturing jackson and haste" IN
attack on Nicksburg and his operations for th'
| investment of the city. while Johnston tool
nnsscssun If jackson and the railroads. organ
izcd his army. and is now within 50 miles o
the Hill Civ, which is IT miles west o. Jack
| son.
An editorial in the same paper. referring t
the above. says:
We never regarded that action rs Il failure
| II is true our losses in the fight We're much L
be regretted. and were probably greater than
Gen. PembcrtOf had calculated on but /
was plain to u. at the first intelligence which
reached us. TIA; he did not fight for victory
1t was magnaniniOuS effort on his part L
draw Grants army away from Jackson. r"cr
though. Sampson-like. he pulled it down upor
himself. And this he did; and though III
most crushed by the shock. he thereby rccuy
cred Jackson and saved NickSbur..
We read in the old ballad how a dead mar
won a fight: but this is the frs, instance VI,
recollcct TO have heard Of where General
beaten on the field. won victory thirty mile
off. Yet, this Gen. Pemberton did, and tn
trophies of his victory are cztant in the bat
terry of guns captured by, him at Jackson:
The Yankees were Obliged TO leave SO precipi
lately that they threw them into Pearl river
whence they have been recovered"
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Major Woodbury. came from Leavenworth
with a small force, in pursuit of Hines, and
was only TWO hours behind him when he lett
Paoli.
VulIcnc. village in Orange county, is ro-
ported burned. The citizens refused to per-
nit the thieving scoundrels TO take whatever
they wanted without resistance ana Tor 1t u:
were compelled 10 see their houses lad IN
ruins. 49,
The expedition which left New Albany yes
tcr.!av morning Is in command OF Col. Merl'
weather. of an Indiana regiment Of volunteers
and was Joined last hight by Capt. McG'nnl'
who hai = small force under him. 1t Is to DC
hoped thar these thieves will be cauS mt and
executed ~ murdrrers and common pirates
War has enough "t horror and blo"d>hed with
out the hcar,lc>> brutality which has charac-
;orizr.l the march OF these men, and W" be-
licyr that Il ,wi.; and terrible rctr!bution Is
close 1T hand. 1t j. hardly possible Tor them
to escape rut Of the State. and II caught the
lloosirr blood is Too much up To spare the lie
ri Il sin .r one uf them.
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apply the proceeds of the sale of these bonds,
to the purchase Of agricultural products
cotton, for instance-upon which these bonds
are founded. Hence the Secretary of the
Treasury has been compelled to limit the
amount of the old issues receivable for these
bonds in order to reconcile the requirements
of the law, to apply the proceeds of the sale OF
these bonds to the purchase of cotton.
The.present offer is of ZOO, 900, and is to
| be paid one-half in new and one-half in old
issues. The funding Of the old notes, the OPP
! crations of the tax BILL and this offer Of the
Secretary will doubtless call in all the old
issues. and before the next offer Of cotton
bonds the difficulty will be entirely removed
| The old issues arc fast disappearing ana ny
the lst Of August will be very scarce as tile
| time for funding in per cent. bonds expires
these notes will command premium, and
will be converted rapidly into bonds.
Tho explanation already made of these bonds
i sufficient to direct attention to them. We
do not know whether the Coupons attached to
these bonds arc receivable in paymcntof Export
dues - there is nothing said about II IN
either the law or the notice Of the Secretary
and we presume therefore, there is noauth"rity
10 make these Coupons receivable for export
duesa-but we can see no good reason why cX-
por, dues should not be paid in the Coupons OF
these bonds. Should Congress by future action,
allow export dues to paid in the Coupons OF
these bonds, IL value will he given them which
| will put them to Il very largo premium But
without this. they possess features which must
attract capitalization instance, the annual In
tercst of 81 600 is $50: which is near the price
of !; bale of. cotton ut Cd. Sterling, OF II cents
$50 that bale of cotton may he regarded as
tue yearly interest of one OF these bonds; the
price for which bale. Of cotton will sell may
therefore be considered the interest paid by one
nf these bonds.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-30
LETTER FROM REV. DR.. IOGE.

The following Interesting letter from Dr.
IIoge, of this city, we clip from the " Central
Presbyterian; OF yesterday:
PARIS. May ist. 1868.
| have written TO You once since clnc 10
this city, and sent the letter via Nassau, but
| il accordance with my custom of writing by
different routes, forwarded this 10 4 house in
| Baltimore in the hope that il may pass the
| Federal lines and ret 10 Richmond. Paris,
| thc nara,lse Of the plcasurclovng. has few
! attractions for me. row while You and the
| many dear u me in the Cuntcdcracy, are de-
| nriyrl Of the comforts, conycnicnccS and lux
urirs with which this ray capital ahpundS.-
Under other circumstances. c"uld enjoy its
sirlt- and delights: but | am not selfish
| enough to relish what those wlinn love CALI
| not share with me. did not wish t" return
t. the Cuair,ir.;cv without seeing the lIi-
uru,rmcnts which have taken place III this
civ under the direction Of the Emperor. and
| cam. over from London last Monday week,
intending 10 remain hut i !;.w days. but III til"
hope Of accomplishing :; certain object 81
which ! c;lnEut ROM enter lnto any detail,
have remained longer than intended. ANA IL
soon is attain tho end in view. viii - back
! t. London.
! Wncn get back Ia London hope t. get
letters informing IL. that portion. n LEAST.
Of the cr;imt vi the British and Fore: sm Bible
| : r.irt; hal reached richmond | see the
| Nur;hrrm pcop!" are getting very liberal now
thai they have heard al nay .uecs.S. They
are Offering q send any ainuamt ri Bibles 20
| the South This i al the iuo::me>t Things
they ever did because il was Hni until they
found We could hc supplied elsewhere that
rhrv i,r,,au" - generous. AID their pretended
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DIED.

DrEp. on the 22d June, a; Staunt"n. Va, OF
tvphoi,! fever. Rev ROBERT W. BARSwELI. Of
South Carolina: and on the 18th June, lSG;i. at
Richmond. Va, MARY SINGLETON, wife OF Ro-
bert W. Barrwci. .
DEP. in this city on Yesterday morning
at o'clock. DANIEL. second son of Daniel
and Lucelia Hunt. aged Is months.
Lay him gently in the coffin,
Fold his arms across his breast.
Wrapthc Tiny shroud around him,
Our little Danie's gone TO rest.
O.. our hearts are sad and lonely,
AS We weep above thy bed;
And our home is lone and dreary,
For our darling Danie's dead.
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AFFAIRS AT PORT HUDSON,
LETTER (EN ROUTE FROM TIE TRASS-MIssIsslPP.
cnRRESpnNnES OF THE MOBILE REGISTER

| LETTER EN- ROUTE FROM The IFhHS-AlsSlSSiPPi
CORRESPONDENT or THE MOBILE REGISTER.
| LIBERTY, Miss June 1t, 1868.
1t is unsafe to approach any nearer Porc
| Hudson than this point.
| Banks headquarters are within two miles
of our line Of Notifications at that place. and
his cavalry pickets extend for an indefinite
number Of miles in the interior His cavalry
are said 70 be numerous and effective, and, BE-.
sides the IIcsSans who have been lately I'M
ported from Germany, embrace Gricrsons
troopers.
These latter enter Clinton and Jackson. and
return rs suits their caprice. but 900 Of our
mounted boys, undera Coloncl. whose name for.
get. have gone down towards Clinton for the pur-
| pose of offering battle To the Yankees which
will probably cause tircrson 10 draw nearer
the Mississippi. and thus carry Vut his iayorIto
plan of avoiding Il battle.
Banks has hardly more than 1000 men,
| His also is the Fabian policy. He tarcS not
venture an assault for he is afraid Of another
defeat. We can get nothing definite in rr.:.r!
TO the late general engagement thcrc-mo:
cvcn the ,latc--but negroes who have ran the
lines say the Yankees suffered tremendous
losses. and were in abiccts dcSpon,ieucy. re-
tiISinr 10 advance any more upon our works.
The negroes have seen, who have been III
side of Banks lines. laugh very heartily when
they speak Of Banks soldiers. They say the
are mighty we'll dressed and their muskct> are
very bright but they all run Away AT the sight
of Gardeners men. ''iTaint no use Tor H.Ral
Banks AMI his men 10 come agin Port Hudson.
Dem ragged ConicdS raises shout and rams
EN- Just Ike cattle
The rl,mor Of the capture 81 tie Essen and
the disabling Of several guuhrat>, originated
IL Baton Rouge where il wal believed. and |
have no doubt of is trE h. If il j. true.
Banks can never take Port hudson. 1t l. -
imprcgnabc from the water Is G!bratar. and
if Gardner should be hard pressed for p:ovi-
sions before the siege is RI scd, there is notl:-
ing more likely than his makin.a sally. put.
ting Banks to the roat. aad rc-opcuin:
communication with the rest al the Coalrl;-
cracy.
Singular to relate. the people in this region
have the same hopctulucSs in the strength a.
Port Hudson. and the same anxiety about
NickShurg, rs the people about Jackson and
Mobile have i'll the strength of Eick>burg and
the weakness of Port Hudson.
Every night I'm told the dull bocmugur
the mortar guns can be heard here ~ inter-
walls. The object is to keep the men from
sleeping. and rs their fleet can do 10 harm in
daylight. they are ASST gnrd the duty 0i annoy
ing the garrison. and wearing them out ~
constant wakciulncs> The same game is be-
in- played at licksburg: but | have heard
m"n SAY that our gunncrS, when relieved.
>lcrpa> srundly in the trenches. amidst tn"
most diah"l!,al uproar. rs they used t" do III
tn" mos! quiet times.
The confidence irI in Gen. Gardner is Won
,lrriul. have Vet 10 meet with the human
/ l.,
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REPORTED DESTRUCTION OF S:vrrOLK.-Thc
reported destruction Of Suffolk Ivy thr Yankee
Union lovers. recalls the fact that Suffolk was
destroyed bv the British on the 18th oi May.
lI79. The historian. Girardcn. after narratin@
thcirappruach to tho town, and the dispersion "i
the militia. says
Ruthless devastation followed the British
They set fire to the town and nearly the whole
was consumed. Several hundred barrels of TAR.
pitch turpentine, and roSln had been deposit
ed on lots contiguous to the wharycs. The
heads of the barrels being Knocked our. and
their contents which flowed in c"mmnGlcd
mass, catching the blaze descended the river
like torrents of burning lava. As the wind
blew from the wllarvcs with great violence.
these substances. with difficulty soluble III
water. rapidly foatcd to the opposite shore IN II
splendid state of contiagrat!on, which they COM
municated TO the thick and dccaying heritage
of an extensive marsh. the growth Of the pre-
ccdng year This immense sheet Of fire. add
cd to the vast columns Of neutrality-suspicious. which
assembled from the burning houses in the town
the explosion at intervals, of the gunpowder
in the magaziucs-thc consequent projection
through the air oflargc pieces ignited timber,
which flew like meteor$, to an astonishing dis
tance-all contributed to form collective scene
| of horror, sublimity and 'dcsolation such as
| could not be viewed without emotions not to be
| described.
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i'iSG.t! NILLIAMSPO13T.
MOVEMENTS OF \ PORTION or OUR
ENTRY INTO WILLIAMS
PDRT-llUW THE CuNFEDERATES
WERE RECEIN Ep-MiETlNSBlE Ri
LINCOLN To TllEgtUltE. EXC.

AnMI-TllE hNFhN lAIoN li.hlAMA.
PuET-uUW THE CUNFEDERATES
WE'RE RECEIN Ep--M.tETlNSBlE RI
LINCOLN To TIIiigCUEE. ETC.
\ ,.eul has kindly furnished ior publica-
| rini, in the columns Of III" Express. the fol-
! lowing vx,racts from private letter. written
by i gallant Petersburg soldier. now an officer
in an Artillery Battalion. attached 10 Rhodes
! Division:
| WrlLlAx>ro%r Mo. June Il.
Oar movements since leayip- tiuinca'S De
; ro. hayr hrrr :! series OF fapld. !un~ marches.
| with only one fight. lIarin>hurg.l which DC
Cured "u StlGaN. although we drplpycd
| :.rcuusi Brr:yyilir hliG were ton lax"
| .A!lrr PASSING Front ROYAL. or division left
! the main column "f Gen. Ewcil's forces. The
main column proceeded ou To Winchester,
while WE lrIt the turnpike and dcbouchcd
around ~ BcrryviIlr. capturing there Il good
many military stores. cir. We pushed the
| enemy rapidly before us. killing and capturing
them. until tIlcy reached Martin,burg where.
!; Icing reinforced they made a stand, ami Gcn.
| Radc> commenced dcploving his column for the
attack IN the meantime our artillery opened.
ami in he brief space Of ~ Misunderstanding
! our Infantry could @c; into positiGn--wc had
! the enemy ilyin@ in Great haste from the rag
| -cl rclIrlS" We oppressed forward and captured
i l,r..c uu:.u;itr ~ stores. forage. five guns.
ami every sort "f thing valuable 10 al ARMY.
/ WIS rngagri Ia. night until two o'clock.
in collecting the guns and h~rsr>, AMI feel
! rycn r"w. after full days rest. extremely
la,igur,l. We tarricl III Martin>"ur@ "nI y
long cnuu@: 10 gather "ur Hp"iiS a'rd From
thence c;.:ar To- ini> place, arriving here night
hrc,T" last. }Iarlu>EUr. j. strong tDf the "l
i',;,,r. and several yani.r,, yyrr.. found con-
...a,.l in DE !rnI.c.. even after ll. nwm,Y>
hal -v,,r., ;ra, rorr we've :IIcr.. Al! that
M. - ,';r.,:n:a. ,rar. with i;.t very few "x-
'..;..ron, j. r.n.aunI "a ,llr core"
Er, ii AL ,t'"aig!,~ hav" r:cr >"":'. m'rc
r;t:! compare VIA itI'> U'ii" IoWn On cross,
ing I'll" Potomac at! entering III" ptt"c. |
WA ~ IT." 'rry h"H OF III" column. Not
soul. save = i''w boys "'r' scattering '7ni"1"-
rae ra;ary :.";.'rt II" >''''l". M III" s!"r'S
ami every i"r,-" va cl"scd: and every VIII
dow. ami ever! curtain. was down. ~ Il tn"
sight "i u rrhr! c'ui' h't h' tolerated. 'h
#t'a"'lt@ ln:t": M" u" !'"i; L." '"T'I
twon"" e curiosity "c'h'iil"''F lr''LH''''
from "mi.W' ",'' %'' cups "' f''" c','I" "'
>''i =aif,"f'i "'t ~, I'''''' '"rl''>' - ''
''fi''' I''.'i " ',',, I.,;,. .,,i;l,',I.r.
'':.,"' .ri ,.L,..n..i -. VIZ. we h,,.
';"',. ".'',, ,,, an -. L,r,n,s
''," ~. '2 -; - -', irf-r: dinn"r. ,nj
.,i.,,,., rur generality, ;i,n women booked very
....,,, -. If L,..ila-iuI i.r;wrrn i Iaurh and :,
,.~y ,.d IN. men Ia .;rI .,.riou.. and we're is
,,,,I, -. lln.l. ,r .,..,,,;;.. iIl Irtrayrd an
..,.;I.,, r.ar A.irr ,iarn. went f., town from
mr. ru,.,,,,mcnt, and saw :, "no,! many ladies
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TIE s5,0OO,0OO COTTON BOND LOAN.ss
We would call attention to the advertise
ment of the Hon. c. G. Memminger.- Secretary
of the Treasury, eliciting bids for s., 000, 900
cotton bonds.
There is an apparent discrepancy between
the law authorizing the loan and the notice of
the Hon. Secretary. The law says: "These
bonds shall be sold by the Secretary of the
Treasury for all outstanding Confederate
States Treasury notes." &c; but the notice of
the Hon. Secretary of Treasury qualified the
law in this, that "bids accepted must be paid
within ten days after notice of acceptance in
current Treasury notes, one half at least OF
which shall be Of issues subsequent to lst Of
April. 1862"
It will be seen that the law authorizing this
loan further requires the Secretary g to apply
the proceeds Of as many Of the said bonds
as may be required for the purchase of agri.
cultural products under the act of Congress- y
&c. Now, as the notes issued prior to Isl
of April, 1868, cease to be current after the
lat of August, the requirement of the law tc
sell the bonds for sal outstanding Confede-
rate States Treasury notes." is not compatible
with the clause requiring the Secretary to
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Your a!iicctionatc son,

II seems TO us that the Colonel Is right; III
has honestly tried the experiment; and hac
better 90 home. What is use ola man in In
condition Of stomach and bowels, waiting ioi
the enemy ~ There never was more prn
dent time to find himself unequal IL the tie
mands Of active service.
Another note of the Colonel giTcs list OF
officers and mon present AT Maryland Heights
and not wounded" which he desires 10 be
furnished to TIE Philadelphia "inquirer. =
Therefore, Philadelphia ''In!nirer' please
copy:
Lieutenant Colonel c. Mallory. Major u.
Kcrwiu, Actin. Adiutamt i. y. brckcr,
Uuartcrm,stcr p. II. Gallagher: C"mlEI>sary
john l.. Burk, Surgeon George Is. lAtrnmiS:
Company A-Captain Downs. . nrn: c"mp'I-
ny B-Lieutcnanr Bowers. ~ men : company
C EarIy. |, men company i'--taf-
tain Sncvd Lieutenant Pcar>"n-lG men ::
company E--No uiiccg-2j mcH: company
F-t'm,tain Specs Lieutenant Gra!anI-}2
mcn: company G-Nu "irrr--l4 men COM
pany ll-Cuptan kilmn, Licu;cnan; Roberts
Lieutenant WallaS--ii men: company i
Lieutenant White Lieutenant McMackcn-lt
men company J.--Nn "'ic"r-rO mrn: com
pany M-Lieutcnant Sto#m. Lieutenant Ham
hi&ns-2j men.
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" iLt.iiN>pbRT. Md, !
june l.. l}>i33. /,

june IL. lNh1.
Dear -: After an awful trip up tlle
Nal!cv--,,aving driven the Yankees before
llS--Wc lIay" once more crossed the Potomac
are nos again in Maryland.
The report has just com" in that our civ;'
sion (i,h",Ics leaves here Tomorrow morning
for Harrisburg. the Capita! of Pennsylvania
and tl!at We are 10 ret horses and bc mounted
ii 50. .yc will have Il lvciyi time Of il. W,
are only seven miles from thc Pennsylvania
line now. and no doubt we wll make some
sort Of Il r;id IL will doubtless wake the Yam
KEGS ul'.
You !avc n" idea how quick we crossed thu
mountains. ar what amount of marching W.
have done since We left Fredericksburg Blu
we had /" march fast. in order to support jcn
kinS' cavalry. which are Just ahead Of Us. unC
hut u short distance behind the Yankees.
expect orr present movements will turn out Il
he tie @randc>t a::;,lir "i the kind eyer 81
on foot.
Your a!Icct"na;e brother \.
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Gov. SnoRrER-TuE ChrrrRED iANKErs.-
When the maraudimg Yankees. under Colonel
Strcight were captured by Gen. Forrest, near
Rome, Ga it was currently reported and be-
licvcd that ainoag them were number ui
armed slaves This. If true, would have de-
privcd the officers of the expedition "r the
privileges of prisoners of war, and rendered
them amcnahlr to the laws of Alabama as
criminals.
1t was also stated that among the prisoners
were two companies of .Nalnlmans. who had
enlisted as such in the ranks ut the enemy.
| and were captured III the State of WHICH they
still claimed to be citizens, while engaged in
| lcvying war against it, adhcrlng to the enemy
| and giving them aid and comfort. Such cap
tives, if any, were. clearly guilty of treason
| against the State as well as to. the Confcd-
cracy, and punishable as traitors by either
| Gov. Shorter acted promptly upon the facts
as reported and demanded the delivery OF
both classes Of these offenders to the State au-
thoritcs for trial by its civil tribunals, for tho
crimes they had committed. Gen. Forrest 5
report to the Department corrects the msaT'
| prchcnsions which had existed us To the p"is
onerS If there were any AlahamIanS en-
listed among them. they made their escape
before the capture. and it appears that there
were 10 slaves associated with the Yankees Il:
soldiers.
We make this statement to relieve the pub
| lie of any anxiety thar may have existed IL
! TO the result of Gov. Shor;crs decided actor
on the subcct-.VontgomeIy -tdrcrt'Scr. ron
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TIE YANKEES on TIE YAZCU.

We clip the following i'cns Of intelligence
from the Yuzoo .'Banncr," of tic 18th;
We learn that as the Yankee boats went
lnwn from Satartia. they loacd flat boat
w.th stolen provisions, and left it in ci!irge al
nineteen cuntrabanh<. who wrrc to Follow "n
down the river. The last hra; had hardly
turned the first bead, when II detachment OF
our cavalry appeared Oh the hank. and order
cd the negroes to come IL. They did Ii with
alacritv. as they saw thc threatcmc! muZ2'rs
IF the Maynard rifles Of our mon looking n"ir
| at them. They were secured and brought
here The provisions have been cared for.
The Yazoo is still falling. There c;lnnoI
now be more than i've and Il half feet Of waite,
ON the Satartiu bar. which is not enough, VIC
believe, for gunb"at navigation; unless the
enemy send their light draught beats. We aye
not glad of this: because we are now ready
for them, and would be happy 10 prove the
effectiveness Of our guns. The Lady Rich,
nrdson," the famous twelve pound r!flcl par
rot, captured by Price at C"rintm. is mounted
here in prominent position, whence he,
ladyship, with our other guns. can give the
enemy Il hearty greeting No more white
flags for us: it WAS once necessary: but now
We want 10 see the lat house burned to tho
Cartll. before our SOIL - dSa'il u'Hccldsci ~
the presence Of Il Yankee foe.
TIE poINcS OF TIE N.,NpAL> BELow.-Nc
had an interview with~, gentleman vii" sui
frrcd severely from the Yankees. who gave Vs.
dcploTablc account 81 tccUndur; Of the enc
my while they were in the Sat;!-tia and Ne
chanicSburg nci@ihnrh""d. They bGrnt his
steam gin, stole tEirly-iivc negroes aid sixty
one mules Nine brigadirr generals were III
his house. who said they had no control over
the wrctchcs. His lady asked Cor Il s!'iard to
protect her household effects and herself from
personal insult. Sine watched the Captaii,
commanding the squad, who Eat on chest
near her. and saw him filling his packets with
towels and napkins. On" fellow attempted I"
force his way into her ronM. when one of the
Generals gave him Il severe cut on. the head
with his sword, which mad" him drSi>t.--
Another gentleman had hi watch .i"r';cd from
his pocket by = Captain, who appropriated It,
His pocket book. containing $40, and his hat
were also forced from him.
Our informant says there were five thousand
men with this column, vino make it their bust
ness to steal. having 10 arms. and followed
the army for no other purpose.