Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-05-20
SOUTHERN NEWS.


The Richmond Wing, of the ]4th instant,
cows t!The BODY of Lieut. Gen. Jackson was
taken to Staunton yesterday, on special tram
Trom Staunton it will be conveyed to l1exlngg,
ron for sepulture Gov Letcher will attend
the BODY to its last resting place. The pail
hearers IN the procession Tuesday were: MAYOR
Zen. I,weI. Brig. Gen. Winder, Brig Gen.
(1orse. Brig. Gen Kemper. Majorden: Elzey'
Com Forrest. Big. Gen. Garnett, Brig zen.
Stuart. The new flag which drapeed the re-
mains Of Gen. Jackson; while lying IN state IN
this city, was presented by the President to
the widow Of the General.
Philip Clayton, whilom Of the Treasury DE-
1artment at Washington, has formed copart-
nership with Col. Richard Dorcas, and has en-
tered into the photographic business at Colum-
bia. South Carolina.
Among other books announced in press IN
Mobile are "Cayalry Tactics, Tor the use OF
tie Cavalry and Mounted Infantry, Z: p ia A,
Nv Major General Joseph Wheeler, and line
Siege of Vicksburg; its Approaches by Iazoo
Pass and other routes. with maps, by Capt'
r. S. Hardee, &. S. A Aid-de-Camp to LIT.
Gen ". }. Hardee ;. -
Among the principal South Carohna, officers
killed and wounded in the recent batt]es near
fredericksburg, were Col. Perrin Killed, "a, ana
Gems. MCGOWAN and Edwards ana Co'. Miller
wounded Col. Stafford, Of Louisiana, ana
Gals. Walker and Mollony, of Virginia, we're
Killed, and Col. Glenn, Of Georgia, and COL
Warren, of Virginia, wounded.
Among the marriages published in the South
ern journals, is that of Gen. Frank Z. Arm
strong to Miss Maria ?. Walker, Of Memphis.
Gen Armstrong was former an officer OF the
Second Dragons, Z. S. A., and III the 1lrst
battle of Bull Run commanded company Il OF
that regiment. ;.
The price of -four has somewhat declined in
Charleston, but it is still very high.
The Southern Baptist Convention recently
held lis sessions in Augusta, Georgia.
The T. S. War Department has officially
proclaimed the instructions for the government
Of the armies Of the United States in the field,
prepared by Francis Leiber, IL: D., and re-
yised by board Of officers, Of which Major
General E. A. Hitchcock was President Hav-
ing been approved by the President of the &.
States he commands that they be published.
'Among other things, the instructions set
forth that place, district, or country, occu-
pied by an enemy, stands in consequence Of the
occupation under the martial law of the inya-
ding or occupying army whether any proclama
ton declaring law Or any public warning to the
inhabitants has been issued or not. Martial
law is the immediate or direct effect and conse
quence OF occupation or conquest. Martial
law is simply military authority, exercised in
accordance with the authority and uses Of war.
Military oppression is not martial law; it is
the abuse Of the power which that law confers.
AS martial law is executed by military force, it
is incumbent upon those who administer it to
be strictly guided by the principles Of justice,
honor and humanity adjoining SOL
der even more than other men, for the very
reason that he possesses the power of his arms
against the unarmed."