Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-08-13

we failed 10 be victorious, | believe lhal
hut few OF those absent are actualed ny
unwilhnguess to serve their country, but
flat many have found il difficult to resist
the temptation to visit their homes anu
loved ones from whom they have been so
LONG separated that others have lett Tor
temporary attention TO their affairs, with T.
the intention Of returning, and then have
SHRINK from the consequences OF their NO .
laton of duty that others agala nave ielt +.
their posts from mere restlesneSs ana de- (
sire of change, each quoting the uphrald- /
| ings of his conscience by persuading nm 7
self that his individual services could have /
no influence on the general result,
These and other causes, although Tar
less disgraceful than the desire to AVOID
| danger or to csc. pc from the sacrifices re-
| ouired by patriotism, are nevertheless
grevous faults, and place the cause OF our
| beloved country, and of everything "e
hold dear, in imminent peril. | repeat
that the men who now owe duty to their
country, who have been called ont and
have not yet reported for duty, or who
have absented themselves from their posts,
are sufficient in number to secure us veto
ry in the struggle now impending.
| call ON YOU, then. my countrymen, TO
hasten to your camps, in obedience TO the
dictates of honor and Of duty, and sum-
mon those who have abseuted themselves
without leave who have remained absent
beyond the period allowed by their fur
loughs, to repair without delay to their
respective commands E; and | do hereby
declare that | grant general pardon and
amnesty to all officers and men within the
Coniederacv now absent without leave
who shall with the least possible delay, re-
turn to their proper posts of duty, but no
excuse will be received for any delay be-
vond twenty days after the first pubhca-
ton of this proclamation in the State in
which the absentees may be at the date Of
the publication This amnesty and par
don shall extend to all who have been &C
cused or have been convicted and under
going sentence for absence without leave
or deserton, excepting only those who
, have been twice convicted OF desertlon.
Finally, conjure my counrywomen-
the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters
, of the Confederacy-to use their all pow
erful influence in aid Of this call, to add
one GROWING sacrifice to those which their
patriotism has so freely and constantly
afforded on their counWy's altar and to
take care that none who owe service in
the field shall be sheltered at home from
the disgrace of having deserted their duty
g to their families, to their country, and to
their God.
Given under my hand and the seal o
i the Confederate States at Richmond, TIM
r lst dav of August, in the year of ou
Lord one thousand eight hundred and SIX
ty three.
e By the President; JEFFERSON DAVIS
# S. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary Of State
e RETALIATION FOR REBEL BARBARt
i rIEs.---As illustrating the necessity 10
i, the recent proclamation of the PresIden
re threatening retaliation for rebel barbar
a ties committed upon negro soldiers ant
, their white officers, the St. Louis Unlo
relates the following specimen OF rebe
5e barbarism on the authority of Lleutenan
st Cole of the Mississippi Marine Brigade :
y. Bend in June last, the Marine brlgad
lis landed some ten miles below the Benz
IN and attacked and routed the guerrilla
rv which had been repulsed by our trooI
=. and the gunboats the day previous. Nj;
i'' ior Hibbard's cavalry battalion of the Nj
he rine brigade followed the retreating rebe
- to the Lensas Bayou, and were horrlti'
we at the finding of white officers comman
ing negro regiments, who had been ca
s." tured by the rebels at the Bend. In mar
an cases these officers had been nailed to t
;s- trees---and cruei6ed--in this situation
fire was built around the tree and th'
suffered a slow death by broiling. 9th
W: instances were noticed of charred ske
@ tons of officers who had been nailed
,re slabs and placed against a house win
nj was set on fire by the inhuman demon
- and the poor sufferers having been roa
ii. ed alive until nothing was left but char
nd bones. Negro prisoners recaptured ire
Init the guerilas confirmed these facts, WIN
me were amply corroborated by the bod
nst found as above described. The negro
DIR taken were to be resold into slavery VIII
M. the white offices were consumed by I'll
or The facts We're stated to our corresponds
are at Vicksburg and Lieut. Cole holds HI
raj self responsible for the truth of the sta
es ment.
be VALLANpIGHAM.-The Buffalo &c
mercial Advertiser says: " We learn t
en-, n
lig- the proprietors of the Clifton House, Ca
the da, recently gave Mr.. Valandlgham moi
YES to quit, circumstances having rendered
as space occupied by that notorious indivl
hall al preferable to his company. The m
lose tyr ms said, has taxed up his alb
'my with Sol. Davis, the keeper of the MI
fires UNI.
ZACH THE SOUTHERN CRoPs.-1he Il
10 ~ :, mond Wing says serious apprehenslons
ions beginning to be felt by the farmers that
of continued wet weather will materially