Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-04-17
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poning the resolutions relating to martial
law, was agreed to. Amotion to recommit
to the Committee on Judiciary was lost anda
the resolutions finally passed.
A'billto regulate postage on newspapers.
books &c, was reported from the COMMITTEE
on Pos, Offices aud Post Roads aud passed.
House took a recess.
Capture and Destruction of Yankee
O4ton.Tradh5 steamer.
A correspondent Of the Mobile Register
sIrertixcr givesthe following account of
the recent capture of boat belonging to :
the Federals on the Mississippi.
On the 18th ult.. as Captain Cleaveland's,
SQUADRON Of Adams cavalry regiment was ,
on a scout in the upper end of Washington,
county. on the Mississippi river, they learnt
that there was artrading boat coming down
the river, which had been in the habit of
trading with the citizens, giving them such '
| articles as they generally needed in ex-
change. for cotton n Captain Bowie, who was
in command of the squadron, adopted ruse
for deccying the boat ashore, by having
several bales of cotton hauled testhe bank. :
In the meantime Captain Bowie arranged
his men behind the levees dismouated. No,
sooner had the boat been made fast, than
the charge was sounded. and over the bank
the men went. The Yankee hucksters soon
found that they were in elk" We got
several hundred pairs ssSet boots and shoes,
clothing of all~kinds. calicoes, domestics..
flannel, tobacco, iAeenl. barrels whiskcy, i,
cheese, soda, salt. pepper; cotton and WOOL
cards, and great many other useful arti-
Giles, besides forty two prisoners Of war,
.'real blue bellies Captain Bowie. press
cd twenty wagons to haul the plunder to the.
regiment, which is encampted near Green
vile, on Dear Creek "A gunboat cane in,
sight, and we set fire to the steamboat, burn
ing up about two hundred bales Of cotton,
and forty sacks of salt ON board Of her:
THE New ORLEANsSP PRESS The "Ap--
peal" is furnished by friend with the fol--
lowing facts. relative to the press. Of New
Orleans::
! Before the fall of New Orleans the cdito--
rial corps gifts six daily papers had con-
tributed the following. respectable quota in
the Confederate army: Two colonies, two
tains, one lieutenant and one color sarr
geaut. The composition. press and coun-
ting rooms had furnished so many officers
and men shat after engaging all the outside.
force available the establishments. had a.
barely sufficient number to carry on bussi-
ness. And this, it must be remembered
was the voluntary contribution Of a ella S.;
exempt from miltaryduty
When the Yankees took possession oftho.
city the Crescent" was, con6scated then
the Bulletin" followed suit, its-editor being
sent to Fort Jackson next the Delta
met the same fate, its only remaining editor
taking trip to Ship Island. the ''Picay-
une' and Bee" bent the neck, and after
having been suspended they appeased
Buffers vanity by apologising for an mad
vertent exhibition of manliness; and are al
lowed to continue. The ''True Delta"
falling under the exclusive control of it's
old editor, Dir. Hugh Kennedy, has afilia--
ted With Butler aud Banks and displayed a,
cloven hoof. the existence Of which had.
been suspected for years.