, 1864-03-14
RAIns-u0w THY euoCLD De MET.
The Wig concludes On article on tiie aabjcct as

Abont o'clock, p. m., the corpse was removed
from the depot and buEicd-no ono knows, OF ID to
fuow, where.
The Wig concludes an article on thie aabjcct as
follows:
Whit then is to be done In order to arrest this
Infamous practicet Our soldiers should In every
instance where they, capture officers engaged in
aud wanton devastation and plunder as this last
raid has been, hang them instantly. II they arc
handed over as prisoncrs Of var they ct once come
oad add a ~
tpopsb,iiy In the matter. Questions, no doubt,
would arlte, hut they might well be met BY re-
cI1enes to the eauscs which lead to the action Of
The punishment mctcd out would certainly COM
port as strictly With the rules Of warfare as the
nate 90 was the latter, and in resp:et 10 both,
better understanding IN future would, In all proba-
blI'ty be the rcsuls. At all erents. one good
@ Saestoni II iobbc1s ' snd eni:tiToets Would 5e to
arrest thia System Of outInges. We would be re-
lleycd from this pest of raidinF fof Is barbarous
cally bc rendered inaoeaops b7 vIgt1aat exercise
Of tho mems for homo defense which arc within
on1 reach. .iTithphls fea ure leitmatized az It will
be live persist in extending to these frcahooters
the rights due to regular pEiaoners Of war, VIC ehsl
have TO endure periodical outrases Of the character
Iei our Soldiers, therefore, take the law In their
own hands, and bang upon capture the officers Of
every rnlting party found to DO engaged In acts OF
inecndia1iem, devastation and robberT such as
characterized the late raid around Richmond =
This Will eectrail5 check the practice and g!yc us
come eccnriy ayn;nst tho invasion Of Yankee high
wnymen-nothfng else will.
TnE CAPTURED BANDIT.
Prcsu,nlng tho documents found on the body Of
Dahlgren to BE- autheatic, the whole question Of
the recent attempt to jnyade Richmond, burn and
sack It. with all the other horrible concomitants
OF such ecenc}, can be stated and dspoeed OF In
faypH U}.Nn}Effihn
cur way clear as TO what should be done with those
fthe banditti who hare fallen into our handd. But
vietions d our Judgement Judgment wllch win
be promptly sustained by tho civilized world, In
Guiding China, the most t1uculeat Of nations: na.
Arc thceo men wnr7iors7 Are they soldiers
taken in the performances Of duties reco.nszed as
legitimate By the loosest construction Of the code
fiane, thnga, who have iorielted (and expect to
lose) thelr lyess Are they not barbarlans redo. Do
,9s heh ban the
ncous voice Of all Cflr'sscndom Will shudderin;ly
proclaim them monsters, whom no sentimental
Idea OF humanity, no timorons Views Of expsdicn-
CT, no trembling terror Of consequences, should
have shielded from the quickest and sternest death
What noEc hare VIC to dread from Yankee nal.
sa 9s a,en e
thcis elemency? WIN justice n1etsd out 70 those
creatures stimulate eather tho brutality of the Yam
| End means for diabollsm On the other? Btih are
| now in fullest exesciee.
thsss asa g aesoFa!pE d. The
rite the Yankees TO similar, and, II possible, still
| more shocking efIortsf It We would know what
ere now have been their fate II, during war, sach
body Of mcn with such purposes and such acts,
had made s1 At shtsempt and were taken p Lo9don
poyB, who disregard and exceed the Just limits nf
war, from the mouths Of cannon: the Frcnch nsil-
ade them.
i've aFolcss powerful have wo less pride aud self
| respect than either Of these nationst These men
| have put the cdput t.pinuin On themselves. They
arc Eot victims; they arc volunteers for re1norse-
less dca1h: They haye rushed 1pon fate, and stru.
E}ed In voluntary audac1ty with the grim monster.
Let them die, Eot by court.1nartial not prison
ere. bTt az kosss hHm1nt genegis, by general order
ff9m ahf pFes,dsnt
| DO what Hes pa1pably before thcms This Is the
question In all months. What concerns thf5 peo
not @ i Ra s'7
tatIops-not wheiher, after leading the people oni
Of Egypt they shall have the rcpntas son that Moses
lection to thcmsevea, their wiyes and children and
| thelr honor.
| HORRIBLE CRUELTY ToA SLAVE.
Durin. the session OF the Mayors Court on Sat
urday morning, 5onng German, giving his name
~ Charles F. Reese called O1lcer Kelly ont Of the
Co1rt-room, and showing him small tlaek negro
] tody for stealing his pocket book.
SEEING nom hsf dlooping lee5 that the girl va vas
suffering from aone cagse a9s Kelly asked hst wai
dead; that Reese had beaten her almost to death
On examination he found that she had boon literal
ly cut 10 pieces with cowh1de from the heels te
| the top 0t her head. There was not squarc inch
OF her body which was not bruised and gashed In
the most horrible manner. and Hood was trlckling
even from her head Kelly asked Rsego Why hs
she hAd stolen hts pocket book, and he was de
termined to whip her until she confessed what she
had done with Il, that after whipping her 70 TIL
| extent, ehe lad enld she gave 1t to 2 free negro
hut the free negro had declared that be had neye,
seen her before, and TINT he wanted Kelly to whip
Rely brought both parties before the Mayor,
who, hayin. heard the circumstances, committed
Reese to jail for future examination, and ordered
fooE the Hi to The M up Upper @ watehhoase and called
in physician. who ordered her 10 be 6timn1ated
and kept comfortable. Up to last evening, though
almost ;rscnsibe condition, and hid eaten nothing
The girl Is about ten or eleven yelrs Of age, ant
says sue belongs to Mrs. Davis.-Whig, I'll.
tRichmond Whis, March IL
| KENTUCKY CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
The 1oowinE sre The teta1s Of ths he yotes T. IT,
Congress at the following places: Augusta, Dal
ten, Smiths Camp, AbinFde9; Forsyth, DesatnE
by's Brigade, Rome, LaGraugc:
ris, sN; Tfipietle' 10; Dennis. Se. Dist. s-Resd
.s SEE eesr ~ Pit Shg as b|st aba5ssai BsEEsa
,,sn; Thompson, 81 Hardin, s3l. Dtst: 7--H
" Ripse 1,5a'; coeke1 49, Dit. s-MazShal' BE-
Eanshorne, iaig t: i'd; II heSett s0 Diet. % iMoors
Isl; johnson, ISL May, Ia. Diet 11-Bradley
1,aes; Brec1duEidgc, $50. Dist. 1:-Elliott 1,55s.
NCESDIARlsM IN RICHMOND.
From the Richmond Examiner, March 81
1neendiasy con,iagr4tions were the order Of th
night on Fridao night last Three occurred III Il
many different quarters, and all beyond the cit
limits. Tho first alarm occurred at half past eigh
| Dir 0pE frnr I'm ht1r rF f1i
buildings, and the wood ya1d on the farm OF Ill
DrideeWater, in Henricot bcgond Stony fiun, abou
five miles from the city, ia soathcastwaEa:y d!
large amount Of grain and proVcader. Sever
ho1ees and mules burned to death, besides bctwee
six and eeven thousand dollars worth OF corde
wood. His loss is not less than ten Or twely
thousand d0lllle.
The second alarm was sounded at about tc
o'cock and, Is we learn arose nom TIE destsnctto
Of portion Of the government stablng at Bacon
Qulter Branch. Seventeen Of the government AZ
Iinsls, horses and mules perished in the flames b
1 Of fhe eoua ss The loss
Tho third alarm, which followed immediately NJ
on the second q about elcvcn o'clock arose frol
ea II sse sSs e
IN Eastern Hcnrico county, several miles from th
Nj. Randolph lost BY the conaagration txo yer
fine mich COVE, three horses and mules, beside
%snts. Ts!ued il e. ass1essts, + geod tines.
. | tANGAau4 VI stfEut}-AfH tupuSau
at the present standard OF money. The barn ~
fired from the rear, and the 1iames being thus hi
did not attract the attention Of the inmates Of ii
family until the whole structure was ablaze m
the hames beyond the power Of arrest by huma
, | agency.
These three conhag1ations, occurring IN aamo:
opposite compass points from the city, within se'
eral hours Of each other leads to the belief thu
. they were lindlcd BY sku1king Yankees, Who, PC
bars, separated and lost In the late raid adoptt
this method Of sIenal1ng each other and getting t.
gether: Wc hare heard much ta}k Of a. county a, p
ylsitations as lighted up the country Friday nigh
i but nc do not know that anything has come
: 1t. Had such patrol been IN existence on Frid'
| night tic one hundred thousand dollars worth
properly destloyed might bare bean saved. OF Il
wsciches who applied the torch awung from Il
nearest tree.
Eongstreet on his Travels.
LOUISVILLE, March 1a.-Thc Democrat has info
mation from IN officer from hnoxVule on t9e ct
: that Lorgatreet had sent bis wagon ttains
= and r,,nrttfnp nDt{fa f0rcH q.