Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1864-04-23

Chf~alry Is mot wholly obsolete. On the con-
sary it stfll fourishes and is very much the same
Is in tine early ages when the gallant Barons
sailed forth at the head Of armed retainers to
prey upon those who had the misfortune to be
weaker than themselves. But like every thing
else chivalry has progressed in this age of pro-
gress. 1t has re-appeared in the west with ali
the --latest Improvements" 1t no longer con-
fines itself to its legitimate business of the olden
time to making serfs Of its csptives in warfare,
to extracting tooth daily in order to compel
unwilling Israelites to disgorge their wealth to
dragging timid maidens to the matrimonial altar
that the chivalric scions might mend their shat
tered fortunes by wealthy alliance; the "Chivs''
of the present age know their part better
L" Westward the course of empire takes its way, ~
and with the rise of chiralry in the Western
World new light breaks forth. The Knights of
the Temple and St. John respected their van
pushed foes, held them for ransom if taken in
battle or gave them Christian burial if they died
on the battlefield. The Knights of the Golden
Circle hold different views, and the hight of their
glory is to lay in ashes city while its unarmed
inhabitants, men, women and children are being
butchered, to mutilate the bodies of officers who
have died in attempting to thwart their hellish
measures, to bury them with u dogs burial
without coffin, winding sheet or service, or to
shoot down in cold blood the prisoners of war
who when overpowered by numbers surrendered
themselves in the hope of receiving such treat
ment as the rules Of civilized warfare would die
tate. Such are few specimens of the mode OF
modern chivalry, and while the heart pales with
horror at the thought Of the barbarities which
these descendants of the Norman chevaliers per-
rights the cheek burns with shame that such
men are Americans and countrymen.
We read in the history of our country that
when in search of religious freedom the Pilgrim
Fathers moored their little bark off the coast oil
Massachusetts, and sought to rear home in the
wilderness on those then desolate shores, their
slumbers were broken by the midnight yell Of
the savage, and when they started from their
beds It was only to witness the slaughter of their
townsmen by the glare of burning dwellings
We read again how in war for independence
the continental prisoners were cast into the
loathsomc dungeons of prison ships and left to
linger in misery. But even in the history Of
savage warfare no brutality exceeds that of the
massacres at Lawrence and Fort Pillow, and the
horrors of the prison ships reflect honor upon
the British name when compared with Libby
prison and other places of confinement at Rich
mond.
We are no advocate of retaliation War Of
itself is the greatest evil that can befall nation
and even in its most merciful form carries horrors
in its train that should make it last resort
But for such men as Quantrell and Forrest with
those under them no such thing as mercy should
exist. As measure of safety for the gallant
men who are fighting our battles, to secure to
them that treatment which is recognized among
civilized nations, stern measures should at once
be taken. All who have been engaged in any
such iuhuman massacres have described
should have the ban of outlawry put upon them
Then and not until then can we meet the enemy
upon equal terms
We have given no exaggerated picture. II
to the following extract from the Richmond Err
an,iner of March Sd
Col. Dahlgren's body was boxed up at Walk
erton on Sunday and brought to Richmond, with
the object we understand, of its positive identi-
ficaton and the establishment of the fact of the
finding of the infamous documents upon it, all
of which has been attested by witnesses. Hence.
forth the name of Dahlgren is linked with eter.
nal infamy, and in the years to come defenseless
women and innocent childhood will peruse, with
a sense of shrinking horror, the story of Rich
mond's rescue from the midnight sack and raw
age led by Dahlgren 1t would seem something
of the curse he came to bestow upon others
lighted upon his own carcass, when it fell rid
died by avenging Southern bullets. Stripped
robbed of every valuable, the fingers cut off for
the sake Of the diamond rings that encirced
them, when the body was found by those sent to
take charge of it, it lying. in a field, stark
naked, with the exception of the stockings.
Some humane person had lifted the corpse from
the pike and thrown it over into the field, to save
it from the hogs. The artificial leg worn by
Dahlgren removed, and is now at General
Elzey's headquarters. 1t is of most beautiful
design and finish.
Yesterday afternoon the body was removed
from the car that broughtit the York River Rail-
road depot and given to the spot Of earth selected
to receive it. Where that spot is no one but
those concerned in its burial know care to tell.
1t was dogs burial, without coffin, winding
sheet OF service Friends and relatives at the
North need inquire no further this is all they
will know-he is buried burial that bettted the
mission upon which he came. He has swept
through the city of Richmond " on pine bier,
and written his name" on the scroll of in
fanny: Instead of on the hearts of his country
men, never to be erased. He :! asked the bless
ing OF Almighty God Cd his mission of rapine,
murder and blood, and Almighty God cursed
him instead.
LOOK Our. The amended Revenue Law
has this provision
If any person shall give to the Tax Collector
or his Deputy a false name, or shall refuse to
give his name, or if [any] person having men in
his employ shall refuse to furnish the Poll Tax
Collector, or his Deputy, when requested, the
name and residence Of each man employed by
him, or if such person shall refuse to grant free
access TO the Collector or Deputy to the building
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