The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-10

l W'ou$h II, anu IL tacy could be Intercepted thel
| would und0ubtedty be found III cORtain matter .
| reasonable character. These ieticrs were sen
| 10 tne Post Cfhec, addressed ~ had been stated
and were seized and sen, t,ahe Secretary Of War
| nj w washington, und were f1uRd u contain &C
count ut the printing of bonds and the sl,i piping o
machinery as mentioned above.
Inc Secretary Of War, therefore Issued his or
der, directing the arrest OF Mr. Hilton, and his con
| fnem mt In Fort Lafayette. OF course under the
system Of arbitrary arrests instituted by the pres
Administrator, there wa4s no possibility of AM
defence or explanation on The part Of Mr.. Hilton,
except by the Efforts pf friends io procure proper
| representation Of the To the President. In
| The language Of NJ Seward, the Secretary Of War
touched bell aud ordered The arrest Of a citizen
| Of New Y0Ik, aid there was power uuaer
| heaven except that of tue President which
could release him
Il was claimed by Mr. Htlt1n's friends tha, he was
! loyal Union man. He was widely known In the
city as business man Gf good character, resident
In this city ten years, native Of New Hampshire,
aud with nothing in his previous history that could
lead 10 suspicion that he would be guilty of uea
son 10 the Government
The bonds that Mr. Hilton was printing, as was
| alleged, for the Confederate Government, were
simply the fac s!nes Of Southern notes, v hlch II
will he recOiected, were so ia the streets by the
newsbOys some time ago, hundred dollar bill for
five cents They were bought extensively rs curl
asities. Mr. Hilton, however also had some of
these fac SMILES, signed ty dextetous penn'en In
imitation Of the signatures Of the Confederate
gster and treasurer, and these were sold 10 PERSONS
going near the C0utcdcrate Hines, WIN used
| them to advantage in dealing with the rebels -
Mr Hilton also entered Into arrangements with
a young man named George H. Briggs, for
| merely . { Atlanta, Georgia, who had GENE
North to circulate these bonds South. This was
done extensively that the South was flooded
with these spurious bills, which, though cheapy
printed, We're superior In appearance to the genu
Inc Confederate money, until 1t fairly broke down
tue currency Of the southern States so that they
were obliged to destroy their old plates, call In their
old issues, and print entirely new money. Mr.
Hilton was thus able 10 damage materially the
Soai'irfh cause, and rebel agent was sent to
New York to stop his Separations Mt all hazards. Ii
being declared that hc was doing more 10 hurt the
South ihan half the United States armies.
II was made no secret of by him that he was
printing these bills II was known by the persons
employ ed In his establishment, 3:id ulny of them
were hdwked about The streets by the negssb0ys,
or sold by thu HewsdeaieTs. They were also ex
tcnsive.y advertised.
A YANKEE ACCOUNT OF THE TREATMENT OF CONTRA
DANDs-rnEy WANT TO RETu1N TO THEIR MAS
TKRs.
1t appears that the Institution of slavery is in full
practice among the Yankees with the cOnrab li,is
in their possession, and that the much pfons cd
.'reedom' for the blacks turns out to be no free
dom at all. They ate sui jet 10 moIs restrictions
than they ever were by their masters The follow
Ing is an Crder issued by the health officer of
Natchcz, Miss
HEAL1H CFfIcR,
NAtci.cZ, Miss., March 10, 1864.
To preserve the general health ST the troops sta
toned in :he city of Natchez and of the iuhahi
tants, and To guard against Tue oIgiaati here,
and the introduction of peatiientiai diseases the
ensuing summer and autumn, IL impcTatvely
qures The prompt, vigorous, and steady eHfofce-
| mcnt OF The sanitary regulations heictoiore pie-
scribed in this city.
IL is of the first and greatest Importance and
cessity that all causes tending to the engendGring
aud dissemination ot p'siien;ai diseases here, SO
soon their existence rs known, shall be at once
ab;:ted removed, far as practicable. II is Ia
h3 aPprehenacd that stsinus danger IL TIE health
OF hS city will result from the congregation Witiia
its limits of the large nuHbuIS oi idle negroes
which now thrung The streets, lanes and alleys,
and OveIerOwd every huyci. Lazy ahd pioif'gar,
ul5ed to eating tor t!ienSeiv:- Ihfit,"ss iof the
present, aud reck!essiy inpro"idenl o; the future
the most of them loaf IDLY abont the streets and
alleys, pfowiing In seef. places and l"I6g1 laZiiy
| in crowded novels, which soon become d"ns OF
noisouc filth, the hotcis fit to eHsender aud rap
Idly disseminate the most i0atllsOnie and malignant
diseases.
TO prevent these evil fleets il Is hereby ordered
that after the LIST day VI april, 1864, no coniiaband
shall BIZ allowed to remain IN the city 1T Haichtz
who Is not cmpiot ed by some Iespobaibie white
peIsUn, s0nc leii uIte business, and who does
not reside 1T tue G0Wici OF his or her employer,
and cou,Tabani will be allowed 10 hire ANY
premises In this cit! for amy purpose whatever, and
no other peison Will be allowed To hire such prem
ises Tor the purpose of tvaung this order, nor al
lowed to hire or barber any contraband VINO eau
satisfy the Health C,iicer that he Or she nee ds
the services Of said contaband III some legitimate
employment. All contIabants remaining In the
city in contravcntion of Ibis order after April J.,
will be removed 10 the con.raband enca.apnent.
The word contGabaad Is hereby deiined to mean
all persons formerly slaves wi.a are not not" III The
employ Of their former owners
ANY evasion of this order will be punished more
severely than the direct iI:action ni IL, and all
persons reniug buildings 10 eoE,Iabands viii be
held responsible.
Persons dra Wing ra,ons from the United States
Government are not supposed To need many hiieh
be determined by Tie Undersigned.
ny uider OF AW kELLkv,
Surgeon and Health Otliccr,
Approved: j II Tut e, Brig Gen Com Dis.
A conesp spondeat ofthe New York 7rituae is very
severe upon this arrangement. Like the negroes
he can't see the promised liberty. He says
In order To live in Natchez the freeman must
moi only be hired To some white person. Dut lit,
must also live at the domicii Of his employer lie
must be- servant, and he must live with his mas
ter. Though he were hired, yet II lie lived across
the street from his employer, lie must he driven
| from the city; and In the execution Of The oider
| these were the points that special ateaiioh was
given to. NO regard was shown 10 character, %
age, sex, condition. The simple tact thai ifesa
| man was honestly supporting himsen a'iu 'a'.y,
was u sufficient reason tor driving hini IIo'i' h.
| city, except in some cases OF hack drivers, an"
dray men, and market men, whom ~, ~ Nc, nosy ~,
c,pied as the city could hardly ahurd 10 iose "c.
In he rYeculon of the order there seemed to be no
| regard shown to the marTiage Or parental ieia
| lions. Ii the husband was e'"1!oF0" ~ -
| white person, and happened to I've at his
| domicii he might reman, but his wife must leave
the city Or If the wife was 50 employed, and
her husband abnring for HIMSELF he must be drv-
| en- away from his fiinliy. And II the parents were
| employed, and their cSiidrcn working ior the lam
| lily or themselves, they must leave the place ot
The ir birth. The marriage and parental relations
were no more in the way oi the execution OF this
ORDER Than they were In the way of the execution
of the order of the auciOnccr In the slave market
year ago In this place. indeed, The days of siav
| cry seemed 10. have returned again. Thtic was
/ The ward or pen into which the co0red people,
div II from the different parts Oh the city by the
| soldiers, were piaced-old men and women, sone
of whom had lived in the city forty or hity years.
aud boys and girls, and little children to awa:'
the decision of The Doctor, or bis sub0rdinats, as
10 whether they shall be driven from their homes
| and be separated forever. Some Old cit
| zens, living here for forty years, say .hey
| never saw so much sorrow aud distress IN
| Natchez as they saw On The LIST day of April
| MANY Of the freed people were heard
to say they never had been SO hardly treated bj
their masters Whole families had lived togeihe
with their masters hut now they must he separated
--sunc stay tm the city, others be driven 10 iIi'
kraal aud from that TO the plantation, 10 be asiit
taken by the rebels Hence mary who had titt
| kind masters resolved tO return u slavery Iaihe
| than expose themselves 10 the unknown cfueitie!
| Of Iayvlsss and pTow!ing guerHiias The c.ase
ou.nce rs tha, so far This class of p Ysons Is con
cerncd the order Of Dr Kelley, approved aud backes
| by th. power Of the Bfigadier, has dc;cated tn
characterization Proclamation oi the President OF th'
| limited s,tates And The Oft r. peated Recommended
tions OF the Doctors officials 10 frecdnen, to Eetui'
IN their u,asters is some evidence Of the destgl
amd tendency 0t this order
| Another sad fleet Of the execution orihis orie
Ia that Il has nearly broken up the Tree schools o
| The colared people In the city. Before the fst q
| AnrtI there were more than coo caiored chiIife
atiendias schools here, which had been estabiishe
and were sustaiHs,i by the bctaltty at The I'd