The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-02-23
PROCLAMATION.
MAYORS OFfICe CRY or MOBILR,1
February IS, 1864.

have the honor to lay before you the following
communication addressed to me by our command
Ing General, requesting that use every means In
my power TO induce the non cOmbatants To leave
the city without delay. Fellow citizens, our city
in all probability will be attacked Ia very short
time by the enemy You cannot doubt the proprie
ty and pure motives of the General In urging all
non -cOmbatants To leave Immediately. The city
may, and likely will be besieged Enough is known
nj least to make prudent to prepare for the worst.
You must know that Ii besiegcd the sOldery and
citizens be provided for only for certain length
Of time, and every who leaves II furnishes SO
much more food for the soldier Our Governor also
quests that you leave, aud declares that ne will
his large influence In the interior for your
fort and protection. DO not hesitate any longer,
but go immediately. Transportation will be fur
nishrd you for the purpose
feel confident that II is the Impression of our
rulers that II our lovely city falls into the hands of
our enemy, IL will be the result Of starvation Win
you be instrumental in this catastrophe by stand
ing In the way Of protecting and defending 1t?
believe not. ! feel confident that II you take the
advice of the General and Governor, Mobile will be
successfully defended, and that ere long you may
return In safety 10 your homes.
L. H. SLouaH, Mayor.
MoBns, Feb. 70, 1854.
Ny Dear Sir: observe little disposition on the
part Of non cOmbatants to leave Mobile. Please
use every means in your power to induce them 10
do SO without delay.
The Governor Of Alabsma assures me that he
will take measures to secure t. the people an asy
lum In the upper region Of country bordering the
rivers above here. cannot believe that tho kind
and hOepitabie people of Mobile, who have for
years been opening their houses to the homeless
refugees from other parts Of the C0nfederacy, will
faii to receive ready welcome and kind prOtec-
ton during the attack on their homes.
Patriotism demands that they leave the city for
while TO those who can defend il. Prudence
urges that they make no unnecessary delay In 60
Ing.
will assist you here with transportation. The
ho
for their reception and entertainment above.
Very truly and respectfully, yours,
Danny II. MAuRH, Major Gen. Cong.
His Honor Mayor Slough.
The Mobile Register Of the 18th, says that the la
test information received leaves little doubt that
Sherman.s whole force is moving on that city. In
Its situation article the same paper remarks:
From the information received up to this hour,
n looks as ii the first judgment Of Gen. Polk, about
the destination Of the enemy was eOrsect, and that
he is really moving on Mobile. He was ceTtaialy
At Enterprise ON Monday evening, and we have Just
heard thai he has made his appearance ~ 0uiiman,
ten miles further south. IL il, however. the Opin-
Non Of the last officers and Others who left MeFt
dian and Enterprise, that Sherman priacipa
II pushing after Gen POlk's retiring oeces, towards
DemOPOlis. II the Yankee sOldteTs are not like
chameleOns, and live ON aiS, IL ID difRcu3t 70 see
how they can march 90 600 men, and The horses for
their transportation and artillery through % barren
c0untsy, and Cor such disaaDce. The twenty days
uasions which they are said 70 have started with
are exhausted-as least the twenty days are gone.
There II nothing ON the way down upnn which 70
only 500 wagons, and Lee has destroyed sonAc Of
these. But iflhey cannot cOae on fOr lack Of food,
neither can they 90 back, nutnss uains come ous
6om JscksOn % meet them u snsnnaa psshes o.
70 the Digbee river, or mp the country towards Oka
IONA Of COlHAbus, there = corn en00sh 20 feed any
iaVee, bue hUW hs II to Hive cOain9 this
our eonpsshensioa sun, The fact y that sosne of
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