The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-08
LATE FROM THE SOUTH.
AFFAIRS AT ATLANTA
WHAT Is DONE WITH OUR
CoLoRRD SOLDIERS.
RICHMOND MARKETS

We have received the Richmond ESquirer Of
August 5, from which VIC take following
Latest from Georgia.
ATLANTA. August 4.-Afairs are very quiet
this morning. There was some picket iiung
during the night, but nothing OF importance
occurred. Fifty prisoners were captured near
Newman, and were sent South from East Point
yesterday. About one thousand in all were
captured.
The Negro Troops.
Amongst the eleven hundred prisoners taken
by our forces last Saturday, at Petersburg, two
hundred were negroes; many OF them, perhaps
ali of Them stolen or runaway slaves. IL any
advertisement n has vet been published in the
papers calling upon persons who have lost slaves
to come forward and Identity their property, and
lake II away, We have not observed such adver-
tisement.
Lately there were many negroes recovered
from the raiding party of Kautg and Wilson
their names were very properly published, and
their owners informed where they could come aud
take them. The two hundred black ras,als taken
alive In the Petersburg trenches (most Improperly
taxi alive, as they proclaimed ono quarter'')
now thar they are Ia our hands, are worth hall
n million. IL may be hoped that strict eXAmina-
tion will be made amongst them, and due notice
given 70 such as have lately been robbed of such
property, with view Of making restitution OF
such OF them as are slaves.
The right of the Yankee Government is un-
| doubted, TO enlist, OF TO draft, or procure how
they can, free negroes whose residence is az the
| North they would have perfect right to make
war upon us with elephants, or TO stampede us
with wild cattle, or 10 set dogs upon us-and our
men an equal right to kill them-a perfect right
therefore, to employ negroes as soldiers.
But they have no right to steal mans negro,
| and arm him against his master; and his master,
wherever he may lind that stolen or runaway
negro, Is entitled 10 reclaim him. On this point
our Government Is happily committedi and Il
| can by no means evade the plain duty of restor-
L al, tsf fhafr talace
indeed It recognizes the validity of the emancipa-
ton proclamation, as well as of the conhscatlon
act but this is not to be supposed.
II was not, however, making good beginning
| to march up those two hundred negroes, RlonG
| with nine hundred white men, as prisoners o
| war through the streets OF Petersburg instead o
\ separating them and driving them into pen by
| themselves, until their status should be ascer
tanned, and their owners Uf any, found. !.
1.-TWO hundred genuine EbOshins sprinkled
amongst the crowd Of prisoners, and placed OF
| the same footing, was sight, the moral effect o
which upon the slaves OF Petersburg could not bt
wholesome; and it Is mainly upon that ground
we dsapprove Of the exhibition-not because
| they were not good enough company for the
| Ysnkte es who marched with them.
| Without, however, going further into that
| matter, for the present, IL Is enough TO rem 'rk
that We have not as yet heard of any of those two
hundred negroes being restored IN their owners
| nor met with any advertisement that they avail
| identification. ..
Any one who has lost slaves, however, need
not aw ait the invitation, but ought to go ut once
demand to pass the whole squad in review anC
II he recognizes a stolen or runaway slave of hi:
own or any neighbor, to reclaim him and take
possession " him. ANY such planter, going &c
II claim his slave, If he meets with any difficulty
| bad better not be discouraged, but demand %
| see one superior officer after another until he
| comes TO General Lee.
IT, after all, he cannot get back his slave, or ii
he is not allowed to examine the "prisoners" to
| see whether his slave is amongst them-then LEI
| him communicate all the facts to the public,
! through the newspapers. E -...
PRIcEs IN THE FIRST MARKET YESTERDAY
| Yesterday prices In both the First and Second
Markets ranged somewhat lower than usual, aud
the supp y OF meats, vegetables, fruits, &c, or
hand was abundant to profusion. The following
wtrr the ruling prices =
Cabbage per head, from 81 TO -; eucumbGrs
pei dozen, 81; cvmblins, per dozen, 81; tomat
tees per quart, 81 to SO; onions per quart, S2'5(
| to 5000; potato, 8, per quart, 81 10 50; snaps
per q1art, 81 TO fl'50 green peas, per quart 2 e
| Sl'dU uglr beans, per quart S3 TO y corn, p
| dozer, s. to S0 beets, per bunch, 81 chickens
| per air, $5 TO $40; ducks per pair Sl2 20 SIG
| buti, r. per ound, S8 TO so; eggs, per dozen, ~
| IN SO; apples, per quart, SOC. to $3.50; peaches
PEI quari SO tn $3.50 pears, per quart, vi to 81
watermelOns, $3ito So Hery fine; cant"lopes, SOC
| u ~; fIe,h meats, per pound, SO TO VI.
In the Second Market the market wagons
struck out ge It distance beyond the space they
usually occupy, and the supply of fruit was very
full, especially in watermelons.