Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-06
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II n nFpoRTkp ourRAGEs IN MLLEpaEyILr.E,
The editotS f the Fasetteyille Observer has seen
letter. from a Glersynsnin Savannah, written three
DAYS before the evacuation of that place m Which he
WAS requested to CORRECT ihe-stoIy.pf Yankee out,
risei OF ladies' in Miledeoyilto whilst Sherman held
I'm i elace. Tee wreE lad bcoh assured HyGfnefal
Wayne that 10 ad cttefs from laditS - Millfdssvs
stating that no $uGlr viQieu,e bad been atempsed
AID that General Beapfegard, who was there aiter
;SLe rnai has stated that twas netrtrge 'hat sucl
atrooiteshad been Sominitted TheNFileEsays IN ina!
the story il PROFESSIONALLY false, Intended TO- exeite
public feeling against theSnemy. naturally con G..
dudes That ac6ntrhdietioR will relieve tnesewhe
have friends in Ssyanpalr. i -: - -. 81
| IL nj one OF tile disgracehi Incidents connected
With this amazing march fisherman through, Geofs
sia that The world has beeu treated 10 ies 81 an
sorts By the people of that STATES II: Il, tpi a..
Besides the newspapet statements oi,fhese !oura,
yes, We had says the G6stree verbal assurances q
ltheir truthfulaess such he'd usto believe themun-
lhestptipely; Il is due to truth that they sioud
either be absolutely established hytle Georgia press
81. as absolutely coItradlcted::. .,.ii'.
a. AN teUTR4GEous OUTAGE" -
Is A1eitei from ta lady, IN the Augusta Cf"0nfclf
stafes that ON The 10th ilIt two hundred tsnkees
larfixed at Maylield, "a village in Middle Georgia,
.rhojhod taken the oath and were going oni Ien1
t4Iobd Sarrdy, but beig nearly starved, he-aor 10
coGimand turned them loose al the depot ana told
| them TO get something 10 set They sent a'f Y
oniek time and scattered every direction, killing
lioGs and going into ladies' houses demanding some
,lno Ia eat. they went around every farm. Sonie
% them were seen hlteen miles from Maytcld and
in the laIy's opinion ties can never be picked W
again, .-.- So, a.,
Frhe Major vent to SPARTA fourteen miles from the
DEPOT. ami the Captain b. Augusta
The whole affair is an outrage, and ohght 10 be IN
yestigated. - . = .
| The officer was offered ratons for the men II nc
woull not disbaud them. But he preferred to tufi
then, loose among helpless women and children.
TIE SOUTH CAROLINA REsERYtS
Gov. Magrath, the successor Of Gov. Bonham, O
S,uth Carolina has issued general order, dated al
.Ieadonarters, Charleston, Dee. 18th" the opening
paragraphs of which We annex
| The Legislature vi South CaTolina has declared
that all irce white men between the ages Of sixteen
and sixty years mol already ~ the Confederate seq
/ yi,t. shan be liable 10 militia service.
fJe city OF Charleston requires Tor ITS defence az
Si,iuu IL limits who are between these ages. Las
service is Gr IAe defence of our homes II cannot Dc
declined SxteI by those who are unwilling To defend
th.t State whose laws protect uem that city 3!
| which they aus sheltetedi r,t
l An viii come forfh :all must come forth; Tpf
free pr,ier OF service is what the slate desifes,
| TIE service not proiered WIlEbe demanded. =.
Ohcers charged with ihe organization OF ibis force
villas much as possible recOhce the service viii
the employ mehts ia business, y labor oil those "ilo
Nrc ready 10 ,perfOIm II. They Who prpAPtn ~
spond to the cali OIL the State aEe entitled to and vii
receive iEom II u careful consideration oil ali lha'
| affects then welfare -
=: PROM'soUTH CAROLINA. L
Atelegcam from General llardee, last night, at
the War department states that e.enemy werefn
.is front az Hardeeviite on Wednesday. All quiet
yesterday. The force OF the enemy is not stated.
MISSOURI BRIGADE AT FRANKLIN
Tbrouoh a promnept officer we learn that at the
hattie Of Franklin the Missouri brigade went in 81
rru.,ets and77 officers 100 wSre killed outright
ON the field, ZAP wounded and 80 captured, making
| loss of Az :
Colonel Garland command the lst and Atm Mis-
souri, infantry Major Parker, commanding the isl
and Sd Missouri cavalry; Captains s. Carnih, At
kinson. Hill Woodland, Bane; Lieuts. Irvine, NC
Grew, Thomas Green Ia son Of General Green,
Still WEIGH, Capet, Fristac, Barnett, White, Mar
nell, W. A. Crow, Edward Davis, and Hayden, were
killed .
Colonel Gates was. shot through both aims, flesh
wound in the right. left arm badly broken below the
elbow bpt will be saeed.
It, Anderson, of Gen CockrelIs staff, was shot
/ in the lett arm.
Gen. Cockrell was wounded three times-fesl
wound in right arm and left leg, and the small bono
Of the right leg broken, but is doing very we'll and
is already improving.
The brigade never behaved mere nobly, and their
action shed lasting honor on bothofaccrs and men
and won the well-merited appreciation CT the Gene
raj commanding.