, 1865-03-14

ExC1IEsfEST AMoyG HIS RICHMOND FRIENDS
| THREATS OF RETALIATION.
The murder, by hanging, Of Capt John r.
Beall, under the signature and By the author-
IT. o. Lincoln, Is exciting. deep indignation
IN this community, where deceased had many
1liends. The people have been deceived 50
ofttn IN the retaliarory threats OF the Prcsi-
dent that they have resolved hereafter to
take the matter into their own hands,
Threats Te1c made yesterday looking to the
banging, summarily, upon the first lamp post,
| OF any Of the Yankee officers now on their
| parole, and who might be found at large, and
the intimation being conveyed 10 them, they
ktpt vcly close within the security Of the
! LIBBY. The good name and fame Of Capt.
Beall, thank God, a:e not in the keeping Of
! known, and In the county Of Jefferson, which
| is ccrc1t OF one Of her most heroic sons, his
name will be rcyered Us martyr, who thowed
10 Als enemies, in foreign land. how Il gal
!ont and intrepid Southern soldier could die
for his country.
ACTION OF THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE ON
TIE HANGING OF BEALI, TIE sPf,
$780, FRIDAY, March 8, 1865.
SEEATE.-Ibc Senate Was called to order 1T
ee eleEep o'clock H. N. by tie President, Lteat.
on motion of Mr.. Hunter, the House Joint
General Assembly in nrsgard to he execution,
by the authc rites of the United 3.ates, OF
Capt Jnhn Yates Bcall, and recommending
the adoptlon o. sueh otepo os may be ncces-
ta1J in retaliationJor the ofense, were taken
up.
Mr.. Hunter regretted that rctaliatory meas
utes had not been adopted in the earlier
stages Of this war; and that, when certain
prisoners in our hands had been selected for
this purpose. the orders which had been
hered 10. Had such q course been pursued
much good would have resulted. No purer,
no more patriotic and honorable man ever
existed than John Yates Beall. htr. Hunter
had known him from childhood, and had
watched his course until the hour Of mar
tyrdon. had Bcall been properly. aided by
the Navy Department when he was in this.
city last year, Mr.. Hunter verify believed, IN
expedition which he then had planned would
hare successfully released every Confederate
prisoner On Johnson's Island. Bnt red tape
had bahled Capt. Beall In his laudablc schemes.
Our young Virginian has become a~martyr,
and It becomes us, Ii We do no more, to en-
paim h!s memory By giving expression to the
State.
The resolutions we're unanimously adopted,
EXCHANGE OF GEN. uATs-TuAT OF GENERAL
CROOK AND KELLEY PENDING.
From the Richmond Examiner, March4.1
Gen. Joseph Hays, Of Massachusetts. has
gone North, under tho regulations Of The ey-
change. Generals Crook and Kelley remain
with Us for few days longer. -
THE EXCHANGE OF ALI. UN1oS PRISONERS IN
NORTH CAROLINA TO BE COMPLETED IN \
PEW DATH.
IFrom the Raleigh Progress Feb. 2s1
The Yankee prisoners have all been sent
from the camps near this place to Northwest
bridge for the purpose Of being exchanged.
Many others from Greensboro and Salisbury
have passed through here for the same destI-
'naticn. All the Federal prisoners In North
Carolina are to be exchanged, we learn. at
No! invest bridge, a fsw miles from VII
m;ngton. We presume the exchange will be
completed in q few days.