The Portland daily press., 1865-08-19
A BIG REBEL YANKrn1znp.

The rebels in Savannah have not all been
subdued in the sense in which the lion is SUD
dued when he Is said to Seat straw like an OK
that is, they have not all been Transformed
into loyal, Union-loving men and peaceape
citizens. They seem to delight IN onerlns M
sults IN Union officers and other representa-
tiyes of the authority of the U. ;. Govern
| mont The savannah Republican OF recent
date. oiyes account of the way in which one OF
49, ,.oho, uentry-a brother of Mrs. Jefferson
Dav;c-was brought under Yankee influence
and control. Says that paper:
GThe yestibuie and stairways of the Pulaski
House Yesterday afternoon resounded with ex-
carnations too vile for insertion in the columns
of respectable newspaper. These words pro-
ceeded from gang of loud-mouthed secession
lists who were amusing themselves, deiShting
their listening friends, and revealing their
'chivalry' by applying indecent epithets to
Union people, and begging for the privilege of
whipping some DID Yankee repeating at the
same time the old stereotyped Southern brag
of sone Southerner being able to clean out five
Yankees AT this time a small, delicate look
inr officer, OF the rank of captain in the army.
politely stepped up to the turbulent crowd and
quietly informed them that he could not stand
silently by and hear such language, and unless
it was stopped he should be under the neces-
sity of taking steps to prevent it. The re-
proof was not received in the right spirit, but
was resented as an invasion Of the rights OF
free speech. This interference with crowd
of men who were enjoying happiness by de-
nouncing the Union was more than Mrs. Jeff.
| Dayis's brother could stand, and he forth
with prepared to "demand his rights" "a Ell
dgnlis. -.
| The honor ofdealing the first blow at the
| Union officer, we believe, was conceded 70
Mr.. Howell JEFF. Davis brother-in-law, but IN
less time than we can write it the officer had
demolished his rebel antagonist in spite Of
! the united efforts of three of his contreres to
help the falling confederate. Blows came fast
and unfortunately from the little Yankee
With bruised head and eyes all sore, and ma
sal organs full of gore, the rebel lay upon the
! floor, and was soon afterwards taken to the
lookup His three friends made good theli
escape. =
An insult to Union men was offered in the
gentleman's ordinary at the Pulaski House
not long since, where Western officer whip
/ ped an insolent rebel soundly, but we refrain
/ ed from making it public at the request of the
] proprietors. who felt unwilling to have any
such odious transactions reported as occurring
I at their house. In future we have resolved te
| publish every such outrage that is perpetrated
! in order that the people or the North may
gain some fruitful knowledge of the real an,
linus of a very large and dangerous class O
| rebels in our midst"
Later accounts from Savannah say thai
| Howell has been sentenced to pay line o
$500 and suffer six months imprisonment, and
! then to be sent out of the military district
Another rebel who was mixed up in the same
row, is suffering imprisonment, where he will
be afforded grand opportunity to reflect upor
the hardness of the way Of the transgessors