Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-02-21
.WHA4EY &.LOBD,.
~ IS Attorneys.
The Sack of Bagdad-.bsmoiition, Pill
-. Iage and OudaWry..

-. - ,ee,F Attorneys.
The Sack of Bagdad-.b bsmolition, Pill
- iage and oudaWry.
The Matamoras 'fRan|hsro,' y of the 9th
ult.,, thus fastens the Responsibility Of a war
between Maximilian and the United States
on the latter country: ss;g 4:.,s q. -.
The Fuderal commando upon being ap-
priced the unholy andhellish .pllage Of
Bagdad by bis swn soldiet, Jeff. Brownsville
for that place. Two daysafter the pillage
commenced, he crossed inf Bagdad a force
of three hundred men, Will The object, we are
told, of protecting the lWelof the non-com-
batant population. But, markable to sre:
=IunrsuuYrs1aE
highway robbers, who received the place
from his soldiers and who vi int into it from
the Texas side. Thus he recognizes the right
of his soldiers to take and ssck town Of the
Mexican Empire and after they had enjoyed
two days pillage, he sends hto it a force and
commands tho peace, but lstead of putting
the place in the hands of tHose from whom
his soldiers took it, he virtually turns it over
to Liberal robbers and makes himself and
government responsible for the whole affair.
His soldiers attack andfake. city from
the hands of the Imperial . Government Of
Mexico; his soldiers caplirc the, Imperial
garrison assassnate impeial citizens shoot
Imperial soldiers sack TIE city, and turn all
over to fllibusters and so.called Liberals,
who enter the place from the soil of the Uni
ted States. Such, even, 1.-THE picture we are
called upon to contemplate !; and such is not
only declaration. of wal on. the part of the
United States, but the commencement of, &C
tual hostilities by the goysrnment.
WhetL or the Federal Authorities have com.
mitted this awful crime silfully, orwhether
they are guilty of the higher crime, inertia,
stupidity, ignorance, wo lave it for the public
to determips. One thing s.howevcr, is GER
tain,>the course which the Federal comman-
derhas taken, fastena, iFevocably tastens,
the, entire responsibility Of the igaoble affair
upon his government. Z. ..-.,., 80.
The Ranchero of theI0th gives further
particulars ofsthe saekiug of Bagdad, from
which we take some extrssts: +,
The pilage of Ragdad continues, but on
small scale ncomparisopP P,tp tp the first few days
proceedings. .-..s
The negroes cross bo1ss of cham pagne and
other wines aud liquors, besides packages Of
merchandise, without molestation from Fedc.
raj officials, but when theWhites attempt to
carryaon the, same work, shey are picked up
blythe Federalcustom house officials and made
to pay duties. -...... -. 49,.
All the principal houses of Ragdad have
been Quilted completely. Some firms IN this
city inform us of their Receiving houses and
branches having been robbed, Of every arti-
Gle worth carrying. of including their safes,
which had been taken to the Texas sidesand
blown open. -. NJ .: zas.- -
. The Federal commander has been At
ClarksyiIle, and has sen, force over to this
side to keep order, an was holding the place
in conjunction with outlaws and fill:busters,
He had done nothing toward restoring the
place 70 those from whom his soldiers took it.
He. left yesterday 4morning for Brownsvillei
having been, and saw, apd done nothing. \
The. Federal commander arrived up yes
terday from below, and has ascertained that
very few Of his soldicrsshal hand in the
taking and 'sacking ofaAagdad. Those few
he is going to have arrested. "a 7'+ss
We do not understand that he computes
the numb ber, of his soldiers who took part in
that hellish affair. Lsst,he should arrest too
many Of them, We woaId inform him that not
m more than from five hundred to eight hum
dred took hand ID thswork Of pillage. Only
few-very fcw. H,,-s y y -
: We are told that goods takonat Bagdad
continne TO ssripai iRroynsville, and are
already affecting thasmarket,,ae
=. The number killed. aud wounded OF Bag
dad is so variously eIlimated, that without
something more reliable it would not be
worth while to makean estimate. e'
Willie Reese, a sohieriu the Confederate
.rrou,- loft R;chmond on ,bo lltb dav of last