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Stoneman's Ga^ifr fetsiffitif
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The rfiWfidt. Tfcli'Vif th'a Wa#
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Probable cant<ar3 of tbrf KeJ>elj
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ConsternatXcftr df the'Feqplovr
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Pitzbtigli jfcfl Evans'
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1 Stonewall iifprta#yj
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The news of Hdokefrs aivance, which
?&me to us intha, Arago, was wy nmcli I
Jiky Sam Weller's love lettet, there was
just eat>u^t?'of ~it to make' us wish for
^ mora. The boldness and ^originality of
/th<f. p]j|n, ra^ the
splendid sntscess ^hicn* attended it
us we had intelligence
brightest hopes bf a de#^^Spctor$- mpr
&*>'? ray. ? : v '-.yjy**s\ ,
'4 From our pickets Wand and
from a schooner ^ptgr|p 'wjiije\tte^ipt^
ing tq.run t>ut o^.Cj^leston/ye^^e'ii'
. report that Hooker is m Bi^in^onAj Al-J
tnouga tneye 13 nttnin^aDsotuiQ^ wpyxu*
ibie ii). this, slill we lwe?b^e^ftvo?n
foiled just as prize seemed wjmift ^ur
?^rasp that we do not re^ijy ^Yef?&il?Bces
^ to rumors so 'fatorablfr'" rlt^
fJiqpla be true,' the rel^eTlbfmy ojf Virgin^
k-fa must be virtually nrtnikilirteA;
its,i lines of rai^oad'c4snmW<?tion#c?t
b? Stone man, and f^with, ^his. !a\-tAygp
its rear, the alternative ^nlust'have #been
; presented to dispense qjitlirrendt^ tM
der such c iic imi stan cesAflefeat must Jmyc
been followed by nrehedaJale tmp&SdlelefjTh?
whole rehek^urmy Vnitld ^?el| away
like snow, antf'diSperse among tlce&moun-.
( tains. Such a result'wouldm^be threap*
pi more importance
tbrtrf if accoi4>Iislj]!d a^jjf.Jr^riotisr
1 campaign agains^it* *' 'V
?>. Oen. Stoneman^ cayalry raid vmorx tiie
rebel lines of comimtni^atio| jvfloL ^ ^Jp
merely tnnounced\?y t^pa^Dil of
' .has jjro*?l the i^e^te^^hidVpjIKt
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From the Bichxflbnd De^tiS^bt tkdSwa,
instant, takei on the abhoonef
inded to, we learn that fche cSvaJry iud of;
the Yankee General Stonemal^ar oniffl then
. army of- Genera^elwas; wp tgi the fifen-'
ing of the 4th, entirely sucotybful, a^d had
?w?<ifceJ fTiA prp.ateat consternation' a rating.
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|& tlmrebel citizens*)! Hlbiirapn^. M
It,"seems, fj;om'rebel accounti, tbaVG-eri..
W' Sfcqpeman, *flfter*' crossing, ^eU/jrEeijfr
p pfgk&j men;
^^ihe Virginia CeuLal railr^idf
* way between Rfchraoiifl alf^JStoi^naiKflle,. .
and the other to Hanover Court nouse^
on the Fredericksburg and Riclimond road,
aboiit sixteen njjles fron| Eichmonn, clearly
intending by jthesa*xll<tv,emenfe to prevent,
when the two gr egpanmea ajjptikl
meet in Jbattl#, Reinforcements ft-on^pa^liy
ing Lee from either *| (Erection of Gor- j
-fionsville or Richln<^nd. 1, . \ *
According to theJ)esj)a?^i, whi A sRenW (,
oer^inly be godci autti^ity inhu^'iastance,
General ? Stodeaan was "entinely
stfocesafuL* Th'eRflrst column. succeeded*
in reaching Ot&ge Court house, alAost
without ^coi&te^g vajftuined .enemy,
surrounded the raftrtad* jepot, ajfd in a
few moments applied the^tbrch <tf ]f and
: all the adjacent gainings, destirijyed four '
locomotifes, 'tore up the track and switcij
es, fired two arrrfall bridges^ and in other I
way, did an imrfeqse amount of dajige '
to the property*of th&eorapanjr.? v
Leaving Orange Court Refuse, theyihen
dashed down the road in the dilution
Richmond, burning and destro^fig every;
thing of value to the road ' ft the way of
bridges and rollin? material, and paroling ?
all the soldiers left to guard the property..
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'.' ":^jgE rttfesr sofrteft, sai
Xi-wa-^ot until. thi% a had re&$i?d |
rab il fopr ndfes erf -I$tlimond thai' its I
pi^'sehce was knoWl to "officer^ coifjaanding
lir tjpil. rebellious ^itj\ , Chef
aflftj^hb* fuifL 'jeoiiMepiation iol*
'kfWefi th$ iiuucifuceifL&v^ tiuit the Tn^.-ni
^eiyvalrf were aborrfrto'. dash- throttglm and
the* e^rtfaxVorks af^'phiB^^to. the !
heaftXof Bjchipohd. /Hotels <^d wttifti?re
instto% closed, jnfe,; wqJne^, tmd
^tfiiildrea begafci to 'fly %,ffri^jttecr through
kthe streets, <frying' the%)p',of their I
YoiceS,.-" The Yankees are' ccyoiog! tlitf
. Yankees' are <;o^ii^g .i'kaqd even the 'scldi^ys
ii> the^feihsAjr qre sfee'n !tfc throw down
their the orowd aud
rush in the diection of the Peieraburglv
depot.
Tife Yankee' caj&lry did/not. enter
Jtichmoncf,;but after destroying several
jq^ijes of rdiiroad and three locomotives
within sight <Jf jit, again moulted their'
horpes and galloped off in the direction of
York^ftv^r...
" The secqud dpltifrih, t*-f
jSignecPtfitjpa, weretjuitQ W^sufccesaful. as[^h^jprqf,
Muring juV<^ed$-m ^ettqjag' be*
hind H&n^verjTunfthpL
rgotijin^ commhnifcation wftffciJ&3F
kinQn<\ tlifo^jgti J teleg^rphvdjitf rdlro^
Lbitmng th^ depot,, dia^ijiagheve^al ^lodonjottrfe,
ifcifS* paroT^ ^sevjfcr^jMdjed I
4#,* Davft, "^../i^ipatrfcfe ^?LtCoL
wjmflhnm, %rf ?pokeh*|jjf
is buying been \mtwlhi4. gfe^n'^-octlnmn,
tfiqg to^tjie* same/
Jii^hbrit^ pdwmandin^the'&^t^m perrai^V
pronditniied by the fii/paich f
as htfvfa^Uli thi anc* braves! 9$
tjib and <th$^geiteral' eammaAdiOg in ,
1 th(/my qif *Ri<^imond and! oncers-In
command 1d%ng tlje rftilroid lige^ are se-.
\^reljf^?jshrelf fbt Jinking, .alfa'wed the
Y^kee.ltor^men ^escape wntliout being
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- ^"e' r?pprt$*ffOm tttek north that
^cnetalafcntzhi^h Lee and I^ans, who
^wete ojJthxtin&' lortfo -qf * Hooka's WM
ticn^hfy? l5e'?n cajftnred, and Tv^th fonr
tlfflRmd ^er prisoperh are'it, Washing'ton.
?5l awT&Va* receiving 'rtin5^fbrcem$rt$
frbin ,ev&ry-.]fo*rt sphere, tney
jynld. no&iblv be%jtored. *TS$om Bafti- (
i mnp, l^crtver rptqpiac apa
fcETe cit^a of tft^orja fifty thousnn^ m*n
flhd been collected an d* iuyried forward to
Well his army.|| It wo^a deem ^indeed
that tjjg,.crisis of the wai* had" arriv^'-i i
Stonewffll Jackson was tyon*dld
hghk of^th^2<h. atycVj^As loa#^ ari?. The '
reffe^ pickets at- ^ohy'is^piJQ^epojk that' \
lie k deq somewhat fcqunterbaian^ f
tlres^'gooU r^lrte^Lea ji) an^oficiaijdu^
patlbh t(^94^^p^^e^tjgfiins4fr$c- ,
^lt topeara thsT^thq' Capture of yOung J*
~0*o- Sfttmders, ' .off Chav^ton^ several j
months ago, with ah important rebel
mail, was not an accident, but the result
of a well contrived scheme in wlych Lieut
Arnold Harris, of ofirnavy, was thainstru#?eut.
.^Hatxi^.weut as a spy to Kiehmoad,
got into the'confidence * of Secrp'ary Ben- i
j?ain%an<r. the elulr IJanhders, witf wafc.
employed to go to ^tirope. with Shunders, ..
Jr. Sefore^aiiirg fl&p ?fiafl^o4, Har-' tls
managed to coinBwnicate 4 wkh'4our '
bloctewling fleet, 'and the fvhola affair - was '
thudjprtts successfully termiAted.* 5
. Captaih' Bo$gs, if Yktrui^i fame,-now
commanding me ScgrconeHlo, stationed^
Bedn/bVtiHfr 94 othaj day made the' If
following cliaracteraticspeech to.his men: >J
"Men?I am afraylrtkat you do Apt keep j
as brifclilr a Jook?oi\f as ycta'oaght I am
informed tha|^ Steamer" rafl in, night b^fore
l&ifr, and ik a supposed frdfca our'side.
Now 2 hate gp t a proposition to' make.'
^To the manwho sports, a' sail, and We
take $r as a jprize,. ^ wil( agree to give
one-teeth of .my prize inohey, and yyiU
enter intrfa written 'pblifetion to* hat efr /
feet." * . * V 3* i I ;r :
Neuti>y steai^a?4u-e taping'thl .
popt of Hassan,r waiting for onpqttumlies J
taippour blockade. ? -This jS-esenr teii- :
denoy <n tJpB oeqpfe.of Nassau to piracy is )
heredit^y, a^t?wa^settled by tfcylneersi' i
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net# brought By the -d/^r/oj an abstract
of?whith we published, was the important
nd exciting we hjjrc had for six uomJis." Ihc
detail* exhibit a stries* of spirt ted and. dashing
ntbretaenta frpm evtwy^mv cdrps ^ut the'10th.
]>oiht Our a^tna WeA - su<?eess?uh , WW
papers glowed, with headiugsf making f^diflfcuit
to ?oddense?all 4? news was so good. '
. From our files of the N?w '.Orleans Erofa*
hare the details of den. Hanks' operations in
the T&hc country. On. the |VA, trtn* Habits
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ciftbcrcu v ex-illinium me, nuci*? noiu ugM% wnu iw
rebePbattery, and hpaTyvkjss' otr tyth sicks. Qtf
the J 4th Bethel Place, was (faptu^j8*b?-the Fiftythink
Miy>s^:liut6tts, Colonel *Kinft>all.. Larg$
a tints of ammunition aid prisoners Tell 'into
AUnda. Off the 1 otp qui: forces occ%?k;d
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. Bfior tofTmleflt^1 sofce niw^and pris-t
oners h&ti l^sn brtiu^WhlQfo Franjdin, fcaptures
of whoje cotnparlks bein^mad^at a,
dime..' At tranklm * the fjeamboyt Coo^e tvae
captured, with three, dice's bf the' late guntotf
Ltiwn on board; thiut^toriqg thero- .to pur ?c^-.
vi?e?'. The rebels also destroyed ten stesjtnbdhtsi
to prevent their fullitig irf^Gela iBanks' hand?,,
autfalso twa/at-fce gimJjjaU adBHfce
Included in the deststietioa ot, those bc^ts were-'
!mtie^e?o^f of'proai^n^ twenty thbusund
jibtmds of badot> arid ft thousand ^ases of ?m^auuitfon.'
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X^e lxpedjftiDTV^f General Grayer had been
enHneotl/ MCjCei fnl, and -id a battle ^ ith the
reheis at Irish Bend debated tli9tu hawing a
siljt flag and" other tropjiics ki opr hands. t #
.J The- whoje rebel forc^ at Bdtkei Place" and
Irish Bend nurab?red??omc one ^ujusa A^osted
im a highly advantageous p^itntn, <inner com-,
mand of General Hick Tpylcjr, h s<ra of the lat$
PrBridentZaahafJ^aVlor. y ' .
The rebe^fidldiers were not loth be captured,
and over sixteen Impaired are tiofr ia-our bunds,
and more are being ta^ea. * ' . ' 1
i The rebel gunb^pt1 ffyrt was eajJture^ and
b lined on onl hundred and ajghty
Th^>ros}*?& ($yt ttie rebels Will be driven
.ontof^jpeionsas county captured. ?
^nrtfoopaarayn splehmd condition. * , '
Admiral Tjjfrrac yr com p 1 dt e 1 y fclocta^y the
rivefkwnichTias bfcan the fraltywlaof
reoei supplies.eiynxning jid operations, tire.
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J^Thepresenee?fM<ijgtmba*ts kept the Q,w^e%
orpie West aiKT^irufynost of the tef>elna\y
from tJje ^ritefR between' Yicttbprg ami- Pdrt
Hudson, mjdhc ha? flj^ffeattenet^iq B:Sinion<l
so that >Liefc*ti signalize to the Udet balcw^thqp
Nfer j joint.' $lius*iny communication can now<
be isSnt up ftgm Baton R<iiiap't<> fcrant or .Ported,
above wcklburg, m jprtejpf |J?e.twd
wiiltli cyirtmaml;t|ie in ?rv,*
, 4The BJpffal advantages c? 0\p 4>v<^x)Sltei?yf
and fopJI cat-ion^ amonnf te very
little wpile fxir'fcrgc*g|rrisoji-fln; tleuac^d br
sis tyong.a wfrpr'a^ tan^tie bantth4 toj rcducd^
Ijjiin??&rvittion. Tfca vraf11? object
successfully adjjjahplished fn tlfe late movementko
Wards Hort. ffudson. ' * * *
]J?t hsiiog? s;ntihn?3 a ffeef tfl .blockade the
month qf. T^e lftd rfvmL^inoaftfr*greaPhigtowa v
for Ote tfnnWa tiotPajq^utfolL .duplies hil
to bfeVbt off.* Stvcisnpi!e?^ e$t 4f New Italia,
aew Vespa'rlKoR Wt^v, id tt lai'ga^alt mine. Imnicnle
qu;i*titici.?d.tiK; tf&jfoos article Jiad ?eeu
constantly an_ the AvaJ-to tye. rebel army, by
.roans of baruiff iMhi&fiVfoto the Red riv?r;
which iea^ oat
drcaft nqrtitWf oT ssupcqp' A satynill
wis i^pfMnriiift jnnibefc. for the ,#Ael *osc.
Jfnmen$e "yuarltities of sWga^ molas?e$,' ^urp
lumber^ beef rattle, Ifoiso^ J?nle?^ cotton,
fPliey hmyfoi^iftcatiftns fined jmd garnsfflH.
Easily, Jltey had * j^t^Wluc^,incln&d the ($&e%
of tlw W&y 'crpising nroand|tb^ (hvous south
-'Xhe these ftlltinta <*ir
JgnLtfthtf^eaemy in rapid^ifcjjic'ta^re our- ad-'
vanoW hosts, and tho^ich snmonduMMtHM^CK
<Mc*y>c?pfed. JTkc money value ^fftnefciq*
trad property is immense; the -important territory
oc^apied places u$ where a terrible blow is
stuck against the enemy. _ i
From General Grant's department we. hqpre
^fews <if a brilliant raid by our caValry which is
tidy comparable to Col.'Cart&r's into' East Ten-j
n(TQ|nrnnrnr months ago. Xhc details are not
fnS^spelf^nd our information cornea mainly 1
8?rn fejfel purees. From them jre learn thjit a
circuit of qu^e nundrahiaHet iiffhe rear of
focksbnr^; had beqn ridden dre0lS$our cavalry
Jad^.Ge^yal bedge. * - j
Magh^'on the. Mohjle gad Ohio Railroad,
eighty n-miiep fjom (JylugiWby Miss., is said by
fee reikis to* hare been raptured by out1 fqyces^I
movement which threatens the southern raiimo/i
rommimicjitfmis '-Wwrh^w ia
nearly one hundred mdes below* fori nth, jehd
kbont half waVto Meridian, at which" point* the
rotul westward *to Vicksbutg forms a. junction
irith the MgbHd and Ohio road.- -A national
force is hlstf said .to* Hkvb been nearHouston,
V?iss? on4fifc ljlffijdt..'designing tQ-destrov the
VtiasiaiiAi Central?Railroad.* - 'Hie' Jackson
Mis*.). A)i^al of tljk ^ 'further
;eportjLhat*a "^Yaplte.^'sa)^ e^)edi tion was
ri C^trar^iis?issippi, * threatening Columlins.
tnd Grenada; and rcpoAs, hard, reached%MenjJhis'fhat
rhc'exjiMitioT! has destroyetl tyfeiitf
nilcs oT tha^lissist-ippi" Central Railroad, and p
drge ^nantuy of armband,stores. * An efctenRve
raid'en the rebel coranvttft cations has*A;en
irganiaed by Gen, Jlurlhort 41 connection with
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Gen. Roiceran^to'act on the Mobile a^^hio * s.
Ji:ti 1 road" aa4&t W*A as Meridian, and Ws? ?u ? _
The other railroads con%ctiug with Wicksbusr ,1 ^
atidiho?rCar of^l i%rebel foifes under GetftraT w
, . JiiSlistoiL li is tne iAcntion aJ>o jo dwtifcr ^
'the l?igh nridgc over thf T"inbigbee rfcrar'iu Al!V* #?t|
!al>ama*to the east of Meridian, ofdi- whictflbe ? M'
,? i m,??. s- -
: attacked and defWtjeU,o * Flitter Lr Tierft V'art^| * " ', *
, 'WiT . erossed the dfobibei4im3,T>eIow S#m<*Au / " 4
?T1k isTfcidjo Iteeinryvere one. J* % ?'!
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't ^ , t^yeliane?ii? Items* * -'V^ ^
; * A peyival^E religion, in which Stttyu$ /** ,
and Bwrksdale are yiymg the ah^it^P is- ^ ' (
qffcireil* has been excited among tberelylf? >|
i encamped on the* Bappatoannock. .Thai's $1 V
S all V? can tell trom.ihe ??belJ#hpers. * *g
few> days ago, 'the I^chmond Erardhttfy:. *, i
sjpid its ^rmy hhfl the itch, but said n?th-4J) ,
ing aboi^l the revival ^ ? " _4
*Charleston,fightjs^ttl^l |wo things. *^;- r
it settled the and, jiecond- ^
ly. it twttled 'the#?uperiqptyv#bf Ericpsoi^ (44
I>Over "ftljitney.'
\ A^vig^nt officer in Wa^ingtbt^^xeBoiv#^* .
CjJ soften cabtaeuK of wh^ey from
^adj;% h6p?skirt theotb^r day?tj*?nty- * *
dn'6 phftajm an., , N \
? Lin I^diaua soldier wHb wasaccnsed of ^
stealing a rebel's gopse, said he fognd the #
bird'his^ing'afr the American flag, an<i%fc- * \
rested it for treason.
1 Sfvne of ihe jfepers are describing a new
cfmhter^cit banknote as liavingipr its vig- $
netjo'-4 4 a wjjfa a Vakeip her lap."
-.The hresiopnt.fbys thit^he jtfair. at
i?Cliarleston was 110th, " repttbe^'bii* a
" cSeck/'" 'It wps a stamped eheipr. <
4 4 Fighting Joeri' it isjgserted, will make:' . ?his^narjl
,'TWd ?ahW tli^t heJwonld . fc
, ivrrwk liis naiie^n V> in hi&ory. V
f The ?}$^eston rebek claim to hare
^takdn^ {be . v Dtevil^n the late combat.
The Bwihlms invars been on their side. -
J* Tfcg^ewir?A' flLputs fofcrard the
bright'.idea, of tommafing Gene^J|Butler J
as 4 candidate jn tnojrLpyal Mreagnes fori- * J
the- *Prea|deocy-." That wq^ld tftYnomi- * |3
tik^Q.bemade. "^r Mf* > .* ' "
liew 4 at Vfcksbni^ iyn en- , f
t(orihd. \?e Wish that fHn. Jirant would
'ehU^ihe ?henrv there. TnfiLyotild be
a new Ont-on inched. t ' tL
' ?on^ b^opr ftWrit&oats of tha^pifi
sig^i fixe to in cotton* VLvjEms
would b'e best in yyiol. ^
. The,rebels are threatening
. ft ^distance:v?* ^
Cf5ufelver?s It a dishotintlBpO r?
jJej j^rit inWbnA^>laees in*, *L?et , ,
|3/ujiiex CfctnadSlTv . fi * ^
fB^hd riofcs. contiafe ai^rthe #outn> Jtf $ ^
tno Sonfhrons caft'Jihfwe brt^d, it is^Stpin
tlftrt they liaveHblofd ellmd^ ? "" ^
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"V^ uotic * ASflKprc^h! Hcadcor^pP .
pontlenpehas ma;', 4 as^Jrtc* *'With retrard to thoaffiaew %
tjfj.iie Eij^h iicjmem fpune VoInmeflftjurfMjte. B ' *
irc^niiiMud V ikji m? ferf ft a $m.\, aWrt; tb
^S?fth?officer^#vto remain in lrt<^egim<A fOco*B|? .? y
d>t. f&JulfM&j are'the suveincgts^^^
, TMf^pxIavy}'' ^uinQii^jikit yxiK<IBl > j
Thpftije officers did, tol^ in Ft I ^ <|>irft,
?Vr Jgto g ronspfracv to th^All L'o&itiAtje
Th.it General gutter ^egr^h^L * v
'the mutiny officers' .
Thai Li<*&fatt$ofc<4 ^t?aJ|ll. MI&eiH.y**l *
?i nwip^e. - :*W**
' T^t'thoAm^ifaiand Uintenauti) who f edkpartly
dramutyfib lflsuborrilnatWh, not who aUll aemaio la v*?V
the n^teient,"aM now thoroeghjj a-turned cf the part
which they were so rt|wi#e at to take. * ' | Hp
'Ail of the -%hore statement* we unqnahlledly pro* ?
p/M?|4?e&rAp/?* *.' Tfief?ctsa?>e briefly theaq: ?
T\ventJ3ven 6f the thirty-one offieers present whir r , ,
the regiment had represented to the general commend- .'^ **
tag the post^heir desire for au inquiry into th&coQdnct, .
^capacity, and honesty of their coloneV and at
\eatlon had ^tade aV/lften statement eflheir com* *.
* plaints, upoig^rhich sncfi further action as sbohld aua y ^
fofthe best , interests of the aerrice eboo^l be baaed, it * *
This statement was intended as preliminary merely, and %
not offldhl. 'A^r this statement waa placed beforp the ,
jpeqeral floirinundlng the regiment ^his (fderedfom
' Bcau^rt to Hilton H^ad, to take part In an cipeflUadJ*^ ^
t While lying on boaoi ship it Hilton HflA.CQlonel ftaat! .*
na&^omplalnt to ^enenil Hunter, at?d procured Ky t?*.
ourdlsoj^r^oirtui cvjxirte |earing. .
The wfltye tiia*er wlH, *Ooq mk praVtirti^te, l4 f * ?
broushh^tfore the proper aatiorfties for their jMlJndfea- fc t '*
tioD. In tke miantirae, ^ the anbj^ has bcea brought 4 . J?
before t^e public, though by no action otjmtt, *4 whk r
aimply tp lnjwU understood-tttbU faUiot our but C|L * 4
^ Rijprg.cbaracter ^ >a and thart?m~
' sorted to thtTstep he took to av^id meeting the chaege# .w^ichVcenty-flev-en
jfiha offices of hl^regimeut^odpt % ;
the nrb^a t^ne^fcip^lhunlnst him. They wil] (3tm
'fltfther, trmt thA* ooinpWIntl^Aad ffc refWencWjrsnt- .
ever to the loyalty o( any qttkeif^LS our docum?Wwilfc *
show. ? ^ A . , 7- S *
MosfcTOtectfnllr, to%j obedieut serrauttf . *
VJ. p. TWircifiin,libut^oioncu
^ J. D. MITCHELL, sUon:.' ? -#-*w * .
New Touk, .*pril SO, 1S83. ^
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