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The arrival of Mr. C. J. Faulkner. --This gentleman, after months of confinement in the Yankee prisons, has been set at liberty, and reached this city yesterday evening. He was received with a most cordial greeting by our citizens. An account of his reception will be found elsewhere. Mr. Faulkner was arrested most unjustifiably by the Lincoln Government. He had returned home from his post as Minister of the late United States to France, and repaired to Washington for the purpose of surrendering his stewardship of National affairs and settling his accounts. While in the performance of this closing part of his business with the most disgusting Government on the face of the earth, he was seized as if he were a criminal, and without even the immunities of a criminal of an examination, and the being confronted by his accuser, he was thrust into prison. This case was one of the greatest outrages inflicted by the brutal Lincoln Administration upon Southern citizens. His arriv
ed in this city yesterday that the Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, istely released from a Federal prison,tcher and Mayor Mayo, were present to greet Mr. Faulkner on his return, and the Armory Band saluted o have the ceremonies of reception inside.--Mr. Faulkner was therefore conducted to the southern por the city then extended a public welcome to Mr. Faulkner, who was greeted by the crowd with deafenin people were determined upon hearing speech Mr. Faulkner came forward, and after a brief acknowledgmeek an opportunity for its fulfilment. Mr. Faulkner then indicated his purpose to retire, and tews from Mason and Slidell" Well, said Mr. Faulkner,) I left Mr. Masonda good health and spiritnt upon the great events of the times. Mr. Faulkner (of whose remarks we have given a mere sketvernor, a regiment of such men for one like Mr. Faulkner. When he read the news from Europe, in theublic ceremonies with a patriotic address. Mr. Faulkner was subsequently intercourse at the residen[1 more...]
now arriving. When this is done, he will take command and move forward for Nashville — The Forty sixth, Thirtieth, Thirty-fifth, Forty-first and Fifty-first have left for Kentucky, making 10,000 men from Indiana in ten days. Visit of ex-minister Faulkner to the House of Representatives. We clip the following paragraph from the Washington correspondence of the New York Herald, dated the 16th inst,: Charles J. Faulkner, ex-Minister to France, now on parole en route to exchange himseCharles J. Faulkner, ex-Minister to France, now on parole en route to exchange himself for Congress Ely, paid a visit to-day to the lobby of the House of Representatives, and met there several of those who were members with him of the last Congress. He insists upon his loyalty to the government, but no one believes him. Mr. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, gave him one hundred dollars in gold to be distributed among the sick and destitute of our prisoners at Richmond who have not otherwise been provided for. Release of Dr. Lloyd, of Alexandria. The Washington corresponde
Federal falsehoods. We publish this morning a letter from the Head&Chas. J: Faulkner, contradicting, most completely and entirely the telegraphic report of the New York Herald, in which that gentleman was represented as having, at Martinsburg, crawfithed out of the "rebellion," and shewed his willingness to yield to the Ya. Bennett and his correspondents are engaged in a deep game of manufacturing public sentiment at home and abroad, and the introduction of a prominent man like Mr. Faulkner as deserting the Southern cause, was a strong point. They hesitated not to make it. Yet, according to Mr. Faulkner, they had not a single word from him at a pMr. Faulkner, they had not a single word from him at a public assemblage or anywhere else to base their statement upon. On the contrary, he has been a consistent advocate of the Southern cause and is willing now to give up all he has to promote its success. This instance is but a fair example of prevarication, out of whole cloth, by the Herald and the Federal press generally.
ccount of the number and disposal of the Union prisoners. Denny speaks in terms of the highest praise of Gen. McClellan, and hopes that his (Denny's) exchange may soon be consummated, that he may once more join his regiment end serve under that General. He represents this feeling as general among the Union prisoners at Richmond. A dangerous lady. Letters to Northern papers from the Valley contain very little of importance. One thus describes a very "dangerous" lady: Mrs. Charles J. Faulkner is the wildest and most experienced diplomat in the Valley of Virginia.--She is more dangerous than Belle Boyd, because she is more adroit, and has larger social influence and greater means of accomplishing her purposes. She is even now almost nightly inviting calories of our young officers to her house. She and her two daughters lavish their most courtly blandishments upon them, and, are they know it, are they have perceived their purpose, all the intelligence they desire is extr
alse. It is reported that the new nine months regiments, now being raised in Massachusetts, are to be sent to North Carolina, where there are other regiments from the Old Bay State. It is stated by deserters and prisoners coming within our lines at Harper's Ferry in the last forty-eight hours, that Gen. Lee is now making every preparation to retreat with his whole army so soon as Gen. McClellan may move against him. Gen. Longstreet is making his stay at the residence of Charles J. Faulkner at Martinsburg; Gen. Lee stops with Dr. Hammond at North Mountain, and "Stonewall" Jackson continues about "in spots," as heretofore. General Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has returned to the city from his onerous not to say dangerous. Northwestern trip to pacify the Indiana. He reports that the Chippewas are quiet, and have agreed to pay damages for the property of the Government that they have taken. There was at one time an apprehension that the Northwestern Indiana
er, dated from that town on the 12th inst., says: We marched from Sharpsburg, Maryland, to this place the 4th instant, and are at present pleasantly encamped near town, on the beautiful grounds surrounding the palatial residence of Col. Charles J. Faulkner, once member of Congress, afterwards French Minister, and now on the staff of General Ewell in the rebel army. We have kindly furnished Mrs. Faulkner with a guard for every door step, every potato hill, and every flower bed. The prMrs. Faulkner with a guard for every door step, every potato hill, and every flower bed. The property, consisting of a princely mansion and 800 acres of well cultivated land, belongs to Mrs. F. and her heirs, being a part of a legacy bequeathed to her by her father, old General Boyd, who was a man of immense wealth. Mrs. F., and her daughter, a beautiful girl of some eighteen summers, are the only occupants of the house, and have been staunch Union women from the beginning. They are very kind to our soldiers, especially the sick, and contribute many nice things for their comfort
the enemy still hold Martinsburg with four infantry and one cavalry regiment, under the command of Gen. McReynolds. They are encamped upon the land of the Hon. Chas. J. Faulkner, in a beautiful grove of fifty acres south of his residence. At first the soldiers seemed civil and well-behaved, but more recently they have shown theornamental trees have been cut down. Everything in the form of poultry, vegetables, fruits, and flowers have disappeared in the vicinity of their encampment. Mr. Faulkner's fine library has been pillaged, and the solid mason wall around the large lawn in front of his house torn down in several places, admitting the town stock fry and walks. The cavalry from this point make their raids to the neighborhoods of Darksville, Gerrardstown, and Winchester, seizing cattle, sheep, and horses. It is stated that Mrs. Faulkner has received notice to evacuate her residence, it being the purpose of the Yankees to convert it into a permanent their sick and wounded.