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Gen. Pillow's proclamation.
The following is a copy of General Pillow's proclamation to the people of Missouri, of the publication of which we first received intelligence from Cairo, by telegraph.
The gallant leader of the volunteers of the Volunteer State fully appreciates the importance of the mission assigned him; and that he will be sustained by the patriots of Missouri as fully as by his command, we have no doubt:
To the people of Missouri!! New Madrid, Mo., July 30, 1861.
The forces under my command are your neighbors, and we come at the instance and request of the Governor of your State, as allies to protect you against tyranny and oppression.
As Tennesseans, we have deeply sympathized with you. When you were called to arms and manifested a determination to resist the usurper who has trampled under his feet the Constitution of the Government, and destroyed all the guards so carefully prepared for the protection of the liberties of the people by our fathers, a
Interesting correspondence.
--Secretary Cameron lately sent the following note, by a flag of truce, to Col. Stuart, of the Confederate cavalry, at Fairfax Court-House:
War Department,July 30, 1861. To Whom it may Concern:
The bearers, Messrs. Gorman, of Baltimore, Applegate and Sterling, visit Richmond for the single purpose of obtaining the remains of the late Colonel Cameron.
All United States troops will show them the utmost courtesy and protection, going and returning.
Simon Cameron,
Secretary of War.
Col.Stuart returned the communication with the following endorsement:
Headquarters, Fairfax C. H.,
August 02, 1861.
The within communication has been sent me, but being addressed "to whom it may concern," is returned, for the reason that its object does not concern me, nor any one else that I am aware of in the Confederate States of America. J. E. B. Stuart.
Colonel 1st Cavalry, Commanding.
The gentlemen were also informed tha
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Assault and Battery. (search)
Letter from an Irish prisoner.
--The following letter, written by a prisoner, who was a member of Col. Corcoran's (69th) New York Regiment, to his brother in Augusta, Ga., coincides in sentiment with statements made by other prisoners:
New Alms Hospital, Richmond, Va., July 30, 1861 Dear Pat
--I wrote you a few lines last week, which a gentleman either posted or took on with him, as he resided near Augusta.
I know you were surprised to hear that I was in Richmond, wounded; but if we had got our rights I would have been in New York the day the battle was fought, our term of service having expired the day before; but old Abe or Scott would not let the regiment go home.
Well, it served us right, when we were fools enough to fight is such a cause; but I hope the time will come when Irishmen will mind their own business.
Early in the fight I got a ball in the thigh, which broke the bone.
I lay on the field 35 hours, a rain falling most of the time, and might have
The Daily Dispatch: June 26, 1863., [Electronic resource], An Exequatur granted by the Confederate Government . (search)
An Exequatur granted by the Confederate Government.
--It may not be generally known, says the Savannah Republican, that at least one Government has recognized the Confederate States.
In a recent letter of Mr. Benjamin, our Secretary of State, we perceive that Trust Raven, Esq., who was appointed Consul for the State of Texas by his Highness, the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and who applied to this Government for an Exequatur on the 30th of July, 1861, had one issued to him on the 21st of August, 1861.