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The Daily Dispatch: November 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Condition of affairs in Memphis. (search)
t prominent citizens were arrested and sent to the Irving Block prison for being out too late. No names are given. During the past eighteen months there has been a discussion going on concerning the Government and city taxes. Recently Henry T. Hulbert was sent on a mission to Washington by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, regarding the collection of taxes on confiscated Government property in Memphis. He visited Secretary Stanton, who told him, after taking a hasty impression of the matthat the people of Memphis, a city in rebellion, were entitled to no favor. The Journal publishes the following letter from Lincoln on the subject. The reader can form his own conclusions in the premises: Washington, Oct. 19, 1863. Henry T. Hulbert, Esq., Memphis, Tenn.: Sir: Assuming the within to be a true and full statement of facts, the claim seems to be a fair and just one. On consultation with the Secretary of War, however, he declares that to enter upon the adjustment of