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The Federal at Natchez. --The Federal, with five gunboats, reached Natchez on Monday afternoon, and anchored out in the river. A number of men came ashore in a small boat, bringing with them a letter to Mayor Hunter, demanding a surrender of the city. Upon stepping ashore, they found quite a crowd awaiting them, but none who would take the letter or direct them to the Mayor. Finally, it is said, they prevailed upon a fisherman to take it, but he had not proceeded for before several of the citizens seized and conveyed him to a large free not far distant, where he was left to "dance a jigultwixt heaven and earth" But by some means or other the Federal soon got the letter to Mayor Hunters who refused to surrender. The enemy then gave him until ten o'clock yesterday morning to decide, when they would land a force and occupy it, if not surrendered. Late last night it had not been surrendered, her had the enemy landed a force. The fleet was still anchored out in the liver.--Vicks
ing that the charge that the Yankees intended to liberate the negro was a "lie; " the other is the famous order of Major-General Hunter, which abolishes, by one scratch of the pen, slavery in the vast region of country covered by South Carolina' Geord reply to his charge that the South lies when it says the Yankees mean to abolish slavery, by appending to his letter Gen. Hunter's official declaration of emancipation in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. We present this contradiction to Gibsne at present, and address themselves to suppressing this great rebellion." And now let us, for form's sake, read Gen. Hunter's order: Headq'rs Department of the South, Hilton head, S. C.,may 9, 1862. The three States of Georgia, Florid three States--Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina--heretofore held as slaves are therefore declared forever free. David Hunter, Major-General Commanding. Ea. W. Smith, A. A. A. G. Poor child of Afrie's torrid regions! Little do yo
ent Lincoln, which explains itself. The New York papers are quarrelling over the authorship of Hunter's order, (from which we infer that the General is a man of small intellectual calibre,) the Jourd. Whereas, there appears in the public prints what purports to be a proclamation of Major-General Hunter, in words and figures following, to wit: Head'rs Dep't of the South,Hilton head, S. Couth Carolina, heretofore held as slaves, are therefore declared forever free. (Official,) David Hunter, Major-General Commanding. Ed. W. Smith, A. A. A. G. And, whereas, the same is the Government of the United States had no knowledge or belief of an intention on the part of Gen. Hunter to issue such a proclamation, nor has as yet any authentic information that the document is genuine; and, further, that neither General Hunter, nor any other commander or person, has been authorized by the Government of the United States to make proclamation declaring the slaves of any State
The Daily Dispatch: October 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Sufferings of the border Missourians. (search)
cken by threats from Kansas, and cruel edicts from headquarters of the district, were hard at work straining every nerve to get ready to leave their homes before this memorable 9th day of September, 1863. One party of these unfortunate victims of a cruel order had almost completed their preparations, and within half an hour's time would have commenced their weary wanderings in search of a home. It consisted of Benjamin Potter, aged 75; John S. Cave, aged 50; William Hunter, aged 47; David Hunter, aged 35; William C. Tate, aged 30; Andrew Owsley, aged 17, and Martin Rice and his son. While thus engaged in loading their wagons with such effects as they supposed would be most useful to them, a detachment of Kansas troops, (said to be part of the Kansas 9th, though this may be a mistake,) under command of Lieut.-Colonel Clark and Capt. Coleman, came up and took them all prisoners. After a little parleying, Mr. Rice and his son were released, and ordered to leave, which they did,
The Daily Dispatch: August 18, 1864., [Electronic resource], Four thousand five hundred dollars reward. (search)
eman was named David, and the General was named after him. As a peculiar display of his brutality and his utter poverty of any of the sentiments known as humane — or, we might say, even as human — it was by his order that the beautiful residence of his cousin, Andrew Hunter, was burned. That gentleman he captured and carried off a prisoner; but forced him to stand in his yard a spectator of the burning of his dwelling, and to see his fine library and all his household gods, the accumulation of year lapped up by the flame ! This is General David Hunter ! His relative, Andrew Hunter, is one of the most distinguished men in the Valley. He has been a member of the Legislature for many years, and was a member of the Convention which finally carried Virginia out of the exploded Union. He has proved his loyalty to the South and has suffered terribly. General Hunter is an example of that peculiar depravity which leads a Virginian to become a traitor and desert such a mother as Virginia
of the State for her favored military school. This act was performed, as our readers are aware, on the morning of Sunday, the 12th of June, by the order of General D. Hunter, commanding the United States army of Western Virginia, the buildings having been first sacked by his lawless and rapacious soldiery. Every species of publplete, and its recital gives permanence to the record of infamy which has immortalized the United States army of Western Virginia and its brutal commander, General David Hunter. General Smith, in his report, thus eloquently alludes to the vitality of the institution and the impossibility of its destruction: "But perish and in the vigor and manhood of its noble sons, and in the confidence and power of the State of Virginia, which established it. It was no more in the power of General Hunter to destroy the Virginia Military Institute than it has been in the power of his Government to destroy that under which we live. Both remain — as providential
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