The Semi-Weekly News. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 97, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1862 Page: 1 of 2
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fTnafctag-eou, Sept. 22, *62.
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▲ PROCLAMATION.
I, Abraham Lineóla, King of the
United States of America, and Commander-
in-Chief of the Army and Navy hereof, here-
by declare that henear, aa heretofore, the
war will be proaocuted for tike object of
practically watering the constitutional re-
lation between the united State* and the
people thereof in which Slatea that relation
ia or may be diatorbed.
That it i> my purpose, upon the next
meeting of Congress, to again recommend
the adoption of a practical measure tender-
ing pecuniary aid to the free acceptance of
rejection of all the glare States, so called,
the people whereof may not then
be in rebellion against the United States,
and which States may then hare voluntarily
adopted, or thereafter may voluntarily adopt
the immediate or gradual abolishment of
slavery within their respectivo limits, and
that the efforts to colonise persons of Afri-
can descent* with their consent, or upon
this continent, or elsewhere, with the pre-
viously obtained consent of the Government
sxisticg there, will be continued.
Thst, on the 1st dsy of Jaauary, in the
year of oar Lord one thousand eight hund-
red and sixty-three, all persons held as
slaves within any State, or any designated
part of a Sute, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the U.S., shall
bs thence forward and forever free, and the
executive government of the V. &, includ-
ing the military and naval authority there-
of. will recognise and maintain the freedom
of such persons, and will do no act or acts
to repress such persons, or any of them, in
any efforts they may make for actual free-
dom
That the Executive will, on the 1st day
of January aforesaid, by proclamation, de-
the Sutes or part of States, if any
the people hereof respectively shall
pretence whatever aasums to dscidson Hit! him in
validity of the claim of any person to the jeo
asrvice or labor of any other person, or j carnalities on
surrender up an? such person to the claim- \ conclusion can besrrt
ant, on pain of being dismissed from the ¡formation was finma
service.
And I do hereby enjoin jupon and order
all persona en^agedin the military and naval
service of the Ü. S. to observe, obey, and
enforce, within their respectiva sphere of
the service, the acts and sections above rs-
cited. i
And the Executive will, in due timo, re-
commend that al) citizens of tho U. S. who
shall have remained ¡loyal hereto through-
out the rebellion, shall, upon the restoration
of the constitutonal relation between the U.
S. and their respective State and people, if
the relation shall have been suspended or
disturbed, be compensated for all losses by
acU of the United States including the loas
of slaves. ?
In witness hereof, I hats hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seat of the U- S.
to be affixed Done at the City of Wash-
ington this tba twenty-second day of Sep-
tember. in the year of our Lord one thous-
and eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the
Independence of the UnitedStaftes the eighty
seventh. [Signed-j
By the President, As rah am Li a col*.
Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of Sute.
(From tb« Memphis Argus, 8epi. S4th.)
The Destruction ef Pretties. Jtie .—-lea-
der ml Account ef the Outrage.
The steamer Alhambra arrived yesterday
morning, bringing intelligence Of a couple
ipectzi
then be in rebellion against the U. S.; and
the fact thai any State or the people there
of shalt on that day be in good faith repre-
sented in the Congress of the U. S. by
members chosen thereof at elections whsrein
a majority of the qualified voters of such
Sute, shall have participated, aball. m the
absence of stong countervailing testimony,
be deemed conclusive evidence that such
Sute and the people thereof have not been
in rebellion againet the U. S.
That attention ia hereby called to an act
of Congress entitled "An act to make addi-
tional articles of war,'7 approved March 13.
I8®2. and which act is in the words and fig-
ures following:
14Be it enacted by the Senate and House
ef Representatives of (he VniUd States in
Congress assembled: That hereafter the
following shall be promulgated as an addi-
tional article of war for ths government of
the army of the U. Sn and shall be adopted
and observed as such:
"'Axt. 1.—All officers or persons in the
military duty or n^val service of the U. S
are prohibited from employing any of the
force under their respective command* for
the purpose of returning fugitives from sor
vio or labor who may have escaped from
•n<ite whom such labor is claimed to be
much tiny officer who shall be found
r>ni the «a oourt martiale of violating thi*
!¡n-■ !.—Itall be dismissed from the serviced
V plni 2%—And be it further enacted. That
van, net, entiled 'An act to suppms insur-
rection, to punish treason and rebellion, to
seise and oonflaeate property of rebels, and
for other purposes,* approved Jtrty 17th,
1862, and which sections are in these words
and figures following:
Sac. 9.—And be itJuHKer enacted, That
all slaves of persons who ghall hereafter be
engaged in rebellion againet the govern-
ment of the U. 8., of who shall In any way
give aid or comfort thereto, eeoap'ua? from
anoh persona, and taking refage within the
tinea of tho anáy, tad all slaves e&ptured
from such persons, or deserted by them,
mad coming dnder tho control! of the gov-
ernment of the U, 8., and all slaves of such
parsons bsing within any plaoe oecupted by
rebol forces and afterwarda ocoopled by
forcee of the C. Sm ahall be deemed captives
of war and «hall be forever fosa of their
servitude, and not again held aa alavés.
Sbo. 10.—And fa it forth# enacted,
that no alares eeeaping into any State, Ter-
ritory. or tho District of Columbia, from
any of tho Statea, shall bo delivered up, or
ia any way Impeded or hindered of his
liberty, sxoept for crime or torn oflbnes
against the lawa, onlosathe person olalm-
tagiocb fugitiva shall first onto oath that
ü|MM to whom the labor or wrvfoa of
mb fugitive Ualledgod to bo doe ia his
tftwfol ovist, and Us not boon In arma
against the U.S. la ft* promt nbtilioa,
ocr i& any w|y
,th?mlitta(7 or
WM;
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of engagements, participated in botn bj gun-
boats and in£antry, between Helena and
Vicfcsburg, which involved the partial des-
truction of Bolivar landing and Prentiss,
Misa, and the loos of a number of men on
both sides.
as derived from parties who arrired here on
the Alhambra are about as follows:
It has been tor some time that the Con*
federates had been in the habit of crossing
the river between Napoleou and Yicksburg.
in steamboats and other ra^ans at their
command.— With th* ví íw of d<«straying all
of these transports, :f p asible, or at least a
number of th^ra, and 4 the same time ob-
Uin possession of any lots of cotton that
might be discovered^aad theexpedition, con-
sisting of the steamers Alhambra and latan,
en which were a portion of the 32d Illinois,
Col. Lippiocott, and the Qúeen of the West
ram. containing a company of sharpshooters,
left Helena on the 10th and headed down
the river. No adventure worthy of note
ivas met with ontil the following day.
came aboard tho
the killed in the
Aa to the other
are informed that a
rafts, eUu, were
one ~
(Comspoftdeaee ef the
fhc Bnemya KaM to bswar ¿«aleteas.
Laxa Charles, Lju, Oat. 1869.
Friday, the 3d inwt., the enemy ascended
the Calcasieu river, in aa Opeó boat, or
launch, with 16 men, including t#o com-
missioned officers. They capturad the steam
boat #iDan " and burned twooohoooets, one
called the Conchita lately ÉbÉÍ#MfÍ8 by n
Spanish crew, at CalsaaSMtu Plana* ths other
name not now t*aanp#¡ip£f' «flat'in the
lower river. Aftes^llmilali^ in the river,
at and near Lake Charlss, until SOndáy the
5th inst., they departed without a shot hav-
ing tirst laid the to#n oí Lake Charlea
ttsder contribution for a supply of heéf and
potatoes. j
Ths foregoing statement % shameful
enough; but, as varioas reporta axe in cir-
culation in relation to thia affair, I will nar-
rate tho events as they occurred.
At tho time the enemy srrived in the Lake
Charles, upon which the village of that
name is situated, there were 14 white men
in the town and vicinity, and 14 others with
in a distance of 2 miles. I was present and
seeing no prospect or disposition to make
any resistance to the enemy «started to roues
the neighboring Country. No efbrt was
made to collect the arms belonging to the
Th. particular, of tb. tffúr*, <cUiliu" ur 4m!Ul
several gm>s and riflee in
ing to him, ia true, I
no^doubt. It ia also certainly
the enemy pssssd within ahot gun
y of 20 or 25 armad men, who
on tho shore end! wero not
Tho tale h a aad one to us. I
ne ver be told of us again,
no doubt that the late visit of ths
la o^r river was but a recoonoissnce
^ :ht n viait in larger, force, per-
( to eatablish himself here,
of communication with Texan,
ktory to a contem-
_ in Texas. A small
with one 12-pounder could
aaally defeat any anoh plan aa thia, if sta-
tioned here beforo the enemy's arrival. But
if ha bO allowed tosatebliah himseli; it will
prove more diffionlt to (Belodge him.
I will aid, in relation to thia visit of the
Tankesa, that it was no fonlt of the country
people that no fighting area done—I mean
private citisen*. I nsver sawn better spi-
rit manifested. When tho shell were
whistling in the morning, I noticed the
countenances of a aquad of 22 who wore
seated in line before me, and not a few eyoa
Hashed with eager excitement.—Not a man
from tho country failed to attend, who was
in private hands, as I wse ssanrrd would
ta done in my absence. I arrived in the
vicinity of the Lake Saturday night, having
rode neariy -i^tniies that night in company
iih a party of citizen*, armed with rifles
and shot guns. About 44 o'clock A. M., 1
saw two messengers who had been sent out
from the Lake, and ¿¡rom them learned that
there were 3 barges iu the river, each mount-
ing a eix poueoer cannon, and carrying 20
men each, and in addition, a schooner with
200 men on board und 6 gum was in the
river, a few miles below Lake Charles. Also
that the en«wy intended seconding the ri
ver, a few miles above Lake Charles sgain
early in the morning, to capture a new
schuoner rigged vessel lying in a small creek
or ove a little above the Lake. Further,
ib?y informed me that Lt. Col. W. W.
New York Times, says:
*1 have reaeon to believe
Hunter's views upon tho <(m
ing negro regiments have bOf
adopted by tho ¡ President, i
question has assumed sucha diflteant chase,
that Goo. Hunter almoet regreta thai ho ia
to leave the department. The Inat mail
brooght the authorisation ef tho President
to enlist nvs regimsnta of negroes to bo
t The officer commanding the enemy's par-
ty wooid deeefve and receive my admiration
for daring courage, but for the fact that he
from time to time diaplayed the tcAtte flag,
tifien (ascending the river, end when des-
cending, compelled *Col. Clifton, and other
prisoners, to stand in such positions as that
they would probably be hit,, should the
boat bo fired into from the shore, tic may
bo sure that our people will fire npon s
white flag from Yankees hereafter.
LOUISIANA.
later v
when toe fleet reached Prentiss, }in poíivar j0¿ÜS0n 0f the State tfilitia, had arrived
County Miss., nearly opposite Napoleon.
Hsre acme unknown parties in ambush,
on the Missiseippi side of the river, dis-
charged a number of shots at them kiiimg
two of ths infantrymen and a negro deck
hand. This aot had not been brought on
by any putt on of the fleet, and tbe com-
mander, fnc--. >*e? at it, resolved to bombard
the town With this view a message was
*ent to Prentis*. ordering the citizens to
ava^mts .*ith n one íí mr. Ta town being
a JiVir- nan s hamiet. the order was
easily complied with. Everybody moved
out and the .«nh«riment commenced, from
10 aid 12-pound Lowitsers.
Some time afterwarda a party went ashore
and fired a number of buildings somposed of
wooden material.—The object accomplished,
they returned tó their boats, which were
got under way, and tbe expedition was soon
steaming downward again. That night the
Beet lay up near Eunice landing. Before
morning information reached the office ra of
the fieet that preparations were being made
to attack them at Boliver landing as they
returned. This placed them on the lookout,
sad aa the boa is repassed tbe point indi-
cated as anticipate >, they were fired npon
by some party concealed in the tftishes.
Transports were laid close along side each
either near the shore, which is high, in or-
der to prevent explosion of boilers' by any
shet entering them, the hoWitxers brought
to bear on tbe shore and tho work com-
menced. the gunners pointin^ ln ths direc-
tion of the smoke curling in the air from
almost every spot that could eonoOal a rifle-
man. The diechargee wore at random^ yet
our informant had roam to believo that
many of them told on tho assailants. This
lingular engagement continued nearly forty
minutes, during which time three men were
killed and one man wounded—making
fcotalloas of firs killed nod two woimded,
altogether* Notwithetanding the precau-
tionary measures, in regard to transports,
they by no means eeeaped their share of
shoia, quite a number of bails entering tho
upper portions of thvm. Tho Alhambra
did not get off widtont fifteen or itoenty
shot*, and the laten probably received more,
as three men on booad were wsnndsd.
one on th# Aihambct^wai
two ta tfcotfciffc
at the Lake, was mustering what men he
could, and would be ready in the morning
to operate against the enemy.
I immediately reported myself and the
men with me to Coi. Johnaon, for duty, in-
forming him that I would ambush my men
near the banks of the small cove in which
the new vessel was lying, as above stated,
and would there await his ordera, or attack
the enemy if be attempted to carry out hie
parpo a of capturing the schooner lying
there. The pesitiou was favorable for ope-
ra tiona on either sido of the river.
We rema.ned in thie position for several
hours, without hearing further from either
village or the enemy. The ; men became
impatient; aud, being under,no reetraint
other than their own wills, became scattered
along tho road leading from near our first
position to the adjacent farm* accross tbe
riv?fs on Lake Charles road.
About 8 o'clock, A. the enemy threw
a tevt shot and shell about the swamp in the
direction where we were stationed, but none
fsU nearer to Us than a quarter of n mile.
(I estimate the distance from the eouod of
the fose.J
Atf 9r45 P. SI. CoL Johnson joined vH and
informed us that the enemy had stolon down
the titer on the steamboat Dan. We urged
that we sboufd follow and at least annoy
them at the bluffir and banda below.
Col. Johnson, now in command, objected
to our doing, so, say ing that the pilot was
one of our oarn ci tixens. who was made pri-
soner by the enemy on his way up ths river
and that he together with Col. Nathsniel
Otifton of tbe militia, and o or 9 othera who
were on board the vessel, and said to bo
prisoner** would be killed' by the
if they wero molested. Tim persona on tho
boat said to bo
ana www yu* u« ■ « jww wivw,
Cot O., who remains a prison* aalnta mi
heard ^7 ' v
14 not
sdi
A KW OKLEAÜí^
armed and uniformed for tho service of tho
United Sutes, snd also authorises .ths en-
rollment of sn sedition al 50,000 to be em-
ployed in the Quartermaster's department,
nominally as laborers, but aa thsy are to be
organised. Hnto companies and uniformed,
and a portion of their time iatobospsnt
in drilling; it is easy to understand that tho.
possibility of their beidg used as eoldisrs is
not lost eight of. Ths exact time of com-
mencing the work of entieting the colored
recruits, I ¿m not ible to ssy, but that it
will be shortly, to my mind there is not a
sbsdow of doubt.H
When the fisg of truce stsamsr, contain-
ing tbe Confederate prieoners to bs ex-
changed at Yioksburg were laying at Mom-
phia a few daya since, a poor Irishwoman
won! to tho wharf, for tho purposs of sse-
tog her husband, who was on board one of
them. C^ho aaked an officer on duty to let
her go aboard, and stated the object of her
mission, hot was refused. She etiil per-
sisted in. her efforts but with the same re-
sult. Not wishing to see her better bsif
slip, she msde up a final and desperate ef-
fort to gpt aboard. The otB&r not liking
: her continued appeal, hallowed out to bar:
"Madame, you cannot come aboard I aay, 1
wish you would go to hell and 1st me alone."
¡ The wcinaú was roused, and putting her
I arm akindo, replied, shaking her hsai: "I
can go to hell, can I? Say, misther officer.
¡ do yoti know one Stonewall Jackson
1 "Yes, what uf him V' . ell, he has been
sendirg so many Yank es to that place now
The Planters' Banner. Franklin, La., of i that be jabbers tbsre i* no rc m for dseem
the 11th inst, gives the following items : j people ther« snd the i uld d il himesll has
By s late order of Cren. ButUr, síi r- tu >leep out <ioi«rs." Gopd for Kiddy.,
eons above the age of eighteen, male and. Gen, Bragg having Appointed Mf. Calla-
female in his depaitment, who hnve ever hau civil governor of Atlanta he applied to.
been citizens of the Uujlt d States, were re- { K chmoivd to know hie | < a«rs and duties-
quired to take the oath of sjllegiance by the j Vice
24th of Sept.. or to give in4
property of every descnpltc
penalties.
President Stevens thus a#ewers the
list of a!i their \ inquiry :
under severe ! 1 s«« not at all surprised at your being at
a loss to know what your powers mid dutice
Also, all foreigners in the city are order-; *re in your new poaitkm, and your inability
ed to report to the Provost Marshal, and ' to find anything in any writteu coSe of
show evidences that they have not been ci-) laws to enlighten you upon thfm. The
tizens of the 0. S. i truth is, your office is uannown So the law.
Any banker or merchant in X. O. having Go®. Bra^g hsd no mer^ authority for ap-
an account with any Sheriff or other civil I pointing yuu civil g«<vrrnor of Atlanta than
officer of tbe State, must present to the i>e j « bad ; and I had, or have, no more no-
partment an account of the same. thority than any stre«t-waliier iu your city.
All transfer of property belonging to per-; Under this appointment, therefore, you oau
sons in N. O. by those who have beet citi- [ rightfully «xerciae nO afccre power than if
sejns of the U. S. but now acknowledged itbe pp intmout baii4>een made by a street
allegiance to the Southern Confederacy have walker.
bean declared void. ¡ ^ ashingtun correspondent says:
From every appearance Butler is gradu- ! There ia reason to believe the origin of
to draw the last dollar from the late troubles with the! Northwestern
Indiana oau be indisnutnble Used Upon Bri-
tish emmiasaries. Investigations;will soon
be net áfoot, and it is beliejved that tlieir
assertioa can be established beyond a doubt.
It is known tbst Enfield tritiee, in lari
ally preparing to draw the last dollar from
every man in N. O. who is not either a
straight out Lmcolnite. or a finished hypo-
crite. It is painful and humiliating to see
a 8outberá city of 120.000 inhabitants ao
shamefully robbed by a tyrant baited np tt ta Known tbst Enfield trines, m large
by 8,000 bayonete and a score of gunboats. | «numbers hate boon abtpped to them up the
But this is now no idls drsaarf* It ia history ^t. Lawrence river.
actual hiatory. And such and worse will! The Richmond correspondent of the Char-
be the lot of ¿ttekapaetefofe ¿waive months > les en|Mercury tella the followittg story:
if (for military authorities and the people j 'Not long ago, an original character of the
nsme of Dixon was arrested and retried be-
fore McCleliso. "You ars from Virgfaa*a!
said jMcClellsn. ' Yes. 1 am from Fauquier;
and your fellows have been bebaviag d—d
badly down there." '«What is the
do not arske up and «rork hi terrible earnest
to protect this seotioo of the stste.
On Sept 2$th, Sugar was quoted in the
N. O. pspers at from 8 to 9 cts. per pound ;
Molassss from 03 to 3d cts. per gallon; corn
70 eta; floor #7 to $7Si Texas l^evua 10 to, fro® Jackson ?" inquired MoClellan, evad-
20 ote per nouOd, netj veal $15 to $3Q; {irg Dixon's allusion to his soldier*. MWheu
milch cowslflOO to $120} sheep $10; Pork í1 la#t heard from hisa," replied Dixon, **he
ia not quotew j had juat received a dispatch Irosa tfce devii.
"'{ii¡ i . ni,'' ¿i hUi i i m asking him to send no more Yankees down
rrglfft OF IVTEREST, ¡there. The place was full of them; they
We observe that a printer, In one oionr ^ ***** robbío« ^ rü^* tnd
papera, setting up tbe Exsmption bill, in-
chidsa membera of ths Sooiety Of Friendo,
and the Association of Drunkards (Drunk
The printer set it up as it ooght to
hava beeix. If all drunkards were kept out
of the army, it would be better for it.
IfcetlUehmond quotations ars interest!
—■hides, 33 cts. per lb. j Cotton.
90 Ota ; rice,10® 12 oU,; leather, f I 7BmQ
foroois.; flour, $16 per bbl.; sugar, 55^65
lb*; butter, 6&5)76 cts. per lb.:
Hayawtw
right and left, until there
a shoot in h—IL#* McCleUan
aeot him back home.
The New York Tribune does aot bra#
much of the yueult of the Haryiaod batths
It aays:
Ths
P**n-
The énomy nee
At South
hie
prieoners.—Hers ho lansas no tho dArir;«4
bio lata campa, two «naMsd pfeoeoo oí ar-
tillery, a few hundiui of hie i>nl u,
di table to
«33
of Texans, who arrhrad
thssosmy
inofory aonisdenta State.
Boyal oorreopoads&t of tho
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