Col. Baylor, of Arizona, has been heard from again. He
confesses that he issued the order to slaughter the Apaches in cold blood, and
says it is the only mode of dealing with such savages. The President indorses
on it that it is “a confession of an infamous crime.”
Yesterday the enemy appeared on the Peninsula, in what
numbers we know not yet; but just when Gen. Wise was about to attack, with
every prospect of success, an order was received from Gen. Arnold Elzey to fall
back toward the city, pickets and all.
A letter from Gen. Holmes, containing an account from one of
his scouts, shows that the enemy's militia in Arkansas and Missouri are putting
to death all the men, young or old, having favored the Confederate cause, who
fall into their hands. These acts are perpetrated by order of Gen. Prentiss.
The President suggests that they be published, both at home and abroad.
Mr. L. Heyliger, our agent at Nassau, sends an account of the
firing into and disabling the British steamer Margaret and Jessee by the United
States steamer Rhode Island, within a half mile of shore. Several British
subjects were wounded. This may make trouble.
Mr. J. S. Lemmon applied by letter to-day for permission to
leave a Confederate port for Europe. Major-Gen. Arnold Elzey indorsed on it: “This
young man, being a native of Maryland, is not liable to military service in the
Confederate States.” Well, Arnold Elzey is also a native of Maryland.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 346-7
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