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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
June
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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New York; June 2'Á. A New Orlcans jotter ot' tho ] tíh says tlic steamer Mississi'ppi luid arrived ! froin liatón llougo. All was quiet in ! General Williams' camp. TIio story' of Col. Dudley and Níms,' Báttéry ha ving beeu cut oü was untrue. Thei-e'had becm no rebel forcé near Baton Rouge ex eept a band of sonie 200 guerilla?, scattered between .tbat city oud Clinton. A few days ao Gen. Williams sent Colonel MoMillan, of the Twonty-íirst Indiana, with a guard, to seizo some property. As tbey weie oq tbe road they were fired upon by two guerulas, and Col. Mc.MHlau was slightly wounded witb buuksbot. Tlie guard fired upon tbe rascáis and killed oue aud captured theo other. General Williams rote tu General Butler fur inscructious as to tbe course to be pursued tuwurds cuclillas. The General answerod as follóws : IlBAPttOAttlKRS DePARTHKKT Oí Gfl.K, ) Netv Obleaks, June 12. J Geseiiai,- You ask me what sball be done with guerillas. They should be eaptured, tried at the drum-head by military eoinmission, and shot, every man, thoir liouses burnt, their property destroyed, and every means takea to show theni that are ënernies of tbe human race, not soldiers, but murderers and hriul piratea. Tbere is ouly one way in wbich you can err towards theni, and tbat is by a want of prompt severity. -By cominand óf Major General

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Old News
Michigan Argus