Mobile Advertiser & Register

June 9, 1861

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Intelligence.

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We have accounts of dreadful outrages perpetrated at Hampton by the invaders, who plundered, insulted and abused, men, women and children, committing atrocious acts of violence. The Richmond Dispatch has the following comment:

We have never heard in civilized warfare of such outrages as those perpetrated at Hampton. We are well aware that, in European battles, after a desperate fight and the taking of a city by storm, defenceless women have been the victims of a fate worse than death, but we venture to say that no example can be found of a people going to war and deliberately preaching in advance such unspeakable brutality, and actually exorcising it upon the inhabitants of peaceable and unresisting communities. With the exception of the Sepoys, and the cruelties inflicted by the Druses upon the Syrian Christians, we do not remember to have heard of such a scene of horror as that at Hampton.

We take the following from the Virginia papers:

Further Outrages at Hampton.—When the vandals from the North occupied Hampton, an officer with a squad of men went to the store of Mr. P. Lattimer, and demanded possession. Mr. Lattimer replied that he had purchased and paid for his stock of goods, and the officer might have them at their valuation. The officer said he would have the goods and store and not pay a cent for them, and drawing his sword slapped Lattimer with it on the face. Lattimer then drew a revolver and fired it, when the officer fell. He then leaned over the counter and fired three more shots in the body, causing death. Lattimer was, of course, captured, and taken to Old Point and hung on Friday last.

The officer killed is said to be a Lieutenant in one of the companies, and distinguished for military abilities. He has met a dog’s death in a dog’s cause.

Mr. W. C. Marrow; of Hampton, was also treated in a most shameful and indecent manner. He was captured in the town, having his uniform on, stripped stark naked, marched through the streets in that condition, and then carried to Fort Monroe as a prisoner. Can such things be done in this enlightened age and not rouse to boiling heat the blood of every Southerner.