Gen. Butler’s Department: Details of the Late Advance on Richmond – 2
The Army of the Potomac: The Late Movement Across the Rapidan – 2-3
The War in North Carolina: Arrival of Rebel Deserters at Newbern – 3
Rebel Raid into Kansas – 3
Very Late from the South: Failure of the Rebel Campaign in North Carolina – 3-4
The War in Tennessee: Guerrillas Dispersed – 4
From Porto Rico – 4
The Reception of Gen. Meade in Philadelphia – 4
News from Washington: Special Dispatches to the N.Y. Times – 4-5
Editorial: Are Negro Soldiers Southern “Deserters?” – 5-6
The Farce of Rebel “Re-Enlistment” – 6
The Quota of New-York Under the Draft – 6
Richmond Menaced and Missed – 6
Employment for Rebel Prisoners and Possible Retaliation – 6
The Lights Going Out – 6
Fascinating article titled Are Negro Slaves “Southern” deserters?
The author discusses how the South was deemed a belligerent rather than rebels, which inferred on them belligerent rights. These rights included punishing deserters the way they saw fit.
The reason they didn’t deem the South rebels or traitors is because then they would hang any captured seaman as a pirate and soldier as a traitor. By doing this, the South would react in kind and it would be a complete bloodbath that would “degrade our humanity”.
The author’s main points then is that the designation of belligerent was for convenience but should not be extended to allow the South to hang captured Northern black soldiers who were once slaves.