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The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs in Mississippi--the negro Retaliation Question. (search)
possession of one of our officers yesterday, the gilt of one of Mississippi's fairest daughters, a black silk flag, with a human skull and cross-bones, executed with the skill of a painter and an anatomist, which was fearfully eloquent of our derater resort. When the ladies of our country thus, like James Fitz James, defy and dare all and everything rather than submit, where is the man who will hesitate? This afternoon's train brought quite a crowd of notables to Morton, his Excellency Gov. J. J. Pettus, now restored to perfect health, among the number. The Governor will doubtless visit Jackson before his return. As Superintendent of the conscript bureau No. 2, Gen. Pillow is doing the State most efficient service, and the time will come when his services therein will be deemed by the whole country the salvation of the Confederate cause. Major General Lee, recently elevated to the dignity of the yellow sash, will soon enter upon his duties as chief cavalry commander of thi