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Show Washington Advices, Washington, 10. An order by General Sherman announces that instructions in-structions will be followed in leducine. the army to 25.000 men as directed by the secretary of war. Chicago, 10. Tribune's Washington: Washing-ton: Treasurer Sherman's iuveatiya lions are revealing some strange things connected with the heavy compromises with whisky men in St. Louis and elsewhere, which will have to he explained. The following . correspondence paeaed between Mrs. (Jhisholm and Governor Stone of Mississippi: To Got. J, M, Stone, Natchez, Miss.: I am just from Judge Chisbolm's, in Kemper county. Both he and his daughter ore suffering very much from wounds aud constant threats from the mob. It i freely asserted that Judge Chisholm will neither be permitted to live at homo or to leave ihe country alive, winch threats b and mysolf fear will be carried out unless protected by the stale govern ment. Constant watch is kept upon the houso, and a stranger going there is promptly naked his business, and kept under surveillance. Mrs. Chis-holtu Chis-holtu was compelled to obtain a permit per-mit from leaders of the mob to bury her son, slain in jail. From motives of humanity I have followed you to this place with the following letter Irom Mrs. Chisholm: To Uott. J. M. Stone, Govcrmr; Sir Believing you to be humane and desirous ol preventing needless eflusieu of blood, I moat humbly and respectfully appeal to you for aid in protecting the life of my husband and children, until such time as I am able, with those of them whom God in hig mercy may spare to me, to leave ihe country and their home. If you can aid me in behalf of my wounded and dying husband aud daughter, I would ask that Captain M. Shaughnessy ol Jackson be author-1 izrd toorgauize a body of men suf 1 ficiently large to protect and remove us to some place ot safety. Respectfully, Mrs. W. W. Chisholm. No time should be lost. Dispatch me here. M. ohauuiinessv. Governor Stouo replied to Shaugh-nessy: Shaugh-nessy: I cannot consffnt to your proposition proposi-tion to go to Kemper with a body ol armed men. I will return a soon as pjsjiele. |