MAY 6th. —To-day a Yankee was caught in the street questioning some negroes as to which side they would fight on, slavery or freedom. He was merely rebuked and ordered out of the country. Another instance of Southern magnanimity! It will only embolden the insidious enemy.

“Another instance of Southern magnanimity!”—Rebel War Clerk.
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