The Placer herald., 1861-08-10
Condition of Affairs in the East.

The Marysville Erprcss last Saturday, pub
fishes a letter from well known citizen Of Yuba
county written in Ponnsy ylvnnia, July 4th in
which the writer, speaking of the war, says:
Factories are standing idle in all parts of the
country; terrible desttution among the poor, and
some deaths in Philadelphia by starvation have
already occurred. Agents are everywhere in the
country villages trying to get troops; they ask, in
each l,ce. for few more men to fill up q regi
ment As high as a hundred dollars bounty is Of
fcred. There is enthusiasm, and it is with
difficulty that soldiers are had. and they are most
ly green boys who want excitement, or very poor
persons who 90 to get bread. The Republicans
who make themselves active in getting men to
enlist have promised to take care OF the families
of the soldiers, and they give each family | un-
dcrstand. three bits Il day and they are now
grumbing about this. One o the 'Blacks" was
very active in canvassing the county few weeks
ago, bengng for money to buy clothing
and outhts for the troops; he got great deal
su scribed and paid and then presented his bill
for purchases to the State, and received pay for
all the outlay. making profit OF all that had
been given. This raised " great deol OF iudigra-
tion.
1t is noticed that no Blacks go to the war, at
least only about IA fifth. and scarcely any of the
noisy ones. some Of the three months troops
who went were good men, but most all Of them
returned at the end Of their time; those sent now
are inferior | saw. however, Vermont regi-
meat the other day, who were very fine looking
men There is immense disc. der and ignorance
of the use of arms, frequent accidents Resulting
in injury or death; complaints OF officers ac-
count OF ignorance and incapacity in general
There is beginning to be great deal Of deser-
ton.
have been told that Delaware will vote now
at any time for secession. This is admitted in The
city OF Wilmington by we'll informed Lincoln
men, but they console themselves with the idea
that Delaware cannot get out of the Union be-
cause Pennsy ylvania would come down and over
power her
MARYLAND is now a slumbering volcano. In
PENNSYLVANIA the sccessonsts are ten times more
numerous than they were month ago l be-
liove that before five years we will have passed
through a terrible ordeal and have learned VII
dom The storm Of revolution will roll its bloody
wave across this fair State and purge 1t OF its ia
naticsm. He'll is brewing here you can depend
on it, OF course our people are not versed ID the
theory Of constitutional freedom, but they have
enjoyed it and long for its return. Men who have
property here looked dismayed at the prospect Of
taxation and ruin which is before them. | heard
one large land owner say that the tenants would
be better of than the owners if this is to con
tinue Manufacturing villages now wear an ap-
pcorance of dcsolaton that is painful Children
continually ask for money to buy bread; Amerl-
eau children; this never saw before
| talked with one of the working men oil Phll-
adelphia Il man of strong sense and well posted
in the city, and | also talked with business there,
(many of them are preparing to go South to open
business.) and fnd there is no disposition to
wage an extermnating war on the South by
great majority OF the people
They DAY Book" is spreading everywhere,
and the "Tri6une" is declining. The subscribing
for the Day Book is spontaneous and general
among the Democrats, The people here were
promised that in sixty days the South would be
subjugated, and Davis and the leading. traitors
hung Instead, they find they are becoming more
powerful than ever instead of the North raising
three millions OF men, they find it impossible to
raise three hundred thousand. Tobacco lE can