The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1861-08-03
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the HenihSky lips there is sanp said
to citaip four thousand men Taking
thifsn cohnectioa with the posi.ion ol
the Kentucky State Guard. the appear
ance is that the possession Of Louisville
is calculated upon. The Southern
soldiers generally are poorly clad. and
in all respects i'll provided. Some regi-
menis are composed almost exclusively
Of boys. There is still a strong Union
feeling in northern Alabama. and. only
one regiment has been raised in that
section Of the State. and.i (,he Fifth)
is a rabble of boys. incapable Of the
performance of the duties Of soldiers.
Even in Montgomery there are Union
men-Plenty Of them. who, would be
wild with Joy TO see the old ;'bannsr Of
beaiy and gloy." floating again over
the dome Of the capital of the State.
One great reason for the removal Of
the government from Montgomery to
Richmond. was the insutferable rapa
city OF the PEOPLE Of the former town.
They put up rents enormously. and
were guilty Of all the greedy tricks,
which they are solfopd Of charging on
the ':.d-d Yankees The govern:
ment got even wi,h them. however.
The Hoporatlrs. The. Rresident.psthe
Secretaries, &e,, &c., lsit without pay :,
ing ,herrenis. and leaving such mass
oil Rubbish. OF. Confederate bon1s. gsI,al
gold co@msnds eJp-r cent. premium.
Mr.. W<s, gives shocking account
Of The performance Of the Louisiana
Zuusves As they Passsde,hrou.h Mont.
xo.oesy Owing TO n Tailroa'i accident
,he regimenIil'sd been de,sined sbout
.l.ir,yr,ix isouss at " point " here iss~a,
.mfss-,bi. .u~saiu prrisicns.snd they
resch.d Montgomery frantic with hun
yer. o. they we're also in mutinou>
conditions. because theyrhsd nOt receiv-
ed sny pay: They drcla,ed with must
hprtid imprecsliOhs that they never
would leave lows IL they w.se not paid.
rI'~y excited general alarm. The
confederate government had no money.
and though it WAS Sunday. the State
an,Lorilie, aud bank officers were gath
cred together. and eontTived to raise
S3J, 90 each fur the six hundred men
composing the regiment. So internal
We're the proceedings OF the Z"uAves.
that the ladies' were afraid TO go To-
chu.ch. " Mr.. West mentioned the
flames VI q hali dozen citizens whose
houses were br,,kcn open and robbed
in daylight. Every xtroci,y charged
by Besuresard's Virginia procisma-
,ion, upon the Northern troops. was
commi,.ed by sle z ,uaves Of Louisiana.
Wherever ,Ley -ioand negro women
they proceeded IA use them violently;
aud there were scenes in the streets of
Mon yomery in sight Of the house ol
he cvnle.lerxe President. that Sunday
morning. unaeaTJ Of heretofore except
where cities have been s;ormed1 and
sacked BY drunken aud licen,ious
sel,iiery. -.iia' ea4ao sl2 }t
ltmsycbe proper to state. that what
Mr.. Nest Ut these matters is cor.
robora,ed BY the stories OF TWO deser-
.ers from the Louisiana Zouxvss, who |
losad their way within Gen. Buffers
Nj. Wes, is Of the opinion that the |
hole number of Confederate troops
in Virginia is oae hundred and twenty
i've thousand.s They believe in Mout
y"mery that they are .'whippins the
Id Yankees" al a tremendous rate,
aud slaashiering them BY thousands
lie had No idcx cf the real state Of al
Iairs before lie reached this city. The
pnly thing they are Pszsled aboss is
he neglect or Beauseyasd u take
washing,on.s sqsa aii i4aao ,eailes
Ii may be remembered that the ward.
rvbe Of Mrs. Slemmsr, wife Of ;he ia
n,aus Lieutenant, was confiscated By
he chivalry who possessed it at Peusa.
:ola. Mr.. est informs US thai the
gallant sons of The Soulh sent her best
lresses TO their friends among the
pros,isstes oil Montgomery. who have
been showing oil in them ever siace:
md ihis is considered by the chivalry
very ibrillians and pretty big thing
'sais bsfia Gen. Lane. ~ fis
'o'rhe Washington correspondent Of
he New York Post. refers as follows
oths recent slavery discussion III the
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