Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-17


people against the "Yankees,n who are
represented as cruel, unrelenting, savage
barbarians. Not long since, news arrived
in Richmond that the priyateers had been
tried and found guilty of piracy, and that
they had been sentenced to death. Where
upon, JEFF. Davis il mediaiely issued an
order that all prisoners out on parole
should report themselves to u specified
officer for re-incarceratiOn in one of the
city iails, and that night Davis addressed
the people in front of the Spot,swOod
Hotel, and assured them that if his priva-
teers were executed as pirates, the same
fate should be awarded to the Union pris-
oners in Richmond. 2
Business of every kind, not necessarily
connected with the war, is entirely prOstFa-
ted. Negro trading is at an end, and will
never be revived, unless the South is vic
iorious. The slave prisons are empty. and
the long line OF slave nuctiOn rooms in
Franklin street, heretofore througed with
able men, women, and children, and the
detested rough and vulgar nigger traders.
now present the aspect of quiet and de-
serted street. The Richmond nigger tra-
ders Were the first to embrace Secession
ism-they contributed the first money to
the cause, and the first Secession flag in
that city appeared from the window of one
of their auction rooms. All the process
siOns, by day or night, were headed by
them-tbey were the leaders of every Sc
cession enterprise, and upon the success nf
their cause, depends, now and forever, the
continuance of their unholy traffic.
The Lester Sewing Machine company
had erected large building for manufac-
turing purposes, but have suspended oper-
ations, and Mr.. Sloat, of Brooklyn, one of
the principals of the company, is exten-
sively engaged in altering old muskets,
having large contract with the Confeder-
ates.
The only currency is Confederate bonds,
non-specie-paying bank bills and shinplas-
ters. Ice is very scarce, and readily sells
for 20 cents per pound. No scarcity of
provisions.
The navigation of the James River is en-
tirely suspended, but contrnband goods,
letters, and papers continue to arrive by
way of Kentucky. WeIch, dealer in
guns, pistols, &c, recently received alarge
lot of Colts navy pistols from Philadel-
phia, while some Northern druggist sup
piled Purcell, Ladd & Co. with us much
quinine as they required. A harness
maker, in Franklin street, also recently re-
ceiyed a lot of leather, and was confident
iy expecting another consignment of ten
thousand dollars worth in IL few days
All articles destined for the South are sent
to Louisville, thence to Russellville, whence
they are conveyed in wagons to the Ten
uessee Railroad, and then sent 70 their
destination. Not long since the United
States Government sent an agent to Rus
sellville to stop this trade, but he was for
chilly expelled, md the trade went on
Whether our Government intends to yield
passive obedience to the RusseIlville Se-
cession mob, or resoluteiy assert its au-
thority, rsmains to be seen.
To return now TO our Richmond fugitive.
He says there is no truth in the statement
that President Davis and General Lee are
hostile to each other-that the death of
General Garnett did not produce much
ensation-that the enchanting Scott girls.
who captivatad and captured the gallant
Connecticut captain, We're objects of great
interest in Richmod, and were extensively
introduced into good socisiy-that baggage
wagons, ambulances. aud camp furniture,
is so abundant that Davis issued an order
to stop their manufacture. On the Ten
nessee road he saw several hundred bag
gage wagons, and large number of SOL
diers with Enfield rifles, on their way to
Richmond. He passed several large en-
campments in Tennessee, and gathered from
the officers OF the different regiments that
there were ut least $4,000 soldiers in that
State, all in camp, but large number of
them unarmed. He represents the Union
sentiment in Richmond to be as strong as
ever, although concealed, and it is UNDER
stood that there ia Union Lodge there,
similar TO those in North Carolina; it is
conducted with great secrecy, and no man
allows himself to be suspected of member
ship. John Minor Bolts has retired to the
country, and is never seen in town, and his
name is seldom mentioned. Gov. Letcher,
although engaged in the rebellion, is sus-
pected OF disloyalty, and has. little or no
influence. RICHMOND.