Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-11-27
The Fruits of Secession.

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We extract the following item from let
ter to the Boston Journal from correspon-
cent at Harper's Ferry:
WHAT THE REBELS ARE DOING.
A gentleman direct from Harper's Ferry,
who knows a good deal of what is going on
in Dixie, saws that parties Of rebels have vIsi-
ted the dwelling houses in the region near
CharIestown, and have seized all OF the cook
ing stoves for the use of the army at Manas-
sas. No matter how great the remonstrance
or how urgent the needs of the people, they
have turned deaf ear to all. Union men. of
course, have been the greatest sufferers. No
one can conceive of the suffering and distress
in that region. The people have no coffee,
tea, sugar-no luxuries of any kind, and are
almost destitute of the necessaries of life
And now, at the very beginning of winter,
they are despoiled of their stoves. The reb-
els have torn down ali the copper cutters
from the houses hare dug Up miles of lead
pipe, and are now seIz!ng all the tin conduc'
tors-probably TO be used as stove tunnels.
They have seized all the bed blankets OF I'm
ion families, also quilts and comfcrters. The
once smiling, peaceful valley of the Shenan-
doah is a dasOlatlon. The spelling has not
been done BY the Federal troops, but by the
TeDciS. 1DcSc are pAaLd ifhSt9, NhaAOR hCN
and unembellished. As the Journal readers,
by their pleasant fresides. picture to them
sci yes the contrast between their own happy
condition and that of the distressed reopie
in the Old Dominion, they will in some sense
be able to understand the terrible wickedness
of this rebellion, which in its very essence is
destructive Of every element of peace, pros
perity and happiness.
DEsoLATIoS IN MISSOURI.
The Springfield correspondent of the St.
Louis News writes:
" From our last nights camping place (near
Little York; we discerned seven fres-all
all around US. The nearest was farm.
where outbuildings. grain stacks, and the
houses were al! fred at the same time
Friend and foe were treated alike; farm bous-
es, corn fields, fences, in short everything that
might be of least use to the Union army-to
the army whom they have always ridiculed
publicly and feared secretly-is DESTROYED,
and a desert thirty miles wide is separating
US from the retreating foe. Where the hand
of industry had commenced to make the place
its mark of civilization, now only proofs of
diabolical barbarity are visible"
The Southern Confederacy, a Georgia pa
per, in noticing the doings of spectators and
advocating the assumption of q military rule"
over their products, says:
Before this war commenced bacon could he
bought for 10 and l24c per pound. Itis now
selling at 30c. Nothing has transpired to
increase the cost of making it, and its trans
portation costs no more. And our Govern
ment should have it to feed the soldiers and
their poor families at home should have il at
a more reasonable rate and those engaged
in the sale Of it should have that much pa
t'iotisDe in them. If they have it not, the
law should furnish them with it.
Country jeans could be had for SOC Der
yard before the war; now it is from 81. 25 to
$3.50. The labor Of making it, and the ma.
terial out Of which it is made, costs no more
now than then; and The soldier should have
it to clothe him while he fights for us, at more
reasonable rates. Patriotism demands this
much at the hands Of those who deal in such
articles 1t may be difficult to fame law
to meet the exigencies Of this case: but the
necessity is great, and we are in favor Of the
Legislature making the attempt
Coffee Is selling at so to G0c per pound: but
we say let it sell for whatever people are vii.
ling to give for it. 1t is not an article of
prime necessity. 1t is luxury; and let
tn Sc who indulge in it get it as cheap they
can. Fine dress goods are luxuries, not ne
cessities let those who wear them paw what
dealers see fit to ask.