Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-15
Interesting Southern Items.
NOVEMBER Is

several weeks in the South, rspor:s the rssu,,
Of his oNssrvAions in the New York Rsr,li Of
the 18Th inst lie says;
rax vStoS rsrsoNEss cr VAR.
EissnOr5 Mas really "a, ere Business thor
engatafe- Ihas Is Maiu street.. Moss sf The
hesels, hanks, rsssplpsr o&css and stores are
heated en- Il. IL SStssSs rcEtAsArd iato the
ePsa ecaatry, ard sez;avard 90 . suNurb called
Rockets. IN tAts asssr section cf ii are situ-
a'ss sgne gf tie seAteeo warehouses where our
WasqR prtscusrs are sew ecn6oed. The map
W1ieh We FasLsA viii show the points referred
b. ~ eae e,ls-esrcrisns -EI Herald These
srs gfi ss5cs s5isess, Of moldy, duapidated
sprearq-ce. Teey stsrd three together on one
81 q he stresg-which here Is of a most
iggT cAs'ssssr-srd two nearly opposite
TNees Sr 'ls north side are overlooked by the
b fs 1, which Church Hill here terminates,
ssi vSiSA supply gravel for the city, while
thsss on the souh side Of the street have the
JSzss River and KauaWhs Canal, and the
RIVER itself Immediately in their rear. I have
efsu passed By these prison houses, aud had
ny feelings lacerated BY seeing the condition
CT be brave men who are suffering here for
th,tr 'oy atty and devotion to the country. l.
is bsrd to ind cut any thing relating to the
sfsns Of the government, and inquisitive.
ress into public matters is not safe weak
ness 70 indulge in. Observations have there
fo'e TO be made quietly, patiently, and on
Ntsteysr slight da'a may be casually presented
or acquired My observation lesds me 10
think that there are, en- tbe average, 200 mtn
c.Lfred 10 each Of these warehouses, lud He'd
tcgether, Nira rot mrch more regard % health
than humsLe captain cf SLAYER would show
10 his freight Of emigran;s from the Congo
River to the Havana. The lower floors are as
sigue6 to tho officers, the windows being
strureiy grated the upper ones are occupied
by the rspb and file If our men who fsll iuto
Il rebels hands at Monassas aud elsewhere.
Tie cot ditioD of all, officers and men, is pitin
bic ard Geblotable to the last dnRree, aud not
al other day should be lost without our Govern
n ent adopting some means by which its faith
fui tu. ubfvrtuoate sdherepts in Richmond may
be rescued from their mstries aud restored to
the light of freedom snd the comforts OF heme
These men ought not TO be sacrificed any lon
ger to a 10 re diplomatic or political technic
ally. Humanity, reason, justice, common
sense, all appeal 10 tones that should rot be
ignored, for prompt termination to the sense
less quibble of which those brave men are the
victims. The rebellion can be quelled just as
eff ctualJy after an exchange of prisoners is
effected as before / believe there are one or
two other warehouses and mills in the western
part of the city, near the canal basins, where
more of our Union prisoners are confined.
The bulk of them, however, have been sent
further South.
TRIP SOUTHWARK.
There is but one daily train running from
Richmond to Nashville, and that one runs very
irregularly. A military guard at the depot
examines passengers passes, and turns back
those who have not got q permit. There are
no through tickets sold, and the fare has in-
creased one. half. The trains, however, are
mostly filed with troops. There are a great
many sick and disabled soldiers returning to
the South. Il occurred to me, as the train was
a volI tho Rfvar
/ think-on a trestle work viaduct of half a
mile in length, shsky and insecure, how COM
pletely the destruction of that bridge would
cut off their connection between Richmond aud
the South. 1t is a most important link in the
chain Of travel, and if broken it would take
several months before the chain could bs re-
stored. All along the road from Richmond to
Lypchburg, and from Lypchburg to Nashville,
the hills are covered with encampmepts. In
fact the whole country is one continuous cam o
of armed men. Tie contrast between the
South and the North in that respect is most
remarkable. When I come into the Northern
States find the people pursuing their usual
peaceful avocations, without any apparent dis
EurbRn nce or interruption, as if the blast of war
had never sounded in their ears, and as il the
country was not now engaged in most terri
BILE conflict for its existence as nation. While
see in that attitude the confidence of strength,
I can not but reflect that that disposition to
take things quietly, and not to put forth the
n'most energies of the nation, is rather caicu
lated to protract the war which now devastates
the fertile fields and pleasant homes of the
South, and brings sorrow and desolation to the
hearth Of the dWeller on the Adirondack, on
The Western pTairies, and in the pine groves
and forests Of our Southern States.
LYNCHBURG.
There are more signs Of industry and enter.
prise in and around Lynchburg than are to be
met with in any other part of the Old Domin-
ion, except Richmond. 1t is beautifully stu
ated on the right bank of the James River, in
a sort of gorge, formed by spur Of the Blue
Ridge. The bigb hills on each side of the
town are now the picturesque size of military
ercampments-for three regiments lie here
and the extensive workshops of che Virginia
AID Tenne see Railroad Company are con.
verted, believe, to the uses of war, There is
an immense business done here in the way Of
supplying Richmond and the rebel army in
Virgin with provisions 1t is the entrepot,
go to speak, for the supplies Of cattle and
grain from the South west The James River
ard KsDaWha Canal adds to the Importance Of
this place; being in operation for some fifty
miles farther west of it.
FGUNDERIEs, ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS.
The arms in general use among the rebel
troops are old United STATES muskets, altered
fIoU fintlocks into percussion, and riaed.
There is a factory of small firearms at Rich =.
n ord, ard ore at Fay ette. North Carolina. In
tte former they rife the smooth bores aud also
fife ca nor. The Tredegar Iron Works, a.
Richmond are said TO turn out eight small AID
four large rif'd cannon daily. There are also
caupou toUnderies az Atlanta, Georgia, the iron
being procured from Dalton, near by; two Oh
the CumbeTland River, right in the midst
of the iron ceuntry; two a. Memphis and
one at New Orleans. Powder is manufactured
a. Little Rock, Arkansas, where sulphur is
found in large quantities Gun carriages and
forges are made at Nashville and az Atlanta,
Georgia.
Among the crack batteries in Virgisia are
tie Washington ARTILLERY of New Orleans Wal
tons HsDpner's and Eschelman's. Hempuer
received bic education at an Austrian school
for artillery.
Small arms are in great abu sdauce, and
bowie knives are among the fsvorits weapons
of the rebels, Iu point Of general equipment,
the Southern army is far inferior 10 the Union
troops. In fact, outside Of Virginia they look
more like an armed mob than regular organ.
ized army.
The government wa CONS used throughout the
Confederate States aIe, for the most part, the
common freight wagons, which are such pecu
liaT features of Virginia roads. They are boat
shaped, Canvas covered, and are usually drawn
b. four OF six mules or oxen. Sometimes you
I'm oxen, mules and horses in the same team.
The tents are of small size, but are generally
in good condition.
FORTIFIcATIoNs AND STEAMERS ON THE MIssIs