, 1861-10-25
INTERESTING From RERE1ncu


we have had Eli opportunity of conyersinp
vain several persons, just arrived from the i5S.
1enor OF the Southern States, some Of Wtom
Ieft rather than take the oath of allegiance to
LIE new Con1ecercc5, and others, because
ine!r business IVES broken up By reason OF ad-
herang to thtir allegiance. One Of thess na1.
I;es ie1t hlchMond, where he had been gfnce
FEBRUARY, on ThuIGdsy Iast, and spent Fridsv
IL Norfolk. He Informed US that .hera gas
stlh netce enthusiasm seeming to pervadr.
the secesslonists throughout the South. wo
men = ana children, IS well as men; they.haye
confidence IN their ability to maintain THAR
position; that there were, to bis persona1
A5oHleoge, many Union men il Richmond,
a1q ID Norfolk especially that the countiea
OF Eastern Virginia, 40 well az the towns. were
kWafmlng WITH soldiers that almost eYery
Man wore Q auni1orIn, and Was attached to soma
ilany cases ragged, and in very few cases uni
formed that their clothes we're Of homespun.
cyeo With tho walnut bark, or some sin1ilsr
substance, to secure aomething Ike uniformifT
OF color among those Of the 8aue comDanv.
tnat t1ey we're very badly off for 6hoes, lad
veiy leR piankets, still tewer tents, and were
well armed only in certain places, as at Mauss-
sas, and IN part OF Tennessee, having broneht
eaca man his squirrel gun o. foWIi1g piece.
with such fixtures as be could pr57ide a.
hcme. "" ~
Ce1tair medicines we're very scarce, ana
xome an It Mss i impossible to obtain. Ca1omel
snJ to be had at Richmond. O5inine. tSere
Wa5 zone to be had st any drug store there
on "Wednesday: 1pecacuanha and idoine OF
Poiassium, and opium particularly. wera a.
ntst u attainable. Ha found some oDiun,
ut Norie16, but neither Of the othera,
Inc 11edesar iron works we're said to be
turning ont one Large gun day. The armo-
res were busy, and as guns were much need
So, as fast as they could be manufacturcd, they
we're sent to their troops II Richmond there
Vas not much dieorderly behavior in the
E1reet8, and no drunkenness, that he SAW.
an:ong the soldiers. Among the operatiyes
ZIG ZIG mechanics especially the Union feeling
rressiea 10 it. The Union men, However.
1ne# each other, and were objects OF suspi.
clon to these who ruled and these who n.
held them. The knowledge that q man still
aeheEed to The Uaion Was sufficient to deprive
fIa1n @ q 4. em4p1o9msnt 14p9 and take away custom
get away had 1eft, but the great mas. Of
course, could not set of, and they we're Wait
rg n nope, the arrival Of the Federal armies
10 feieake them from the oppression Which
vac exercised over them
:, The unien men would undoubtedly join
tie United States feg ~ soon as II con1d he
displayed among them. Thousands Womb
Heck to 1t who now were silenced, and whn
now we're actually forced to bear arms acainst
Il. What Was the relative actual etrenFt6 of
re parties there it was imposrib1e to say, No
teet could be had-no election held under
pdesent @ circumstances in these States would
s11ofd my evidence, even if ii were possible
70 Inn Union candidate. None such could
atoW himself, nor Wou1d it be safe for anY Vo.
FER TO vote for such. The disunioniste we'll
khoW this, as well az the fact that there ara
1ho9sanos OF Union men, and their fear Of ii.
teH1nE lhese Union men to fad out their own
21Tergfh hey {nF
anZ attempt .at demonstration.
:, Inc eecessionists were, in MANY nlaeea !,
tae interior, beginning to be entirelv siek If
tnls state Of affairs. Coffee, fifty cents a
pourd-hardly any hotel now gave cofae-
teme tsetn haa @ tea: that, too, Wss high. Bacon,
t"enL3-hVe cents pound salt, eight doIlarx
sack: -four, eight and nine dollars 5eTe1' s
N North Carolina, where one Of the parties
Win whom re conveTsed had been stsv;nu
eCme months, Fheat Nas worth in q country
siore e soouf etghtJ-f to ninety cents bush
e, and the stoIekeeper told farmer, in his
Wheat a. 5aa5 ah05 ehofy y It Mould be bashsl Of
9eFer 9e seen; Bank notes of the different
states, and Confederate" money, of the DE-
nomination Of dye dollars and 1pFards-aj3
cbange consisted Of "shinplasters'f and corno-
fated promises to pay five aid ten cepfe
tEhen % was preaented) in Vi1ginia money.
N The western aud mountainous reqion of
hessee, Unicn men dared still TO gather ia.
gsther and speak cut, except In those points
: Wh,sh 1aat wsr5 cloaelg occupied By JEFF DaY:a's
In Northern Alatsma, too, about Hun.s.
Vile, and ln Northeastern Mississippi. a. NH
a as a71o"g The laTyea planters along lie river
!he Union teeIiug was rife and strong; and
ne had head oDe msn Eay at Ct gathering >
that III he could only See the old Stsrg And
stEtTes he would cry for joy,"
One account gave Il, 900 men in and aronnd
Norfolk, and l10,0c0 at and about Ma1aasas.
Another account stated taat the Quartermastsr
At Norfolk served out 5000 ratIons dailV. It
vas quite impossible to know anything exactly
Of poaition or number. The Confsdefstes di6
cos es:, allow The newspapers to publish
my thing. The movements on our side
were kno"a almost immediately at Richmond
-Eo#, unless through secret traitors and
.pies ;I1, N Governlnent Offices, he could not
[ell-and perfect confidence wos fe3t that
LneJ mad secR1ea and would maintain +ha;r
Independence. The fleet now assemb1,ng ~
hampton Roads gave great uaeasiness to ths ~s
secess1onlats, and they are alarmed and neT.
picked. such are the main pofnts Of r.. (
mt, which seem TO us 7efy fair and can.
sld. and reliable as coming from men who had
leltheF interest nor wish to state Other than