The national Republican., 1861-06-28
MATTERS IN THE SOUTH.
From the Boston Traveller.

Il a MATTERS IN THE SOUTH.
'a "4 From the Boston Traveller.
We have, at last, authentic advices from the
South, giving an inkling of what has occurred
there since the rebellion broke out 1t has been
furnished 70 us by . Northern gentleman just
arrived, who has bssn employed upon one Of
the Southern railroads for the past five years,
and who, from his Intelligence, knowledge Of
engineering, and Testimonials, is every way
worthy of belief iu regasd to the statements
which he makes. 49,
Aud 6rst, as to tie resl- condition of affairs
at the South He has not doubt that there |
ara impressed into the rebel armies many
Northssners who are at heart Union men.
In regard 10 the important matter Of how
large 9" number Of Southern troops have been
sent to Virginia, our informsnt does not speak
by guesswork or rumor, his position upon the
railroad enabling him to state with consider
able degree Of accuracy. He says that twenty.
one regiments had passed through Montg gomery
on the way 10 Virgins. Above Montgomery
he cannot give he exact number, but he has
not the least doubt from what he has seen and
heard, that full eighty thousand men have been
forwarded y that State by the South.
The next question Was "a to the efficiency Of
these men. He states that they viii not COM
pare in stature with the men Of the North;
they are well equipped but not well clothed,
and in many cases without -overcoats. They
are, as general thing, pretty we'll drilled, hut
fail in discipline or subordinasion, as i may
be called. He especially admired q Zouave !.
regiment FROM Lauisiaua, composed entirely OF
Freuohmen, fully equipped, but even this regi.
, ment, from want Of discipline, sadly frightened
the people of Montgomery, aE-
, By some overnight, they received no food on
the way to Montgomery, and when they reached
that city they were perfectly savage, bursting
u into private dwellings and demanding some.
, thing to eat. Their officers found 1t necessary
. to shoot Ave of them to restore order. Even
!. then they would not continue. their journey
North until they had received their money.
- At the stations above, the train did not stop,
= at the particular request Of the inhabitants
. who did not wish to have any close acqusint'
e snce With such savage soldiers.
Mr.. (President) Davis had unbounded con
= fidence in division Of the North, which would
!. cripple their power, and under such crcum
l. stances he had not doubt of the ability Of tn,
u South to maintain their independence. Thil
was also the opinion Of the Southern people
10 generally. '. .N'r
nt nj They have long ago given up the intentio,
n Of taking Fort Pickens Col. Lomax, Of tn
n. rebel army, told our informant that they coul'
r, take the fort, but it would cost many thousand
te of their men, including large number of th
as sons Of rich planters, and it would not pay 70
m so great q sacrifice,
rs He heard Of no scarcity of ammunition q
er the South. They had now several powder mill
IN in operation, and he knew, Of his own know
edge, of Ave carloads Of powder carried TO PEI
sacola. He also states, from the best authorit.
m. that eighty thousand Enfield muskets from HI
Or. vsns were received at New Orlesn just befor
I'd the; Brooklyn reached the Gulf to commenc
". the blockade.
ed At New Orleans no Union sentiments wei
ne allowed. In the 6rst stages of the rebellio
Of the merchants held out against it, but they wei
he finally obliged to come in, There Is, In th'
city great scarcity Of goods. One merchsI
told our informant that not yard Of blue clo
sy for uniforms was to be had, even If forty dc
'od lars Der yard should be offered they had dye
oa' m all the Aanusl for that purpose, but even th
Mss M had now given out. Shoes, also, were qui
'"u scarce.
He witnessed, In that city, slight moveme
tcb of the mob. News came that the agent
On Brown Brothers, (the great English bsnkil
vim firm at New York, had subscribed twenty Il
srs thousand dollars to the soldiers fund Of Il
The North. Upon this, about Ave thousand m'
ess proceeded to the Office Of the agent of the fr
sed In New Orleans, took down his sign, and
md dered him to leave the city. The Mayor P
he | up tne slBn, Dut ut tuou tooA ~ uo~h oBo
" and the agent was obliged to leave.
He gives conclusive item in regard to
has continued shipment Of provisions to the Sou'
the He was at Bowling Green, Kentucky, last Nc
chs day. He there counted one hundred and t
the cars loaded with bacon, and two hundred a
rder eight loaded with -four, all bound South.
ned Union city, near the Kentucky line, there v
an army Of eleven thousand men. No Nor
, erner was permitted to pass through that plt
90, without thorough search,
no, At last, after long and dangerous pilgri
age, our informant again saw the flag oil
with country floating undisturbed to the breeze.
hem is fact, that the long reiterated assertonl
onrt the Southerners that the North was divided
'' sentiment, had such an effect on his mind
he was cautious of showing his papers, corr
!, Of orative Of the fact that he was fugitive tr
the the South, fearing that he might fall upon SC
re. Northern secessionists, who might succeed
forcing him back in his progress toward
friends and home.
rsv, 20. From the New York Evening rost June 20
con-. A stone cutter, who has Just returned to
aice city from Montgomery, Alabama, brings 81
curious information concerning the actual I
,nue. dition of affairs at the far South. A mecha
Jews attending strictly to his own business, and
&c. king no active part in political affairs, but
NJ de sessing great natural intelligence, he was
-, fersd to go and come at his pleasure, and
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