The Shasta courier., 1861-10-19
Something Rotten I'm Richmond.

The Richmond American says: A letter
from Louisville states that James Hewett, of
the firm of Hewett Norton, & Co., Liverpool,
New York and New Orleans, has lately ar
rived from Richmond, and is authority for
the following strange statement, now rumor-
ed extensively about the city:
Since the battle of Manassas the utmost
Generalization and disorganization among
the army, and financial distress among the
people generally, have existed. The city
was filled with men and women from the
more distant States hunting information of
relatives-information which, owing to the
secrecy maintained by the Government, they
could not obtain. No report of the killed and
wounded had been made up, nor was 1t like
ly that any ever would be. The greatest dis
tress prevailed, and complaints were loud,
deep and earnest Soldiers were demanding
their release and their pay, refusing to fight
again, and expressing their determination
tn return home. There was no money In the
city, except current notes of the State banks,
coin, especially British, being a particularly
scarce article To the murmurings of the
mob in Richmond City there were added
other murmurs not SO loud nor so insolent,
ly heard that were coming up from every
part of the Confederacy, complaining OF the
existing state of affairs. These complaints
and the financial troubles of the Government,
were having their effect and learning of
scheme it had on hand, Mr.. Hewett tele-
graphed to Richard Atkinson, of this city,
his agent, to write by the first steamer to the
house in Liverpool to sell all the cotton on
hand at existing rates as soon as possible
Mr. Hewett has since reached this city, and
his agent has been hurriedly dispatched to
New York. The plan of the Confederate
Government which had such an effect on MIR.
Hewett, was that of reconstruction. prop
osition is to be made in a few days to the
United States Government for an armistice of
sixty days, during which time it is proposed
to hold convention at Louisville, Kentucky;
for the purpose of reconstructing the Union.
The following extract is from the Charles
ton rs. C.) Mercury's correspondent, WOW in
Virginia
The militia are being mustered in to-day,
and many of them come to it with consider
able reluctance There are some who have
no ardent sympathy for the cause. They will
| fight for the South, of course. If obliged to
| fight, but they have the feeling that if it had
not been for South Carolina there would have
been no necessity for fighting. Many others
can hardly spare the time. Their oats are
unharvested; their crops are still immature ;
they have no hands to work them but their
own, and it is matter of serious inconven-
fence and injury to be obliged to turn out
Yet in this section there are many who can
fight, and many who can be spared to fight,
but who will not not unless they are COMPEL
ed to it. Besides this, with the militia will
come out the ordinary firearms of the coun-
try, which Will not come out without.
The government seem jealous to conceal
everything they can from the public here
Up to this day (the 4th,) since the flight at
Manassas, no report is made of the wounded
or dead nor will they allow those who have
sons and brothers at Manassas to go to ascer-
tain their fate, and administer to their me-
cessties if wounded. All we learn is from
the newspapers, which obtain their informa-
ton chiefly from the wounded who are
brought here. The death of Col. Fisher, Of
North Carolina, was not known until his
body arrived, on its way to North Carolina.