The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1862-11-08
Extract from the Letters OF Loyal Lady.
the Wife Of High Rebel officer, to Her
Mother. . =.
From the New York Times.

MOt0eks b"
From the New York Times a
For the authenticity of the following letter
we can vouch. The lady writes regularly, and
her correspondence is sealed. She invariably
speaks without restraint her views of affairs in
the South; and her letters on being received by
her friends, all bear the Baltimore post t-mark
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
October, 11th, 1862.
DEAREST MOTHER Your kind letter reach-
ed me and would have given me an unmingled
pleasure but for the announcement of poor
Capt. -'s death. How terrible for his
sisters and for poor Miss -, who, when I
last saw her, showed me his carte de visi,e, and
hslf-confessed they were engaged, although
neither the Commodore nor her aunt knew or
suspected anything of the matter. Every per-
son here is in mourning except myself and
only not so because l cannot find materials,
and hope soon to be allowed to 90 North, as
Gen. -- has half promised me passage un-
der the next flag Of truce to some vessel of Ad-
miral Dupont's squadron. Our little darling
is sadly in need Of shoes, her only present foot
covering being little carpet slippers with car
pet soles made by myself. They do very we'll
while it is quite dry but the least shower
keeps her within doors, and she wears out
nearly two pairs each week, so that am con.
stantly busy. OF tea and other comforts, We
preserve only vague remembrances /; but food,
thank God, is becoming plentiful again, such as
it is-Wheat, chickens, corn and pigs; and sl.
though it is admitted here by all that the re-
bellion has yet sharp struggle before it, there
is no longer any hope (as sincerely wish
there was) Of its being starved into submission.
[Hers follow some purely family detais.I
You cannot think how bitterly the North is
ridiculed here and all my efforts to defend it
only end in modification and the consciousness
that those who think otherwise have the best
of the Argument It is now the regular habit
to send so called "deserters into the Union
lines along the Potomac, whenever we want to
get MAJ carried North. These "deserters !"
who are generally the brsvest, sharpest and
most unscrupulous enfants perdu in the rebel
army, enter McClellan's lines, tell him just
such stories as they have been told to, take the
oath and are Immediately dismissed. They
then 60 to Baltimore, post their letters there.
get a return mail and are back to Richmond
within three or four days from the time of
leaving the managers of this mail at Baltimore
1t is thus that the e-- and - Two pa.
pers are mentioned here, one published in
New York and one in BALTIMORE get their
"late Southern news - and l can assure YOU
that this mail runs reguarly-the carriers
many times getting across the Potomac and in.
to Maryland without being challenged; while
if they are challenged they announce themsel-
YES as "deserters,' take the oalh-though
even this is not always asked of them-and
then hurry on to Baltimore, which is our chief
Post. office.
They have here in private circulation
though it may be forgery chronological
chart of Gen. McClellan's character, made by
Fowler & Wells, of New York, and which
was given they say, by Mcclellan to his friend
Major General G. W. Smith, whose health is
nowsluite recovered, though at the expense of
his mind, which will never be again what it
was. This written ehart-such, dearest moth
er, as you had made of me when l came back,
last summer, FIVE years ago, from Miss
school-makes Gen. McClellan's bump of
caution outbalance all the other qualities
of his head, and they are making fun OF it all
the time, and of course most actively-those
who wish to annoy me-when ! am present.
They have had this ''chart' printed for pri-
vate circulation, and while the papers here all
seem in conspiracy to praise Gen. Mcclellan