Litchfield enquirer., 1862-06-19
'or1NIoNs OF REBEL OFFICERS.

s, Fv.. REPORTS OF UNION PRISONERS.
 The Boston Traveller of last week has the fol lowing statements:
 The following document was furnished to us Ihv Mr. Henry Martin, one of the returned priso- ners from Salisbury. N. O. As the prisoners, before starting, are thoroughly searched for con traband papers, Mr. Martin conceived the idea of hollowing a piece of wood, in which he placed the letter, and used it as cane, escaped de' tection.. The letter was written by Union oil- cers imprisoned at Salisbury, and is the sub. stance of information obtained from prominent Confederates and Union men. Of course the march of events has somewhat changed the as- spect of affairs since it was written:
 jaga SALISBURY, V. C., May. 26.
 "One of the best engineers inthe Confederate army said to me not long ago McC Clellan came to the peninsula, and in one hours recennois' sance discovered the weak point of our Works-
 He set about turning that point, and came near taking our whole army. He saw at glance | what Magrudsr and Johnson had failed to see m year. They say they have had a superior force alfthe time at Yorktown. and hoped Nc Clellan would make an attack before he had pre- pared his works. - ,s@H ''ti f$ .ss.. ,l...
 sss Butler, they say, will aid the rebel cause by
 exaspersting the people, and driving them into | the rebel army. If they lose Richmond they m
 tend to fall back to Barksville, Lynchburg, Dan
 vile, Chattanooga and the mountains. Wher
 this line is broken they will commence the guer trilla warfare and carry it to the bitter end.
 When that kind of fighting begins, they will fnf There are thousands of desperadoes in their ar | my who care for nothing but plunder. They vii E rob everything, plunder every one, and commit
 all sorts of cruel acts in the name of the Con federate authorities. These kind of fellows wert very active at Manassas rebbiug and mardsrinl the wounded; they afe very. activeEiwhen con 1dueting prisoners, taking their money and watch
 es. The slavesiare now restless and uneasy
 Many thousands of them are employed in thu
 army and are getting used to scenes of blood ant
 cruel murder. They are fast infusing this spiri 1 in the negroes at home. A terrible insurrectiel
 may break ont at any tms-will break out Q: soon as the conscription bill empties every hom.
 of the abls-bodied whites. These are opinion' have gathered from Confederate officers higf
 in authority r F.esas,5s j., ..s,zt-. If, g..! C. ( HThousands of Union men would come bold ] ly out and proclaim themselves as such, and re
 fuse to serve against the United States govern
 ment if they had my hope of being aided by oul
 authorities. But they see nothing before them but lingering death in a loathsome dungeon or VuiosuS uJ a fopc. AL IsdlciSH, ~. S., ! "eSe
 told by some Union men that hundreds of Union
 men had entered the army from that place, be-
 cause they must do it or go to prison, and as our government refused to exchange their soldiers, they felt sure they would be left to rot in dun
 geons. History never presented so mad a rebel
 lion as this. A few leaders stirred up the people, ignorance and whiskey set the ball rolling, and the leaders could neither check nor control it, Moderate men were trampled down; candor was called disloyalty to the South; caution, treach- cry unanimity Q leaning to the North
 Now they see before them inevitable ruin. The wealthy aud educated would fain pause, but the brutal and ignorant. who by stealing and plundering, are making more more than ever be- fore, will not be controlled. This class is led by interruptions men-men who would find no chance to thrive save on the ruins of cities and towns, and the overthrow of the better classes. ' ou little know how terrible is becoming the thirst for blood amongst the ignorant mob here. g
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