The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-02-14


of a better dress. Itmay be proper to say that
the battle of Fredericton, Missouri, where
Buff Woods killed six if not seven Yankeys."
was complete defeat of the rebels]
[sUPERsoRIPTIoN.
John Hanson Co A
politeness OF 18th Reg Miss Vol
Mr. Clemens
Attala County Miss Nov 9th 1861
Dear Son | sit my sell for the purpose of
writing you few lines to inform you that
the health Of my slf and family has not ben
very good this fall myself and all the field
hands has ben sick though we are all on foot
to day, we have had more chils and fever
this year among the hands than we have had
slncs l have lived 10 the south l have had
four laid up at time We have had one case
of Bilious fever in the family the dews has
ben very heavey this fall and the grass has
grown SO large in the fields that it has made
all the hands sick in consequence of their
haveing to be exposed in performing their
labour all the hands ia n the neighbour
hood has ben sick there has ben more call
for quinine this year than l have heard of
and there is great scarcity of it than |
have ever seen it is worth to $40 per
Bottle and cant get it at that MIR Sep times
Wetherby is dead Mr. Turner is dead and
old man Turner is expected to die evry day
you have herd of the Battle at leesburg in
virginia we WHIPPED the yankey ana drove
them in Potomac near 1000 was kill drown
ed and W. uned we foged them lately at
FredricktOwn in NO Buff Woods and VIM
Woods was n the f redricktown fight it is
said that Buff Woods killed six il not seven
yaDkeys at that Battle under jeff Thompson
Woods got be hind tree near the yankey
BreastwOIks and give them Buck and Ball
md when they yankey lief, the Brestwork he
repeated the dose OF Buck & Ball and it is
said he killed that number and the tree be
stood behind had the rise of 20 Balls in it
and Woods didnot get hurt they taken 80
stands of arms, sent you coat, but am
fraid it is two large for you but it is the
best | could do, | searched durant Bluff.
springs Atlata veil and Kosciusho all the
clothing are gone you have no Idea of the
scarcity of clothing, the Blockade has
effected evy thing goods of all deception is
higher than 1 have ever seen l have to pay
$3.50 cts to So 90 pare for negro shoes
and cant get them at that my hands hasnot
got shoes yet and wont get them in three
weeks to come we have no money in eircu
lation here, hogs are dieng with the quincy
& colry., have lost 8 of my finest killing
hogs with quincy, the women are asking %
cts yard for weaving james and you could
have got it woven for l21a to Is cts pr yard
before the Blockade give in Neworlsans
for Baleing Rope 25 cts pr pound "a cts
per yard for Baging un'ess the Blockade Is
removed we are used up cant get clothing
Tor my Negroes aud here comes the state
tax and county tax and the war tag and no
money to pay with and cant sell cotton to
| get money what is the Farmer to do the
world looks like it is turned upside down the
! Farmer Indirectly has the expenses of the
government to pay and the Battle of the
war to fglt and gets the least pay Tor his
iabOur whilst the speculative class OF man
holds all the high offices and gets all the
latest salries in the land it is said that Eng
land & France win soon remove our
Blockade and acknowledg our independence
but have my own notions about Engla
d France removeing our Blockade, think
when the Blockade is removed, we will
have to remove it ourselves, and the con
federate and state governments better apply
| some of their means towards constructing
navy vessels sufficient to remove the Bock~
ade from the south ourselves, instead of
waiting for urope to do it for them, IF the
south had knavy sufficient to prove victo.
riOus Oh the waters as our armies has proved
| on land we would soon have the Blockade
removed, aud suppose England & France
was to acknowledge our Independence that
woulnOt remove the Blockade, it would
produce war between the north and urope
The south being with out knavy couldnot
carry her own produce to urope and the
uropen knavy would have to6ght their way
out of suthern Ports with southern cotton
and by that means the south coudnot get
much for her cotton and by that means
England couldnot afford to pay full price for
our cotton and fight for it,, for the north
would get WHIPPED by the uropen knavy, but
by chance the North would get cotton once
and while for if she couldnot get it by
fighting she would get it by stealing it when
out of reach of the knavy on the seas 1
hope these line will find you in health give
my love to John & Scarborough accept the
same for yourself.
N s HANESEN
We understand that Lieutenant Stout,
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