Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-06-27

people with vengeance. When we
went south last summer, at every place
We were greeted with shouts for Jeff. Da-
Wis, and groans for the Yankees generally
and Abe Lincoln in particular. This
time the crowds were silent. heard but
one shout for jeff. Davis, and that fellow
was drunk. Every one that spoke said i:
II wish the war was over" It begins
to look dark to them. Ruin stares them
in the face, and yet in their ignorance
they think the U. S. Government is
to blame. The thousands of Union men
in North Carolina and Virginia are as
powerless as infants, for about them are
armed desperadoes who are always glad
of any chance to plunder and any pre-
text to murder.
Nothing can exceed the destitute con-
dition of the South of every thing save
the bare necessaries of life. Medicines
are few and hard to be procured at fabu-
lous prices. For the 1900 prisoners that
have been here for months, not enough
medicine to fill haversack was procured.
Men have lain with their limbs blacken-
ed by scurvy and nothing done for them.
All the yankee notions" arc gone; need
les, thread pins, paper, and the thousand
articles of comfort are no more, or if they
exist are only to be bought by paying
enormous prices.
Lasruy will not destroy the rebels, for
such thing is unknown. They say they
give us as good as they have, and this is
what we get: half ration of the poor
est kind of pork, and half ration the
meanest kind of -four. We get other
things at our own expense. Coffee costs
$3.50 per lb., butter $l,00, sugar so cts.
But amid all these disadvantages they
will fight for years Those who expect
to subdue them at once, or by any one
victory are greatly mistaken. The mas
ses of the rebel soldiers are of the "poor
whites" who never Jared better in their
lives; never had so much money; never
so good a chance TO plunder. Besides,
there is no Disgusting the fact that the
license Of soar is very taking to the south
ern mind. Ruin may fall on the wealthy
and influential, but these are but small
part of the people. The multitude have
nothing to loose. These are the fellows
that talk so patriotically about burning
cotton, and towns and cities, and leaving
nothing but blackened ruins to welcome
the Yankees" If they are beaten from
Richmond and Corinth they can never
take up another line of defense with any
hope of success, yet they will fight in de-
tached parties for years. Success at Rich
mond or Corinth will give them time to
concentrate and dicipline the monster
army" they intend to raise by the Z" Con-
scription act" These troops will be bet
ter than any other they have raised, for
the better classes will not escape being
drafted. Their pet scheme" is to throw
so 900 men into Maryland, and "carry
the war into Africa"
The Confederate officers are very CON-
municative and their plans are pretty
freely talked of. Besides there are plen-
ty of Union men who know all that is
going on, SO we find out much that is of
interest in various ways. The men will
all be away tomorrow and none but off,
GERS and citizens will remain. Our posi-
tion will grow worse as the fortunes of
the peopls fails. 1t is our lot to be made
the victims of ever change of policy.
The "Black Hole" in which we were last
confined at Richmond was chosen, as we
were told, because our government put
Tiglman in Jail, or because they "heard
so" In my opinion though, much of this
petty tyranny comes from petty officers
and known but little about by Davis or
any of his ministers. A clergyman visi-
ted us there and finding it 50 horrible,
went to President Davis about it. His
reply was, 81 supposed they had quar-
ters comfortable and suited to their rank"
Gen. Winder, who was at first very kind
to us SO far as know, has changed. The
great hatred against Col. Corcoran seems
to have died away. AT least the papers
do not abuse him, and he is shown con-
siderable attantiou Rut Col Wilcox will