The national Republican., 1862-09-20

AN INSIDE VIEW OF REBELt ON
CAPTURED LETTERS.

aspects, and especially 30 showing how tho war
begins to tell upon the people Of the seeded
region, and that, with all the virulence Of their
political passions, they are already. many Of
them at any rate, heartily sick Of Il. After
they have been on the peniiential stool SUN
cient length Of time, We may hope for their
radical conversion from the error Of their
Tays
One Of these letters, from soldier to bis
wife, 10 dated at Richmond, on the 3Oth Of July
The writer says:
"Our regiment hal 70 bring up The rear on
dog and bay at the m ION, than be o soldier
but as the trouble Ia upon us, l suppose must
grunt and endure H."
LAMENTATIONS OVER THE Loss OF NEGROES.
The writer then proceeds to plunge In me
dias res, which, with vifs slnian, is always the
same thing tie negro. The writer ard tie
writer's father In law had loss sundry negroes,
being, In that matter, the Victims Of mis-
placed confidence" A we understand this
letter, their negroes had run of, contrary 10
their expectations, and the loss IA emsittered
by the reflection that they could hava been
hired or cold q, such rates In Richmond. Tie
writer says:
have never heard q word. since We left
Yorktown. Of the negroes that used to be ours
NEGROES are bringing fair price iu
Richmond. Mira T-kh-ll has been tod that
.he can get eleven hundred dollars for Kae
s1d child. advised her 10 sell her. wi:d
your father bad .akep my advice and moved
his negroes to Richmond, where be could have
hired them out for sxtrsvagsnt prices, aud II
| hey gave him any trcubls, be- cnu'd spon
convert them into Confederate funds, which
eem to be In the ssceDdapcy. I wculd to God
hat had had the advantage OF Others expc.
risuce. ! would not have let cor n ,crcs in
he eternal negro ever have re cbed TO such
pitch as 10 have resisted the admonltiou Of
amily and friends. But, Of course. the old
man thought he was doing all for the best"
A GENERAL LANrSTArroN OVER the NIsEarEs or
SECESSION.
The writer says;
Il must now write few lines about ON.
selves. When I left you On the 10. Of D.
,ember last, I had not the least idea that II
would b. longer than the l4.h day Ct May be-
fore shou!d again meet the erdsariog sml. 9
# loved ones a. home. but 1t PLEASED the Coz.
| SOueCot0, dt ldSt 6eftlC0, " pd..i
what is known as the Conscript Act, hol liag all
twelvs-months men In the service for nine,y
lays from the expiration Of the original en-
Iistment, Us the Secretary Of War was pleased
10 interpret II; but the presumption was, that
the ninety days commenced from the passa c
Of the bill, which was on the 18th day OF Apr.
Consequently we ought to have received our
discharges on the le:h Of July which was The
day on which Secretary Berj jimin said we
would be discharged; but It pleased the pre-
s1t incumbent to place different construction
lpOn the law, and decided that We should not
have our discharge until the l4.h day of Au-
gu.t which l think the beet fer the cause Of tt Q
UoDfederacy, as 1t releasee ths men who al Z
over thirty five gradually; whereas the other
Construction would have turned out all those
men at one time, thereby reducing our arm
sery much; ind, thatk kind Heaven, the IA b
of August IL not far distant, at which time I
'xpect to get an honorable dscharge. But
Hil then bs left 10 qusndsry to know whr /
to do, a. you and the children are 10 The bauds
Of the Yankees. would give anything In the
world to hear IRON yon on the utject dou't
xuox what 10 be at, bnt think .hsll 20 dui,n
70 Mathews aGd cross over TO PoquOsin, u. d
FEEL myself the Way down to Mr.. Marrow 3
tarn, and " not too warm, shall venti' .
| down to old mau Williams, o ID fUd out wh I
chance there would be to 40 to work OIL my
pace, where l might make enough to keep
-oul and body together, which Is all l can do
anywhere ele these times. have epcut man
. sle-pless hours In scanning our future, with y
growing family to provide for we have drank
shs bitter cup CT secession to its very dregs
I. has turned MS loose upnu the world (au,.
hat blazing, as 1t were, from pole to pole In
} Sar) houselees, penniless, and | my Aimee,
.ay fsiendless, fer regard 1t that a man with.
out means Is man without friends, conss
1,ently we are without both ; therefore, our
! condition is most deplorable.
However, were we together, l could take II
much better, bu. as II la, had aimoet rs 80
ne in hell in fact, IL II q he'll On earth for q
: nan to be tsparated from almost everything
10 the world be holds dear, by an lnterminabl. /.
war; the end Of which SCENE 70 be recedipu
ron the vi;ion Of the strongest op'ics Ihad
, 'ather Q with you, living Oh the most h., me !,
tare than 70 be here In R'chmcni f,as,ipg OIL
be dishes Of u kings table. Sometimes,
almost resolva to march b ,ldly down aid take
, my chance with the Yankees The only oh
s,aols In the way is the os b wh!oh they r. qrr.
one to take but Id ,u't think they would ke, !
ne prisoner more than o month or two, ant
wouldn't mind being incarcerated In the cell.
Of black hole like that Of Calcutta, provided
r'nld have my liberty at the expiration of iha
. lime.
i / Bot the great trouble H. cont know Wha
8 would b. the consequence. Another toubl,
IL, me passage Of the tonascatioo bill By th,
Federal Congress, depriviDg mau of all hi
properly, unless he .skes the oath Of allegiance
20 support L!ncoin's Administration on hls In
te-pretation Of the Con 'uiuiion of the Unite:
. States, which lie rather L bard pill TO swallow
5 iniend gong below to see how tunes are. al,
II they are not 10" warm | may venture 4
Norfolk; IL too warm for me shall go back Il
= iiichmond and seek employment, but nothn
short of ope hundred dollars per month vii
D enable me to support ny family there.
4 wcu,d like to hear from you and lear
/. whether yen would come to Richmond i'll ,e
D get a situation there. l presume al! the ne
u groes have lefs you 10 Norfolk, as they ar up
!. held In doing as they please. However, IL ma
be that the shooting Of them bud moralizn
otf.ct upon them; hope 1t did.
We have no house to i've In II we could z
hcme, but II Mr. Marrow's houge Is standing
aud all Is quiet, We could move there and
e could raise enough to 60 upon, which is all
can possibly do outside OF the Yankee lines
J for everything Is at an enormous price 10 ou
6 lines. Just think OF bacon from SO 10 IS cent,
! beef from rs to so oen,s, eggs 81 per d. zel
chickens from Is 10 SIPS, molasses fror
- to IS per gallon, cucumbers 81 per deg.
peaches 81 per quart, and everything in pro
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