The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-08
LATE AND 1nrKaE1rIko Fn0
TmE N0QTH.


nAr1 AND lh1EaKsEIhc EnoI
Iu1E DOUTW.
Whas they are Aoing IN Nlenphss-Hsy
= sae e .s sCe.fsSsss::s NE - Haf..ss:.x.!
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A-gentleman who formerly resided In thi
city. but has lived in the South for sightssl
months past, arrived in town yesterday fron
Msmphis, which place he LEFT on Sunday, Jan
10ths In IN interview with hin No learnet
the following facts:
BUSINESS in Memphis 10 completely prostrst
ed Two-thirds Of the business houses ar,
closed altogether; the others keep open from Z
o'clock in the morning until three in the after
noon. The streets are desola&s, and not mor<
than one-hslf Of the dwellings are oocupied.- =
Shortly after the breaking out Of the wal
sbout 1900 men left for the North. Since
then nine.tsnths Of the abls.bodied men Of the
city have enlisted in the southern army. The
n women are very Jealous in the cause Of Seces-
sion, and have formed more than twenty socis-
ties for the manufacture Of wearing apparel
for the soldiers Provisions ere very high iu
the South, as our readers are already aware.
In Memphis -four sells for from 50 70 f12 per
j barrel; bacon brings IS to 20 cents per pound.
Fresh pork 10 sold at 10 cents per pound-ths
/ tba f.ct that al, 4. - .csrc. \. "a command
/ S1i nsr sack CofF.. i. sold A. from e,I N rs
cants mar norna .nd you'd hs d..r.r .,i,l but
for the pleniitude Of substitutes, which are 90
freely used as 70 make the demand for the gen.
uins article very small. The leading men Of
the South have 20 long beam accustomed to the
use Of Rye. that they hnd it easy TO take Il
| instead Of Rio.
1Unle,s tha hlockada IA raisad verv soon tbe
| D,xienic nrov;rca, v;,l he rssolvsa int one
grand stafe--a stste Of Eovptian darknes,.-
| Candles ara in demand - Sl Ok mar nonnd
and tbe.e . varv noor oral;ty Tb. .csrc;,y
| Of coal has comneiIed tha ma nnfac,nrsrs of oas
| to mix great deal Of rosin With the bIaok d;a-
monds. The conseouenca "a. tbat tha people
of Memnh;. sea throu oh the "a. d.rklv and
are constantlv cryinr for ..ligbt--mors i;ghtin
Soap is another scarce article. Il sells as biob
as candles-not less than Al per pound. In
boarding houses. as consequence. one lather
has 10 snbserve tha .urnoses Of ssveraI facca
R,,t tho article vb;c, ths Son,hsrr bs.rt no.t
fasls tha nasd ~ ;s vh;skv .nd ,hot bos gons
nm N N8 sC, mar ralIon-hs,dlv 10 h. b.d evan
nj that
Cloth;no IA verv d.ar ov.yco..s ,pcb a.
can bs ohta;ned bsrs for sI5 arc .ola in Mem.
nbis for s45 10 $50. Pan,sloons and other Ar.
ticles in nronor.;on Root. .ucb a. are .old
here for II, command 500 there. In the vay
nf ssnofionsu fhora ia n 0reaf dearfh alan A
renar ~ = na.d,s. vor,h tsn cant. b.,. csnrot
be had for le.s than 81 aa there. $500,
Confederste notes Are taken At psr in nav
ment for goods and debts. Thev constitute
the princ;pal ciroulatine medium. sou,hern
bank notes are also taken at par. shinplasters
lood the whole country. and pass current
evervvhara Gold and silver ara scarce. the
Sormar et r-an,;nm ~ az mar cant ~. ls,,er
A. ! nreminm of s5 10 40 per cant
Il Il 4 oreat mistake 70 suppose. notvitb.
standing ali these troublous indications. that
the peonle Of the South are not in earnest In
their efforts to overthrow the Goyernment.-
There NAV be a little of the dormant Union
spirit in Tennessee. but it seems to have no
desire to burst forth. The Southerners are
confident that success viii crown their efforts.
and they hays united to make bold struggle.
One thing that serves partly to keep up their
. spirits, is the unti,nchinp disposition to lie
eyiuced by, the Secession newspapers In
Memphis. thew have heard Of but one Federal
victory since the fall of Sumter-the battle of
Rich Mountain. In all the other engagements
the Federals, according to the rebel Journals.
were routed and killed, in numbers ranging
from 900 to 10000
There is a great scarcity of printing paper
all through the South. The proprietors Of the
Memphis Appeal recently visited all the large
cities of the Confederacy to buy up what paper
Of large size they could find for sale. They
failed to obtain any of the right dimensions,
and were obliged to curtail the .arean of their
sheet in consequence. The telegram has net
operated very we'll lately. for lack of the neces.
sary battery supplies. This offers no great oh.
struction however to the enterprise Of South.
ern journalists as thew USUALLY have more
ssspecials" when all the lines are down than at
any other time.
A severe censorship is exercised on all the
papers in the South. A. r. Cazauran. for
merly connected with the ENQUIRER of this
city, now editor of the Memphis Argus WAS
before the Military Committee ON two or tbrea
different occasions for publishing articles con.
demnipg the course of the Confederate Gov.
ernnent in certain military matters. He was
warned each time that unless he moderat ed his
tone the Argus would be suppressed, A simi-
lar sentence has been passed ON several other
editors and journals.
Our informant, as we have said. left Mem
phis on the 18th of January. He went bv
railroad to Clar.syille. Tenn. thence bv stacs
to Hopkinsville. In order to obtain pass 10
leave Memnhis. he was oblioed IN ta.,;sy h.far.
the Military Committee Of that oity that he
was in delicate health. and wished 10 Visit
Uniontowu, Ky.. to see his brother. Al Hon
kinsyille the Confederate Communicates.
Clark, Of Mississippi-refused to pass him be-.
yond his lines until he telsuranbsd 10 Nam.
phis to know whether he was call right" "A
reply in the affirmative being received no fur
ther difficulty was experienced.
when our informant reached Honk;n,v;l,e--
on the 2Sd of January-General Clark was az
pecting an attack from Gen. Crittenden. and
feared the worst in case it was made The
Confederate forces at that point number about
Eve thousand-uearly one half of whom are
on the sick list. Six hundred sick men were
sent TO Clarksy;lle between the 17tb and 2ad NJ
last month. OF the Seventh Texas Regiment.
stationed there, 1888 priystes. % non.eomm;s.
stoned officers and Commissioned of;oers are
in the hospital. OF Mississippi regiment
also there, i63 privates, 20 non.commissionsd
officers and commissioned officers are sick.
At Feliciana, II miles from Fort Henry on
the Tennessee river, there are 2. 700 cavalry.
II For, uorr,, +L.rn 80 o 900