Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-24
THE EVENING STAR.
LATE FROM tn SOUTH.
DESTITUTE CONDITION or TIE eONFEo-
DKATE ARMY.
THE coSFEDERATEs STILL IN TRcC Bile
ABoCT THE ENAScIPATIoN
PROCLAMATION
HI NRTG NaISY sRNT 30 III Rn'E rs CON
fEDESATE GUN.IsSI0SSf;.

PROCLAMATION.
NRTG NaI.RY sYNT 80 VI. Rn'E AS CON
fEDEHATE GUIGISSIoSSR.
Tfr RicbsRcnd wkieof the :pth, has an edi-
scrial which fully discioses the destitute con-
dition OF no Conf dArata arTuv IN Northwestern
Sirsinia.
The Wing IN tbs article says:
W. refer in tho subject again, not for th9 pur-
pose ot finding fault wsIh the government
though ii has T. IN gniity Of unpardonable ne
yi..ct but to'TesIind The feople OF their duty IN
mi, pr mi-es. Our ipi.Tiaaiion Is derived from
p%I<cns who have bs-n-wiih the array some
months. and whose opportunities have been
-zfch As ~ srave no do ut of the correctness OF
thiir staisrvPDts.
TIE heath, zcai ard discipline OF tho array
ar, all that the most sanguiEe friend Of Our
hoiy C.Gsl CCS ~ fs-slre. Since their return 20
Virgins, the troops have had ample time 10
ret aud recruit Jhrir str-n@th, and their sup
pics of GOOD hfefFnd iinnr ha ve bna ahuH'iant.
Tho $tTa-ri' ~ and abscntccs. including many
of the sick ahf 80 nndnd- have reInined their
<,'Serai CON Hisssti-, and the army 10 stronger
to-day, la DGs,iers. than it has been at any
time SINCE IL hft the banks of the jams river.
Isn't r. is nov of the discipline. the health. or The
Co4nFnissarv Department Of the army that we
propose To speak To-day, but OF Ele destitute
roneitinn of the troops an regard 10 eiobing
ard shoes. .....
What, thea, IS their condition, We assert
met tmphatically and positively. that mp In
htr W. dn NOT Ia ,as that such We, thu
conCiIIrn of thu entire army. or of even
ma orifY OF tiJc troCps; bnt that large Numbers
of lhErn we're bare!Ootei. ia rags. and covered
with yeinIin; and that llIJse IN the hospitals ut
Winchester v.tr'. tli" victims at tin' mast cruel
u..s bet y fiTst,ty remarked, thS Information
comes 10 u from such sources and IN 20 direct
NAY th3t We !"-i a5th0Tl@fd 10 assert N 'Ti't
most positive manner. THAI such il ille sad con-
diriOn of iiTCe numbers of the troops from all
Ihs Stairs--inc glorious cohqucror'.io",ai Rich
Ill Il
MaIFi1nd. We arr dss ureI. moreover, that
any o,h,'r statement, showing in"rr favorable
'OEdifidn Of The army. while il may Ia crafty
ing tn fr public j. u cVtr wrong 10 ;iI' troops
thaIn>.Ne~. IN Thar. ~ may had the p-Opl,: and
tie authorities Ia Siarh"n 'h"irof1oTts ~ furnish
the necessary supplies.
l. may w. asked, hn- = IT. that The rrI1pS
should have hsc0la" thus Suddenly de-ti:Ut"i
The answer j. rradIiy given. Having marched
from the James river 10 Ghe Rappalannock,
they fought IteiT vay from thai stream ~ Ti,,
Potomac. passed into Maryland, reduced
H1rlrr'> Ferry, fought two great battles Ar
Boon>bufc Gap, SharI'sJurr. engaged Ia NUM-
bsrlVss skir1nisht >. and returned 10 virginia.
all in the space Of unr mnnin. The weather
rNtr,lurly iiot. aud MANN nt tiin uI"n fell
out by The way: others wore ont their shoes.
:nd wcrr nnable tu carry their baggage na
barefoot over stony turnpihps; whilst others
stripped themselves of ihrir knapaaeks when
they went INTO the fight, and coming OUT IL
different places, were never able la recover
them. In ..the wear and tear of hattie, too
among the chapparel and sharp rocks nj The
mountains, and along tire hills AMI valleys,
many lost portions of The clothing they hid
and emerged from the terrible conflict with little
els. Than rusty mnssAt~ and cartridge hnNaS.
Indeed, we learn from gentleman, who speaks
ftom personal observation, that it aS n
common thing TAI pass men on the march whose
mis- rable outfit was moi sufficient 10 hide their
nakcdness. Some were without shirts. others
had on the dirty remnant of 4 pair of pants,
without shoes, and almost without caps or hats.
Some were barcfuoted. others had on ragged
an hx<- lilo h.
destitute of cap and shoes, and iiad had one
beg OF his pants torn entirely away Let it ~
remembered. too, thar many of these troops, thus
ragged and destitute. and lHnping along
feet covered with toIebruiseS. had been reared
up in luxury. and accustomed to all the COM
forts which wealth and industry can supply.
But. bad as L. the condition of the men in
camp, those who We're wounded and sent back
10 the hospitals are Sill more unfortunate.
Surgeons and medicines We're sent up to Win
chester TO which point most of the sick and
wounded Were taken. but mp 10 the 18th instant
We are assured that the Medical Department
had not furnished q solitary col, bcltsack, sheet,
pillow, or change OF clothing Tor these unfor-
Inmates. With the single exception OF the York
Hospital. which was formerly occupied BY the
Iankess. and where they had left q complete
Ouint OF hospital furniture, the sick and
wounded We're huddled together Gpon the dirty
noOr-in many instances without wisp OF
straw between their aching bones and the hard
plank. Vt HOlling- worth Grove large Numbers
were placed under tent flies, with nothing 10
protect them against the cold night air and
driving mountain mists. y few cases are re-
ported where the patients were as naked as
babies JUST born. their scanty clothing having
been torn on To dress their wounds, and bun Tor
4 blanket borrow I'd from II cU;nr;ille they would
have ls-en wholly destitute of any covering
save ia" narrow 1y Chat had lar"Fi stretched
above them. Such us Were ioTtun;J'' enough
Ia gel into private quarters Nrrr well cared
for: but even The Most wealthy citizens OF tie
town and country arc bur lily prepar Il ~ pro-
vide for The sick and wounded. The lower {
Vailry OF ia Shenandoah has been occIpicd
alternately by one parry The other for eighteen
months: anu tiIe people have been stripped of
almost every cT;.IiOFt Some of thr good women
al H,i'"st' had css olished hospital Kitchens
anti III " aT--nion ti"yeVen tore Iip their calico
tTlSscs 20 I;-r ja,ndas.s for the suirrars; but
with every dispositiop 10 assist thu wounded,
IN found II impossible, from lack of means,
To r"iieNc their d,-sUtutr condition.
The Southern raprrs are yet occupied with
projects IL avert trouble from ne Presidents
Proclamation The Richmond Wktq saws, in
Ih~ connection: !
..The Iime VIII soon arrive, V hen in accord.
aicc Tiih thu experience "a last winter aHd the
pIobabfr n'Tt'>> Hi,'~ OF the season. active CAM
paignlnS m Virginia will cease till IN. spring
IN" pr"-uihpiiCES and indications are that aS
Inc emmy Had themselves compelled 10 sus-
l"hn Their efforts here. they VIII renew theIa
1iTther South with desperate yigor and de-
termination They are now making here ulean .
j'f"p;tTatoTS against the few remaining sea- q
ports OF ihc tonfri"racy, and 20 obtain COM :
plf'c mastery al all our naVigablc rivers.
charleston. savannah and Mobile are doomed
II \ Yankee power andnalignity can accomplish
th"ir destruction; non should amy interior city,
'ipproaelable by water course, feel thai il is
SAFE without thr most thorough blockade of the
Strealh We warn our southern friends not To
los day cr night in projecting Themselves
aS;iin-tthT dangers ahead. Wherever the rob-
hrr> are p"rIG'tTHd 10 penetrate the country
ih'S VIA aiielApL 10 enforce lIincoln's brutal
proclamation IL IT, therefore more Than eyar
n.ceS-ary ic keep In ruf,ians ont Of our borders
The "H"riiuns of all are needed, and no: an
hour - 10 - lost
The u hiG thinks Il j. 81 pitygliat tho negroes
"i tlic South CoUhi not bc made aware Of the
i7"1 thar the people of Illinois and other fire
state are refusing runaway HegrU's permits
SION - earn a Livelihood in their borders.
The Raleigh St'Hc"rJ announces the death Of
ncral Geo. b. Anderson, wounded IL the
hattie % Sharpsburs.
Tin. fredericksburg HsrGid yays.it has not Vet
beard of lh" iir-J farmer, north OF lie Rappa-