The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-08

rPro- ~ n Leals News, March ISL
w. had an Opportunity, yesterday, OF con-
yersine with gentleman, who LEFT MemPnis
i..t Sturdy. and reached st. Louis yesterday
morning. dc came TO New Madrid ~ Doss,
thence by land to Prices Landing, where ne
crossed he river to Illinois, reaching tine Cen-
trail Railroad He has been citizen o. 81
Louis, but for some time past has been i'vlng
1t Memphis.
Hs ssys there was much depression At Mem
mis- caused BY The late rebel defeats. particu.
iarly those on the Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers; and It was generally admitted tnat
Memphis WAS in great danger. All the goia
and silver in the Banks, and the treasures Of
private individuals, had been sent of to New
Orleans for safety. Confederate money, Ten
nessee notes, and shinplasters had gone down
q rather. III commodities had gone up. There
vas mo money to be had but paper notes and
shinplasters, and Of course they had to circu.
| late st their variable value, being indicated
not by their own fall, but the rise IN price Oh
all articles Of trade and consumption.
He says gold could not be bought q any
| price, and even silver change had entirely aus.
appeared from circulation. The people Of
Memphis, however, show no signs Of yielding,
but say they will defend their city. All per-
sons Of military age turn ont ut two o'clock
| in the afternoon every day for the purpose Of
drilling. Only few shot guns were to De had
| in the city. A large number of pixies were
being manufactured, and with these they hope
to compete with the mimic rifles and muskets OF
the Federal troops.
There ere NO Notifications at Memphis. The
design is to protect the city, if possible, BY o
defence at Fort Pillow, just below Randolph,
sixty miles above Memphis. At this point
there is bold and nearly precipitous bluff,
about eighty feet above the level OF the river,
commanding stretch of the river for three
miles above, while the land approach to the
fort is protected by 9 rugged conformation OF
ties into the Mississippi mile above the fort.
call has been made for several thousand me-
groes from the nsighboring counties to COM
plete the works at Fort Pillow.
There were no troops at Memphis. At New
Madrid, there is fort just below the town,
defended by force whose strength our infor-
mant had no means of ascertaining. He un.
derstood that the post was under the command
of Gen. Grant. 1t is q mistake, our infor-
mant states, to suppose that the many st. Lou
isians who went to Memphis, last summer, are
in the army. Very few of them are, but are
living in Memphis as private citizens, making
. living as best they can.
There is no great scarcity of necessares al
the South, though many articles SUCH as tea.
coffee, butter and salt, are high. Sweet pota-
toes are abundant and cheap, and many per
sons make them their chief article of food
Leather has become cheaper since the erection
Of tanneries throughout the country. Nearly
all articles of clothing and other fabrics Of
general use, formerly imported, were being
manufactured in the Southern States. The
stores, however, are destitute of the fine goods
| formerly sold and the apothecary shons are
almost entirely bare.
/ The rebels have established powder mills ir
Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Alaba-
ma, and have an abundance of powder, such
as it is-a weak article, and deficient in power
As an evidence of this, it may be stated thai
many Of the Federal soldiers wounded at Fort
Donelson, picked the buck-shot out Of theil
merely skin-deep wounds without the assistance
of surgeons sAft f&