The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-09-05
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The Eeifa publishes two titfrs ffc m
a Confederate soldier, dtttd Juckson,
Mss, August I'd and I'D. The writer
says Cragg and Price were at Chausnoc.
ga with 3j 600 men, the army Of the for
mcr numbering 10000. Their object g
10 capture Buell. sn pirate on Kentucky
and Tennessee. The men arc wretehed-
" of, destitute Of clothing, ard only half
fed on corn breed ond molssses. Tea
cannot be bought, and coffee is 81 90 per
pound. Half the men would desert IL
they could, but Bragg watches them
more closely than he does the enemy
He Is coarse, vulgar tyrapt, and drinks
TO eacesss as do most OF his officers. lie
quarrels with those around him, and dh.
agreement With him was the cause Of
Beauregerd's resignation. The writer
says there are s,veral Fed, raj prisoners
at Jackson, They are confined in an
iron cage, like wild beasts. They DO not
get half enough to eat, and are treated
with all sorts Of indienity. A member I
the b3d Ohio regiment, who was some
time ago taken out of the cage and put
into the hospital as a nurse, yesterday
told the doctor In charge that he pre- fcrrcJ
to 90 lack to prison to being hospital
hand. They urged him to remain in the
hospital. NO." said he, all be d--d if
I'll attend these people,"
The rebels have no medical stores. In
deed, they ure destitute of almost tvcry-
thing which it is needful for an army to
have.
The Conscript law is the most unpop-
ular measure yet passed. Planters who
hive been drafted have offered as high rs
1000 for substitutes. One man offered
ten negroes to n discharged Binety-days
man.
II the planters could have protection
they would take sides against Secession.
They are tired Of il. Their negroes arc
half naked and half starved, and the in
human seoundrels who cause the war here
will not allow the m to sell sugar and cot
ton. so as to be able to buy food.
The price aud scarcity Of goods ara
awful. Flour, none in market. Beef.
very scarce, and Of the poorest quality
Chiet ems, 81 PER dozen. Eggs, 90 cents
per dozen. Butter, 10 cents per pound
The above articles are vsry bard to vet.
in consequences Of the Confederate and
Bowman House being crowded with New
Orleans merchants and spectators, who
are paying at the rate Of 80 per day for
board-andin in consequence thereof the
hJtels grasp at every thing that comes in
the town, and pay any price to get the
above articles; and by that there are
thousands OF families at Jackson and vi.
entity, who have been driven from their
homes in Vicksburg, with hardly anytfi q
to eat. Imagination cannot picture the
sufferings. The New Orleans merchants
make Jackson their headquarters, and ara
speculating in sugar, Gro sing il over
from plantations on the other side Of Il
river ia flats, and PAYING S5 per hoeshe, d
to get il across Bayou Sara; thence thew
ship on the railroad from that point Il,
Woodvi!le, and pay $40 per hogshead to
haul distance Of f.ty-seyen. miles to
summit, on the New Orleans g. jackson
Railroad. 81, . -
There is great dissatisfied existing
in consequence Of Van Dorn's command
at Vicksburg, and nearly cnc-half of the
men were sick with chills and fever a
day or two ago. Over seven cav loud, Of
sick soldiers came to Jackson from
Vicksburg, 900 from one regiment, the
35th Alabama. They had them sent
there, as the hospitals are full ut yicks-
burg, and great uncasiness existed on
account OF quinine being so hard to Oh
tain. ,-,..+l i.