Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-08-15

not the meanness TO do it. se had
On the way to llarieon's, we pnssed ova, Il,
battle-ground Of The Monitor aud Tho Msrsi. .he
where took place the revolution Ia Tho pasia",
,he world Nearer to Newport News point ~ ~,
hull of the burnt Congress and the ,nas,s tne
sunken Cumberland can be distinctly sson Vi ,he
is torolhy reminded OF that fearful and o.to pne
night OF that fearless and devoted crew anG ,hn.
Ihe "Old Guard dies but never surrendsrs ), ,'a'
Further up the river we we're taken in ol
~ gunnOat, which as il proceeded ho,l ~
"nd down, she'ei the old houses and bnt,as,lp ,up
on inc southern shore Of the Jnmes M
nau seen serious annoyances to our steamers
many haVins been iifed into, aud the pilots and
passengers having been shot by riHemen nm ,la ,ha
shore The shells sent by our gnnboats nlowrhns
through the earthwOrks and banks seat,sesis teleu
tue dlrl IN MI directions and sometimes bnra,;as
mile beyond. Fortunately our hoat as,.ns reas,s
no shot Oh this trip, but day OF two nre,;ona,.
u twe'ye-pounder went entirely thronoh ha,9
shnlterlng hes guards and saloon stairwav ".
IOund the Work OF Smelling Notifications ra,bs,
exciting and when the!e was no renlv eorat'N
ably safe All hands watched the sSors stp,' ,a W
serve the effect produced aud to dsooyer IL n",
sible men or new batteries FV'
WINE IN Norfolk, took occasion tn inoni,,
INTO the sentiments of the people, The + +
N's.-who are all except the negroes-are n..,
oil secessonisls but under the salutarv ,s,
trnln's, imposed by our bayonets. ara onia,
because they are obliged to be. One man toli
W mp tnat ne hau never voted for President thai
he deeply regretted that any State had secedsJ'
that he had lost nearly all his neeroea wbich ha1
well-nlgh rnincd him but that when tbe issna
was whether Virginia should secedc, he founG
| Gft the teddsFs N Juror of il and supDosip0 he,
Nhew phW oHght 10 be done, he poted Tor sere,s;o,
~ expressed no regret on account of bis vole
iie SAM 'hat he felt bound to stand by his slats
ie't much IKE reading lecture upon the error
ana io'y Of The S'aie's Rights Doctrines
asked whether the people Of Norfolk were VIM
ing TO submit to the Government, hut he de-
chned To answer. w
iound tTp men who had from tile beainning
oeeh Union men faithful among the failhless
even under mauy prosecutions Both of these
hal been Impressed into the Rebel ranks. Uns
OF them was second edition Of Daniel Lamberl
weighing perhaps $50 pounds, and of course nm.
apie 10 DO service. Tno other, u young, strong
man, escaped and hid three DAYS and nights i"
the woods. They are both in business and ara
dong well notwithstanding Efforts constantly
made 10 ruin them
The business Of the place is done chiefly bv
northern men many old stores heng closed
and their owners in the Confederate army. Very
rev yophg men were TO be seem Those in bust
nessNWere making money rapidly. One man
told me that he made Oy per cent preM His
! li"hto va iht uhy Uflute were SlgU,
Thc currency is IN terrible condition
Northern money is in great demand-beng at
4O ler cent preInium-while southern money IN
at 30 per cent discount. Any money with
northern name. whether genuine or counterfeit
wili pass freely; without question or even *
animation. The town is filled with Norfolk and
Portsmouth and Virginia State shin.plasters.-
Any one could have Obiained $S in them for So
OF northern money, and then pass the southern
at a.
/ / unreliable, and kept clear Of them. Treasury
, notes are eagerly caught at and command a high
premnm.
Early one morning walked through the mar
ket | saw very few white persons selling,
. nearly nil being black men and women
rougher looking sci never saw Each person
tad nh Old two wheeled lickety cart and a lean
horse or oyer-worked thin mule. These were
u the chief c0nyPyances occasionally a tenth.ratr
woln.uut carriage would rattle over the streets
= Here and there might be seen single OK har
y messed to cart. The produce, however, wa.
/, very good-ilne potaioes-yery large tomatoea-
u peaches. apples, water-meons in abundance
, Norfolk did not make a favorable impression
The streets were badly paved, irregular apd
1t very filthy. The buildings were ordinary and
for the most part old the iayorite style OF pofcl
u running up to the second story, anu having
= side entrance. The place seemed to be dead
i threadbare aud forlorn as stagnant as the un.
healthy pools all around it, and rs hot and dr.,
rs the marshes that run up into the town; seem
ing doomed 10 the desolation Of both pestilenc
y and war.
There is much complaint by the Union met
against the Military GOvernor--General Viele--
while the seccsh lAud him as IL "perfect gentle
man. "What has he done that these men shon,
praise him." They can get passes to any place
while upon the unionists are heaped all kinds 0
lhllsnlues they get no protection, much les
favor. They have petitionel for General Viele'
., removal but ms yet without success. This stat
III Of affairs is truly discouraging With every op
portunty TO make strong Union sentiment, GU
Interests and our cause are sacrificed by sue
-, lemency, uni there is II little probability of a
III Increase of Unonists; certainly no iudnoemen
offered II Butler could be there for a month
ono half of the people would he for the Gov
eramenti as it il, nothing but power mair
tnins order heard Of many Instances of tn
oppression of our own men, and am satisfied tina
nothing but power, and an earnest vigorous poll
cy can make these people obedent II was wit
pam That had thoughts Of their ingrattud
anu recoHeelions OF Northern sympathy and aid
time OF pestileuce and deep distress.
Early on the morning that left Suffolk. on
hundred and seventy-two contrabands came int
our lines, saw some OF these men and wOmel
Ihey had travelled on foot all night from Mort
Carolina aud now threw themselves upon Ill
Ut protection of our Government. They locke
y tired and won out but still "neryed by SON
vague dream of liberty to he lost OF won in thei
o buried night march," Everywhere | hay
n on"d them not ouly working faithfully, bu
loing all the work, everywhere workings
f' they thnk-tJr their long wished for freedom
y IL WIN be an ungrateful Republic that will no
~ give u rms may lc war to keep freeme
al from being slaves but if We wish permaner
T. uh,oh II must be war to make slaves freGmeu
. Mmie at Hairison's Landing, ! saw but tw
III corps Of the army--Sumners and Porter's. TIL
~ tents Of these reached AS far as the eve could see
" thousands ot men were all around me All wit
Vt whom conyerscd were anxious for movement
~ IN ieVcr OF vigorous war indignant at th
w. y, protection given to rebel properly; hearty il
'' endorsing P0pe's measures not alt0Retbe
~ 4, pleased with the large hounies now offered me-
ln to enllsI--anl urging an immediate draft. The
10 na '9ld me that when they came they expected
W short war and the only want now was men .
70 They told me with earneslness and feeling ,hp
" they we're ready to fight, and felt sure Of vic
e. tory.
0' And yet when left the army, felt for q Will
somewhat discouraged-why | hardly knew
US felt sure the men would fight; but | saw I
It" many leaving the regiments and SO few CominI
- II was only a trust and confidence that the Go
u VINO made u1 nation, will preserve us natioI
ail that at last re assured me.
ns 1t was hard before to realize that so near d
~ 81 were cOhlendng armies. II was not until
I "I reached the camps that fully understood It,
w - not hard now to appreciate the magnitude
~ the contest; the dangers of the crisis the grei
-. aa WORK the Government has on its hands, and I'll
-, ~ complex machinery which so many wants and
no many departments necessarily require. No OIL
ng can see these things without more enlarge
he sympathy for the SUFFERING and siek vvitbout