The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-20
INTERCEPTED REBEL CORRESPONDENCE.

zen ana Ink Sketch or Affairs in Dixie
hre"dstuffs nfgh and Rebels Dying
"Graphic" Description or Things in
General, &c.
Inc Following intercepted rebel correspondence has
fallen into our hands and give il for the benefit Of the
public
me following extract letter from Little Rock
ling, nc.
ihave 70 inform you that this Country rs In frghtfu
state noShnG 10 be herd Of but Fighting every Day with
Dreadfn slaughter both sides there has been some
Hard Fought Batts In this state particularly one at the
pos Of Arkansas he confederAes had Forth bit there
ana General Curchi was in command the Federas
there Gun Boats up the river and after Hard Fought
Battle captured the Forth and General Thomas
impossiblQr 10 Describe tho Condition the people
they have past Conscrpt Act and this Very Day they
are entering Every Heusen Little Rcek spd Taken every
one battle about Four months ago i was Fought near
the Boston Mountains in the North part Of this fnging
w and then Sm sck 70
this War Last Much Longer there wont be many men
living all the Large Houses and Churches In Little Rock
are Hospitals and men are Dying as Fast as they
Bury them the Army is all now camped about Little
Rock For the Winter Confederate money is plenty and
SO dollars per Boi Bacon IS cts per il Pork as cts per ID
sa 70 per Bushel Everything In proportion high and
cannot Be got for money Except whom struggled In from
Memphis Memphis In the hands Of tho Federas there
mas been two attacks made Vckburg by the Fcderas
they have not taken II yet they preparing large
IL
they take this time the Southern Oonfcderacy gone
up The Fedcras built Ditch IN front Of the city on
Ss % SIDE Of the kv e. there
threw so they gave up New Orleans s IN the hands
the Federals they did not have any fighting there yet
war Sorrow and Desolation All over the Land Widows
and Orphans are left V mourn the Fate Of their Hus
4Ss s1S s.;s i,on .noh., letter written
y different person, taken verbatim dated Little Rock,
Try s IN Miserable Condition Since you left Here by this
Cruel War which u going on II Ever you Return which
hope VIII zee you once more you WIN Find Very Ls Of
numbers killed and more Died By exposure than in any
Battle that has yet been fought Bishop Byrnes IL Dead be
deed he Killed In Kentucky this Time one year ago
while travelling on the Rail Road going 70 Virginia
ia Tswis . dead and numbers ' Tnoss names ss'l
cannot call TO mind there IL nothing but Sor-
row all over the Land All the Business Houses
tails and Commssary Stores Even the Churches is taken
for hospitals all the Young Men In the Country s in the
all gone from Is 70 10 You may well no the condition Of
the country Monks from Texas killed In July last the
prices that s charged For Everything There
Is great Battle about TO be Fought vicsburgh II the
Confederaes IL defeated there the War will come 70
close They sick Of Fighting Both Sides and No
Ever Saw II is War Of Extermination and Robbery
against the South there u not . plantation on
.ns Evs Far 'nas ,h F Ho s oos sS
they have stolen everything the cotton burned and
Houses Destroyed The Arkansas and White RIVER Valleys
desolated In like After the Fall Of New Or
leans By Order from General Beauregard al the cotton
the Mississippi and Tributaries Burned 70 Keep
II From Falling into the Hands OF the Federals was
done and all on the Arkansas River was Burned and
there thousands Of Balls. Burned in Little Rock
they say the Fedsras win come TO Little Rock yet their
and Van Buren, they destroyed all Stores there Took
what they wanted and left the Remainder 10 the streets
they Burned Seven Boats one Belonging TO Rbe Hane and
different Others. ,,- ~ 80 a.r.