Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-03-28
VOL. XVII.

federucy ''--The Men Hiding in the Woods
20 Escape Rebel BIeodhOunds. ----.
The New Orleans Era of the 18th inst.
publishes a narrative Of rebel barbarity in
the parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana,
which more than confirms all previous
statements of the suffering among the
people of the South and the tyranny of the
Confederate rule. The Era derives its in
formation from a refugee, who, with his
wife and two children, one of whom he
carried in his arms by long and weary
marches, succeeded in reaching Pearl riv-
sr, and thence escaped by a canoe to the
seacoasb and 50 reached New Orleans. We
quote a1
THE WAY THE PEOPLE LIVE.
aThe people of St. Tammany have been
living from hand to mouth for about
year. The GOnseriptiOn law has driven all
the males TO seek refuge IN the woods,
while their poor women and children are
left at home, on the very verge Of starEa-
ton. Rebel officers scour the country con
tinually with bloodhounds, enter houses
without ceremony, search every nook and
corner. and If the terrified women protest
against their rudeness, they are kicked
out of their own houses and coarsely as
sailed and cursed by these brutal miniOns
of JEFF. Davis
" The people subsist entirely on cracked
corn, which is parched and eaten dry for
bread, and soaked in hot water for coffee
Occasionally they get hold Of little fresh
meat bRtAhere is not a particle Of salt
TO be had short Of dollar q spoonful, this
meat cannot be kept and is very unpala-.
table without salt.
REFUSING CONFEDERATE MONEY.
ain this stronghold Of the Ccnfederacy
the notes ISSUED BY that so-called govern
ment are not current, except as a medium
for the rich men to pay their debts to the
poor. The latter cannot use this money
for anything. 0ae dealer in ali sorts Of
lille notions refused to give five cents
worth of tobacco for q ten dollar bill, say
ing the whole bill was not worth five cents.
The whole country is bare of salt, sugar,
molasses, -four, butter, yegetables-in fact,
everything except cracked corn. a1J e
BURNT BEEF. d.
Iner5 Delug no Sali, the rowing OdAus
of guerrillas and other armed parties,
whose chief business seems to be to move
about from place to place in search of con
scripts and chickens, are compelled to re-
sort to burning beef TO cure it. This is
done in this way; The fresh meat is cut
into thin slices and placed on hot Goals
where it remains until it IS quite burnt. Ii
is then packed in knapsaeks and carried
with them on their marches. When the
stock is exhausted they levy on another
animal, whefever one is to be found. This
food, with corn coarsely ground and un-
sifted, is said TO be what the rebel soldiers
subsist on.
THE FAMILIES CT VOLUNTEERS AND CON-
81 sCIPTs. OH
mThese are represented as being entire
ly destitute. They 60 wandering about
from one plantation to another, begging
from the lordly e1empts o little corn meal
70 keep body and soul together. They are
frequently rudely driye6 away without as
sistanee, being told that it is wrong TO en-
courage begging. For few months sOrt
Of bounty was paid these unfortunate peo-
pie, but-that has been discontinued, and
now they are left entirely destitute