, 1863-09-02
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AFFAIRS IN RICHMOND.
TIE REBELS SHR0UDED IN
GLOOM,
JEFF. Davis Nigh Unto
Death.

that from bis perzonal knowledge there are
| MT less than twenty persons In this city. and
twenty persons in Philadelphia and Bald
more, who bare lately got through the
| during his short stay. He represents the
| state OF feeling there, as feters to the var,
| as gloomy and Respondent to. the last de-
| gree. All hope in the success Of the Coufed-
eracy appears to have vanished. There may
be Clinlmer Of expectation in some minds
Is 1nculged In by very few. There 10 no talk,
however, Of returning love Of the old Union.
There are a class who, through It all. hare
nuIstd regret at the disruption Of the States,
and who would hail with pleasure return
to the old order Of things. There ia another
class, always very numerous In every society,
| Who have no especial interest in matters Of
government, one way or the other, except In
60 far as they are affected personally. These
people, seriously affected and discounted By
| the troubles the war Of. the rebellion has
brought upon them, look back ut the peace
and prosperity Of The old Union, and long for
| a return Of the old times. The more violent
tcceesionists a1e silent and moody now, hat
ing the Union perhaps more than ever, be-
cauee Of the failure Of their efforts against it.
The sectional pride, however, of the whole
Southern people is seriously hurt by their de-
fcais at the Lands Of the despised Yankees.
The fall Of Charleston was believed among
ell classes there to be Inevitable. Our in-
formant was converslng With an engineer in
the army, who. when he heard that Gen. GIL
more had obtained foothold upon Morris
Island, said that he considered The fill Of
Charleston as cettain-as culy d 1iatter OF
time.
THE LAST CALL FOE MEN.
The last CONSUMPTION ordered By the Presf-
dtnt Of men between forty and forty-Aye has
fa1led TO procure many m=n tor the army
Our Informant states that the recruits that
wt1e brought to the emp Of instractiou were
f W and far between, and in the whole city Of
Richmond there we're not probably twenty
men obtafued under the last cali Able-bod-
I'D people are running away, and In walking
tho streets none but 'exemp:s" ere met =
persons not liAble to army service on account
OF a1ienage, unsuitable eye, physical disabil-
ity, OF some other cause. The Indies mnst
choose their companions from among old
nen and sick men; but they undergo their
the Confedcracy, and occasionally fiad Il gal
liant alien to hiFt WITH TIE decl1,ation
among fathers, SONS, brothers, aud lovers in
the Ccn1edetacy lns been terrible, mud tue
growth OF another generation must be awaited
before another ara'y can he raised. The pa
had gone to LIE, but they could not hare
bten the result Of the CONSUMPTION. If be
Has reinforced ut all 1t must have been from
tue aImle6 of the West.
pEsERTroHs.
On the contrary, the army appears to be
greatly demoralized, and descrtisns arc the
order cf the day. The country ali along the
1,nes bouEoiDg. the Copfcder:ey, aud North
~.ste'n Virgihla, lre full Of escaped soldiers,
and there hare been quite number Of small
ekirn:fehes between bands Of them and the
cavalry sent to capture them The ffaulic
p5oclamatiors Of Leo and Davis, imp1orinc
tieir return, Of course had no effect upon
f1,F5tl nf ha at,I
all thirg6 desire to return to their homes.
Nuu,b bets Of >ucb as have been imprudent
Trough to rG1prn to their native tO~ns
Throughout the South have been taken back
t. the army. Such men. however, hare no
heart for the fight.
THE G. s. 1. PRESIDENT.
The story that guar4l has been pl.ce1
around Je1. Davis house to keep him from
running awsy Is, Of courec, untrue 1t was
probably intended Us joke. He bears can
tiIued news Of defeat and disaster IS bravelg
es he may. His health, however, Is complete
" brtken down. Our urinformant does not be.
live that lie can hold ont many Years longer.
Hr looks very orn aud aick, md lie has Gcen
suffering great deal He still rides out
whenever he IL well enough, ab out five or six
o'clock III the afternoon, either In q carriage
with Lis wife or on horseback with: lis
nephew. During the first disasters the people
We're bftter against the Government aud the
President, and partisankhsp is, Of course, still
rife; but much Of this feeling is changed very
lately into total hopelessaesA of the cause Of
thu South under any leadership.
TEE FOREIGNERS FRIGHTENED.
There are 4 great many foreigners In Rich
mond, that place being tie center Of the Con-
fe6eracy, and the surplus populatfon nasaral-
!. hcating in that direction. They hare been
live 10 tue manof born .haye been doing the
bloody business Of the war. Recently,
however, the Governor has convened the
Confederate Legislature Of VIrginia. and
It is feared that It Is the intention to
l@.s 3aw compelling foreigners 70 enter the
r. ac,ically, Of course, to become soldiers in
lie rebel army. On thls account more than
s1y other, great mauy Foreigners are 1eav-
II + the Colfederacy. TIA system Of passes
nov is very severe. but generally, If person
O. eires to escape ne % manages to do It it he Is
full heretofore not to Offend Foreigners, on ac-
c.unt Of their hopes oc farriyn aid; but now
tt7t this hope is nearly eah 4usted, tic fteli1g
l. in some degree changing.
1nIK ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCE
There is great deal OF talk about proposi-
tons made to the Emperor Napoleon, Of ben.
eEts In exchange tor interference on hia part
IT. behalf Of the South. Our informant has
hard nothing said Of the offer Of Tcxns to
trance as The price Of Intervention. What
ever be has heard Is, Of course, only gossip,
ss the Government keeps its plans very close-
IL TO ittelf
FINANCES X THE cosTEpERAcY.
The men who hold the Confederate money
a'e fostering such stories until they can get
lid Of 1t for somethiDg more substantial.
Those people who hold the Confederate debts
are The most anxious Of any for another trlai
4or success, as it is a life and death matter
with them. They are ruined If the Confed-
elacy falls. If the war should cease with this
Year, tue Confederate debt would be about
three thousand millions, after all the clsIms
should come IN, Of which it Is ackno wledged
rili ever be paid But the most hnmiliatiog
thing of ali, it would eeem, is the fact that
United States "gfeenbacks" are exposed In
tie brokers' windows, and are sold at the
rate Of len dollars in Confederate paper Tor
one In United States paper.
PRICES.
There Is no charge in circulation smaller
than fifty cent Confederate nolcs, except oc-
cusionally postage stamp. There we're
smaller notes, but they have gone out of cir
culat1on, as there is hardly any article now
that costs less than that Fifty cents bears
about the same proportion to articles Of pur-
chase there as three cents does here. 4 glass
lf hisky at a bar is one dollar; jutep Is
$3.50. Common brown sugar is tWo dollars a
1ound no good bacon can be got, but the
wrelchtd stuff that is sold is about two dol
lars pound; a good pair Of boots ccst .
hundred dollars; shoes forty five, servants'
thocs, the lowest price, thirty dollars q
COMMON black suit Of clothes costs five hun
ord dollars. With these high prices day H.
torers receive four dollars . Gay. It can be
iuagincd what kind Of living they can pro-
cure for this money. a theatre has been In
operation, and has done veil. Lately the
patronage has fallen off re1y sensibly, owing,
| It ia supposed, to the depressed state of pub
liz feeling.
TIRE DEfESEEs OF RICHMOND.
Our informant States that the defenses Of
1dchlnond ate veTy formidable, and thinks
that although they a1e not manned by very
ls1ge number Of men, yet that any attempt to
carry them would prove failure. Richmond,
1e says, can be iaEe1 easily by cutting cG the
/ James River Caraf nlid the Communication
fr.1n the uor1h side. The cutting off Of ali
supplies wonld be tha most effective strategy
il the case If the Investment Of the city.
| COL. ,EsIEVAH.
Col. Esterao, who wrote pamphlet about
| the Peninsular campaign, Is known in Rich
r.ord, our informant states, rs common
ewindler. He got permission to raise a cav
alsy regiment III the beginning. Of the waT,
| but he enlisted hardly 8 Ma1, and never held
position in the Confederate army. He
sxfpd]ed eyery body lie came in coutact with,
and be dare not chow himself In Richmond
tga:n in times of peace or war. .
Prenttce,s Last.
| For more than two years Gen. JEFF
Ghcmleon has been swearing to reach st
Louis. JEFF. has reached there.
When the rebel guns ooened upon Fori