The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-07
The Condition Of the People Of
the South.

heard from him very gloomy account
the prospect in store for the people of tina
State during the coming winter. He lei
Atlanta about ten days ago. because h
saw starvation staring him and others IL
the face, and not, / am convinced, because
Of his love for the Union or hatred OF thu
Southern cause. What he says is fully
substantiated by the reports made by de
serters from time to time since the occupa
ton of Chattanooga by our army, and Il
more than limited at in copy OF the AT
lauta Southern COHJedeT0cy, OF the list
which l sent to the Commercial Office yes
terday. More than fifty wealthy families
OF the South-''refugees' from diferen
parts of Tennessee. and some from Mlssls
sippi-are living in old railroad cars anc
sheds which, three years ago, would no
have been thought good enough for nous
ing cattle. Hundreds of others consider
themselves fortunate in having secured {
room or two in a house that their servants
would not have lived in before the wal
icommenced. Every church ana puolit
building is filed with sick and wounded
soldiers, and wounded officers are quar-
tered'' upon the families OF the city IRON
one end to the other. The town IS full O
rendered thousand times more bitter anc
uncomfortable by recollection OF few
wears ago, Men who have never enjoyed
more Than an undivided twentieth OF &
wretched tenement house in New IorS
cannot be saddened by remem brance Of by
gone days, or contrast OF past affiuence
and ease with present poverty and distress,
but Southern nabobs, born monarchs OF
miniature African province. cannot east
" accommodate themselves 10 such
Strengthened circumstances. Master and
slave are on as near an equality IN Geor-
sia to-day. as the utmost stretch Of the
most ranting "abolitiopism' could possibly
wish. The masters money does him very
little good. He can only manage to live by
the exercise Of great ingenuity and dill
gent exertion, not to earn the price OF
what he wants, but to find an opportuni-
ty for purchasing what is absolutely neces-
sary to his actual existence. The slave is
so much better off that lie has no anxiety
for the morrow. He works, perhaps, as
hard as ever, but he must be fed and
clothed, and he cannot be much worse fed
or clothed than his master.
| If money could provide the necessaries
and luxuries of life, the Southern Zealots
at the Dixian Mecca would not be with
out either. Confederate promises to pay
are held in abundance 10y every body, but
as people sometimes perish from thirst on
an ocean of water, so they OF Atlanta go
hungry to bed on a pillowcase full OF scrip.
Even gold and silver are veritable dross,
not being convertible into any thing more
digestible.
| NV informant says the food is in the
country that the South is full OF corn
and meat, but the Government monopoi-
yes the railroad to such an extent that
| large and populous cities can not be sup
piled with what they want. Prices are
governed exclusively by transportation
facilities. Thus flour is in the ne+gnbor-
hood where it is made, can be bought for
! Eftv dollars barrel, Or ,ess,sWhile dit e
tpotnt a hundred niles. distant, L can
not be had for tw4ce tnat. Every horse,
mule, aud wagon has been impressed into
the military service, and the people are
lett totally destitute OF every means OF
conveyance, or carriage. The people OF
| Atlanta anticipate great deal OF suffering
from want of fuel during the approaching
winter, which promises to be one OF un-
usual and lengthy rigor, for it is already
Internationally cool here. People IN the
North will say that in the latitude OF mid
die Georgia, artificial heat can not be nee
essary in the winter time, but the truth OF
the matter is that it is at least equal lnGls-
pensable there as in Ohio and Indiana. Ii
| their thermometer never descenQS TO zero
point, the air from one END o. the season 10
the other, is monotonOusly chilly ana
damp: heavy cold rains fall from time TO
time, and the winter is, on the whole, more
unpleasant than in countries nearer the
! North Pole. \ man can brace hlHSef a.
gainst the fiercest visitations from Boreas
more easily than against the treacherous,
hypocritical winter atmosphere OF the sun
ny South.
The people of Georgia are relying upon
Rrapg's promise for the redemption O.
Tennessee, and refugees indulgein the tonC
hope of spending the il christmas holidays
at their old homes; at least those VINO i've
this side Of Murfreesboro do. They lay tht
1 fiattering JUNCTION to their souls that Tx
Army of the Cum berland will speedily bt
driven back to Murfreesboro, Il not &c
| Nashville or Bowling Green. jeff Davis
has promised them a full realization o.
their hopes, and they expect soon to la
inn as the rear guard of BraXtan's advanc.
ing column. Poor, deluded beings. II they
had heard an individual named Z. s. Grant
say, day or two ago, Bragg Will have &c
leave Look out Mountain inside of ten days
and known that he is very apt to carry al!
his threats into execution, they would
settle down into winter quarters, Where they
are, or begin to pray that they wouldn't
| have to move further South, which IS by
no means certain. 1t is well, however
that they should olive in hopes and II
would be better if they could live on that
article. inasmuch as it is much cheaper
! than corn and bacon down South, and re-
ouires no railroad transportation, but
comes down from Heaven, as the poets
tell us, free of charge Heroines OF popu
lar novels sometimes live on love and fo
nance. Many a Dixian maiden is no"
doing so DO doubt; but they occasionally
pine for little corn bread to mix with 1t
| and now and then a thimble full o
maccaboy or Scotch snuff, tied up III g rag
to solace their anxious moments. y MAJ
could sell tun of the genuine dipping
brand in Atlanta, for it's weight III scrip
Just now.
Six deserters from Bragg's army CAM
into our lines this morning. They presen
ted very pitiable appearance-shoeless
hatless and coatless, and yet they say the,
are no worse Off than the balance Oh thel
Observation-Disclosures. They report tina
Longstreet's corps was preparing to NOV
Yesterday, but cannot tell where it was go
ing. There We're no indications of Bragg,
intention to leave Lookout Mountain
however. JEFF. Davis visit TO the Arm,
ofJTennessee was unexpectedly cut shor
by the arrival of news Of an impoftan
cHaractereGom Richmond, to which plac
T he returned on the 10th. .r =. .....r. ... IA
A large number of deserters We're sen
. to Nashville to-day. All Of them hav
friends somewhere within the Fedora
: lines, to whom they will be permitted t
: 90, on giving the requisite proof OF thei
Il 4 l,I,n GO