Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-07

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wIIew,rKE. JaO 2, 1863
You wiIl excuse ne Tor 60, rhIlag Of
sasr ubsa assure you .ht, b,v, had
very !t,le dine to write since We left Sew
Creek We lsG there On sar llth Of De-
center aud from gba, tune until the 2jlh
v. we're ot the move all the time, With
th. exception Of one or ,wo days We
stopped at Burlington. and one day ws
laldal Middlrloual thirteen miles above here
up tho valley.
Gen, Clu,rret a. the time the Brigade
was iorasd, promised Us hard marching,
hard sleeping, bard lirus aud hard Ggh..
log or all but the latter We have 20
reason to complain OF aDy failure 90 bis
part to faI6Il his pTomi,e, We have
marched from New Creek here, the way
We come, abOu. one hundrrI and forty
mile, During hi, time We have had all
kinds Of weather except summer, and one
day No marched, the lee was solid enough
10 small streams that we crossed, to bear
artillery; but We have travelled over the
hoest roads | ever saw, Finally, on
Christmas day We took possession Of this
old town aud have had it ever since, aud
everything looks now Ike W. might have
some rest herr. For twu weeks We have
been without baggage Of any kiAd and
have spent our nights around biyounc fires,
until IL does not serA natural to live 10
tents | tell youA mua don't know what
Ae can stand uHtii he is tried, | never
thought could have lived out door, with.
tent or covering in the middle OF water
without endaogerinG lie, bat finI ii can
be did aud my health is just as good as
ever il was when slept on feather beds -
Yesterday, however, our baggage came up
and tonight expect 10 have the luInIry
Of oleGping inside tent, and tomorrow.
God willing, will enjoy the luxury of IA
clean shirt, something that We haVe been
denied for over Two weeks.
This is the hardest country bAys ever
been 10, yet il the citizens are to be be-.
ieved (aud from personal observation, |
believe they are ia this mnucrJ there is
not two months subsistence in tho country,
and there Is no crop OF wheat coming on.
PrIces, though they have came down one
half since We came here. are sill fabulous.
Butter formerly 81 20 per pound, is now
90 cts apples now 81 per basheI, old price
50; salt $50 per BUSH; molasses S. per
gall; sugar 81 per ID saIerAtus $40 per
TO-; boots $40 per pair, and everything 10
proportion. This you will understand, il
for confederate money; with Yankee money
you can buy for halt price, or less. Even
before We came here Yankee money was
worth double that OF Confederate money,
aud now it ts even worse, They have Ill
kinds Of money over here and every kind
has Its different value.
Is. j., who you rscOllecI lives here, told
me he brought some pork TO town to sell
the other day and was offered 20 cents in
Valley money, 20 in State scrip, aud 80
cents IN Confederate scrip, and 10 cents 10
Wheeling or Northern money. He, deem
ing il would suit him best, took the Wheel.
ing money, and got ten cents for his pork
when he could have got 50 cents in Con.
ErdcrNte ShinplGsIers. So you can see how
the United States stands here in u financial
point OF view. Bot what Is strAngest to
me Is the decli0e Of prices whenever NC
occupy place. I-1On't understand it.
This Is as hard looking old town ms
one could wish to see have been very
much disappointed, ever since we have been
here We have been eucamped on the
gouth side Of the town where the Front
Royal aud Berryville road comes in, on
the ground which was the scene of the
fight between Banks and Ewell. Within al
most stone throw is the spot where a
Georgia regiment was cut to pieces, but
since our baggage has come up we have
moved the camp to the ROmney road, on
the hill overlooking the town, and within
stones throw Of the former residence Of
the nrch traitor james n Mason, of Mason
aud Slilel nOtoriety wish you could
be here for tSW days to see seeesh in his
den. You could tell more about him
than you could to see him in that
Silded cage the Athsneumi but would not
advise you 10 come 1t is dangerous travel.
ing in the country, man would hardly
step his foot over our lines without danger
Of beng captured We have lost none Of
our men in that way yet.
II you can get any fac simile Of Southern
money either State scrip or Confederate
treasury notes wish you would send me
some. 1t is good Ms any here, but
don't pay more than % cents a sheet
for it, for it is going down pretty
fast and 10 not n very safe investment
but what would like to have most is pos.
tHgC stamps, There are none at all here.
Do you bear anything about the Paymaster
nov days? There is now over five
months pay due me, and should not OBJ.
jsct to having little, though have no.
much use for it now. Write to me soon,
and / would like to have paper mighty
we'll. We get daily mail from Martins.
burg now.
Yours truly, II.