Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-03

Oh Inc Ihiladeipfla inquirer, VINO WAs
with Gen. Weizell's army in the La
tonrche country, Louisiana
The condition Of the conttabands in
this p'rt OF the country is truly deplora
bic. We are leaving hebind NJ seven
or eight hundred negroes who have
qnartcred themselves within our lines,
aid who, mp to the time Of our depart
IRE, have been led by our brigade wag
on-mastei, who has drawn rations for
them regularly every day from the Com
mlssary's stores. TIE present condition
II aifalts plainly ind Gates that these
people must necessary die o. star. alton
), Hundreds, after We shall G. ase 10 feed
them. A majority oi them n'H not
moik, all assertions 10 the contrary not
outstanding. | Nv. seen too many
Instances IT their dsp osillon TO "shlrk,
mot TO be convinced II this fact.
a lew days since Bayou Lafonrche
"cfevassed' near I'll bodeans. At first
| there WAS but small hole ii the le,ce
| through which the water ran. soon, how
ever, IT Increased 10 width OF Twelve o.
! fourteen feet | have SAID already the
and n the country il below the level Of
he river, and to show how excepdingi,
dangerous this cIe,ass was, II j. only
necessary 10 say That Bayon Lafourche
large stream nearly twenty feet
leep, and Is now about ton t-tt higher
Il An the land surrounding It.
Although the water ~as rapidly Gov
4 - lee - II
csretly negro could be found TO work.
Most Of them, when called upon 10
work, fren for pay, ran f.tO the moods
and hta, until our sol!lers, afler toillug
Tor moro than iorty-clght hours, sue
ceeded III stopping tie crevsss.
The contrabands here have no idea OF
the right Of property. They run shou,
promisenonsly, stealing from the planta
mons every thing they can lay ,hei,
hands on Most Of The plantations are
deserted, and no effort ID being made 10
raise any kind Of crop next year
There rs hardly enough food in thi. en-
tire district 70 las. the white population
three months.
You will, therefore, readily conceive
what kind Of condition affairs sill be
n as far As the negroes Are concerned,
before long. VIA, is TO be done with
them that's tie question. No AZ
gnagc can express tile manner IN which
they are treated by our soldiers. sol
dlets who would lie ashamed to abuse O
dog. will kick negro down with impu
nifty, and, frequently, without the sight
est proyocaton.
Tux Washington correspondent oftbe
Cincinnati Ga<tHe makes the following
,tafemen, on the authority Of Gen h.
leck
To DAY, as a member Of the Mi'itar,
COMMITTEE well obsefsed, the qaes.ion i
not "W you adopt tils or some other
way Of raising your relntorcements
hut NV III you draft, hy sweeping OF
universal Consumption, or will you ahan-
don the struggle = This very morning
e zen. lIaleck declared ,hst there were
4 over hecttg-tmo thousand d,serters from
! the army Of the Potomac slouc Ou'
other armies sre depleted in a similal
deg,oe We must either see them grad
: ually melting away TIL We stand power
! less before armed and triumphant re 81
lion, or We must make the hole miIt
~ strength Of the republic avallas IL to
j defend the life d the republic.
il SOMETIME stLce il WAS stated that The
4 Internal Revenue Til would put IN tlt
i publlc ctil.ls sl50,ooo,ooo per anrum
/ It Is now stated ~ authority OF I'll,
! Treasury apartment, that ''the receipt,
i Al the Internal Revenue flee in " ash
= lngtcn, up 10 January, 81, were owe
i 50 600 200, eNcusivc oirccelp,s from cor
j fofauols, salaries aid stan p-.' Thu
il j. BIG let up. The aw las been j,
+ operation since the inst OF September
i ard in the same proportion during III,
year II wll yield a revenue to tie ROY.
ernmcnt Of from SO 100000 10 80,
0o0. 900
SAID Mn Cox, IL tie llorse oil Rep
: rescntatives the ether day, "kepeal H.,
!, couf,calion act, tie emancipation proc
iametion, aud other nncons,lluuona
J measures withdraw the negro ent tel
!. and transcription bill will not b. nee
. essay T. reiusigora,e the eouutr, -
Certain il . that unt.l tie war for III,
y mon was converted into WAT Tor ds
union, conception bin was not neces
), ssry. An awtully strong couscrlpt 90 bii
is necessary TO obtsin soldiers for awar 70
disuion, UNDERSTANDING which, the aboii
louists iav. made The bill strong.
!, Il HAVE lai6 aside ny overcoat apt