The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-04

M S -&-- lsE S6 1871
ThA tew, Orleans En- Of ~ la1A III,
publishst narrative n rebel bsxbarity
in the pashh of 81. Tammany, La, which
more than confirms all previous state
msuts ct tbs suffering among the people
ufsths South md tir tCrarny Of the Con-
Nderate rule.A TIE Err derives its infcr-'
nation from refugee, Who, with his
wife sud two children, one Of whom he
carried in his arms, by long and weary
marches, spaceedsd in reaching Pearl
river, and then escaped BY canoe to the
seacoast, and 50 reached New Orleans, We
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THE WAY rHE people, LIVE.
"Ths people Of s., Tamnany have been
living from hand to mouth for about .
year. The Consumption law has driven
all the males 10 sssk refuge 10 the woods,
while their poor women and children arr
left At home, on the very vsrge Of starva-
ton. Rebel omesrs scour the country
continually With bloodhounds, enter
houses without ceremony, search every
nook and corner, and il the terrified wo-
men protest against their rudeness they
are kicked out Of their own houses and
coarsely assailed and cursed by these bru-
tai ninions Of Jeff, Davis.
'The people subsisted entirely on
cracked corn, which ID pArched and eaten
dry for bread, and soaked in no, water for
coffee. Occasionally they get hold Of .
little fresh meat bat - there j. not q
particle OF salt to BE- hsd short Of dollar
teaspoonful, this meat cannot be kept,
and il very unpalasabls without salt.
Hx1usIxo CONFEDERATE AoIxY.
"In this stronghold OF the Confederacy
the notes Issued by that so-called Govern
ment are not current, except ~ medium
for the rich men; to pay their debts ID the
poor. The latter cannot use this money
for anything. One dealer in oil sorts Of
little notions refused TO give Eve cents
worth of tobacco for ten dollar bill, say.
ing the whois bill wss not worth Eve
cents. The whols eoastry il bare Of salt,
sugar, molasses, Aour, butter, vegetables
lin fact, every thing except cracked
corn.
s'DuRnr sxxy."
"There being no salt, the rowing baad,
of guenillas and other armed parties
whose chief business seems to be to move
about from place to place in search q
couscripts and chickens, are compelled te
resort 70 burning beef to cure it. This i
done Ia this way: The fresh meat is cu1
into thin slices and placed on hot GOALS
where it remains until it is quite burnt
It 10 then packed in knapaacks and car,
r,ed with them on their marches. When
the stock il exhausted they levy on another
animal, whenever one u 10 be found
This food, With corr coarssIy ground and
nnsiftsd, II said TO b what the rebel sol
disrs subsist on.
THE 1AA1IIHB or VOLUNTEERS AND CON
SCRIPTS.
"Thess are represented - being entire.
ly destitute. They 60 wandering about
from one plantation to another, begging
from the lordly exempts little corn-neal
to keep soul and body together. They
are frequently rudsly driven away With
out assistance, being told that It 10 wrong
to encourage begging. For few months
. sort Of bounty was paid these unfortun.
ate people, but that has been discontinued
and now they are left entirely destitute
D1aTITUrE or CL0THINa.
'sThe women and children are almos,
without clothes. Cotton cards cannot b
had at any price. While the women hac
these they made cotton yarn, which the,
spun into coarse cloth, which answered.
very we'll. That source Of supply, like d
most everything else, has bsen cut of
These poor, hungry. half-clothed women
aud children, having been deprived o
their natural protectors BY the memorable
transcription law, now wander about from
place to plaOe, subject to Ill the ieers an<