Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-09
T9e gntelligtnter.
From tie Philadelphia Eng
AFFAIRS IN DIXIE.

We have received the subjoined in
tcrcsting statement from a lady who
is native Of Virginia, and who but
recently came into our lines from the
region of the rebellion. She is thor;
ough loyalist, and longs anxionsly, yetr
hopefully, for the day when the
benign influence of our National Gov
eminent shall again shed it's beams.
of peace and blessing upon the un-
happy and suffering States composing
for the time the dcspotic realm Of Jrff.
Davis: a j ,o.t,p sal
Ed. PHILADELPHIA ENQurRER:--I notice
that you have not had much news
from" Dixie as to the real condition
of affairs there, excepting such ac-
counts as are copied from Richmond
papers. Any one who has lived for
the last two years in "Secessia
knows how much reliance can be pla-
ced on their publications. They are
entitled to no credit for truth, except
the editor of the Richmond Examiner,
who did stumble on the truth in his
description of the present state of So
ciety in that once Queen City Of the
South. j To one who has lived there
before and since the reign of JEFF. Da-
Wis, the contrast is truly surprising
The same dissolute and degraded APP
pearance exists in all the towns in
Virginia. 2'ny@ l,lHi1s3s,a
= Though liquor Of the most inferior
kind is selling at $50 or $40 gallon,
men of the highest standard are now
habitual drunkards; first fights among
old residents and neighbors are com
mon in all the towns through which !
have passed. This decentralization is
not confined to the men only; ladies
of the highest character have fallen
into disgraceful habits. Oh, how
fallen are the best people of our land;
but these are merely the natural con-
sequences of this wicked rebellion.
Preaching, Sabbath and day schools in
most places have been suspended.
Oh, what pity that Southern sympa-
thizers cannot see things as they are
in Rebeldom. Their property has van
ished, those who were IN possession
of wealth and every comfort which it
could procure are now plunged into
the lowest depths, Of poverty. This is
but a faint picture ofthe change which
has taken place in two short years Of
rebellion against. the best Govern
ment the world ever Witnessed
/ have, made every eHdeavor to find
out the true state Of feeling in the
rebel, army. The officers, as gener-
al thing, are Of the Idle in the last
ditch order, butifitwere left to the
ranks they would, willingly give mp
the tyrannical military 1Government.
OF JEFF. Davis for their good old Gov
eminent at Washington Any man
between the age of sixteen aud fifty
five years of age is liable to be arrest
ed by any civil or military officer, or
any magistrate. or even a opYstable,
may, without written order, take a
mau by the collar and say, "come
with me to the armyn ] have wit
messed it more than once. The mis-
cradle slave will have to pay $50 for
being so arrested. he
Their hatred to the Yankees !"
seems to be more inveterate than it
was a few weeks ago. Many say
they would sooner die than be united
to people SO degraded and disgust
ing. living in violation of all good
morals. This 10 a constant theme in
private and public This language
is used to delude their poor ignorant
followers. ,,rs,rtr
During the first Of the war the reb-
els placed much of their dependence
on the intervention Of foreign powers.
This they have now given up and are
turning their longing and wistful eyes
towards Northern Democrats. The |
rebels circulate the most extravagant
stories about dissensions in the Union |
Congress and divisions at the North
They say, "let us hold on and be pa
tient; they are already fighting in
the Northwest among themselves and
will soon be ready to acknowledge
our independence and be anxious 50
to do" ie'f n ti lea Hs
They have often set the time when
the Union would break down :; 1T
would not last lover ninety days. &C.,
No matter what improbable lies are
told about the condition of this side,
these people will believe them. They
often assert that the " Yankees nsuffcr
as much as they do in this war that
all business is suspended, and the
n ria nf Iif. ho.Ilx, ho -.
tanned by the laboring classes on this
side. ft $40 - sRt n
1t is going back to rather an old
affair, but it is Que which had more |
effectto the rebellion than any other
battle which has taken place since its
breaking out, viz :, the battle, of An
tietam. That expedition into Mary
landwroughtia great change in the
sentiment Of the army, The sunerings
OF the rebel army after that battle
were more intense. than after any 9th
er. Many Of the wounded were ia
KEEP, to q, town, sixty, miles distant,
where their limbs we're anpatated.
l saw q number who had walked
that distance who were wounded in
the hands and arms, which SO heated
their blood and made their wounds so
painful as TO require ampntationa
Many of the soldiers were taken to
Stanton before their wounds were
dressed. In the town where hap
pened to be for few days they had
established a hospital and left young
surgeon to attend thereon. They
were not provided with any provis-
ions and the doctor went off and left
them without any attention for two
days. One poor fellow, who was shot
through the head, said he wished that
bullet had gone through JEFF. Davis
head. In their retreat through Mar
tinsburg they were begging bread
from door to door, and during the
night seven died in the street from ex-
haustion. e'r|
;, Before they got to Stauntou many
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