, 1863-03-28
cnHra E.Eir c1liFH-
EVIDENCES OF REBEL,
EXHAUSTION.
Ftcyat OF Hntrrc~tin:s 1nte1lt-
gence.

|
eo !" /, Would now seem probable that the
5 proclamation for day OF fIsttns
and prayer might hare been s,p appr99fM1sssl Mas,.l
m u,n,cndix may be necessary for huIalIia-
lion pver u defeat, OF anhsgiying oEer Il vic
III, Tic E5s,niaer Of the 18th also BAYS they
ba,e, fton ali thcis armies, "gra'lf5ihg ae'
counts" Of their condition, hut:
The only 1aoint upon which therc Is roon
for apprehension, Is tAat our forces HAY be
f;,r,.cti by want uf food for men end horses to
rciiuquish the Htrongholds from which tae
enemy could never dfsloslge them, and that
tEis Is grnxe and pressing danger nc hare
f,any feArs for believing. .....
III il i fact well known to the enemy IS to
pursclycE, that nll the country In the vicinity
of cur armies has lans been stripped Of It's
provisions ard forge. aud that the1e nrin1es
ten.ud for their existence and maintenance
Of tli.lr present POSITIONS upon tue t1|'
roads,
ss1lc railroads of tilis State are on the point |
Of giving out They bave decfessed their |
suecd to ten miles m hour, Us nAriu.uut |
rite, aud are carrying twenty -flvc TO ffT PER
cent less tonnage tlutn formerly. Th!1 change
In their rate Of speed aud quantity q Freight,
Las teen made through necessity. Thu wood |
wu,k cf the road has rottcd md the machine
~ las worn ont, md owing to the stringent !!
enforcement Ut tue conscrtptlon lAT as 10 |
r;lilrua1 employees, the companies hare unt
t,ecn able, with ull' their efforts, to supply I
either the one or thu other. We are hot To- t
formed OF tie actua. condition Of the railroads
In 11e more Southern States, bnt conceive |
that fhey nrr little brttcr of than our own.
EXCEPT, perhaps, In tile matter Ut negro labor.
TAr slaFes along their routes u,?y not htfe
lad ti ratlsv facilities fur escaping to the En-
tuiy, III in 1his Btnte."
The jackson \Atiss.) .lptxG. says:
sEro,n all, accounts thas reath us, we arc
led IT, the conclusion, TINT etr great Thiie
Gen. Bragg will bt forcc1 cltheE to engage
l.asec;nns In bat.lH Or fill bseA upon Ch'st.-
1ooea. The country wou!d dehloFe thu ne
et-:ttJ which may force him 10 the adoption
If the latter alternative. it ID all important
that We continue - hold Middle Tenneaset
and North Alalu'ua. otiltTNisc We 6hall lind
ourselves In 6:rlaghtened cifcuhiatiuccs for
a1l,iv supplies smother year hehcc.
''Thc Federa's are Devastating tho country
| Us they advance, rendering 1t Impossible for
tie farmers Il, E.dse crop this season; and
| 10 bio, out Middle Tennessee, Kentucky,
North Alaea1ua and North Mississippi from
the producing keeti1n5 Of the Coufedesacy
ros:il Ee more seriously felt than the loss IT
| Richmond, Charleston. Savannah or Vicks-
| burg. II would prove Icing step i'll the d.
! see,ion Of our eubjugatinp by etatga:lnn.'
| Tic Richmond enrtesrt.fdtnt If tlic Mo-
| bile .aasrsistr, writing Oh February I'd,
| says. ,,.z....z-,
l. productive VI Il sAtt auuuat If c.isne. At
every bar hangs . PAPER, npon Which Is prin:,.
| cd, 'Dtorkake, eevthty-nve cents Il sEn1t}
wtne-.la.s fall /. tnetslrea out for onc block
| ale.h1 The nrl1be! Of deus where the rtftst vf
alpl.bra,tiy Is sold Is astonishing. have
| htz.rd Of 10 repeal Of the LlqEor Law. and
| rnhumc tho police, By tacft corsent, hare
l ff,t,1r y{uti.nrA Nr1.nkpy tua
1ail, seer IL L: streets, Inan5 Of thea dTrsr-
cd III tho l..,}farrl Of Confederate oleetp: aud
tLe Mayors Court ehoEs sad record Of the
| Increased nutlbgr OF whisky shops. The new
Richtannd theatre IL i.tested with drunken
| ofircss"
Tlc Richmond Wig publishes the FOLLOW.
Ing. from fi.rmer III Nelson county, Virs!nia,
dated March 10:
"All in.pressmcnt systems. tho world
round, nov and heretofore. atnouzt to uslle
more than the i!n11deTsns, II the: agrieu''u.ist
fut the benefit Of all ulhar classet. aud 1t
lirkt be- tH In nis ti1,e, as ;'ur ere ordained to
b. thc thvweyr If wuod and drawers Of
aa;er" for mankind! Yet, to CRUSH them
right away: to cut open the goose for the e.syy
/. chi 1s,ao! The consumers, Gorerncuczl.
Lave now for nos,.lng, but id II they can
sEAkc MT 1nore-rip H. they yn,.y. NJ
a lotn, item II the Richmond Why says
h;,, collie. Is sold In tls restaurants u that
cstr Z: 400 rer cup. III ,he. clifton States
t;,tr is selling u f:".G e50 70 3D psr Barrel;
at twrn1y-aTc tents. At NontrointrS Ala,
bacon IL quoted ut from seventy fire CENTS to
91rer pound. and tour At from SO 10 Is PEI
ba.tc..
"The Atlanta }n,-it1~.,~r-- .:ys q comtuis
eiun nj. fthant Ia that city, :. few days since
tol! .!cr..s oag1.l. If ~ti.ky for 5s,1oo, be
+. ing 1losc than $.u I.ec barrel.
''Tle hlackz:er demand &. 225 per pound fol
/, good butter In richmund.n
! The Atlanta. lGeoEg1a) torfhdsraeu o
3 March, g, tsys.
s"A ,v-f county won!an can't get bunc,
= of threat for iess than 4l0, {shlns If that: 6
pound; and cotton at The l.shrat, :,',t NOR
ttau eighteen IL twenty GEMS a pound j al,
r 1t s.;is i, $50 irr hnEeh by The s..d"."
: 1.-The fAstntr's bacon, ,:nFn, shEcks, fodder
i pork, hsgs, nhes brcTeE, arc sefzcd."
: The following description OF the coniiiio
,. of atsat.s discovered by oar trouIs At Frruau
!; | dina, Florida. which vas recent, ---.;' i-l
;, l. correspondent ef the New York Ha5'
+. Hr!t.s to that laper:
J. "Fc1y ftE usalc Inhabitants wtrt found |
!. the town, everybody tapablc of bearing arm
:: h ing corsc.fI,tei into the -.hel army. III
i: wonen and chi.tifrn proved to be In \ wFetct
l. CIT slate Vt deetitutiun, thclt clothes IuostI
in ,es-, and nsthlr; to eat buta ,ll,all an.oal
!. Of cetn. tAed nut b pretty plentiful suppl
u # riee. N'mu it was known th.it the Ya:sktt
y. t"wn was surrounded with negro picket
n. eeresn1 Ladies came IN board tile Bos on, ans
i! pf conFse, werr we'll received bv the CAPITAL
il AID officers. One Of the ladies' /
); question proved to be the daughter
so;s;n0r El9Hya an. and hsE e., eGnal;iun n !, v,
~ officer In the Confederate army, tld retIrus
n home OH sick 1asrc; ho 1nnst hare been ho
i; ! rincd st ite state In which ,sc found bis tau
y. ily, for the universal lestitutivn vas such
e. ne.sr btturc was seen In this once hspI
~ country. The lady aud Ler companions, III
q p were invited 10 the tab!e cf tho Boston,
~. clArcd thsF could eat notldng whilc their faI
/. lies ere almost starving 1t home: aud
a. examination Of the hon=eE, which bat \ &c
a. months ago wero the aboio of plenty NJ
2 p wealth. pro<ei That the statement was IN I
H. .ente exaggerated. Beautiful little c.l!ld7a
r. c1Awled In rags abo.t the rooMs, nlsi q
y .}n1v lhrder seemed to bo \ box of uu:ook
b. ice, from which they vainay endeayored
'sr alisy their hunger: Ere1Ithtn9 Else ealal
NJ had been carried Of By the rebel soldicry, {
=; merit, guetillas. whose tolitary occupation
~ F!orta seemB 70 be htea.ing hogs ,nd pinlt1
H. Ard carrying I'll every ab:e-bodied male
~ swell the ra1lks of tie army. 4 farmer h
d.: just managed to ctert bis escape into o
tin lines st Fernand!1a lIe told our troo
y. there thu: n few weeks previous, l,e possess
- thriving farm near to Jneksons:le, bat
~. ~. band Of yrcriEas at night time stu1c half
ses s,,s hugs and scrion.ly d11.nithed the number
m. bis chickens. A few. days elapsed and Z 81
To-, Old hoGy If InaraNdcrs came round aud Sc
e. ed :i.c remainder, gi7ing him in exchange
1se order for the vsltte Of t1.e ani1uals upon
en 81 Departmental QuarteF1ntateE. His trouh
uir u.s wclc only commencing When il was fou
en- su. that he Ind uotl4iEg rIre to lose, q Couf
II; crate osterr charged With enforcing the Ct
G.; Icrtption oct, cool,y informed him that
an place wat In the ranks OF the army, 81
=: knowing full vel! that the opinion would
-. followed up by cotrcirc measures, lie lost
sa,. time In taking to lis heels and reaching T
Is; n..ndlna under core- Of tho woods.'
Il; The Mobile Tritp,t publishes a comtnunl
N. N. tion about Vn!!andiSham's s'grcat spree
The correspondent says:
n. "I pronounce 1t q splendl': ai.llay Of
~ ~ drrdAeh- II Is mixture of sense and II
~ s: senEe, frenzy and folly, madness und re..o
:tcf s'r. Val]aulighan,'a assaults upon the
,ni n,inistration areapprosed, Int, says the cor
ponlcnt:
"Afscr reviewing ;t1td captivating the abb
81: aid much 1norc. foEsooth, he styles tho
oin' fed-rnte E;ates rebels, and, consequently, I
MA. tars! What fscnxyI what folly! what n
ts,g to his own showing! Why, Lincoln
the North. What has tte South done eys
-; to claim and exercise tic !,oor privilege
yer, self dcfe1,scY And this self.tielvuse Is st,
yer, rebellion aud treason.'
~, Speaking Of VallnndIglam's talk i. 10
9th, the Tnlon can he restored, le says:
"1lis speech on this branch Of Tic l,al1u
alton, Is t.uiy ludIefous and laughab1c."
!, !. Speaking of the restoration Of the I'm
mo Ta.lanaigham says: