The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-03-21
statement of Il Southern Lady.

Suite Of A1"irs IN Dirie-Sa>pcnaion Of
Prenrhing and Soibsth and Day schools.
fccfing IN tie Army-iicpe Of Divisions
1mone the Northern Peopte-Sugcrjng IF tie
RENTS aticr .intictum.
EDITOR PHnADA. INQrIRER.-I notice
that you have not had much news from
" Dixie as to the real condition of affairs
there excepting such accounts as are copied
from Richmond papers. ANY one who has
Ilvcd Tor the last to years in Scccssin ="
knows how much reliance can be placed ON
Their publications.. They are entitled to no
credit for truth, excepting the editor of the
hlchmond tf"m'nrr, who did stumble on
the truth IN his description Of the present
State OF society III that once Queen CITY of
the South. TO one who has lived there
before and since the reign of jeff. Davis,
the contrast is truely surprising. The same
dissoIute and degraded appearance exists in
all the towns in Virginia.
ms decentralization is not confined to the
men only: ladies of the highest character
have fallen into dSgracctu habits. Oh.
now la'lcn are the best people of our land
out these are mcrcl y the natural conSeuucn.
"cs OF this wicked Rebellion. Preaching.
sabbath and day school, in most places,
have been suspended. Oh. what a pi,y il
is that Southern sympathzcrs cannot see
things as they are in Rebcldoni. Their
properly has vanished; those who were in
possession of wealth and every comfort
which 1T could procure. are now plunged
INTO the lo"cst'debths of poverty. This is
but faint picture of the change which has
taken place III two short years of Rebellion
against the best Government the world ever
witnessed.
| have made every cndeavor to find out
the true state Of feeling in the Rebel army.
he officers, as a general thing. are Of the
. die in the last ditch order, bnt if il
were left to the ranks they would willingly
give up the tyranical military Government
OF jeff. Davis for their good old Govern.
ment at Washington. Any man between
sixteen and fttyiivc years of age is liable
to be arrested by any civil ormilitary officer.
or any magistrate, or even a constable, may.
without Il written order. take man by the
collar and say come with me to the army
have witnessed it more than once. The
miserable slave will have to pay thirty dol
lars for being so arrested
Their hatred to the " Yankees " seems
to be more invcterate than it was a few
months ago. Many say they would sooner
die than be reunited to people so degraded
and disgusting. livingm violation Of all good
morals. This is a constant theme in private
and in public. This language is used to
delude their poor ignorant followers.
During the first of the war the rebels placed
much OF their dependence on the intervention
of foreign powers. This they have now given
up and are turning their longing, wishlul eve,
towards the Northern Democrats. The Rebels
circulate the most eXtravagant stories about the
dis e'it.ons III the l Mon Congress and divisions
1T the North. They say. "leI us hold on and he
pationt they are aheady fighting in the North
p,t aI,,nu "a H. I.
to acknowledge oar independence and are
auAious to co So
1hey hHe often set the time when the Union
would break down; lit would not last ovei
ninety days, &c. No matter what improha-
be lies ave tod about the condition on this
Size, there are people there who will believe
them. They often assert that the !" YANKEES"
suffers as much u they TO in this war; that all
business is suspended, and tie ncccssalies oi
life can hardly be obtained by the uborinr
Classes on this side.
1t is going back to rather an old affair." hut il
is one which had moic effect on the Rebellion
than any one battle which has taken place
since its bleakirg oli, viz The battle OF
Antetam III at expedition into Mary and
wrought IL gteut change III The sentiment oi the
army more lntcn,e than amer any other. Many
OF the wounded We're taken to a town sixty
miles distant, where their limbs were umpu-
tated
| SAW number who had walked that dis
lance who We're wounded in the hands and
arms, which SO heated their blood and made
then wounds So painful as to iequiie ampua-
ton. Many OF the soldiers We're ahen 10
aunton beiole their wounds were drcsse,'. In
The town where happened to be Tor tc" days
they had established II hospital and lett young
II geon to attend thereon. They were not pro-
vided with any provisions, and the doctor went
~ l.ts
days. One poor fellow, who was shot through
The head, sand lie wished that bullet had gone
through jeff Davis head. In their re-; reat
through Mariinsburg they were begging bread
from door to door, and during one night seven
died in the .tleet from exhaustion
Before they got to Saunton many of their
wounds We're filed with worms, and so fen lie
that persons could not go near Them, aud, poor
fellows. they were begging the citizens to dress