, 1863-08-01

"A ltlle Incident Today brought furC1bly to
NY mind the fact that Uncle Sam il In earnest
in this war. Desiring room In the central
part OF the city, and seeing one that suited
me, made application for it to the owner, q
very gcnt1emanly looking physician, aud he
told sae he had nothing to say In tho matter!
By the terms Of the Contseatlon Act. a fine
block Of bnlldlngs, worth perhaps twenty o,
thirty thousand dollars, was taken from lin,
aud thus the earnings Of q lifetime werc
dAfhed iron his grasp when lie thought he
held them mnst securely. And this Is only a
single example. AL these fine rows Of busi-
pess structure, all these fine residences-and
thera arc hundreds Of the latter, bnilt In ey-
cry style Of taste and e!egance-belonging
almost without exception, to Uucle Sam. I
hare been making au estimate, and ind that
On one street alone-Wnshtngton street.-The
property acquired by Uncle Sam will be
about 81, 000, ,0o0. When the books arc bal
ianced, rather think 1T will BE- found that
tie cost Of tho siege is well uigh cancelled BY
tae Trophies gained By the eiexe.
Another item to be noted In this connec-
lion. is the fact TINT a1l tho iron and good
portion OF the lead fired into the city viii be
saved The secesh had gathered up all the
pieces Of shell and I'LL the sulid shot We fired,
Intending to nse them When their own mis-.
siles gave out, or to cast them over. OF
courEe oil this pains-taking injured to our
benefit Thsre Is also vcsy large amount OF
lend in the cotton.ba1cs on the fortiications,
the Mimic balls fred By our. sharpshooters.
Thus 1t Will he seen that the cold Or hot iron
or lead that Gen. Grant threw Into tAls rebel
Ious city, was not all thrown awuy.
The most magnificent residences in the city
are occupied by our Generals for their head
m rf1n f,v t.
Ut the foot Of Washington street, situated
upon Il high bluff, and while there, such Ia the
freezc almost couatantly stirring, one fosgets
the region he is in, and imagiucs himself back
In the North. The place occupied BY Gen.,
Logan lin his absence By Gen. smi;h) Us Coy
orately decorated residences ever saw. The
grounds are laid out very similarly to those Of
The late Dr. Tgan, Oil the West Side iu CHI.
cago. I nm sure the loval people of tbs
North will not blame the officers Of this army
for enjoying, for a, brief season, atiun. cum
lords.
The strictest regulations arc still in force In
regard TO drinking. Not a thimblefun Of any
thing that can tntoxieate is to be had, except
through the Medical Department. ALL sorts
Of shifts and expedients are re5orted to for
the purpose Of obtaining the consent Of med
ical directors Of corps to purchase liquor, es-
aye to get their supplies Of sFcomnissary,n
sick or well. But the poor secesh, shrunken
in body and eunken in spirit, and not under
ftandtng the pulling Of the ropes, suffer ter
ribly IN being deprived Of this, one Of tho
the heart Of Copperhead, that heart would
be often, very often, torn and lacerated by the
eut1er4ngs Of the proud but half hn,1shed &C.
eesh Of the higher grades. Not long since,
lady Of ono Of the very FIST families, asked
INC to lntercede to get her permission to buy
quart Of brandy, prefacing her request by
the assertion that she never male bed nor
cooked a meal Of victua1s In ali her life. that
her tscrvants' had all left her, and she
needed something to strengthen her In doing
Ler own work, which che was now Obliged to
do. I put her in the way OF getting what
she wanted, aud rs sho lett me with two bot
tics in her hand, reflected on the mutability
Of ca1th1y grandeur, and the means OF sus-
timing Southern courage under adversely.
Suhsisting here, for citizens from the North,
is very pIecaFious business, as Is Also the pro-
in the town, and thus fur but very poor ex-
cpses for boarding houses. II I did not think
fifty parties at least would follow the recom-
mendatIop, and thus oyerdo the business,
would recommend a few enterpr sing board
Ing honse keepers to come down here.
minds to give Vicksburg q wide berth At pres
cnt- I saw the original Dick Robinson, of
Kentucky, in limbo 1t the Provost Mar.hal's
office tonight cause, cotton on the brain.
And those parties who have permits from the
Treasury Department to trade, had better
wait until Gen. Grant is ready to add his pro
lection to 1hetr permission. It ia just one of
the easiest things In the world for cotton
epeculator to get into difficulty here at this
time. As to other articles. keep all yonr
stocks at home md you will save the cost Of
reehipment, or worse. con1scation.
; a few evenings since I called on one Of tho
old citizens here, and had many incidents OF
great interest related to me Of the progrces Of
the siege Ny informant was originally
Union man, bat being old; aud having An un-
due confidence In the status qao, he went with
the current Hc told me that during the first
week or two Of the siege the citizens Kept up
tier spirits admirably, expecting Jo Johns
ton to come to their relief. But when day
after day passed and the prospect grew less
immediate, the hopes Of one after another
would give way. He says women that refused
to leave the city under any circumstances at
first, would have given all they had in tho
world to have been outside the lines during
the latter part Of the siege. He sayssit was
pittfn1 to SEQ the poor creatures come out Of
their caves in the morning, often not having
slept at al, go to their residences and got