The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-05

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AFFAIRS IN R1CHMoNp.-A gentleman
who left Richmond less than a week ago,
brings us information of the state of affairs
in that city. He is one of very many 9TH
ers who have succeeded in escaping to
the North, to relieve themselves of the
hardships incident to the rebellion. He
states that, from his personal knowledge,
there are not less than twenty persons
in this city, and twenty persons in Phil
adelphia and Baltimore, who have lately
got through the lines to the North, and
whom he has met during his short stay
He represents the state Of feeling there, as
refers to the a0dT, as gloomy and despondent
to the last degree. Al hope in the success
Of the Confederdcy appears to haze Udnash-
ed. There may be lingering glimmer OF
expectation in some minds that France
may come TO their aid; but this is in
dulged in by very few. There is no talk,
however, of returning love of the old Union.
There are class who, through it all,
have nursed a regret at the disruption Of
the States, and who would hail with
pleasure return to the old order of things.
There is another class, who have no es-
pecial interest in matters of government,
one way or the other, except in so far as
they are affected personally. These people,
seriously affected and discounted by the
troubles the war Of the rebellion has
brought upon them, look back at the
peace and prosperity of the old Union, and
long for return Of the old times. The
more violent secessionists are silent and
moody now, hating the Union per-
haps more than ever, because of the
failure of their efforts against it. The
sectional pride, however, OF the whole
Southern people is seriously hurt by their
defeats at the hands of the despised Yam
KEGS. The fall of Charleston was believed
among all classes there TO be inevitable
Our informant was conyersing with an
engineer in the army, who, when, he
heard that Gen. Gilmore had obtained a
foothold upon Morris Island, said that he
considered the fall of Charleston as certain
as only matter of time.
The last CONSUMPTION ordered by the
President, of men between forty and forty
five, has failed to procure many men for
the army. Our informant states that the
recruits that were brought to the camp Of
instruction were few and far between, and
in the whole city of Richmond there We're
not probably over twenty men obtained
under the last call. Ab1e-bodied people
are running away, and in walking the
streets none but ''exempts'' met-persons
not liable to army service on account of
alienage, unsuitable age, physical disabill-
ty, or some other cause. The ladies must
choose their companions from among old
men and sick men; but they undergo their
privations bravely for the sake of the cause
of the Confederacy, and occasionally find
gallant alien to tiirt with. The decima-
ton among fathers, sons, brothers, and
! lovers III the Confederacy has been terri
ble and the growth OF another generation
must be awaited before another army can
be raised. The papers reported lately that
great reinforcements had gone TO Lee, but
| they could not have been the result of the
CONSUMPTION. If he was reinforced at all it
must have been from the armies of the
West. .. go
On the contrary, the army appears to be
greatly GepsorGlized, and desertions are the
order OF the d0y. The country all along
| the lines bounding the Confederacy, and
I North western Virginia, are full of escaped
soldiers, and there have been quite a num-
| Der OF small skirmishes between them and
| the cavalry sent to capture them. The
jroxtie proclamation of Lee and Davis, i'm
| plorinG their return, Of course had no effect
upon them. tbey are tired OF the spdr, and,
| above al, things, desire to return to their
! homes. Numbers of such as have been i'm
prudent enough to return to their native
! towns throughout the South have been Ia
ken back to the army. Such men, howev-
| er, have no heart for the fight.
The miserable story that guard had
been placed around JET. DAVIS house to
keep him from running away is, of course,
untrue. 1t was probably intended as a
joke. He bears continued news Of defeat
| and disaster as brayeiy rs he may. His
health, however. is completely broken
down. Our informant does not believe that
he can hold out many years longer. He
looks very worn and sick, snd he has been
whenever he is well enough, at about S or
| 6 o. clock in the afternoon, either in a car
riage with his wife or on horseback with
| his nephew. During the first disasters the
people were bitter against the Government
and the President, and partisanship is, OF
course, still rife; but mach Of thss feeling Is
changed very lately into total hopeless'aesS OF
the cause of the South under any leadership.
There arc great many foreigners in
Richmond, that place being the center OF
the Confederacy, and the surplus popnla-
ton naturally flowing in that direction.
They have been generally enjoying easy
times, while the natives and to the manor
born have been doing the bloody business
OF the war. Recently. the Governor has
convened the Confederate Legislature OF
Virginia, and it is feared that it is the inten-
ton to pass law compelling foreigners TO
enter the miiitia-ostensibly in defense OF
the State, practically, of course, to become
soldiers IN the rebel army. On this &C
count, more than any other, great many
foreigners are leaving the city, and are
leaving the Coniederacy. The system OF
passes now is very severe, but generally, if
a person desires TO escape, he manages to
nIal, how
been very careful, heretofore not to offend
foreigners, on account of their hopes of for
oign aid; but now that this hope is nearly
exhausted. the feeling is in some degree