Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-03
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pie Of the South than the rebel papers
are willing to disclose But they drop
many hints that imply such state of
feeling. The Atlanta (Ga.,) C0gtS'fcrdey
gives an account of u public meeting in
that county, ut which this resolution was
passed:-
Whereas, fow persons fearful Of the
enemy, or animnted by unpatriotic or
traitorOus motives, have advocated IL re-
construction Of the Union, are willing to
shake hands with our oppressOrs over the
graves Of our murdered countrymcn, and
bow the supplicNnt knee to an enemy
who ARE seeking to deprive us Of all that
is dear 10 II brave aud Chivalric people
therefore, Resolred, That we regret any
attempt ut the present time to offer terms
10 our enemy Us calculated to weaken
our cause, protract the war and lull our
people into lalsc--a perhaps fatal sect
rity aud any person, by whatever mo
tive he may be uctuuivd, VINO may BE- so
far lorseitul OF the duties he owes his
country Us To advocate reunion with
our hated Toe, must lIeucgIOrth be rcgar-
dcd AS an enemy Of our cause and a
friend Vi the invaders. If hi shall per-
siSt in such unmtriotin and traitorous
conduct, hU must be invited to 90 to
section Of the country where his senti-
ments will he appIaudedand appreciated:
To wit, New England.
The Richmond Enquirer Of u late date
has an article lepTecating the cry OF
peace in style which shows that there
arc at least Il few submissionists in the
South. The Enquirer Says:-
"rhere is one way By which the southern
cOnicdtEatrs cOuI,i immydialrly regain NIL
the blessings Of peace; it's by submission
by recouslruclion-by desisling from the
reaction, aud delivering up our riagrad.
urs to the punishment Oi che laws they have
,rAmpled upon. Is there, indeed, one
single citizen u the rOufrderacy who would
have peace atuay price? Well, here l. the
price say ut Onre-are v" TO pay ~
Peace! Does the momstrOus host before
vicksburg bring US peace! Isl peace
that Rosecraus it making in TENNESSEE
Does the military dispersion Of public
meetings in Kentucky Oodt peace? Tho
new northern consumption, enrolling three
millions and making provisions for Instant
~ commanding their service Or eXac'inE
heavy exemption mx-durs this look like
peace? The drlihrrAle vestIng IN Abr"
ham Lincoln OF all the military power Of
dictator, with the treasure OF the whole
nation opened 10 him without stint-Is il
to enable him 10 make peace or wnr-
which? Where then, are those indicH.
tions Of peace, which we ARE said 10 be
recElcssIy resisting and lsiainiug? Oh!
the great speech Of VnllAudtghan; the
touching invitation Of tauslul Cos! We
greatly fear TINT those twO wOocrs OF the
South, so GOud UnI lain. will very soon be
touud, like john Van Buren,, shrieking out
Tor war to the knife; aud if they delay Or
decline IL rrcnnt their great and noble
peace speeches, why, they will see the in
Side Of Liucola's jnil,. We wish from our
beHrts they we're 10th already chained up
II, the present writing; they have done US
more harm, they GnI their Ike, than ten
thousand Stewards and Summers. We
tfemble u see their unwLu!esOme rdvan-
Ccs still more to see a sort uI morbid
craving here 10 respond to them, under the
drlusiye idea Of promoting intestine di
vision at the North. Oh DictRtur lin.
colul losk sc up those two peace Demo.
CrH,s-IDEtlUer with Riehlrdson-in some
Of your military prisous!'
A recent letter from the Rnppnhanuock
makes this statement about tue confederate
soIdicrs;-
"Some Of the Massachusetts boys who
have been dliGg picket duty on the Rap
pahannurk have had frequent converse.
tons with the rebels, who udmit that they
arc disgustcd with the war aaa sick OF
. fighting tor the southern coniederncy. One
rchtl officer told them that he never want
ed To he in another fight, ard that the
firing of the guns Mt Heiiys ford on the
l7th inst. gave him such II sensllinn Us he
hoped never to experience again. lie could
not describe it except with II shudder nj
the idea that he was compelled to pNrtici.
pate in this fraircidHl md what he now
/ believed to be- a fruitieIs strife. The vol.
unnty testimony OF these rebels Is thH'
their cause ia becoming desperate and
hopeless
The famine prices and the mpressment
of supplies by the Davis government ARE
the constant topics OF the southern papers.
Many of the wealthcst citizens Of Frelcr.
; icksburg nre obliged to draw daily rarions
Of subsistence from the confederate com
missinncrs to keep their families from all.
sululc starvation The Richmond papers
quote go!dat$4,75@S5. The Atlantis (Ga.)
C,nfederacy gnys that since late Yankee
operations on the Mississippi sugar has adj.
vanced rapidly and sells in lots At 30 to ca
cents per pound domestic cotton goods
not to he had at any price brown shirt
iugs Sl,95 yard; calico $2,2j II yard (;
: whisky s?0@?2 per gallon nails Shopper
key. The Conttdracy tells this story in
Illustration of the short commons and high
prices at the holels:-
MANY good things have hcen told OfDr.
Thompson, the world renowned humorist
aud hospital proprietor Of the A'hnm Ilo-
tel. whose ready wit hut few nrc willing 10
encounter, hut little incident occurred
iheft last week which rather wOrs,cd the
doctor Lieutenant ColOuel who was
wounded Mt MurirrcsOorO, who hrd been
stopping n while with him, on the 10th day