The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-30

copied ltsm letter in the New York Tribune
dated the oh instAut
The rebel soldiers, instead of lying closc in
their trenccs, Me roaming about Tire city w.
aimed, III uAioa;ralucd but amicah!c inter
I"urae with IE0ec oi orr own m',ay who have
been u riniitet To- enter the town G. ~ Til
iosms oi grey c,.fs r:ci,y hcdizencd viii,
iEoid lace. ana Ir'iusciy decd with s'ars aud
bright TRAININGS. are II: Il 'sc xIaposi'i,n
Win tif5 holiday at.ire vi UUr owu s.'nu!cr
I'tali Ell rie do s;rAIir.. Jrnug = ,l' for
- Sbure. Fn. woi!t', :,'.u clilir,i: lave
;i /. quo al 4ht rcet IA ,ici! beds ~ hoinr
! ia th.ig v bach h5E pot occurred t..UIe for
| forty eight days, Grac,s III b,ue uniforms are
| stationed at ils t'I;radCo - stores auI oiler
p..,ces Nnege goods az any Kind are deposited
! y e.,. hn.d.,G steamboats, are iv:ng At the
| WHAT l., ..h.cI he people here ,slorcr
| At lore tii;.n aty otle.. Where yerta.aay
| iHnrhirr, sta.. atioi, Waa airing nscn - Ire
t.ce. I-rtN iOw GEMS
! .Yy .sNIEs rRATERHi.I>G
| = d,y. hot, arm seem - have disca~dtd
have irong,u..d III" GIaIdol III which ley
h. .N :;gh;5n. as :: purely public cwc ;Aat
orgl,t i;,t u ilte.tet" witt friendly personal
r"ir'i", Wherever ,ou turr III trs streets
= -. III I'D ! ',-t.,.. ,'an,por, ~"
I
an.atte- 4, 4 III r. odr army can Afford as il
| tl,, 1.ie "a 'i.srlj> iust met after 4 lrI =
| Is i'orai, IL. 'lr,iia,iiy aid ..'od ot!n; pre-
! vatl t.irr1 ,l...u- the lily.
| am = 1T ieLt t'4.' ;hcrr has not bean to day
a til ,!e n,tln - wl.c.e any oihce- n soldier
of our army fas irdugcd Ia any uns .e'uly cx-
/ ultatior over he saleu .oemcn. we have
even RETAINED from cheering. and nothing
ab-oluieiy rohirgt A. been Gone 10 add hr-
irritation t. Il cu2>pI sorrow which the ca, E
have been Gem; iiIc" % dr.nK. course. tbfs
universal pievae: It god feeling h..s
! temple! tie IN u IT h,tt n a.iea L. resort 10
moral snaoinn md AZ. uincut 1- vinli,atini, Of
their respective positions As bcliigeren's
/. have listened at,entivey 10 many. discus
sious OF the war, had on the stree; car..crs
and everywhere, expecting them 10 Ios.i, in
nigh words of defauce and accumulation. Bu
| to my surprise, lave never elsewhere l., ard
/ these conversational controNt rsins about liz
war and it's causes and en6s so c..il'iy ard
mildly copifcteJ Sill ce the ,oininrr,c."ert a.
or National troubles.
.-NpTTicr or I'll. s!TN
Wat ! "rar View cfN cksbur;; would =,
close. a:fer being 50 iong subjected to =. rain
! OF snot ard shell has been :, lheplc ii lnac.i
speculation in our army and els ,where Those
VINO have witnessed The siege Cannot hil a. i.e
surprised hat there ia anything ',i; ct .h.
town h't ruins. Bot We have Il s@ems ye.
SQUEEZING t. eart, =, the endurance ii :. tua.i
~ we'll ~ oi sieu. P:t ,ev 20. i'.igs = Nio'.s
, / ~ are totally !e'i'Iirh"G. Won F!rr -
, .iap.s,y - .cired - Nv. ....nlyl- ir,t y .
a.. ~ Che principal streets .rsr ,ie.river and
!npiig parallel with i. ih"rr are icfiains Of a
! t.ncL-t hull ''p..S y tuc.! - ~a i..r.ni about
the tinle al the hgi,t ~ champion Uir,. Ia
tie 'i", X was a mIli aud store no. .m which
ecre s'or-d y ronsidef.be tina,.tj'v nj -" =
2,'u barrei- .iG Upwards wi,icl. was burned
at the same time. The buildings we've fired
| by 1. crowd ot incensed rebel soldiers ana citi-
-~nS. n punishment due - - heartless
and eIt,riionate specuator. Who had bruSh;
up the Il ,ur de ensbsel 10 get REG prices
fer it,
| There are few other houses scattered
a!,out that hT' heaps of rubbish. The
great majority OF the buildings, both public
and priv lie. can be Wy repairs male ''as good
as new.
The streets are blrgicade,, to q ir,itol ex
tei.t, and havs been p!oughed up t. shells. ln
walking along the pavc:leht ono E:us; be 8 u"-
mi not TO tumble into Pc dug TOR him by n
rrc .ciil, from Is inch mortAr or FROM Par
fpii gun. The ya-is gardens and open ,C,s
cut up with siieii holes. :. pr"in-lor
of beautiful shrubbcry has heretofore r@,.Ger,d
Vicksbufg a very hahdsom- town, but the
broken and torn fencing, aud havoc Incident to
The pre~encs of an army anywhere. haN great
! ~ diminished the beauties Of the i-'ace. Near.
" every X ste IN the city is aiorrc 1 with Ur"x
plotied - inch shells placed atop at each po'i.
The pprches and piaZzas (noory every hruse
has onel ate also adorned with curious coiiec
tons ~ shot aud slei4 that have faen in The
yards. il is said iha; there are some houses
III the city that have escaped nnscathed; but in
I,y ~. hcs through the strces could not find
th"rl.
uttered. perhaps, twenty buildings ia all.
and found irighttu booking holes n the vale
AND H,rrS Of every One. The honse occupied
b. Gen Fsmbcrtoa rs his headquarters has
nnin III ;c FIST room YOU enter Oh tie lott side
Il l.l; h.t.l tv,,t' frft'. ccnHi '.rw' through
! w.thor, difficulty. The pnblisher OF the Nicks
burg Citizen invited He INTO hl-residsnce. and
Interpreted MS renrTks, while showing me
a.ound, with frequent cautIohs not 10 tread
here aid there. for fer \ shattered piece vi
flooring would let me thrcue. i.'o the cellar
And SO i, is all over the i,l,,c. Tho northern
portion os the city suffered u.os: and canuot
convey any idea OF the damage sustained bot
ter than ny saying 1t has been smashed
Notw.lhs landing the evi ience overywhe'e
visible Of the terrible ordeal through which
the people and city have passed, the Ni-ts-
burgers pers,stently assert tina: they haze no:
been mach damaged; that shells compare
lively innocent things" nothing when You
get used 10 them" that they could have held
out year il they hal haL ifovisn-s, NC.
/ They also claim 70 have lear q how - dodge
Shells and say that those FREQ from the NOR
tars had bcch.nc fav critics with N, p.opie.
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