New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-22
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The following 10 an extract ron Ie'teI k''lhe
graphic account Of the sste Of affairs at the South
II war dated Of Little Rock, Ark., Feb. ., 1865:
have 20 Ipfon Ls hi. Country Ia IN rintiuii
.t.ts ncthur 70 IL LeTd OF bat Fighting Every Dsy IN
pTesdfu slaughter 10th sides there ss been ,ns hAo
tss Coneser.,s. lad Forte built there and Gen
are Curohil II command IN. fsosISi sen. hss @
Res,s up the ana s.r Hsrs Fought bse captured
ths orth ara General Thomas tuTchi and 81 The LIVING
ien 10 /; 4 ia almost impossible ioL Ais 70 DseIo,
thc Condition Of the people hty nave I-s' ' 1 ~
AZ and Very Day they are entering h'iy nou'e 10
Ssa then saul has sstn IN one battle about our
Fought the Boston Mountains In Inc nsi'H Pf' O.
Paai 20 tErn prisoner they Kept him Weeks ard s.Ht
him Bek 10 his CoIaod san Mar Last Aueh Long
SbsYobes In Lirt Rock se Hospitals snd Dying
Fast ss they Bury them me Any Is al now eangea
pny Everything s. Dear aud cannot De got iot money
f..ar l. go per Be. b1een % CO per 10 rois - e. ks
Cannot sos for Money E1cept ~bep sInnsslea "a hY
EsILph Memphis Is In he hands Of me feoesIs -
beer two aacss NicksDuIg by tie Federal, tney
have not taken i yet they arc preparing Hts ~
Boats 70 make naotbs- stack 81 and II they tale IhS
zine The Southern ConedeIsey ia gone up The fscei'
bgi Ditch IN front C. the City on the OPece Sde OF the
Wst.r would not worh threw ~ So they gsvs It up New
OfesrF the hands Of the Feders they did not have any
et5s bot Wa Sorrow snd Desolstion Al the Land
wids s1d OphsIs are ie to Mourn tho tate OF 'heH hoA
bIndt ond FaiEefs"
The following is an extract from another letter
vr1,,en by different person, aken verbatim, dated
Little Rock Feb iS, 1863:
very .orry have to inform that this Country
n IN Miserable Condition Since you let Here BY tLi CTue
Va which !. going II Ever you Return which hepe
vii will Find Very Little Of Joui old
o. when len be!e there 10 numbers
killed Died by exposure hsn IN any Battle mat mas
vet fought bishOp ByTneS Dead he died In Helena
sh1st Nire Month. j. Is. Johnson dead he Wa' ed
e. thi. Time while travelling on the
Rsil Road going Virginia Passing over bndgs u Broke
and CTsshed to Dsaih Old Lewis deed and Numbers
hoss names Cannot Cal 20 Mind there nothing but SCR
al the Land Az tie Busines houtet Ia Latte hocf
A. Houses trken for Hospitals aid Connif
ssry Stores EVsn toe Churches IL skeD for Hospitals al the
Too1s Men IL tho Country j. IN the Hsf theE are iyhsex
Volunteers COnschpsd they all gems IRON - to ~
you wel no tue Condition Of the County Monks IRON
1ezss killed IN July last the prices ~ enormous That
Charged nor Ev.TytlinE
Thee gree. Bste shout be Fought ct Sick'buIgh
the COpieeerses defeated there the WsI viii come Lssr
10 eiote They ss Sck Of lighting Both Side and 40
Saw War Of EIermirstiOu and Robbery sssintt the
eoUth thee ia net plantation Tho Aspey River that
Lef DesGse aud Destroyed Ear the Fedei ali could
60 they have stolen EysytLug the Coit.n burned aud
Eousss Destroyed The AIkanss and White River Valleys
dssoisied 10 ke Atr the Fall Of New Orleans BY
OTdsr from General bosufsgsrd ali tho Cotton the Mifsl
and fOut2rys Burned 70 Keep From FEyg into
tbe Benos Of tie ecerss 1t done
bVer bnrusd ard there thousands Bail. Burned
in Little Hoes they tue EeoerHs Will come Rock
yet there Gun Boats Is il tho River They bean
Enh and Nto Buren, they dssgOyed AL Stores there Took
81 them Ws they Wanted aud e the Remainder in the
Streets they Burned Seven boats One Belonged Hube
Kane sDd different Others"