New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-21
An Inferior View Of lyicbuisnd.


An Iuterior View OF Yichnend.
A gentleman. native Of Massachusetts,, who for
the last three years has been reSdeni OF Richmond,
left that city ON the 2a,h Of june and arrived here
on the Sth instant. lie gives important information
"a TO the interior of the Rebel spiisl and tue mode
Of life there. After procuring pass to Weldon be
obtained another 10 Murflce,boro, and from the
latter place made his way TO our lines at Norfolk,
winch be reached the 9th instant, and iIom there
caue & rect to thls city, lie say IL regard 10 the
iorco defending Richmond, TINT SINCE the battles on
tie Peninsula there has been scarcely tine when
We could not have taLen Tic city, AZ there has
been hardly any force there i)r .s defense. At the
line S,are.nAn mads bis celebrated raid, i. was
generally expected that lie would como into TIE
ci,v, and he nigh, have done 70 with care. 70 lar
A. asy orpesilion which lie would have met IA con-
cetneo II he Lad done 70, however, It = not prob
ABLE that he could have maintained h.s
position as ho had not sufficient foe, 10
do 10. Tie news Of hs anproneh oreH-ed great
deal II alarm, a.d tie oit.sens were called out
for d,'enfe formed into clupau.cs, and zen. TO ;be
brc.,tao.is around the oii,. where ,tey rcuained
al ninli and mot Of the ncs, DAY. Ga Ilurtdny
uight. before our iuiorman; left Which Ma on
Noud,,-news arrived that he Federal forces " ere
landing at lranaou and tie White Houfe, aud on
this oocA-ion every able % bear arns war called
out in obedience ioaciular i'suod by Gov. leioher
calling upon the citizens to form ihcussl Ives .nto
compsn;ef. 1, ws- .l.o reported tlal barge force
# our ,-oops wus marching on the CbickaLoMiuy,
bu, on the following Saturday 1t was reported that
thew wee Hing back. On SUNDAY, ID. u. lIigs
forces came over noip Pcier-hgg, whore they bad
been .inuened but up 10 Monday evening, Of the
ooh ultimo-- be day orr iufornaui loii-iAcre bad
been no at,qck, aud, as every tinug was quiet none
WAS Aprlel eldcd II wHs reiOitod that all our
forces had reiterated from BHn,on and the " bite
House. Tue dcftmss ABOUT Richmond very
good. the cry being enircly surrounded with II
line OF eaniworks, and IN come portions there
are double ines but they nre not adequately
rauned, snd bu, very few guns are moumed
The number - troops in the cy docr not exceed
sixteen thousand which are entirely inadequate ior
It's defense ngiinst any reasonable force that we
n,it bring az amt H. Al no rime since Lao, Sam
rncr has the city bcen IN a conIiliOn resist ai
tack from ten ihoa,Aud men. /. Is supposed that il
Lee get, back there ne Will make stand, collect all
the troops possible, aud defend the place. IA regard
10 proyisions and the nocessarca OF idc, everything
il very high. Pine wood was S2S, and oak O. per
cord coal s2J per load % twenty five bushels; beef,
Al per pound mutton. & and II -; lard, II 80;
butter, s. Sit had been 80 -, but as h tupply
was arriving at the time our informant left, II had
fallen to - % per pound. Sn.uil spring chickens
we're g 80 aud - al iece; poaiocs, 81 per quart;
. dufl ,flt.r
ticios ~ prOportionatcy high pl.o,s. Although our
informant La raary OF 500 FER month, be WA
compelled 10 eXpend it all for the mere necessries
OF living. Among the erclassos there was much
sunerng. TAe people were in very high spiri's II
the time be cit 10 Lee had jurt cfoascd into Penn
rylyania, uno ii was expected he would take Philn-
delpiia, Bsi.imore and Washington but as to tbs
general feeling for the success OF the Coniederacy IN
their attempt at Rebellion, our informant thinks
one-iaIf Of the people Of Richmond are for the
Union, il they dared utter their sentiments, and
have no faith in the ultimate triumph Of the Com
fedrlae arms There II "a strong Union feeling
there aud it viii show Itself just ia soon ae there IT
un opportunity; but = stiOng dospOlism wan cXer-
cmed over the people, aud the slightest sign oi
Union sentiment was met with persecution and IN
prisonmcml. One man mad been IN PRISON thirteen
months, On account OF his Union sonlimens, aud
many others tad suffered shorter periods OF imprs-
onnont, and an imprisonment, too, 81 the severest
i..d mort terrible Mind. Our informant Left becaure
he had reason 10 believe that he would be compelled
10 ti.houp arms 30 70 prison, aud rs he did mol
" .sh 10 do either, be made hid esc"pe. Tie cohn'-
ton Of ngH had cauSd jeff. Davis 10 call Tor new
levos aud the quot. for The State WAS eight lhOns-
am men, According u tue irovlr'ns Of tins c"i''
they were To ddlI every week until tho l't oi
August, aud were NOT 10 be mustered into tue ser
vice, but kept Tor the defense of Richmond and ia
This war Il mere trick, however, III
there mad been reyeral regiments previously raISed
or tue sane 'Nowed purpose, aud after they hAo
been wei drilled they were sent away.
Oar INFORMANT War II salesman in large house III
ljcbmord and has bill wife and two children III