Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-31
AlfERIpAN ToPIos.
Conditioa. OF the sonth..-An anglo.
- .TRebeI YieSv5of the Situation.


AMERICAN TOPICS. @tsi
Condition OF the south.--Ani Anglo.
III .TRebel YieyvCof the Situation.
ICorresp0ndence Of the London Ttmes.l
RIoHMoND, Saturday, Nov. IA, 1863.
|, The ponfe1 ertf' ? States Jare rapidly ap
preaching a stage in this war which vii
test morgthan ever the stubbotness anC
ten6Sity 5f t6eif temp Pef and patience, ant
can Joniy be sueeessfdlly eheohhtered by q
national spirit as systematic as It is reso.
,lnteJ TEeiE ed6my, With as muchpertiuace
ity, and far more sagacity than heretoforer
hens in the edges of the "rebellion" on
every side. avoids the frequent recurrence
Of pitched battles ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-p6uhcss with hawk.iike swoop upon isola.
ted and made apately supported bodies Of
men. eVinees possession of admirable secret
information, keeps the Confedtrate Gene
rails CONSTANTLY on the rack, and, harassed
by irruptions OF cavalry, makes his supe.
'rioFity of numbersI and still more his abun.
dance Of supplies for horse and man, more
and more felt, and finally 10 Investing the
ports Of Secessia with a Gordon Of vessels so
numerous as for the first time in 80 months
TO make access to the Confederate coast
really dangerous and difficult. On the 9th
,er ikapd, in rebeldOm itself the Federals
have q powerful ally, in circumstances
which, 10 my thinking, have from the be-
ginning quhdropled the magnitude Of the
Confederate task. No one who has been
conversant withithe Northern States during
thelast q years'can have failed TO notice
with astonisbmsht the faith stronger than
death which the EortheEpers have exhib-
ited in their "star," their ''maujfest des-
tiny, their "religfon, y their Alpha fapd
Omega, their dream Of dominion from Sea
10 sea, aud Ito quote Mr.. Everettis words)
"ffom the icy Pole to the famiug bell of
the Equator" No parallel faith has ever
been exhibited by the Confederate States
in their future. Six great Southern vieto'
e1Fiaf,siI16 iIIs nine principal eoinslpusi OF
tue war fgs entire absence Of Sny yseeu'
panic ronts as Bull Run or Chicka.
maugat ithe atried inGfficieqey of the Fed,
eral lblockade, the unmolested pFeda-
tory flight Of Alabamas aud Floridas'
at sea, have altogether failed to inspire
the masses of the South with ~ 1.-THE OF
that con fiEienee in themselves whichsnei!
ther defeat, norldisaster, nor hope deferred,
norillusions dispelled, have ever shaken
out of the NortheFhers. Deny II who may
there is something sublime In this shad9
owy earnestness and misty bmagnihceues
6fiNorthern faith and self-rsliances Would
see promise of future aud hnal
Southern triumph in uygc9rrespondipg
quality Of the Southern milal In many
fashions Southern hnfafth crops ap and
r-ecoils upon the Confederate government,
making, - for instance, Mr.. tMemmingerts
task though 5Fh Q, takes his stand upon raw
material, worth 60 Or 20 millions OF pounds
sterltlg, Hefculean as compared With Mr.
Chase 81 who, issues vastly larger promises
to pay on security OF ebreadstutfi exports
worth only 60 or 10, millions OF dollars
There lot course, other reasons 70 acr
count !, for the fact that three dollars Gin
Teresn baGkst will buy two dollars in
gold, while It requires thirty paper dollars
Of the Confederacy 40 buy like sum; bpti
the fundamental explanation OF ltheJdiss
crepancy in, value OF the ,iTredeemRble pa
uer issues Of the two sections lies IN the
superior faith ;in themselves Of the N0fth-
ern people. For many months TRehave
heard throls h6ut s.the Confederhcy the
cuckoo CRY, "Dor something 70 arrest t9e
ofthe currency, or wepefishi"
but hitherto nothing has been d6ne5 and i
az 10 now seen by every body, we are t' on
the. brink of precipice. Itts universally
mi, ,m1tted that the country is richer iu eY.
erythidh That Constitutes wealth thansit
WAS Wslyesarnouths ago; that here lisa
Isufieteney OF meat and, tar grsats abaas
dance of cereals than last. year; tb d. tTdit
and vegetables ,haVe.jbeen granted us IN
aausnal a6Indance; that RichmGnd has
supplies of eoel epd wood vastly in,efcess
Of those IIlfd ID against last Wipter-tn
broof of. which ! may msntio4 that the
streets areipows rs well lighted rs those OF
I;on6ou. whereas, last year, their Cimmer-
ian darkness WAS q! !faSoFite theme OF the
iSew York R9rdtd; but1 ia spite OF
these siacts, .nuntaith In Oontedetaae
currency grows apaeei the farmers re.
fuse, 70 part With thetr crops on any terms;
aour feiehes. 100 a barrels and e rising
bacon is close upon - hpoenu every
thing Is proportionetely deaEs tsna pPthtng
pientifuI save Confederate cuftency, until
etSIast "A woman going to market 9as been
heard 10 exclaim al carry basket 70
mail II "a hbldSmy .money, and carry 9
mock book 70 fetch homethe slice of beet
rhieh IL biiiys.H sst2,s19i.5,s = ! . sIss.
n this 90 Emergency ali eyes turn totthC
koonfederafe Gongtess which meets rpot
| Ifhe iii EEof De ceinb 4, and never Jfss gravel
questions submittedaiOi q dsltbeTAte assem-
lalV thah 9tkht which awaits It's imui etiiht'
disenssion. S1mg eight hundred or ninl
/ fi{nhired miliion dollars are saoat 1iurl
/ l{.6mmnnftS which /, could with difficulty
II snstait. 4 cirenlati ion OF two 4huadFed mil
lilions. and (. worse than alI, AlF: lem ningeEi
| papefS fiili Sis harder at work than ever
nntiI the dollar, which now Represents
| value, eofa fodfbencs English, prpmise
shortly to,beI worth only four rthtpg
il Tie reduudant curretey his. soaleh9W .
Il - fnna q, gfresh fss1es To- be snsp pendedai
ldfmi ited amount Of calculating tmef Hun q
lhe nI,t fort1i. and . sol lem1 pledg give
If6af mis- amount shall not hsreaftsrgb b
4 Ieeedsdl n 4 am bound 70 record khat ii
lpeople are in q temper 20 stand extrasa
II 1ant taxation. For many weeks pas IN
4 Gonfsderate Cabinet has been eng gerly ed