The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-25
BURLINGTON WEEKLY. HAWK-EYE.

1EKLY. HAWK-EY.E.
load of twenty-five bushels; beef, 81 pc,
pound; mutton, 81 and Sl,25; lard, $l,5O
butter, $2,50-it had been s., 80, but as a
supply was arriving at the same time our
ipformant left, it had fallen to $3.50 per
pound. Small spring chickens were 81, SC
ana S:' a piece; potatoes, 81 per quart: on
ions, 3. small ones for 50cents; and all 9TH
er articles at proportionately high prices.
Although our informant had salary OF
500 per month, he was compelled toeXpend
| IL ali for the mere necessaries of living
Among the poorer classes there was much
suffering. The people were in very high
spirits at the time he left, as Lee had just
crossed into Pennsylvania, and it was ex-
! pected he would take Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington, but as to the general
feeling for the the success of the South i'll
their attempt at rebellion, our informer says
one-half of the people of Richmond are for
the Union, if they dared utter their senti-
ments, ana have no faith in the ultimate
triumph of the Confederate arms. There
is strong Union feeling there, and it will
snow Itself Just as soon as there is an op-
portun1ty; but strong despotism was eX-
ercised over the people, and the slightest
| sign OF Union sentiment was met with per-
| secuton and imprisonment. One man had
OF his Union sentiments, and many others
| had suffered shorter periods of imprison-
| ment, and an imprisonment, too of the Sc
verest and most terrible kind, Our infor-
mant left, because he had reason to believe
that he would be compelled to take up
| arms or go to prison, and as he did not
wish TO 90 either, he made his escape. The
condition Of things had caused jeff. Davis
to call Tor new levies, and the quota for the
State was eight thousand men. According
to the provisions of this CALL they We're to
drill every week until the LIST of August,
and We're not to be mustered into the SER
vice, but kept for the defense of Richmond
and its Notifications. This was mere
| trick, however, as there had been several
regiments previously raised for the same
avoWed purpose, and after they had been
we'll drilled they We're sent away.
Our informant was a salesman in q large
house in Richmond, and has still wife
and two children in that city, whom he de-
sires to have brought here, if possible, as
he intends to make this his residence, pro-
vided he can obtain employment.-N. Y.
Tribune.
BRACES ARMY AND IT'S DEMORALIzA-
| TIoN.-An East Tennesseean of good fam
lily, a man of intelligence and superior in
formation, who escaped from Bragg's army
on it's late retreat, and who is vouched for
by the best authority in Nashville as a man
of integrity, gives interesting information
to the Union. He was conscripted some
thirteen months ago, put in a Mississippi
| regiment and carried off to Mobile, which
is strongly fortified, being girdled with in
trenchments for fifteen miles, a battery be-
ing placed every $50 yards. The embank-
ment is four feet high and the ditch eight
feet wide. The garrison was quite small,
not over 1000. He came from Mobile to
Tullahoma about the 1st of May. Bragg
had about $4,000 troops at Stone river, and
about two months ago had his forces in
creased to $4,000 troops. They are gener-
ally armed well, with Enfield rifles and
MIME muskets. Theyare for the most part
wretchedly clad, some being bareheaded,
and many without shoes, or nearly So
There is no clothing in the Quartermasters'
departments. The cavalry horses, espe-
chlly Wheeler's. are wearing out very fast.
This arm of their service is weakening rap
idly. They have very few tents, and all
these were abandoned in their retreat from
Tullahoma. Bragg being fully satisfied
that Rosecrans had REINFORCED Grant large
ly, was on the point of attackinghim in his
Notifications just previous to Rosecrans'
advance. About three weeks ago, one of
Hardee's corps was sent to re enforce john
ston, after changing their battle-tiag.
There are large numbers of negroes in
the employ Of Bragg's army in the capaci-
ity of servants, cooks, transfers, ETC.
These negroes carry their masters
arms and baggage for them, and are
otherwise employed during battle. There
are between 5000 and 5000 kentuckians in
the army and about II 900 Tennesseeans;of
the latter about 9, 800 are volunteers, and
the rest are conscripts. Great bitterness of
feeling exists between the Tennesseeans
and Kentuckians, and between the Tonnes
seeans and MissisSippians. The Alabam-
ians nickname the kentuckians jay
birds,'' and the latter called the Alabam-
| ians "Yellow-hammers."
| This ill-feeling often leads to bows
Numbers of Kentuckians and Tennessee
ans have been shot, gagged, and otherwise
maltreAted by the officers for resenting the
insults of the Alabama and Mississippi
soldiers, until now these latter have their
own way about everything while the
Tennesseeans and kentuckians have
| learned that it is safest to pocket all at
fronts and insults. They are OF course
gloomy and unhappy. Bragg has no con-
fidence in his Kentucky and Tennessee
soldiers, believing that they will desert on
the first opportunity. Consequently when
he retreated from Tullahoma he put them
in front. At least 10000 of his soldiers viii
desert on the first opportunity. None OF
these soldiers have been furloughed for
| six months.
Afterthe battle ofStone River, Bragg and
| Breckenridge were both arrested by Gen.
Johnston. Bragg was released by order OF
jeff Davis, but Breckenridge was not re-
leased until he started for Vicksburg, few
weeks ago. Buckner is the most popular
among the soldiers; they cheer him on pa
rade, but let the others pass in silence: A
short time ago soldier named Cleveland
/ was arrested for desertion and brought up
before Bragg. He snatched up musket
and fired at Bragg, cutting tassel of his
hat, and was Immediately shot down.
Bragg executed three or four soldiers eV-
cry Friday for various ofenses. He is alb
horred by all the army. breckenridge
challenged him for libeling the Kentucky
soldiers, but Bragg would not accept it
Breckenridge met him afterward, cursed
him, and told him he would pull his nose
if he thought he would resent it.
THE ARREST OF GEN. B1CKLEY-lMPoR'
TANT DIsCLosUREs-TH EVIDENCE OF
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