The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-04-02
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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(ExIraet6from RebeIJo Jo1rnslD
The Richmond Enquirer Of March 10, (
spOikipg Of JET DsIs' Fast day (tomOr.
row. says: ''g = '''.'
"It would bow seem probable that tie
Presidents proclamation for day Of
fasting and prayer might hsvs been sp-
propriately dated little earlier. On the
eth of M"ch an appendix may bs nee.
ecessary for humiliation over a defeat, or
thanksgiving over victory"
The Examiner Of the 18Th also says
they have, from all their armies, "grat.
ifying accounts Of THAR condition." but /:
"The only point upon which there is
room for apprehension. that our forces
may be forced by want Of food for men /,
and horses to relinquish the slrongholds {,
from which the enemy could never dis
! lodge them. and that this is grave aud
pressing danger we have many fears for
believing. ~.
. .,It is fact we'll known 10 the enemy
| as TO ourselves. that all the country iu the
vicinity Of our armies has long been strip
, ped Of its provisions and forage. and tha,
y these armies depend for their existence
, and maintenance Of their present posi-
lions upon The railroads."
i, And further :sA i.F..55 .,...
The railroads OF this State are on tie
pon, ofgiving out. They have decreased
their speed to ten miles an hour as u
!. maximnm rate, and are c'rrying twenty
a Eve to City per cent. less iunnage than
= formeryc This change in their rate Of
speed aud quautiy Of freight has been
3 made through necessity. The wood work
s Of the roads has rot'ed, and the machine.
e rry has worn out. and owing to the slrin.
o gent enforcement OF lIie coascripriou law
as to Yrallroat p'oyees, the companies
> haxe-no been able, with all their fTorls,
y to supply either the one or the othpr.-.
N We are not informed Of the actual condi
ID iion of the railroad, in the SoI,hprn States
A but Conceive, that th4y are little better of
thau our own, exc-p; perhaps, in the
10 matter Of negro labor. The, slaves along
ID their routes may no: have hs.i the ,me
to facilities for escaping 10 the enemy, as in
,s this S,ate." 7aIjl -ID
10 The Jackson Miss. Appeal says:
id a'.From all avooun,s that resch us, we
!. are led to the conclusion that ere greal
" while Geu'l Bragg will be f,rceJ eth
er 70 engage RgsecIans. 10 brtle. or iaI
o back upon chattanooga. The country
ry would Geplore the necessity which ma,
va orce him 10 the adoption Of the latte
- affirmative. L is all important that We
~ cooIinue to hold Middle Tennessee aut
o' North Alabama, Otherwise we shall 6nC
sir ourselves in Strengthened circumstances
Ter for army supplies auolher year hence. qt
in "The Richmond correspondent of tn
= Mobile. Advertiser. writing on Februar,
10 s2d, says: a' '*
gs Liquor is sold opsnly in the street
~ now, and is productive. Of a vast amour
IL Of crime. A. every ba, hangs a pape
10 upon which is printed Blockade, seven
fe ty five cents" A small wineglass fu
ey Is measured out for one "block+de" Tn
so number of dens where the yilrst Of ap
;. pie brandy is sod, is astonishing. +
: lave heard Of no repeai Of the liqnor Law
I'VE we and presume the police, by tacit consen
hat have slacktned their vigilance. Druuke
TO men are daily seen in The s,rosts, man
of Of them dressed in the uniform of Con
=. lederate oIfi ers and The Mayors Cou
'' shows sad record Of the increased nun
og her of whisky shops. The new Rirh
mond theatre is infested with drunke
y officers"
The Richmond Wing publishes tn
following. from farmer 10 Nelson codr
ty, Va, dated March 10:
"All impressmeut systems the worl
round, now and hsrstoio,e, amount
az little more than The deliberate plundering
= The agricuturis', for the ben-tit of a
'"S other classes, and il must be so iu a
ur' time, as they are ordained TO be the "hew
Of ers OF wood and drawers Of water" fC
atI mankind Yet. to crush them rigl
rs away; TO cut open the goose for the eg
ho, is eui bono! The consumers, GovrrI
the meDt aud others, may. in their nigh
So. take what have for nothing. but y
the il they can make me more-rip as. the
ans may, q NJ"
alfI A local item In the Richmond VIII!
nh says no. coffee is sold 10 the restaurant
IN ~, Of that city a, one doll = per cup ! l
a. the Cotton States -four is selling at fiol
.de $50 10 S65 per barrel. At Cba,lesto
lit, the half pound loaf is retailed at t,OsnI
10 five csnts! AT Montgomery. Ala, baco
"e %. Is quoted at from seventy Eve cents
md one dollar per pound, and -four at fror
by sixty to sixty Eve dollars per barrel.
his The Atlanta Iutelligenosr says
lie commission merchant Of that CITY fe
md days since sold eleven barrels OF whi.k
sr Sc. 900, being more than $500 PER bal
was rel sl.e-I ,a.G t
I'm, THE huckst rs demand 50 a5 per Il
mt, for good butter 10 Richmond"
ghtl The Atlanta Georgia. COnfederacy
my March 9th, says;
lbs A poor country woman can't get
7 In bunch of thread for less than ten dollar
ard (Think oftlatl two dollars pound az
az, dotton at the highest. not moro tha
ich eighteen 10 twenty cents Apound J an
lie il sells a. eight du.lars and half p,
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