, 1863-03-26

portion Of the neccsEarle8 Iett Tor fhclr sup"
port, from fear Of these threats. These gen
try have no Legal right to put into execution
their threats" no.
The Ne7cs then proceeds to show how, "1f
We nrc not already in the meshes Of military
despotism,' the proceedings Of these agents
may be arrested BY State authority; and thus
"In the meantime appeals might be made
to the authorities at Richmond. But MILL
tary necessity would be the excuse. Yes, IN
every agc, this has been the plea Of usurpers,
Of desPots. It is the argument Of the tyrant
yield to it. is already d fit instrument OF dess
potism. II the people are, then the days OF
liberty arc over, and despotism Is our DOOM
When such q time comes, the fit man Is soon
found.'
Louisiana Getting Her " Rlghts.H
The New Orleans Era Of the 18th inst. pub
fishes narratlVe Of rebel barbarlty In the
parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana, which
more than confirms Ill previous statements
South and the tyranny Of the Confederate
rule. The Era derives its information from q
refugee, who, with his wife and two children,
one Of whom he carried iu his arms, by long
and weary marches, succeeded in reaching
Pearl River, and thence escaped by 4 canoe to
the ecacoast, and SO reached New Orleans.
We quote:
The HA1 TILE PEOPLE LIVE.
The people Of st. Tammanv hare been
living from hand to mouth for about year.
The Conscription law has driven all the males
to seek refuge in the woods, while their poor
women and children are left at home, on the
very verge Of starvation. Rebel officers
scour the country continually with blood
hounds, enter houses without ceremony,
search every nook and corner, and, il the ter
rltied women protest against their rudeness,
they nre tirEna mt nf fha;r cp-,
coaree1F assailed and cursed By these brutal
minions Of JEFF. Davis.
The people suhsist entirely on cracked corn,
which. Is Farched and eaten d1y, for bread,
] and soaked in hot water for coffee. Occa-
| eional1y they get hold Of little fresh meat;
aho1t Of a dollar spoonful, this meat can
| not be kept, and is very unpa1a.able without
! salt.
REFUSING CONFEDERATE MONEY.
In tlis stronghold Of the Confederacy the
| notes Issued by that so-called Government,
arc not current, except as medium for the
rich men to pay their debts to the poor. The
| One dealer in al sorts Of little notions re-
| fused to give fire cents worth Of tobacco for
ten dollar bill, saying the whole bill was not
worth fire cents. The whole country is bear
Of salt, sugar, mo1asses, flour, butter, yegeta.
bles-in fact, everything except cracked corn.
ssBURs7 BEEF.''
There being no salt, the rowing band3bf gu
| ri}las Al d. other armed parties, whose chief
business seems to be to move from place to
| place In search Of conscripts and chickens,
! are compelled to resort to burning beef to
cure it. This is done In this way: The fresh
| meat Is cut into thin slices and put On hot
Goals, where 1t remains until It is quite burnt.
It is then packed In knapsacks and carried
| with them on their marches. When the stock
| is exhausted they levy on another animal,
| wherever one is to be found. This food, with
corn coarsely ground and unsifted, is said to
be what the rebel soldiers subsist on.
t THE FAMILIES OF VOLUNTEERS AND con-
| SCRIPTS.
These are represented rs being entirely des-
| titnte. They 60 wandering from one p}anta-
tion to another, begging from the lordly cx-
en,pts little corn mea1to keep soul and body
| together. They are frequently rude1Y driven
| away Without assistance, being told that it il
wrong to encourage begging. For few
months sort Of bounty was paid those un-
| fortunate people, but that has been discon-
tinued, and now they are left entirely deSti-
| tute.
DESTITUTE OF CLOTHING.
The women and children arc almost with
out clothes. Cotton cards cannot be had at
any price. While the women had these they
made cotton yarn, which they spun into coarse
Of supply, like almost everything else, has
been cut of. These poor, hungry, half.clothcd
women and children, having been deprived OF
their natural protectors BY the memorable
conscription Law, now wander about from
place to place, subject to all the jeers and in.
suits of the rich, who are known to entertain
great contempt for "poor white trash"