Evening star., 1863-04-21
THE RICHMOND sESTISEL FEROCJot,s
AGAINST UNION LEAGUES
FAMINE TERROR AT THE SOUTH

We haNe received copies OF Richmond n ,osrs
OF the 18th and 10th, and make the folio wing
| extracts:
Inc Enquirer (l6th) thinks that IL the SON ,hers
people were fully alive t. the character Of th,.
task they hav undertaken in yindicatip., ,,.
sovereignty Of their States against SO DOW. .Sfu,
an enemy, there wenld be less display of e,s,lv
fabrics on their streets, which are not pro ir,e,
at home, bnt which are produced in the ens
my's country and smuggled into their lines.
The Enquirer regards those as too sanguine
whoeRticipateu u speedy ferminaion oftta ,carss
and thinks it certain that the war viii, ,on,inpe
al iesst TWO years longer; and argues thatsverv
dollar which is paid tor the necessaries o. life
to say nothing of luxuries which are brought
through the lines, is dollar paid into tho
Yankee purse. 1t says its opinion of the inra.
ton OF the war is indorsed by JEFF. Davis, who
has recently issued letter calling up,n tn.
people to prepare for yet longer conflis. and
TO suffer patiently yet longer in the caus. or
their country.
The Richmond Sentinel (ef the 15thl il faro.
cieus against the Union Leagues, regarding
them as the most atrocio,is contrivances vet
deHlseo Tor the suppression Of the rebellion
1t says OF them This league has a,r.a6y
borne more dreadful fruit in blood and suaar
ing, haired amt desolauon. If it's spirit and
influence are not checked by more rational
and humane policy, it may; continue to briny
calamity Oh tins devoted continent FOR years.,
The Hon. T. w. Hubbard has been appoint
co IN" Aprralsertieneral for Virginia, under
the act of the rebel congress for the imnra
ment OF every description of property req uired
for army uses. ...r..
B. Ii. Shackieford is a candidate to repr.san+
Fauquier county, and VIM. o. Fry to repre-.
sent Norfolk county and city in the next rebel
Legislature of Virginia. Thos. P Wallace is a
candidate TO represent the Culpeper district in
the next Virginia Senate
The Sentinel duly republishes and licks its
chops over late copperhead speech of Thos.
Dunn English, delivered in New Jersey. abu
sive of the Cabinet here.
Robert Ould rebel agent OF exchange. gives
notice that all citizens heretofore arrested and
paroled by the Unionists under any pledges or
circumstances, aha We been declared by the ex-
press agreement Of the Federal agent of ex-
change released from said parole or any ob,iga-
ton named therein .fa.
Geo +. Badger, OF Raleigh, c., former II
S. Senator,) has had severe stroke of psraly-
sis, of which he is slowly recovering some-
what
Judge VIM. NJ. Cooke. rebel NJ. G. from MIS-
souri,, died recently in Petersburg, Va
An army correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch estimates Hooker's effective for e Us
"not exceeding 10,0CU men, 81.
The Savannah NerDs says that the general
most dreaded by the Confederates is "General
Starvation" 80. - 7;--t ....l'A
The Lynchburg Republican says -four is so
scarce in the interior of some of the Southern
States, that children three and four years old
have never seen biscuits.
The P,anter's Banner published at Franklin,
Ia fears that the SQnth ahon+
upon a terribly dark period of its nattonat ex-s
istence," and says " the vigilance, diahoii al
hate and desperation of the enemy may vet
ruin the South, if our planters as we'll as our
generals and soldiers and statesmen do not do
their duty