Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-24
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
INTERESTING STATEMENT OF
AFFAIRS In REBELDOM.
Quarrel Between Governor
Brown and Davis.
SUPPLIES ALONG SHER
AAN'S ROUTE
Importance of Macon and
Augusta.

a gentleman who recently lett georgia,
communicates some important intelligence
to the New York Herald about affairs in
Georgia. The article narrates the business
trials of the gentleman, who is called
Smith, and then continues in the following
paragraphs
BECOMES AN AGRICULTURAL REBEL.
Through the influence of friend, high
in power, he wss appointed sn agriculture
ist for the rebel government, and assigned
to the cultivation of an estate for the pro-
duction of Government supplies. The
mercantile house was found noR-psying
affair and it was deemed best to close it.
As soon as the advertisement appeared
announcing dissolution on foot story
Was started by some enemy that the par
ties vera organizing to go North This
was Indignantly denied, sEd the parties
were all prompt to offer,their service to the
rebels In any capacity, except as lighting
men. The plantation to which MIR.
smith obtained assignment was situated
in Georgia, not far from Milledgeville.
At this point he employed his time in la
boring for the rebels, and in deVising
means Of getting out Of the confederacy
and under the protection of the national
Sag.
HOW BE ESCAPED
He began by carefully feeling his way
through his friends who held government
offices. Little by little he progressed, un-
til ne obtained the proper passes for getting
out of the lines. A single document would
not suffice unless it were of very great i'm
portance. The whole South is a grand
military field, and every town of any i'm
portsnce is q post, with commandant and
provost marshal At each of these points
| : traveller must display his documents,
where they are carefully scruinized. For
| an able bodied citizen TO travel In the con-
| federscv is u suspicious circumstance that
| every officer thinks it his duty to inquire
| into. From Milladgeville TO Montgomery
| Mr., Smith travelled as an agent OF the
/ State of Georgia on his way TO Mobile.
Prom Montgomery to Selma he was IN
pursuit Of q quantity Of leathef, to make
| shoes for the army. From Selma to Me-
! -idian. and thence to Jackson and Brook
haven, he travelled under pretexts. From
The latter point ne made his way to Nat
! chez as q rebel officer designing to Cross the
\ river and report to General MRgruder-
! Once within striking distance of our lines
ne was not long in reaching them. 40
oording to his assertion, many persons
make the attempt and find il impossible to
| get out Of rebeldom. 1t is particularly
| hazardous for an abs bodied man to at
| tempt it, and this is the reason why 30 few
Of thst class succeed in getting through.
Mr. Smiths departure was hastened By
! the imperative demand of Governor Brown
for all men able to shoulder musket TO
come out in the ranks of the Georgia mill
| tia. Confederate exemptions we're Of no
avail in escaping this conscription, and II
| was only through d remarkable attention
| to agriculture and the efforts of 8 friend
tIsasz ~ = 91ssith was bio 10 avoid the cat
: for reinforcements to Hoods army. De
felt certain that ths next call would bt
sure 70 take him, and thence his anxiety
70 get away In good season. Every man
able to bear arms will be taken for militia
| y purposes
CONDITION OF TIE REBEL AMY AND How
IT Is KEPT UP.
JEFF. Davis's assertion that not more thar
third of the men are at the front, is saic
to be true, and is thus explained
Every Town of any size, and certainly
every county, has its military post. Thl;
involves the employment of from two tC
six commissioned officers, and from thirty
TO one hundred soldiers. These little post
have their commandant, provost marshal
and other officers, Just as other and larger
posts require. The business of these gar
Iisons Is 20 enforce the consumption and
tithing laws in the gathering Of men AND
! supplies. The soldiers are generally
mounted, so as to enable them to move
With facility throughout the regions they
control All these organizations swallow
up an immense number of men, snd the
condition of the Oonfederaoy is such thai
it would be very inconvenient TO break W
the system. The supplies needed for the
army can only be procured by gathering
in this manner, and if the military organ
izations were broken up, the country would
be- full of deserters TWo-thirds Of tht
arma bearing force in the Confederscy
must be kept at the rear to preserve ordel
and enable the balance to stay at the front
The South Is ss complete a military des
potism as could be desired.
REBELS WELL SUPPLIED WITH FRoYI
u sIONs-
l. Tho gentleman states tnst the stories o
starvation among the people Of tho S0utl
are not true. There may be suffering 10 {
few cases, but there can be no loss of LIFE
from scarcity OF food The luxuries Of lift
are not to be had Wines, liquors, tes
cotTee, and ali articles of import are out o
1.-The question. There Is not even wei
distributed supply of bacon Throughout
the States; but there Is everywhere a fins
crop of corn, and the people are neYel
without means Of grinding il. Ifman car
live by bread alons-snd Mr.. Smith think
it can be done-there is no possibility o.
starving the Coniederaoy. Sherman!
srmy will find plenty Of corn on its pres
ent line of march, a considerable supply o.
beef cattle, some sheep and hogs, and but
little else, Salt is and has been very
scsrcs.
DEVOTION OF REBEL woNEN.
In speaking of the stoppsgs of trade
ana the scarcity Of luXuries, Mr.. Smith
paid high tribute to the self-denial snc
patriotism of the Southern women. Ht
says they have cheerfully consented K
dress in homespun, esehew all their luxu
ries, cut up their carpets for the soldiers
and strip their windows of curtains anC
their beds of every suparhuous quilt anC
blanket. Rarely has he known them Il
utter complaint over their personal. dis
comforts. All express q willingness to un
i dergO any hardships rather than that then
armies should be beaten. Almost every
family is personally interested in the tri.
umph of their armies, in having somt
member within the rauks or holding com
mission. The conduct Of the Southern
women is well worthy of imitation by the
women of the North. 1t stands in pleas
ing contrast to the extravagsnce and fol
lies of the dear creatures here.
DISSATISFACTION WITH DAVIS.
In Georgia, at the present time tbs
. | paopla ara o,rastlv diusstisfed with tbs