, 1864-07-10

INSIDE GL1HPSEB OF LIE IN
RICHM0HD,
The Non-f0mt2:ants Beginning to
= Suffer for Food.
DIFFICULTIES Of BL0ckADE-RuH'
MING.


DIFFICULTIES Of BL0CKADE-RuH-
MING.
From the y. T. Times, July ~
Our correspondent, q. j. ", at Gen. But
.rfs HEADQUARTERS sends us several letters
taken from rebel carrier who had run the
picket line with large mail Intended for
Europe. He got into Norfolk, where be was
fortunately caught, and the contents of bis
n,ail-b were ycry. naturally diverted trom
their original destination. Among tho let
tie Richmond correspondent Of the rebel or
gan in London, the l'.det. 1t lacks the first
pnge which bears the date, but as it can
hardly be more than ten days old, It's state
ments possess considerable interest and sig
niacancc. The. following paragraph which
was undoubtedly penncd betore the effect Of
the recent raids upon the 1ailloads had been
tulIy felt, Is important:
FOOD.
The question Of supplies for the non.com-
bltant population, il becoming every week
more serious and alarming. The army, am
glad to say, Is abundantly furnished with
ino0, and can matntain its present position
Indefinitely, without fear Of failure In the
commissariat. But there Is real suffering
among the people, and there will be more.
And this IS not confined to what WIS known,
three years ago, US the poor. Refined and
Chambc5tfn. aud TO eat the rich beef and
mutton from the sleek Dcrons and lat Cots
wolds Of their pwn vide pastures. ara reduc-
ed to such a state that they know not tea nor
es,nee, and arc glad to put up duily with a
a6 one goes Down in the eotiaI scale to the
class Of poor women whose husbands are in
| TIE army, and the emactatc1 6eamstresses,
.i,,' mT nssti San heep tae won from tile door
VIII tnas s'enueF lns'rnhaent, tht: Eccdle, he
mues uau u mass ~ misery tnat associated
aau p!4'ate neAesoirnce caA ont Measunlbly
ulminlsu. !ne alarm ana pam With which
ons etnnot tai1 " sesalo tl!e lutulc, springs
h,,,;c.a.. s,,,r;n,e 1ha st,'fI,s ~ ~ -, naueu
crnu,ent Is in ~ inanucr :,flsrtei nv r. FIN
inc ia The Iust aud r,nst ts1r;b1a - ort1a,,
tlIrunpl, which nny neonl,. can h.. cnr,nc1tad
to pass. but rathrr the snrrn ri ia n,,hsr tha
eleventh plleue, rather iii hideors forms of Of
death and ruin, rather horrors depicted bv
poets uf Acherou and {nf.r,n thar rhr 1on;.
nation of the Yankee. Snc I, ths tcmn"r
- .nr no,1c fTi,o,. ~, fsra ali mi sn,ro.
III IN ttn 49,, ~ ,ihs~+.. N@' '1'A '''4A~A
"A' 80 'A~ ~"a0o - r 1,a.,
pr;cs. If ,u ..4;a's r;a'eEs. ,.,
steadily eanc M r. tha ,,oa .. ~ ae's T.. ase nave
,rum, Enu. ha W ~ une IaGe oi the TACT that
TI;s i nor.iC essa1 aa1 'ess aonanant.
~. patttls oM!ns TO scarcity and partly to
ai,s., ane nnso'"ts necessity nc kceping still In
,'a.t',.1 -, = anionnt Vt tue de-
r., ~. ,"1 vM cl,rron. ,Ssas Dn millions
IN. r. ssr're nnI =; ~ nas usea enitts from
doilar ~ .1 ~. NJ 'o1s % rno1ncnt thele is not
s;,ni,. i,.ri.s :, IN s FsaloSal 0, tae
trsns1r ~ ~ ~ ~ Ioauns' ra, t. ?. ~ and the
cen,,t',-a - ~ t-o., s:. tiVA tusil oesks aau
a,vsis II " ,ha ,ac ts'1c; 'sms a' pfduceu par
d,nhto;1 ~ ,,,a1 ,,n5 ~ tlnen. sa ~ eannot oe
,1rnrn,ti, , r,,+ ar 4ae,t .oe ngn Gufreacy neea
,a';, uao 1sa "nr, ~ ,, ~as wnafa~n nom clEcu-
thn;r , rtirGn 1"uia , nave neem .rrss.ed IN
..e't Sea1 ,. Iie at'ut' ahu = naFe every
,,,15,,t ~ a,,ai3 Ear va, o aoo; aeI tte 1inual
ants'uhl snan n1fc oeea lssueo, they Will de-
TIE REBEL CONGRESS.
Congress will adjourn on Saturday ncvt
the 111h inst, un1css in 1fr rnean t,,no y
should reconsider lis determinatton % I'M Tha ~
following is q brief resume of theIr unrc inv
done as vt with faScs or cn.re,cr rs ufei hs1i
Las passed the Hpnse. nrovidin~ thot r,,at u.1
estate, corporation shares' in;nt :tonr ' hani
notes and ether securitiee ahou,d h. t,Iad
five pcr cent. and that rn1d and e,,v.r ned
all manufactures thereof, should be taxed tel, ten
ato.y taxation is vet m open one " II i' !. ,u
trrstood that the Currency Bi,i now hefara-
the IIouse fixes n mavitnnm 1T ;z:rc-San
W0,toO. The following l,ills havs m So:
Bill doubling the nay nf rncnhars X -
gress, bill increasing the nav ~ The os,nr @
ten ycar conycrtabIe bonds ;ssnad r. ,"1a- v.n..
provisions Of the Srt ~ 1i:fh sIar 1s;1 aaaea e.
excha1 re the same for coupon bonds. md a
bill fixing the day Of holding the next ses
sion OF Congrtss on the first Monday Of
NoTember next The Senate has passed bills
oEerhaullng the whole matter Of Govern
nent impsessments, and authorizing the
frH Sf- mt NJ %k1o n1.1
who are IN the enemy's lines to fund the
same, anu tue Senate has given the final
qcietus to the extension OF the privilege
OF elspending the writ Of habcas corpus
By dtscherElDg the committee from ony fur
ther consideration q. the same The bin for
increasing tile pay Of soldiera contains one
Interesting feature The pay Is hereafter to
ne Slo month instead Of S1l, an1, In addf-
uon 20 thls, II IS provided that on the Let Of
Ueto9er next each private soldier, who shall
nave 1 81 peen ,3 a. his post IN the army from the
~ .! apll! last up 70 thas time, shall be en-
utled TO receive "bonnty bond" for Slo0,
bearing Interest at the ra.e of SIX per cent.
10 secure the payment Of these "bonnty
bo9ds,' an additional tax OF one per cent is
iaid on all descriptions Of properly; and It
Is ial'her pfos1ced that when the ConfedeE-
ate 'staies shaii have schieEcd their indepen-
oenee they shal! naSe the value Of gold and
prodace annually 50 In coin. The soldier
VAL therefore nave IN his "bounty boudn a
representative OF real valne, but he will also
have certificate OF good eonduct-a badge
OF l.onor.to be prized By his children after
hun as highly as the ribbon or the cross of
royal or Imperial presentation
MILITARY MATTERS.
No general engagement between the txo
armies has been fought, whatever Tie YanEee
press mar say, since the 1ath OF last month
when the disaster of the earle morninr n
the capture Of port,on Of Mai. Gen: Ed
ward Johnson's division. waa "a nnt,Ix "a
t1ityed and 50 terribly pupished durfnt thc