The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-15

smith, remarkably active man HHd
of very agreeable marners,s and
wearing e htg speciacles Rad a black
beard Ge8. sinib lola him that
Mcclellan might probably have De
trogca thc southern army with lle
greatest ease during tbe frst winlef,
and wishopt running much risk 20
himself, as The Sou.herners were so
much oytr-elatd By their easy trl.
nmph at Mhassas, sad their army
had dwindled aWny" Col Freman-
lie reached the vicinity 81 Nietshurg
about the time when Gen Joseph Il.
Johnston was attempting g raise tho
siege Gen. Johnston he describes
as Nifeiaianot about 81, WHO emlk
in calm. deliberate and eoaiideai
manner bag possesses The powerof
keeping people at distance when be
/ chooses and Lis officers evidently
stand 10 great awe ol Tim Ills only
cooking utensils consisted Of an old
coffee pot and frying pan, and there
was only one iorA Zone prong def.
eieaD betwecu himsalfMd sa1 which
-svas hauded eeremonioo-ly 10 the
guest. Cen Johnston asa no, speak
very hopeolly OF relieving Nicks-
burg. lie said that Gen. Grant had
displayed more yigor than be expect
ed He and bis officers repeatedly
assured the Colonel that they would
sooner become subjects Of Queen Vic
toria than return to the Union.
AT Chattanooga the Colonel called
on Gen. Bragg, who 'is in appearance
the least prepossessing Of the Confed
crate Generals. He is very thin he
stoops, and has sickly, cadayerous,
ha.gard appearance, rather plain tea-
lures, bushy black eyebrows which
unite in d tutl on the top Of his nose,
and a sinbby irongray beard but his
eyes are bright and piercing" From
: Chattanooga Col. FIemanle went to
Atlanta and Augusta. At the latter
{ place we're the government powder
works. Col. Rains, the Superinten-
! dent, told that at the beginning OF the
troubles scarcely grain of gnnpow-
der was manufactured at the South.
J The Augusta powder mills were then
commenced, and no less than 1000
! pounds OF powder are now made there
every day at cost Of only -four cents
} per pound. Nine.tenlhs Of the salt
J petre runs the blockade. There was
. also a cannon foundry, which turned
5 ou. one Napoleon l2-pound gun every
/ two days, from metal recently invent
r ed by the Austrians.
! Our writer arrived in Charleston
z early in June. His picture Of the
: city is not very Aatterihg. IT. iiT-
] habitan,s must, to say the least, be
! suffering great Inconvenience. The
r lighting and paving Of the city had
:, gone to the bad completely, Most OF
a the shops were shut up. Those which
: were open contained but very few
5 goods, and those were at famine pri-
ces." He visited Fort Sumter and
5 describes the effect of the naval bonn
: bardment last spring, which was more
) serious than tile rebels have admitted
i Much has been done to strengthen the
e fort since the bombardmeut. The
Q lower tier Of easemales on the east
a face had been flied up. The for
d mounted sixly-eight guns of a motley
9 but efficient description, the best being
d the ll.inch gun iishcd up from III,
e wreck OF the Keokuk. Gen. Riplel
If said he would give great deal mon
lor guns like ii. The Confederate d
IS were unable to believe until some timt
l. aiterward the real amount Of damag'
o they had inflicted On the nect; MOI
: did they discover until the next day
ie that lhe affair was serious aliaci
= and not reconnaissance AT Charles
r ion our Guardsman visited slave
h auction, where he saw the buyer
% opening the mouths and showing th'
4 teeth OF their new purchases TO thei
e friends in a very business.hke man
N ner. This was certainly not a yer.
:, agreeable spectacle to an Englishman,
d lie adds, but Immediately consoles him
Ii self with tlie idea that many South
8 erners participate in the same feel
re ing"
at From Charleston Col. Fremantl
ID went to Richmond, where he was in
ic troduced to jeff Davis, OF whom VI
- have the following sketch: /" lie ]
y only fifiy-six, but his face is emaliate
and much wrinkled. He is neari
u six feet high but il extremely thl
s. and sloops lil1e. His features II
Is gooa. especially bis eye, which is yer
u bright and lulI Of liie and humor.
a. was aiterward lold he had lost lll
e, sight Of his left eye IRON illness. :
g. Jeii. " honey fugIed' our Engishma
x silh tie statement that g the Yankee
ai really did not intend 10 60 10 va
- with England II she recognized II
a. South; and be said that, when The II
be evi;able smash came, and separate
nd was an accomplished iacl, The Sia
III Of Maine would probably try 70 JpI
81 Canada, as most ot the intelligent pc
he pie Of that Stale hare a horror n .
lis ing under tie hpmb u iiassaehi
ke seitsf'
p As We have already siaiel, Col
an nel Fiemantle rcoUpaniel Gen. L,
70 IL bis raid into Penus) lsaala, of sb sbis
b- ie efrps very interesting account