Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-24
A FRnNCHmAN IN DIXIE.
BARON MUNoHAUsEN oUrponr.

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city-E. Dentu, of the Palais Royale-has
issued an anonymous volume called "Les
Etats Confederes d'Amerique Visites en-
1885," memoire sddresse a Sa Majestic
Napoleon III. da I aus
q The anthor made his entry into the Con-
federacy by running the blockade at
Charleston. he was received by General
Beauregard "with that affability for which
he is SO. highly distinguished In the
course Uf the conversation the rebel officer
remarked that the Oonfederacy would soon
strengthen itself with victories, and would
then certainly be recognized by Europe.
A YARN ABOUT NEGRoRs. :.
10 The attack on Fort Wagner gives an
opportunity for some elaborate fbbing on
the part of the author, who says that the
black troops engaged on the Federal side
were placed in the first ranks, and goaded
on to the combat by the bayonets of those
behind themj and any one who recoiled
by his Yankee friends who formed the
rear guard. y
JEFF. DAVIS AND HIS CAPITAL.
From Charleston to Richmond. our au-
thor went by rail, and on the way much
distressed to observe the desolation in
North Carolina, aud filled with admiration
at the polite treatment by the Confederates
of the Federal marauders they had cap
tured. He reached the Confederate capi-
tai in time to hear of the fall of Vicksbnrg
and Port Hudson. Gall this" be remarked,
"looked at first like serious disasters, but
run nnlu a SlrNR Rhor nd
of the people estimated it, and they gave
way to no discoursgement or panic"
70 Furnished with letter of recommends.
tion, johnny Crspaud"-lf by this title
we may designate our anonymous author
called on JEFF Davis, who gave him Ga
frank and cordial Welcome" and, after the
other visitors left, talked atlength on the
various topics, speaking slowly but per-
suasively and almost eloquently. This
was the day after be signed the -proclama-
ton calling to arms all men between
eighteen and forty-five years of age, and
though the political and army news was
all bad, yet JEFF. Davis reviewed all the
news with perfect calmness, only evincing
a regret for victims who had fallen. !" He
declared that the capltulation of Vicksburg
was fault which ought to have been
avoided, 5and that the fall of Port Hudson
wasiits inevitable consequence. He con-
sidered the landing of the 'Federals on
Morris Island an unlucky circumstances;
"for," said he, "the Yankees have the in:
stincts of mole, and if allowed to pass a
night on land, the next morning they will.
have thrown up series of entrenchments
whence it will be difficult to dislodge
them"
-7.a5 DAVIS ON ''THE ENEMY"
On another occasion Davis said, in re-
gard to reprisals, that he was obliged to
do violence to his feelings in not giving
way to the just resentment and vengeance
inspired in him by! the enemy-a people
without law, without faith, without prin.
ciples of morality, and living in state of
depravity and abject wiokedness which
language was inadequate to express.
A SLAVE LONGING FOR THE PLANTATION.
NJ. apOrapaud" has been told or has
made up nice little story of affection.-
Theiscene is Washington. A number of
exchanged Rebel prisoners, on their way
from the prisons of the North towards
Richmond, are stopped, while passing the
White House, to be reviewed by President
Lincoln, while crowd of curious '.Yanks"
gaze on in fendish triumph. Among the
crowd one of the prisoners notices a ne.
gro, previously his slave. The latter recog-
nizes his former master with delight, aud
thus speaketh: "Masss, you are suffering
for the necesssries of life. here is hun
dred dollars take them, and as soon as
the war is finished, when can leave the
Federal army, in which Lam now forced to-
serve, / will glady return to your planta-
tiOn." .ltEE i..
CoNFEDERATE PLUMBER AND oLoTH1Na.
Itappears from Crapaud's story, that
after every, battle the Confederate soldiers
go cropping amid. their dead enemies, and
take from them their pistols, swords. can
teens, belts, and other sccutrements.
The clothing of the Confederate people
is altogether made of home manufactured
stuffs, which, before the war, were only
used for clothing the bIacks-so that now
a-days master and slave dress very much
alike. But in Richmond they are begin.
ming to make cloths which rival in beauty
and fineness those of France and Belgium,
THE CONFEDERATE cABGNRr.
? After giving list of the personnel of the
Confederate Cabinet, n. Crapaudis obliged
to make some qualifications. AIN the pres.
eut actual state of nonsrecognition," )" quoth
he, ''the Minister OF Foreign affairs can on.
ly have very limited action over the des-
TIMES of the people. M. Benjamin, we'll
known as an orator, holds the portfolio in
this department.. The Minister of the in-
terror aRd of Commerce are superhuous
now. The duties of the former are merged
into the War Department, and those of the
latter are suspended as long as the block.
ade Of the Confederate ports is tolerated,
and unit. treaties of friendship aud com.
merce are contracted with foreign pow.
ers." .,..t'l 5..,.s s5,T -. -.
OBJECTS OF THE BOOK K.sa5r.l.s = ).
e In alluding 70 the finances of the South,
the author eartfplly reminds his readers
that by foreign recognition and the raising
Of the blockade an immense market will be
1 opened for the sale of Paris articles.
The book in question is evidently writ
ten to influence the French in favor of q
treoognition of the Confederate States by
their Government. Everything is painted
in the brightest colors for the South. Tae
4 Confederates are represented as devoted tc