, 1864-10-29

FREQUENT DEsERrlohs FROM THE
REBEL ARMY.
The Reb<Is Hoping for McOIol-
I2p'S Success.

fco,respoudence OF the n. 7. Evening Fostl
BxLow NOZZLE, Oct. IL, 1854.
1t uay not be mtntersstlng to yonr readers
Tn know something Of the sstte Of feeling in
that part of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
and fouisiara adjacent to this Bay, now n
possession of the military and naval forces
of. the United States. p
pEsERr1oss FROM TIE REBEL ARMY.
Since the capture Of the rebel feet on the
eeaQe1t surrender Of Forts Powell. Gaines
and Morgan to the military and naval forces
Of the United States {the Last On the 81 OF
August), deee1ters and refugees have been
NUN erous to both the aeet and army. Fugt>
tiveB Of better class than usua! have sought
are no longer confined to ragged and gaant
p.iyntes, but commissioned and non-com~
mfesioned officers have, In many instances,
resisted to an almost death-suugsle to effect
escape.
sergeant belonging to the rebel army in the
vicinity Of Mobile got two l.gs together,
art having lashed them 30 as to form a raft,
launched out into the broad Mobile Bay, In
the desperate hope of being picked up By the
many vessels stationed below Dog River bar,
but owing to the smallness Of the objects
when 60 nearly immersed, the darkness OF
the light, and furious wind that soon after
their departure sprung up, THESE poor fel-
lows missed the upper feet, and were some
time next day accidentally seen and picked
up by one Of the navy boats. They were In
. ssd plight, and nearly at the last gasp when
What's condition of affairs must exist when
two officers Of an army can deliberately de-
sert to the enemy at such risk Of lite!
Fugiti7es and deserters are equally reck-
lees Of the means they adopt for escaping.
4 single plank. or miserable old sktff. such
Us seata1fng man, with his usu.1 inditfer-
ence to Danger. would not tempt fortune in.
many ind the haVen under the ''old fag,"
yet 1t Is feared there are many who fnd their
last resting place beneath the Wayes. g
WAITING FOB MCCLELLAN 10 BE ELECTED.
Now and then fellow in tatt:red grey
suit Ia picked up, floating upon the bag, who,
when be finds himself snugly placed on
board guuboat or tfn-c1ad, and after having
consoleu his inner man with pot Or tSo Of
jacks Or the officers hot coffee, h;eomes
blmset as scug as bug In rug, he COM
mences protesting that be Is not deserter-
no indeed, not he He only got adrift By ac-
cident, ard could not get back to the shore
in his ekih.: He did not mean to tight "much
20 to '.New .Otleane," aud stay with his
friends there until Mcclellan is elected Presi-
lent, WHEN ''Wer will have "our lndepend-
enceh and peace. Everybody says 50 with
us'' in ttAlatamy,'' and "al1 along where I've
beep." We are all "a waiting" for your
Yanky elections, and our people says, and
wen b. al right for separation and peace, but
they do say If Lincoln Is reelected than Ms
gan1e is up, and taers'S Use in IQhtirg any
longer . SO We mean to give IN then. We are
are only waiting now for the month Of No
vember. But I'd like nightly to gitto New
0r1o ha- n~3 ho = thn r14o%x Nnf7t to1-
Ian Is made President OF Your country
8Well, Wiu you take the oath? "Ohl not
j'st yet. want to see ii McCl allan will be
President, and If he 1s, Of cunrse wont; but
1t you elect Lincoln, than We must, for
there will be 20 help for 1t; that's plain as
ash ash caks {; and there's 10 use saying anything
THE REBELS AND TIE PRESIDENTIAL. ELEo.
TON.
: Fugitives and prisoners, with scarcely any
exception, say tlat the rebels are only wait.
lrg to see how the election for President
goes !; that If Mr. Lincoln Ia reelected their
Cause IL hopeless, and they must give up,
il elected, they will bold On In the firm be-
lief that he and his party will acknowledge
their Independence imme ediately after making
u show Of Wfsh for reconstruction, which
the rebels will fight shy Of until they see
their way clear, when they will demand the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS u lAclT 1u4EpEA4E4EG ds
the drst condition for listening at all to over
tures Of paaoo.
The Chicago platform was, IL their opiu-
ion, worth more to their cause than all Of
our SUCCESSES at Atlanta; Mobile Bay, Valley
Of the Shenandoah and On the Weldon rail-
road have hsen to ours; but they damn In
round and unmeaBured terms the weak kneed
anu weak backed Wall street gold speculat-
ing rebels for allowing "the damned Yan-
kees'' to cow them and highten gold to s.,
or, ns they call it, to 185.