The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-08-17
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WEDNESDAY,, AUG, II.



watts Rrsm 0ebeaasm.
"A correspondent Of the N ,bile Regis.
ter, wriuug from AuAn.a, tells the follow
Jog sad story: y ~ y f as . ssrt's
!" Mt many months ego there arrived
At Confederate port. upon one Vi the
mos. notable Of our blocksde-Funners,
very ussssamioe wo~sa--soArcs auco
indeed, for she vac hardly oas Of her
teens--of an extreuely bandsome persoo.
s She had come 70 Nassau frOm Paris, and
sailed thence fer the Seush. She brought
with her 40 abundant wardrobe, and sat-
fciency of mems to last her two or three
yeass 1t the present high rates Of living.
Her object In WISHING this. county was 70
discover the fae OF an OILY Lrothsf, =
colonel in our ss,vice, who had Placed
her 81 Geneva at school when the la be.
gan.
8 She had not heard from him during
six months, became anxious, and 6oali,
set out on her long and perilous journey.
Her anxiety proved TOO we'll Funded
Her brother had been killed at Ges,ys-
burg. and she found herself alone and
stranger in her native land She went
first to Augusta. then to Mobile; here
she lost a trunk containing eli her gold.
At this critical juncturs Of afFairs she
met very handsome field oficer-fel in
love-eogaged first 10 Irritation, ID y
in amour--snd accompanied him =
far - A lsnsa. on his way to the front.
He fell ., Cnick smsuga. What her life
became you can guess. Sns died last week,
and was tumbled into the ground 10 The
public cemetery. There's story tor you,
weep over il. +,
Again Ne have the tidings of the ex-
trems suffering Of the rebel population,
and particularly of the people Of Georgia
aud Alabama. Sherman's march throuvh1
Alabama aud Georgia has nec. ssarily de-
vastated great extent OF country; aud
now, just at the time for gathering in the
crops, every available msu in Georgia.
Alabama aud FLORIDA has been called ~
arms TO drive away our troops from Attain
tn. The hArvests are, therefore, left to
the women, children. and negroes, and
the consequent distress Is naturally great
The folio owing is 40 exirsct from letter
winch gives view Of the state OF atf.irs.
il details the suffering from extreme nigh
prices and general scarcity, aud hints
rather broadly the discomfort Of the pso
pie under the rule OF the Richmond usur
pers. Ii is dated Dale county, Georgia,
aud says:
lines are hard here. Corn is S.
per bushei, aud hogs 81 per ,und fiat .,
poor) gross; bacon, $3.50 pr pound
sail, SD per buslei chickens, from S.
to s-,s5 per bead; peas, So per tu, bel
grousd psas. s. per busnel. There vii.
be great Deal OF suffering in this cum
try. Il there Is 10 per,sh,ng Even the
yeipers are gettiog sick Of this protract
ed dance anu testh law, and the swarm
OF imprt ssiug thieves that iSfest th.
county with their rsvages. Toe poo,
must do all the fighting, and the Rich.
moDi Government maks Offices for all
the rich men 10 keep them out VI th,
fght, and Oh big pay, aud the tovr man
10 the service on Sl4 per month.
t'lf he has an industrious wife and two
or three chl.dr.n ou an ordinary farm with
bllud horse, they Gao make kind oi
support, II she could keep the animal
but the cursed tenth Law will take mare
than her husbands wages will buy on, OF
1t to feed thuse thieves 10 stroll over tin.
country aud publicly rob the people un-
der the sanction or the r chmuud mIlaa
ny despousm. ! have made support,
aud am atie to pas the rapaoions devils =
tenth, hope. Ii the poor soldiers got
it, it would go tree ~ water ever. mn
down an inclined plane blu. it does nui
60 free to pay the rich man $50 per
month for uegross ~ VI X Oh 70 I.fcaiions
and if the negro gets Killed, the poor sol
der must pay his proporsionate ratio on.
of bis Sl4 per month for the dead negro;
but If the poor soldier gets killed., his lite
is not worth anything. according 70 the
Richmond dy nasty Judgment.