Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-26
1HE NE WIS.
QUIET RE1eNs s-P2EME.

QUIET REIGNs s-P2KME.
Al the War Department last night they were without
nsws Of special interest from any quarter.
IHG HEALTH AND SPIRIT OF HOODS Army.
The Macon OOnysdsraey, received yesterday, brings
~ the glad tidrgs that there is bu. little sickness IN
Hoods army, no struggling. except in forward direc
sion, and everybody cheerful One would scarcely RE
euguss the army, juOAnt has it become. Ths line
Of march presents many features that would bring 9
smile to the grAves face The soldiers eaprg over
each others heads resembling in their actions more
parcel Of happy boys turned loose from school, with
sGche and book than veterans going to meet
tue fos God protect their lives, and give them signal
aud decsiVs victory over their cOun!rJ's enemies.
The sections through which they have lately pasted
aboundsd with good things to eat and In the greatest
abundance At Cedar Town the farmers actually quar-
relied With each other as to who should cell the army
corn. As the army rose an emnercs overlooking Oe-
dAr Valley greasy buternut at the head Of the column
Was heard to e1olAim-'S:srVe, h-lll Here's corn
enough to feed the Confederacy."
DEATH OF A NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR.
Captain Joseph PearcF, Naval Constructor at Charles.
ton died in that city tae 2Oh irsk after brief ILL
mesa, in the Ash year of his age.
Captain Ptao, was native Of Baltimore, and was
for many years q resident Of Portsmouth, Va.
MILITARY ITEMs
Major General Patton Anderson, who was severely
wounded in the head ct the battle Of Jonesboro, ar
rived in Amsricu' Ga, afsW DAT ago, aud is stopping
With Mr. P. II. Oliver.
The Columbus Sun learns that Brig. General Shelby
late Colonel Of the SO.h Alabama has assumed com-
nand OF CanIys old brigade.
While Gen. Hoods army lay over night on the Via
RIGA road about ten miles north of the Ohattahoochee
fearful thunder swept the
tde bridge near Newman, dsmountng the transportation
and seriousy retardng military operations stroke
Of lightning passed through the camps of the Thirteth
Alabama Regiment WOundng over twenty of lie menu
bers and killing tlree.
The Augusta RegiIir says II Hood is operating
against Shermans roar, it is only what every homes.
boot in the land should have been doirg long ago
HOW THY FEED ooNBEDKRATE SOLDIERS AT FORT
DELAWARE.
We were shown yestI rday evening" by returned
prisoner, specimen Of the bread upon which the Oon
Tolerate prisoners, confined at Fort Delaware, are
ted. 1t looks for all the world if ma 10 of saW-dust
IN xed with some dark powder, ard would not to all
appearances bs half as palatable-even to starving
mal-as the persimmon poDe prepared by our negroes
for king beer. Such il the miserable apology for
bread sclny doled out by the hypocrica Yankees to
helpless prisoners whom the fortune Of war has placed
in their custody There would be excuse for them
it, ke the South, their territory was ravaged, their
barns burned and their ports blockaded but this, we
regret to say, is lot the case; and in the midst of
plenty they endeaVOr by starvation to conquer those
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honorable combat. For deOsncy sake let US never
again hear whisper Of complaint of either the quaint.
~ or quality Of the food allowed NJ rhern prisoners at
Andersonville and Richmond.
WHAT SOLDIER SAW AT MONTGOMERY
A soldier ordered irt the Army of Tennessee TO
Join Forests command gives, through the columns Of
The appeal an interesting account of what he saw and
heard on his trip. We have, however, only room for
one paragraph CT his letter. He says:
ARRIVING at the famous city OF Montgomery, in q
dirty and wearied condition, felt that had arrived
at the birthplace Of the COpfsderacy and that croak
srs, stragglers or men exempt could DO iouad within
her wallis Alas for human hopes Things have gone
from bad to worse. stood upon the Streets and 10
sea of human beings pass before me. Where are they
from. and whittier are they going To the 'front.'
No, replied brght-eye little fellow, (~ho will rome
day make generally they are not That big fellow
you see tending to that store Is mpt because he SUI
p.rinteuds the Wsyside Homt; that cher one has
contract for hauling wood to government shops that
one ia the Governors aid that driving the fine bay
1, O lartei and that one, 30, &c., continued
the boy giving descriptions Of their business as each
n,ssed before us until than double the number Of
our entire company bad passed