Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-19
{ SKETCHES IN GEORGIA.

A ooAVERsATIoN WITH A REBEL Bx ,GovBRH-
oR-HARITs OF THE "PooR WHITES"
A correspondent of the Boston Journal
writes as follows from Marietta, Georgia:
"Dnring the i've days armtsttcs between
the national army and the insurgent for.
ces, several of our officers had talks with
prominent rebel leaders on the politics of
the day. What say now is from the best
authority, asl the names enclosed for your
private inspection will show. s, 7.--
"Ex, Governor Harris (rebel,) Of Tennes-
see, said TO General --, You eau never
subiugste us. tits impossible, sir."
"GeueraI -: "That may be true; but
1t is p0ssiblelthat We may. be able to ex-
terminate you, and If you will not submit
we will certainly do so." ....--.
''Ex Governor Harris: well, you may
be able to do that;,ft Is the only way, in
which you ever can .subdue1 us. Sir, the
peace men at,the North talk peace! peacel
but we will accept no peace except on the
basis of our Independence. q II ,,-,..f /. n
s"That was the substance, and as nearly
as can recall them, the very words in
which our General reported them. It un-
questionably expresses the opinions OF the
leaders of the irebelliou.g Their power
must be utterly oVerthr0wn, and no terms
made with them II we recognize them
as the rightful leaders Of the South, wheu
the subject of reconstruction comes up for
settlement the lives of our soldiers and
the countless treaqsure We have spent will
have been all in vain. .
ave cannot too often keep this truth In
lmind--thAto on theI loYalists alone OF the
South can We heteafter trust; q tfuth which
the Niagara diPlppatists entiFely ignored
or overlooked. mar syt ..r
- DIPPING, 0HEWIHG AND SMOKING. 81
~ s'T have more than once incidentally ale
luded. to the prevalence OF dipping and
smoking asipraGttced by the women down
here, Ia, travelling, by railroad every one
has chRnces enough to see women sm0-
king, They doit openly; sitting, very Of
ten, with, their chairs tipped back at the
doors of their h0nses, The pipes that these
daughters of the South delights 70 patron
iSe are frequently, / think generally, made
ont of corn cobs whitfield down; for stems
they use cane and goose.quills. The cus-
tom is MOI, merely lcommonf 1t is universal
among he1oWet classes.
~ walked -opi foot from Decatur, Ala
hama, to, Athena. twelve or fifteen miles,
and during this trip first saw for myself the
apparatus and practice Of dipping. Az
this is an indoor psstime, the traveller has
less chance to see it than ftst twin sister,
smoking. N was at McDonald's station, ]
went into "a house, alsrge log cabin, and
asked If they would get me dinner. There
were two girls and 2, few children in the
house. One. Of Ahe girls seemed about
Feighteen yeara of age;i the other about IF
teen, But found that they were each
three years younger than my. estimate.
~ f'They, called theywomau of the house.
the sister Of the elder girl. She catne IN
said / might inc IhsTe il IWoQld wait
1 and lay down on on bed in either one
of the tWosroams that served for kitchen
and dining apartment. 1 will not atop Z
i describe ayhes room. .lIt is enough 70 say
that i. sad everything in II was eheerlesI
and rude and dirty; that 1t had nocellar Of
cIosets;f Saudzonlyl THU a0ors and tha
through both sides and floor the vtnt
hmightentet, and the rain might enter ever
though the king Of England could no
enter. 80
4 Ia tFAfter diungI-hsruni corn bread and
buttermilk7-Was eaten, the. girl who cook
ed it, quite Gpretty young creature, betoF'
tgoing out for 2some water, went to her sis
4 teris bed and tried to slide 3 tin bn11 saw
4 under the pillow Beneath hef apron.