Nebraska advertiser., 1864-08-18

THE1R CuRRENcY-Is almost entirely
worthless, even among themselves. All
Treasury notes, Confederate bonds, &c,
issued precious TO Feb. r7th, ga, have
besn> taxed\ten per cent. a month So
vSa see that in ten months the interest
odpsumss the pfiheiPAt AHissued since
that date are taxed three per cent. per
month. They press all the mules and
EkeFseszhey-want from4he planters, and
allow them $500 a head for them, and in
a week or Two the collector comes along
and takes Qne-tehth Of their money, and
they are soon left without mule or horse
or anything t show for it. Our boys
call it a "slye, way of Fepudiating the
immense quantity of Treasury notes they
have in circulation, plehtyof which every
one Of their citizens have and do not
know what to do with il, except let it eat
itself pp. Il will -giyeI Np a price cur
rent: Bacon, $500 per pound and ris-.
Ing -four $500 per Bond sugar, s7!0O
per per pound; Coffee fabpiSsns , board,
$500 to $70e=Fgr=weeksan and everything
else I'M What would our.
north ern ladies think of &eating acah
Eco dreasssI that cost upwards Of $500, from
fQ 70 s2g ger yards such Is he prices
where we are7a and it was hardt0be found
atahat, thsre0being mo- dry goods stores
IN any of the townsse passed through.
War We Accom- LIsH Fl. During
the trip we caatureds destroyed used up
and dis ibisedamon the poor, 7 Govern
ment ~rations, property &c., not lincludl
ing l railroads and SdSpots, 10 the amount
pOf five million dollars, We totally de-
5strosed4 SO that it will have to berebuilt,
thirty;fYe miles of one ofEtheir most IN
portant supply roads, besides s~everaEde-r
pots and other important Government
buildings. There was about ourhundred
prisoners caPqrned 0andl payoIed, one
hundred ot1mhom were in arms, the re-
m4iHdef in hospitals, among them one
Colonel, one EieutenaHt Colonel and n
MAORI we killed something near fifty
rebels, ,iip the variousfskirmishes, besides
w~ounding aagFeat many. Our loss was
about ten tkiBed and0 drowned, several
wounded, aud abouto3 % taken prisoners
by abe rebels We c4ptntred about ff-
ten hundred good mules and horses, but
lost near as many who gave ont from
hard marching. We marched in all
near 400 miles, and atsome points heset
on Jail SIDES by the rebs, apparently, but
our brave General would manage 10 elude
them and escape with4htle or noLloss.-
Many of your reader g may wantto know
Why we did not fight them, l will here
state that it rs not the phecDof raids to
but tod1oithe enemy asamuch dam.
age, as possible with little loss. is con-
sidered to be the best raids. By good
military judges this is acknowledged to
have accomplished more, for the num-
Der of men than any other raid of the
And too much praise can not be
awarded to our brave7commander. Gen.
Rosseau by the people of the North, for
the able manner in which the expedition
was conducted, ;Eroughout.
n We generally marched until about
mid, night or after, and then laid over
till morning. Reguming the march until
about eleven. then resting during the
heat Of the day. Horse feed was very
plenty, the people having just cut their
crop of oats.
WHAT We LIVED ON.-You- can see
bgsthe following verse, one of our "Po
.icks' composed ,aswe were riding along.
The measure is not very good but owing to
circumstances he had not time ii; revise
it. 1t is sung with 'great a~ppause'' by
the command to the tune of Ken
tickyyO, Kentucky: al Il !
ed Rossesu' 3 raiders are on your shore,
" Alabama, o ,AIa6ama.f
Your fine euIed hams you'll see no more, p.
Alabama, o, Alabama. e
Your chicken roOst they viii visit, sure,
OF corn bread they'll lay in a store
And promise pay when the war is DER,
Alabama, O., Alabama. ~
We took no notions along, excepting
and coffee, Int lived fat off the
country. ~ CO d
y l can hear the occasional booming of
cannon fsomtowardAt Iantas where Gen.
Sherman is hammering away atqhe rebs,
b, The bodies of the brave andIamentad
Generals, MCPHERSON and Smith, passed
through town to-day, they we're killed in
yesterdays fight. 81
We march again TO- night, to do picket.
on the right flank along the banks
Of the CattahoooLd River, and rest our
& ar ri 40
The Nemaha County boys are all
well, and went tht~o3ghlbearaid all right,
having only lost ore man, auA6 was cap
,.roJ 80 90. . b. L