New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-11

center bit then Introducing keyhoe saw and cutting
out piece large enough TO enable man 10 hluSt "
his and draw back the bolts aud false out OF It's
place the cross-b which secured the back,door
Although In neither of these cases have the ROBBERS
been caught there which iead 10 the
suspicion that both burglares were pepetrated 1 the
same parties and that these parties arc returned ION
federate soldiers. .,,.
THE CONSUMPTION
has been yigllantly enforced until the plumber OF re-
turned soldiers and deserters BE- came great thar they
began to show bold 'front.' and to refuse 10 obey the
eonscrptpg officer. 1n short time they were joined
by many deserters from the very bodies Of men sent
ont to force them into the ranks that the Confederate
men il has already. and induce TO volunteer than
risk the loss OF its veterans In the attempt to force into
the ranks unwilling recruits and determined deserters.
There no troops at present In or aronnd Augusta
save few cavalry whose principal business is hunt
down all who attempt to the Confederate
lines and escape to a free country
"a s4r "A ~ COTTON. tfIH .[..
OF this staple there is good deal in Augusta-nany
hundred bales Most Of IL s in private hands the Gov
ernment holding but very spall amount. When sher
man was threatening the city. and the people were
waiting every hour to the heads Of his advancing
columns the commander Of the Department, Gen. d.
H. Hill ordered all the cotton in the city ~ be brought
out and piled up ready to be burned Many OF the own
strongly objected 10 this, but Hin said that cotton
bad been burned in Newt Orleans and in other cities
and that IL should be done in Augusta.
Accordingly the cotton, % the amount Of many hnnd
red bales ferreted ont from warehouses, and in
places from cellars Of private houses and piled up
three bales deep In Broadsreet and in Green street.
and every preparation was made to apply the torch
Combustiblcs arranged near by IN the shape OF
light wood tar barrels, rosin barrels. tnrpen.
tine and camphene ready to be poured over it
soon as the guns of Shermsns advance should startle
the city. .r.-l ... q i
Sherinsn, as we all know took different route and
the cotton was not then destroyed Besides what was
piled up in Broad and Green.sts great deal was ear
red to the railroad and piled !p aopg the track ready
either for transportation further inland or to be
burned 4 1t Should be found impossible to cary it
away The cotton thus deposited by the roadside was
not hauled away again By the owners, as the alarm
about sherman did not Immediately subside, bat kept
the citizens In state Of trembling for several days
Meanwhile 'the rains descended and the hoods
came" and wet that cotton, and soon spoiled much OF
III this easily done as the negroes and others ship
ped of for their the guDny-cloth which secured
tossed about and trampled into the mud The railroad
toward Waynesoorough is to ts day ed wit
tered cotton. which lies In heaps like driftcd snow
along the track.
When Hill proposed to burn the staple The CoHsttu.
tioRdlis came out and in tae most rampant manner
ont every bale that IL might he consigned the flames
before the invading Yankees could reach and capture
it, II denounced all who opposed the wild project OF
II In the public streets Of the city ~ untrue to
the Confederate cause; men wh0 thought Of their
money than Of their country. A short time aftcrward
fire occurred. and the wind was in sUch direction
as 10 threaten the firing Of this very cotton which still
Law piled in the streets when il at tb
had fire communicated with tho bales and with the
mass OF hfaIDmsbe material which had been disposed
by the destruction OF the entire city would have
been inevitable. WHO. ia. rer -
wheeabout and Just vehemently demanded that the
eotton oil be removed from the streets and either piled
ON the fields adjacent to the city be takor care Of by
the respective owners. A Gen. Hill had given pc
rempory order that not bale vi cotton should be re
moved ontside the corporation Limits the latter course
was ....ufIed 10.
Our iuforIoent who ia we'll posted in the matter
sures US however that. such was the general objection
TO the destruction of cotton among the merchants and
dealers IL Gen I'M had really attempted 10 carry out
his intention burn IT, bis soldiers would have been in
terercd with the destruction prevented, and the Cen
eral himself probably mobbed. Very many Of the cot
ton owners are at heart Union men. who secretly re.
oiced at the approach Of the Union forces aud alt OF
them would much rather prefer turning over their
property TO Gen. Sherman and take the chances Of es
tabishing some claim TO their goods hereafter than.
out of spite and In obedience ~ sn outrageous or
der, eonsi IN II To utter destruction. lly ~
There are no dealings in cotton now In Augusta.
Not bale !. bought or sold that there is market
price 10 be quoted An trade transactions are confined
exclusively 10 the sale Of the absolute neeesssres Of life
rrtfr GREENBAcKs PROHIBITED.
All trading or Specializing in United States currency,
Is strictly rbidden-G renbacks must not even be
employed purchase food goods, nothing but Con
federate money can be used. And SO determined are
the authorities TO force their Rebel shinpasters upon
ING GrsenSaeks. or oissns them in eacssSss with
fine Of IRON thousand to nve thousand dollars and
with i've years more, imprisonment in the penitep.
tiary at the option Of the Jads" n.=:.s sais law
GTeentsss are eagerly sought byIpeoplc who srs
ing 20 escape across the line aud get TO the land OK
Law and order again. By these PEOPLE thirty dol
lars to my doars % = sss% ,yr one
dan enough to part with II for Confederate rags eas
ly commands from sixty to eighty for one. AS my be
supposed however there Is but very little to be sold
SCALE OF MARKET PRICES IN AUGUSTA, Ca,
at. -r'f '4s MARCH IS, 1865. f,...,., -Df
A xnx
Coffee per posnd s75; Tea, per pound, chs; Sperm
Candles, per pound go; Brandy, per quart st55
APPLE sa per Sr ai:s s rss S made
Lager Bier, per drink, a. ...,..-. 'r. P
4 meal OF victuals in restaurant Is by mo- means
luxury to be INDUCED in more than three or -four times
a day az witness the following
/. Ogrgqr F.V -RxsTAURAsT PnICJA WA OF as
Afoll NAL Of vctsas consisting Of tainted or rasted
99 ssa ss sss, rSf 'na sometimes 'su
And these sunis were demanded invariably In ed.
daised in BY some Of Lees rstused soldiers. of going
into au eating house. deyouriDg hinge meal and then
" Sst ga w9v1 Psi9s Sn, Z, q %
gusa six weeks the nice little Of 81 0OO His
pantacons cost him s2oo' bis vest $780, and hs boos
600. II gentleman there isdisposed 70 indulge IN
any Of the little deeaeies Of tho saaoD he must be
prepared TO pay accordingly. dish OF oysters, sloi
glass Of brandy. slos - Havana cigar slo; asplpe
or bird Of any sort from $40 70 $ls. rlg qIO. ,sr
the authorities to prevent any one from leaving the
Confederate Hoes. Mr.. NH Hatch. prominent ard
widely kpoyn fnaueier. and Bank FRI sidcnt Of An.
Brown Tor the purpose Of taking hs vile. eonsump
vsinvad. to New York to die among her friends hut
adproceeded only ssort distance his journey When
an armed force was sent amer him and be was com.
PEELED 10 return. .slf f,Iaenrf. of1hN IHr. l.
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