Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-07-29

ing and prOsperous-nay very wealthy
town. 1t was the largest tobacco NJ arket
Of the country. 1t contained four or five
Banks with large capital. Perhaps 20
per cent Of this will be saved lrom the
wreck. 1t is estimated that there are now
eigM million dollarS worth of tobacco in
the LynChburg warehouses. But there
will be no more raised. The planters say
It cannot be made a profitable production
with hired labor. The town now contains
many poor, who together with some hun
dreds Of worthless, idle negroes are now
fed by the government. The federal off
GERS are very severe on those negroes who
refuse TO work and throw themselves upon
the gorvenmert for support. Theirs is
but little charity shown to that class -
There is fine opening at Lynchburg for
National Bank.
| find that the ex Vice President of the
United States, Gen, JOHN G. BRECKIN-
RIDGE, ranked high as q commander in
the rebel army. II is very much beloved
and highly spoken Of, especially by those
who served under him. lie was brave as
Lion, fearless and talented, handled on
army we'll and always led his men in per-
son. have beard number of those who
were in his command cay that when Breck,
inridge led them into battle they felt con-
ident Of success. LoNGsTREET was con-
eidered slow and more cautious General
hut good fighter and very competent
officer. Gen. STUART, who was killed
the last year of the war, is represented as
brave to fault, full of natural resources,
buf very imprudent in opposing himself to
the fire oil the enemy. lie lost his lie
through his inrprudeuco. lie was au able
cavalry officer. So was WADE HAMToN,
tho fearless and hot.headed South Carroll.
man, who C fine form made him as
splendid. looking an officer as he was dash
ing and impe,uous. Stonewall jackson is
said to have been the only officer who CIV.
er strictly aud uuhiucbingly carried Out
Lees orders. lie was strict discipIin'
arian and showed but little feeling for hi,
men. lie would march them forty mile!
day 10 gain polnt and 20 into battle
at the end of the journey. 1t will be re-
mombcred that after the battle Of Freder
icksburg the federal forces had possession
Of the town, although they had been bad
ly beaten in the afternoon. With tht
bappahsnnock river behind them and
the rebel Notifications in front the Unior
troops were 10 critical condition. Stone
wall Jackson urged that the rebel army
should make night attack aud force the
Yankees into the river. His associates
objected on the ground that the mon would
become mixod up in the darkn ess of thC
night and would kill each other instead o
the enemy. Strip them to the waist,
said Jackson. His plan, however, wa
not adopted and the federal troops rccross
cd the river in safety. Jackson was
yory eccentric nah but Gen. Lee pronounc
eI him the best executive officer he hat
in his army. Col. MosEBY's men wcr
more 1ush in good money than any par
of the rebel army. They pounced upo
, RailroGd trains and occasioully picket
, up a federal Paymaster, by which mean
! they kept themselves we'll supplied wit
, grecnbacks. Moseby previous to the wal
! was lawyer of no great celebrity ,residiD
4 at Culpcppcr, where he has resumed th
: practice OF his profession. He has estat
/ Iishcd name that will give him Q prom
f nent place in the history of this war
e Gen. JOE JOHNSTON is regarded us yer
= superior man intellectually aud remark
g ably Gne officer. AS general he ranl
d with Lee in the estimation of the SoutheI
II people and it is now regarded as grei
10 error ever to have removed him from b
% command in the Southwest. There
i. much sympathy et for JEFFERSON DAvI
IL have yet TO hear the first person spoa
" unkiudly OF him. If he is hung or dri
y en- from the Country, the present gener
10 ton of Southerncrs will never cease
ii hate the North her people and her COVER
ST mcnt.
Y Those Northern merchants, principal
,e Jcws,who have brought goods to the Sou
i. to disp pose of, find business considerab
!, below their anticipation. If they we
i. dispose to take the blackberrics for the
ID pay, they might sell goods, in unimit
W quantities, but money, in the language
~ the country is "mighty scarce" L
~ scarcity will no doubt continue till anoth
n. good crop is grown. The present limit
"a crops of corn and wheat will hardly
i. more than furnish bare necessarics of Ii
IN Even the wealthy planters Of former tin
of have to content themselves with food u
an raiment. heard a lady say "thero y
n. one consolation all were poor alike. y
Many people in and around Lynchbu
ut refuse to take groenbacks in their ever
: day buiscness transactions. There is &C
nd siderable silver 10 circul alton. aSsis:
ms young lady to uncarth large GOV
bic flied with copper pennies which she b
la. buried on the approach Of Hunters fo
bo in 1864. All the silver ware in the vic
.in ity of Lynchburg was and much otitis $
n buried, The people bear their MIST
air tunes with cheerfulness that is as Gre
.to liable as it is remarkable. l have So
an. families who have lost thousands-W
At gave up everything in support OF eGa'
,ov they believed to be right-all their no
*. IS, cattle, three.fourths of their produ
AN all their carpets, even their piano.cov
EN- for blankets, who now lose in addition
as their Bank and Railroad stocks, to
IAN nothing OF thousands of dollars they