Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-29

TtsJate Of -t6e city, nay, Of t'tAs41hoE seossttfv
Is fast becoming mere question e e5i .SssG
lffGt The public charities OF Richmond
: -icaunotnow feed the deserted fan ilies o
1 traitors without deffaad Sdf faith
flful defenders and then idrsh. ,Eotnl
ffmethoda mnst absolutely be devised ifol
Fsendtng these FIVE or sig thousand con.
sumers where the men live who are bound
! to provide for them. a u s.
FEARS THAT THAT EHER EARMERs FItI PLArl
,Eces BUT SMALL CROPS. s,,syss I
Eromthe Richmond Examiner; March a, z /.
Some alarm begins to be expressed by
persons from the country, Lest farmers
should not this year SOW their usual
amount of grain, and plant plenty Of corn.
Several reasons are alleged fortheir relac
tance to do so; one is the caprictOns treat
ment TO which farmers have 6eenasdb,
fJected by the various fenactmeats q Con-
Igress and BY the arbitrary aetiona OF the
Commissary and QuaFtermasters Depart.
nent5 another reason is the salIsg d.appre-
henslon of cavalry raids. Whatever may
be the reason, the approach Of seed time
makes it q matter Of general interest that
no, unfounded approximations should Q be
| permitted 70 interfere wifi ls fobd pro-
ducing fndnstry of the country. Not can
We be peFsuaded that there is much dan
ger Of this. There Is at all times, and in
war time quite as much ss any other, .
strong instructive disposition in men Who
own or farm land, when the season invites
1t, to till and SOW as much Of their ground
as they have seed and labor tocover. They
know that by doing this they cannot lose
much, and may gain very largely. This
Instructive disposition, too, Is quite inde-
pendent of public spirit aud patriotism,
which form very strong additional motives
to all good citizens at time like the pre-
sent. f.e2 au %. " :7hj7Hi 80
Let the sower go forth to SOW his seed,
nothing doubling. In the very Wsrst case that
can befall-that is q visit from mounted
Yankee brigsndsZfarmers will not be the
worse treated for being found with fll
barns instead Of empty ones. And be it
further remembs cred that if they had been
more prompt and liberal this last season in
sending in their produce to, market aud
giVinggit at fair prices for the use of the
army, those raids might have been success.
fully resisted; and when they did occur
the raiders would not have fospd SO much
to feed their horsesor to burn IN barns and
stacks. As for the business of Impress
ment, Congress has done what It could to
regulate that; aud besides, We have new
Commissary General, to whom it is but
fair to give trial.
After all, it can'scarce be necessary to
urge these points. The spring weather is
opening graciously, and farmers know
right we'll that as a olass they. have lost
nothing yet by casting their seed into the
ground. Each one will understand, be-
Sides, that il others decline this duty, his
profit, if he makes crop, will be doubled
and quadrupled, "a
THE LIBERALIZATION OF THB RBBAL SOL.
f-' DIERs AND HOW IT IS PRODUCED. u
From the Richmond Sentinel, March %.
The Fayetteville Observe. says There
are certain localities u. North Carolina, and
doubtless in all the States, where every evil
influence is brought to bear upon our noble
soldiers, aud to which are evidently owing
many of the desertiops that weaken our
cause aud disgrace the deserters and their
families. An officer now at home on ac-
count of a severe wound received in battle,
was speaking of this few days ago, and
told us how often the best and most cheer.
full soldiers returned gloomy and discon-
tented to camp after furlough. he said
that on demonstrating with one of his men,
an acquaintance fcom his own county, he
had succeeded in dispelliug his gloom,
when the man apoIogized for it, remarking
that "the fact is that if JEFF. Davis were to
go to the - settlement and stay three
weeks, I'm sure he, too, would desert"
The Charlotte IN. C.) BElletin contains a
warm and patriotic letter from Colonel Lee
NJ. McAfee, of the Forty ninth North Car
oliua regiment, in which there is still
further evidence of the evil effect produced
upon the soldiers by the unPatriotic and
| disgraceful suggestions with which they
are tormented from croakiug and disloyal
persons at home. A plot having been
made for the Simultaneous desertion of q
number of soldiers belonging to his regi..
ment, Colonel McAfee forIunately became
apprised of their infamous purpose, and
arrested peRrly the whole of them. The
more guilty are uuder guard, and about to
| be tried for their lives, In order to show
'"what is undertaking the determination OF
our soldiers to be free, and inducing them
| to desert the cause which they have for
| four long years defended with so much
honor to their State aud credit to thsu-
! selves and family" Colonel McAfee gives
| some extracts from letters in his possession
from relstiyes of these parties now under
1erreat for dssstting and persnadlng Others
Ito desert.
One of these letters is from sister. Her
sEbrSthet had written to her for "adYice'
.t-wbet6er to desert to the enemy, or to
] leo home She tells him she had consulted
the family. ''Father and George think yor
Il had hetter 60 torthe euemy.p Billy and
y mother and Jane wants Ayousto try 70 Sge
home" "If big crowd comes, you CONE
too-that is my advice" "The poor tsl
low" says Colonel McAfee, "acted upor
this advice, aud2is now under guard, ant
will soon be tried for his life. If he Il
shot, whose hands will be red with hi
blood2"
4 Anothee letter Waa from, wife to 6el
i husband. 'tI was glad to hear from you
aud that you were coming home. =
If you are coming want you to start righi
now. Start right now e2d dqais fire an.