Reports from the West say we lost 3000 and the enemy 6000
men in the battle of the 15th inst, when Pemberton fell back over the Black
River. Our forces numbered only 12,000, Grant's three times that number.
Something decisive must occur before Vicksburg in a few days.
Mr. J. W. Henry writes from New's Ferry, that parties of cavalry,
going about the country, professing to belong to our Gen. Stuart's corps, are
probably Yankee spies making observations preparatory for another raid. The
city councils are organizing the citizens for local defense, thinking it
probable another dash may be made.
Gen. Dix threatens to hang the citizens of Williamsburg if
they co-operate with Gen. Wise in his frequent attacks on the Federals. Gen.
Wise replies, threatening to hang Gen. Dix if he carries his threat into
execution, and should fall into his hands, in a more summary manner than John
Brown was hung for making his raid in Virginia.
Butter is worth $4 per pound. A sheep is worth $50. A cow
$500.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 328
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