Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2.
Frank Moore, Ed.

“ [101] thing in the way of meat from the Commissary except salt bacon, and most of the time the most abominable flour you ever saw; in fact, the bread made from it is so heavy that it is dangerous to go swimming after a meal, for fear of sinking.”

Whatever may be said of the military resources of Virginia in men and arms, in the provision line the State must be pretty well relieved of all its super-abundant supply. We heard from the mountain region a day or two ago, and it was asserted by a man direct from that portion of that State, that within a radius of forty miles of a given spot, “no chicken could be beard to crow,” whilst every thing else in the way of eatables was completely swept off.

Recurring to the case with which we started — it would seem that the importation of the “Pet Wolves” into this region by Mr. Davis, has been pretty well matched by the Government in the deportation of the “Billy Wilson Zouaves” to Pensacola, in which region it may be supposed, if they get a chance to explore, they will doubtless rival the exploits of those now in Virginia.--Baltimore American, July 9.