Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-10
CharIest0R in War Tinss-As Seen By a
EaRkee Hdy.
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Attorney General.

CksrlestoR in War TiHsH-As Seen By
EaRkee ady.
The New York Journal Of Commerce prints
the following IS the substance OF converse
tion with Ars. Livingston, OF New YoIk. who
was brought from Savannah under = flag Of
rruce, after a sojouIn of several months in
D!xi-'':
" Mrs. Livingston, whom 1 tnd to be very
intel Igsnt lady land who is the wife OF q cap
tain in the Federal srmy) says she has been
treated with uniform kindness and respect since
her detention in the South, which dates back
to the commencement of the war. From per-
sonal observation, she believes Savannah may
De iGken but Charleston never She has seen
sixteen forts which are already completed, and
the rebels are sill engaged in msking more
numerous the fnruf atoms bAtWeen Fort Sumter
aud the city. The rsbslS say there sIS TO be no
more New OfssnEes. There is ne property
except real esIass, within . Cozsn miles Of
Charleston All the furniture, stores, and iude~d
everything movable. was sent into the interior
Immediately after the battle Of James Island.
Two provision s'ores only r~main Many Of the
inhsbi auts reside abOui three miles outside the
cily, in barracks similar 20 soldiers, and us-
only the most indispensable and cheapest kind
Of furniture No Sabbath day services are held
in any of ths Charleston churches all the
church bells have been cast into cannon, and
even the iron ratings and fences have been col
lected together and made into cannon. 1t is
regarded as a mistaken idea that there are
Union msn in the South. Mrs Livingston does
not belive there 10 ons She never s&E people
80 united and determined. TheTs is not lady
in the entire COnfod-rscy who owns ftty dollars
worth If i-Welry. II has voluntarily been given
f,r the cause, and the proceeds hsve built many
Of their 6lest boats The blockade is in' feet
usl she has seen three steamers enter Charleston
hsrbor on one dsy-and, during short visit At
Charleston, one steamer made three trips to
Nassau, NV Providence, bringing medical
stores enough to last an entire army full year
Nothing bat the most common qualities of
wearing sppare can be obtsined-and shoes
are very expansive the pair she wore, worth
about Que dollar and hAif, costing in SAvan-
nah twelve dollars. Necessary provisions were
heap, but the Injuries were very expensive. A
free market had been opened in Charleston,
where any body could procure, on application,
-hges pounds Of beef, and half = psok of pota-
toes per day. Besides the heavy war and State
tex every male resident Of the C0Rfs1sraey is
taxed two dollars per year for the support OF ihs
families of soldiers. The utmast eonteDpt and
indignation is felt for Gsneral Batter, and thSt
order is universally REGARDED as most infamous.
Tne rebels expected to be defeated a. RIchmend,
and had made sll preparations for falling back
upon COlumbus, which place was strongly torti-
for the residenes Of tie ofHcsrs Of State, had
been sslected All the cotton had been removed
TO the interior. The governor Of South Caro-
Iins has caused all the negroes TO be cOlonBed
near Gfeenviile, some three hundred miles IN
the interior They are under the supervision Of
agents appointed by the governor, and are to
plant corn and potatoes for the Subsistsnee OF
the srny and are to be fed aud clothed By the
government during the continuance of the war
Very few slaves were to bs found in Savannah
or Charleston--they we're SO scarce as not to be
1 procured for servauts, even wh-n one dollar and
/ had per day was offered f1r them. The rebels
/ were not sanguins of their ability 70 procure
their indspen isnce-and regarded it only mat
/ ter Of tins Boys eight and ten years Of age
| were formed into Home Guards" al Charles
ton and Ssvannsh, and had acquired 80 much
skill in the use of arms ss TO be able 10 HIT =
mark formed in the shape and size of q man Al 3
distance Of thirty rods. These pTec6cious de-
tenders, it is said, were TO mount sheds and
lenses, when the cities were invaded, and shsot
down the Yankees