Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-05-21

1nTS. .O0NHSONS D0UTHtUy I0uSS-- dOsC
Members Of the Rebel congress Sub
sist Mrs. JEFF. Davis, and hoao she
Dresses,
Murfercesboro, Tenn, April 4, 1863.
"A few days ago one Mrs. Fulgan,
from Richmond was arrested at the out
posts, and number Of letters for reb-
els in Nashville were taken from her
person, She gave the provost marshal
some unsealed letters probably, to aovid
suspicion but one sealed and directed to
"Mrs Anna Hays, Nashville, care ofEx-
Mayor R. B. Cheatham, OF Robert T.
Simely, Esq, was found in her custody.
Y our readers will certainly enjoy these
portions which | have copied for the
public. The writer is the wife of a no.
torious Elk Member of Congress of the
United States, and member of the
present Confederate Congress
Richmond, Va, Friday, February 6,
1S62-My Dear Anna-I have an op-
portunity offered this morning for con-
veying letter to you, and embrace it
gladly. x y !: 4 x NY little
boy is named "Malvern." His papa
called him after the battle ground of
Malvern Hill, where our braves fought
50 nobly. He begins to play, and tries
to talk. He spits at the Yankee pictur-
es, and makes wry faces at Old Abe's
picture. Heis great boy, and the best
and prettiest baby ever saw. He is
much petted by the Members of Con-
gress who know him. Mr. F. is very
much engaged in the ''House" during
the day. * X X We are board
ing at Mrs. Johnsons on Governor
Street, just opposite Governor Letcher's
mansion. 1t is large boarding house,
"high prices and starvation within. =
Such living never was known before on
earth. Tell grandma the poorest hut in
the Western district Of Tennessee is a
palace compared with this, so far as fare
goes We have to cook almost every
thing we eat in our own room. In our
"larder" the stock on hand is boiled
bacon ham, which we gave only eleven
dollars for; three pounds of poor Rio
coffee we gave four dollars per pound
for; one pound Of green tea, at seven
teen dollars per pound two pounds Of
brown sugar, at two dollars and seventy
FIVE cents per pound one bushel Of fine
apples, the size Of common marble,
which were present to me by q Mem
Der Of Congress from Missouri one
pound Of butter about six months old,
at two dollars per pound, and six sweet
potatoes at fifty cents. We have to
give dollar for very small slice of
pound cake at the confectioner's. I for
got to say that | had present Of fine
Jar Of pickles and a piece Of cheese
from member, also. Well, so much
for the way we live. You see the board
is three dollars each per day for Mr.. F.
and I, and half price for the servant and
then we get nothing on earth to eat.
Yesterday, for dinner, we had nothing
on the table but two eggs and a slice Of
cold bakers bread and glass Of water.
Well, linen such as we gave one dollar
for at home, when l left, sells here at
six dollars, and the commonest domes-
tic two dollars, colico two or three dol
lars per yard, and the most Indifferent
kind. You may we'll believe l get but
little. Richmond is strictly a Jewish
city-all making fortunes out of the war,
and having less sympathy for our dear
old Tennessee, and Nashville in partic-
ular, than some Yankees have, for they
have learned to respect us, whereas
these Virginians are the most horribly
enyious creatures that ever called them
selves men.
The woman are below the standared
of Nashville ladies either in elegance or
refinement. There is seldom lady
seen who shows the gift of high born
gentility here. Such have generally
abandoned this city and retired to the
country, or keep secluded SO that the
mongrel race reign supreme on streets
and in all the city. Well, we have some
very delightful acquaintance, found
among the refugees and southern blood,
who show their hearts and homes are
near the sun. Z x K We find Gov
ernor Letcher's family real types Of the
Old Dominion gentry. He has a
daughter just your size. There are
about dozen unmarried members here
that promised me to vote the rebel cap
ital where l wished, if l would provide
them chance with my little queens
They ali agree the Nashville girls are
the bellies deseryedly of the Southern
Confedercy. 4 x x
Tell them the writer's children] Mrs.
JEFF. Davis is not pretty, but fine look
ing woman-dresses badly, in no taste.
She is not much liked here, and is said
TO control "Jefie," as she calls her hus-
band. She has several children. She
takes but little notice of them They
90 about with their clothes tossed on in