The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-01-14
A Very Gloomy Picture of the City OF
Charleston.

The Bangor (Mc) Uhiy 0Dd Co~Ie' has
been furnished wit the following extract
of letter to II gentleman from relative in
Charleston. SoutI Carolina. under date OF
November 10:
The isolatou ., oIg position is grievous
to be borne, and it is made more than ever
clear to us that th.rc are no ties 50 strong
as those which bind lis To the kindred among
whom we were born and bred, and those
which hold our hearts to the land of our
children. This exile has taught many use
ful lessons, and we trust that when again
we set foot upon New England soil, we
may value the institutions which are its
boast as highly as those who sing their
praises the loudcst.
Last evening there We're at my house
three gentlemen, each of whom has a wife
and children at the North; and Il fourth.
whose children are III Lowell. have often
had II dozen visitors ut once, all ot whom
were eXiles in our situation. You may then
imagine that not all the residents ofCharles-
ton have forgotten the land of their birth.
Indeed my own opinion is t'lat the majority
of the residents of this city at that time
would not mourn to see the old flag waving
in the breeze over the town. The fre-eaters
who are too old to be in the army, have
generally retired into the interior, where
Ne trust, t4oy' "'ll remain. NiiSli tlc SIail'1
crash comes. it will find us not grieving,
but glad. S;eges and storms have lost their
terrors to the people Of this city. We have
had so large Il share of liberty under our
new government that we can cheerfully
submit for 4 time to the oppression of the
Federal Government.
Tba rJr,ant pf tho citU 10 So
great an evil rs some others. With flour at
$40 per barrel, corn at 81 30 per bushel, po-
tatoes at 81 per bushel, coffee at 81 - per
pound, common calico at 81 per yard. shoes
SIC fol my wife, to say nothing of $50 for II
pair ofpants, 81 30 for Il pound Of butter.
and 81 80 to 81 65 a pound for yellow soap,
bomb shells are not regarded as very terri
BILE. More people will suffer for want OF
fuel and food in Charleston this winter than
in all New England, unless the city fall into
Federal hands. Hundreds cannot buy salt
1t sold at auction the other day at $lGi3
per bushel, ut wholesale. ] have Just paid
S22 per cord for poor oak wood, and there
are thousands of cords within few miles
of the city, but no boats, no cars, no carts
to haul il, no negroes to cut it-everybody,
everything being used by the Confederate
Government on the public works.
The efforts of the government seem like
desperation, but to any one who has COM
mon sense, there seems very little chance
of any successful defense. There is com
mittee of citizens now at work going around
from house to house with the purpose Of
seeing who are intending to go away from
the city in case of an attack, and make pro-
vision for moving such as cannot furnish
means for their own removal or support
there, at the public expense. Report says
that they find very small number who pro-
pose or wish to leave. prophesy that
when this town falls into the hands of the
Federal Government, there will be such a
different state of things here from what is
generally anticipated, as to surprise many
outside OF it and many in it. The leaders Of
secession are no longer here, and they are
thoroughly killed off as far as future intlu-
ence goes, however this war ends. OF no
man is there more thorough detestation to-
day, in South Carolina, than RObt. Barnwel
Rhett--not even Abraham Lincoln. The
news Of the death ofhis whole family would
give more JOY than any other event | could
name. How sure 1t Is that every revolution
of such character as this kills its own sires!
The Northern papers talk about the alb
sence of Union feeling in the South There
! is no want of love for the old government.
II is daily growing stronger rather than
weaker, But the power of that government
must ha shown 10 he strong enough IL oC-
cupy and possess the territory. Unce give
us chance, and the pressure OF the peril off,
and the welkin will ring with Joy at the
downfall of the Confederate Government,
But rs long as the Confederate Government
is the one which exercises exclusive powers
overs us-as long as Virginia stands def
antly in front of the Federal army-so long
will all men hesitate TO take the risk OF
openly espousing the Union cause. tbs hard
now to find any man who will avow that he
was an original secessiOnist. But their pride
is engaged in the conflict. That will yield
to hard blows this winter.
Then let jeff. Davis & Co. look ont for a
peace party at the South, They have been
straining their eyes to see one at the North
they may see one in the South before they
want it. There is no single grievance OF
which the Southern States complained at the
hands of the Federal Government Except
in connection with slavery which has not
been aggravated by the Confederate Govern
ment, aud the common opinion here is that
whatever the result of the war, 30 far as
connection with the Federal Government
| goes, the axe has been laid at the root OF
slavery.
hope our next communication may be
by means of the open port of this city by
United States vessels. | trust that no long
period may elapse before iron ships may bid
defiance to Forts Moultrie and Sumter, and
this town once more own the sway whicl
l.