The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-27

Inc Intercepted OOrHesponu0hOo
Rebel Letters Found on Reid San
ders.
The full abstract Of the correspond
snce found upon the person Of Mr.. REID
SANDERR, which is given in the WASH
ington papers, furnishes some points of
interest in addition to the telegraphio
sketch already given;
PRAYER FOR BETTER TIMEs.
A letter dated at Winnsboro, S. G.
gives the following picture Of the present
and prospective condition of affairs
The formidable naval preparations
making by our foe are openly avowed to
be intended for the reduction of Charles
ton, and although our harbor is made
impregnable, it is thought, still Forts
Moultrie and Sumpter must bear the
force Of the attack; TO she'll the garrison
out from them, even should they not
force their way TO the city, will be their
aim. am thankful General Beaure-
gard is put Id command. His wise head,
our tremendous Notifications and iron
gunboats, which are just being oomplet-
ed, will enable us to meet the enemy
with obstinate resistance.
Our success in Virginia has been be-
yond all expectation. To think of our
barefooted, ragged troops gaining such
Victories over the well-Clad, well-appoint-
ed Lincoln hostsl but oh, my dear aunt,
l cannot rejoice. Like Pyrrhus, I am
tempted to say, "Another such victory
would be annihilation," for it seems to
me that the flower Of our Southern army
are being swept away; the voice of la
mentation is heard in our land, for there
is scarcely a home where there is not
some friend or relative dead or wounded.
| Those of our young meE who survive
will be either mutilated or broken down
| in constitution from the hardships Of this
miserable war. ought not 70 say word
| of our deprivatious, when | think Of our
men; but with the approaching season,
arrangements must be made, necessary
for the comfort of children and servants,
and there is nothing to be had. / went
so close to the wind last winter, thinking
that our ports would certainly be open
before another, that there is nothing ia
exercise ingenuity upon-no flannel, nc
blankets to be had at any price. We
have long since given up tea, coffee, and
sugar-only keeping little Of the last foi
sickness our rice lands. too, being SO
guarded by the enemy's gunboats, pre-
vent its getting to market, so corn has to
be substituted in measure; bacon, upon
which we feed the servants principally
has given out to sides, and you may i'm
agine how difficult it is for me TO provide
for our thirty inmates at such time
when bare necessaries are so difficult Il
procure. Only think of $40 for small
box of tallow candles; we have JUS
bought them at that price, and, in order
TO save them, burn lard, with a paper
taper placed in it, in our chamber. No
yard Of calico, long cloth, or any Other
goods under prices which amount to al
interdici; and yet the gentlemen tell III
most cheerfully that we have not brguI
TO feel the war yet. If it continues
much longer, my slender stock will give
out entirely, and how am then TO cloth
the girls and myself ! cannot imagine
We are manufacturing the homespuns al
over the country, and many ladies ar
getting them woven, but the demand is s
great that the supply is inadequate.
have felt very sick for the last month
suffering constant pain, and only keep
ing up by the force of strong will
God help us, and give us better time
soon.