Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-29
HILToN HHApi DEC. 20l 1865

libe principal of fashionable seminary,
formerly and for many years located IN
| Charleston, TO chemist doing business
| ON Broadway. Il viii be seen that they
/ all corroborate each other as to the con-
dition of things In the Rebellious States.
| I am indebted to Brig. Gen. I. Seymour
for the privilege of making these extracts.
FROM MAS. TATsALL.
| 81 hope You have received my letters, iu
which i begged you to have some upder-
Garments made up for Mary, and If you
lhaye, and you are able TO come out TO ua,
please stock yonr trpnk well, for we all
need our wardrobes FePlenished
80 n. f. TATHAII.n
FROM, A scHooLMAsrER IN COLUMBIA.
Ihaye removed my school for safety's
\ A Il from IOharleston 20 or near Columbia,
/ sIlhaye Been doing the most prosperous
business but the expense of living " spchl
lth8t lean barely make the two ends meet
isSsss ~
'I.If could carry the opinion my Pr irons
have ofmeI would .snre 70 do IN New
York as have done here. Expenses are.
SO fabulous that.I have given up my car
rage. and horses, tea, sugar, coffee, and
wear homespun, and make my ownsgloyes
these latter cost S75 a pair meat Is 20.
per pound, and -four $s0ia1barrel; corn 81
| a busheI. So You can fancy with servants
wages S25 to $40 month, how my IN.
come can support family. Ny friend
| Gov. Aiken. a thrice millionaire three
years ago, is as poor as 1 am now, and we,
are certainly in good compauy--but as my
sole motive for remaining was kllen, and
it has pleased God to take her home to
Him, will not remain TO witness the last
miseries of this dear country. My all IS
I svf1ltnora HAHN. AGAIN.
People hold on to Charleston as II It were
the heart of the body of the ConfederAcy,
and fall it will. dare not express my
belief, but it is grounded on more than
fears"
FROM a GENTLRStAN IN SAVANNAH TO A FRIEND
IN nav YORK.
.I sincerely hope that the Revolution
will not continue much longer, for feel
like one in prison, and am getting old
and rusty. May God, in his ipioite mercy,
send relief to us soon, and show US a way
of escape. Savannah is dull-Very little
business here. Rice is 90 cents, flour $3.50
per barrel, soap $3.50 per popnd, candles
81, whisky $40 20 $40 for common to
fair, butter So per pound, meat 81 per
pound, turkeys $40 per pair, broadcloth
coat and pantaloons $500. Ny sons in
dulge now and then in boots, at $50, but
i cannot. 1ueS6 7E6aI1[lbH uOM5 ~
will end in we shall see. yon antictpa-
ted such state of things you were wiser
than l. / dared never realize that such |
madness could ever exist on earth 10, this,
Christian age. Wesmustwait patientlT for
theRend; but we both can, regret tie pa
triotic and innocent blood that is being |
shed on both sides for our country"
PROM THE sAME TO ANOTHER.
al feel that am growing old during
these sad and unintereStfng Times; hoPes
of a speedy end of the war alone keep me
alive Savannah gets more and more
gloomy every day, and do really fearireal
starvation and suffering in sixty or ninety
days. Everything appears TO. be condnctag
against us-uniyersal tlistrnst is beginning
to prevail; little did j anticipate SO long q
ofthe struggle" sls &.i
PROM DAuGuTsR IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO
HER MOTHER IN CANADA.
tsAh, mother you little know what sad
sights witness daily in consequence Of
this cruel war not a family here but is
suffering the very depths of bitterness,
save the Adger family /; they have not yet
been called upon to bury their nearest and
dearest in this terrible strife. Pray that
peace may once more dawn upon this once
beautiful land"
!.
IN cALIRoRsIA.
"our poor country is in sad state of
anarchy and confusion; distress and ap.
prekeuslon arc in every family, and we all
sigh for the good old times when law and
order and good will prevailed"
TRoM SISTER IL AUeUsrA TO HER BRoTHER
IN NEw YORK.
"There seems now little hope of Difficult.
ties being settled for many years, which is.
most lameutable, and being only q woman,
think IL right and proper for me TO Cross
the ocean. God grant we may all meet in.
that spirit world where we shall find q
better land. %
4 IN IRELAND.
"0olden Ketchum has grown to be q;
\ good boy, he is now in the army-was
drill OF battalion for short
time /; the battalion was formed principal.
y Of. elderly men, iS.
FROM A LADY AT RARAMyILIE, MAR coLuM-
8iA, $40, TO HER COUSIN INlnBw YORK. 3
"our life here is inexpressibty dreary'
and monotonous. 1t it we're possible 10
return 20 Charleston we would do : so: Int
even there all Is so changed; our friends
are so dispersed 1t would be very sad for.
us. wish very much TO go North. These
long Autumn evenings recall to us the han.
Ply days of yore, the gladstone memories of
the La Pierre, 'Breyoort and what moi. n
FRoN AiLApY III AUGUSTA, toA., TO IADYIs'
IITcHF1RLD, CONN.
This Is not an aristocFatic place, for all
trades visit 1t. The leading men ara Mar.
chAnds, not Negocians.s i wonder how nm.
Gle Edward bore up under the, weight Of
Democracy for so long time. The Fen.
wick blood mnst have boiled oyerat times.
| Ssorge the Third has adopted the. name of
4 FenWick. II you were 10 meet me n
Broadway you would wonder what shabby
woman il was, with old drab cotton gloves: