The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-28


The following letter bears striking oy-
idence of the destitution of the rebel
army. The author appears TO be an En-
glishman, who is an officer in the Rebel
Army:
From the London Herald, juno 10
The following extract from private
letter from an officer in the Confederate
army is interesting: .... ...,
ARMY OF TENNESSEE, TuLLAuoMA.
Tenn Confederate States of America,
April 8.
My dearly beloved Parents: | wrot Q
you letter some three weeks ago, but do
not know whether you have received il.
Do try and write TO me; find out in Lon
don the name Of some merchant in Mas
sau (where all tho steamers Law for a
while before they run the blockade into
some Confederate pori,) and write TO me
in care OF that firm, and put on the en-
yelope "from yourself in England 20 a
son in the Confederate army in America p
Oh, | do 30 long TO hear from you all.
am in tolerably good health, and hope il
will continue, and that my dear mother
and sisters, Charlie, and all lmy relations,
are alive and well and thatmy dear ia :
ther is also alive and well and knows no
trouble; but | am afraid he has known
too much since this war began. Provis-
ions and clothing must be very high in
England; in fact, Iexpect everything, or
nearly so, is. | wish with all my heart
this war was over, and then you may be
~ xvnnII 10 1..a- -
see the old cliffs of dear England. Oh,
ngland, how love thee, never SO much
as when separated from thee. Hsr
love my country, but had to Join in
this war as we are in the right, and the
North wants to crush us out entirely "
from off the face of the earth. We have
nsV about four hundred thousand troops IN
The field, and the Yankees hare ti0ice as many,
II nat more, and yet they cannot whip us,
and never will; for much as love my
dear old soil (Epgland) never will give
up fighting for liberty and Independence.
We mould all Ike taiS l0ar to cease, bit only
on one condtion-separation. No Union any
more for US. Why, the meanest beggar-
man lives better than we do. One pint
of Indian cornmeal and three quarters OF
pound of fresh beef, or eight ounces OF
salt pork, constitute our dali y meal, with
a drink of water; no coffee or sugar
Coffee only costs (when there is any) 20s
a pound, and sugar 5s,; salt, 4s a pound
shoes, SO los. /; coat &28; trowsers
IS 5s.; boots, Gl5; -four, eI7 barre
of two hundred pounds eggs, A. doz
en-; chickens, 5s. each bul ter 5s. Cd. (
pound; ink, l8s. apint pens, Cd. each
common tsllow candles, 80. each shirts
co 5s and every thing else in proper.
tion. The ladies cut up their carpets tC
make blankets for the soldiers Wher
you have something good TO eat JUS
think of me in America, twenty-six
years old this year, going on seven yeart
since left home. Oh, do so long fol
the time TO come for me TO go home; and
| hope God will spare my life until thai
end is attained. 1876. ..
For the benefit Of those of our readers
who are not acquainted with English cur
rency, we repeat the prices in Fedora
money: rLT .l.
Coffee, So; sugar. S1,25; salt 81
shoes, $50 80; coat, $40; trowsers, SAL
boots, S75; flour, $50; and so on. Thi,
officer says, "We have about 100000
troops in the field" If they die of anC
are killed of, according to an estimate IL
another place, at the rate of 10000 il
year and three quarters, Dixie will soor
be 0bli.erated.