Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-04-29

Racy Letter from the Wife of Hon. Hem
ry 8. FOOte-D1rs. Davis rules ssJecie''
ss asszz@1mesPr4ce of~1sEvsne' I'm allscasnNsa~s
Three Dollars Day ana ssNOthiDG on
Earth to Eat"
The following letter is sent by tie Mar
freesboro correspondent 81 the Cincinnati
Consssere6sl, t0thas journal. The writer
is ) wifesof HIS. Foote, On sx-Gsember a.
Congress, .nd i member of the rebefC Con
gress. But the following is the hotter
'tRIoHMoNn. Feb. 8, 1868.
"Mys DEAR IL have an oppor--
tunity offered this morning TOR conveying
q letter to you, and embrace it gladly.
My little boy is named Malvern"
His papa called him after the battle ground
of Malvern Hill, where our braves fought
so nobly. He begins to play, and tries to
talk. He spits at the YGnl;ce pictures, and
makes Try faces at Old ASe's picture
He is great boy, and the best and pretti-
est baby | ever saw. he is much petted
by the members of Congress who know
him. Mr.. F. is very much engaged in the
''House" during the DAY. We are
boarding at Mre. Johnson's, on Governor
street, just opposite Governor Letcher's
mansion. 1t is large boarding house,
high prices and starvation scithin. Such
living never was known before on earth.
Tell grandma the poorest hut in the West
erD District OF Tennessee is palace COM
pared with this, so far as fare goes.
I'VE have to cook almost everything
we eat in our own room. In our larder
the stock On hand is a boiled bacon ham
which we gave only eleven dollars fo..
thre pounds of pure Rio coffee VS. gave
four dollars per pound for, and one pound
of green tea at seventeen dollars per
pound, two pounds OF brown sugar at two
dollars and seventy-tive cents per pound,
one bushel OF fine apples, about the size OF
| good common marble, which were pre-
sented to me by member 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 confectionery.
/ forgot to say l had a present of fine
jar of pickles and piece OF cheese from q
member also. Well, so much for the way
we live.
"YoU see the board is three dollars per
day for Mr.. G. and |, and half price for
the servant, and then we get nothing on
earth to eat. Yesterday, for dinner, we
lad nothing on the table but two eggs and
slice of cold bakers bread and glass of
water. Well, linen such as we gave one
dollar for at home when / left, sells here
at six dollars, and the commonest domes-
tic two dollars calico two or three dol
lars per yard OF the most Indifferent kind
holt I hr,tl So
Richmond is strictly Jewish city-e!l
making fortunes out of the war, and hay
ing less sympathy for eur dear old Ten
nessee, and Nashville i'll particular, than
some Yankees have for they have learn.
ed to respect Us, whereas these Virginians
are the most horribly envious creatures
that ever called themselves men. s
1.-THE women are tar below the standard
of Nashville ladies either in elegance or
refinement. There is seldom lady seen
who shows the gilt of high-born gentility
here. Such have generally abandoned the
city and retired to the country, or keep
recluse, so that the mongrel race reign
supreme on the streets and all the more
frequented parts of the city. Well, we
have some very delightful acquaintances,
among the refugees and Southern blood,
who show their hearts and homes are near
the sun. We find Gov. Letcher's
family real types of the Old Dominion
gentry. He has daughter just your size.
There are about dozen unmar
ried members here that promised me to
vote the capital where wished, if / WOULD
provide them a chance with my little
queens. They all agree the Nashville girls
are the bellies deservedly of the Southern
Confederacy.
"You have heard, reckon, that Mr..
Harris, the minister, married Miss Emily
Johnson, of Jackson, Miss. She is worth
a million in her own right. He drives his
coupe, and is quite dasher, and declares
he never courted any girl in Tennessee.
He has quit preaching, and is very clever
and hospitable in his house. Ii you
will give any letters to the person who
gives this to Mr.. Oheatham, l will likely
get them. Don't let any one
see this, but you may read it to them, ex.
cept -; l don't want the Yanks to
hear what | say"
SECOND LETTER.
have written some dozen or more
letters to your grandma and aunt Rachel.
Direct to the care OF my husband, and
| mark his name on the letter as Nj c., >
WHICH VIII UTlug Ill letters safely to his
box after they are once mailed within our
lines. Henry, son to Mrs. F., is
at Shelbyvtlle, and letters directed to him
would be forwarded to me carefully. Ask
aunt to write by the bearer of this, Mrs.
Fulgrum0 and direct to Capt. II. S. F.,
care of Major General J. McCown, Shell
byville. Joe Picket is here from
Memphis. He is counting a Miss Nh,
| great belle, ugly and rich.
General Price is here on business. He
is fine gentleman, and very handsome.
Tell them the writer's children
correspondent Commercial Mrs. jeff. Da-
Wis is not pretty, but fne looking woman
dresses badly, Ia no taste. She is not
much liked here, and is said to control
'Jetfie,' as she calls her husband. She has
several children. She takes but little no.
tice of them. They go about with their
clothes tossed on in any and every style.
She has the public affairs to attend to-
Ask Aunt Kitty what she thinks of that
The President Jocks careaoorn and
troubled. He is pery thin, and looks fee.
hi b.,