Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-04-30

Three Dollars Day and Nothing on
Earth to EIt-O
The following letter is sent by the Mur-
-eesboro correspondent OF the Cincinnati
to that journal. The writer
J a wife Of Il. s. Foote, an ex~membcr
congress, and a member OF the rebel - VI
,ress. But the following is the }" oon
s'R1cHNoND. Eet
any DEAR ANNA:-Il }. 3, 1868.
unity offered this NOR lave al oppoi-
letter to you, and lug loI conveying
My little r Nv - namad !. s n.Irs,o y
# MaIvero~ him after the battle ground
n molly Hill, where our braves fought
ak >. He begins to play, and tries to
- He splits at the Yankee pictures, and
lakes wry faces at Old Abe'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 Mrs. Johnson's, On Governor
street, just opposite Governor Letcher's
mansion. 1t is large boarding house,
high prices and starvation aoithin Such
living never was known before on earth.
Tell grandma the poorest hut in the West.
ern District OF Tennessee is a palace COM
pared with this, SO far as fare goes.
We have to cook almost everything
we eat in our own room. In our larder'
the stock Oh hand is a boiled bacon ham
which wa gave only eleven dollars for,
three pounds Of pure Rio coffee we 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-fve cents per pound,
one bushel of fine apples, about the size OF
a good common marble, which were pre-
sented to me by member of Congress
from Missouri ; one pound of butter about
six months old, aC two dollars per pound,
and six sweet potatoes at fifty cents. We
have to give dollar for a very small
slice Of pound cake at the confectionery.
] forgot to say | had present or a fine
jar of pickles and piece of cheese from
member also. Well, SO much for the way
we live.
You see the board is three dollars per
day for Mr.. 6. and l, and half price for
the servant, and then We get nothing on
earth to eat. Yesterday, for dinner, We
had nothing on the table but two eggs and
slice of cold bakers bread and a glass of
water. Well, linen such as we gave one
dollar for at home when | left, sells here
az six dollars, and the commonest domes-
tic two dollars calico two or three dol
lars per yard OF the most Indifferent kind.
You may well believe get but little
Richmond is strictly q Jewish city-all
making fortunes out OF the war, and hay
ing less sympathy for our dear old Ten
nessee, and Nashville in 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.
THE women are far below the standard
of Nashville ladies either in elegance or
refinement. There is seldom lady seen
who shows the gift 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 a daughter just your size.
There are about dozen unmar.
ried members here that promised me to
vote the capital where | wished, if I would
provide them "chance with nv little
queens. They all agree the Nashville girls
are the bellies deservedly of the Southern
Contederacy.
"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
will give any letters to the person who
gives this to Mr.. Cheatham, | will likely
get them. Don't let any one
see this, but you may read it to them, ex-
cept -; don't want the Yanks to
hear what | say"
SECOND LETTER.
II 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 M. O.
which will bring all letters safely to his
box after they are once mailed within our
lines. * 4 * 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.
Fulgrum,) aud direct to Capt. 81. S. F.,
care of Major General J. McCown, Shell
byVille. x Joe Picket is here from
Memphis. He is counting a Miss Nh,
a 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 fine looking woman
dresses badly, in 10 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 careuorn and
troubled. He is rery thin, and looks fee
bic and bent. He prays aloud in church,
and is devout Episcopalian. DR.. Wheat
and Mrs. Wheat are here. They came on
to have the remains of Robert Wheat re-
moved to this place. Mrs. Wheat is most
heart-broken. She has lost her two old.
est sons in the war.
liver your devoted friend and aunt.
"CHATTIE."
The italics, EXPLANATIONS, &C., are those
OF the honorable Mrs. F. W. D. B.