Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-01-04

rxoH \ DAuoHfRe IN SOUTH cABoLlsA
% ga n0Tigss n CANADA.
"Ah, mother, you little know What sad
siebts / ~issess daily 10 consequences Of
this csuel war; not family here bat ID
suffering the very depths Of bitseroess,
save the Adeer family; they have mot
vet been called upon to bury their near.
est ADD deares: il tbs terrible slrife.-
Pray that pcscs may once mora dawn
upon this once beautiful land"
veoM A LADY ~ 0soRolA 70 HBA BaoTH.
~ N CALEDONIA.
"Our poor couatry is IN . sad stats Of
anarchy and confusion distress and sp-
prehsnsion sc in every family, and We
oil Ugh for the good old times when Law
and order and goodwill prevailed"
FROM SITTER II AUGUSTA TO HER
BROTHER IN n. 7.
"There seems now little hope of diff
culties being settled for many years
which is most lamensablc, and being on
" . woman, l think it right and proper
for M to cross the ocean. God grant
that 10 may al meet in that spirit sorld
where We shall find better land"
rsoM A SISTER IN AUGUSTA TO HER
BROTHER In IRELAND.
"Coides ketcbum has grown to BE- .
good boy, he is now in the army-was
dJill-master OF = battalion for . short
time the battalion vas formed prinoi-
paIIv of elderly men,"
FROM A LADY At BARHAMvILLE, NEAR
COLUMBIA, Sc, TO nsR COUSIN II N.Y..
"Our life here il incxp'ess,by dreary
and monotonous. II It were possible TO
return 10 Chsrleston We would do 90 ;
but even there all IL 20 changed; our
friends are 80 dispersed, it would b. very
cad for ". l wish very much to 60
North. These long Autumn evenings re-
call to US the happy days Of yo,e, the
gladstone memories Of the LA Pierre y
"Brevoort,' and what not"
PROM A LADY IN AUGUSTA, GA, TO 4
LADY IN LITcnFlELD, CONN.
"This 10 not an aristocratic place. for
all trades visit it. The leading men are
Marchaods, not Negocians. l wonder
how uncle Edward bore up under the
weight of Democracy for 80 long n time
The Fenwick bloo1 must have boiled
over at times. George the Third ia.
adopted the name of Fenwick. II YOU
were to meet ne in Broadway you
would wonder what ehatby woman j,
was, with old drab cotton gloves this i.
preparatory to homcspuu. We expcc,
the chaplain, best known as the "baby
gentleman to pass few days with ua
He is very much admired BY the wo-
men, called handsome, and an excelleu,
preacher. Kentnrym is sick teethina
goes very hard with him. He looks like
one Of Raphael's sngels-such beant.fu
dark b ne eyes and mouth, with dim
pie in his right cheek, and tkin fair al
the unsunred lilly that opens near til.
Pill. II babies could be sold at auction
l should be the highest bidder for him
lie is really too lovely for earth. Ill,
nurse, an l'ish woman, says he is III,
most sensible and witty child she evel
met with. II Some folks CAT
do anything they will, other. nothing.
am glad you find Mise Gould 90 pleas an
an acquaintance. ! thought her YER,
interesting. What has become Of hel
lover! A little money, like q littl,
learning, is dangerous thing. TIL,
happiest marriages are made by poo
women"
FROM A LADY IN SAVANNAH TO A rRrENr
| North.
"The expenses Of living mere are tire
mendous. Everything costs 30 much :
it is painful to eat an egg, a chicken, OF
anything else, and It gets worse and
worse. All the preaching, Iectu,iDg
writ ng against cxtortion does no good
C. Grant bad en- common, heavy home
spun-it cost her $55 a Grape bonnet
is SIS. | am heartily sick of it, and wish
our enemies could come to better mind,
We hold out here SO tar 1T 10 said We
may have an attack very soon. Charles.
ton holds out bravcly dear old Sumter
stands it nobly-I compare it to Sans on
of old. Have you seen letter {. ON G.
Il. L. to Fernando Wood? G. B. L.
acknowledges it to be genuine, and
there is a newspaper war going on about
it. am very sorry for it We have
the same old talk Of getting married,
getting rich, travelling, wishing for ice
cream, porter, champagne, etc., etc,
with plentiful abuse OF the W.
a,n going out to order . pair of boots,
which I cannot do without, for $40.
Homespun is a yard shilling calicoea
So yard; silk $50 a yard !; eggs % a
dozen. l don't know what shaIl do for
gloves--thcre are none to be had, cx-
cept few spotted kids At $40 pair. 81
FROM LADY IN SAVANNAH ToBER COUSIN
IN boston.
''lf this unhappy strife is ever ended
during our ives, may be, dear cousin, YOU
may come and see. US one OF these DAYS.
There seems, however, no prospect OF
that unless the Government can be Undue.
cd to believe that we are in earnest, and
that it is useless to continue it, and say to
us, Sister, depart in peace The war is,
however, doing US good, in developing
our resources AMI swakiog onr energies,
and making us more independent. Oar
factories make such pretty h omespuu that
al little distance they look like raw silk.
Then it is making our young people prac
teal ard useful. Nv danrhter !. rov