The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-01-07
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A special correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing from Hilton
Head, on the ,20th, furnishes the fol-
lowing extracts from letters from per-
sons in Dixie to their friends North.
They were smuggled through the
rebel lines, but came under the inspecl
ton Of the military authorities at Hill
ton Head. a.,, ......ll +. /.
From Mrs. Tatnall, the widow of the
Commodore: r,, s.sls
81 hope you have received my let
ters, in which begged you to have
some under garments made up for
Mary, and if you have, and you are
able to come out to us, please stock
your trunk we'll, for we all need our
wardrobes rcplenished. '"'. .'''."'l5'
IL, +. TATNALL."'q
From a,school-master in Columbia |:
81 have removed my school for safe
tvs sake, from Charleston to or near
Columbia, l have been doingthe most
prosperous business, but the expense
oflivingis such that | can barely make
two ends meet, and have lost all my
hard earned resources If / could
carry the opinion my patrons have
with me, ! would be sure to do in New
York as / have done. Expenses are so
fabulous that / have given up my car
riage and horses, tea, sugar, coffee, and
| wear homespun and makeiamy own
gloves-these latter cost S75 apair;
meat is $2 per pound and -four $50 a
barrel, corn 81 bushel. So you can
fancy with servants, wages 25 to 40
dollars,a month how, my income can
support a family. My friend, Governor
Aiken, a thrice4millionaire three years
ago, is as poor as ] am now, and we
are certainly in good companyTbat
mysole motive in remaining was Ellen,
and it has pleased God to take her
home tor Him. II will not remainto
witness the last miseries of this dear
country. My all is gone, and l am
willing to begin again. People hold
ON to Charleston as ifitwere the heart
ofthe body of the Confcderacy, and
ffaII it will. / dare not express my be.
tli4 but it lis grounded on more,tban
4 Fun gentleman in Savannah to a
,riend n New York; b'a' ...3rh %. .sr.
81 sincerely hope that the Revolt
tion will not continue much longer,
f5r / feel like one in prison, and | am
getting old and rusty. May God in His
infinite mercy, send relief to us soon,
and slSby us a way'tf escape. Savan-
IeTislEuH uH--very little business here.
! ''KicsAIs % cents, -four 120 dollars per
barrel, soap 'S2 so per pound, candles
4 dollars, whiskcy IS to 120 dollars for
common to fair, butter 5 dollars per
pound, meat 81 per pound, turkeys
800 per pair, broad cloth coat and pan
falcons 500 dollars. Ny sons indulge
now and then in boots at 130 dollars,
but cannot. These arc realities now
what it will end in we shall see. II
you anticipated such d state Of things,
you were wiser than |, | dared never
realize that such madhess could exist
on earth in this Christian age. We
must wait patiently for the end but
we both can regret the patriotic and
innocent blood that is being shed on
both sides for our country"
From, the same, to another. 2 l,.f
~ feel that L am growing old DUR
ing these sad and unintcrcsting times
hopes Of the speedy end of the war
alone keep me alive, Savannah gets
more and more gloomy every day, and
do really fear real starvation and suf-
fering in sixty or ninety days Eve
Irything apporst to be conducting against
US, universal distrust is beginning to
prevail little did | anticipate so long
u continuance Of the struggle" sl
From n daughter in South Carolina
to her mother in Canada: '- e.i
7"Ah mother you know little what
sights | witness daily in consequence
of this cruel war; not a family here
but Is suffering the very depths Of bit
tcrncss, save tho Adger family They
have not Yet been called upon to bury
their nearest and dearest in this terri
Bile strife. Pray that peace may ono;
more dawn upon this once beautifd
land ~ ''''" 70 '' .-' ill.,.
From lady in Georgia to hcl
brother in California. Ms'i.
"Our poor country is in a sad statt
of anarchyiand confusion, distress anC
approhcnsions arein every familyjanC
wo all Sigh for tho goodold times wher
law and order, Oana good will pre-
vailed! !I'lL II iG5i lii a"U''uf. Hf
From a sister in Augusta to hel
brother in New York: '- U "
"There seems now little hope Of diff
fculties being settled for many years
which is most lamentablo;i and being |
woman, I think it right and proper TO
me to cross the ocean. God gran
! that we may all meet in that spiri
world where we shall find a bette
| land ,;,a ain I.4 -ry.l....9
! From lady in Barhamville, nea
Columbia, SIC, to'her cousin in Ney
| York t'. ~ '' @r'" '' .''.,'' "t'-
"Our lifelere isinexpressibly drear.
and monotonous. If it were possibl
to return to Charleston we would do SC
but even there all is so changed; on