Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-23
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frenz fhs Phila1siphi4 Prrss
The following letter from 3 respecta-
Die citizen Of Charleston, S. C., Union
nan, 20 q gentlsman Of Philadelphia
gives faithful account Of the eity. as it
vas February I'D, 1854. The state
ments can be depended upon as accurate
and impartial We publish It liter
ally as written, omitiing only names and
private matters:
A great change has come over The city
since you left The population is almost
entirely abese WestwoTth street-hardly
so1l below Market street The post
ofiee il At the corner of King and Ann
streets; the banks at the west end Of
Cannon street: the military hezdqaar-
teFs in John street and above that point
The lover part Of the town Is given over
to Gillmore's shella Below Wentworth
street are fourteea parallel streets, in
cluding the most vAlnable streets Of the
pnblic bulldogs, stores and private
/. houses. Cannon street Is almost snhur-
ban. The deserted portion Of the city,
from which the bombardmens has driven
the few Inhabitants who remain, occn
pies about three square miles
Probably over 500 houses have been
struck in that part Of the town. Your
old room in the upper story bad q shell
explode 10 IL The prices Of living are,
in our cuFreney, enormous Hotels
charge from &l2 % $50 day, and the
cheapest boarding house is s6 = day. At
present rates, Il costs me about 5000
month. Beef Is selling st IS pound
sugar fpoor brown) at "a 50 pound
cora whisky, 900 10 SIS q gallon; oak
wood ct $50 cord Yon can therefore
imagine the pleasures Of housekeeping
at these rates. A barrel Of salmon from
Wilmington cost me- Sf05, and bought
box Of herring, which used 10 cast is'c.
to-day, for S25. - has lain IN q
hiding place for some months, 10 avoid
eonseription. He does not dare 70 do
even rs the oSls do--go out OF nights,
Once be vas the victim Of misplaced
contidence--hs vent 10 Wilmington TO
try and get chance out; be was nabbed
and only escaped BY jumping from the
cara and taking 70 the woods Finally,
after enduring increditable hardships,
and wAlking sexeniy-fvs miles in thirty
three hours, be got back TO place Of
hiding 10 Wilmington. whence be return
ed here, aud il now perda, where oRly
Intimate friends can 6nd him. DeseFters
throng the woods and swamps all over
the eonntFy: the rebels hnnt them as they
do negroes, with dogs - says be
saw twenty-five broaght IN The other day
tied tvo and two. rho had been caught
By hounds. Two Others were shet in
! attempting 70 escape.
Oar condition il as bad aa IL can be-
The desposiam is a. bad ~ it can be,
though curses load and deep are uttered
agAinak the GoveFnmsns by many men
who wers sscsssioaists. There II very
large sprinkling Of Union men here. II
Is qaissedoubtfal Il there is not majori.
~ Ia Charleston who are for the Union.
The town Is vsEy much changed =
Scarcely anybody believes that slavery
can i've much longer The thing Is
about up. II the Federals make ths
spring campaign what il ought 10 be, the
people viii CRY .enoagh"
Congress has just passed a law com
peIling the funding Of Confederate notes
IN four per cent bonds, before April lst,
on penalty Of paying tax Of 33l per
cent on the nosea after that date, and If
they are no, funded by January ist, 1866,
they are to be taxed one hundred per
cent. This Is rcpudiAtion with 3 veng-
eAnee Then tax Of Eve per cent on
everything aida to the delights Of our
situation