SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND MILITARY. WRITTEN FOR THE LONDON TIMES, BY WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL, LL. D., SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. NEW YORK: J A M E S   G.   G R E G O R Y, (SUCCESSOR TO W. A. TOWNSEND & CO.,) 46 WALKER STREET. 1861. C HARLESTON , April 30, 1861. [A] [A] Mr. Russell wrote one letter from Charleston previous to this, but it is occupied exclusively with a description of the appearance of Fort Sumter after the siege. His “Pictures of Southern Life” properly begin at the date above.