My wife had a little gold among her straightened finances;
and having occasion to purchase some article of dress, she obtained seven and a
half per cent, premium. The goods began to go up in price, as paper money fell
in value. At Montgomery I bought a pair of fine French boots for $10 in gold — but
packed my old ones in the top of my trunk. I was under the necessity, likewise,
of buying a linen coat, which cost only $3.50. What will be the price of such
commodities a year hence if the blockade continues? It is fearful to
contemplate! And yet it ought to be considered. Boarding is rising rapidly, and
so are the bloodthirsty insects at the Carleton House.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 47
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