No news from any of the armies, except that Longstreet has
reached Bristol, Va.
Yesterday, in Congress, Mr. Foote denounced the President as
the author of all the calamities; and he arraigned Col. Northrop, the
Commissary General, as a monster, incompetent, etc.—and cited * * * *
I saw Gen. Bragg's dispatch to-day, dated 29th ult, asking
to be relieved, and acknowledging his defeat. He says he must still fall back,
if the enemy presses vigorously. It is well the enemy did not know it, for at
that moment Grant was falling back on Chattanooga! Mr. Memminger has sent to
Congress an impracticable plan of remedying the currency difficulty.
To-day I saw copies of orders given a year ago by Gen.
Pemberton to Col. Mariquy and others, to barter cotton with the enemy for
certain army and other stores.
It is the opinion of many that the currency must go the way
of the old Continental paper, the French assignats, etc., and that speedily.
Passports are again being issued in profusion to persons
going to the United States. Judge Campbell, who has been absent some weeks,
returned yesterday.
The following prices are quoted in to-day's papers:
"The specie market has still an upward tendency. The
brokers are now paying $18 for gold and selling it at $21; silver is bought at
$14 and sold at $18.
"Grain.—Wheat
may be quoted at $15 to $18 per bushel, according to quality. Corn is bringing
from $14 to $15 per bushel.
"flour.—Superfine,
$100 to $105; Extra, $105 to $110.
"Corn-meal.—From
$15 to $16 per bushel.
"country Produce
And Yegetables.—Bacon, hoground, $3 to $3.25 per pound; lard, $3.25 to
$3.50; beef, 80 cents to $1; venison, $2 to $2.25 ^poultry, $1.25 to $1.50;
butter, $4 to $4.50; apples, $65 to $80 per barrel; onions, $30 to $35 per
bushel; Irish potatoes, $8 to $10 per bushel; sweet potatoes, $12 to $15, and
scarce; turnips, $5 to $6 per bushel. These are the wholesale rates.
"groceries.—Brown
sugars firm at $3 to $3.25; clarified, $4.50; English crushed, $4.60 to $5;
sorghum molasses, $13 to $14 per gallon; rice, 30 to 32 cents per pound; salt,
35 to 40 cents; black pepper, $8 to $10.
"liquors.—Whisky,
$55 to $75 per gallon; apple brandy, $45 to $50; rum, proof, $55; gin, $60;
French brandy, $80 to $125; old Hennessy, $180; Scotch whisky, $90; champagne
(extra), $350 per dozen; claret (quarts), $90 to $100; gin, $150 per case;
Alsop's ale (quarts), $110; pints, $60."
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 2, p.
113-4
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