Fair and cool; hot
at noon.
It is rumored that
Mr. Memminger will resign. If he does, it will cause much rejoicing. Mr. Foote
censured him severely in Congress; and moved a resolution of censure, which
was not laid on the table—though moved, and voted on—but
postponed.
Gen. Lee has been a little
ill from fatigue, exposure, and change of water; but was better yesterday, and
is confident.
Messrs. Cardoza and
Martin, who sell a peck of meal per day to each applicant for $12, or $48 per
bushel, flour at $1.60 per pound, and beans $3 per quart, are daily beset with
a great crowd, white and black. I do not think they sell for the government,
but they probably have facilities from it. The prices are only about half
charged in the shops.
But Messrs. Dunlop
and Moucine are selling meal (on their own account, I believe) at $25 per
bushel, or 50 cts. per pound, allowing each white member of the family about
five ounces per day; and selling them twice per month, or nine pounds per month
to each. The rule is to sell to only the indigent, refugees, etc. My friend
James G. Brooks, Clay Street, informed me this morning that he got half a
bushel there. He is rich!
SOURCE: John
Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate
States Capital, Volume 2, p. 222
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