The Virginia Legislature, now in session, has a bill under
discussion for the suppression of extortion. One of the members, Mr. Anderson,
read the following table of the prices of
AGRICULTURE
PRODUCE.
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Before the War.
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Now.
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White wheat, per bushel
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$1.50
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White wheat, per bushel
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$4.50
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Flour, per barrel
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7.50
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Flour, per barrel
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22.00
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Corn, per bushel
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.70
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Corn, per bushel
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3.50
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Hay, per hundred
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1.00
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Hay, per hundred
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3.50
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Hides, per pound
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.07
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Hides, per pound
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.40
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Beef, per pound
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.08
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Beef, per pound
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.50
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Bacon, per pound
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.13
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Bacon, per pound
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.60
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Lard, per pound
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.15
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Lard, per pound
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1.00
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Butter, per pound
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.30
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Butter, per pound
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1.50
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Irish potatoes
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1.00
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Irish potatoes
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5.00
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Sweet potatoes
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1.00
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Sweet potatoes
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6.00
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Apple brandy
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1.00
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Apple brandy
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15.00
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Wool, per pound
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.30
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Wool, per pound
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2.00
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MANUFACTURERS
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Bar iron, per pound
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.04
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Bar iron, per pound
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.20
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Nails, per pound
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.04
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Nails, per pound
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.60
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Leather, sole, per pound
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.25
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Leather, sole, per pound
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2.50
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Leather, upper, per pound
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.33
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Leather, upper, per pound
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3.50
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COTTON GOODS.
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Osnaburgs, per yard
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.10
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Osnaburgs, per yard
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.75
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Brown cotton, per yard
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.10
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Brown cotton, per yard
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.75
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Sheeting, per yard
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.15
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Sheeting, per yard
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1.25
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WOOLEN GOODS.
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Coarse jeans
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.45
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Coarse jeans
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4.00
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Crenshaw’s gray
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2.00
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Crenshaw’s gray
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28.00
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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Coarse shoes
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$1.50
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Coarse shoes
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15.00
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High-quartered shoes
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3.50
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High-quartered shoes
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25.00
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Boots
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7.50
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Boots
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60.00
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Wool hats, per dozen
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7.00
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Wool hats, per dozen
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50.00
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STOCKS.
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Dividends on stocks in cotton companies, worth in May,
1861, $25 to $50 per share, now from $112 to $140
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It is doubtful whether
the bill will pass, as most of the members are agriculturists.
It is said and believed
that several citizens from Illinois and Indiana, now in this city, have been
sent hither by influential parties, to consult our government on the best means
of terminating the war; or, that failing, to propose some mode of adjustment
between the Northwestern States and the Confederacy, and new combination
against the Yankee States and the Federal administration.
Burnside has at last
been removed; and Franklin and Sumner have resigned. Gen. Hooker now commands
the Federal Army of the Potomac — if it may be still called an army. Gen. R——, who
knows Hooker well, says he is deficient in talent and character; and many years
ago gentlemen refused to associate with him. He resigned from the army, in
California, and worked a potatoe patch, Yankee like, on speculation — and
failed.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 252-3
