Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-06
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The Wilmington Journal had recently a visit from
gentleman who had run the blockade through Ma
ryland. 1t reports bim as follows.
! The gentleman already alluded to- who arrived
here night before last informs US that begging is
the order of the day in Philadelphia Nothing else
/ is. There IS virtually-slmost hierslly-nO bust
I ness. The factories cannot work. They have no
cotton. To get any, they must pay prices that they
cannot afford. Imports are next to none. save for
army use, and strangely enough the goods for
the soldiers are largely received from England
There are few able to bHy-if any large importa
tons were made there would be no customers to
consume them-no cotton bills to pay for them.
Wilmington is blOckaded port and Philadelphia is
an open one, and yet Philadelphia is more silent
more depressed loOkng-thsD our little town. Even
the soldiers beg. They importune persons going
along the streets for five cents to buy tObaccsfor
sOmething-for anything. Their morale is awful
1t is army stsrve The recruiting officers get so
much per cGpitG and they take almost anybody
How many men there is in the Lincoln army the
people can only guess.
The Government must gO-ahead with expendi-
lures to prevent revolution, and even at the best
the suferings of this winter must be very severe.
The approach Of that season is l Oksd to with the
goomiest forebOdings by all thinking men at the
North A second Northern winter can hardly be
gone through with without revolution All rea
sonabIe calculations will be set az n0ught if the
war is or can be made to last a second winter
This confirms our own opinion, Even the compare
lively small town of Wilmington. Delaware. a
manufacturing town up a creek, mendicancy is open
and unbushing. Wilmington. Delaware. rathOle
of Abolition Quakers, built up by the patron
age Of the South Why, there is no counting the
amount of money paid to this State even. for iron
steamboats,. engines, and other machinery to oar
Delaware name sake.
There is peace party at the North, but it will do
nothing for something-frst, because events are
yet ripe, and second because that party is not
far euongh advanced to comprehend the true state
of the case. The peace men of the North still
dream eff restriction. Any movements predicated
upon that idea can effect nothing
Our informant says that the Pennsylvania State
election, hsld on the second Tuesday in October
beirg the eighth day of the month the city of Phil
adelphia elect, Breckenridge Democrats to Con
gress. We do not knew what other officers were
voted for The party which seems to have carried
the election in the city is snRered at by the Rspub
iicans the 'SscessOnists." They call themselves
the Friends OF Peace" This is not worth any
thing at all simply misunderstanding that
may assume form before this time next year.
In coming South, ourI Informant worked his way
through Maryland and got across the Potomac in /
a boat The people in that portion Of Maryland
between the Chesapeake and the Potomac are all |
right. By some means, goods Of any kind can be
got on to and sold at Richmond, bus big price is
charged.