The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10
Condition Of Virginia., !,

Condition OF Virginia.
! A gentleman just arrived in New
York from Richmond, Virginia, re
ports to the Tribune a horrible con
ditiOn OF affairs. Provisions hat
advanced from twenty to fifty pc
cent. The Governor had refused I,
tolerate any neutrals. All wh,
wou d not take the oath of allegianc,
10 the state must leave the city. n,
letters could 20 North except by ex
press, and then orly when their or
thodoxy is guaranteed by som,
known Secessionist.
An elderly lady applied the otho
day ut tire express office to send ,
letter North. The Clerk answered.
MADAM, | cannot forward your let.
ter unless you bring some person
we'll known to vouch for you" Sh,
SAID that she would read the lcitei
to Inn r. any body else there. liz
replied that they were under order:
to transmit no letters unless the
parties sending them brought some
well known person to vouch fol
them.
A municipal official had two
weeks ago black list OF Northern
men made ont, upon whom the in
tention was to call as soon as the
right kind OF party could be made
up. Most OF the men on the list
have lett.
The state was suffering greatly
for want OF arms The now COM
p.nies are clamorous for arms.
The old companies have mostly
ilnt'lock mnskets; few only have
percussion arms
I The state q! Virginia had Is, 900
muskets OF the old hint-lock pattern,
which immediately on the secession
o. the state, were put under cntract
to three pariics to be altered 10
percussion locks. Five thousand
were given ont to manufacturing
company, which until lately has
passed by the name Of the Union
Manufacturing Company. bnt which
painted over the word Union" on
their sign when Virginia seeded. -
This company is composed OF North.
ern men. and until now has been
engaged in the inanufact, re- OF steam
engines and sewing machines. They
will probably be able to get their
5 900 guns altered in year. An.
other 900 have been given out to
John III. L, ster, formerly OF Brook
Ign, where he used to carry on a
large machine stop He had no
shopin Richmond, and will probabl Y
attempt TO get them done in Balli
more. The renal ing 5000 have
been given to j. Brown, who has
hitherto been carrying on an iron
railing and wire manu'actOrv. He
will hardly he able To alter | 900 A
year, ani oil cannot turn ont more
than twelve 10 fifteen per day. The
state to pay two dollars a. i, &C for
the al GRAFTON.
Our informant never saw a Sharpe
rifle in the state, aud never heard oi
anybody who had one. As for
Colts pistols, thay are not to be had,
fifty dollars would be readily paid
there for common Colts navy pis
tol.
The hammers used in altering
these flint locks to percussion, have
generally been imported. 1t will
seriously retari operat ons II they
have to forge them in Richmond.
The Tredcgar Iron Works al
lticr mond are the only works
which cast cannon. They hav,
recently bought another establish,
ment, which had been closed for
some time, and are now employing
abont 900 hands. 600 of which ar,
at the old establishment. But eve
rything thae the Tredegar Work:
has made so lar has gone Sonth, AM
they are yet behind their orders.
Beside the Tredegar Works, ther,
are two or three other works castinl
balls ard making shells. One mar
named Rahm. who was until lstel,
n strong Union man, has now raised
a secession flag, aud is very busy
casting secession balls.
r cruiting is actively going on il
Richnond; on Main street there ar,
eight or ten rendezvous. Three
iourths Of the recruits arc not owe
eighteen years old. A howitz,
company just formed is compose,
entirely Of boys. Their eight how
itzers are rihed. and were procure,
from tho North last Fall.
The city was awlully scared
week or two ago over a report tha
the Pa,onee was coming mp to at
, tack it, though that vessel could ne
possibly get within miles OF the city
owing to her draught. Severa
/ thousand men at once armed-man
. OF them with scythes, and the Who'll
population was overwhelmed wit
, fear and excitement. The alarl
was soon found to be false.
y DELAwARs,-A great change b,
s,me over The Governor oi De awar
A week ago he was understood 10