The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-06-15
rrsrcTs or rHE BLOCKADE.


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| A gentleman who has resided in Madison
county, Gretgia, fer YEAR past, Ia former
citizen of Chicago places US in possession
of some important facts concerning the eft
/ fects OF the blockade. Having been engaged
| ia mercantile pursuits there, bis opportun
ties fer observing the sudden and appalling
! advance in the prices of all necessaries OF
life were abundant.
r our InI0TIDanI ItTE AEIaHIA Ju HI0nuaJ,
the Sd inst. At that time the price Of bacon
was 20 cents per pound at wholesale, and
fast rising The supply comes wholly from
Louisville. Flour, such as sells in our mar
ket at So Is per barrel, was last quoted
there at $40. Of late, however, il has nearly
disappeared from the market. Coffee was
retailing Mt 40 cents per pound. Salt was
worth So SO Der tushe. This important
article rose ore dollar IN single day
Gunpowder wac nominally nine dollars pr
keg, but our informant was refused . single
key, ia the Augusta market, Mt any price
Corn, the great article Of food for all classes
was quoted at 81 Is to 81 As per bushel.-'
Calico prints, the products Of those abolition
hotbeds OF Manchester and Providence, had
risen from II 20 Ito per yard. But perhaps
the greatest distress arose from . lack Of
medicines 10 arrest the progress OF diseases
and To cure the eick. Several nhyaicinna had
/ iuInei the army as sUfiiisrs from inability 70
continue their practicable stock OF medi
zines having dwipdled down TO a few .sroots
and yarbs" of Southern growth. These are
| d rev samples OF The alarming rise In the
articles OF prime necessity. The whole rel
ance of the State and of the South is upon
! the aid Of England and France Everybody
tells everybody else that those powers are
/ sending across the Atlantic prodigious fleets
| 70 break the blockade. when, OF course, the
! land will flow with milk ami honey. Some
| OF the wiser ones, Elk Gov. Foote, OF Missis-
sipri, for instance, admit that there is "a bare
possibility that England and France may stay
at home and mind their own business, in
which case, ii is conceded, the s'Confederate
| Stntes' would be 1t their Wits end.
Every pound Of provisions. every article
az merchandise that goes down from Louis
willie has to be paid for in gold and silver
and thus the country is being rapidly drain
cd OF its specie. Georgia currency is nomi-
uaIv at 10 per cent. discount, but the banks
| will not part with their coin at all except
where it is imperativeiy required to procur.
the necessaries Of life, or imperatively de
snanded by JeH. Davis Secretary of TIT
Treasury.
The scarcsy Of money has in . great de
gree demoralized the army. The New Or
leans Zouaves who were Withdrawn from
Pensacola aud sent to Virginia passed thro
Montgomery and Atlanta. At the for
mer place they demanded their pay in suct
mutinous language that the citizens became
terrified. Their officers assured them tina
they would be paid in full at Richmond
some of them declared that If not paid a
Richmond, immediately on their arrival, the,
would burn the town. The majority, how
ever, would not be put off any longer, will
promises. Thy would not bulge IN incl
from Montgomery until they should receivi
their arrearages in full, IN unmistnkable spe
Gle. They thus carried their point and 20
their money. Before they moved on, oil,
Of them were shot by ci,izens Of Montgom
erp for breaking i3to their houses.
The fame of these Zouayes ecIipses that o
Billy Wilson'S Regiment. So great was tn
terror inspired BIZ sheir puuderngs and ruf
fansm, that the citizens of Atlanta woui
not allow the train TO stnp 10 the town. TIL
Home Gunrdr and citizens generally forme
on each side Of the railroad track and toll
the engineer to 90 ahead on pain Of instan
denih. The tram accordingly sped throug
the town ne the rate of fifteen miles an hour
The Zouaves on the other hind, declare
TIM rEFy w5TE UETy nrgrvTTg TOT bread, al
hrs cd they co1tid haps
Our informant adds that all hope OF tax
ing Fort pickeus has been abandoned. nm
that the soldisrs now declare that they neve
intended to take il unless Is could be done
trlting the sentineis--a plan In which the
had great cor 6dence at one time. The spoo
hlrelingsn on Santa Rosa Island would,
course, do anything for pay. Latterly, thi
: idea has fallen into disrepnte.
CoWapAIy and unhuman Conduct.