Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-05-09

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have told yoa something Of the rise and pro-
gress Of this great rebellion. can add some
thing more Of gcaera interest IL reference to az
fairs South.
The blockade O. 'he southern p1.ts is terrible
iuaction upon that people They used to in
port almost all their manufactured articles of
cry description as well as other tLings In most
houses at the S.uth you will fad that every oae
Of thousand different articles therein, has upon
i; the mark # the Northern manufacturer. They
have ct along very we'll thus far, be-asse the
stocks Of goods tbr usLlut the South, at the be-
ginning OF the var, were immense. These are now
used up, and what they Will do for clothing Of all
kinds, leather, tools &c, cannot say. II Is use
less trying % stan. them ut, for by putting all
the cotton land into corn they can raise ucre
"hoy and honiny" than they want. 4: the pres
ent time, common gun-powler is worth from three
to ave dollar, per pound, coffee from seventy-fye
cents to one dollar and quarter, according TO To-
eality, and everything else high in proportion
0. business there j. none and thousands have been
utterly ruined.
No nation c,u carry oa a great war for long
tine without money or credit. TIE Confederate
government has no gold and silver. and the
whole country is flooded with shinplasiers, bank
notes and Confederate Treasury notes. Almost
every merchant, IA ilroad company, tarber, bar
keeper, town. city county and state, put out shin
plasters Of all denominations, from FIVE cents up
wards. Almost any piece Of paper with mans
name signed to it, passes as money. Confederate
Treasury note are reckoned at par, AMI they are
accustomed to speak Of gold as a. 50, so, or 20
per cent. premium, the may be. No
body dares refuse confederate paper-he would
be at once enemy, a traitor, an Rboli-
tioust-and such men aEe not long-lived
in the Sunny South. 4 few months ago,
in New Orleans, gold was at 80 or IS per
cent. premium; vixen siiddl and Mason
were captured it went down to land when
they were released, it went Immediately up to 40.
Fort Henry and Roanoke brought it up to So |
or co per cent. premium. Doneson brough it right
up to 20. and Columbus s-d Nashville - S. The
authorities have since put stop to all trading IN
gold and silver. 1t ''dspreeiated the currency, it
was giving aid and comfort to The enemy, it was /
treasonable, and none but yankees ought to e.
gage il such mean business.
1t is to be understood that no true information
is given to the people at the South. If they knew
the facts they would be discouraged, and so they
must not know the facts, The newspapers are
full Of lies, and they dare publish nothing except
what the N litary authorities permit them. The
punishment for SO doing is by law, one years
Imprisonment and heavy fine. The papers have
a great deal to say about the horrible outrages
committed by the Union troops, wherever they
advance They burned Bowling Green, and
EliIlbeth City and then said the vandil Yankees
did it. Their slaves will be taken away, their
houses plundered, their wives aud daughters in
suited, and themselves enslaved. Do you think
they knew how kindly cur troops treated the peO-
pie of Nashville l saw a long account In a
Memphis paper Of the horrible outrsges they were
committing there every day, lot one word Of
which sceoun; was true. They call their eOnfs-