, 1862-04-17

vded, We freeze"
Variety 10 the spice Of life, bat the variety Of
the tariff has given life to spice; one merchant
having realized, on the rise Of pepper alone, $780,
600. ~ s a-sf- = sE' 2. 's'E--z --4''E
The Richmond Enquirer says the Southern
! people cah raise any article Of Yankee industry.
Some witty wag coolIy asks, "why don't they
raise the bio kadeY"
A farmer named Hoffman has succeeded in
growing cotfre in Illinois, and he thinks it can
be grown to the extent Of thirty bushels to the
acre Of ground, successfully.
The new Secretary Of War il winning golden
opinions The Washington correspondents saw
that he "carries everything befnre him, and bis
energy is like northwest wind"
Congressman Ely is said to be much affected
by his incarceration. He looks a dozen years
older than he did last June, and his person
bears the marks Of care and trouble.
The Southern papers say the blockade Is ut.
terly defective, and yet find it 10 hard to get
flannel that they have to call on the won, n
! n contribute their old skirts f,r use in making
liked ammunition. Why not import flannels, If
| tn blockade is so loose?
St. Louis presents at the present day the as,
Pect of u ruined city. A correspondent says the
desolatOn there can hardly be exaggerated.
Such iS the prOStration Of business that from
10000 to 70O00 inhabitants are supposed to
have left that city, leaving whole rows Of stores
and dwellings without an occupant.
The Srnate committee on the subject are EF
causing Mr.. Morgan to d;Sgnrge most Of his pro-
fits IN the purchase Of old ships. They wGu d
have hun sqerzed until his $40, O00 should be re.
duced to about twice tn, same number Of dimes.
They are right. ThiSs no time for robbing the
exchcqucr. That ought to be regarded as one Of
the arts peace.
The demand E,r whisky is said to be SO great
at :he South that every gallon is sold as soon as
il is made Such whisky must be ike that
known in some western localities wherein those
Who drink il can see the boys hoeiHg the corn
from which Il is made. One manufacturer in
Virginia has realized an enormous iartune in the
business since the commencement Of the war.
The people Of the United States are threatened
with tax on servants. This is something like
q novelty, but we suppose the hOuSe.keepers
will have tn grin and bear il. Some Of them de.
clare that the article In question costs already
enough in the way Of brenkagcs TO ruin them
quite, aud many will prubably bs obliged To
take upon Themselves the performance Of Sundry
duties which have heretofore been eonRded to
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Inc attempt To 'nJure ten. Mcclellan reco
npon ms prosecutors very deep and bitter
'e.nng oi resentment pervadts the whole army
oi the Potomac against his detamerS Of1cers
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dissipation has hecnme 50 common in the
Cont, derafe army $50 much hTntal drunkenness
prevails-that the Virginia Legislature has been
constrained to take measures to abnte the nui'
SINCE. The daily scenes in Richmond, resulting
from the miserable quality Of the liquor sold to
the soldiers. are described us frehttnl to behold