, 1863-04-29


tic Richmond Enquirer has scared al thoughts
If peace out Of the minds Of the Northwest
crn fuiks-1hat they have been cold shoulder
cd by tho Enquirer, and numerically Tidl-
culet by tie Lincoln papers, on account Of
tho ccntcmrtuons reception Of their gushing
Government. Thls Is What the "weak minded
Corlcdcrates" say.
THE EYE OF JEFT. DAVIS.
From the Chattanooga RcheLJ
The dispatches say "the eye Of the President
Is tixt on Tennessee" That alone does not
release her soil Of the opprcssor's tread. a
reinforcement Of thirty thousand more men
will do more gooG than anyboly's eye to-
~ard rcdecming the State and feeding the army.
KosEcTANs' ARMY THE nACEBoSE OF TIE
ANACONDA.
From the Chattanooga Rebel, April Fl
Rosecraus' army in Middle Tennessee con-
stitutes the backbone Of the suhjugating ana~
ccnda Of the North. If that army were
Ohio, peace would follow In thirty days.
With a reinforcement of co. 900 men Bragg
could crush, scatter and drive back that army.
The defeat Of Rosecrans would tend more to
disco1ntit the enemy than any other event Of
the war With X, 600 more men he could be
| sieralty defeated. The war may as well be
| settled now as ut any other time it must
i end some day.
| The rebels grow {acctlous orer their priva-
! tions consequent on the stringencg Of the
/ blockade.
| The Lynchburg, Va, Republican Of the 9Th
status, on the authority Of q gentleman just
returned from the upper part Of North Caro-.
lima, that ten penny nails are passing current
there at five cents each. We have no such
metallic basis for our currency here. Our cir
cu1atii.G mediums arc grains Of corn, repre-
| nj md fcf1nrrn
resentlng The decimal"
Tho Charleston Courier Is likely to stoI
ior 17ck Of paper. Tie following letter from
its paper-Maker explains the case:
49, ArRlL !, 1868.
DEAR Sm: On my return home find, to IN.
nstonishn.cnt, tnat cotton is selling IN thi
market ut .4:2,1: cents. As have told you be
fore, it nearly taIes - pounds so Ct cotton a t.
Up 10 Is cents or Sloo per pound: As pc
sumo the press cannot afford to pay thes
prices, and rs rags are now not to be had, an
Nc arc forced to depend exclusively on th
use Of raw cotton, We shall be obliged to di:
continue business and close our mill unt
after The war, am ready to hear any Euggc!
. t;,.ns that the press are ready to make undo
| tlcsc circumstances. We are ready and vii
ing to do all VIC can for the press, but VIC cal
: not regulate the price Of cotton. If the pre-:
: win furnish us stock We will manufactu'
:. ! It into paper for them as low as it can
: done. But the price Of paper noW depcut
!. entirely upon The price of cotton.
The Bath paper mill, one Of the princip
: mills III tic South, was destroyed by fire {
April I'd, during: high wind
ANEW CANAL.
The EQieto and Ashley Canal Company h
bce,, chartered b7 tie South Carolina Lcgisl
turc. and tie undertaking is much urged by
Charleston paper rs likely to
-" opcn direct water communication vi
some If the wcalth;cst districts Of the Sta'
among them lexington. Orangeburg, Bar
vel aud Co1lcton, whereby the city can
= Ceiyc All abundant supply of wood, 1umb
&, and all products Of those districts.
@By the ald Of this canal the prices Of M
NECESSARY articles, now exo1bitant1y high, c
Cc brought down 10 reasonable figures"
HOPE.
The Courier indulgcs In the following ant
+. ipations:
ut uVlien neacc is once more shed abre
as MR. nur laid. aud our city begins to al
~ frnm her ashy bed, and activity and busin
energy again assume their wonted sway, {
vhrH loud outcric5 arc being made FOR III
= Der to rebuild our lovely city, onr cittz
stock ii cTerv railroad impressed into
is. s,,yica of tho Government to bring Cove
J, nj 1nent cotton to the seaboard to be exported
= Europe in payment Of foreign loans. No
I'd aficc mouth may thus ro4 away without BID
". ing the peedcd supply, and We nay hsxt t
b to our Abolition friends to supply us
4 lumber or ready-madc Yankee houses.
"a however, NC succeed In constructing
soe Edisto and Ashley Canal. more lumhfr OF
"a. ! kinds can be brought to our doors t
~ would suffice to rebuild the entire city tt
y over"