Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-31

scheme l0f relfe aud q iuaacial COnVenl
i don of the Pfeli dents aof Sonthetu banks
10 to assemble q AugustRS oa the 'l6tb
II lust u have ayon7t6 think thar s6mt
B such plan as TIP following has fouad flvOi
ioi In the eyFB ofsiaf leutiafmeb. Authority
D will be given to Secretary 6t tie FFeashry
9 Eto'issue u 1000 i0to e0Os6f0 PEI cent! coupon
y bonds, and siuitlianeonslg tOf impose 'ah
B annual tax Of PEI cents on real aud perl
sonal estate capt. Liked, OF which tax 0hsi
lthalfl is ztosbe' pad In currency aud the
: other half ingspteie or coupons of the
u ,0O9, 900. 600 load There will be induces
meuts offered (sIchsasiR bonus Of 5 per
cent at onoeit0 buy up or convert oeuts
, rency into this looms sfahdiitsis hoped chat
so much of the xstihg ciroaiatipn viii be
u quickly retired as val Iiimm ediat ely idce
i prices; and admit DC q Limit betng y 70
the ontstandiug (urrenCyi Other details
OF this scheme there are I'D abuAdaueeb
bat, conseiselyl AAted its outline is not
I taf fran what 4 kfre slfetehedi Ny own
Appreciation Is thas i vi nbt hoA PtOdaPt
and adtAstie enough in It's OPERATION 20
sweep awnyat once the vast redundancy
of the currency, to inspire confidence ID a
ldistrustfuls people, and to bring supplies
promptly to market. II il fails there Is NO
j alternative LETT for the GQyeFnment but to
1 seize aud impress Whateverit Wants-with q
high hand, and to this step Il will be i'm
| PEELED, rather than yield 20 the hated Yau!
KEGS, by the almost unanimous voice OF the
confederate people. II was long ago re-
marked by MachiRyelli that no people
once embarked in war is ever forced into
peace by reason ofpecuniary inaniIi0u, aud
never were there nations less amenable 70
considerations of cash than the two seer
tions of sandered republic, which three
years ago exhibited 40 average OF iudivid.
ual wealth among Its cttilens snch ascouId
be found nowhere else upon earth. The
embarrassments of the OOnfederates in ad.
justing theirlcurrepvy, in getting the sup.
plies which abound in dist snt Florida and
elsewhere mp to the mouths which need
them, and Ia introducing through an in-
cFeasingly s.eingent blockade all that is
vital for their continued struggle, may be,
and probably will be, greiVOus aud per-
pIextng; thai they will be such as to ex-
tinguish or plralyze future resistance will
not be lightly credited by one who knows
what difficulties have already beea sur
mounted, what shortcomings supplement-
ed, what energy, and ingenuity displayed.
The reported capture Of the two Priuct-
pal Government vessels which have since
January last been engaged in running the
blockade. and which have made nearly
doubtless be held up to Englaud by Mr.. |
Seward as great instance of Yankee Vtg.'
or aud yet It requires large charity to |
regard as effective such blockade as has
been for eleven months pierced at will by |
the oornubia aud Giraffe. or, as she has
recently, been called, the Robert 3. Lee
Doubtless fresh Government vessels will I
soon be obeying the behests of the Ord |
nance Bureau, and in the meantime such is |
tlie-glut of blockadiug goods Introduced
into the Gonfederacy by the yeshela he I
O s4s coRRahSpiss 81 EhS Sst Sa
-CHrEues wArehodsed at WILMINGTON,
awaiting rise ln5prices before they are
offered for sale. Never since the estsb-
lishment of fiAmeficau Independence have |
there been such supplies Of bTandies aud
Wines in Richmond, Augusta, aud many
other cities as at this moment. The block
ade.running seems about to be tnteFmittedf u
not SO much. by season Of the increased en-.
ergy ofthe bloetading sq1adrOns as Of the
fact that the Southern market Is gluttedi
by the goods already introduced. oaa
q I cannot coneeat my own Impression /
that very little energy has been shown |
by the Confederate Government in
tRetri op6tati 6hsg cagainst KnOxSiile and
Eastern Tennessee. Successes have |
been gained at Loudon by the Con.
feder1tes, ind II would seem that nothing |
more was required to drive Burnside Qut1
Of Knoxville than hearty and harmonious !
coopera ati6ul between Gen. Stephenson, who
Is at4London,,ah Gen. Sam Jones. whOis |
in Western Virginia. But no energy. NO, |
enterprise, has IN this quarter been eGhib-
tied, although. am assured. by officers Ats
iachedi TO Jones' command that, initheir
-opinion,f IL, 900 Con- fedeFAtes could sweep !
I.a,i
that the harmony, Of action between the |
iafihies 81 Gens. Lied hid Bragg. which has |
.SSsn presented 81 ID Jam a AS existing, ,is |
as imaginary as the transfer to end fro
from Yirginia to Tennessee, and back from
Tsppessee q Yifgiuiaif pf Gsp LOhgs,rset
And hiBlEoIps. y They Who have witnessed |
the RloWness and difficulty which accom-
pany the movement of army corps, who are
i6ogniSaht OF the weeks and weeks which
such an ,upheagateItracts.i will und derstand
the inp6ssibiHty Of any such strategy as,
the Cebb hAve been credited with.
Great as has been the acumen exhibited by
FhS Eugtishl p rSsS ct6f5ug h0dt this war in
sitting Northern versions, of the, DeWE7-ani
iaeumeuI5 which has often beei commanded j
Id my heRring since I came - tie South
yop) have yet 70 learn that In fegafd 20 the
number Of the Confederate troops engaged, 1,
aud 70 the Confederate GeneeSis inac0m4
maud, there e often In, Northern, ,aeeountsl
of battles not tioneg egtainior yestigs Of truth.
We f6d the following rather curious
paragraph in the money article Of Noan'si
IN. " Messsagsr: r:.,,,t.-a. NJ
fhe nembsrs 6f ths Reg gaiar Stock Ex-
change held theirsnsnal eAFnival on Thurs
day. II Ais The edsttm E6t some Que mem.
ber ofthe Board 70 supply. his fellow ,theln-
hers on the day Before QhFi iSsuias with q
penny trdmpeL and . mtniatnEel watch.
man $ rattle which are duly placed on the
l7aesk efeAsh member Sia diness foI him
when be enters the Board on that day.
Upon the aopeuing apf 'ttle .6aSIAsss Of the