Evening star., 1863-04-09

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III. Movement on tharlrstcn in Proarexs
Il he Bread RIOT AT Kichmond-Suffer.
IEs at Savannah,
EkADcUAETkRs ARMY OF THE Potomac,
April sth.-The Richmond papers of the ?th
tTuesday) have been received here to- night.
dispatch dated Chari- ston, SIN, saws:
"lmroriart n ovcments are taking place here,
hu! icr military reasons no particulars can yet
hr ttlerraphPd."
The Richmond Sentinel of the 7th has the
following significant paragraph: "Un yester-
day morning eight Monitors aud iron ciads
pert. OFF the bar at Charleston. The brief but
siFH'tC"ht ielerams which were received
cary in the day, and published elsew here, tells
Of WoIk.
'.1he long expected collision has probably
cCnf OF e1e this. The storm so long prepared
for charleston has burst al last We shall pub
lish he nits rs we learn them. We await
the issue with fuoyant hope, hut not without
thc solici'ude due TO the important struggle.
May Heaven shield Charleston from all the
rage OF hrr enemies and ours"
The Sentinel edtorialv refers in ambiguous
te,r;s 10 riot which took place in Richmond
last Thursday OF such magnitude as to cause
tia affair 10 be suppressed from publication.
From the article, it appears that the city was
Ter while in the control OF a lawless mob OF
%Cm' II and men for the cstensi le purpose to
save Themselves from Starvation by breaking
open stores. bakeries. &c
I he movement was head ded by female, who,
the sentinel says, was above want, and the
v hole affair was simply TO rob and plunder,
VI. v.
dry ecocs and fancy stores suffered as much as
those containing the necessaries OF life. The
movement appears to have eventuated from
high prices generally. .
Tie Sentinel, in speaking of this riot all udes
to the fact that all the papers had, after con-
sultHticn, concluded at the time not to mention
The matter.
The burden of all the Richmond papers is an
eXECrtatiCn 10 the people of the South 20 raise
articles OF food instead OF cotton.
Before the adjournment of the Virginia Lee
gisiat"rr resolution was passed appealing to
tT'rY farmer 10 raise provisions beyond the
usual amount, and enjCining frugality i'll the
use OF food.
he Richmond markets on the 9Th are thus
quoted:-Apples, $50 PEI barrel; butter is in
demand AZ 81 per pound: bacon, round, 81 40;
hams, Sl'5 per pound brandy, S22aS24 per
saion; corn scarce at $50 per bushel: meal
market bare at SsaSlG per bushel: candles, Sa5g
asa per pound; coffee, StaSl.5G per pound;
-four, 81! aS36 per barrel, according 10 grade;
Sole feather, s. 5Oa 1915 per pound; upper do.
S5aSI.5n Yer peund; sugar, SI.HaS1 80 per
pound whisky, S2ua $50 per gallon.
Gold and sterling exchange S3.3OaSi per cent.
premium.
There is but little doing in Virginia s's, quoted
al ! - and interest; North Carolina, old bonds
11tal15: new SIS i5ii; Confederate fifteen million
coupons, i:;5al35 .; do. registered, I2n: Confpd-
eralt long dates held at lG5aIUs. with interest:
Iank Of Virginia, last sales at s0, with inter-
est; Eank of tie Commonwealth lis; Farmers
Eauk IS.
CHATTANOOGA, April 4.-There is nothing
addition al II ON the front this evening. Skr-
mishes with the enemy's pickets are of daily
o"cuirfnce, hut general engagement is not
cons GPrPd imminent.
JACKSON, April i.-Reports from Port Hud-
son state that Banks has fallen back One di-
Vision CT his army is at Baton Rouge and the
rest down the river.
SANAToBIA, April t. Richardson guerillas
fcngtit Il regiment Of the enemy at Sunerviile,
killing and wonnding eighty of them. 1t is
STATE d that o,tsn troops recently left Memphis,
cstensibly ior Ficksburg, but after night went
north.
NlCKsEURG, April d.-Eyerything is quiet
here tonight. Put few boats are in in Sight
There is nothing new from the YaZoo A flag
OF truce was sent down to- day by the enemy
The object W as not made public.
In the Examiner ct the 7th is Il leader setting
fCIh the obstacles i'll the way of opening a
route inland TO The GaZoo river above Haine's
Elufl.
Tie Mobile Register of the 2sth ult records
II tact that body OF I Mon troops had pene-
tr#ed o PuncIatoula ana dispersed body of
rpiiels there.
The banks of Savannah had joined in making
a loan, without interest. to relieve the suffer-
imgs OF the poor in that city.