Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-12-23

ey holder will be injured, and the country will bs
redeemed. The, current Of trade viii resume itssa
fbrer channel and prices return to the staadardef
more propitions times"s ~ r. ~ 81
While on this subject we copy from the Petersss
burg Rsgi.,sr Of the 4th instant ths following sr;
ticies, which appear in juxtapositien under Tie
itorial head We do 50 for the purpose Of appena.
ing some remarks which they suggest ID relation To-
the currency, snd which will apply with quite ass.
much force to yariops other Counties u to Wars.
3. "A Coon E1AxpLs "-Tha County Court u Ner.
rem, North Carolins has authorized the sxpendlare
Of seventy FIVE theasand doiIafs for the suppost
the families Of soldiers In the service Of he Coufe
araey. Already bonds Of $500 each, to theamount
Of $Se, 900, are in preparation and NJ
-sopght fors asss aafaS ~ .tSen IS IS
we1hy as Il is public spirited and patriotic. The
committee to superntend the issuing of the relief to
soldiers families haVe been unremitting in their
exertions, and the names of Messrs Yancey Wilcox
and Montgomery viii be hereafter regarded with
honor and gratitude. We understand j. G. Yanoey,
Esq has just purchased 81, 900 lbs of pork at one
dollar per pound for the county distribution fact
which ought to be recorded as honorable to all par.
ties in the trsnsacton-one for the provldent fore.
thought, the others for selling at price 50 much be-
low market rates elsewhere. Mr.. Yancey untiring
exertions Cor soldiers families deserve particular
mentlon he has devoted himself to that patriotic
work since the commencement of the war, and has
been cordially seconded by his brother commission
ers All honor to such citizens and also to the peo
pie who give them the means to soften the horrors
of war, which fall 50 heavily upon the families Of
our brave and devoted soldiers.
THE PKicE OF GoiD-A WIDE DyFEnEscR-The
Petersburg Register quotes gold at $40 tor l. Sill.
yer at SIG to $ls. The Richmond Enquirer of yes
terday, quotes gnd at $ll so to $l2 81. Silver g.
so to $40 so. Here Is . rare opportunity for spec
alaton in the metals-Pstersbury EspTess of yestsr.
day.
We know nothing Of the source whence The Rich.
mond Enquirer derives its information about the
price of gold and silver Our information as to the
value of these articles in this market is derived from
the we'll known firm, the name Of which always &C.
companies the reports, which are revi1ed twice .
week on the days preceding their publication. In
these reports we bave the most perfect confidence
else they would not appear in this paper.
The price Of gold IN Raleigh, We learn, from one
Of papers published there is twenty five for
Blockade running is great Appreoiator Of gold and
silver over what is sneeringly and most unparioti
cally called Confederate Fodder" 1t must be the
opinion Of every sane man who loves bis country,
and who doesn't:-as some design-intend to run
away from it and leave it in its strait that if Con
federste credit is not sustained man in the Con-
federacy, We care not how much Bank stocks, State
stocks State money, lands and negroes he may fancy
himself to be worth, is worth enough to pay h's
funeral expenses no matter how economical may be
the mode of his burial. But why waste breath on
this topicf -'Its like singing psalms to dead
horse"
The $7s, 600 pPrvrr4usos+ a,v.-v-sss, ouurrvy
of Warren at the rate of twenty for one is equiva
lent to s. 75O; and the billion proposed to be fund
ed by the Confederate government, divided in like
manner by twenty, gives as aquotient $50, 600, ,0OO
The extent to which the Warren appropriation will
afford relief al the present prices of corn and pork
admits Of easy computation. The $4,000 pounds
of pork already purchased on terms $50 honorable
to all parties" cost $4,000; 500 barrels Of corn al
$50 per barrel, will amount to $25, 900 more, and
these two items exhaust the appropriation.
There will be no difficulty in any Of the Countie:
in providing means for the payment Of these appro
priations In many cases, the magistrates who mak'
them will be found ready, able and more than viii
ling to advance the requisite amount Of Confedefa!
money, and receive County bonds payable thirt,
years hence with interest at the rate Of six per cent
The same "patriotic" spirit which prompts thi
! lsudable iberality will produce corresponding et
/ forts to sustain " Confederate credit" and thu
secure six per cent annually in gold and silver
their equivalent, on an investment. the principal
which is a! present Of less value by one per cent
than the annual interest. Vendors of pork at a do
lar per pound and Of corn at ten dollars per bushe
will oe found sufficiently patriotic to dispose Of SUI
plus Confederate notes on the same terms. Ithe
hesitate, merchants, manufacturers, SPECTATORS an
blockade runners stand ready to take their places
j Seventy five thousand dollars for the relief OF th
families of our gallant sold ers expended By ssng
County, looks we'll on paper But do not analyz
the statement too carefully, lest you dissolve tt
j, charm. The soldier who has served two years {
s1l per month has been taxed'by the depfeciatio
Of the currency quite one:half the aggregate amou'
i Of his pay; and he, in common with the great bod
of the ax.payers, is to be taxed hereafter twen'
times the value Of these County and Confeder ate q
propriatons and investments, for the benefit OF Il
fortunate few, who increased their estates while
perilled his life. Garry out the funding sy
; tenn to the extent indicated by the signs
the tines and we will soon be taxed to an exte
to which the history Of civilization affords no par!
, lei Will Congress, with childish improvidene
J barter an estate in expectancy for sugar plum
hand, We shall see. The s50o0oo, 600 OF 20
federate notes to be retired by the proposed To-
!. of Mr.. Memminger, are notmcre than equal in val
at present to s25soo ooo in coia; and yet the int
est on the proposed billion Of Confederate bon'
including the amount thus retired and oot
now in existence to be converted into the new lo'
will be $50, ,oCo, 900 in conl How y this coin TO
raised, If raised at all, it will be ose by selli
out nineteen twentieths Of our people, The twt
!: ticth man, more lucky than the rest because he
or can procure the coin or the coupons, will oeco,
the owner Of the property thus sold for taxes
: disease is desperate, but the remedy is worse th
the disease If the patient must die, let h,s de'
}, be as easy as possible. Do not increase h's cf
e vulsious by Violent unavailing remedies
o The only bill which has become : law thus M
Congress is that repealing the substitute law. OF
other words, declaring that no more substitutes
d the army shall be allowed.
e.1 A bill to organize Supreme Court has et
l. nostnonedsto the third Monday in January.