The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-05

hAAlANh ooNthoApAAANl III NNlNhoo VI AhN
State, practically, of course, 10 become
soldiers in the rebel army. On this ac-
count more than any other a great many
foreigners are leaving the city, and are
leaving the confederaoy. The system Of
passes now is very severe, but generally,
if a person desires to escape, be manages
to do il if he is ingenious The rebels
have been very careful heretofore not to
offend foreigners, on Pccount Of their
hopes Of foreign aid but now that this
hope is nearly exhausted the feeling is in
some degree changing
TALK ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCE
There is a great deal of talk about
propositions made to the Emperor Ma
poleon of benefits in exchange for inter-
ference on his part in hehalfOf the South
Our informant has heard nothing said Of
the offer of Texas as the price of inter-
vtnion Whatever he has heard is Of
course only gossip, as the government
keeps its plans very closely to i'self.
FINANCES N THE coSFEDERACY.
The men who hold the Confederate
money are fostering such stories until
they can get rid of it for something more
substantial. Those people who hold the
Confederate debts are the most anxious
of any for another trial for success, as It
is a life and death matter with them.
They are ruined if the Coniederacy fall s..
II the war should cease with this year,
the Confederate debt would be about
three thousand millions after all the
claims should come in, of which il is ac-
knowledged that there is little possibility
that farthing will ever be paid. But
the most humiliating thing OF all, it
would Geem, is the fact that United States
greenbacks" are exposed in the brokers'
windows, and are sold at the rate of ten
dollars in Confederate paper for one in
United States psper,
PRICES
There is no change in circulation
smaller than fifty cent Confederate notes,
except occasionally a postage stamp -
There were smaller notes, but they have
gone ont of circulation, as there is hard
| ly any article now that costs less than
that sum. Fifty cents be rs about the
same proportion TO articles OF purchase
there as three cents does here A glass
of whiskey at the bar is one dollar; ju,
| lep is 50 so. Common brown sugar il
two dollars a pound; no good bacon can
be got, but the wretched stuff that is so L
is about two dollars pound; a gooC
pair Of boots costs a hundred dollars
a pair of CATERS fifty dollars; shoes for
ty five; servants shoes, the lowest price
thirty dollars; a common black suit o
clothes costs five hundred dollars. Will
these high prices day laborers received
four dollars a day. IL can be imagined
what kind Of living they can procure TO
this money A theater has been in ope
ration aud has done well. Lately th
patronage has fallen II very sensibly
owing, it is supposed, to the depressed
state of public feeling
THE DEFENsEs OF RICHMOND.
Our informant states that the defense
of Richmond are very formidable, ant
thinks that although they are not man
ned by very largo number of men, ye
that any attempt to carry them woul
prove a failure. Richmond, he says, ca
be AIKEN easily by cutting off the Jane
River canal and the communication frol
the north side. The cutting off Of a
supplies would be the most etlectiV
strategy in the case OF the investment
| the CITY.