Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-17
TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. Il, 1858.
oSfENS.

Many symptoms FSo'e 'u@' S
nation las given up all hop. of suhluga;'n;
tho Confeicracy. While some solemn owls
here iu Richmond. are pretending to desron(
and despair o: tie fortunes Of the coantry-''
order that they may dcpr*ciatc the Contede
rate money. aud 50 anla7s a. lAuch OF It ai''
give as lttl. fer il, as possible-w' tina ti'a
our enemies Put O. bisher vanc upon t n''f
wo DO; and they would put On tia still higher
value but for our oNn persistent eitIrts t'
di.crsdit it. They r.usr follow, IN some mea'
sure, our own estimate CT our oHn Affairs -
Yet. within their lines-at Winchester to'
example, CT anywhere North of the Kappa
hammock. Confederate dollar will buy abou
Eve times as much as it will buy in Richmond
Sutlcr, of the Yankee army, in some cases
receive Confederate bills at half the value o.
.greenbacks;" here It is one seventh or eight
of the value.
Another symptom. Evidently the Yankee:
have no confidence in their permanent occu-
n.,ion Of those regions Of the Confederacy
which they have overrun: because they viii
buy no land there. at my price; they will ~ t
invest !. dollar in their 'coEques;s,' ard N
tbos, counties Of Virginia which arc now n
REBELLION against tie STAT. Government a d
pretend TO form y rev Stat. no Eaaa either
sells or buys an acre q lnnd. The ics.an l.,
that theT ftresce the daT when iaUsc counties
will lie reunited with the S;aIc, and When
Yankee purchases would Re am uied.
Il, the Unon worth al eight years wal: y
is tho anxious inquiry Of the New iors
"Horld;" Which replies 10 it, own questi' n,
that before the South can lie ,nLducd, tn
North will be bankrupt; that they may havt
the eight years war and the bankruptcy, ant
no reunion alter ell: and that thus they will
have thrown bc helvc after tho Ratchet. -
Everything tends to show that thoughtful
Yankees know ard feel they have lost Il E
cause: and the prudent ONES, prescn.icnt Of
Storm, make hay while the sun shines. Is
ten to the New York Tribune" OF f>,7 days
ago:
The truth is, We are in the midst Of the
mad in.o3ication induced by au e1rc., Of II.
redcemable paper money. Everything viii
o. on swmmingly until PAY day comes, nnG
then-IIeaven help us al In TIE meantime.
il would lie we'll Tor every one TO make hay
while the sun shirc'.
"Whi!e VIC are chewing OF the in,anc root
however, our cities will swarm with we'll!
dressed people-stoeks will 60 up--:cal e,ta.-
advance-the theatres and operas be cr"wdei:,
Gid, to all Appearances we will be nrosrerou.
bcyond al precedent"
There is no insane rHor ct sll they are not
mad; but know perfectly we'll what they ars
about. They make hay while the sun shines
that is, make each man hi, own private gain,
cut cf the lettering concern, and invest them
in some safe, extraneous manner; and, in the
meantime, keep the war gcinG. On the same
principle that firm which knows itself in
solvent keeps its doors open, and even affect
to be doing roaring trade. The door once
shut, and all is over; each rat must run from
the falling house, and stand from undcr.
We have been pondering that strange phc-
nomenon Of the Diamonds. Consider 1t lit
tie. Ia the second year of tie war the Yam
kee nation imported four lin,es the quantity
of diamonds and unset gems tina: had been
brought in before the rGr. The third year
promises, say New Ysrk papers, to double
upon that This third year precious stores ARE
Imported TO an amount eight times as grca:. s
IN airy Of the prosperous years before the wa.
A portion Of this increase might possibly lie
accounted for 10y the rise OF sudden fortunes III
War contracs.:as Mrs. McShoddy after Ler hu=
band has earned 4 few barrel. Of greenbacas,
mills. of course have her brcwn-stone house
and her diamonds Lut the importation IL 50
that this will not exp ain the whcle.
fesiles, thsre ore some facts which give sls'
niGcancc to this species Of apparent cItrara>
y NEE fer example, . steady ard elderly
business man, who has not been habtu!liy
TOO liberal in the matter Of jewellery, suddenly.
q III without solicitation, presents to his wits
with expressions Of unwonted sfectIOn) q
b., IF dicmonds-un.cs diamonds, som.tme,
avon uncut -such as the bewildcrcd womsn
cannot exhibit at Russian Bail. She il
pleased, Of course: u woman never retuse: dii-
m ,nds from Der lawful husband; bu: .he
" ,nders what it means. Little she thinks thai
her anxious spouse, with q gloomy previ
sion of the coming financial ruin Of all the
Iaad an, fearful looking Tor Of bankruptcy
..ceirr the business Of tae country ali
ding with n pace ever acceleraiDg to.
wards tho brink Of the gulf where ell pro
perty and value. stocks, debts, shares, business
profits, landed property and al, will tumble
INTO wild wreck together; and, being resolved
o secure at least som ething of his hard earn
nrs. has bethought him to take mas, of hi
.ereenbacks," while it is vet time. and the
hings are still going, and buy with them that
which contains the greatest value in the mo,r
portable bulk, and which always commands |
is full price in every country, namely: dia.
nonds. These prudent and uxarious gentle
men are the rats preparing to fee; they will .
70 to Europe with their fortunes in little !
uu.re box. Others, again, are buying stocks
n European funds; and though they know
hat the purchase Of exchange for thai pur-
use will still further empty the country Of
6. gold, and make the crash more tremendous
raen it comes; yet they hope to escape in
ime; besides each doe. not know what the
'thers are doing, and hopes that his own
mall operation will not much affect the for
unes of the couu.ry. For his own part, he
s done with the glorious Union: he is weaned
rom the "Old Flag" he lays up his treasure
q Europe, where neither Chase nor Lincoln
9th corrupt and where war contractors can
ot break through and steal.
The splendid crops of this season in Eu-