Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-13
The Examiner Of the 5tb,. contains the

The Examiner of the 5th. contains the
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REVIEW OF THE RICHMOND MARKETS.
The fine weather, the lull in military af-
fairs, and the near approach of winter,
gives a briskness ami activity to all de-
partments of trade Money is abundant
and seeking investment in Real Estate,
Negroes, Tobacco, Government Securi-
! ties, Stocks-in fact everything that ad-
mits of an exchange At no time of
the year have we seen such plethora of
Money, and Mr.. Memminger's Paper
continues to fall in value through excess
of quantity None of his Currency
leaves the country; no one brings goods
here unless they get the Gold for them
IN the end; and the consequence is, that
the volume of Paper Currency is being
increased every day, and depreciating in
the same ratio tits increase. We make
our usual commercial review under sep
arate classifcations. inet
The MONEY MARKET-Gold is again
rising, and transactions in the precious
metal are growing brisk with the bro
| hCLS. AS lOuR as tic WAS III
session, with a Till pending for the sup
preston of this abomniable traffic in
Gold, the brokers' occupation, like that
of Othello, was gone, (for the time); but
now that this danger has been dissipated
by the adjournment of the Legislature,
the brokers rush into the field, even
more greedy than ever. Unless some
thing is done to check this Internal trad
ing in Gold and Yankee Money, our
Currency will continue to depreciate,
and the Paper of the Government be-
come sport of circumstance. There
was always an abundance of Gold in the
country until the brokers and blockade
runners " struck hands; and since the
day of that iniquitous league the Cur
rency of the country has gone down
downtown. ne hare noso to quote.
tChGt is enough to sicken the heart of
man at the stupidity aud maL-Gdmtais-
trdtion o our financial policy: Gold,
selling at $12 so; buying at 81 so;
Silver, selling at $40 90; buying at 50;
State Bank-notes unsettled, but may be
quoted: Virginia, buying at 81; selling
at 50 so to 81 65; North Carolina, buy
ing at 81 so; selling at So; Georgia and
South Carolina, buying at So 25; selling
at So so and So IS. .IEe
GROCERIES AND PRovIsIoNs.-Theq ques-
tion of food is becoming a serious one
There is plenty in the country, but the
trouble is that the farmers sCiU Dith-
hold their supplies, though eUery thing
has been done TO ercite their patriotism,
many of the commission merchants in
this city having offered to sell Flour and
Meal consigned to them without charge
OF commission. Yet this has failed to
open the doors of their granaries, and
the consequence, is, that though the
Wheot crop Of last summer soas a splen-
did one, there is not barrel of Flour
TO be had in the city at any pricel The
market is well nigh bare of Corn Meal
and Corn, both of which readily com
mand Sl3 ~bushel Other necessaries
OF life are scarce and command high
prices. Sugar, common brown, So to
So %; crushed, 81 so to $5; Bacon,
50 so to 81 60 for hog round; fresh
Meats 81 25 to 81 80 per pound; the
same for Sausage; Chickens, S5 to Sc
per pair; Butter 81 so to $5 per pound;
Coffee, $S so to 50; Tea, $1S to $40 per
pound; Lard, 81 per pound; Molasses,.
$ls SHscd PeE dgaq8a saa fEaas 81 ststs aha
Groceries to rule higher.
Mr.. Chase's splendid management of
his Bureau extorts praise from the
rebels. The papers make comparisons
between his success and Mr.. Mem
minger's failures, not calculated to
arouse an undue vanity in the latter
gentleman. The Eransi,aer says on this
point: ~
The slow depreciation of Federal cur
rencyi is one of the most remarkable phe-
nomena of this extraordinary war Con-
trasting the market prices of Confederate
with those of Federal money gives low
opinion of Mr.. Hunters, compared with
Mr.. Chases, financial abilities We
console ourselves for the apparent dis
parity of financial ability between the
two peoples, as communities, by reflect
ing that ours were wholly agricultural,
quite Impractical and unskilled in the
art of finance; while, with our CONNER
cial antagonists, it had long been sub
ject of anxious and successful study.
Giving little thought to the subject since
hostilities began, our. people,. even our
best Legislators, reposed in the belief that
the South possessed one or two great
financial statesmen, with genius fully
equal to the financial emergency; and
it is only recently that they have discov-
cred their confidence has been signally
misplaced Elsi ~
Prices of all things have risen at the
North, in consequence of an inflated
currency, but inasmuch as this initiation
has been wonderfully restrained by tact,
ingenuity and skill, prices have not ap-
proximated the enormous rates which
are prevalent at the South. AS it is
| lawful to learn whatever it may be pos
sible from an enemy, MAY sce not hope
that Mr. Hemnaiager and Mr.. Hunter
,OiU take a .fe,o hints iss the practical de-
partments Of finance from such cors,sns-
mate adopts IN this intricate business as
the public eaemyf i
Plain whisky has advanced in Rich
mond to 81 so per drink, and proprie-
tors talk of establishing guage by
which the prices will be increased in
proportion to the whisky in the glass.
They find that big hands clasped around
a glass conceals too much whisky. -
The Mississippi Legislature is in ses
sion at Columbus.