Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-12-11

h payment Of the export duty On cotton, IN
the same manner as the coupons on the bondt
of the same loan.
G. That i've per cent call loan be estab
lished, similar to the fist or original call loan
and that oil Treasury notes be received at the
Treasury therefor, and that the present i've pei
cent al d four per cent cal leans be abolished
]. That the right Of the holders OF Treasury
notes which. upon their face, are fundable 10
eight per cent. stock, at short period, be
provided for that purpose, and also that all the
privileges attached to the original six per cent.
call loan be Teinstaied.
8 That an increased duty be levied on al
imports and exports during the continuance Of
the war, and that the same be collected In coin
or approved bills on England and France.
g. That an Issue Department be created by
the Government. and kept separate from the
Treasury Department, whose duty 1t shall be to
supply a new issue of Treasury notes, In ex-
ch ,ngs for the amount that may remain 10 cir-
cola,ion Of the present Issues; and that the new
is ues shall express on the face OF the bills that
that the sans are receivable Ia payment OF ali
public duties except such as ere specifically re-
quire1 to be paid in ccin.
10. That there should be sn issue OF bills OF
a large denominations, say 5. 900 to So, ,OOO and
$40 OOO sufficient to facilitate the Transmission
of funds and the settlement Of balances
PRICES OF STOCKS AND GOODS
la its review Of the markets on November
2lst, tho Richmond Ehaminer says:
"Confe 'eratc bonds did not Sell as freely as
at the previous sale, but this heaviness is one
Of the pecuiarities of these sales, as there were
neither political nor financial cause for any de-
preston in Confederate bonds; but, on the con-
trary, so far as neS from the army could have
had any effect, the influence was favorable.
Two or three other offerings dragged somewhat,
but iu the main full prices were realized. The
competition for sterling exchange and specie
was particularly brisk. and the tigh premi I'm
The rates we're far enough above the market
prict g to create doubt whether an advance will
b, Thereby established
The amount Of exchange aid specie In the
market, however, is 80 small that brokers and
sptculstors can fix any price they please. The
following were the quotations: Sterling Ex-
change, Sl00 and f285 at Sl8 10. The
French franc bill advertised WAS not sold. One
tbousaod dollars in gold. offered in about eight
lots. were run up to sl63 to 10 for one."
We extract the following from late Richmond
papers:
The rebel currency forms a chief topic OF dis
cussion among their journals, and projects for
reducing its volume are proposing on all sides.
One writer thus presents the difficulties of the
'situati0n:"
The rate Of enterest now paid by the Govern
ment upon its coupon bonds is equally as oner-
GUS as If paid in gold and silver. Example,
An exporter owes duties to the Government to
the amount of $50 in gold, which, at marke,
value, is 81, 600 In currency. Does he pay the
In In "a ha in
currency! No; be presents a coupon from q
cotton bond this coupon, instead of being re-
deemed at the Treasury for its fAncied value Of
$50, comes in costing $1,000. The exporter,
for his cotton, receives English gold, of which
he takes $3.50 in exchange, aud tnrus il iuto
currency, realizing 81, 200, with which he buys
fifteen million cotton bond, with three years
interest due on it the coupons aggregating
S240. He pays these In lieu OF gold, for his
export Duties coolly pocketing his bond for
81 900 against the Government, and boasts OF
Confederate bonds, as all true patriots shoGli.
Il is easy to see who gains by the operation.
''The gold and silver coin nov in the country
lies idle In the vaults of the banks. Why not
make available this powerful engine for assist
ancee For the new issue of coin the women
would send 10 their rings, the men their silver
ware; confidence In the currency would be
established; new fame Of patriotism would
buret out, and by its bright fash We would see
that beautiful horizon Of our future peace and
independence F"
TIE REBsL HoREIGN RELATIONS.
The Enquirer Is disguised with the foreign
policy Of the rebel authorities. Commenting
on the letter OF Mr.. De Leon to JEFF Davis
recently intercepted and published In Northern
journals, the Enquirer says:
1--WE wish te awaken the President and the
Congress to the fct-now, at last, patent
enough-that all our mighty diplomatic MINI
icry Of foreign policy, while We have no for.
eign relations at all, has done Us no service
and no credit. The thing is farce, and would
be nothing worse than ludicrOus were 1t not for
the secret operations which We are told are
goirg on 'over there and which nobody knows
Of but Messrs. Benjamin and Slidell. This
makes the matter serious; and 1t must all be
speedily explored and turned inside out, if
there is any good in a confederate Congress at
all
ave beg leave to suggest short int reso
luton of both Houses, that the President be
requested to shut up the Department Of State !;
to shut its door aud put the key IN his pocket"
TARMERs VS. SOLDIERS.
Tho Enquirer publishes the following, which
seems to show that the farming community,
notwithstanding their faorifces, are not in IA
vor with the soldiers:
"ARMY OF West VIRGISIA,
MERCER G. II Va, Aug. %, 1868.
"Soms farmers refuse to take Confederate
money, when rendered by our wives, for com
and meat for the support of our families. l
learn that there are not few of this class In
GreenbIisr and Monroe counties, and have no
doubt all sections of the Confederacy are dis
graced by the presence of such selfish, unpin-
cipled, gold-woishiping wretches,
This course, on their part, not Only entails
privation and actual suffering upon cur families
while we are standing as wall between the
sccursed Shylocks and the enemy, but creates
discouttnt and dependency in camp; and,
unless stop be put TO it, the consequence must
be fatal to our cause But where IL the rems-
dy! In the strong arm of the Government
These are no times for namby -pampy measures.
Such scoundrel traitors-I say traitors, for they
are meaner than the meanest Of Yaokees-
should be throttisd and choksd into a sense of
their duty. What is needed by the wives Of
our soldiers or by the Government must he
forced from them and 1t should be regarded
as forfeited, and they should be dealt by as
public enemies.