The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-24
the traffic in putrid oysters mixed with
mean whisky e =.

mean whisky. |
Substitute agents follow their unre-
munerative vocation in nameless places
extortioners roll in the wealth accumula-
ted from everything that the earth pro-
duces, or the hand Of man can fashion;
hawds arrayed in silks of Tyre and
Sidon, and the jewels Of Samarcand IL
lumine and profume our sidewalks
gamblers erect their sumptuo-1 towers
on every hand whilst, as il 20 crown |
this splendid concentration of social or |
naments, the verminOus dessyter parades |
his rags in ostentatious defiance alike of |
civil and military authority.
The variety Of our people is not their
only charm. We arc told that the worn
out race which once inhabited this city,
were distinguished for their gentle man
ners. No such effeminacy characterizes
the lusty and enterprising population OF
the new era. The spirit Of freedom is
broadly manifest in them II is beauti-
fully exemplitied in the Italian fruiterer
who with difficulty refrains from kicking
You out of doors if you refuse to pay
him dollar an ounce for his peanuts.-
The small tailor becomes rich, lie speech
less with indignation il you dare ask
him to unbend his dignity in the con-
temptible operation OF mending your
| clothes.
The cobbier, once too happy to half sole
your shoes, scrowl at you furiouslv If
| you approach him on any such mission,
now that leather is worth its weight in
| gold. The saddler, the gas-fitter, the
grocer, the tallow- chandler, the merch-
ants in coal and in wood-in fact all
who have ought TO sell, indulge the inso-
lence of pecuniary independence to de-
gree which makes intercourse with them
infinitely exhilara,ing The entire alb
sence ofobsequiOusness on the part of our
modern shopkeepers is one of the most
encouraging features of the new times in
this Confederation.
An exceedingly low estimate Of the
Vaccinations Of life in Richmond would
be formed, if the account should not in
clude the nominal price of provisions
the astounding healthfulness of the air
and the abundance of the precious metals
Space does not permit us TO dwell at
length upon these engaging features OF
Richmond existence during the second
war for independence. When poor mar
is compelled to buy ohal fro m opulen
millers at price which would stagger ,
millionaire, and when beef at go or 81
: cents the pound, removes every molar il
the jaw of mans head, and reduces hi,
,, bicuspids to the circumference of cam
brid needle. (if he have the hardihood {,
attempt to chew I'D every candid min,
must confess that the journalist who 4
generally presumed to be indigent hal
little scope for the exercise OF his power
beyond the mere ding of the mar
kets and the latest sales at auction.
G The olOquence of bare quotations trans
e cends the abilities of any editor, how
: ever gifted, and throws him at once int
s that vast herd whose empty stomachs ar
a An ample excuse for their gaping aston
}, ishment at the unprecedented altitude il
: the charges for the cOmmonest niece ssar
4 les of life. And if il were possible TO
8 the half-nOurished body TO withstand
: the encroachment of disease. II woul
be consideration to the citizen OF Rich
+, mond 10 know that he dwells in perfec
Il storehouse Of maladies, and may take hi
k pick at any hour of the day or night q
: the deadliest calamities that afflict til
a human frame.
d To be the prey of the most lingerin
d aud lOathsome contagious is surely nc
n altogether desirable, bat churlish indee
% must be the sufferer, who in the midst G
o his acutest agonies, cannot find abund
i ant solaee in the reflection that he ca
!. pay his incompetent doctor in shinplat
k ters, and that when he dies, as he Ger
le tainly will, he will be buried in the 81
Q burbs Of Richmond among a counties
throng Of one legged soldiers, cOurte san,
i garrOters aud blacklegs.
Ie PRICES CURRENT IN THE REBEL ARMY 4
g, FREDERICKsBUR0.
r We make an extract from letter Of a
h officer of the army of Northern Virgini
q now near Fredericksburg; The follow
ing is list of the prices at which u
a. luxuries of life are disposed OF Sin thi
a diggius" Examiner newspaper rs cent
Enquirer, 10 cents; Wing and Dispatch
20 cents; apples about the size of a Walnu
81 80 TO SO a dozen; eggs. 81; chicken
regardless Of age, 81 90 each; butte
old Ienough TO speak for itself, from
- TO SO pound; peach pies, about the sii
e and digestibility Of waters used in a
- fixing the great seal Of this Common
- wealth TO public documents, % cen
70 each; sweet cakes, by inches, thr
. for 81; candy, so cents stick.
ID The great snow of 1863 will be remeu
In | bered "a Romethinp extraOrdinaFV III