Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-12-03

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which mas been employed ia running the block.
sds, may be applied to this purpose, as they
cannot oe made % meet our de bt abroad. They
Will be amply sufficient without taxlag the peo
PIE dollar. The method of distributing these
articles OF food, The duties of the sub-ag ents
aud the proper reciPlents should be more def
nltey set forth; and provision should be made
tor those families Of soldiers who, acc ording to
present arrangement forfeit their claim to as
sistaace bi removing fr"rn one county to auoth
er. wb'ca Is frequently ALMOST unavoidable
Rspots are submitted herewith of the oper-
atiuns Ut he Ordnance, S"bsistance and Quar-
termasltr departments, which | trust you will
find satisfactory. The enterprise nf running
the blocsad . and ian porting army supplies from
abroad, has proven complete success. You
will see trem the report that large quantities OF
c''thing, leather and shoes uorloatlng oils, fac
tory findings sheet aud lin, arms and am
lnan,ton, nejleIoes, dye stuffs, blankets, cot
ton oagglns and rope, spirits, coffee, &C., have
neen safely brnught in, besides considerable
freight tor the c"ntederacy. Two thou saBd and
ten bales IT cotson have neen sent to Liverpool
the proceeds OF which are deposlted to the cred
it of the State, less the nnoun, Of expenses OF
the vessel. With what we have imported and
the purchases in our hume markets, L. think |
Can safely say that the NORTH Carolina troops
will be comfortably clothed to January 1865
to aff1cu Us with q cont,nuan of the war--ex-
cept rs To shoes and blankets. Neither the
Ordnance TOR Qnartermaster's Departments
placed too much reliance on foreign impur tatlon
but every effort has been made TO stimulate
home production. Both the quality and guam
tity of arms and munitions manufactured have
bean improv ed in the pas, twelve months.
Since the fall OF Vicksburg cut az off from
the wool "f Texas, every sx-rt,en has been
| made to secure for the State the small lots in
the hands of our farmers and with such success
| as to keep our mills all running. Aud here |
would beg your assistance N the proteotioG and
growth OF sheep by such enactments as will
best tend to promote the object. Certainly
there is 40 branch of farming industry Of great
er importance nov, nor one to which more
beneficial stimulus can be applied by jud,eo0s
| legislation. Our midland aod western hills are
/ admirably adapted to sheep cuitivature, and
could We cnce get it started under such ausp.
ces new presented, it would grow into
an important element OF weAlth and national
strength.
arm unable at present to furnish you with a
sta'eme of our icdsbtedne.s, purchases, &C.,
in Europe, not having received as yet the acc
essary information from our agents.
I herewith send YOU commuaieation frem a
Committee of The Legislature o: Virginia in
relation to the currency. This impor tant sub
ject, upon which greatly depends the success
| ful prosecution Of the war for our Independence
! | commend to your wisest deliberations. Al
though the remedy for its great depreciation
lies with the Confederate Congress rather
than with your body, yet there might be much
done by tha States in aid Of the Efforts OF Con
gress. | c"nfess my inability to suggest any
remedy for redundant paper issues, other than
to take them up by loans and taxation, and by
the exh bition at the mos. rigid gooo faith in
regard to their redemp,io With nations as
with individuals. this often constitutes capital.
The poor should be especially cautious 70 pre-
| ssrss it.
| have to thank you, gentlemen. for the cor.
dial sud confiding support which have here-
| tofpre received at your hands, and to earnestly
ask its continuance. Surely no Executive can
boast of more Jealous and warmer co-operation
Of . CO ordinate branch of government than
have experienced from your body.
| shall need your sustaining ar'n still more
in future. the most dangerous crisis of the
war is upon us-~.he crisis which 10 incident to
all revolutions and hich is most difficult for
| public officers to surtnount. The novelty. con
| fusion and enthusiasm which filed our armies
and exhilrated our people, having long since
| passed away, tha winnow,ng fan OF want and
privatioa aud suffering begings to seperats the
particles. The noisy are silent, she faint OF
heart begin to despair and the disloyal, though
few, to grow bold in the presence of National
ills. The restless and the discomfort strive o
course to imbue all others with their own