New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-13
by A DIsGUsTED +. F. V.


n as the Capital the Southern Couiedeaey For per
residence, 1t will compare with the cities OF Areesn
could become citizen Of Richmond six months resi
d, nee in Of hotels boarding houses would afford
awake for the remsinder his natural ne supposng
iaa life be prolonged beyond the brief days OF
or more extended years the gods of HDdosts There are
pe Of who talk eoqueu.y Of the great capitals
OF Europe. There are men who love to I'VE even ID
Of culture the world over could they only De sppu o. M
Gus Richmond the most desirable residence per-
hsps in the whole universe -. .u.;.;n.,,o,
ths cannot be surersbundnty realized Consider the nnn-
mesbe DELEGATIONS Of this Metropolis IL Is the seat s
Confederate Government 80 careful has the
In the selection of HE associates that there not member
OF his Cabinet who not PROFOUNDLY ysT,d IN ,ne
familiary The lowest messenger III the no oDseIe De
psrment has history at bis 1geTs ends ana tue phos0pn
Of abstraction in the palm OF his hand
purity Oife dignity Of manner an ssSsnSe IN con
ws,s eSoi aud every member Of the administrator all
ofhe subordnses to degree which has mover oeen APP
prosched In the annals OF political society and which renders
m scousintsnce with them happiness almost unspeskeoe
Free and cordial association with natures 50 ioy sa
them II is euougn to to think OF the I'M
spproachsbe supremacy OF the morals ana msnne's I"
Kirhmond In the great future which awaits us i,
But Il Is not ia high official only hs. the delight. Of
Richmond life and Sss are 10 0g bSsn ,nbme.ed under an
inundstion fresh adventurous spirits from all nsI' OF the
Wickhsms CANDLES RsndOph' Leghs aud wits has pass
cd away for rejoice IN new eTs ana
population troubled with of the ridiculous airs Of the
The olden times have passed away,
the sweet Baltimore ping adjoining the Of
principal thoroughare Here are ,he useful andndu'iou'
The new nav the gsrroter here though we see him not
in the prints Of his fingers on the hos Of cru
gems In the pssisl stores on Main street once inhabited ~
Yankees devoted the Union hni brawny leAns vend
Ing apples half dollar pecs ana
selling plugs Of wTeichsd tobacco at p cents stout
Msrysnders occupy on the eros. streets and there
Throw away blockade boots and shoes with reckless oersy
Able bodied refugees from God knows where swarm In our
cellars and abandon hemseve. win noble
20 the traffic in putrid oysters mixed with mean whisky
Substitute follow their unIemuneratiye vocation IN
exortiOneIs roll In the wealth accumulated
from sSSns a s ss darn S % 81 Tyre and
and the Jewels samacAnd iumine and perfume our
Gamblers erect their sunptuous towers on every hand
whilst Is il TO this splendid copceitston Of social
ornaments the verInneus deseIse Psaa " amhoTY
The variety of people is not their only chsIr we are
dist guhea for their gentle manners No such seu
inScy chaIactezes the usty aud entePrs9g Popaos o.
tbe,n Iii beautifully e1empfed ia the Italian ir9iterer
who With difficulty rean; from Kicking I0a a out Oh a0ol
nation II you ask him unbend lie dignity ia the con
teuiptible operation Of mendng your clothes
The cobblcr once happy 10 h.soe shoes, scOw
you furOusy Il you sPProach him on any SUCH n:'Tn
ssfer the grocer the sow chandler the merchants IN
Goal aud in wOOdin fact all who have susht to sell inae
The nsoence Of Pecuniary independence 70 aeg'ee
makes intercourse with them Infinitely exhaihg Inc en-
s ssssnS. Of s e tss most eaeos.ns features Of the
new times IN this Confederation 49,.
IN Richmond would be formed if the should not in
eude nominal price Of provisions the astounding health
space does no: permit US to dwell length upon these
EsgDs features of Richmond existence during the Second
War for Independence When poor man il compelled to
Inv ofal of opulent mers pice which would ssgser
nonsre and when beef at 60 80 cents the pound re-
his bicuspids the circumference Of cambria needle f be-
have haEdhOod to atem2, to chew ill., every candid mind
be INDECENT has little fOr the exercise Of his powers
beyond the recording Of the markets and the latest sales
ut auction.
The eoquence OF bare quotations trsnscends the abilities Of
editor however gifted and throws him at once Into that
herd whose empty stomachs ample for
their gaping aonhment 81 the unprecedented altitude In the
charges the necessities Of life. And If
possible for the hanouhed body wthstand the oach
Of disease would De consolation to the citizen Of
nsdes and may take hi. pick at any hour Of the day OF
night Of the deades cssmiies that sct the human frame
mons 10 surely not altogether desirable chuIsh Indeed
be the sufferer who III the midst Of his ecotes sgonies
md abundant soooe the reflection that he psy
his incompetent doctor IN sn aers and thai when he dies
nord among countless throng Of oDeegged soldiers courte
sans, ssrro;eu, and bsckess
PRICES CURRENT IN THE REBEL ARMY AT
FREDERICKSBURG.
We make an extract from letter of an officer Of
the army ofNorhern vginis nesr Tedrieksbarg Jh
following list Of the prices at which the luxuries Of M
sredposed of Tin these diggngs" E1dmiey newspaper
- cents; Eaqyer Is cents; Hhg and Dipate 10 cents
sppe sbost the size Of walnut ~ 30 to Is DOZEN
eLough 10 speak Itself from 81 to - pound peach pies
about the and digeslbty waters used in aIing
sheet cakes. BY inches three for candy 80 cent
stick lRichmond Examiner jan g.
From The Rielm0nd Enquirer jan 8.
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AN ACT
OF IMBECILTY, But IT WILL PROVOKE
FRANCE AND SPAIN TO INTERFERE
DANIEL COME TO JUDGMENT.
When Mr.. Lincoln published his first Proclamation
christening anu the slaves Of the Confederate States
here several words Of the print iegbs scknow!edg'
his suthorty ard behave themselves geuersy thos,
who entertained the smaller opinion o. his intellectual 1bi
sy tho9st he had reached the length Of his folly No
dfeamsd that he would be permitted his Inbecii,y
with the folly OF second Proclamation
But he he' done It. lie has actually manunitted all the
slaves over whom he has no power and whose masters fo
TIE s, .s!een nouns nave sZsn and again defeated his
Sesned In Slavery all the slaves whom bis army has
''hownO; sodo,t grave oIcs State paper mi, "a the
Ant time his penetdhG for JOKE has carried him 10 the
IL Via mia. Mr., Lincoln has enccled hi. msnumit,sa
felow-eiuIen' oil color with the barrier of existing
In Louisville he h,. surrounded the unrnsnuned slave.
with territory OF freedom which he has no power
whatever But the folly OF the Proclamation in th.
lar is striking Its effects upon the spasoIs Of exciting
The treaties Of tie United States with France for the ce
sion Louisiana stipUaies in Art Sd that inhabitants
Of tie territory shall be mAiDisned protected IN
che Tree enjoyment Of their liberty, PoPey, and religion
which they pS.. sSo,d. Inc ' Consul In approving the
The Louisisnisrs know that we separate from then
With regrets that stipoiste Ia their favor everything thai
H. eusratc. OF the treaty with SPAIN for the ces.ion
Flords were for OF their religion" and
AMI The inhabitants Of the territories which his Cath
M Msss.v cedes to the United States By this treaty b,
iaeorooa.ed into Union Of tbs United States
MAJ BE consistent with the principles OF the Federal Consti
futon and admitted 70 the enjoyment OF all the privileges
nights and iumuates he czens oil the United States"
The prope ~ Ct these inhabitants was IA part slaves
,no y III. proynon 0oth treaties they were 10 be pro
ttc,sd IN the enjoyment Of tbe slave property Nhst now
Spsa have 10 say when the United state
openly violation Of its treaty sipulstlOns Ar,
not ancs spain bound that the asiiohs oil th
tfeGties observed
E Napoleon Ill the .overeigu stand quietly by and
the faith ofesies violated and their most sacred