The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-17

SUFFERINGS OF THE Poor IN THE SOUTH
On the ID Gen. Winder, Provost Marshal
in Richmond, appeared before the city
council and asked permission to put pris-
oners in the city aims house, all the ,pris-
ons and many other building being full
The council refused its consent almost
unanimously, the general opinion being
that the alms-house would soon be over
flowing with paupers, and that there will
be great suffering among the poor in Nir-
ginia this winter. The Richmond Sentinel
of the Sd takes up the subject, and declares
that the rapid advance in prices threatens
to bring great distress upon the people,
1t says omniously :-'Produce must be
distributed-prices must be ereduced-gains
| must be disgorged-or there will be suffer
ing intense, and intense suffering will be-
| get-what? Think of it I! We listened on
Friday to the tale of sorrow of two ladies
of Goochland, widows of soldiers from that
county, who have fallen in defense Of their
country. The allowance made them by
the comfy court has, in consequence of the
advance in provisions, become almost a
meckery of their necessities. They have
| been coming TO Richmond on the packets
| to obtain needlework Of the the govern.
| ment, and by this means have managed
to exc out food for themselves and chill.
dren. But the fare on the packet boats has
been so greatly increased that the earnings
| VI lueiI uetule Will IdTuiy pay luelT eA
penses in travelling. They are thus com.
PEELED to give up this resource, and this
too, when winter is coming, and their or.
| phan children are almost without clothing
| They look to the future with alarm, anC
we cannot wonder. And yet they are bu1
two out of many. All over our land are
these objects of the peoples sympathy
Another indication of the Strengthened
circumstances of the rebs is fact that in the
| at ha hnan cd f<
resort to sumptuary measures for the reg
ulation of the prices of all articles produc
ed or manufacture in the state, and the
sale Of all other goods, wares and merchan
disc in the same. A bill introduced in the
assembly in the assembly fixes the follow.
ing schedule of prices: Flour, twenty
eight dollars a barrel; four dollars pound
wool, three dollars pound; beans, foul
dollars bushel; salt, five dollars for !;
bushel Of fifty pounds; potatoes, four dol
lars, and onions five dollars bushel: cof
fee, three dollars; tea, seven dollars, anC
candles one dollar apound; molasses eigh
dollars gallon. The prices of other arti
cles are fixed at proportionately exobitan
| ates. --f .f.
A very succint illustration of the state O
| the rebel currency is given by a letter
writer, who tells of some conversations
held across the picket lines near the Rapi
dan: Zone of the rebel artillerymen was
anxious to know whether soldiers pay
was good for anything now. He was told
that it would buy thirteen dollars worth
of goods, the same as ever. 'Well,' sale
he, ''I'il tell you what we do with ours
We tell off the battery into fives and play
poker till one man out of five gets the mo-
ney. The winners tell off into fives again
and SO at last somebody has enough money
| to treat his friends.' So -aF .e7trsaa.f -
! The Richmond Sentinel proposes these
relief measures "Tax as high as people
can bear. Reduce the volume Of the cur
rency by every possible means. Suppres.
high prices by law. Pay taxes cheerfully
Sell to the Government and the peopl,
promptly, and at fair prices. Be conten
with small profits. Lend as much money
as possible to the Government by investing
in its bonds. Hold property and persona
service at the call or the need of the Gov
eminent" tt i " ssD aEE
The Richmond Wing advises the mos
rigid economies in housekeeping. 1t threat
ems the merchants with violence if they d,
not put their prices down. This violenc
viii not be felt in the country, but in town