Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-11-12
Hard Times in Old Observation-Disclosures al
the Rebel CAPITAL!

of late to the question of how the people of
that reasonable town are going to be fed
during the coming winter than to the war;
The Enquirer recommends reduction of
the population This it would accomplish by
having the Government lease comfortable
places in the country for the accommodation
OF such departments and such operatives as
are not absolutely necessary to be kept at
Richmond
The Wing, of the oath ult., says:
Our citizens are aware that the coming
winter will be one of unusual trials, and they
are to overcome these trials by spontaneous
hoerallty and not by law, by mutual assist
anee and not By mutual goatgi,ag.
In this connection we must call at
tention to the fact, stated by the trustworthy
army correspondent of the Enquirer, that naa,ay
OF Gen. Lees soldiers acittoa shoes and made
tie late Advance to Manassas and back AGAIN,
through mud and nsire, barefoot. These are
our peculiar champions They belong to us
and we TO them. Several times they have
called on US for shoes, and never yet have
they called in vain. Here is a chance for
hberality and no maximum to compel it.
The Wig also publishes the following com.
munication, which tells its own story of the
straits to which JEFF DAVIS government is
reduced;
To the Editor Of the Wing: .
see that you and other papers state that there
is no wheat in the city mills and none arriving
and you blame the farmers. You write in igpo.
rance of the facts. The farmers aremot blameable
n11,fI hama
ana -four and beef an this region, acich acas des.
tlned for Richmond. L suppose the sameis the case
all over the State. This will explain to you why
nc wheat arriyes-the farmers having none to send
1t has been seized by Government agents. Look
to them. JAMES RIVERS
The Richmond Sentinel, of the 22d, advo
Gates the passage of a bill pending in the
Legislature providing for system of valuine
articles of food by commissioners, in order tc
prevent extortion. 1t says:
If our case be as the opponents of the
maximum maintain, then may Heaven helI
US, for there is no help in man! We would
Infinitely sooner submit to the Yankee yoke
than that Of the eXtortioners for an equa
time. When we weigh the horrors of wal
and the expressions of the avaricious against
Yankee servitude, we fnd the balance to be
decided only by the fact that the former is
but for season, while the latter would en-
dure forever.
There is no worse man in the Yankee army
Beast Butler is not more unfeeling-thar
the person in this city that told a poor
woman whose despair at his asking her s75 a
barrel for flour, caused her to enquire of him
what she was to do to live-'I reckon, mad
am, you will have to eat your childrenr Il
there is no law for such as these-if indeed
it be the essence of human wisdom to give
them free scope to plumber and extort, even
from the families of those who are protecting
them with their lives in the battlefield, then
we say, fig for human wisdom.
The following is from the Examiner of the
Dist ult
Observation-Disclosures coz tinues quiet for the
want of material to operate with. The basin, for
merly crowded with boats at this season. now looks
deserted, and the railroad depots, which, in better
times, were filled with grain, tobacco, and other
produce, are low comparatively empty. No wheat
except supplies for the Confederate mills is
arriving, so far can learn. The farme hav e
proved deaf to every argument which has been en-
ployed to induce them to sell their wheat. The
market is open for them at any price buyers will
pay, and still they will not send it in. To prevent
as far possible, the serious prospective conse-
quences of this state of things, it continue,
ply warehouses in this city, and will send agents to
the country to purchase the necessaries of life.
The hopeis entertained that among the farmers
OF Virginia there will be found a number Of patri-
otto who will sell their wheat to those agents S.
The little Flour for sale is held at from $50 $50
per barrel, though house is still selling Ex-
ira" by the single barrel to needy families at $45.
Corn Meal may be quoted at S12 per bushel.
Corn is very scarce. We quote $1,000 to S11 per
bushel.
Oats Sc per bushel.
Rye Sc to 81.
Forage is unchanged. No balcd hay in the mar
ket. Hay, in bulk. 50 per 100 pound.
Apples, $50 to S45 per barrel. Some superior
large size pippns have been sold at 500 per barrel
Wequote Onions at $50 per bushel. Irish potatoes
SIS to Sc; and sweet at 81 to So, both kinds abund
ant.
Bacon quiet at 81 so for hog round. Lard firm
at s. per pound. Butter in demand at 80 % to
Sailed trout $40 per hundred.
The market for salt has been somewhat excited
to-day by the news from Southwestern Virginia
and some holders advanced their asking rate sc to
Ice. Others continued to sell at SOC aP fb., and
considerable quantity changed hands at this price
The supply in first hands is large, the receipts last
month having been unusually heavy.
Brown sugar may be quoted at 81 so to 81 75-
market dull.
Coffee SIS to $40, according to quality. Rice 25e
to 27c-dull.
Manufactured tobacco continues dull although
the shipments South are heavy. smoking heavy,
under large stocks.
The same paper quotes gold at S11.50, and
says that bill is about to pass the rebel leg
islature prohibiting the traffic in precious
metals
The Richmond correspondent of the Allan
ia appeal says the question of house-room is
also serious one, adding, Houses in any
convenient part of the town now readily rent
hon tIa, H. !
public auction three years ago. A single
room, unfinished, commands one hundred
dollars month. | knew of one instance in
which two story dwelling has been rented
at the enormous rate of 81 900 a month";
Heads of families are going about begging to
be taken in as boarders at private dwellings,
at any charge that may be demanded"
From these facts we may gain some idea of
the restitution and suffering which the rebels
have brought upon themselves in attempting
to destroy the Government of the United
States Cannot the Union men of the North
afford to pay few cents more per pound for
sugar, and some additional price for tea and
coffee and cotton cloth, rather than permit
these traitors to succeed? Shall we hesitate
about suffering Inconvenience which are but
trifing compared with the self-imposed mis-
cry Of the rebels, in order to preserve our
Government and maintain and transmit the
free institutions bequeathed to US by our
fathers?
An Important Confession. ....