Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-03

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] The cnpafsn, IN Virginia will hsFdlg open ee1ors
.bs latter end Of April IN Miss sIpPi and Lower
Alabama The weather gov is perhaps as fs7oraAeAano
the climate more healthy, than it will De st any otbe
season O; the year. While our gallant army rs chssr
ful, aruo determined and loyal our people at home, Oh
too usay Of them, act IL way that convince any
one that they are Deither cheerful firm and eac
him to feag that their loyalty is more than doubtful
~ It is perfectly useless to raise hue and cry about
blockade runners jews spectators, traders etc etc
Sons of them may be bad enough, but thegaT not
circumstance to certain class CT produceTs-tnoss
who generally bring to our market PROVISIONS aach al
bacon, lard poultry, eggs, and go fourth they nave
gone perfectly wild They really to have lost al
respect for their Cod their country their eo"citi2en
or their souls They have seized upon the tempo
rary disturbance the currency arising out u e
action to make possible future discount of onethrd an
excuse for doubling and trehng prices fof Se'eFai
DAYS past provisions have been going up daily, almost
hourly, if not momenuy--
This morning philanthropie and patriotic country
gentleman brought in load of bacon,-hans and 9th
er parts OF smoked swine. When asked his price this
selsacriicing and benevolent man repliet-E1gh DOL
lars per pound We have just now learned that anoth-
er lean looking individual, arrayed IL the usual gar
ments of man. asked the extremely moderate sum of
ten dollars a pound Another parsonage brought in
corned trout, and exhibited one for which
be asked seven dollars. 1t would probably have
weighed three or four pounds. What, in. the
name of all that is extortlo1ate, can these gentle
men, and such these, mean? Perhaps they will say
that they have no confidence in Confederate money
Now it would strike most plain thinking men that for
people who pronounce Confederate money much trash,
these bacon sellers reach after it with great avdy
seeming determined to secure it all and leave noue to
poor sinners 8ho unfortunate not to be pro-
ducers of provisions, but make their living by their
labor in other vocation-no, not enough to ena-
BILE them to pay their taxes and thus do their part
towards the support of-the Government.
None of these prices were obtained, although very
high prices were given iOr hams, say i've dollars a
pound But was the fault OF the askers of such
exhorbtant prices that they did not get them and with
the spirit at present abroad and the paLic which in
terested parties have got up and which is spread
ing, cannot say What prices may not be asked aid
given.
~ NoWwe make no attaok upon the farmers Of tie
country. We simply deuOunce the course pursued by
OF them It would be folly and worse than folly to
denounce the largest, most useful and most infu
entail portion of the Southern people, because of the
conduct OF few OF their, number. But we must
not forget the force which example is calculated to
exercise and the temptation of high prices and
we address ourselves to the really patriotic aud gene
rous farmers of the country, begging them, we'll
persons of all other cangs to pause and reflect before
either yielding 10 panic which must create the danger
which it gets frightened Increasing that panic by
insisting upon prices that imply perfect contempt for
their government and its currency.
DAILY Jouyoai. 26h.