, 1864-05-08

1A6 MEN EQhEL1U1.
From the Richmond Examiner, April s01
It appears that Nr. Menminger, atter con.
siderable shuttiing, has At Last definitely d.
termsned to deport the ladies OF the Treasury
Note Bureau to Columbia South CarolIn1.
and hns notified them to take the train this
morning. So, In consequence Of this smart
action Of NJ: Me@minger, the Publls ts to
comparison with what paltry results the au-
thoritles expect to accomplish.
The new issue has already been delayed to
such IN extent that 1t is almost impossible to
buy or beg It on any terms In Richmond, and
Mr. Melnmtnger has already advertised a sale
18th of May, for which he fue1orably de-
mands new currency. In face Of all this en-.
haErassment, We are noH told that no now
notes will be Issued "for two or three
weeks" because Ar. Memminger has decided
that two OF three hundred ladies out In
Richmond is q serious danger to the Confed-
eracy.
HIGH PRICE or FLOUR.
From the Richmond Enquirer, April 301
We learn from those who use flour, a fa-
yn1ite Southern cereal much affected by all
clusses during the war, that owing to some
cause, It has gone up so high that the ex-
pense Of buy Ing yeast is entirely saved. This
Is IN item not to be overlooked during these
hard times. We hare long ceased the use Of
the cereal mentioned, and fallen b,ck on
corn, wbsch. whether taken In 4 liquid or solid
state, (dodgere,) has been found to agree
very well With the gastric region. One Of
onr largest mills is alsopatronizlny the favor
however, there is no need for the high price
ofiour now prevailing. Families ought to
club In, employ special agents, send to the
South and purchase for themselves. The
Government would intcrpose no objection,
VIC imagine, to the transportation or
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INTERFERING HORSES.
lFrom the Richmond Examiner, April an1
The principal excitement In Richmond yes
terday WIS created BY the presence Of the
Government 1mp1essing Agents for the col
lection Of fhorscs-those fellows that show
bit Of paper, enter your stable, tamiliarize
themselves with your horses, and ride or lead
Off yong best, Many Of the livery stables on
Frnnklin and other streets were swept Of
their eteeds, md q perfect horse panic pre-
ceded thc movements OF the agents. Several
individuals, getting wind of the coming Of
the agents, mounted dimlnutiye negrocs
uTon their favoritc animals, aud sent them
under whip and spur: In IN opposite direc.
tion. This strategy failed in several instances,
ard The riders came back dismounted, aud re-
! ported that they had met the enemy. Evory-
| where the agents were active and vfg1laut,
| and, VIC may say, polite, though determined
| always producing their authority when
|
! Of the local cavalry companies, were taken
| along with the rest, and this class, with
| others, to whom the owners think thcr are
! entitled, can be recovered upon Bacou's
Quarter Branch, where they are rendczvoused.
| Gen. Lee, 1t is said, wants 10,o0O horses Inn
| mediately and must have them. So Rich
| mond must furnish them, as everything clse,
/ ii her citizens have to draw tho hcarse to the
! funeral.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION.
No further success In the Wast-not even
| another Ficksburg-can save the Government
I Of the United States from the impending
! doom Of financial and political collapse and
bankruptcy; for. no wound will reach the
heart OF destroy the power of protrnctlug au
endless combat But the overthrow of Vtr,
ginia would give the Abolition7st party md
Government a new lease Of life, and enable
1t to make immediate efforts In finance and
In var even greater than those OF 1863; whllt
the blow would touch tho yitals Of the South
and paralyze lts limbs with the weakness and
tremor OF dissolution. The issue has beer
made up for trial here. We wish that th,
lists had been laid elsewhere But sinca f
has come, let all the South look fairly at it
If NC hold our own In Virginia till this sum
mer Is ended, the Eorth's power Of mlschie
everywhere Will be gone; If We lose, th'
sonth's caracfty for resistance will be broken
The Confcdcracy has au,plc power to keepit
place in Virginia, if employed with encrg,
and consistency; and this Is the last y1ar o
tie NHr, whichever wins.