Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-02-09
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She III Wing It: .ora. tfoa, the Richmond Enqu zsr
ccDtaof some welt tlei -elnarks
p The p1oi'c mind seems pretty well satsf that The
Tsbk-e IH0 1cco upon the 8hod ~ commerce OF Wi
mnelon will no grove injurious tie Southern ciu*a
tI1 25ion Il 4Gc Vultl->1 block lQa mes,
far t:=t part . cou,er0cG, is go1e They Should
net "a graf 1. +" ck their i}sak3 int king cotton
1t any aa2e p@c.. The ooaG rel il natca is not
dead car as, as they sU :poa he IS o2jy 10 francs,
from yhi-G h4 will ao0A .Ruks il let aIOue. liz will,
h2w,v-c haze no e. nee 70 revive il constantly wJr
rid s.. UarfcGous3 sTb:rg1 ought TO BE- put upon
exportA;JaJ q cottyu a Ga!T5s.o aod other pia3
The ships sgad il lat trade ulercAu lie le<c0ts,
draw ng = ,lja C,nlerci IoCd Of tIes2 States :,
for tn = arrlv great Degree empty and GO aw4y
full. = &c Il tha Vess2j5 to De 5ora, owrei IL
part bg tbs u IA Gu}aar. Would il ROE De Woil
have those iotei-s.s sid? The pag3.a p ho ST, in
trusted with t3 management are .lcatly " Er hers"
VINO have no iudUcsmant to pTQc>I0e economy The
contrary, aa z The disbursements the larger TIE
commission. Why shoOIi British naval Cficerl con-
maGd these ships a. salaries OF nom i've 10 eight thou
cana dollars in god voyage, @hoA so many O0ntefe-
rate sailors Of acko twledged alb y thoroughly ac-
quaiuted with tbs AnerclD coast are aud we nten
waIsng III B1Tee1s Kicam2ad ia iden7ss set XII
employment? The Brifisa tnsigu is no protection
whatever thgse adip2 Gunled fac bu3t IN. might az
well &c ulturied Il TIE at the iore Why
ahouid ,ha other officers, the GEES the pilot the
reEen tca CreW the steward, Jk, Jbo bin bJya
&c, &C.. receive wages ridIcuIousy hgb-s0 hi-h in,
deed, shat ney acquire independence ard 3e;0ae
a sauey attlr f.w riysa ler Ives ara Id more
precious than those OF pacpiethey Can
diiatgs loy hort lafayette. Jhe84 Blush officers are
nice, gcntlenanIy fellows bat doat s1ch very
nice and such very gan jeGlauly" fellows to RIM
the blockade, particularly te money thus easiy
earned by them drawn from The pockets OF the SET
ietiEg peo pie of tJese States Bt0ekadGIunning De
came " swell" according to both sbG English &Id
American accept4tlon 81 1as5 tenn. Lha average ex-
pens3s OF oock8d6 CQnGec, informed, equal
20 about SIXTY dollars bae in gold iOr every OF
cotton taheti away from toe QonfederarY. II peace
tlIs the freight to Liverpool! bat about FIVE do
lars ba!e ae difference will Strike any rational person
beng too greet. / he ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. has
driven the trade lev hands and n4ug ~ratei
system Of eZEC4T2y1Lce without parallel in The h8f0
~ OF commerce. Some Of the government SHIPS have
been pad tor In cotton ar the rate OF peuG9 per
pound. Ia otnFs word, y-6ssl that r5spcc ta0ie
sup builder woai be glad TO sell at forty thous md
pounds sterling, has cos. By mixing c.ttOa with
the transactlun abeat /" EaG1Ted lhlusard p-u1ds
sterling.
1t @onls gaem taat quite brisk direct cnts.af rec
has been FRIED the enemy Ter sona rn3nt0s
past nader >hc following Of lha Federal Con4rCe3
approved July Z, 1864
at shall be lawful for tie Secretary IF the Tres SD,
Tic approval ri the Prtg!deut auth0za agents
to purcGase or the UAio States any productions Of aes
declared resurrection places therein SAIL be
deasha'td he aia. at such p4cs shall agreed
|A We seet MT eXcee1 lne maIhet value thoraot Gt
the place oEsE: nor exceeding three-fcu::hs OF the
f1acEe hereof III re CITY Of New York at tie latest
qar-2tol hnv'va TO G aGaD, purchasing"
W DO not kaya b. prices of bac,n at The various
p0a:s ID ,ao <Jr -"11 5,aos, but prssum: i IS moi
fifteen cents fer pound il greenDacks" Ac-I
c0cdiag 70 bC a>oF- act the cottCn Shipments The
Yankees should have neted about seventy ire cents
per p2Q0d. How ls II, then, that pouod OF cotton mas
bseu "swappc:i" eff for pound of bacon?
Ii people would bat look the matter straight in the
face direct e8 p0rtatlon Of eotto1 to the enem7s
country, conducted With honesty and economy viii be
found actually more advantageous TO the COnedeTacy
than seodingit him through Mexico Cuba the Bs-
hamsS the Bermadas. Even that cotton which goes
to Europe indirectly benefts The Yankee. II possible
the cotton leak 10 The North as wall as to Earope |
ought TO be stopped at once Prohibiting the impor
taiion OF axurles aid, the same time filing the peck
cts OF shoddy men, s taking IN at lac spg0t and let
ting o6t the bung. The South is n0t as most per-
SOILS suppose iuexhausCibIe bottle for cotton. The
leakage has already been too great ; and there ia no
maglclan, In the ueroa1e galance, to make ap for
the loss by the piakIDsa and stea0g5. LIST u.s. then
make the mOs- Of what cotton is left. The fragments
should be gathered q 80 thai nothing may BE- l0s:
It will De observed that while the Yankees have baen
dealing with the S0utns4n States under authority Of
Congress- the Conieerates nave been exchanging with
them ia violation OF the avs OF their COUNTRY The
conseqQs nee is that the Yankees cave been getting
cheap cotton Wse the C0at5derates have bsen recev-
ing&ear bacon. The trade should not on our part be
&" wicked az Il conEraband, il ought nos ID be per-
Initted at ALL Toe constituted authorities should not
allow the laws TO De violated. II it be deemed necesga
~ trade with the North let it be done openly and
above board aud then It will be done much more ad
vantagGGusiy. l.
Blockade running between England ard The Confede.
rate States is legal traffic aly other species OF
commerce the Queen merely declines to protect her
subjects In conducting it. Yet such has been the mys
terry thrown over the transactions, that many persons
imagine the trade b. criminal and will not it.
The 7 ankees have been much smarter" ia this re.
spect than the COntederates Tley retained all their
military men at homo, and employed mercantile houses
to uak3 their purchases
Had the degree Of commercial and financial l
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