, 1865-03-23


James River Canal. the principal feeder O,
Richmond, has sent their flour up to &. so
in Confederate money, or $ss in gold, acc ,rd-
Ing to the latest quotations Of the value OF
gold In Richmond, which stood several weeks
ago at $500. Board ut hotels Is 500 per dag,
or about e2 In gold, and common board fo,
laborers is $1o per day, or about p cents pr
day IN gold. Whisky is S400 per gallon, or
about q IN gold, and meat SO per pound, OF
about - cents In gold. It is gratifying ia
perceive In these figures that tic apparent
scarcity is really scarcity on the part Of the
government rather than On that of the peo.
pie. Wherever The people deal By barter the
values remain about the same. 4 given sum
N gold will procure nearly as much of the
necessalics Of life today in rebeldom as four
years ago, but rebel money ia worth
but Two cents on the dollar. In
other words the people have the food
bnt refuse TO trust the government
lof IT, ans Is Ms II should be. Besides cap
turing Eaiy;s army. destroying the James
K1ver Canal, and whatever else he chrse 10
annlhNate on hts long march from Winchester
to the White House, General Sheridan Brought
into camp three hundred white prisoners aud
three thousand "southrons Of African de-
sccnt." Tho dcfcusclcss condition of the
important points assasled BY him shows that
Lees cnti,e force must be Inadequate to sus-
tain his position. be appears to have been
permitted, almost without resistance, 10 rem
der 1t absolutely impossible to feed Legs
army in Richmond for more than few days
longer. snch facts, together with the Similar
weakness shown by the rebels In Georria,
South and North Carolina, prepare us Ia b,..
lieyc the reports brought in Ly dcsczters. thut
h panic now prevails In Rschmond: that
-..e1'a1 ~ - o1"s e'As@@Aeu tn"t oAsis has
onerea 10 resign, and make Lee dictator;
that Lee has declared the forces nj hIs com
34anu "uo"s u1eaeloAae u sustain The
rebellion, and has rendered his rcstpua.
ton that Strnhcns. Hnuter md Lea haze
gwen up Inc tenel cause In DESPAIR, and have
so notified Davis. Weeks awp this condition
of things was forcshadowed In the dec1ara-
~ "r 40.s""su - ete oscaala-
fssr hss found vo,cs md e,.srr - ssr ,s eseay aas
w ~ +a1. n 41,7. - r. 80, 60. - ~"
then waiting on jeff Davis and askin. him to
resign. SO that Hunter. n *s neace nrcot;ator y.
,n,Ght ha p,cs,do,+ o,a r. oa 80 sss,.,
that the only danger Of the coulederaey lay
in 1;,e universal desnondencv NJ +ha ,,s,,,e
- - ..a. 60 %. c. fS.t'e'
one hundred and twenty-five miles OF Gen
c.,r4,o 1tnaa cr,c.+ corsfnrrot,or ,,,cr,,l, T.,
ota 80 ...r ~ ~" ~ 'a'1s IL
The 1eDcl capltal, lhaI 1Ae f1cn a'e 1eeing
with their goods, and the poor are starving,
nnd that JEFF. Davis is paclingpp theaFch1res
Of the rebel government ready for evacuation?
And yet the rebAs know perfectly well that
the rebellion cannot outlive the evacuation
Of Richmond. Witness the following Ian
grnge Of The Richmond Examiner:
Richmond has oea u yt1a, 1 .ne cnn. ~
esnse icy s,d IN moral point Of view, absolutely
<lesruchve, crushing the heart md e1 tn:u,shing
the last hops o. the e 11e,1 and v,otv
t3tec1 Iii M Of dsense Onr military policy woalu be
totally at sea; We should be without nope or an
9e3se.t .nea. tIeen- ss % without The
means Of kceptnE alive Wholesome and active