FEBRUARY 1st.—The Virginia Legislature, now in session, has a bill under discussion for the suppression of extortion. One of the members, Mr. Anderson, read the following table of the prices of
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. |
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Before the war. |
Now |
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White wheat, per bushel |
$1 50 |
White wheat, per bushel |
$4 50 |
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Flour, per barrel |
7 50 |
Flour, per barrel |
22 00 |
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Corn, per bushel |
70 |
Corn, per bushel |
3 50 |
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Hay, per hundred |
1 00 |
Hay, per hundred |
3 50 |
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Hides, per pound |
7 |
Hides, per pound |
40 |
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Beef, per pound |
8 |
Beef, per pound |
50 |
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Bacon, per pound |
13 |
Bacon, per pound |
60 |
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Lard, per pound |
15 |
Lard, per pound |
1 00 |
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Butter, per pound |
30 |
Butter, per pound |
1 50 |
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Irish potatoes |
1 00 |
Irish potatoes |
5 00 |
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Sweet potatoes |
1 00 |
Sweet potatoes |
6 00 |
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Apple brandy |
1 00 |
Apple brandy |
15 00 |
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Wool, per pound |
30 |
Wool, per pound |
2.00 |
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MANUFACTURES. |
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Bar iron, per pound |
4 |
Bar iron, per pound |
20 |
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Nails, per pound |
4 |
Nails, per pound |
60 |
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Leather, sole, per pound |
25 |
Leather, sole, per pound |
2 50 |
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“upper, per pound |
33 |
“upper, per pound |
3 50 |
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COTTON GOODS. |
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Osnaburgs, per yard |
10 |
Osnaburgs, per yard |
75 |
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Brown cotton, per yard |
10 |
Brown cotton, per yard |
75 |
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Sheeting, per yard |
15 |
Sheeting, per yard |
1 25 |
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WOOLEN GOODS. |
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Coarse jeanes |
45 |
Coarse jeanes |
4 00 |
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Crenshaw’s gray |
2 00 |
Crenshaw’s gray |
28 00 |
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MISCELLANEOUS. |
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Coarse shoes |
1 50 |
Coarse shoes |
15 00 |
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High-quartered shoes |
3 50 |
High-quartered shoes |
25 00 |
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Boots |
7 50 |
Boots |
60 00 |
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Wool hats, per dozen |
7 00 |
Wool hats, per dozen |
50 00 |
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STOCKS. |
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Dividends on stocks in cotton companies, worth in May, 1861, $25 to $50 per share, now from $112 to $140. |
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It is doubtful whether the bill will pass, as most of the members are agriculturists.
It is said and believed that several citizens from Illinois and Indiana, now in this city, have been sent hither by influential parties, to consult our government on the best means of terminating the war; or, that failing, to propose some mode of adjustment between the Northwestern States and the Confederacy, and new combination against the Yankee States and the Federal administration.
Burnside has at last been removed; and Franklin and Sumner have resigned. Gen. Hooker now commands the Federal Army of the Potomac–if it may be still called an army. Gen. R_____, who knows Hooker well, says he is deficient in talent and character; and many years ago gentlemen refused to associate with him. He resigned from the army, in California, and worked a potatoe patch, Yankee like, on speculation–and failed.