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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1,126 0 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 528 0 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 402 0 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 296 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 246 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 230 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 214 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 180 0 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 174 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 170 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Yankee history of the attempts to blow up the Ironsides — Excitement Ashore. (search)
de up by sales to the people at large. These sales range from $2.50 to $3 per yard, obviously leaving but a reasonable profit.-- Now, if the bill before the Senate pass into a law, and that law be applied to this branch of industry so as to reduce the current prices very considerably, it is obvious that the manufacture must be discontinued. Then what becomes of the mechanics engaged in it? It is equally obvious that they must be thrown out of employment. There being no restriction in North Carolina, the manufacture will be transferred to that State, and the workmen will follow. We have selected one article in the schedule. The same remarks are applicable to all. By this Jaw we drive capital from the State, and labor and mechanical skill must follow. The manufacturer cannot and will not make for the public the same sacrifice he has made for the Government. Several causes conspire to render prices exorbitantly high at this period. 1st. The depreciation of the currency, whic
d is being bought by the brokers at $10,50 to $11, and sold at $12. Silver — buying at $8.50, and selling at $9.50 and $10. State Bonds.--Va. coupons are quoted at 420 to 425; Va. reg'd, long dates, 200; Va. reg'd, over due, 172 to 175; North Carolina 6's, old issue, coupons, 445 to 450; new issue, 6 per cents., 209; new issue, 8 per cents, 226. Confederate Bonds.--Cotton interest loan, 148 1-2 to 150; 100 mil. loan, 106 1-2 to 112 1-2; 15 mil. loan firm at 187 1-2; 8 per cent, convertibles, 112 1-2 and int.; 7 per cents 100 to 102; 6 per cents., 95. State Bank Notes.--Virginia bank notes are bought by the brokers at $2.25, and sold at $2.50 to 2.75; North Carolina about the same; South Carolina and Georgia notes, buying at $3 and selling at $3.25 to 3.50. Grain.--No supply in the market.--We continue to quote Wheat at the regular price fixed by the Government, viz: $5 per bushel. Flour.--There is a decided scarcity of this article in the market, and what litt