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The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Annapolis. (search)
to the vessel not being suited to the purposes for which the Virginians wanted her, said the influence of the captain, the Governor allowed her to depart. In passing Fortress Monroe she was brought to and boarded by an officer. The mate of the steamer informs us that sons but Secession flags are lying in Richmond. He says the passes now given to whites are precisely the same as those need by the negroes. In Norfolk and Richmond provisions are exceedingly scarce, and held at very high rates. Flour is selling at $16 per barrel, coffee at 23 cents per pound, butter 60 cents per pound, and other articles in proportion. One of the passengers who came up in the steamer said: "if you stop their supply of provisions they will soon by brought to terms" The vice President of the Southern Confederacy was in Richmond at the time of their departure, and it was reported that "Jeff" himself was on his way there with a large army, to ease up what little previsions there were is the place.