[correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.]
sad News for salt Speculators — Military Movements, &c. Wilmington, N. C. Jan. 13, 1862.
The prospect for a plentiful supply of salt from the seacoast is very bright.
Over a hundred men are now at work on this State manufacturing this important article, and the Legislatures has voted $100,000 to be used in bringing down the price of salt.
I am told that salt may be had here at $4 per bushel.
Immense quantities of pork have been salted and packed away.
Pork is now selling for 10 cents in the country.
I understand that two more regiments will reach here in a few days, and that the government is thinking of placing an army of 10,000 men at this point.
The health of the soldiers here is at this time unusually good.
The envelope in which this letter is enclosed is a specimen of what is being made in the Old North State.
By taking a thousand they may be bought at four for one cent — nearly as cheap as the vile Yankee over sold them.
Say what you will, Rip van Winkle is wide awake.
Rambler.