Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “From the West,” June 24, 1861

    Source citation
    “From the West,” Fayetteville (NC) Observer, June 24, 1861, p. 3: 3.
    Original source
    Charleston (SC) Mercury
    Newspaper: Publication
    Fayetteville Semi Weekly Observer
    Newspaper: Headline
    From the West
    Newspaper: Page(s)
    3
    Newspaper: Column
    3
    Type
    Newspaper
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    Don Sailer, Dickinson College
    Transcription date
    The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

    FROM THE WEST. – A Cincinnati correspondent of the Charleston Mercury gives the following pleasant account of the effects of Lincoln’s war in Ohio and the West generally:

    “The effects of the war and the blockade of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, are fast making the whole West bankrupt. Bacon and provisions are going to destruction for the want of purchasers. It is estimated that there are twenty millions of pounds of bacon and pork in this city alone. Bacon is selling at five to seven cents, corn seven to ten cents per bushel, and butter, lard and cheese five to ten cents per pound. A man from Indiana told me, in the prairies where wood was scarce, they were actually using corn for fuel! A strong delegation has gone to Washington to represent the true state of things, and if they are not heard, you may look out for an uprising in the West. The currency of the Western States is becoming worthless, as the State stocks and bonds which were deposited as security for the redemption of the bank notes, are being sold in New York at 30 to 40 cents on the dollar, leaving very little to indemnify the holders of bank bills.”

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