Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, GENERAL ORDERS, } No. 115. 5 Richmond, August 24, 1863. I- The following- schedules of prices for articles named therein, adopted by commissioners appointed pursuant to law, for the State of Virginia, are announced for the information of all concerned; and the special at- tention of officers and agents of the government is directed thereto: Richmond, August 20, 18fK> Hon. Jas. A. Seddon, Sec'y of War: Sir, recently passed by the confederate congress, regulating impressments, being required to agree upon and publish a schedule of prices every two months, or oftener, if the}' should deem it proper, in accordance with the forgoing requisition,' we respectfully lay before you the following sche- dules of prices, marked A and B, for the ensuing month. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory information as to pork, we have post- poned the appraisement till our next assessment. The commissioners appointed under section sth of the bilf The following schedule presents the maximum prices to bo paid for the articles appraised, at all cities and usual places of sale, and when im- pressed elsewhere, the same prices are to be paid elsewhere, less the cost of transportation to the city or usual place of sale to which the article would go ordinarily for sale from that neighborhood, or less the cost of transportation to the point at which the government needs the article, and wishes it to be sent; provided, that in no case the amount deducted for transportation as above, shall exceed 25 cents per bushel for grain, and 25 cents per cwt. for long forage, flour, bacon, iron, &c. In addition to the established price of transportation, the government to pay all legal tolls; and where farmers cannot procure nails for haling- forage, govern - ment to furnish the same at cost, which will he deducted from the estab- lished price of baling; , 2 Schedule A. ARTICLES. QUALITY. DESCRIPTION. QUANTITY. PRICE 1 Wheat, Prime, White or red, Per bus. of 60 lbs. $5 00 2 Flour, Good, Superfine, “ bbl. of 196 lbs. 25 00 3 Corn, Prime, White or yel’w, “ bus. of 56 lbs. 4 00 4 Uushelled corn, “ “ “ “ “ 56 lbs. 3 95 5 Com meal, Good, - “ “ 50 lbs. 4 20 6 Rye, Prime, - “ “ 56 lbs. 3 20 7 Cleaned oats, “ - “ “ 32 lbs. 2 00 8 Wheat bran, Good, - “ “ 17 lbs. 50 9 Shorts, “ - “ “ 22 lbs. 70 10 Brown stuff, - “ “ 28 lbs. 90 11 Ship stuff, “ “ 37 lbs. 1 40 12 Bacon, Hog round. “ pound, 1 00 13 Salt pork, “ - 1 00 14 Bard, “ — ll ll 1 00 15 Horses, First class, Artillery, &c. Av’go price per head, 350 00 16 Wool. Fair or Merino, Washed, Per pound, 3 00 17 Wool, Fair or Merino, Unwashed, It It 2 00 18 Peas, Good, - “ bus. of 60 lbs. 4 00 19 Beans, M - “ “ 60 lbs. 4 00 20 Potatoes, Irish, “ “ 60 lbs. 4 00 21 Potatoes, “ Sweet, “ “ 60 lbs. 5 00 22 Onions, " - “ “ 60 lbs. 5 00 23 Dried peaches, tl Pealed, “ “ 38 lbs. 8-00 24 Dried peaches, Un pealed, “ “ 38 lbs. rno 25 Dried apples, “ Pealed, “ “ 28 lbs. 3 00 26 Hay, baled, Timothy or clover, “ 100 pounds, 3 00 27 Hay, baled, Orchard or herd grass, “ 100 3 00 28 Hay, unbaled, “ Orchard or herd grass, “ 100 2 70 29 Sheaf oats, baled, “ - “ 100 4 00 30 “ “ unb’d, “ - “ 100 3 70 31 Bladefodder,bale(i, “ - “ 100 3 00 32 “ “ unb’J, “ - “ 100 2 70 33 Shucks, baled, “ - “ 100 2 00 34 “ unbaled, - “ 100 1 70 35 Wheatstraw, bl’d. 11 — “ 100 1 00 36 “ “ unb'd, “ - “ 100 70 37 Pasturage, Interior, “ head per month, 3 00 38 Superior, “ 4 00 40 “ Good, Near cities, “ 5 00 41 Superior, “ “ “ “ 6 00 42 “ First rate, “ ll ll ll 7 00 43 Salt, Good, - “ bus. of 50 lbs. 5 00 44 Soap, “ - “ pound. 40 45 Candles, Tallow, 1 00 46 Vinegar, ll Cider, “ gallon, 1 00 47 Whiskey, ll Trade, 3 00 48 Sugar, it Brown, “ pound, 1 00 49 Molasses, ti New Orleans, “ gallon, 8 00 50 Rice, , - “ pound, 20 51 Coffee, ll Rio, <( ll 3 00 52 Tea, ll Trade, ll “ 7 00 53 Vinegar, It Manufactured. “ gallon, 50 54 Pig iron, “ No. I quality. “ ton. 125 00 3 ARTICLES. j QUALITY. DESCRIPTION. QUANTITY. PRICE, 55 Pig iron, 1 Good, 5n “ ii 57 Bloom iron, I << 68 Smith’s iron, j “ No. 2 quality, Per ton, ®110 00 No. 3 quality, Round plate « « 100 00 180 00 59 Rail road iron, ! “ and bar, U II 380 80 _ II 11 no 60 Heather, “ Harness, “ pound, 2 60 Sole, 2 40 62 " 1 11 Upper, II II 2 80 6,i Beef cattle, ( “ Gross weight, “ 100 pounds, “ 100 16 00 64 •• Superior, It II 18 00 65 “ First rate, — 11 100 20 0(1 66 Sheep, j Fair, 67 Army woolen cl’th,1 - “ head, 30 00 § yard, : Good, 68 Army woolen cl’th,' “ 10 oz. per yd. Pro rata as to “ yard. 4 50 69 Army woolen cl’th, greater or less Width or weight. 6-4 yard, j “ 70 Army woolen cl’th, “ 20 oz. per yd. Pro rata as to Per yard, 9 00 71 Flannels, %} greater or less Width or weight. 6 oz. per yd. Per yard, 3 00 /2 Cotton shirting, -J, “ 73 “ “ i, 41 yds. to lb. 42 3f yds. to lb. II 11 74 “ sheet’gs, 4-4. “ 3 yds. to lb. II ll 75 “ oznab’gs, f,! “ 6 oz. per yd. II II 60 76 ‘ “ ir,! “ 8 oz. per yd. ll ll 70 77 “ drills, f,1 “ 3 yds. to lb. II ll 70 78 Cot. shirt’g stripes, “ 3 yds, to lb. “ 44 70 79 “ tent cloths, | “ 10 oz. yer yd. << u 87 80 On the above enumerated cot or weight. ton cloths, pro •ata as to greater or le 5S width 81 Cotton warps, 1 Good, - Per pound, 1 63 82 Army shoes, - “ pair, “ pound, 10 00 83 Shoo thread, - 2 00 84 Wool socks, men’s,1 “ - 11 pair, 1 25 85 Mules, 1 First rate, Wagon,