Lead is very scarce, and the Confederate government is anxious to obtain all that can be had, to make cartridges. There are hundreds and thousands of houses in the country in which there are from one to five hundred pounds of good lead in the shape of window weights, etc, which might be taken out and made to perform a more efficient service than they are now doing. The weights can easily be replaced with iron or something else, and the lead put to a much better use. If the people throughout the country would act upon the suggestion, thousands and tens of thousands of pounds might be turned over to the use of the Confederate soldiers, and the very supply thus obtained may have great influence in determining the issue of the contest. Will each householder constitute himself a committee of one to ascertain and report how much lead there is about his premises which he can possibly spare for the use of the Confederacy—Charleston Mercury.
Weekly Standard, Raleigh, NC