Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-21


.r.-!lned by III. Enry B Jotys ot Rex BRIDE nnI
.e - w:!"- - ot-ct aud tone 49, 90 u"rr- ana
5y 40 cS;ilGts rr.sdr The ''-vi!e Ienp-sss
:.l! G= artlcsi, s5'I:diy Ju-t and r7r YliH!c'
iva - hO-!erins up himself 3ad h.- far ".ched ld-h',
~ s.andc:oa-y s5.sing certain CrtE Gg5'H ~
ne city feel cgii-j upon, ate! this nsceas"ry pre-
nee. To let the psopl, know, p. we'll Il. Mr. JONES' ife
manner Of condueting my ban'nreN; Bni p!esufn'nG
:u- attention - this suslrct Will b. PAD by your
.aLr:s, drovera aud graz ere especially will con:
n.uc- by replying {" his article. he says: "con!d
The trade place be so regulated that the saiee
Il beef cattle would be more uniform. doubt mol:
AMY n; our fine ra.!l- which arc row driven 10 3a.
;rnrr wnaId be- disposed of in you: market Let
49, .k mi, wiz. reiurIner what lie uy fn- word
.r.,uer.r 7" II he means hroH:inudt tcdrcy At cat.
H.. which would always Keep sn 0p'a md"HH ana
hereby keep the pr'ce p-ry htSA ala ""!o'm, men
,ndr,ieod him ou, il h- nean- tina: cH'r hlci he
ay s.,t her and bring int" a crowded market and
,.,,p.-. ahead oi bis turn, N -an when Others mr.;
,r-:d @! En,) then hr may suERert Me r'torm'
Aha, ,hnuyn IAN Il be One IN tx Is very clear,
., ,b, o,yv nassiEkc way OF herp ns uniform prices
"a k.n IN. ma, al the time pare oi bee: How
ror,d hi. operated Keeping cattle al nome s'infS
=. create this reform would be jumping our Vt IN
-, ,,.n inr, III fire" Cattle III case ike this
.ou,d "a; Of their h-ads 1T home, stehu al iira
achmond. where they soneil'n-, nav' " 10y "" M :"
lrw d,,s simpjy on acrouM Of n glnEed ntd'"t. lh"
o.ition of Mr. Jones is ridiculous Nd moi ~ merit
,o.-bu, Let MIN have the full bnneh. ot MS reform
Inn, far. 4 kind Providence attilcts some people
With too much WISDOM ana In thS ius'oueo VIZ ece d
,-laucholy demonstration OF the tact.
In The .-cond psc- he says: Let mem tine era
,i.rs and drov.rs) call convention 10 met at the
,.r, Agricultural Fair ri Richmond, where the MISTER
IAN he d.ou sal and such srrp. taken az will remedy
some OF the evils under which ~e nov labor
S,w can any m-n OF srnse read tde above eX;raft
rom hi- article without coming under the influence
;; yis;jI. emo 1as This il free country, AMI tie
people have right peaceahy 10 assemble 10 redress
-xs,;ns grievance. bu, what can this proposed CON-
ventjop do towards keeping open Irarkris-to~Hrti-
orciny butchers Ia give NOR. tor beef than - worth
II Mr. Jope. supposes ,his can be done he ID vastly
mistaken All men, Ike himself will sometimes
look 10 sefnteres', but all OF US have 10 Yield 10 cir
.uin,,snccs a, times which beyond our !mu-Gi.
ATE or elfectve contrc To keep more than drove
Of cattle from coming into market at time could
not bs Gone-it Is necessary that every man owning
lie should write 20 every other in the SAFE
rh., he intends starting his cst. on such Day, and
at hs must not start e.e they will both come into -"
right .ck -" Gni thereby BE- literally sSInn-d.
rns specics Of rrtnrm can work and tb- Convention
can't remedy th- 'seYs" of a crowded market. Ii IA
open market, uuf prcas here Tli compare isvorah'y
With AMI u!t.ulr"s exceed those oil ally other mark.
Il, ead, et ada, Tor r- la; two months car:ir
7gre b-"n considerably hSh:r hec. than in Is Iii.
aorc. The oaLy thins the cumr- nHor VI. JJEcs p-o
poses can do, is 10 ~ up p7cttrc kovsss for h,
7eneGt, which he srggess Nc having d. t,aGtrey 10
keep an open market and mole uniform prices H1c
coadsrtul!! Baltimore become. Quilted with cnt.
tic often or oteper than our market. n0:whstaDt
ny the fact that there sre three or !osr pack n.
houses there. Now, suppose We hhf packing houses
night We not still b- In the HI ii which We some.
times nov fad ours-ive.7 Bu. we want To knos
what sort ot reform 'bs proposed Convention car
etf.c,l should judge they would say 'oke choice
1t your agent or Sill yourselves, or eel! n home
As Mr. jones hsrps uu the Baltimore msrk-t, let
l!;n continually keep in rnd that our prices siand
I better average, and thar Baltimore !s glu;'rd ~
fen "a we an! wien in e"Hed sfa'e, d-"rer-
are ,r!ne'T-, sklEHed th.r". One tn'ng l. very
true The Convrn elton may meet End debate. have
NJ juu.. r"r orator ard sny r-'orm they suggest
viii - u farther tlsn tn cJHt.ats Over Th
,topose Mr. Jones 10 pr, aide A war:n weather J,
r:n'ug Oh, would il NOT b. best for VI. j. 20 nave
b Convention called III the cOurse ut SKY dave
tl-h fowls. and "smal! meats" generally, are com.
;ng N freeiv. snd will continue TO Come IN FIR five
r AZ mou:hs, and large decline in the prices Of
,eef may be expected 80 com. on, have yoIr Con.
yention, and drive out the feb, fowls &c. Csurp
h. thrun: AID utter your m7nvsstos. We may then
with proprlety ask you, "On what msat dnrh hi.
,ar Cp,nr trei that he hath grown 81 great :"
Nus Jet me give a tru. statement Of the cause.
which led Mr. JDues 10 psrpe,rnse III. illusion on N.
Richmond Cattle Market" In the month OF De
c-inhsr 1856, Mr. JoDes wrote me, he had drove Of
rtIie hr wished ma 10 s"li-wi-h.d ine 10 have IN
,pen usrk-;. advised him when TO start lie cid
D. aud previously Ia g-iiing near Richmond, o'h'r
:foycs Hhc. aa: starred before hls. and Eli lad
t lin, Cu' hun nut II his turn. Mr. J"n-e cnn- In
.nead of o;hr.s which were ahead of him 10 'hi.
deposition could E"; In 'scr ~ my customers or
myself assent. II otasr words distinctly tod HIM
[ was an unvsrying rule with me that when sev-ial
!rov-e cam. 10 stand H5nG: the cams time, fhe
which Frat rs1cksd tkYs ghouI come IN f"si. cnn
.iGere his TAR, and nave observed il carefully in he
prnstr uiion ri my tu-in-ss Mr.. Jones would not
however, take tho Millers turn OF fret come. fret
,erv-c Euwerer srpniniet tie dny OIL which ~
.aril- should come ntney raIr.-i IN. market war
al. and Prices low 'hs; wrs neither nb, g..'
:a.r .;:. 40. w!iag 20 Sc. &; reduced p:.c- -
lie then. according 10 my advice, Grove baci: I.
.nori G.'nics from he cry and instead ai waiting
.a;i! s.i"u ! ec.!1 20: he Uni.lr ih- NIX; day
rn..cht 10 rh.r,c-n ir...,f OF hslf his cntc. emit
Id IN N. md ncN' do; cod Hnii Il ~h.f mol
~ s?crG:.f as c1,.e snI now "nIies off his no..
g.. ,r.I,. his iac-." | very we'll sai fed w;.h
ia roi;ng h.z cattle, because | never ash al,
aan - sa!.d s'"cS - lie had portion still l-t
4 rad al "ftier for eight cattle from Hampton
Seed r.s .'r~iod n .!s welfare, foid him YOU'D
axe u.Ur 0i h, cattle At g nett ami ecud 10 lI.mp
on. d.! 49, Ml- the ususi charges of Cnmn.
.;n. sc ard gave BIN my acc-p'nnces a. ~ and
- day. .,I1 tneav cattle. ms siways have dor-
c-eGi:, ard have not Yet received he money for
r-m. the Srn"ur, Of which 10 1921 $500. Ny hrs'
hirct In selling stock IL 10 ct far price. and tn
= ct his OF jrc he credit sI stem must ceriauy be
,o--rvrI - avoid II sacrifice. Any salesman W!o
lis fer cnk will not 90 much ceiling, ard those for
snoa IL sells viii br Literally skinned 10 NJ.
Zones delicate Eugiish. Owing In The b-avy os-rs
| -
na;e result Of Lu'lru-s u tue hands Of huchert ana a.
ne lille feeling very sure that Il per head
30 ,'tt fJr -r!nx aud guaranteeing sales ndGed tn
'.usranee. Which only kept up for n !:r months.
~ ing .s:is!aciou II cTehcd In III minds Of
.ns. The guarantee, is Aboii:hcd hoS-vsr, ana n"
AIS. ri compliant can eYl-t /, any evil-' are 10
r-'ne,:!ea, t.ry innst he r-.ntned 10y Hr. Jors
Concenip1n. Tue t,g:h lie Mr.. jones efu.ion Only
.ssui- from the fact rhat he couldn't govern mr..
n make G-paTt from nv usual and approved
node OF doing bu-insrs. He suJ;r'd 10 tho RI.
:eat Of a h"nd,.d or tro dollars .ui h.
blame hn rIfropazdnt eisdoz for his grea. anc
.rreparable L,Js. Mr. Jou.s snys be gave TO un.
l.rsiand wS- done selling cattle Tor hm-l also gave
ln TO undors:an no uotd not write as any more
'-itcr- in regard 10 selling bis cattle after :ha tine
vas vary wiling AMI nnxou- 10 bard -! him ]
vii also inform the pub that while got s. 81 eros,
n NJ. Jon - few. Il s,i,l d-pps ed ot We a.
!roves the sane day al 81 20 50 25 .ros-,eey & an
sh 80 nstt In regard he r7-pe tab opp. .tIvG
Jf Which HI rpeak', will ony say, ha, "Jpp,,iri,n
II. ts, iit= trade. and tna cannot object 10 il
long n i, i re-pec'a r. AMI white am It'll IN The
market. pletg. myself 10 ob'ain rhe high," mark,
oriccs al al times. Tire opposition and myssif 6oia
charge alike. ] have associated with rns Robert II
Crockett, E-1 Of Wythe county, and under thu styIe
of Shook H. Crockett are prepared 10 sell 81 per
head all cattle sent US for sac. Our continued on
beavers will bs to do full evrn.handed jus;ic-i and
before closing let advice Mr.. Jones TO write a.o.
,hsr -s.ay on CdterptiLnrs they arr small game"
and will sG.t h, csprciy 10 fraction.
I,y the way, would ,tviss HIN aso 10 give the
onhic M .ss4y on the "ch uch. oux' AMI Tobacco
vuru.' a. he refer. 10 IN: very cautiously n The
..grn'." W., give him my name IN tall, with b,U
vsh-s to- 81" success Of Ills convention and s r.
forming schemes. JACOB SHOOK,
OF oapyk i Crockett.
RICHMOND. April 18Th, 1857.