The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-10

xrsH-cKoE WAREHOUSE. On yesterday. the
nrncipa! tobacco dealer and commission merchants
of the city and many planters from the country, be-
il. prs,ent a. Shockoe Warehouse, Col SAMUEL D.
xsDrAsMoN irst Inspector of said warehouse, arose
And red leave, bef1re the commencement Of sales,
- n.ts a few remarks personsl to himself and bis
.,,,sasus, MT Chambsrlayne He said that ths Of
Go NJ Inspsctor which be held, he had sought and
.ccsotsd not through choice, but through necessity
He came to Richmond eighteen month, ago with a
Ini,sd knowledge of the Tobacco business and with
L,. fsp .cousintar cas- 10 the trade; but he came
9TH determination to do bis duty, his whole duty
- ~ nromote the interests of all interested in the
"a. For that object, he and his colleague had la.
80 from sunrise to sunset, and he (Col. McD)
- rsysr been sccustomsd to do. II they had done
u,opa, or violated any law, (Which they denied
:, .., nniutsntional-an error of the head. aud net
,ha hart. He said, to his surprise and deep NOR
.;s..,;on a friend had, that morning. handed him
.hs un ornipg papers the National American
S..;n,n, an article, which he read, a. f,Iiows:
a1sp,csArIox MEETlsG The manner of Con
I,,;ns businsss at shockos warehouse has been the
aJ .h;.st Of complaint among the eomm. sion mer.
SUN .e' .ome time past. 1t found ardib'e EXPIRES
gu 1 Saturday evening, when meeting was he Id
st,sr sundry grievances hed oesn expressed set o.
res3 s .. and in conclusion. committee was an
n;ntsS to examine into the defective method adopt
"a hv the Snocs os warehouse insPestors They are
to re port to suus. qA' e' ~ 10 he'o he4'
Saturday afternoon
70, NED. said, if this article contained the truth
,orauet as q public officer justified susb
N 80 "a ths one said to have been held, then he
.ata,iy unfit longer to hold the off SO of Ip,pe
~. n. called upon the buyers and the ommissic q
.,han.s 10 say whether they would endorse that
article.
Mr. Caakie, one Of the oldest and most respected
buvers in the trade, and said he satsf ed
that no buyer entertained any such sentiments nor
did he believe that any commission merchant did
That there were defects in the laws aud customs Of
the trade he admitted; bat he was satisfied that
Ipspector no commission merchant, buyer, nsr
could any planter, remedy such d.fsets-it would
ouire a combined effort He considered the article
a, very unjust and ilberal. He thought great
efforts to accommod.t ate the trade had been made by
tho inspectors at Shockoe as had been made by any
other inspectors here.
Col. MoDearmon said that he and his associate
would be pleased to cooperate with ell interested in
the trade in adopting soy needful regulations for
it,"
Mr. John Shepherd. a commission merchant OF
the firm of J. NJ and W. Y. Shepherd said he attend
ed the meeting on Saturday last, which it sup
posed the american referred to, and he disclsimed
for himself aud for his fellowcom missi
having attended aay meeting of the character de-
scribed, in the notice That notice in the american
msrepreseuts the object of this meeting in tot5
Col Earksdale, of the firm of Messrs. Bslksdale l.
Resd next addressed the meeting Az one a.ten dn z
the meeting of Saturday evening. he disavowed the
Americans report of its proceedings. He did not
b,lteve that the report was suggested by any com.
m ssion merchant nor did he believe that any com.
mission merchant would couutenanee any such pro.
ceedings as those reported.
Col. McDssrmon said be had accomplished his OBJ
j,ct. Whist he desired was expression of opinion
ON the trads That he had OBJ. aimed, aud it was
gratifying to him LOCKER ON.