Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-13

J,,.-. ar. yarinns PROGRAMMES which the ver.0n7
nar.s hereabout- begin 10 dcuss with regard {" me
,nna, s,i,ab- candidates for the next P!'Biirncy.-
T.. W. shall reserve for another letter. lnihe mean
lime Sc. subscribe ourselves, your obedlen rervans.
'''''' '" TUDOR.
For he Enquirer.
M.as,. Editors:-As YOU have published the pro-
ceedjngs of several meetings oi agrcultnr's,s se'lne
forth m. ground. o. their opposition to the "lopacc"
Ernhsng., rsc.n,Iv established in h' city aud A.
rh. following article iroE 1.-The Southern Iihn'e''
written BY retired merchant re me eu"or ''"''' u
u.j IL calculated, by liz calm aid di-phr-' w"
10 remove -ome ol the oil j-cOns honestly -h'rFts'e"
against the iuaiution. aud which, upon cohV"""n'
will doubt not, be II. honestly surrendered hafe
taken The liberty ask oi you the favor oi ia intro
duc,inn into the columns oil the Enquirer.
""''''' AMicu:.
From "ghe Southern Planter y
Wherever large business If doho III any one nj
tics of commerce. thu concentration of II al one EN-
porium Of trade aud al cno spot IN ihs emporium
haa, beyond doubt, been found most otnrhc!ai ~
both seller and purchaser. This IL evident IRON
the experience Of all countries that have trrd II. AZ
composition lie concentrated The eelIrr knows INA,
Whatever may be the quality OF HE article, among III
the dealers in it collected together come will be ioin
| who's. purposes il suii- however objectionable The
quality may be, although it might be very difficult 70
find purchaser, IL h- had Ia he soaght for. II tn
quality Of hI article bs very desirable. II IL Seen by
every buyer in th. market WHEN is offered for SALE
NJ central spot, and all possible competition Il en-
| listed in lie favor.
| Their, is no doubt that thu excessive fatigue AND
loss uf time that has been attendant on The system
selling tobacco. at several warehouses remote Iron
each other amid sw-rrrng heat and dust, at unc"r
| tain hours and occupying nearly u whole summer
dav hGs deferred aune capitalists from sacrificing
| their time and health by taking tbs rounds oi the
warehouses;; and even were they disposed TO DO 80
it required iron constitution 10 stand the fatigue
| and nnnGyAnce-ShersEs, by n concentration al NJ
the samples al apni, they can be looke over Gr
fore the sale commences, md each purchaser can de
eide for what samples 10 bid when the regular hour
for selling arrives. No pariialty can he shown ~ to
precedence, sc where The crler ia 10 derive no bene
III b-yond HE regular iecr aud the abuse Of his office
il not likely he exercised II he IS hrd strictly Ia
the performance OF his appropriate duties. The prac
| tcr uf converting en- inspector INTO commission
merchant has been gradually increasing abuse, unt
| In some instances he became sort OF banher-ioan
in, out or otherwise using the money Of u cOniding
PLANTER, al yaaciag his money tn needy ons-and
one instance NJ least, is reported TO have occurred
wher. the money waa never forthcoming, and
both money aud Inspector, minus some thou
sauds disappeared. The law formerly, if it does
not now, prohibited lnsp-etors from buying OF
selling tobacco, aud the Intention was no dono
To max. the Inspector an impartial Agent, iavoing
neither buyer Dor seller. Ills Whoe uuty "a' aild
should be- To sample, cooper up, weigh, issue receipt
and when il waa presented 10 deliver the tobacco "r
which services he Wa 10 receive certain stipulated
! ers. large portion II our Inspection Law II worth
less If not iuriOu'. As 10 the Judgment OF The ~
sp-cior in deciding on passed, refused, TOO high,
Sc il il mere tuliyno buyer il influenced by II, and
what il IN. valu- lit may bs askedl OF any in-pec
tor'4 opinion whoss appointment depends "n his po
| cni opinions aud not on bis Judgment OF the article
| h- iuspects! In all large markets il has been found
uec.sssry 10 establish Exchange for the most i'm
poriant articles where buyer aud seller can meet nj
certain hoar and samples Oe exhibited. WITNESS the
| Grain and Flour exchanges ia New York, nc, and
even in Petersburg. Brokers are also found 10 be
moat useful Intermediates agents between buyer and
seller. whose knowledge Of the market Ia Kept IN &C
tive exercise and whose business Il smllsr In that o
our Commission Merchant. BY the establishment O
such Exehangee it Ia not longer necessary for the
seller the city IN search OF buyer or vice
vera, and 1t lie ihs surest mode oi obtaining The fu
value.
| Tn. jnspeciinn. of tobacco in Baltimore and New
York ar. nor attended by the purchasers because il
would involve too great waste ut time. ms -ysfrm
pursued IL TO inspect each hOgshead IN regular rotn-
ton according 10 ia delivery N the Warehouse, and
beior. il il slowed away. The Warehouses ara Iarg.
buildings, three or four stories high, and il would
greatly increase the lHbur II the tobacco were 10 be-
srOwed away before being inspected. In sa'npllnE
| the INSPECTORS draw CERTAIN humber OF bundles ol
tobacco neither more nor irs' rom each brehk. and
thes. bundle. REQUIRED with tape, the end OF which
il pissed by needle through the centre ot tbs end
of the saynplr, and seated with sealing wax bearing
the Iaine oi the Inspection. The Maryland planter
cannot have his whole crop inspected ut once unless
il is all delivered nj the Warehouse nj the same lime.
The In- pecOra, without regard 10 Instructions irpn
the owner inspect the Tobacco when it arrives and
preserve the samples carefully until they ar" cal'rd
Tor, and any person is nt liberty 10 be present during
The process ut samping tor which no particular hour
is fixed. bu, II -cobilnu-d throughout In" day, II Tie,
quantity received gv" suiiI'l-ut employment ih'f'
being no regular ally demand ~ Justify daily pnbc
sales. the sr- made by Commission Merchants or
Brokers their respective places OF business aud
| not by auciinn. ~lna: course u pursued az New
York and Philadelphia.
Under tn. regulations adopted by the members Of
the Tobacco Excrnnga IN Richmond il nust he otvl
uu- any unpreludc-d man, that the ry-'rn u Tar
more ~, ambiguous tnthe plnnrr or Owner ct tobacco
than that whirh prevail II. our inspection warehouse"
or in the other above named by bringing into
cnmp-ttI0u n; any moment every purchaser, aud sub
uniting every snmpie IN one large ha'l whether oi"r
ed ri auction private sale. aud leaving thu owner
the option Of being his own vendcr or NJ employing
all ay.ut The planter il he choose 10. sell ar
auction and collect hi. money from br buyer have his
tobacco sold NJ Exchange by Tho crer-an entirely
di.in,rre-ied nau-ior the email fee of twelve and &
hal; cents per hogshead. Should he prefer to have
the Judgment at commission merchant, who 10 well
scouain,rd with the state ut the market and who
would stop the sale il he thought the u value rot
bid he ca, he hss done before put his crop ~ ts
hand. of such agent TO cell publicly Or privately az
The Judgment of the agent may dictate. ana The Gam
ples are kept ready fnr exhibition ~ the central point
office, il he thinks il preferable.
What reasonable objection ran be made to this mr.
rangern-nt by any dsnrr-r-t party is inr"nceivahe
There is no reason 10 suppose that The regulations
adopted will he changed. II they should be, II "ll
then be time enough {" complain.
\ DISTINGUISHED LOCKER Oh.
ANOTHER FiLIBUSrERlNG EXPEDITION.
GEN. WALKER IN LOWER CALIFORNIA
Sr LOUIS Aug "a gentleman who has just ar-
rived from Albuquerque reports thai 80 men were
met AZ ihp Pnwr-e Fork Of The Arkansas river Ell
route Ia a-sst Cen Walker in sonora. Walker ~ Ha'G
Ia have pre- viously paased with SIN mounted men. who
ar. armed with Minnie riti-s and have ~ pieces ~
cannon. 4 messenger also reports that Col. lIue
wss then al II raso with Walker
MURDERS IN NORTH CAROLlNA.-lh- r.
.rrsburg Iutrg"uc-r says correspondent IN
forms u shat II, Naah county. The day Ct election.
a man named Perry killed by another nam-d
Brnmriy-upun which The latter was a4o -l.in u y