Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-16

practicable mode Of filling it, and Of making the
appointment, is that by resolution of your body.
authorizing the appointment Of special commit
ttc by your President. whose duty II shall be to
make the appointment Of filling the Office Of Pub
lie Tobacco Auction Crier, upon such tcrms. con-
ditions and fnrietarc-. rs in their judgment may
be deemed best, and in accordance with such stip-
ulntions a. may bo laid down by tho Board Of
Trade itself; and whose further duty II shall be
To sac that the incumbent properly executes tho
duties OF his office,
In looking to tho nature and character of the
duties to bo performed by a Public Crier Of To
bacco. We arc OF opinion that 1t ia imrracticable
10 have u separate cricr for caoh Ware House,
not only from the fact that no one Ware House
receives a suihciency Of Tobacco the fees for
the selling of which, at the rate We shall recon-
mend u be allowed, would produce n sufficient
compensation to secure the services Of competent
party, but from the fact that in having separate
crycr for each Wnro House. would tend to identify
tho interest of each particular crycr with the
Ware House he represented. and consequently
have n tendency to make such n erier overlook
his public duties for his private gaiu. Conse-
quently we recommend that tho public Cricr shall
represent all of the Ware Houses.
Upon looking into tho amount Of labor TO be
performed IN selling all Of the Tobacco at oil Of
tho Ware Houses. No ARE of opinion. that it would
be too great 10 bo properly performed by one
cricr aud will require the services Of two compc-
tcnt, expert. business men, and while tho fees
arising from tho sales Mt no ono Ware House
would bo sufficient compensation to secure the
services OF ono competent party, yet we aro Of
opinion thnt TIM ieos arising from tho sacs of tho
whole, will be found ample to secure the services
Of two efficient officers We therefore recommend
tho employing of two ctiers of good business ca
pnciy. And We do advise further, that in en-
ploying the services of two persons as crycrs to
conduct the sales nj all tho Wnrh Houses, that
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In cndca,oring To ascertain at the Warehouses
the quantity of Tobacco Sold we find thut mode OF
making out tho returns To the State, differs 30 ns
to prevent ns from arriving at tho cxact number
of fllogshcals or half iiogshcad mud parcels sold.
oyccpt in tho aggregate. After reducing tho
whole to full duty Hogsheads. some Of the inspco-
tors. however give the iull details. from tho re-
ports of which we are enabled to approximate for
tho others. close enough for all p,a teal purpo-
scs. In this way for tho last year, ending Jnnua.
ry lat. lSi9.wc find tho whole consisting Of Hogs
hcads, hall llogsheads. whole aud half duty par
GELS of loose. together with stems amounting To the
aggregate number Of about 30, 900 While doubt
less some proportion Of the crop that heretofore
belonged T., this market. has been diverted awny
to otLcr markets. yet when we look around us,
and see On our left, the Orange aud Alexandria
Railroad, reaching around the market which
seems most feared aud on our right, in tho future
tl.r contemplated improvement into North Carroll
w, ul'u lHe Ncst, wv sct II Helu tnut rs
ours beyond successful competition. in Southwest.
crn Virginia, East Tennessee and East Kentucky,
aud without stretching the fancy too much, even
thu kanawha Valley the whole just budding Into
existence IND even now, beginning To blossom,
and will only need the Efforts of cultivation nnd
appliances which l.ynchburg must naturally put
forth, to make her equal in Importance to any
market in the State. Yet it must he remembered
that we are dealing with the state Of things as they
cxist nj present. aud see that the last years re-
ccpts were very large, and above an average, GER
nnly lnrger than the present years will be found
to bc by some p or 30per cent.
cuSCLrDED TO MORROW.