The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-20
esponderce Of the Richmond Dispatch.


TIE SPecGldtors- Pro5aJIe Dttea,icn Of S. r. Fci-
hH-Doata-Bishop ke0de, sc.
Charlottesville, Nov. Is, lSGl.
The citizens CT this town and vicinity COM
plain bitterly Of the extortious OF the specu-
iatOTs in thu accessories of life and tspacis =
ly i'll the article OF salt. y sack OF salt from
the salt works of Stuart III W#slicgrGn coun-
~ cCntains from $50 10 40 pounds, and this
is called three bushels, and tbe nUdera te
price aske and obtained per sack in this
place las. week was nine dollars. But it is
to be hoped this state of things has come 10
All end, as one Of cur citizens on Saturday
purchased in LyIchburg salt 1T Il per sack.
and to-m orroW one of our merchants will
leave here to purchase suf!iciency for all
who desire it, and the price to The consumer
is to be cost and freight
The spec iators per simulate al neighbor-
hoods 10 purchase every tllnS they can Il nj an d
then sell II a eXorbitant rates, and vet they
escape paying any revenue TO the State, while
the merchant cannot buy and sell $3.50 wort b
without obtaining license and paying revenue
tax. Inc SPECTATOR sells his tens of thou
sands, on which he realizes his one, two,
three and tour hundred per cent, aud no
commissioner OF the revenue or she.if even
troubles him; and yet if a poor NldoW ", (wh ose
husband is fighting the battles of our Confed-
eracy, and leaves behind him five or six small
children depend"nt upon the labor of their
mother for a supp1?t,) should gather few
dollars worth o. goods and sell them Wi thoEt
first obtaining a rsc"t ut from the Commission =
of the Revenu- aud pay license, she
would be presented Il tue next sitting of the
Grand Jury of The county. Is there justice
in this? A Spectator who roams the State
TO bGy and sell If not a merchant is a pedier,
and ought to be compelled 10 pay s. license in
every county where he transacJs business.
VIII the Attorney General giva an opinion
On this subject
Ills reported and believed that Mr.. S.augb l.
tsr w. Fick.in, OF this place, has been taken
prisoner ny the enemy. About four weeks
since ne left home as an escort TO the lady
{ Nj ipz hrff lay ~
Fichlp, J who wished TO return TO kanaWha.
Mr.. ichi,r, il Is thought, under a nag OF
truce, passe.: Into tha enemy S lines, and can
not cet back again. Should his prove true,
il VIII be IL source OF great affection to the
relatives aud friends OF MIR. Ficklia. He Was
an energetic, persevering, far seeing, and in
dustrio Us man, and deserves 4 better fate and
higher reward than the dungeon Of some
castle In Lincoln's dominious.
Mr.. Chiles n. Brand, one Of our old citi
Zens, died last week He was an honest and
good man, a firm and decided tee to taller and
known every where as the wheel horse of the
temperance cause. Among others at his fu-
neral l saw the venerable Gen. John II
Cooke, OF Fluyanna, another distinguished
advocate of temperance. Both Mr.. Brand
and Gen. Cooke served the STATE in the war
or 1872. and their sons are now in the service
of the Old Dominion fighting Tor the South
ern Con fe0eracy.
The Right Rev. Bishop Meade paid n visit
to our 10 Gu q week since lac appeared 10 be
years, his Intellect In bright aud vigorous,
and his labors in his Divine Masters yina-
yard are rs earnest and Jealous az ever. His
prayers aud his sympa thies are with and for
the Southern Confederacy, as he believes the
cause we are now engaged in to be q RICH teous
one. He has been heard 10 say were he a
few years younger he would shoulder his
Husket q I'D do battle against the enemies OF
his country. j saw In h.s hand a cane made
out of the flagstaff OF Fort Sumter. May he
live 10 see our Confederacy acknowledge by
the nations of the earth, and peace az pros
perity GRO wn the labors of the patriots who
are risk!ng their lives In the defence of their
eountry's just rights.
Rev William Hoge, who was associate
pastor with Rev. DIR. Spring, IN New York
cits, until few months past when he re-
signed, is now the pastor OF the Presbyterian
Church in this place, and 10 destined to ac-
com piish much good as minister Of Jesus
Christ.
Ii is also reported that the Bap'ists are en-
deavoring to get the Rev. Mr.. Brantiey, OF
South Carolina, as their pastor. This cIer-
gyman has for the past Sc veral years settled In
Pbiladelphla, bat the war which Abe Lin
coin Is Wagtng against the Sonth caused him
TO resign and retarn home 10 the lapd of his
birth. MoSrfcgLLo.