The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-15
lt'tom tae Lynchburg Girgilian.l
sNEs ru,V Mann,

The Governor Of Alabama is trying TO ex-
tirpate this loathssme creature, by with
rawing The aiim.pt upon which il is fed
We hope that he may be successful. The OBJ
iact sought - be atti.ined is worthy auy
amount of effort, for the rlvages Of the
worn" may be trao ed IN the blight and mil
dew that are rapidly oTersp-eading the land
w hat were fldraoh'S plaques OF blood of
frogs Of hce or dies OF lnurri.iu or locusls
compared with those obiCh now aiti let this
people Even the destroying angel who slew
the hfst-born OF every household, w3s
scarcely more terrible than the army worm
w Lich Ia now the precursor Of 81 famine that
NAV destroy more than did the minister OF
Jehovah's wrath, who touched At last thr
hardened heart OF Pharaoh. Who does not
see that-aIthough the good God who lul-s
above us has blessed the land with Increase
and given abpnd0nce for man and Deast-tha
fabulous prices 10 which many articles of
prime necessity have gone up chiefly through
the efforts Of the spectators, will De certain
10 Occasofl great suffering amongst the poJr
this winter
How arr, they 10 get shoes, or clothing. or
fuel 1t the prices which these Hr;Icies viii ne
likely ~ command? Or, if they he able 10
supply these, what viii be left Of their sean. l..
ty III come To get bacon ~ 80 cents Der pound ,
VIII men tell rs THAI these articles have been
augmented in price because OF the scarcity :
We deny IL. Bacon can b- had tor the money
by every body who can afford TO pay for it
Iaygs quantities of edther, shoes ciothiny
and naterial are still on the mar ket and cas-
be bought with cash, At extravagant prices =
what then has occasiOned ths 80 increasing
and most eXorhtant rates. Simply this-an
appreber ted scarcity, together with ths fs 4
that merchants onCspeculators have been buy
ing up and collecting iu large, unusual qanti-
ties, the articles that have a. tanned II Gcti-
cious value. Those articles are not distri-
buted throughout the corntry as formerly -
abundant At others thanks to " "ea,sr,
prise. " Instead Of putting of the evil
day, the policy of Shyloek is TO preci pi-
tale it; that the people may feel Ia the Very
opening of the war, the evils that might
have been ayertcd 70 a much later period -
Suffering that might have been kept at a dis
lance and perhaps, ii the war should terrni. /.
nate shortly, never had been realized is now
bronghs 10 cur very doors. A single item in
our personai experience will illustrate our
position. A few days since, In pursuance of
II legitimate business, Ne entered a store In
the city Of Richmond TO find paper An ar
tiele of letter paper, mnsty and stained with
age that had been on hand perhaps for 90
years, and would have been dear al 81 per
ream, WAS offered us for - and no less
Richmond Is full of such crestures as the one
we refer TO and they are at our doors, too,
but happily not IN such numb'rs.
We know the fact that merchant In this
city made foRr Aasdred per cent upon bill of
old goods Aud what is done On q larger
scale, as indicated by Gov Moore. Is prae-
t,sed by two penny dealers also The evil is
contagious. II psrmeatas every order OF so
etaty. Al Manassas the itsie dealers sell
plugs ot tobaeeo tllas eoss eight cents 10 she
soldiers 1T Atty cents, aEd demand specie at
that.
The country store, Ne ara tobs, hsve heaa
ransaekea To fnf remuanrs OF old eaiisa that
We're WORTHLESS before the war 10 make shuts
for the soldiers, with which they are supplied
Al the Hsods rate cost OF two dollars aud ATTY
eeak Newspapers that are furnished 70
daAlsse ~ two eeata, ays sold 70 ths defenders
n tet country ~ IAn cents An4 ths<s are