Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-11-29
NUMBER l3.

John r. Thompson thus writes from
Richmond, on the 23d to the Grenada.
Miss, Appeal:
There is talk of Gen. Lees falling
back to within few miles Of this city, for
bis winter quarters, and it is quite possible
that change of position may be adopted,
for reasons connected with the question
OF supplies and transportation. This would
leave the country north Of US again open
to Yankee depreda,ions, but it must be
recollec,ed that all Ae mischief the wretch.
es could do in that region has already
been accomplished. The whole face of
nature has already been made desolate
by them, all the mansions have been pil.
laged, all the grsnaries emptied, and Ger.
tain nothing has been done since to repair
the ruin. No crops have been sown in
the fields blighted by Pope, the returning
fugltives have peopled the solitude which
he made and called no. "piece,' but
conquest. SO that the mere fact that the
withdrawal Of Gen. Lee, would second
time expose that section to hostile ravage,
would be Of no consequence
We have 10 city news. Garroting, burg
larry, drunkenness, in spite of the Provost
Marshal, and all manner Of villany are
on the increase most alarmingly, and
provisions are constantly advancing in
price. Flour is S25 a barrel here, in sight
OF the largest mills in the world, and but.
ter is difficult to obtain a, 81 50 per pound.
On the 24h, Thompson thus describes
the condition Of municipal affairs at Rich
mond:
Richmond is now worse than Naples.
worse than Baltimore was when Winter
Davis was the Wilkes of the Plug Ugly
swell mob Of that iawless city No one
thinks Of going into the Cimmerian streets
after nighttall without arms. A large and
well organized gang of cut throats has
taken the town" They lie in wait at
almost every corner, we'll provided with
slung.shot, bllies, brass. buckles, and all
the other devil!sh implements Of mischi ef
which the city highwayman an uses to disable
his victim,, aud they attack everybody
ths, walks alone, o.tentimes gentlemen
when attended by ladies. Tha, they are
not found QUITS matter OF grave reproach
to the city police. But this corps is SO
small that they can do little for the pro-
lection OF city spread over an immense
surface of ground, and without light
from one end Of it to the other.
That so numerous gang can infest
Richmond IT all, walking the streets in
the day time, without ostensible means Of
support, and dong nothing whatever, is .
proof OF the palpabie netiiciency of the
conscr,pt law. Why these men are not
enrolled by the proper officers (for they
cannot possibly be exempt) passes all
comprehension. But promenade down
Main street any day will show yon hund-
reds of idlers, fashionably dressed, with
overmuch ta~dry jewelry, sporting watch
chains that might and should hang them,
for, beyond all doubt, in these groups at
the corners one sees the very scoundrels
that rob honest citizens after dark. A
few nights ago the police made descent
upon one of the dens or cribs Of the gang
and captured sixteen, who were taken to
Castle Thunder There are probably more
than twenty times that Der in the city,
and unless something is done to put q stop
to their outrages soon, there Will be p--
vate patrol and some hanging dcne at the
the lamp post quite impromptu.
The firm CT Haxal!, Crsnshaw L Co.,
OF this city, has contract with the gov.
ernment for grinding wheat into -four
upon which they make profit of between
FIVE and six thousand dollars daily. |
heard yesterday that they had refused an
offer of $500, ,O08 for the contract The
immense amount Of wheat required to
keep their wheels agoing, has raised the
price of -four to S2b barrel. Wheat
will be IS bushel here before the lst OF
January.