Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-30

SALT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDICATl0N.
In the State Convention, Nov. 2s:h, 1861. Mr.
Branch, of Petersburg, said
M President The gentleman from GreensVille pre-
ser this mofnilg esoln ons adopted by some OF MS
constituents which, a tr,eng has 4it ntlmated, seem
20 reflect on me. call your atIenhos " tue gsh rely
luton which reads thus
That Il is an insult and ndignity 70 the people OF
Virginia for Uuloa and an eIortonate monoPoi.
TO hold seat in the Convention, for altering the laws
OF tho State.
surely negative stack upon one or more OF It's mem
bsra
lam the senior parner OF tbs hose 0, tho7 Branch
4 Sons, OF Petersburg, snd hold myself resRons9le
for the acts Of that house, to the CONSTITUENTS OF tue
member from Greeusvllo 10 you, and TO tie
world am fully aware OF the c'amor about speeull
tore and eyoroners aud would as soon be an sduler
ar or dran,at AZ az eItorliouer am not put IN that
category by those TLo fao me but guorant or mali
coos ersons have taken berti,g with re Chich rePe
by giving statement OF mF transae'ohS ~ fHt'
I bought cargo OF salt "a: MAY from house in thi'
oy aud shipped it to Petersburg, advertised Tor sale
and kent on the market until Il was sold The sale oil
ths ca 20 not average more than about Tour dollars
&C, sack We urged merchants to buy at ~ and " 'O
y Que oase could be induced to buy as much as Two
hundred sacks at 81 Re. Gscs
We continued 10 sell rather lover t. current rates
our house in fact kept down The price Of sait ~ e
terybaIs We closed up the cargo, the last Of Qcooe
nv selling from Ave hundred to seven hundred sacks az
q N a. so per sack, lew sack at IS and $50 and
,bs vbos average Of the sales d not 2;ceed more
Ssn ia sIstsd Gboye The prices Of salt were generally
| hover In Petersburg than in Richmond or Norfolk
We aold salt for both OF these IA lIke sent about
ons thousand sacks to Danve which wa sods about
| 81 81 nett. r,st- II,
"a firm this statement We Aso sent two hundred sacks
"a ClarIarill, which was on the market from the time
OF It's shipment at $500 or $780, and at advancing
| prices. , 49,,
nine sacks of this salt at $40 90 while it was currently
ceiling In Petersburg at gil co. II is my pleasure TO
saw here :a, this is high spirited concern which has
done as much 70, ts Gogthcrn caus, as any house IN
our city The railroad company sEsage TO say refused
to transport portion Of this salt aud they sod where
IL vsa stored at $l4 90 to II 50 only few days az
Tor our sa. hought 80 sacks OF this salt from harnJ
Tannahll Co TO hl order in this city, at $l56O-
Neither they eItoruoners, according to mer-
camille or moral laws As prices advanced We bought
salt iu other markets thus increasing the supply IN our
city, and Of course keeping prices down We bought
about three thousand sacks Of Virginia salt which we
| sold At Lynchburg Norfolk and Petersburg
We bought the sat 10 make money, believing II would
sell very high aud having this opinion, advised many
parsons to buy in the months OF Jane, July, August
| and September Now sir il hsd been mercenary or
rItoropate as am nsidously accused. surely would
have acted very differently Supply and demand III the
price of everything In times Of war well as In peace.
MANY of the traducers Of their neghbors TO lose
sight OF the fact altogether, thai SALT at $40 per sack
when bacon is selling at twenty i've cents per pound,
cheaper than sA 50 aud bacon at ten cents IL COSTS
no more to atten hogs than it did last year. And
no man il considered eIoronate who sells bis bacon OF
twepty Eve or even thirty osnts-n fact sold con at
thirty cents for a consignor and be has not complained
of me AZ an srtortioHsr Those who manest dspeirre
and scorn would appear dsnterested and magnanmous
nv chasing with me their factors and merchants their
own short sighted calculations as to the opening OF the
ports and the newspaper scbbers who said there Was
| an Abudance Of pork in the country
think | may safely say that not one OF the genili
mans constituents VINO sent the document TO this body
was a customer OF mine.
Mr. President the Business fmy house has been COO
Quoted on mercantile principles and II AN sutjee 10
the charge of eTtordon, 80 lot IL be- but conhd eat
YOU will rightly appreciate what have said aud sure
y those who have been mised into denunoiAtons will
see the J. justice done me.
could have INDUCED in some severity upon the re-
solutions but preferred to make simple statement Of
facts as correctly possible under the circumstance
do ask your charitable construction OF the charges
brought az ns from the quarter alluded To- spnrn
lt-but Judgment by the iuheible rule OF justice
Mr. President, ! might extend my remarks, but Tie
member from Greensville proposes to follow me- hence
conclude by thanking you for your patient hearing OF
tedious statement of facts in which you could have no
other interest than to give me opportunity OF exon
Grating myself for just ssssult. will not eonds,
scend 10 notice any charge oi my being Union MAJ
This you know 10 be untrue,