, 1862-11-11
News from Rfchmonds

NEWS from Nlchm0 uH@
We have the Grenada Appeul of the Sd mat.
It contains little Of interest," We make somo
few extracts from Richmond letters in the
Aep<as:
R1pHAoNp, October a, 1851.
There Il talk of General Lees falling bacx
to within lew 1li1es Ut this city, for his viii
ter quarters, and it il quite possible that such
change Of position may be adopted, for rea-
and transportation This would leave the
country north of us again open to Yankee
depredosion, hut it must be reco1lected that
all tie mischief the wretehea could do In shat
re21cn haA hlIt ady been accomplished. Tne
whole f.ce Of narure has already been made
desolAte by them, all the mansions have been
Piliagea, all the grAnariea emp.iei, and car
tainlJ nothing has been done SINCE to repair
the ruin. No crops have been sown in the
fields blightcd By Pope, no returning fusi.iyts
haze peoFled The solitude which he made and
That the mere facs Of The withdrawal OF Gen.
Lee would asecond time expose that sectionto
hostile r1vage, would be Of TO consequence.
Canfatit tacuus corum za.rone picter-the
empty tfayel<r may s1ug in . lorest full Of
robbers, and des spol1ed country need not
tear the coming Of thieves.
Richmond is now worse than Naples, worse
tEan Baltimore was when Winter Davis was
The = likes ct the Plug Ugly swell mob Of
that 1awless city: No one thinks Of goin.,
41i0 kAC N4AluE44AA SLEE-6 R14Ef H4E[lk.a4l
without arms. A large and vel! organized
gaarg Of cut thFoats has "tasen tho town.
They lie in wait at almost every corner, we'll
provided with s1uug-shot, billies, bra:s
knucsfes, and all the other deylish impls-
ments of mischief which the city hiya~ay-
tack everybody that walks alone, oftentimes
gentlemen when attended by ladies'. Taat
they are not found out, is . matter o! grave
reproach to the city police. But thia corps is
70 small, that they can do little for the pro-
81 ey a tR[;aa egsf az @ o snr
end Of It to the other: That SO
numerous gang can infest Richmond
at Ill, walking t1e streets In tie day
tims, without osten.tble means Of supper and
doing nsthing Whatever, is proof Of the pal
pablc ine1IiciencJ Of the conscfip. law Why
| cc1e-for they cannot possibly be exempt
| pa.ses all comprehension. But promenade
! do-n Main street any day vii: SHOW yoa hua-
d1eas OF iaiers, fash!oaabl5 dressed, with over
much tawdry jswelEy, sporting watch castns
| sll douot, in these groups 8. the corners one
sees the very tcoundrels that rob honest ci:i
! zens after dirk. a few nights ago the police
mtce descent upon one OF the deus OF cribs
ct the gang, aud captured sixteen, who we're
teken to Castle Thunder. Tuere are probably
| more than twenty times that number IN the
city, AID unless something Is done to put q
step 10 their outrages soon. there viii be q
private pas:ol and Some hanging done at the
lamp-post quite ilnpromptu.
The governor Of Virginia has not yet re-
turrcd from the salt works in Smythe aud
Washington counties, whittier he went tc
cazry cut tue purposes OF the legislature, a:
e1pscssed il their recent act for furnishing
supply Of salt to the p.op!e Of tue State. Tx
matter was striou-!y complicated By contracts
entered into By The Froplietors OF the saline:
with Other States CT tae confederacy. It i:
net thought that it will be necessary for ths
State authorities to seize the salt works Q;
public account, but it they should, no sestou
damage will be done to private individuals
for the prorrietors haye alread: made colo isa
fortunes By the sale Of their salt water befor'
boiling.
Arrcpos of fortunes, the firm OF Hax III
Crrash2w Il Co., of this city, has contrac
with tie government ter grinding vhea. int
flour, upon which they:1nake profit Of be
tween s. 0G0 and SC, ,000 daily. .sraru 5cst.s
DAY that they he'd reused an ofr-r OF $500, ,00
for the contract The immense amount .
rheat required to keep their wheels agoin'
has rsiscd The price OF 1our to twenty tiy1 dol
lars barrel. Wheat will be i've dollars
| buthe1 Ee1e before the first Of January.