The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-03-12

rHKRLoCkApH uCTIoS fAI rs AT CHARLESTON
letter from Charleston gives An iut.resiipg e de
ssrlpiion Of tie mode OF conducting the bic kace
,uclions In that city, which tie public See advsr.
.lsed in sl the newspapers of the Oos fsderscy -
After describing the quiet and altered appearance
Of ,be city the wr,er says:
On King and Kast Bay streets at lsa.t fur t;hs
a the stores are closed, and on Meeting street the
,oly ossis ope In the great desert Of suspeu.
son ia ut the houses whore the 2 ties OF goods sh
40 constantly run the blockade suctionssrsd
cf Here, when ii auction Il to take place. ner.
chants professional characters, and men OF leisure,
ali eager for the accumulation Of dollars conare.
ats in yxst numbers and the eto,e-focms present
scen. of busy life, which contrasts strongly with
ths remaining portions Of the city. 1 have, by
din. Of extraordinary perseverance,, worked my
way into one Of these deEsely packed suction
rooms aud found the scene presented one OF sufi-
sisrt intsreat to describe. burly HAN, Of about
$40 pounos svoircupos. mounts . chair and an
poonees that The sale is about to eommsncs con-
tinujpr with the remarks that the conditions arc
ea,i and that no ISSUE OF the Hoyer & Ludwig
confederate plase will % taken. The cris,, who
POSSESSES . strength Of lung OF which StentOr him.
.su would have bean proud, and q rspidty of A.
,,custion that has nsver been surpassed by human
t,usu. Ia sccompanei by > little gray headed man,
who wesrs a woollen cap Of richly iegated hues,
the crown Of which dir Ilays the Confederate sg.
Ths little chief occupation is to exalI the
merits Of the goods on sale, throw In occasional
w.aIoSrns, aud catch the "w,nks and blinks" OF
adaers which the crier ovsrlocks. A wink Ia as
good Is G nod with ,hs Little man. and he bawis it
ou, IS ias.iiy IL be were giving alarm Of fire
o, crying step ttief TIE sreal us ,rity OF the
crowd VITO attend taese cargo sales sre 4ernan
Jews and one is a. much surprised at their num-
bers rs at their unprcnoun,ekbIe and strangely.
sounding cognomens, which at the knock down OF
every article CRATES hSrshiy upon the ear Of
stranger For the snt Of your uninitassd
rss;ers give . few, which 1t was Ely privilege to
hear We; Litohtenstein, Mittledorfer, Fteinieia,
Doortlnser, Hcssnoaun, 0retzSraw, Zngiouf
sstscrA,ing Sltr glow, Uugrauphit, etc.
Many OF the merchauts here complain that al
,Aoush ihese immense cargoes are sold at their
very doors yet by means of c5ubiratiors ms de
amoug tuYers from sbroad, they are unable to pu..
chase articles sufficient to usitY them In kesp ping
opea their stores Ior example, three four, five,
Or SIX buyers may combine and purchase a lot OF
ARTICLES amounting in the aggregate to one hun.
dreo thousand or more doilars q d then divide the
Ion. This is frequently dcns and, q. the auction
esfs who have . most extensive catalogue TO dis
nose o. 60 upon the principle OF coatenaipg all
they can ;he buyer Of more limited purse has no
means OF rspienishing his exhsastsa stock. The
inlsnltuds OF the Sc sales is really surprising and
tie last ons made by r. A. PfiDge & 10, uader-
ssnd, footed up oysr iwo milions and = haH OF
dollars. The parties for VII ,se benefit they ar
chiefly u ade, VIZ John Frazer * Co.. hAvs eirsady
realized s.0l0oC00 OF this amount So OO0 600
have been invested IN Confederate bonds.