Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-30

rofe OF power Or TOO eeoactlsA1 " 4Sse-~9s -
the signs deceive, Ghs days Of che Walhn FeseNsJ
are numbered and tbs time Is not distant when We nay
S,ng the song Of HiuupS and SeAVeranee.
The annex "a i the only 9 :mmuncatOn We have re-
ofved from any quarter Eustaiang the action OF the
R.yd Of Commissioners IN thar last assessment Of
D,Ioss. Prssuming there may be some eurOs ty to
what oan be said in favor Of arrangement so alnost
universally regarded in high degree njudiciOuI and
hurtful-and because We knOW the writer 70 be unsel
I'd an public spirited, print bis views protesting
that our own have undergone no change.
SCHEDULE OF PRICES.
To ths Editor Of The Whig:
The papers are making great to do over the last
report Of the OommiasOner No Government on eartt,
I, Is said, can stand such prices Well, Govern
men. can't stand $50 for bushsl Of wheat how can ind-
ydua stand ssoS Blu. these Erumblers have not COM
prshspdsd the full import Of tbs schedule Of pices-
To nv mind, It % Distinct and emphatic esniessiou Of
me failure Of the whole system Of impressment The
old prices could no longer .KOrt enough TO feed the
army. Eaough COnRissAries and QulrtermAstsrs were
mAraudDg through the land pillAging aud harrassing
the people, to whip Giants army out of Ihe S.Ate but
they could get no sufficient supplies. The Whea; was
no. thrsshs6, and people would not thresh it This In
creased prcs Was the last desperate expsdieDt-t
"a acknowledgment that force had failed, that the
many-beaded we're too strong for the military despO-
ian backed by suspension Of the writ OF Habeas
Cgrpls Wnen Government AVoWs robbsry, as the
rule OF is action the people will ssOrsIe their property
a. much a. they can. A Turkish system OF govern
meat will make Turkish peOPl'. merely state fscts,
sbch have their psss in human a.ure and which pro
duos results that Of sense can Away iOTesee /.
|, 10; this proc or that which caused will the
svl out is the System itself radically vicious, which
oduced the mischief and will sggraVAte it as long as
l. ooutu es The patriotism Of the country viii supply
the present wants Of the armybu for the future, AID
especially as to the non producing class in town and
country, 81 udder 10 thiak Of their fate.
l. has been said that the C,nmissAry Department
80 for ced to rssort TO the impresmsnt system. LIS
oso ac5mpatoncy created the necessity. Blu have it
rem good source, that the highes authorities in the
amy, ,1 or eight months ago, Pasis6ed that the i'm
-ecsuent system vas 3 failure, urged the Richmond
Authorities 20 abandon it aud reEort to the cOntTac
system These practical oloar-headed men In the army
satisfied themselves thai by this Last named system, the
army could be bo,h fed and olOhed. All they asked
vas TIA. the Government would pay the contractors in
cotton and tobacco and food aud clothing Ia abundAnc
could be had At moderate prices. This implied, Of
course that thsse articles to come from Yankee
srd aad the idea Of trsfh, with Yankees shock
ing the sensit les Ct the remA ksbls individual who
presidss the OOumssary Department But strange
conadis,onl these very men whose souls shrink from
contact with Yankees have Pet on foot traffic with
thess vile WI ches read 10 the BHgEirer four weeks
ago, that two vessels, that left Wilmington, heavily
laden Eith Coz cotton, had been taken by the
Yankee blockade squadron. This sort Of traffic, which
furnishes the Yankees With cotton fer nothing sut1the
oapaei Sos ntelect Of Dr.. NorthrOpl
L the proposition from the army had been adopted,
the sFmy could have been fed and clothed from the
enemy our own country relieved Of the sxaetons
upon it, and at the came time of the hateful presence
Of government agents. Who assume to dictate what shall
sufR e for 9 mans family supply.
Personally an indifferent as to prices; but re-
joced to see the last schedule regarding earnest
5a: We were about be rid of the OdiOus system of
mprsssnenL and along with it. Of It's Internal agents
July 2S1 A. FARxkE.