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The Daily Dispatch: November 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Hog Cholera. (search)
ally the advantage of the times to extort from the families of those who have enlisted the most outrageous prices for all the necessaries of life. Let there be some action; and that speedily. The Standard says: We learn that Maj. Russ, of this county, who has already made one trip to the salt works of Virginia for the purpose of purchasing salt for his neighbors, left again on Tuesday morning for the purpose of obtaining a still further supply.--These works are at Saltville, Washington county, Va. and are owned by Messrs. Stewart, Buchanan &Co., who are doing all in their power to relieve the wants of the people. Maj. R. has already before them a proposition for $4,000 worth of salt, with a stipulation that he will forfeit $1,000 if he shall sell a single sack for a cent above what it costs him. We learn that Thomas Jenkins, of this city, has authorized Maj. Russ to draw on him for , to be expended for salt to be sold to the people of this community at cost; and that