--Certain parties rejoicing in the above names have made independent fortunes out of the
Southern people by establishing agencies in our various cities, and selling their
sewing machines at exorbitant rates.
Allusion has been made in the
Dispatch to the fact that the firm of
Wheeler &
Wilson had presented flags to the New York,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut Regiments.
With the proverbial cuteness of such persons, this may have been done as an advertisement.
Even thus considered, it betrays a hostility to the
South that should not go unrebuked.
Wheeler &
Wilson have an office for the sale of their machines in this city, next to
Mr. Samuel.
D. Denoon's bell and brass foundry.
A communication from a well known citizen addressed to the editors of the
Dispatch, alluding to
Wheeler &
Wilson, says:
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"The flag referred to in your paper of the 21st inst. as presented by
Wheeler &
Wilson, of New York, is now on the soil of
Virginia, in the hands of the invading foe; and the office of Wheeler &
Wilson is on Main street in the city of
Richmond, and their representative has been twice within six weeks to New York — of course for the sole benefit of the
South. J. W. D."
In addition to the above, the reporter is informed by
Mr. Alfred Inloes, formerly
Alderman for
Jefferson Ward, that
E. H. Craige, the
Richmond agent of the pestiferous creatures above named, has been at least one time before
Mayor Mayo, on suspicion of hostility to the
South.
The reporter does not know
Mr. Craige's sentiments, but he thinks he would bear being carried before the
Mayor once more.
Let the authorities of the Confederate Government confiscate the
sewing machines owned by
Wheeler &
Wilson in
Craige's keeping, as contraband of war.
The reporter does not know
Mr. Craige personally, and therefore cannot be accused of wishing to injure him socially or in his business relations.
Any hurt that his position enables him to inflict on
Wheeler &
Wilson, or their business, is praiseworthy to the extent that one is justifiable in discomfiting an enemy of the realm.
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