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Good sale.

--An auctioneer, last week, sold at auction in Wilmington twenty-one Confederate horses that had been condemned. The highest price paid was $1,550, and the lowest $1,000. Several brought $100. The total amount of sales reached $14,049, averaging $6 per head. He also sold a lot of "Nassau" perk for the State of North Carolina at $7 and beef at $4 to $5 per pound.

The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 2, 1865. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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