Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-07-14
tFrOm the London Courier. lJayll1

FROM inc LOHQOR Courier, .lIuy IL.
maj we are suffering, very considerably.
from the s,agnatiOn of sur trade aud manufac
lures, cannot be denied. We are not alone.
however, in our embarTGsSnierts as.the foi-
loving letter, from one OF ihe directors of the
Bank of the United StGts6 to a friend in Man.
chester, will testify. II will serve, also, 10
soften do~n some OF the bright tilits in the
picture which Alr. Barring drew, the other
h'Sut, OF tue prosperous condition OF ali the
rest OF the world compared with our own:
Our difficulties in commerce ,vhethar mer.
can'ile or domestic, continue without abate-
ment. Men OF business are like patients in tue
last stage OF consumption, hoping tor "a favor
ahie Change, but growing weaker every day
ill they expire"
= Dismal as TIE prospecrs are on Your-side
The water, they are worse here. You have
some regular and profitable traJe-We Egre
none. 1; Is all scamper aud haphazacd. When
L came 10 This country, Oh the first day q. my
arrival IN Philadelphia walked round alaonss
correspondents whom l had before known
by name. / vas ~ home amongst them aai
i would without ibe least hesitation have sold
them goods 10 the amoRnt of one hundre ;hom.
sand pounds. Now do mol knox the persons
doing business ; and there IL not one amongst
them whose order would take for l. 1000 -
What difeiencel a long continuance Of
dlStr2sS M the commercial world has u bad ef
feci on the morality OF tho country. The vast
humbeI OF failures iakes away iheir Odium.-
Men fail i'll parties for cOnVeHIeDcc aud
the barriers of honesty aIe broker, down
by apeTpetual legislation suited 10 the con-
dition OF insoivent Debtors Fave now
no imprisonment for debt Credit Is become
very rare, as you may well imagine tor We
nave nothing TO depend npoh but mans hon
esty u BeSideS oGr commercial distresses
we are suffering great alarm in This CITY from
ineeudiaries,whO have succeeded in setting fire
10 great number OF buildings. On Sunday
evening onr Theatre was entirely destroyed
- produced the greatest flame I ever saw
" OSi fortunately heavy SNOW lad tsilen dur.
ing the ddy, and the roots of The houses be.
itS cnYefed VIII II, were preserved from TAX
in< tire; Otherwise we should have had
most dreadful Conillgraiiou"
Dining tie former prosperous times Of
thS country, II WAS IN uuiveTsal complaint
That the eXpcnCCs OF living were eXtrayagant-
~ nigh but u is now discovered, that the
place which is the most expensive TO live in
Is the best place for making money, and living
witR comfort. Houses which rented fnr 1900
d'lars, now vent for ijO dollars fuel Which
cost u dollars, now costs 81 dollars: -four
which was 10 aud ~ dollars, is now s. dCilais !:
beef - ceuis, row eight cents; OiiIgr things
10 proportion. n D. thus true Wc now nav
Less t0r these neccssaries, but we cRn make no
money. Tie farmer is become Gs moor ~ a
rats tbe labouT Of his farm COSTS him more
than the produce is worth. lie cannot nav
lhehtoTe keeper, aud the store keeper csnnut
pay TIE merchant. The FcUnomsts who site
ou The advantages Of keeping dOUufhe prices
OF Tie hecessatics Of life, gre qute wrong ex.
Peiienre proves than when the produce oi the
gronnd bears high price, labor will nccessari-
" bear high price also, and the abundance
OF money passing through u ranks Of sociei,
enables yigilanf administrations man 10 pos.
stfss himself Of the means Of comfortable SUBJ
sisteucc.
Mail robberies and pirscies are quite the
oIdti ct the day. Two slen were hung at Bal.
llmofe few moths ago for TObbing The mail I,
iM%more viii eXperiente the same tate IN few
days ~ the same place, for the same crime
4 "0 men sre 70 be hung there, 4 week hrnre
Tor piracy, end ave others are Under sentsnce
OF dcata. tOu perceive that every descrip-
sioh OF wee prevail here in its worst f0fm. aud
" Is The more sbcckisg, since Il does uoi atise
ION !"e pressure pt CItcunstanccs That men
sa"aii tau villains its mere deprayiiy."