Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-03-04

r,ou, ,he Editor of the BroOkviile American.
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New ORLEANS, Feb. 7, lS43.
Again I address my friends from this grea,
Southern mart, but have nothing new or Impor-
t.ut 10 communicate. Bot what are considered
common matters here. may assume The feature
Of news when communicated 10 distant readers
Every shipper Of produce TO this city Is imposed
upon by outrageous taxes: and as many oil my fea-
ders may hereafter happen TO be engaged IN the
boating Of produce, will give them a bill OF par
ticulars The wharfage on q fiat boat for ~ DAYS
is $40; license $50; city tax, on hay. y Genus
per bale, which ordinary boat LOAD VIII De
S24: and for inspection As cent. per bale. which
will be 500; making in all Sl24 90 AND ms
has 10 be paid out of the meagre proceeds OF
email boat load. There IS neither reason nor
j,s,ice in any such charges, md 60 exaspefafed
are the bOatmen at such taxes, that they are rem
DIV al any moment for riot, arson, or any other
means 10 bring a oppressive CITY 10 terms. And
from tho feeling saw manifested. md winch has
heen aroused by such 'yrann'cai aud oppressive
ects n no people should submit TO a, the RISK "i
their lives. liberty and property: we warn the
citizens of this place, u they value iho safety OF
their property. I" beware Of the consequences.
Since last wrote from this place, ~hirh was
on tho 24,h Of December last, produce Of every
kind has receded in price. Oh y's'erdav, we ga"
q man from Bourbon CO., KY, who had brought
a boat load uf Whiskev, shipping IL back TO Lou
isv,le, the prices jls,ifstng such sh'pmeot-
And another boa,msn from Aurora, Dearborn CO.
Indiana, Who had 800 or 400 barrels OF nipples
and potatoes, sold Yesterday for 20 cents per bar
rel for apples and "a per barrel for p"iaioes Hay
is n dnii article n from 50 &" $40 80 per ton
Flour S3 CO to SO IS. Promo pork S. 90. mess
IS; oats l6 cents per bnshel: corr IS cents
Bulk pork sold yesterday ~ 81 per cwt There
10 no one article which will hear shipment TO this
place. This year has been honnii'nl IN The pro-
duc,ons Of the soil, and j, has sought n market at
this place. and there is neither The demand Tor
The articles nor the means of purchasing such
vast amounts Of produce rs has Il ated down the
Mississippi this season. There IS no city IN the
world that could have purchased IL At fair prices
And although southern groceries are low. they
arc no, as chenp in proportion as northern or
western produce.
Al the wharves in this CITY can be seen men
from almost any State in the Union. From Maine
and Massac huseits with hav; frouS Georg'" and
Alabama with rice; from New York, Connect
cut, &c. &c. with potatoes; from PennsNIvania
and Virginia with coal; from Kentucky and Ten
nessec with hemp and tobacco; but all kinds Of
sigh,s can be seen here from Ono, Indiana and
Illinois These last named States appear to
raise almost every thing in the greatest nhun-
dance, AMI reaches here in all kind of ways
steamboats, flats, barges, kees, rafts. broadhnrns,
&C. And TO day We fell in company with three
men, and CHANGED TO enquire each others residence
and busines was from Cast'ne, Me. with
lime; one from Davenport, Iowa. with "heni zone
from Savannah. Ga, with rico, and ourself from
Indiana with hay.
There are no v about 500 vessels here IN port.
loading with cotton. sugar. corn. pork. Hour, and
other articles uf western produce. which - witb-
out doubt, double the number In any Other port
in America, probably any other !" ihs world
There is double n = much natural productions 81
tho soil shipped from New. n .hs
fnhse She does nothing. But it is calculated tina,
900 600 bales uf cotton will be shipped from here
this season. worth ut least $25, 600 O0O-add TO-
this sugar, moIasses, corn. pork, flour. and some
idea OF the heavy transactions OF This city can be
formed. Cincinnati. Louisville, Pittsburgh and
ONLY tributary to this. Bat let the reader cast
bis ina q ina ton forward 80 or 100 years hence.
when this city will transact the business tor the
SO O. 100 millions Of inhabitants which will then
people the Mississippi Valley. f. will then be
come the great commission house Of the world.
where tho rations will be dealt out to all nations,
IF The grasping policy Of the citiZeos, does not
drive The business from tho city 10 somo other
rllce near by, where some cntetprising men may
rear a city 10 becnme n rival, Which could he cas-
ily done at this time. ANY commission merchant
would at this tine purchase produce 10 per cen,
ch.a per, mics from New Orleans than in ~.
and would ship IL cheaper to foreign ports, as the
ships would not be compelled 10 pay such cXrrav- |
agant Wharfage. We hope the .ffDr, will be
made, and be euccessfnl
Tho Hon Henry CLAW is vet in the city Of \. !
Orleans, tarrying with his daugh er. no ~ mar |
RED 10 a merchant-in tins c.y. On yesterda, |
he was engaged and addressed the Court IN n
important case in favor Of a widow. IL Is said
tho Court house n crowded some hours before !
the opening uf Tho Court. md that he was listen
ed 10 with silent admiration Nv both poitica' |
friends and enemies lie ia t" finish h,s nrgu !
menrs on to-mprrow, wheu there will be another
rush 10 hear HIM.