Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-12-08


ding to this, are truly in a pitiablc condi-
tion-ta4<ing the amount stated above as
in circulation, ard the Uni ggard-
ly" conduct of the .rascaiiy' Banks.
But let US sec if there is not another
and better reason. why pork is now
low as it is. besides the snoring one of
the JefIersonian. The Cincinnati Atlas.
Of Nov 90. publishes an exhibit of the
number of hogs assessed in Ohio, during
the wears l84B-'7. together with their val
ue in each county of the State; il was fur
nishcd to the editor by Mr.. ID. ADAMS.
chief clerk Of the Auditors department
We would like TO publish the full table; but
have no, room this week:-we will there
fore content ourselves with the totals. In
'46, the total No. of Hogs assessed i'll the
State of Ohio was .4O5,O94. and their
value 50. 238.876. This year. the num-
The editor of the Atlas says: The in
..crease this year over last is ,5il,G39 hogs
..in the State. and the difference in the
assessed valuation S91565I 90. 1t is
..worthv of remark that there has been an
..increasc in every county throughout the
Estate. Champaign and Lawrence eNcep-
..ted. and in these the decrease is very
go. -----~ :: y. tho
''countlCs Of Brown, Clinton. Darhc. Del
.'aware, Faycttc, Franklin, Highland,
.Pickaway, Prcble. and Ross. In the lat
..ter the excess this wear is 23. 40, hogs"
In the States of Kentucky and Indiana,
the number of hogs. taking Ohio as a data.
may be SAFELY estimated at two millions
more, which. at the average price of 1870
cts. per head, would be So 600 900: at this
rate, it would take nearly all the Ohio Bank
''picture promise" already in circulation,
to purchase the swinish multitude in these
three States. at the assessed valuation; but
been fattcned and now average goo lbs
each, which, at 50 per hundred, 'in the
capital Of the State," amounts to 81 per
hog. and this makes total value of pork
in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. of Sill
999 ,932 90. If but half Of this arrives
at the ''captal'' and is bought To- So per
hundred, the '.ciyht and a quarter millions
of dollars" of paper of the Ohio Banks.
said to be in circulation, will be consider
ably used up!
1t is nothing but sheer humbug. for the
editors of the Jeffersonian to lay the blame
Of low prices for pork to the withholding
Of supplies" by the Banks of Cincinnati
or the ''unitcd circulation of the Ohio
Banks; and. if they know any thing. they
ought to be aware of that fact. But it is
all of-a-piecc with their usual coursc-it's
he first principle of modern democrat
~ to humbug the people by mireprcscn-
alton and false and groundless assertions;
his principle was practiccd on by ..thc
party" in its attacks on the L. S. Bank.
and the Tariff of '12, with success; and
now they are working away at the State .
Banks, on the same old principle! How
10 our ncighborS know that the Banks
wholly refuse accommodation to those
' no pay over three dollars per hundred
or pork in the city of Cincinnati! Are
hey SO intimate with the ''smooth-
cashiers and smooth haired Clerks of the
queen City Banks. as to have obtained
rom them such important information as
hey publish. in regard to whom those
Banks were willing to accommodate, the
erms, &C.! We rather guess not. But
hey 'arc informed" &c. Our private
pinion is. that their informant knows as
much about the business transactions of
he Cincinnati Banks, as either the editors
f the Jeflersonian or the man in the
noon-and no more. Do not our ncieh-
ors know that the dcmnnd and supply of
n article most generally regulate the :
rice! And, as we have already endcav-
red to show, is not the supply of hogs in
market and likely to be brought to market
MS season. equal if not greater than the
emand! Utmost assurcdly is, and hence {
lc price Of 1.-TWO dollars per hundred" .
III that our neighbors have said about
'anking and Farming, amounts to "a lit ,
c bit of ydrn"-it does.
We find the following letter from Mr.. Corwin,
the Cincinnati At as, which we nd, to-
ether with the remarks Of the editor Of that pa
er, to the perusal of all who have harbored the
lme feelings toward Mr.. Corwin that our frien nd |
Ia-kson. of the Brookvile American, evidently
pes We believe that. after reading it if he has
Of already done so, even he will do Mr.. Corwin
lie Justice to acknowledge that Henry Clay,
any other honest mans name, Guild not be /
by "adv atng the same doctrines of c
ON. CORWIN.''
Ir. COrWin and his True Positions.
We find the letter Of Mr.. Corwin. ex- {
laining the true grounds of his opposi-
on TO the Mexican W ar. which is hereto {
,h,oinnI IN, III, TIir,i- ii nf h.. n