Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-12-22

Jfour Cincinnati correspondent, mus, excns.
Us for not pm bilshng his interesting letter ,n,;,.
IN this No-we were re.siy for press when !,
arrived. This is The first letter received h. ma
from our friend IL. since the latter par, of De-,
! t.i's Paiaainm.
C.ncsHHafi, Saturday evening. Dee. Is II,
The riycr here hal been rising with,
stcadv pace Tor sa'ne len DAYS or two weeks mn
TO . O'Clock Yesterday morning. when il CANE ,a
stand, having reached point within inches Of
tie nrn.or4b!. food Of - The watcrr.m,,n
- stationary for aheut II honrS. aud at o'eicrk
last evening, commenced SLOWLY rcccainr AMI
aurtag The night fell aboat inches and Is sun
i.l.iaI VERY slowly.
The amount of the damae.
done by TINS N2nf cpRuat now b. calculated nor
Will u ever he In fall view of the win.lo,x a,
which write are Ia Ia. whole humber ward.
ailoAt, mixed up With Quantities of slaves wood.
thi "ten hoti'e> nj secured BY lines 10 prevent
thein h.ing carried away. \ number of houses
barns, ~ have been seen iioatiny down the riy.
or from above. From all parts We hear of the
most lameutable distress both Ia towns and conn.
tFy. Almost all branches of business. except
pork packing. rave been suspe n,cd BY common
consent and from necessity during the Who'll,
week There are but very few roads by which
the cttt can be approached. The consequence "a
that many arttcirs have doubled IA price: wood
IS selling Al 81 10 SIT per cord; flour Is retaili.r
AT 60 per hri; butter p Ia ~ ct4 per lh coal %
Il
sales Of heavy i, Si.i1as3,l5. This las, IS no,
u. cons '4Arner OF the aol, bat oil a better feel
inr II tho market.
its.ru1s your ,tshh,r of the Jerrr~onian is
hard to please in regard IL the doings of our
Hichcye Banks, They have the enormous alar-
ming amount OF :! millions IN circulation and
Vt wholly refuse aeeonmot ,,ons 10 those who
pay over per ut. for por>'t In other worls
they have such an extravaganza amount OF notes
lireaIy ont. that he wouli iu,n,ts it un<af. To
h1lI IA M AMI yet they most rasc, ily an not
.asComm - .tng al applicants for r,nnry-po-k
hiNeFS P1r'cultrlN- without any regard TO the
Snivrncy of tn harFawrr--lS reputation as to
eauit"ns, prudent dealing, or the contrary. Now
# Nnur era lite n-Igh5pF SAL cease i'm ing fault
All last st down an entlsiitru our Il inks ~ re-
gard 70 the course h tatnk> ia i, ought to pursue
p"rtTo' they may <hipe tleir bn sn.s~ u his g.
l'rciat tNInE: hnt while he at the time con-
aemns them for DONG too much anl not enough
how are thrS t. know VIVA, ,eH please him!
1t = proposition is lai before the board of d.
recinrS Of oar city bti;ies by pork buyer for a
hritrE 10 m, IT wonli seem that iii are to paw
40 Ir-tri 10 his present standing a. 10 .aIveuc,
nor bow that stthiing viii probably be affected
hy The s.,rcul alton ii winch n i about to en-
gag; nor what tn prob ,hity Is. Of his being
able to meet the loan at til. stipulated time or
.e.,r. on no. Bat II he wants Nancy T., b.y
tors why 1T hitn h.v. II ~ IN liter how II
would feed The fever Of spccnlatiun; that il all
tn better, h"canse It VII enable the farmer Ia
"e' better price for his pork, Bat how this i.
70 Aft thn ! millions alreniv in circulation,
sonr GI1f riIon onas not isifoEn ~.
son itr oar a-t..s4hlr j. not afraid To live
within J nilrS of the linz Of Such an NV fully
h4n'tri idcn, bank rupt. grading ruined State
| wuIli avis, htn by all means 10 tn,israt,,
Forthwith to TIL interior Of the State OF Missis-
spni. where the sight Of bank notes woufi not
arouse has Indignation, aud where the march Of
Improvement and enterprise Is progressing with
spell cprFrspon !Ing - All his IL glrs, aubtio
AMI where state itth AMI STATE bonds on
tin si'ns side OF pr with L. s. Treasury Notes
which latter were selling yesterday IN y. York
At 4 discount, white OHIO bonds were one per
cent premium. The truth -. the Banking capt.
tai of THIS State il yet INSULT lent to meet
the rapidly growing wants of commerce, and /,
have 10 rely too much, in consequence "Ess-
tern spcru ators" for capital to buy the produce
OF the county. Years, truly, ii.