Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-09-07
RICHMOND ENQUftEls.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER Nls..=-. :.

in The golden harvest Since The commencement u
,,c orescnt ycsr tho records OF the unea S'h''' ! -
PHILADELPHIA show deposits 10 the amount Vi eo-'VOo wv
The gross deposits in all HE mints have doubtless not ia
,hort of $40 OCO 900 for the eight months past
, sso 0pO 900 per annum. This immense sum - e1cu
,ve of large OF bullion, manufactured i'o tA'
and consumed in various branches of the arts.
Rv The arrival of the Promctcus in New ork e" days
400 II was announced that 500 od been shipped from
San Francisco on the Ssl July by the oegon The arVb
of which is daily expected in New York Besides ms sum-
regularly shipped is estimated that soouUVO lett mere 10
the hands passengers by the same steamer and soVoo
the hands OF passengers the Independence which sail
ed about the time with the Oregon;so that 81
left that port the Atlantic States in The last two weeks OF
July; equivalent sir tons. An Intelligent correspondent
of the New York Tribune estimates that at least seven
tons viii arrive each weeks between no" and The emu
of Tho YEAR ths; is TO saw over 100000 per fortnight or
s2a moo 600 during the four remaining months of the year.
Til. London correspondent of the National iateHgeneer
few weeks since stated the export from Australia during
the six months ending the lst of March, 1897 10 nave oee
upwards of Ave TONS about 81 3OOOo In "nlch amount
the production OF several new mines recently opened was
not included II 10 confidently asserted by ineiSeh' per
sons speaking personal knowledge that lie prouucon
OF Australia will in no long t!me fully equal tie present pro-
ducon of California: again are niormeo oy an c
accounts from the latter country hu the recent hea'S III
construction Of re-proo buildings IN The clues WIN
in VASTLY augmented weld and expectation, which vi" 20
| on Increasing with every year ,,
Another new commercial phenomenon lPfoo"0's Ecu"
10 part OF the extraordinary supplies OF go'' ma 1'
TO the growing magnitude and glowing p'cSpe' " 1''.
can commerce. is the fact which tins years eAle''ee ~
proyed that the demand for our cotton is greater % "
mos, abundant crops we can produce WIN supply. -"
a receipts Of the last years crops al the seaboaa are "
hrpe mill
face Of this fact and Of large and increased growing ''O
i f c,,,op nre stil advancing. The direct eh'p"e"S
, ,hs Continent during The current year nave ne"y "
bId over those Of the last, The surplus oil COTTON ."
Iivernool notwithstanding crop Oh 'n'ce "'i''''
dually falling off Before five years 1tea' o'.'". -
.osd 70 dictate the prices OF the article ana win nave "
h ,v in market and liberal in her offers, 10 OBTAIN sup
Mia. adequate 10 immense and Increasing e"hSFo"
II her manufacturers Tho cotton plintes OF the eou'h
and the miners ol CailoFhia WIN 'ieu 'es''''0 ~ "
commercial world.
T'bi. immenso production Of gol the high rates ruling
far cotton the prices for tobacco and the fair and
rising prices Of provition sus telling with powerful
effect upon The commerce and wealth OF our country. I'm
men.e 10 the augmentation OF wealth. seems unaoo 10
keep pace with the still rapidly advancing enterprise
o ,he country New objects spring up ay
and in every quarter Of the country Great as is The pr"duc
ton OF capital the demand for il is still greater me con-
strucon of railroads. of the first and immediate results
Of increased pecuniay eans-by opening up new districts
Of country enterprise augmentlns The values Oh properly
and multiplying tho modes of profitable legitimate invest
men-ceaes demands for capital which not even the mines
OF California and Australia, the high prices OF cotton
md tobacco nor the steady demand for farm produc-
lions suces 10 satisfy: The influx of gold and The augment
ed proceeds Of our exports by engng The basis oil oAnRn
operation are greatly extending the issues and discounts Oh
those institutions Yet the expansion great as s lahu
great as il can be be sae does not supply the wants Oh
the business community for capital In the mas' Oh ''c
greatest abundance Of commercial means whicn 'e country
has ever enjoyed probably pressing demand LOT
caoaI az wa ever known healhiu condition oi conf
mcTce.
THE demand under present circumstances betokcns only
the activity of well directed enterprise and not as Is too o.
ten the case The prevalence of spirit OF wild specuIaon
which is the precursor OF ruin and general bankruptcy
Every where in the country is capital acVe ano
y employed No where is there that unhealthy s'aSnaio"
in legitimate business from which the weeds oil VICIOUS en-
erprscs and gambling speculaons 80 Invariably spring.
What is more important than all s.hs trade is free from
governmental controls and is regulated by the great balance
wheel Of individual interest There is no monster BANK
having control of the entire currency OF the country that
can omen its flood upon the country close them IN
exorablv down. as may suit the ends OF few ndVi'
duais interested in rise fall OF prices; inspiring uno0und
ed confidence continued abundance OF money at one ne
only 10 bring sudden and complete dsmay at another
Merca ntile men look the operations OF legitimate
commerce-lhe prices of exports the amount oil imports
the production the mines the operations OF the nt1
the condition OF the exchanges the relative eux and influx
of specie failure Of al home and ABROAD
TO guide and regulate their ransacons and are not COM
PEELED to hazard their fortunes upon the action OF secret
directory whose schemes and policy II Is impossible for
them 10 divine What would the immensely augmented re-
sources Of our country avail to the people large ii anon
ser corporation entrusted with the control OF Inc cur
rency which might produce rngency in the markets and
fall OF prices whenever few favored spectators upon It's
capital might desire become wholesale purchasers OF
property and afterwards food the country win mo-
ney 10 afford these spectators harvest of profit from
the consequent augmentation of prcesl Yet Gen. Scott Is
committed in fuvo OF that obsolete idea-that Internal Ma
chine explosion brought much ruin upon tho con
try-hat great Dragon tina, long upon tho Republic
sucking away its life blood drying the springa OF pros
perity and rotardng her progress 10 wealth and powea
NATloSAL BASK.
"There can be neutrality between Tho constitutional
rights of tho South and Abolitionism" Indeed Then, 1t