Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-09-13
CINCINNATI, Sent. 9th 1855

ton lie by mediate iRstT 1nIcntalltles, and H.
piles not quite instantaneous. People not
gifted with natural GOODNESS ought to appre-
ciate the advantages Ofsuch intercourse above
conversation; if the letter prove unsatisfacto-
~, il is easily destroyed-but as says a Chi
nese proverb, "a word once LET fall from the
lips cannot be brought back by a chariot and
six horses" So it Is the easiest thing in the
world TO light your cigar with this sheet, and
nobody need be the wiser
We begin already to have some enlighten-
ment in this obscure "neck of wcOds.1 from
our Indiana friends in the opening of the Fall
Trade. Aside from the business community.
| have lately had the pleasure Of seeing our
Fallstafhan host, SLOAN of the Bates House.
aud our blooming young legal friend, Coun-
sellor HAsKELL. Some drppings of Hoosier-
dom's agricultural wealth still find their way
to the advantageous depOts of the Queen
City, notwithstanding the frequency and vio-
lence of past efforts. by designing parties. 10
effect a rupture between the commercial in
terests Of the i've districts. Such ensleayor.
are likely to prove ineiicacions. NhiIe Gin
cinnati has empty mouths, and Indiana has
bread to I'LL them. The eu nt Of export
runs eastward toyarl the seac5sst, and con
trariwise OF imports; IN wffsk respect Ohio
aud her emporium stand IN the closest rela.
ton tn Indiana
Wayfafins recently through oae OF yonr
fairest valleys, could not deny some sensa-
lions OF surprise at the apparent ys.z-hsss 81
the corn fields, which spi,. in91<lenlfcent
yerdure ior miles 2round- anal whOse w6yy
undnlations over river bottom and upland
gave glorious prospect for the fruitful ingath-
enn, Of harvest. Leaning from the window
If ali
the interference of a farmer from Illinois. who
viewed the four mile Of corn through which
We were passing, witlft total indifference if no;
with contempt, "Tell We what" said he. at
length, tell We what, if you'd see an Illinois
prnreys in corn, you would think this was no
great shakes" Without deprecisting the
value of the information thus gratuitously
conveyed, thanked my stars that was
likely never TO see one Of the-old farmers
Praireyes; for if anything can approximate the
lost-ness $50 to speak, of a Sd'th American
forest, it must be the interior of a three thou
sand-acre corn field; and l found myself in
voluntarily comparing myself in such an inn
aginary situation. with the cold Fable-exist-
ences. whose loss Schiller has so pathetcal-
~ deplored
When your humble servant was some
thing more than three feet high, he had the
satisfaction of getting lost in a small forest of
corn averaging, perhaps, eight feet That
was bad enough, but they tell us of sucker
corn eighteen feet high What reasonable
hope could sane man eptertain Of extricat-
ing himself from such cane brake? 1t does
very well to look at, and to talk OF, but YOU
aud should be excused from entering IL
lest the world should ever after deplore our
4 loss.
Corn Is pork" you know Just imagine
. one of these great fields metamorphosed into
s swine-and talking, for | am but talking
a though II he on paper, Of corn, reminds me
4 OF shrewd trick recently played by New
!. York Spectators In salt pork Somebody,
= who had large stock to dispose Of before
the fall supply should come in, raised rumors
ola large contract Immediately needed for the
= French army, which rumOrs were circulated
! very privately Of course The bait took, and
> sundry unsuspeeting ones bought all they
!, could lay hands on, at an advanced price, ex-
pecting thus 10 control the market by their
alertneSs in acting on sly information. The
; next day, however, brought out a printed card
i. from some of the largest dealers, contradict
a ing the rumor, and showing the impossibility
: Of any immediate advance; but it was too late
= TO benefit the sold spectators. Ambition is
! not the only passion that occasionally "O'er-
a leaps itself"
Cincinnati has withstood the mercantile
difficulties which have beset every commu-
, nifty within the past year, more firmly than
y could have been anticipated, and the fact is a
= eredltable reflection on the integrity aud dis
cernment of her merchants. Failures have
been few indeed, and assignments, though
more cginInon, have entailed Eat slight loss !;
an admirable contrast TO unanimously expaR-
= ded system of dealing which has greatly in
> jured many older cities, whose wisdom has
= scarcely seemed proporti0nate 10 their years.
y IL the true test of business prosperity be, as
!" believe, the extent Of its wholesale dealings,
y then Cincinnati was never in a more favorable
- and honrishing condition. The wholesale
y trade has nearly quadrupled within ten years,
a. a. and the last two seasons have witnessed lar
ger increase than ever before. In the midst
&c of monetary panics and pestilential diseases,
the hindrances Of the time have made no
y permanent retardation; blocks and squares OF
~ elegant trade houses have been added to its
u facilities and 10 city of its population has pre-
ie tension TO so much architectural beauty in the
construction Of its marts and great business
p. streets. The citizens seem rs yet scarcely 10
appreciate, much less TO dread, the foumids-
." BILE competition which | have been assured
ne the Railroad City is destined to create; aud
n though it may be attributable to their dull.
ne ness, they are totally unconscious of the ris
= ing Of that cloud in their horizon, which, TO do
them justice, is impercepHble to common vi
ed sion here, though probably it appears much
:, greater in the latitude Of indianapolis.
The telegraphic report from the steamer At.
- lantic contains a repetition Of the old news
y withdrawing.
In common with the rest Of mankind, We
I'll impatently await the next steamer from. Eu
a rope. If the tidings of an assault on Sabas
H. topol reach us, we may confidently expect
u the capture of the fortress. Amid the inten-
40 tionally confused accounts which ministerial
nc acumen publishes, it is not difficult to pick
G out a few straws of truth here and there
le which show the direction Of the breeze
a. When three hundred thousand men, belong.
o. ing TO hostile armies, come within such dis
VI lance that hand grenades are used with consid
u cradle effect, il shows some occasion fol
prompt action. Moreover, there remains lit.
OF tie doubt that the defending forces are fear
:; fully diminished; else why are assaults on
~ the besieging batteries hazarled with but .
!" few hundred men, instsaa< Of the Thousands
$ sent ont ia fotI..Sss6y -Asd why else
y the late ATTEMPT on theslshersaya2 Beyond
~ this, there is Que man in Europe, the shIewd.
&c est, the most determined, and the most pow.
e erful Of them all, who is sorely displeased
y that the attack of the 18th june should have
10 failed through false economy Of soldiers
~ when by the sacrifice Of few Thousand more
~ men, the allied banners might have iiOated
"a that day 10 the sun, from the ramparts Of Sc
nc bastopOl. How this may affect some Of ths
CT great Cars sympai9isers on this side Of the
wates. / profess my inability TO determine
;! But Nan0leon's intentions wait for M wisdom
le frofa other quarters. s.
!. WHERE THE BEsT WHEAT Is RAIskD.-A
Sheffield correspondent Of the ST. Ionis Re.
publican writes as follows:
Il Among the revolutions in trade caused b1
4 oHr railroads. is the carrying Of wheat from
y Southern Illinois 10 Chicago for market. 4
e Is there worth more by some 10 OF 10 cent,
c per bnshel, than wheat from any other par
, OF Illinois. FloV from this wheat, commands
&c 30 cents more per barrel than from other I'LL
&c nois wheats.
&c We have heretofore supposed that the bes
I wheat would~.ome from Northern lllinoi,
g anil Wisconsin. AT the present this is mo-
D. II On