Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-01
I" tr E"'Io'S @t tie Engaircr.
RIo JA.EIRu, February j, 1SJJ

December and arrived here Oh IN. ,-,h ~, In ,u !
The time "i our continuance III England the greatest
courtesy and Kindness was shown uo. We found rea.
dy arccsa tu every public institution or bid;n,, tI,t
We desired I" lno, ut. All the ulcias we're n,Ifls
and communicative md appeared to feel Measure IA
aiding us in enquiries w" found but oue cxcrn,;on
10 all this, and that was NJ Pymou'h. Dcsr Will.
our ship rrittng for In look the yas, shin
locks. Mt this great naval depot we procured car-
ringr and proceeded Ia one ot the yards where was
asked il was "a British suh hiect.' My reply was
mo, sir am an American CIT! "Iou cannot
go the Dock hcn, Sir w'Il!ont an order from the
Port Admiral; but II you will call nj his office, no
doubt he will AT give You the permission, was the
answer. At once we proceeded tO sre the Admiral.
found him fine boxing, gentlc'nany man. Hour
Ing from the purpose OF my visit he expressed
great regret that, was not IAN English subject"
he could not grant the permission; that there WIS
regulation torbddn:. Ia any foreigner the privilege
of visiting the Naval Docks unless on leave previ-
ously granted by the Admiralty, aud advised me to
make application, through our Minister or Consul at
London Tor the hOon bat which declined doing. is
had not time - do so bcorcraviug Plymouth. The Ad-
mra further added that he pdrtIcMiaIIY regretted he
should be constrained, by his duty, to deny the indul-
gence of inspecting the Naval Docks at plymouth
I" an American, ns he hnd visited my country, anu
had found free and rcady access 10 all our public
yards and places, aud which he hud viewed with great
satisfaction.
But for my Yankee white hat" which betrayed
my nationality, have 10 doubt should have passed
M" iiic Dock without question, tor II seemed Ia me
thar every where went, before ucrng word, |
was recognised as mn American, and | am unable Ia
imagine why this should have been so, but that saw
no one The color Oi whose hat was like that which
wore.
On arriving here, found very good health pre-
vailing IN the city, and NIL my acguuinnnrcs very
we'll Our fine irignr, the Savannah, was i'll port,
and met her officers with sincere pleasure After
an absence OF not quite eight months, | perceived
striking marks OF Improvement giving evidence Of
healthy and prosperous condition ot things III tins I'M
pOrtant commercial city. Many OF the streets have
Lcen rcpavcd and now the city IL lighted throughout
with cnsthc roads leading from il have been in many
places graded and covered with stone. New houses
hnvr bcru built, others are being buIlr, and many
have been thoroughly repaired, giving Ia all around
me, proofs nt n steady and considerable prosperity.
fnc OF the BraZans have the very best feel
ngs towards U.s. bur, occasionally " hccturimg uicin
by his acts, will place III peru the pence between the
two countries. Such M instance has recently occur
re-, ut Rio Grnndc, where Captain Lang. command
iuy uu American meIchuntman has been fUrcIbly tn-
ken from his ship and put III prison, without the least
lust cause, aud where hc yet remains. know not
that any rgicn. mcnuS have been adopted for his re
lief and while pretend TO ccnaure no one, it may
well be asked was not this so grave ana hagramt dn
outrage Justify, nay require, the dispatch hence
of prudent agent, TO inquire into the affair, I"
collect ali the facts, and OH the spot, to demand the
release o suffering cuuntrymhn! tear this lins
not been and will not bc done. Months, nay, years
lnnE roll on
can, remain lncarcerdtcl. Rumor represents that
the American Consul, Mr.. Upton, was ~ they were
taking the Captain 10 prison, himself nIsultcd and
even struck because he manifested sympathy Tor the
wrongs ui hiscnuntryman.
BY the commissions Of Europe, Brazil is in no man
ncr affected. Her wealth and adv vance il in no man
ucr disturbed Comnierciul affairs ARE i'll II sound
aud snc condition here. Money reasonably abun-
lau md be had Tor from six 10 seven per cent
jutrrcs, ucr uuuum. How different is the condition
al ,Nt
Turn for moment IA the present and probable future
of England md France In my letters from London
and Liverpool, written III November last cdCAH"r-
eli draw the attention ul the Ggrculturallsts ut the
| United States Ia the necessities under which both
| England and France would be, to seek food Iuu
America, Tor the next two years, and therefore, the
vus Importance. To all our agrIculturnis, tn lncrcasr
hy all possible uCans, the quantities o food when
! they could produce | dill not then doubt, and de
not doubt, that wheat and corn, and pork and
| beet, and every thing else necessary for The food o
man, will bear in 1880 and ls.,, and possibly in 1885,
ycLy high prices III all Of Europe, uud especially III
France AMI England, aud ihi, too, even ii peace be
! made in the present year.
The more reflect this subject, the deeper ana
more fixed is my conviction I'll the correctness at this
opinion. Let me state few facts, IN continuation u
| what ! have said. Since 1871 the harvest III Eug
land has never been abundant i'll 1871, nor has
| It III any time been secured III such good condition, rs
! it was ~ this latter year. Nay, every barn. every
siorchousc WAS filled by that harvest, and yet, when
| | lett England, in December, lS1l, wheat was COM
manning n htghrr price III England than il did in he.
cmj.r, 1873, when, ns all know, the llalvcst "i that
latter year. least thirty per cent less than hht
Of 1851. The same remark is rquallyrue oi France.
But, i'll lS.3, Russia exported at least o,"""uoV
| quarters of wheat In 1871, Russia exported
absolutely nothing: the cut uii that great source
"i supply In Egypt, III" price Of wheat was, III DE,
ccnbcr, nearly riplicnted Had the English harvest
III 1874 been 10 better than was III lS,h' o'' the
supply from Russia cui oil, 1t wa" hy the ar inc
| .I.4il
IL is unreasonable expect such an"cr harvest IN
England III France, Tor some years 10 come, ns thnt
of ISL; aud to Us anil Us alone can the millions IN
thc,, two countries look, III the present ana coming
year. To supply their Deficiencies IN lood lhcy can
do better without Tobacco nr even our coti" iof
time than without our flour, our corn, Ne
Let our farmers, th'n ponder wei these iHctS'-
Dmip,h tho cultivation NJ every tlng tXcept "heat
and They will pay better, lar DETER thuh any
thing else. - ,
Until favorable opportunity 10 Seha h' oHeIS'
| shall keep II OPEN =.
am your very sincerely, L. G. y.
MARCH H. lSJJ.
T, 81 hud almost determined not 10 trouble
YOU even with the reading oi the foregoing bnt
a. III, steamer Mississippi will sail in week.
and our townsman, Colonel So, - IN her, nnd will
takc this have changed my mind, and will add
A. 70 this CITY, its health continues excellent and
rs 10 that Of myself and family, Colonel SIS will
rive vou minute information.
The harbor is crowded with vessels The Amcri
cans number MirryN"rcH, being the largest number
which has been i'll this port. at any ono time, i"i
more than five years Several of these are tint
clipper rcSscli.
Frcichts on coffee have gone down To 40 and {!
cents per bag for the United States The usuaI price
il from 20 tn 81 cent? and often from w cents IL one dol
lar ia given Only about $4,000 bugs ot coffee have
been shipped this month. The stock on hand now
all told, is estimated az about $1,000 bags. Prices
i,,I,
Soon some of the crop from the Const will be com
ing n Almost all The coffee on hand here is of lnic
rnr quality. Much OF the old CROP il IL believed, Is
vet tn be sent forward The demand for Rio coffee III
Eurnpc has been grencr i'll the past, and, 80 TAR III
the present year. hum it hns ever been hcrctotorc--
Thir has materially increased tie average price o
coffee in this market, aud will continue TO exercise an
influence upon II III future.
The supply of lumber from the north Of Europe
has for some months, bccu almost entirely suspend
ed. The war has produced this effect; aud our ium-
her ships have been coming here III greater numbers
and, believe, have done II good business Indeed
our yellow pine of the south s fast suprrcedlng Ia!
mn,r PURPOSES the woods of other countries. Its re
snons urnperties ctrcually the assaults ri the
white ant which often ear, into ioncy-colnD, Other
woorls, and touch not the yellow pune.
Four vessels have come here with ice and apples
from the United Sate9, and thcir rhrg":s nave reach
cd here in very good condition. thus we have ar
abundant supply OF ice, winch is furnished at rea
souube price; and the side walka of the Rue DivetH
nre lined with black women selling apples.
We have accounts from Europe up 10 the 10Th o
February. Scbasnpo appears 70 resist, most success
fully, the assaults OF the Allies Remember my pre-
d,cnu made III December last that this fortihcatIor
Womb, uo, bc taken. Time confirms in that upin
iun Surely, it will not ill, unless Austria has, ere
this struck some hostile Los against Russia II thai
be done it may distract the power of Russia, that
she may be unable 10 reinforce her armies III The Cr
mes so as 10 make them equal 10 The task OF meeting
the combined forces of England, France and Turkey
How deeply, vastly and horribly, has not England
suffered in this desulatng contest Bloody it has
been ret how much less have the English suffered
from the sword, than from pestilence. She sent, ac
coTdinr TO the returns made 10 Parliament, aboui
30 500 men OF all arms, TO the Crimea. The roal re-
turns of these show 2S, ,0U0 remaining in the Crnca
about the 2Uth OF January last and Of these but about
900 were elective fighting men. Iweniy-eigh
thousand FIVE hundred have perished in less than six
months OF these the official returns show, killed
and wounded IL 300 leaving Il 100 for fever, ysen