Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-04-22

TIE HIGm PRICE OF LEATnER.-ORDERS
FROM ENGLANn.-One of the largest leather
dealers in Philadelphia alleges, in published
letter, that the high price of leather is not
caused by speculation, and adds:
In confirmation OF this, | need only state
that at the present moment five thousand sides
could not be furnished BY al the commission
house: in Philadelphia and Baltimore put to-
gcthcr, if one dollar pound were offered for it.
If itwerc speculative movement, it is reasona
bic to suppose that large shipments would soon
be made from other countries to meet the de-
manl, but so far is this from being the case:
large orders are now in New York from Eng
land for leather 1t is equally certain that
there is no accumulation OF stock in the tame
res; indeed, the tanners have been so ANXIOUS
TO ret their stock into market early that they
would scarcely allow it to get dry. For several
wears past the quantity Of leather sold III New
York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, has varied
very little in quantity, amounting IN the aggre-
gate to about four millions Of sides per annum,
while the population Of the country has been
increasing very rapidly, and the consumption OF
leather with it"
Tie scarcity of hides and leather he attributes
to the constantly disturbed, revolutionary state
of the South American Republics, and further
add,
Il will here remark that the advance Oh
hides has been much greater than on leather,
for while the advance on the latter has been
one hundred per cent, it has been three hun
drctl ON the former from . cents to 81 cents
since lSlS. In England and Oh tie continent
of Europe hides are higher than here, and there
are BUYERS from England now i'll New York,
shipping hides to that country, and at New Or
leans there are large orders lor heavy slaughter
hides from France"
How THE AMERICAN DlD.-When the vote
of censure of the British Ministry for the Chi
ncsc war was under discussion, in the House Of
Commons, Lord PalmcrSton made three hours
speech, in which he is said TO have poured
continuous vollcy Of rdicule, sarcasm and in
vcctive into the opposition ranks. He spoke of
the action Of the American Captain who batter
ed down one of the Chinese forts, of whom hc
said:
T have head of word and blow; but he
pcrferrctl blow and word. Hear, hear. He
iud ed it better to punish first, and ask for an
explanation afterwards. Hear, hear] lie, in
short, thought it better in the first place to
knock down the offending fort, and then de-
mand from Ych an apology. lie DESTROYED the
fort, and demanded rcparation, not of the fort,
but of the insult to the American flag Tweu-
ty-four hours were given to the Chinese to
make the apology, but before that time had
elapsed the American Captain, with shrewcd
eve, saw something going on in the fort he was
living near, which induced him to think that, at
the end of the twenty -four hours, the answer,
if unfavorablc, would find him in position not
f.! mite SO desirable rs the one lie then occupied,
50 lie renewed his attack without waiting for
the expiration of the time he had fixed. |
think, sir that the honorable member must, at
least, admit that our proceeding was the eX-
treme of forbcarancc when compared with that
of the American. [IIear, hear.l