Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-03
LEl1Ia fkoA NisH Guaa.
iJtosrtsponGe;ce of The Rjctmond Eain'Tef.i
Nr,S Yong Anrus, 81 Il. 1858.

fee Culture in -Gsurra Neps Financial Meas
Cab, Celebration, a.
The nswa foreign and domestic, crowds upon US
apace. S;eamels between Great Britain and AmericH
ale constantly multiplying kind OF revolution If
going OH all round Steam, TO great extent ID pre-
missing ere long, to supercede sailing vessels between
this country and Europe. The iron propellera, built
cheaper in Great Britain than any where else, are
continually multiplying, and will finally drive paddle
wheel steamers from the ocean, and finally disable,
If no; to large extent destroy our splendid sailing
vessels between tins country and Europe; and, IL ii
for the bulky products OF the South ruc ~
cotton. tobacco and rice, the large vessels Wond OF
compelled to rot AT The wharvts. as u IL, 20 ouH are
freights from Northern pOrs, by reason of the com.
petition Of screw steamers, which I'LL up quicker that
sailing vessels and at higher rates, ana accommodate
Passengers on very reasonable terms, a NUMBER Oh
large tue, fret class vessels hitherto IN the Engsn
and Continental trade, have been compelled TO lay
uu; and il not Tor the bulky products, our mer
camille marine would be ruined
II is estimated that the transportation Of cotton
crop alone empOys not less than tonnage equal tn
about 25OO square rugged veesels, and above the
medium size, aud estimating zach ve4.el TO employ
about % sailors, will give total Of 625OO sailors
While the transportation of Southern staples gives
employment to such great Dunbnr OF sailors, 'hey
indirectly supply our strongest reliance ior defence
in time of war.
Yet, strange to cay, msny prominent merchants OF
this city belong to II party whose fundamental basis
is hostility the South, wnose declared deslm lnation
is that future territory 10 bs acquired by The com
mon bravery aud treasury of tbs country, shnll be
open 10 settlement to Souherners. with their property
re osnsed such by III. Constitution and Supreme
Court OF the country. And that they contribute 10
support no less than fire duly papers, devoted IN
hostile array against ali progress and expansion. W..
aud. to the Courier and Enquirer, The Tribune"
| The Times, Post" aud Commercial" They "a
| good as say TO the South, We will take your money
! to buy terrury-we will lot your men fight for II,
but when obtaiued you shall not 60 upon II, neither
shall be- admitted as slave State, II We nave d
| majority 10 prevent u.
That such NEIL rs Mr.. p. Perett, who is president
| of the New York chamber OF commerce., with several
| merchants whose fortunes have been made In the
shipping business and who st present own q large
amount of tonnage, il most extraordinary. There
are, however. noble exceptions among our promuont
| and leading New York merchants
could II II were not. a. know il would be, against
their modest wishes, call them over by name. Many
of these are natives OF this city and hence whatever
their ancestral origin popularity called kncker-
oocker5" These the men whose counting house en-
ucaton obtained IN The days Of the Bayarde, LIZ
rows, aGd other high minded, honured and hOnoraO IL
merchants at time when mercantile transactions
We're based upon the honorable bearing in their
transactions; at time when merchants could ACT IN
unlsou Tor The attainment oil ends, whether II was to
support the National Government 10 :imss ct emer.
yeucy, to sustain Dewitt Clinton, in his canal s'rng
ylos, statues 10 ldtntTS oI
Then tho most hOuored aud trustworthy merchanie
mad voice which made itself be felt i'll the councils
of their country.
l am sorry say it ia not 30 now Those honored,
and honorable duscendauIs vi inore hOuest period
! IN society," arc now showed Aside by new corners by
oew enyrants who look 20 other localities for their
ancestors than Manhattan Island. Whose plan ia
TOO often ls,d TO make sudden Fortune, not exactly
caring how, go the end is obtained, and CONSIDER
that resprctability where exist without money
aud whore WORD, if III conflict with their sehshness
| cannot be relied on ~ their bonds.
We could, il necessary, name several mushroom
mi,onair-s, vino live in brown s'oao palaces oil 9th
Avenue, who look down with sneerlng contempt upon
| the honest old kuckerbocker, aud laugh ~ all
honesty of principle which trumphs over dishonest
tricks in trade as 'old 5oSysm 1t Is only the rich
| rouge who is the progressive man, with whom oil
common s,nse honesty ID ranked rs 'josySm IL ID
smong hi. class that Republican SIN has many of liz
| srnngest supporters, and the papers previously
referred to many readers.
40 far ID ur national commerce. and navigation are
CONCERNED, il Is tune our Il vornment looked 'ho ths
revolution going We must largely Increase our
steam tonnage. We must 20 into iron steamers with
| screw paddles In OF a future war, the fighting
| will have 10 b- done on the ocean, and that with
steam power. How is that TO 10 supplied We can.
not build iron steamers at present 20 cheap by
! q vaat odds We can purchase them. rs tneano
of unHi defence, We should encourage the speedy
establishment oi propeller Marine. We should
alter our navig CATION laws ana allow our merchants To
build screw steamers abroad and on the best teri
they can prov lod that they cannot be had qualy as
cheap at home Look at II. This splendid screw steam
er Saxpnia built tho Clyde. ~ run between Hahn
burg and New York, carry 4i and 5lO passengers
with large amount OF freight. and Yet consumes
only 81 tons of coal per day. while the Persia Ut the
CuDard line. with l-ss passenger and freight room,
burns LOO tons Ut coal per day. wule tne diti-r-
ence in speed across the Atlantic. will not average
more than about two dnyr. Against such cninpe.
tion neither sails nor paddle steamers can long hold
ont
The only place out side Of Brazil in which the pro-
ducton OF coffee has increased, ia IN the leland oil Cry
Ion under the British control. When England carried
on such vigiant crusade against the importation ut
Africans into Brazil il with eye 10 the increase
of the grow of coffrs in her East India posse
and 10 obtain ali independent supply tor home, AZ well
Ms Ia cause exports 10 OTHER countries The c"iiee
from CeS Ion in the trade, ia known in commerce
two kndr viz: Ptdntat'on aud ndl'ue Cey-
Ion. The trst Is That grown on large plantations
by English cultivaturs, aud IL The klnd which has
within Il few ytArs past since the Importation OF
Africans into Brazil ceased. On these panta-
ons IN well as on sugar plantations 10 the Mauriiius
the English work bound and virtually ensaved Coo.
lies, attended with mors horrors aud orueles than
any African slavery lD any part Of the world, which
We could show from tho clearest evidence, if space
permitted The English grown Ceyon coffee Of course
brings higher price than the native grown article
because capital aud care employed IN It's cu
vation. To show Inc increase in the production ut
C-ylnn coffee, in ls4s, 25 OOOOOO lbs in 1850
IS 900 ono lbs; in 1851, 10000 DDU lbs; in 1851,
50 600, 900 lbs.
The slave trade in Brazil under treaty with Eng
land, entirely ceased in 1850. Slaves in Brazil, be-
fore In. abolition OF the eiave trade prior to 1852 sod
at 1920 Since then, they have advanced from $6t5
$825 each. Ii will be TINT the growth OF coffee
In Ceyon increased from IS OOOO 900 bs in 1885, the
year which the Importation oil African lnhor entire
iy ceased in Brazil, 10 80 900 COO lbs in lS55-which
was an extraordinary augmentation.
We have, by the way OF England, received news
from Colombo. Ceylon,rO the lO-h ult The total ex
ports since the lat of October the 10th of July Ind
amounted 10 81 800 $50 lbs. OF this SO $50 0OU
lhs the produce Of English plantations, aud
1876 $50 lbs. were produced by the natives The
crop 1878, is said 10 have been short OF the
previous year by 400 lbs, chiefly u the nnvc
productions. The crop or the two years past, may,
therefore, be put down ~ tollows:
1873 .5i 36O,O 900 lbs.
Nesry the whole growth of Ceylon coffee ID shipped
to England. array lot Of plantation Csyon once in
awhile finds its way TO New York and ses at IL and
l3 and some time latt yesr brought 10 cent,
We learn, by the propeller City of Baltimore that
British vessel OF war lprobabiy the CyclopsI had
bombarded the town oi Jeddah on the Red Sea-
The epfsding and Smelling Of the town, 1t is said,
lasted five hours, when the Turks or Mahommedans,
agreed have the nurderers OF the Europeans Ia
the late massacre punished- whereupcn, the firing
ceased and the Turks proceeded 10 execute III Of the
asrassius ON the spot.
1t is probable that the Europeans the Cyclops
urged thu Commander To claim spprdy reparaon
and punishment; who, not having heard what WAS
proposed TO be done IN England, France or AT Con
stanupie, took the rpsedest way 10 obtain justice.
The city il IN the height of cabeism excitement,
and immrns. preparations are making for tl- demon
stration. Notwithstanding this the messages by the
cabe iew aud FAR between; and it is becoming
more aud Difficult; to keep the fever up TO as
much tension a. it. ng,tntors nope for.
Alter the cei- braIion tomorrow the excitement
will gradually subside and Mr. Field, in spite Of the
fulsom. glorificalion Of his irends, will gradually
sink down 10 the ordinary dimensions OF mortality,
ana people " N begin t" think soms other person has
been concerned in telegraph discoveries and enter
prises But, II celebration is resolved on, and New