The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

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S'i ATES. tile°
The scat,oti., has so 1,,r nova! cep!, that we sr" at ty
take a general survey of the crops throtri;bcs
wle de country. We can now speak with toree.,,,td,
dunce, because most of the crops have been /la°
First, as to die great northern stiple, whcat
rog
crop is undoubtedly a large one, more than an 3,;elii,;
and it Lis beet' secured in excellent condition. '0
the tenor of adsices front all quarters. Even i 11,4
where the wheat crop is probably less than an anyf
the wheat is very clean and the -berry very whiter' •
hear neither of rust nor smut. Though tile 'wait
have lust in quantity they have unditubedly rdo
quality. In Michigan, Illinois, Nl.'iconsin, en
the wheat -crop is magnificent. Everything bap
favourable. So likewise, we understand, is the sottl
crop in Pennsylvania. n Virginia, blaryienti', It
Carolina, and Georgia, it has been eft' eied
euto:
drought, some say so seriously as to shrivel tli eris;
In Tennessee. Kentucky, and Missouri. the crqptl
noble one. In' New England and New Yolk il3
lsably less than an average.
The hay crop is remarkably light in nearb;
State in the Union. From ail sections, the eu'eP',!,
almost universal that hay is very light. This lc-
tictilarly the case in New England, New Yero;
Ohio. Further west, and in Michigan, µ'e berlot
heavy crop of hay, but it s not to he disguls,' " if
hay crop is shorter now than it has beers in raaniti,
The protracted spring drought stunted it, and f
tense summer drought nearly killed it. The •
will have to make up his deficiency of fodder bi
creased sowing of lute root crops.
Rye, cats, aid barley, are a fair crop, but no,ts
. one. Like grass, they have suffered from the,
The corn crop is now ripening; it is therefore
sible to speak conclusive; but it seems to be the
impression that it will be less than an avereir '
cept in the *Western States, where the drouO
been so severe. Yet it is acknowledged that the
is uncommonly fine.
Potatoes are of an excellent quality, and th'
and there there may be a failure, we Fll5ll Ili
Theu'ual abundance of one of the finest and t
some vegetables ever cultivated for man.
got into it in some sections, but this is not to

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it was last year.
Our survey would not be complete unless .we
few words about the great crop of the Sou:
rice, tobacco, aid sugar.
The cotton crop will be a heavy one--pmbalit
2,500,000 bales. In South Carolina and 11:',1,
intense drought has reduced it some, but tils,
I
will be more than supplied by MisAissippi avill
The tobacco crop is light in Virginia, n"
and South Carolina, but !navy in KentuckYbe.
souri, and we think the whole supply Rill

average.
Rico, which is mostly raised in South C'
not be a full crop. If we are to Lelieve the
that State, the drought has burned up tverYth
like a blast of fire,
.but these effects are opt
aggerated, as the sufferings of heat make it se
intolerable than it really is.
The sugar crop will be a splendid one. lb!
in Louisiana is extending beyond all former
It is so much more profitable than raising
the cotton planters are rushing into it. Th!
crop was 200,000,000 of pounds—by far the
before raised in this country. The next 01; en
250,000,000 pounds. There is 3et a large ri
creme, as the consumption in the United State"
500,000,000.
In this connexion we can very properly slri
crops of Texas, which are uncornmonlv goy-
sugar, corn, and wheat, are all fine. There
abundance of everything for sustenance or c°:rt
that country may flaw he considered a Pt, b 0
Union, its prosperity will be chronicled I" it
interest us that of its sister States.-111ba"

VARIATIONS IN THE VALUE
RAILWAY I ROI'ERTY•

Tho fluctuations -which take place in thaerk•
railway property are often the subject of re.-„a-/'O,
other description of joint-stock shares do re
anal extensive changes occur. Most per'ut's
paid any attention to whet is passing in
`gal
world are aware of the high prices of scv:re'
leading lines, as c‘tmpared with what theY
In that year the Great Western shares of 8;1
low as 11 premium; lately they were 140- 13-oes
year the Great North of England 100/• shares
scarcely saleable at 40 discount; a 'co' rn!)1/tif
were 150 premium. The Midland Countle'ls
were, little more than two years since, tit ter
they were lately at 90 premium. But a greA.,-
than in either of the instances we have 113:'
..taken place in the shares of the Dublin an'
Railway. Little more than twenty month' Lig '
shares ware selling at 751., being 25 diso'utlt,:g
eight weeks since they brought 250/, bel'''t
mum. But still greater than these have I:eehlihote
tons, considering the amount paid, whlc'
place in the value of some of our neW
Goole, Pontefract, and Wakefield shares,. onh
deposit of 21. 10s. has been paid, and which
stationary for many weeks at a premium of
16/., have recently mounted up to 40/. 11/61.
and extensive rise, however, is surpassed Woe)
lately took place in a new line which is stc.ll„
in this country— we allude to a Scotch °Lt.' es
Glasgow and Barrhead Railway. The s''''at
line were selling, six or seven weeks or jo 0
eluding the deposit of 2/. 103* ' • they r,°9fell
short time to 241., and then as suddenly
171.; but, strange to say, they again took a. 9 of
has, we believe, no parallel in any descrie.,7ol
stock property. They bounded up in a
171. to 401. Those who were fortunate
extent of the scrip of this line must have re"
fortunes in the brief space of a few weelc.o:lo
of 250 shares, at par, must have realised lit
10,0001. by the transaction.—Railway 1"1