Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-01-27

BREAD STUFPs The extraordinary pri-
ces 10 which -four and grain of all kinds have
attained. very naturally leadsto an inquiry
into the cause thereof. Flour is now selling
in our market at Sl3 l2to el5 per barrel,
Corn at 81 80 to 8 so per bushel. and 9TH
er grain proportionally high. This in near
ly double the usual price Many will doubt
less be prepared, at once TO attribute this rise
TO the shoriness of the crops. the last season.
This undoubtedly has had an influence, but,
under all the circumstances Of the case. il is
by no means adequate 10 the extraordinary
effect which has been produced. The fail
IRE 10 the crops has been in particular Sec
tions of the country. and TO particular kinds
Of grain. Although we had but little Indian
corn in New England. the crop at the south
and west was, probably, the largest ever rails
ed in this country so that on the whole. the
crop was an average one. The greatest fall
ling of has been in the small grains, partc-
ularly Of wheat But this deficiency, it is
stated in New York paper, has been more
than made up by the importation Of foreign
grain.
Few. we apprehend. have any idea Of the
vast quantities which have been received
from foreign countries during the last three
months. We perceive by the Baltimore pa
pers Of the i4th. that the imports Of wheat
into that city during the last 8 OF 10 days.
sepeHty-tiro thousand bushels had been sold
at from 81 so 10 81 10 per bushel Part Of
another cargo had been sold at from 81 10
TO 80 10 fourteen thousand eight hundred
bushels had been stored by the importers
and fifteen thousand bushels had not been
landed making in all more than one hun
dred thousand bushels Of foreign wheat re-
ceiyed in the port Of Baltimore alone, in the
course Of eight or ten days. The New
York Express Price Current of Jan. z. says:
We have large additions to the stock Of lor-
eign Wheat--fulI hundred and f.cenfy
Thousand bushels are on sale al this moment,
January Iith. il says. that witkin the las,
week we have had rery large additions to
our stock Of German Wheat The arrivals
at other ports. though Of less Importance,
will still add good deal to the aggregate
amount. Large quantities Of rye and oats
have also been imported; and accounts have
been published in the papers. OF considerable
sales of Indian corn from the Western ISL
ands II should be taken into view. in this
connexicu. that. IN former years. we have
exported immense quantities OF grain and
Hour. TO which the state Of things. this year,
must have almost put an entire stop.
II will be asked then, il such are the facts.
10 what cause shall we attribute the enor-
nous price with which the people are taxed
Tor this necessary article Of every day con-
To this we answer, that though
speculation may have affected il somewhat,
IS u has almost every article in the market,
yet the advance is chiefly attributed to the
immense distillation 10 the conversion of
hat which was intended Tor blessing into
! curse, OF that which was intended as the !
taft OF life. into an engine Of deaih-into
POISON, liquid fire--wi;h which both the |
,odies and the souls of men are DESTROYED |
The weekly Installation OF forty thousand |
bushels in the immediate vicinity of New
York city alone,--whic however. is but |
mail portion of all that is distilled in The |
COUNTRY canno, but seriously affect the price.
The New York market is kept bare OF rye |
Utmost the whole time by the dis,ilers; and
when a cargoarrives. even Of fifteen or t,cen-
y honsand bushels, ii is swept of, at once, in
mass by them
To the drinkers Of ardent spirit, then. and
0 the dealers therein, are we 10 look as the
ole cause Of the high price of bread stufis,
nd Of whatever suffering may proceed there
rom and however much others may COM
lain, they have no cause 10 murmur so long
$ they contribute TO this enormous eyil-an
nj. however, which. great as it is, is one of
he leas, that is producedb by the use Of ardent
pirlts.- Worcester Spy
Shocking Euent-We copy the following
orrid details from the Louisville (Ky9I
ournal Of jan 7th.