Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-18
rogErcN NEWS.

Tuesday afternoon, the Pin inst. after hoiserous
! passage Of IL DAYS. We cannot discover. IN read.
ing The news BY hos, that there "a mach 81 impol-
tance or interest loour readers that was net COM
nasnicated in the intelligence brought by the Csle-
donis--copious extracts from which we're given 10
our last paper The Westerns news is only fonr
days later. The London papers are filed with
descriptions OF the Queens tour n Germany. Al
grand Dinner al Bruhl the King Of Prussia made
brief speech, and gave as a toast-"He Msjes-
/ ~ the Queen Of Great Britain and Ireland. Long
live Queen Victoria aud her uost illuslrioas con.
sort" 10 relation to the Harvest, the Times re-
marks:-
Whatever may be the result Of the pre-
sent harvest, il we believe, unques,;on.
able, that SO far as human exerlluns can
60, much more has been done 10 the last
year to obtain a good produce from the
land than was ever done before. We
are not without strong hope that even yet
fair crop will be obtained this season,
certainly inferior in quality to tina, Of last
year, but probably considerably more 10
qusDtlty. This we say, though we sus.
peet that most OF the accounts IRON the
country which tell us that as yet no dam.
age has been done, are more natterlEg
than true Some districts have indeed
been wonderfully fortunate compared
with others, but We rather think it must
be admitted that in all more or less dam
age has been done to The grain Crops
On the other hand, it should be observed
that the crops were heavier on the ground
at the end of July than they were almost
ever known 10 be before, and If four. fil,hs
Of the con- should come to maturity, and
be safely harvested, the crop will sill be
an average one. Ii IS also TO be observ-
ed, that while last year was almost fall
ure IN respect to green crops and roots,
this year promises the greatest abundance
in that description alarming. Last year
the difficulty Was to find food for cattle !;
his year it IS 10 find stock 10 eat the food.
Upon the whole, Notwithstanding the
scarcity 0! sunshine this year, and the
abundance OF wet, we may hope that,
taking all things together, there will be
tair average Of general produce; and
though the toll and anxiety Of the farmer
will be great, the ultimate results will be
better than they sometimes are in seasons
which lead to very low prices.
1t is said that the duty on Foreign Wheat ia Is.
lower since the sailing of The Caledonia" 1t
rules now-Fsur los. l0d. per Dbl; Rye, %. Cd.
per quarter, and Wheat lss per quarter We
viii here remark for the information Of many Of
our readers, that quarter English measure is
bushels. We think the above constitutes the prin.
cpal facts regarding the Wheat and Flour markets
of Engisnd-also, Of the Harvest and It's prospects.
| The Hon. Daniel Jenfer, late u. S. Minister to
Austria; Hon w. Boulware, late u. S, Minister
to Naples and the Hon. Christopher Hughes, late
U s. Minister to The Hague, came home in the
| Western, under a recall by Mr.. Polk
| 03-Snce the above was prepared, we learn from
the New York papers that $1,000 barrels Of Flour
have been bought in that market for England
since the arrival of the Great Western, at $4.75
per bbl. 1t viii be impossible TO tell with any Ger
tainiy of calculation, what faith to put in The
ports received from Europe respecting Ae Harvest,
until the crops oil secured and lhreshed out
We have noticed that the private letters brought BY
the last three arrivals, do NOT tally with the news
paper accounts, and that good deal of + lour is
being bought up in this country on English account,
principally ofihe common kinds We believe there
is doubt OF the fact OF here being good deal OF
old W heat on hand from last year, and il they