Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-10-08
From the Baltimore Sun, Oct l.

lMpOTIdHi IOWWffCtus ~ etrS--~<1VuHte y
the Irice of al Descriptions Of Hmeci
can Prodgce-F Failure Of the Potaf
Crop Scarcity Of Grain.
The Steamer Great Britain was telegra
pied from the harbor Of New York at /
O'Clock Yesterday morning, and a, o'cIocl
she reached her dock at that city. AT !;
o clock our correspondent commenced t
forward us the following summary Of thu
news brought by her.
The Great Western brings dates from
Liverpool to the l2lh Of September, eigh
days later than those brought by the Cam
bria. On the 10th and 2lst she expert
enced Tremendous gales, but rode them
out in safety. with the exception Of some
damage on deck from The force of the
storm. She also lost one of her wheel
houses, and her quarter boats.
The markets foi all descriptions Of Anne.
rican produce was advancing.
The News from India is Of rather uuex.
pected interest. The victories which the
British army achieved on the banks of the
Sutlege have not resulted in that amicable
arrangement and profitable settlement
which was hoped for, and premaiurely
boosted of. Ghoolab Singh finds himself
beset by pecuniary difficulties, and he
either cannot, or is unwilling TO pay bis
debts. All such emergencies in India
must lead to the first development OF re-
sstance of the British claims, consequently
the war will have to be renewed in the Pen.
jaub, and the Province of Labor and the
territory conditionally assigned TO Choolab
Singh repossessed and attached to the
British territory.
The following is the commercial article
from Wilmer & Smiths European Times:
Commereial.-The improvement in busi-
ness which we noticed at the sailing Of the
last steamer continues, and matters are
nearly IN the same relative position as
when We last addressed our readers. The
failure of the potato crop influence the
price OF provisions OF every kind. Bacon
and ham are raising rapidly.
India corn is also increasing in value. as
in fact is almos, every kind ofgrain. That
the failure of the potato crop in every part
of the world must greatly multiply the
wants of the labonng classes in Great Brit
ain is undenable. The advance to which
We have alluded may be traced to the in
creased demand for other descriptions of
food. and there are every reason TO oeileve
that the present prices may be maintained,
if indeed they do not advance. As an
article Of human food, the use of the pota-
to seems likely 10 become ex,ict. The
injury may be temporarily pressing, and
productive. no doubt, Of suffering, but ulti-
mate consequences can hardly fail TO raise
the condition of the Irish peasant, and to
improve bis social habits. He will be
raised in the scale of civilization by hav-
ing higher and more nutritious kind Of
food. There are those who contend thai,
the potato has been curse, not blessing
10 Ireland.
The cotton market continues steady, and
although we cannot fix higher quotation,
yet on some descriptions there has been
an upward inclination. Considerable
anxiety prevails respecting the new crop.
The next accounts are eagerly looked for.
and prices will probably take their com.
piexlon from the advices by The incoming
and the succeeding packets.
The liberal way in which the govern
ment is acting in Ireland disarms all fear
Of national starvation. The first duty Of
a government is to feed the people, and
what Is now regarded as calamity may
prove IN the end substantial benefit, by
the introduction Of improvements which
would not otherwise have been made
The employment Of the people on public
works in Ireland WILL i, is clear, be car
RED out on large scale.
The present popular Lord Lieutenant
has already issued nearly fifty commits.
sIons for the holding of colonial sessions
in different parts of Ireland, and upon the
investigation and decision Of The majorities
in session as TO their respective districts,
he will act.
With the confidence that exists at pre-
sent in the money market, and the en-
couraging prospects that are before us, it
is probable that present prices will be full.
ly sustained.
The grain markets with US, as with our
continental neighbors. are on the rise
Whatever affects England, influences the
whole commercial world. II will be pre-
ceived that every where animation pre-
walls, and that the new theory of free
trade will have plenty of scope for the de-
velopment of its alleged benefits, or as
some contend, its injuries.
The news from India is calculated 10
produce feeling o! WEAKNESS in poliii-
cal as well as in commercial sense. Sir
Henry Hardinge it seems now to be uni
versally admitted, notwithstanding his skill
and bravery, evinced in the war with the
Sikhs, has made a bug!ing business of it,
and in all probability the work will have
to be done over again. Mistaken clemen-
cy in the case Of semi barbarians is often
times positive cruelty.
The ravages Of the Cholera have dimin-
ished in Scinde, and j, appears they have
been exaggerated.
The failure Of The potato crop is univer-
sal. The reports from every part of the
United Kingdom are appalling, whilst let
ter alter letter from the continent details
the ravages which this strange and unac-
countable disease has made, in France.
Belgium, Holland and Prussia.
The grain crops in the United Kingdom
are not more than an average, either IN