Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-10-15
THE FOREIGN NEWS

Upon examining the foreigqnews more in detail,
we hnd nothing of especial Importance to add to
the summary already givenf AS the commercial
news however, attracts grdSt interest, we make
the following extracts:
HE SEASON AND THE CRoPs.-The summer
OF this season has been one of the most brilliant that
we nave had In this country for many years. but it
has not been favorable either to vegetable or ami
mai hte All the corn crops are deficient, with the
exception OF the wheat, which is always improved
Dy hot weather; the potatoes are failure every
where the turnps are affected in some districts
sheep have been suffering from painful disease i'm
the mouth and feet and cattle are dying SO sudden
iy and rapidly that farmers scarcely dare to pur-
chase them. The murrain amongst the cattle is
irlghtful in the midland counties; and though the
disease from which the sheep are suffering is not in
general fatal, yet Is found TO affect every sheep in
the flock In which it shows itself. The origin of
these diseases is mystery to every one Just as is
the origin OF the disease in the potato crop
here must be something in the state of the at
mosphere Injurious both TO vegetable and animal
ne we hope that something has lost part of its
maiignly since the nights became cooler for the DO
tato stems are beginning to put out fresh leaves in
soihe places; and on the moOrs the wthered heath
is recovering its color and freshness. We fear
.nat IL Is too late for this after growth to increase
the size OF the potatoes, which are i'm general very
small, but the change which produces it may check
the progress of the rot, and purify the air The
present beautiful weather will enable the farmers
IN the upland districts to secure whatever grain
they grow In good condition it will also cover both
mis- and fields with abundance of heritage, and
mus afford food for sheep and cattle during the
autumn months. The apprehensions with regard
70 tne turnlp crop are increasing, and we have
heard of few cases in this neghborhood in which
the bulbs are drying up, but the disease has not at
present made any formidable progress i'm South
ancashre-Lirerpool Times
Scarcity Of Food in Erope.-We abridpe the
following remarks from long and able article i'm
e manchester Guardian, on the scarcity of food in
year:
;. nat there is present scarcity in almost every
aistrict oil Europe, with threatened famine i'm MANY
IS no longer question of doubt. In France. the
wheat crop is every where detective; i'm the coun-
tries bordering on the Mediterraneaa old stocks are
much exhausted, and the present years crops are
very much below an average, which, at the best
is not equal TO the annual consumption
Throughout Belgium, Holland, Germany. Rus
STA, and the whole of the North of Europe. the rye
crop has failed. The potato has also failed more
OF less In every country where il is cultivated for
general use. France is importing wheat from the
Baltic, and from this country, to her northern and
western ports, and from the Black Sea to her Me
elterranean ports; and the other Mediterranean
countries look to the same source of supply Ger
10y " every market, including this
country Apr inferior and low priced wheat, to sup
ply the place Of rye. The Dutch markets for
gram says a letter from Amsterdam by the last
mail man, are brisk, mostly for expectation to the
thine, to which 20OO lass have gone forward the
last week, at improved prices
"Ihen, If we turn from our prospects abroad to
those at home, we do not find matters very much
improved. The wheat crop, though not so abund-
ant as was expected, is, no doubt, the best i'm Eu
rope but 1t Is the only crop which, taking all parts
OF ,he United Kingdom, must not be pronounced
failure. The spring crops of grain oats, barley,
Deans and peas, as WHOLE are deficient to a con-
siderable extent the potato may be called total
failure, and especially in Ireland and Scotland
IL Is impossible, then, as regards large portion of
'e population but that great suffering must be ex
Perienced, and much difficulty in obtaining the
bare necessaries of life, which must as matter of
course, materially limit the demand for other arti-
cieS OIL less urgent necessity. With these facts be-
lore us 1t would not be wise TO overlook the neces
sary influence which they must exercise over our
t'ade for the next year; and regards the staple
rade oil the nelghborhood, it is matter also greatly
10 De regretted, that there some well-grounded
apPrehenslons of higher price of the raw material
winch VIII seriously aggravate any difficulty which
may arise from the causes we have enumerated
we are not aarmsts; but at such a moment with
so many indications of danger ahead, we should
neglect grave dirty if we did not place them be-
lore our readers in the true light in which they pre-
sem themselves to us, in the hope that timely pre-
caution may mitigate the evil.'