The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-12-04
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IHteiiiScuCoTJ Vi tiic olu uNiulc, rufs -
The coming year, cay the political soo,hs
say ere, is laden with three great political o.
vents: all of them are, il Is true, contingent;
bu, all are strongly marked with probability
OF occurrence, aud each and nli OF them,
should they occur, calculated to materially
affect the welfare Of Great Briiain.--Ths
great events TO be apprehended in 1882 are
political disturbance in France, in Italy, and
in Germany; financial embarrassment and
national bankruptcy in Austria aud scarcity
of food, and all the horrors and evils una
voidably arising from 1t, In the North of Eu-
rope, and generally throughout Germany
We have been preparing ourselves for tEs
first two Of these calamiiies for some months
past, but the lasi is lately arisen cloui in
the European horizon.
We are willing 10 hope that tho Occurrences
OF any one OF all of these calami,ies, grisv-
Gus as they would be TO the country and tho
people that had to bear them, would not al-
feet England socially or politically; would
not disturb her qoe:ness al hCme, or her
peaceable relations abroad; but each and all
would prove highly injurious TO her CON.
merce; and destructive 10 her trade with tho
Continent OF Europe, Wbea il, remsm'
bered ,ha! of the seventy millions which
England now exports, no; less than frtnty-
eight of those millions--a much larger sum
than the amount Of British exports to the
tvn nOla g ,ba Totontal nd fn1.a
pu, .oge,her--is taken by the Lations of Con-
t,renlat Europe, it must be admitted that any
thing which..is likely..to atfec, the commercial
relations of England with those countries 10
not 10 be- overlooked in our estimate Of Tho
future. OF The three anticipated evils, per
baps a scarcity of food, with the unavoida-
BILE accompaniment Of high prices, is tho
most to be dreaded because, if there were
not on the continent any Symptoms of polili-
cal fermen, aud financial embarrassment
they will be sure 10 be induced By the pres.
sure of these calamities. We will not speak
of the condition of France; something new,
and probably decisive respecting the ap.
preaching crisis in that country may be de-
veloped before we close this commuuca-
ton. To Germany and Italy the year 1852
must bring many new events and il 10 tha
former, full as Germany is o. all the fer-
menting elements OF discord and discomfort,
be added famine at the north and national
bankruptcy a, Vienna, what can be ss1sona-
bly, be looked for but the breaking out of an
overwhelming torrent oil anarchy and confu-
sion And Italy, if her.oppressors are busy
at home, will not lie, tho opportunity pass
unimproved.
That there has been general and very
serious failure OF crops lhroug aout Germany,
is no longer matter of doubt this apple,
10 nearly every description of grain. The
wine is also almost general failure. Wheat
is already twenty five pei. ct. ~dsarer than it
was in May rye about the same ; and pota-
toes fifty per CEN. higher. The vine has
somewhat recovered under an unusually
warm and geuial October sun; but the wine
will be poor and small in quantity, the fruit
having suffered from disease similar to
that of the potato. Such is the alarm a.
mons the farmers in the Rhensa provinces
that considerable quantity Of cattle has
been sold a, half the ordinary price, owing
TO the anticipated scarcity of winter feed.
Not only the crops of the last haryes, were
deficient, but the old stock on hand is mora
than usuallytreduced by supplies for the
large army OH foot. The Prussian Govern.
ment is beset with petitions for the proh,bi-
ton of exports of grain, and for the suspen-
sion of the duties upon imports. Large pur-
chases have already been male Of Odessa
wheat, under the expectation that these Pc
titions will be acceded 10. Some Of the
governments of southern Germany, partcu-
Iarly that of Wuuemburg, are making large
purchases of corn. The markets. at Rotter-
dam, Hamburg and Cologne, are brisk, and
from all paris of the interior of Germany
large orders continue TO be received. In the
course OF last week 10000 quarters wero
sent from England. Certainly the English
corn market is at present more favorable 10
the producer than the consumer; but ever
ini ihe latter capacity we have abundant rea.
son to be satisfied with our bountiful harvest.
Much oil the Hungarian wheat has already
been consumed in Bohemia and it is said
tina, unless very considerable help is con,ri-
buled by the Government, half of the popu-
lalion OF Galacia and Pennsylvania mns, per.
ish during the coming winter. This aid the
Government is in no condition TO yield, for
their already more than probability that
the Austrian Minister of Finance must have
recourse to forced loan TO keep the wheels
of government going little longer. 1t will
be levied chiefly upon THESE, and in Bohe-
miah ard Molasia but 1t would have ruiz
nous effect upon the entire country, and give
a fearful impetus and concentration to ths
general discon,ent. Under these appearan>
ces of an interruption in our commercial
dealings with continental Europe, il is pleas.
art TO reflect that with all the rest OF the
world-east, west, and south--ihere has not
been for many years better promise Of a
gool trade than there is at the present mo,
! ment.
II "Ihe world is governed too much.n
The aphorism is true, and we should study il