Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-09-07

The Paris correspondent Of the Washing
%, Republic writing under date Of August ?
presents some interesting views aud facts ~
reference to the scarcity Of breadstuiis ia ~
rope, portion Of which We extract. ne
says:
\ The ur;ucipal subject Of interest alter Tue
T,rta Kus;ap consolidation, and one which
threatens to absorb even that ipvetera-e IN
broelio. is the impending short crop through,
out the South Of Europe You have neal 70
of the great rise ia the price OF bread N : ar
4 is, and Of the governments recomnenaalion
to the journals to seek rather to inspire co,-
fiilenee on the subject rather than to create
upeasiness by telling the truth The papers
are wrong, therefore, in spreading abroad in-
/ telligence which they are not sure they can
substantiate, but they publish able and stud
led editorials on the resources upon Wnicn
the country can rely in ease Of famine when
1 say famine, mean to use WORD more eS-
pressive than scarcity or short crop Eng
l land Is threatened as well as France. The
King Of Naples has prohibited the exporta
! ton of breadstuifs. and day or two ago we
received an edict from Cardinal Antoneili,
tic Pope's secretary Of State, suspendng ex-
portation from the two districts of the States
| Of the Church known as the sections OF the
| Adriatic and the Mediterranean. VI course
! England and France look 10 the United States
for supplies aud the Debats THINKS that
your grain dealers will realize enormous pro-
fits during the coming season, but believes
that the prices will not attain the same infa-
ton Is 10 1S47. Bread now as DEAR how
ever, as at any period for thirty years, except
during that one winter Of 1S47-4S
liz May of this year Count Abel Hugo,
brother Of Victor Hugo, published for pri
vate distribution, and not for sale. "Netice
upon The Period of Famine which menaces
1 France" At the time, this did not appear
to me to merit mention !. but wor6 or two
now will not be out Of place. The figures
given are extraordinary. and eyince research
and knowledge Of statistics quite beyond the
usual application made of data and the science
of numbers. The author says that bread
stufs will be largely deficient, and that tile
government, commerce, industry, and the
people at large, are equally threatened By the
impending danger. In Egypt the periods of
abundance lasted seven years; period Of
scarcity then succeeded which also lasted
seven years. In France these periods alter
nate. as in Egypt. but their duration is not
over five years, or six at the outside This
is shown by reference to certain figures
which the author places before the eye of the
reader in manner as ineligible as succnct.
He begins with the year 1916, after the peace
of 1915, aud the fall Of Napoleon. Thus:
lst period; saarcity--six years. 1Sl6-21.
Excess % importations over the expectations,
l6, 800 600 bushels; which cost France 164,-
100000 francs
I'd period abundancc--six years, 1S22-27.
Excess OF expectations over the importations,
100000. bushels; which yielded to France
i9,530000 francs
3D. period, scarcity--fivc years, 1S2S-32
Excess of importations over expectations,
$4,000, 900 bushels; which cost France 211,
595, 600 francs.
4tb period, abundance-6ve years, 1888
81 Excess Of expectations over the impor-
tations. 100000 bushels which yielded
France 10. 100000 francs.
9th period, scarcity-fve years, 1882
Excess of importations over expectations, g.
100000 bushels; which yielded France 30
100000 francs. e 81.
9th period, scarcity-fye years, 1S43-47.
Excess of importations over expectations. 81
100000 bushels which cost France SIS
100000 francs.
7th period, abundance-fye years, 1S4S-
81 The statistics for this period only refer
to the first four years; the rest are not pub
lished.) Excess Of expectations over impor-
tatious, 100000 bushels; which yielded
France 1s0,000,000 francs.
Thus there have been eighteen years Of
scarcity and eighteen years abundance; and
tie balance against France is 100000, geo
francs From which it would appear that
there viii be scarcity in France from 1853
to 1868.
| bad written thus far when the decree on
the subject in the Moniteur appeared The
government is taking its measures of precau-
ton. Louis Napoleon repeats that article Of
the corn law Of 1892 which establishes a
higher import duty on breaistuffs imported
i'll foreign bottoms, than in French bottoms
this repeal to have effect till the 3lst of
December. a paragraph in the non official
columns gives as the motive of this decree,
the scaacity Of ships = the government is
afraid to say the scarcity of the crop but it
recognises it indirectly. The next step will
be to repeal the duties altogether. for time
and ii the state of things does not improve,
this will yet have to be done
Dreadful nXrLosloN AND loss OF LIFE
ras AT WHEELING, VA.
On Monday week at Wheeling,a drayman
loaded bis dray at the wharf with 20 kegs Of
powder, belonging to ID. Ar nor, railroad con-
tractor, and, on starting bis horse, key
rolled off and broke under the wheel, which
produced an instant explosion killing Mr..
Walleston Kimberly, respectable citizen.
the owner of the dray, who was standing near
by, aud dangerously wounding p. Schanly, d
drayman, besides prostrating about twenty
others The top OF the head Of Mr. X. was