The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-26
delivered in this city this fad, at what may b


corn crop this season. There is no coubt. how
ever but that will be great, and that the price Of
corn win go up.
There sin also be short grape crop the present
season-probaby not more than third Ct the yield
OF last yesr upon the same bre sdth OF grcund New
vineyards have come into bearing ORDER thus season
which viii in some degree make mp FOR tho loss by
shortness CT crop, bnt not sufhcient 70 make II
wholly mp. Last season was unusually favorable,
and our wine growers had profitable yield
Astte season IL no 80 far advanced, II 10 hardly
possible for farmers to their losses,
five should be favored with rain, Of which at pre-
sent there Is 40 good sign.
A gentleman Ia Edwardsyille, Ill ., writing to
friend IN Louisville, Ky, says.-"The like Of
have never before sefD. 1t Ii now two months and
tso days since we have had any rain, saving slight
shower on the Goth June, amounting TO nothing.
have never before seen i immense fields OF com
burned, up wf1ted, twisted PIP, cooked. parched
And yetit don't rain. think may safely say from
what bave seen, that the corn crop will be de6
cheat 70 &c 20 per cent in all southern Illinois.
SHALL We HAVE FAHNs2
tFrom the Boston Mail Aug "a
BY far the most In portant practical question OF
the Gay. IA how the multtudes of people in tds
country To be fe II IL of more immediate interest
than Nebraska slavery Spanish revolutions, or Rus
sian defeats We do not mean, by this that there Is
any great present danger OF famiue; but there u
Danger that the Drce of breadstus will rule high,
and that they will bear on adverse proportion to he
general profits q labor and business The trade Of
the country has fallen of to suoh degree, that 1t
can scarcely ia 10 be felt To al industrial pursuits,
and to dimiDisb the wages OF labor 10 proportion
as the d-moEs for labor il depressed.
Until vii hin two OF three weeks, the prospect of
an atnndaDt snpi ~ OF bieadstUffs we're highly en-
c ursGiDg. The wheat crop, and the ca. lier kinds
Of gruin, did indeed come ia well and pcrhsps torn
8s havy an aggregate product as ever was kG0wn
Ia this country TIE hny crop has also been al.
most universally large, Bat the extended drought
OF the last few weeks has so generally bignted tue
crop OF lDcian torn, upoo which most the entire
pork trade depends that 1t Is well TO begin to figure
mp results The corn crop OF tie United States ex-
ceeds Id quantity that Of any otoer; II is usually
about third grca,er than tue wheat crop; and as
Indian co H. according to the expefiments of Beau
mont and others, contains within five to ten per
cent as much nutricious matter as wheat, any d.
minutlon Of il will have nearly much influence on
teplice OF food as corresponding failure of the
wheat crop.
The great corn growing States of Illinois, Misscu-
ri, lndiaDa Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, pro.
duced in ls49. according to the census returos,
upwards or 3l6 600 600 bushels Of corn. This was
much short Of the actual crop, rs many producers
did not give in the amount of their products. The
total quar- THY raised that year in the United States
was not less than 600 900 600 bushels although the
crop was partially cut off in Ohio and some other
States. Last year the total crop was much larger
all oyer the Unien than on any previous year, and
could not have been less than 500 900 900 bushels
III We estiu ate the aggregate crop Of the present
year one half as large as the last-wbich, &C ord
ing to all accounts, quite as high 1t will bear
we have deficiency of 400, 900 900 bushels, or
about sixteen bushels short to every man, woman
and child 10 the United States There il cert ainly
heavy deficiency OF food; aud when is added to
this the def islcy Of grazing food for sto ok, and
the necessity OF sending large quantities OF beef
cattle aid sheep to market in poor condition, we
have an array Of adverse circumstances almost
fiiehtful to contemplate.
II is true that large portion of the crop Of
the West has heretofore been used up by the distie
res and thus rendered unavailable for food. We
have no reason to suppose, however, that the pro-
portion Of the eseDt years crop used for whiskey
vpy faI hn1. fhoy
The presumption is that the pro portion will be
greater; for there are some localities at the West,
we are sorry to FAY, where, to DO short Of whskey
woulc be esteemed greater calamity than to be
1t Is part OF our business to feed the hopes Of
spectators. Speculation in the 'sta Of hfe' is at
best heartless trade, and we have no respect for
tho gains and no sympathy for the losses Of those
who enter into H. Our only object i, to set people
to THU king on o subject which comes horne to the
means Whereby they live, and to suggest, by the
public alton Of facts, the necessity Of Outstanding
Their resources, under the very. great uncertainty
which now hangs over the food upon which they
are to exist We would not excite needless alarm;
but SO important is the clement Of breadstuffs to
ger OF its receiving more attention than it deserves.
The danger is that like all other practical subjects,
it will not be sufficiently needed.
happy affair we have but little TO add to our &C
count CT yesterday. Throughout Tuesday night there
were three bydrant streams constantly played on
the ruins and the water has oyeltiowed into the
cellars Of the adjoining stores to the depth of
three or four feet Considerable additional damage
has thus been done. The girl Riley, who was alive
when taken out, died at o'clock yesterday morn.
ing. At an early hour in the morning several
werkmen commenced removing the rubbish from
near the spot where William Downing, the clerk
for Messrs. Zimmerman, Hazen d Co. was seen to
leap, and at about O'Clock they discovered his
body under n MACS Of bricks and mortar, with o
block Of granite and large quantity Of rubbish
over that. Soon after the rubbish had been 80 far
removed as to enable the workmen to take the body
nom the ruins, and after placing it on litter, 1t
was carried to police station No. ., where Coroner
Pratt was called; but viii probably hold no inquest,
as there is one jury now investigating the cause OF
the death Of the Riley boy, unoer the direction Of
on the ruins until the whole mass has been over
hauled rs 1t is feared that one or more dead bodies
may yet be found The Injured portion Of the front
wall OF the store of Mcssrs. etedman 4 Co. will be
taken down to-day tue upper blocks of stone being
removed first. Large shores Of timber have been
placed under the blocks below to prevent their fall
ing; but the service at best will be Of great diff
culty and no little danger. The water In the cellars
OF the stores OF Messrs William Stedlnan & Co., and
Eastman Il Fellows, has been rs high as four feet
but has now receded some six inches. The damage
TO their stock by the water, we learn, win exceed
900 large quantity fsugars and other groceries
being destroyed. The funeral Of young Mr.. Down.
ing win take place this afternoon at o'clock, from
Grace church. From the quantity Of rubbish wAich
WIS pucu III hEUuTu Hllur huu pTulSeS lOunO On
his body it is evident that he mast have been at
once killed. The investigation before the coroners
jury is still progressing.--Bo Boston Chron. Aug. Il.
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How AN INDIAN CAS- pIE-A touching instance
OF this Characteristic trait occurred at the late en-
gagement between q small war party of the Chip
pewas and greatly superior party Of Sioux, rear
Cedar Island Lake. The Chippewas, who were en-
route for soslping foray upon the Sioux villages
on the Minnesots, here fell into an ambuscadc,
and the fra notice Of dancer that salu.nd their
ears was q discharge Of dre arms from thicket.
Fonr of their number fell dead in their tracks.
Another, named the War Cloud, leading
brave, had leg broken by bullet. His
assailants were rcloading their guns, attempted
to carry him along with them to where they
could got the shelter Of q thicket short distance
In the rear. Bat be commanded them to leave him,