The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-30
rae DAU.Y DISPATCH
-,rnsrspAY noaNlNo. AUGUST 81 lsss.
THE DROUGHT.

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THE DhOUdni
Whist IN tne noss nvos laoo,. v
ava had fhe most abundant rains, tn,
-'o -. X. haan an nn;versa
- - a., .ever.l Of the Northern pa.
hd severe s1ss = -
err are discussing the onerous quesuon-
Shall We have Faminei Inc Nor'lei'
xw....... ;,,-r.i. ara f;,led with gloom,
uu " sssoa = 49, 49, :. -. = -, ..o,,
predictions Of tne faiiure =. luz oo'A f
The Boston MAJ thinks there Is nv sloa'
l,,t thoro ID dan.
,fe8enS DANGER ot ia""es D -,
,ar th.t tha urice of breadstuffs VIII ruiz
soi .avaraa rr<.
%. nar.l nrof;ts Of labor and
portlon 70 Tue sencia' 1880 - -
business. 1t thus proceeds:
typt,l within two or three weeks the prospect Of
:, .hn.Ss IT amply Of bresdstuils were highly o.
cour.sns. The wheat crop and the sariier klsds o.
h.svv n seeresste product - svsr wss known II
M cssnsry The hay crop hes also been almost uni
sally large bat the extended drought OF the ias'
a., go MN vkieh TIE most entire pork trad.
Ss.ands that Il 4 veil to BEGIN 10 figure mp results
~ .orn eyoo ar the United States exeeeds in quan
,,s. ,has az ~ cther Il q usasly about one-thirc
srestef thsa the wheat .ad q Indian corr &C
soni.In. vsshis fse e ten Per cent. a. much nutr
,ioue matter % whssf any summation o. faoa -
so,Tesspon dins failure Of the whest crop
The gssst sGio sfens snd Tepnessse, produc
"a IN 1919 according 70 the censu: returns snp
81 he setas crop. q many producers did not CIV.
in the amount Of their prSdac s.ss .. bot LEI:
than O 6s0o.oo5 bushels, although the crop was par
.siy cat en- n On10 sn. much larger s the
Union tb.n yssa and eoua e e..te
tss CROP Of the present year one half as
large q the = h.s sec0 b.v. dse eocy
4oc bushels about sixteen bu he I: short
Tsy. .r,siuiy heavy deficiency Of food; and
when il added g this the defissncy o. du.ut
ties Of beef cattle and sheep TO market in poor con
o e,nss s, Is nays - 81 contsm Oists
that l:rse portion o. tine S e0l The Ss
ieies and thus rsndeied unsvailable for food We
have no Is..on to suppose: erop n:ed for wh.key
viii fs in any degree below that Of the prsvi ,0
he .,..tsrs r shs1s are .oe localities AZ the West
We are sorry to say. where to De sno, 81 TO 3.
short Of Srssd.
The Mail disclaims any design to feed the
hopes of spectators in the staff of life,
"heartless trade" for whose gains it has nc
respect, and for whose losses no sympathy
but 1t wishes to set people to thinking on
subject which comes home to the means
whereby they live, and to suggest, by the
publication of facts, the necessity OF hus-
banding their resources, under the very great
uncertainty which now hangs over the food
upon "nion my ",o 0A'
Inc NC" AofA ,'oN", A", ' a.s INV Co..
On 'no Sucleo'' unu', 'no no"1 =, IN
"alanA'y' ~ WHICH ~ '"J' 'n"' :.
n'" oe LOO ia'e ,oi 'o,n' ''@.oo'' 49, 80
sese'aoieS, anu uoA"no".. ~ " Ao'p
'urhips anu capoage'' anu give" 'o' cup
ply OF iaii 1000 nu. II Tears .ia' Il 0anno'
give inore IMAM NAH oiop VI oo'n' ~. %
large yieia OF po'a'oes' ne .T'oa'e "inoS
up WIN oenuhcia'ion VI 'ne ui'''neiie %,
winch, a''er GIVING peoplo 'ne onoi0i"' WIN
'ne'r ue'es'aoie whisAey' afe auoo' W neip
Oh q ialnihe ny oeVooringa .niiion pusneis
Vi gram per uay' anu converting INC e'ah VI
me INTO oeaaiy poison
Inc new lorh f1er0'@ LAKES l.ore hope'
iui VIC" vi 'ne hia''ef ~ says ina. nl"ns
p0''on. 00'ie'e 'ia' 'i0 enoo.o u LUG ~ jug ~
upon '"o e"fii oiop' 10 sioa''y oveiia'eu' "a
Aiug 'ne whoie country III view. III Aiaoaiia
anu o'her sec'ions VI tne ooo'h' 'ne crop Is
saio u Dc larger auo more promising than
ior many years previous. Large supplies o.
the oio crop are SUN heid at the west.
RAupo.ns1s GREAr BR,raIN-Tbe an
ma, ro,or+ of the British Railway Den.rt
- 49, Da e IT'D
tical view of the business of the British rail
ways during the year 1853, from which it ap
pears that the railway spirit is again awaken
ing in England, $40 miles of new railway ha.
wing been sanctioned during that year. "At
the close of the year, 1856 miles of railway
were opened in the United Kingdom; of which
5,s4s miles were in England, 9s5 in Scotland
and s43 in Ireland. In the ten years previ
GUS, no less than $3.50 miles of railway hat
been constructed, an average of SOS miles 8
year. The total amount of capital invested
in these railways is about OIL $50, 600. 900. or
which the gross receipts in 1853 were ss5..
100000, rather more than six per cent. The
total number of passengers conveyed in 1s5s
was 1872 as6. $50. an increase Of nnwards a,
thirteen millions ON the year before. Ont 81
this number 3O5 wera k;lled and A.o ;n;rr.d