The North-Carolinian., 1854-02-25

The Arpre1cndcd Effect Of the War u-On Ers.a,.>.'s
Supplies Of Corn.
From the ~. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Some of the English papers complaining
Of the miSch:cyors effects which they aege %
have been produced, as respects the supplies of
corn in their granaries by the deusivc prospects
of peace which the Government and its organs
of the press have all along been encouraging,
while it must have been known that there could
he 10 reasonable expectation of any thing but
war. Not only, it is contcnded, has the Gov
| ernment failed to take any precautions itself,
to securing necessary provision of grain but it
has, by its falacions representations, prevented
private enterprise and commercial speculation
i from doing SOD pat any rate, to tIe--exteat
which, i'll the exigencics of the country, may be
of any great advantage to the people TIE
French Government" ;" it is obscrvcd saw clear
ly, from the beginning, tire difficulties OF the
case, and gave every possible encouragement to
the importation of corn. Belgium did the
same" The English Government, it is true
does not usually interfere in these matters in
that way. Its general rule is that of mon-inter-
ference with commercial operat;ons-c where
the question of the nations food is concerned
tpon the principle, and VIC deem i: an ncontro-
vcrtiblc one, that Government NAV do most
for commerce by leaving it alone; remembering
that, like river, it flows so smoothly
and therefore never proceeds pros!,crouSy,
when it follows its course, without either
aid check.
But it nevertheless did interfere; the com
panants insist to this extent 't instructed
its press to discountcnGnce all apprehension of
Notwithstanding it to be believed that the
peace of Europe would not be disturcti--tLat
commerce would continue to flow in it's ordiil.-
ry channels-and that what appeared to be
| impending storm was nothing more than a pass
ing cloud, that would soon dsl,crsc." SO that
| the consequence has been utter neglect, they
to # 1oI, ,ln f,, II,
wants of the country, and that some of its most
important sources of supply arc being complete
ly cut off. ''While France and the NctIcr-
lands, they say ''hayc taken to obtain a
large supply of corn, England has procured IA
most inadequate one; EOt more than one half
of what she requires, and of what she woni,l
have possessed at the moment if Ministers had
revealed all that they know about the Eastern
dispute. We are Inclined to think that there
is reason in this. 4 little more cantlor. a little
more cNp!icitness, not to say IL little more u}!ih
dealing, would doubtless have encouraged one
ratIons III the corn trade, which could not Iut
have been beneficial to all parties But now tlicy
are suffering the evils of something like famine.
prices. Bread riots have already occurred III
England and Ireland is distressed beyond en-
tiurance, by scarcity and want
We do not -foSget that this is q season of the
year when one great source Of supply ofcorn 10
Great Britain is always closed we menn the
Baltic But the apprehension that even. when
spring arrives and that great outlet for Tie
Northern granaries is again open to British
requirements, the operations of inevitable war
will etfcctualy shut it up from them is cNcr;nl:
an injurious influence. The other great soctce.
the Bleak Sea, may be regarded as closed al
ready by such operations. Odessa, its pri,., !
pal port, and the most important cMtrc,,ot rf
the great bulk Of tho cereal produce of the fer
| tile fields OF Chirson and the Crnca is too uc:t,
the mouth Of the Pruth and the Danube to i
low of exports being made to an encmv's corit-
frt-e f~rft fl><
if the Black Sea were otherwise situated than
1t is The most desperate and tlcat!liest part o.
the conflict may not improhably take place
there. The first rcncountcr which England will
have with Russia is destined, most Likely to
occur in that very sea- from which, be it re-
mcnlbcred there is no way Of escape but one
and that within range OF probably cncny's
cannon.
But ''it is an i'll wind that blows nobody
good" America is already deriving ADVANTAGE
from this state of things, WHILE at the same
time, she is comforting substantial benefit upon
England. But for American supplies, indeed.
. we know not how England could get her most
pressing wants relieved. We have now before
us a list of the imports of ign grain, &c
E into Liverpool during the two first weeks Of the
- = present year, just when England is beginning
to feel nervous, if not actually alarmed, upon
the subject of her scanty stores of food and i;
y y is unusually largc-in fact, uupreccdented-and
: chiefly, if not wholly, from the United States
. . neither the Baltic the Mediterranean hay
- - ing contributed particle of it. The list cont
. . prscs upwards of million of bushels of corn
- - and more than quarter of a million of barrels
of -four with large quantities Of oats, peas and
> beans in addition. Still the English markets
, for hrcadstus, we find, kept rising, and the Li,-
crpoo papers OF the day when the Arabia sail
ed, report further advance in wheat of fully
= four pence (Englisl) a bushcl--there being q.
u strong attendance of country ,ncr5, and tie
business done was very active, beth for consump-
ton aud speculation
= Thus while England may thank God that
> she has America to look to in her time of ne, 4
that here we have it in power to sul!nly
her people with food, and that we arc able an.
willing too, to take off, in return for much of il
the produce of that peoples indrsry-let Us
, on our part, also be glad, that in SO doing We.
are also at the same time promoting our own
interests, commercial and agricultural Our
present position is III many respects az cnviabe
one. Far removed from the scene of conflict
and without cause for interfering in it, We have
the opportunity, have the means OF dery-
ing advantages from state OF things which L.
Europe may be source of incalculable evils
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IMMENSE FLOCK OF PIGEoSs-A Direor -roost
ten miles long 10y five broad in Franklin county
Indiana, it is said is now swarnring with pice Is
The roar of their wings, on arriving and depart
ing from the roost, is tremendous, and Iii.
e ffocks during the fight Garken the heavens