Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-22
X l { III Nj OND w HIG.
THE HARVEST IN ENGLAND AND ErRorr

lnete seldom was year when the prospects of In.
aes' we're either more varying important tha, W.
ed OF last year. the extraordinary consumption of IN.
var the TACT o large gIowing district. i The r.,
having o'en lett untitled aud the back arine.s =, ,L
rsl'ea 'ne prices OF grain to pitch least YER,
agihg TO commercial enterprise Then cam. A.,
erai weeks OF unusual beat during which the c,o,. -;
P'heu 80 last that there panic hand. co,l
-. ,' ,h ', works were suspended reess.
'o' or the heds, hut the farmers would not bid hgh
enough they trusted TO continuance of FIN. wc,,hs
gram 'hS' n'ght have b-en got in vas allowed "a,
remain on th. fields. There was then a .udJ.n rL. :,
eAe' Nh'cn "id severely the crop- sh.tb.r st,pa
ng or cut The market rose, aud we were ,Lr..,and
with sc"city We have now had a week of Ems J~y;a
tam % ese'' u.y We read that the market ia
uu or dfooping. or "hesvy" as the gratifying n,os
pect OF plenty Is usually announced Tn. cI.,r ~ -
above our heads certainly .eens to pronis. .mu on,
nifty Tor saving ell hati still aud n, III ~
ault OF the farmer IL his i no, a, - 80,
n ~ most iotiner years Thu TAR ther. /, M
VI Pees reee TO point injurious agricultura inter
".Ie : htu- doubt OF that plenty which il neeessa-
' tue interests OF trade and the comfort of the p.oo
N"ge such are the fluctuations To which We bay. -,
IN the oriei space OF ten weeks The importance
s qen9n consists IN the obvious advantage Of what
nay 1e called commercial revival just now IL worId
a accounts be great thing Tor Europe il the mind.
" ne couiu oe diverted from painful topics from sores
Fauy 70 oreaS out anew, and feelings ever threat
eed WIN collision, to the vulgar more useful r;valrv
"i material enterprise. Railways steam packets oin
ureS' the conhuh Of traders, the currents OF traE
& ' anu even 'he streams OF summer tourists undoubtedly
%.
the Improvement of mankind One of their FRS,
'or u ple"y, and that may nov reasonably e,n.c,
Tor one year N-P'N'
from the Continent the accounts of the ha-v.s, 49,,
sun more favorable was earlier than in ,bi o
% u mas not suffered TO the extent by the geper,
c"ahge OF weather three weeks ago well knoSn cor
'ePonueht wrihg from Mag ieburg on the 3Oth nil aud
ms observations oil journey from England de
scoes the harvest everywhere much above tha 49,
Ag ana ior some hundreds OF miles more abundant than
W ths country. As this occurs where tie nronoron 81
usge Is much larger than with US the resut h ali ,h
more Important There il probably an immense Increase
upon former years and of that increase FngInd will bsv
me iu advantage. The great fre,work OF RAILWAYS IA
u! Pe'adng and Penetrating the whole continent Of
u'ope, ana 10; only the plains of Germany and
"ce OUT even the valleys OF Switzerland are uox tr
oy the locomotive. The effect upon prices Il the
same as "e have already experienced In this country Rp,
lew years ago the salabe and movable thinos-
"hea LAT beasts horses butter cheese and ervsvsried
eosueaby III prices in districts not very wide smart. ana
was usual ior families hx their residence in tbi.
or that, because, il being thirty or forty
Hom market the necessaries Of life we're ridicn-
s! cneap- Meat was cheaper by two pence a pound:
e vas only hall the price; eggs we're to be had in in
abundance, and poultry at fabulous prices because
ON! means OF conveying these articles to the disant
were SLOW costly aud precarious All that ia now
pas, In England, at least leaving Wales and the High
amos out OF the question: the market is becoming almost
uor ana no one district is much disadyantspe com,
pAee with the rest Railways are doing the SANE for
e Nohuheh', snd prices are consequently often twice
hey we're aiew years ago IL is So at least ia all
OF tne better quality for the English will have the
s OF everything and appear everywhere "a the rivals of
Tue hAuve consumer Thus year by wear Europe becomes
'ha put The other day were OF frequent occurrence
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