Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-27

GRAIN IN THE NORTH. W EsT.-With regard to the
grain resources of the North West the Chicago Tr-
bune of Saturday says:
From careful inquiry, personally made both Of
people from the country and along the lines of three
Of the principal roads leading into this city, are
convinced that the expectations INDUCED in by
OF our contemporaries in regard to the quantity Of
grain to come forward to this market during the
present season. are not founded on facts The crop
OF last year was by no means remarkable; it has
probably been largely overestmatee, as the events
OF the spring and summer will prove. Though it
was large enough to have left in an ordinary sea-
son, very considerable surplus in the hands of
farmers, the extraordinary duration of the winter
has cleaned out their granares and cribs entirely
and even in our own State thousands of men who
usually have corn and oats to sell, have been for a
month past and are yet buying from their neghbors
to keep their cattle and horses alive until few
warm and pleasant days bring out the new grass
All along the Mississippi on the Iowa side, there is
the greatest distress among farmers for feed, and
many OF them, so great is the scarcity, are losing
entire herds by starvation. A gentleman from Ma
quoketa tells that in that region-by the way,
of the richest and most productive parts of Iowa
cattle are dying by hundreds and that farmers who
hauled their surplus to the river and sold it in
the fall are buyiEs It back by wagon loads at
three times the prices they got for it six months ago.
In the county west of Davenport and about Iowa
city, the same state of things exists At Quincy
the demand for corn to take into Missouri is
much greater than the supply; and dstillery at
least is buying grain at St. Louis and sending it up
the river by the boat load, to avoid stopping work,
as it would do if obliged to depend upon home sup
plies. At Keokuk and Burlington the demand is
very active and the supply small as it is indeed in
every other part of the West from which have
heard. Along the St Louis ard Chicago road there
is more corn, but not half the usual quantity. Along
the Galena Air Line, Gacna and Chicago, the Chi.
cage, Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago and
P0oty Ic1o IL, ell - e hoo
In one word the cattle have eaten up the entire sur
plus OF the corn, OATS hay, and in many places, the
potatoes also. The winter has exceeded its usual
length by fully forty days. and in these days the
mischief has been done.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGs.-Although not yet war
ranted in making the announcement, we incline to
the belief that the report current for day or two
past in regard to the sale of White Sulphur Springs
is pretty well founded The rumor is that this cele
brated property has been purchased by company
of gentlemen for $4,000. The names OF these
gentlemen are as follows Hon. Jeremiah Morton,
of Culpepper; Lieut.. Matthew F. Maury. Of WASH
ington city Robert G. Stanard, Of Richmond city;
A. F. D. Clifford, of Chesterfield James Hunter, Of
Caroline; Allen D. Caperton, Of Monroe p. p Dam
bridge, Of Jefferson; John M. He,ndon, of Freder.
icksburg: A. X. Phillips, Of fredericksburg; Rich.
ard H. Dulany, of Loudon; j. w. Slaughter, of
Fredericksburg, and Charles N. Massey, of Char.
lottesville
We congratulate the public at large upon the fact
that the White Sulphur property has passed into the
hands of association Of gentlemen in all respects
competent to make it what it ought to be- From
the wealth, enterprise, lberaity and public spirit Of
the company we may safely predict that the White
Sulphur will become, under their management, one
of the most celebrated, attractive, and pleasant
tering places the glooe 1t is their purpose, we
learn, to enter upon the improvement Of this prop
erty ri ht away; although Of course it will require
several years for them to carry out and complete
scale. When the improvements contemplated are
all made, what q multitude of visitors will throng
the old White Sulphur grounds each succeeding
year. We cordially wish the gentlemen, who have
entered upon this really great enterprise, the am