The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-26

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There is no necessity, then, to be very solici-
tous about the state of the money market On
either of these grounds, and Wall street may
keep cool.
THE COMING HARvEsr-A GLORIOUS PRosPEcT
FOR THE CouNTRY-From all parts of this broad
Iand-North, West aud South--come assurances
marvellously unanimous, that, the labors Of the
husbapdmen are likely to be rewarded as they
rarely have been of late years. On the ocean
like prairies Of the West, the rich savannahs of
the South, and the fertile valleys and slopes of
the Middle States, wheat and corn fields are
waving in the warm sunlight, and promising
most abundant yields. What with the luxuriant
vegetation Of this spring aud summer, and the
greatly increased extent Of ground brought into
cultivation by the emigrants to the distant Ter
mark if we were to estimate the agricultural
produce of this year to be twenty-five per cent
greater than that Of last
These are glorious prospects for the farmers.
Not only will their harvests be abundant, but
the prices of produce will be highly remunera-
European belligerents will make upon the United
States for provisions. Between the large yield
and the high prices, the Western farmers will be
able to pay off the liabilities which the CONNER
cial crisis Of 1878 involved them in, and may
have good surplus left And if the railroad
companies will only have the common sense to
settle their quarrels and prepare to transport
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even entertain the hope, desperate as it may
seem, Of receiving earned dividends next year
20 large will be the produce to be transported
from the West to the seaboard.
If the representations of an abundant harvest
be verified. az we trust they will be, then the
farmers will find their interest to be, not in keep
ing back their produce in hopes of still higher
prices, but in sending it at once to market. The
effect will be highly advantageous, not only to
the agricultural and shipping interest, but to
every other department Of trade and industry;
ard thus we look forward to an era of prosperi-
~ that will more than compensate for the de-
preston and suffering that our people are just
emerging from. We hope that nothing will oc-
cur to dim the brightness Of this picture, but
that city and country will have cause to rejoice
over the bounteous harvest of 1859
The MoRPHY TEsrIMoNIAL.-As a curious
item among the passing events Of the day, we
give in another place detailed report Of the
ceremonies attendant upon the presentation Of
certain rich gifts to Mr.. Paul Morpby, who has
just returned from Europe, flushed with nu-
viz IF fho fol NOR oil IF fho
chess board. The caaeour which Mr.. Morphy has
received at the hands of the Chess Club here
are of really dazzling magni6cence. We read Of
chess men in gold, boards Of equally costly ma
teIial, wreatbs of silver in imitation of laurel
costly watches, NC, DC. 1t reminds one more Of
the rousseau Of royal bride than simple recog
milton Of peculiar talent in man.
We yield to 10 one in admiration for Mr.. Nor
phys ability as player at chess We rejoice
that he has met and overcome the European
heavy weights. Perhaps his victory may not be
of so much practical consequence as that Of the
yacht America, or McCormick's reapers or
the Hoe presses, the Colt revolvers or the
Hobbs locks. Perhaps the whole end and aim Of
human existence is not confined to the chess
board. There may possibly be some aspiration
higher than that comprised in the word "check-
mate" Still it is proper to recognise Mr.. Nor
phys efforts and to reward his successes.
In the old Greek games the very highest honor
awarded to the conqueror was q simple laurel
wreath, and that has since been recognized as
the symbol Of victory. Offerings Of gold, silver
and precious stones are all, more or less, bar
barrie, according to the circumstances under
which they are made. They generally show as
Beau Blummell said Of George the Fourth's
Brighton pavilion "a great deal of taste and
very bad taste at that"
Then, again, there is nothing 60 capricious as
the breath Of popular favor. Just now Morphy
is the topic-chess the leading passion of the
dsy. How long will it last We remember
some twenty-five years ago youth named
Buike; he was of nearly the same age as Nor
ply, and was, like him, the pet of the public.
He acted in the theatre, and straightway juve.
nile prodigics came into fashion. He played On
the violin, and Immediately everybody went Into
ectacies over his copricoos. In short time some
thing new came I'D before the public and Rurke