, 1864-01-01

turxl, mineral and manufacturing, which require
only = ehost time To be developed to IN extent
never dreamed Of by the most eanguine. The
hs1pe he'r bowe's @ ope1ed III are J pow @0.
Ing forth their t1easures with IN open hand.
TIE great lead mines The Mississippi River are
s hSd sad eaes9 9 nss SSh for
OF Killing febcls-al Of which. finds market
here. The great coal fields Of Illinois are now
ne;ns i:e f55ther explored. and countless tons Of
els oi :hose prairice, where not half csntusy
sEo, the InS!.n warrior wooed bis du1ky BRIDE
The bound'ees sd 1nexhauetiblo praIzIes, fertile
yieldine, ohedient to The 81 otthe sturdy farmer
their fun proportion Of the treasures Of Ceres.
The dark md almost inpenetssh!e forests es
Northern Michigan and Wisconsin resound With
the ringing blows OF the e1e, as It gisens In tho
hands Of The hardy lqmbesIncn. The countless
brooks and creeks, which have sung naerstly oyes
the pebbles since the creation, are now turning
many ' ~heh e6d i 1t yeeo@ eorn q aud nd
inhabitants q tho Ea.tesn States aud he Trans
States Of Illinois and Iowa arc alive with millions
OF the porclne and bovine race, who roaEn at will,
f!ec free, to do their grqnting and lowing until the
timely end at the hands Of . mhrderous
paskes. and b finally consumed thousands ot
these treasures the Great West is freely pouring
increasing. Tho great Pacidc Rallroad, which was
under way and before many years shali have rolled
EoEnd. M iron band will encarcle the great AlneEi
en- continent. and bind tho hearts Of the peop!e
in the chain Of national brotherhood The spices
Of the East Indies the teas snd siks Of China the
products Of the looms OF Cashmere and Hindost4n
Japanese, win aM ind . large maIke. II thieago.
The glittering treasures of the 81 Dorado in
ths ROXY Mountains st;aS a III be be- shGwered rove
which Chicago is the acknowledged center. All
wanting nov to complete the picture i the return
pTuning knife, when tle bsyonet shall be tnrnod
into The plow ehare, and shpa laden with the va
1ious articles Of commerce will spread their sails
A1abamas, with which the British nation has SO
materially aided the rebe'lous South. in spirit Of
s Sss T R5s f9s 5sV 2 7ss4; Sas
hauce as the result Of the proceeding 5eaFs opera
tions. would be an qtoRIan scheme. and ware We
to offer any M Mngu1cs, baslng them on The amazing
Is not far distant When Chicago viii assume such
In her purple, and Rome in the Augustan age never
egualled.
The Grasn TTcds.-The receipts Of grain at this
eity dung the year Just Sosed d haze e1eeedsd he
most total destruction Of the Corn crop BY the de-
structife frost IN August, that We would not re-
eeive, by seEersl millions Of bushels; AZ much as
last Jeat. Tho customary review which re pub
Nshed yesterday, shows he gratifying fact that the
receipts aggregate Sc on 903 bn, being dec1ease
of only one ana hs millions The y Wheat t nd nd
t the sonaai recelpts q OATS. rha values q ii i
nsat aga s po5 gR eas shsr g s ye sefa sus sRn
ereatly to the wealth Of the farming community.
The August frost Was Immediately followed BY
great speculative inquiry for corn. and prices rap
Idly rose from s91c to 9c, Increase Of over 1tn
per cent. The speculative inquiry for all kinds of
grain dnrin the carly part Of October snrpasses all
belief. Hundreda Of capitalists both from city and
tossed hither and thither upun the breakers and
brokers, all eager III tho mad Whirl OF speculation
tomake pay1ng Investments. But these invest
for this rapid indstion wae followed BY sudden
crash, 70 doubt FASTENED BY e the tight
bssv o. ss ebes ditee a ans ae
then there has been very little excitement {eom-
parasiyely speaEirg) In the grain markets, and op
eretors looked carefully after the margins be-
his noK closed, and until the arst Of May there
mand now is altogether speculative, but il is con
ne Picking Bnssnsst:.Tne present packing
prodnct-eome well informed operators stating the
This fact together with the decrease In the weight
Of hogs and the failure Of the corn crop, brought
On speculative mania for mess pork nndlards The
IL RI s s Ss aoesst %s p1es. pt
vancing frcm 10c at the opening Of the SESSION to
IN November, This was followed BY crash
| proved loo slippery Tot the holders who had pur
! chased At The Highest hsures. The proportion o
Prime Mees made this season Will be much large,
hoe I'D or he 4esson tse1e iii
afa1ling Of in the yield Of lard. Lately demand
has sprung up for English meats, which have bee1
Railioad and Portland. With regard to the tota
number Of hogs that will be packed here this sea
son, It Is impossible to form IN opinion, bntit
from last season. However, 13nea IS nc exceeded
Cireinnatt last seasou We will leave her much fur
ther behind this ycar. The statistics which VT
lave been left to is tender mercies of t6s packer
| tn increase orer the corresponding time las
year, ofl3sG5s. There arc now IN operation In TIL
s1Resos ths ess Z u o
during the year just closed amount to s9,, so 90
@ hoas sasci Il he an ycs4 plssoss q ] ]Sf9
standing this enormous increase, there has
been NO fal1:Dg Oh In the demand, but on the con
before known, and dealers ind themselves ,noI
with Just about the same amount Of stock on han
a. they carried last winter, Along in Jnly an
could S Se raed down tEs esensge Pine
r.es its tributaries, and consequently the nsu1
supply for the adjacent country was cnt of.
ply OF logs at the different mills in Michigan m
Wisconsin. These causes, and the Increased dt
maud had the effect Of improving values
sc sad o"ssa sa:De q 5Sf3 5ss1 qaay s AsasF AssaF
high as sIsaoni556: The scarcity Of ncshts du
Ing tho sumner and fall vas the only drawbac
/ to the tr1de. Thousands o. feet OF lumber had
lie on the docks subject to storage, for weeks At
time, until the railroads. were ready to norc It
Tie Grocery ITlde.-The1c is 70 branch OF 1aG
the Grocery ttsdc, and tue business which, 5 fe'
years ago was coun ed By thousands. Is DOW rec
oned hy 1,inIone- Que fca:ure noticeable in OIL
1heg I'll IS viii IL New iorkn as
they have determined TO let the country jobbe
1hat It is tor their interest to make theIE pu
iii leading articles III II grocery tzade bare appr
Gated materially; This is the case principal
with eugare, which haze advanced to figures tn
easa
Orleans sugars were imported VIA fhs Alssfssipl
River; but the rebellion has put a stop to ii
tlerc has not been pound brought TINT way. 3;
ills stste OF affairs is about to undergo decilt
change, as we recently noted tAeaaiya1 Of s.vnnt
there Il no doubt but that more win follow. Tae;
operation, and their Eales vii 70 doubt aggfess
I my InlAuus~
Tie DRY Goods Trcde--As in cycry other depal
/ mcpt Of business, the wholesale dfr goods trat
has bcc1 largely increased not only IN the an19r:
ot eales: oat r. ;hc a5ca of country over Whis
yery few years a.o-s.nce the tr=t Wholesale D
Goods uousc was opened. and those who had Il
beldnees to launch Uu, upon the unfathouled "
ters-or bound]ees prai3es, rathcr-wore looks
rpon es being 1ndiscreet and the ente-pri
/ as q hazardous oae,.. and their trad
which zecd in the city, then to inland tow
in tic State, has rapidlY increased. and ne
i houses have sprung into existcncs, :ill to-day y
: have upon The list, Cooley, Farweli ! co;p. r
sLaw; Davis, Sawyer l. Co.; Harmon. Gale ! C
King. Cvia:t i Co.; American d Smith. Rose
field $ Rosenberg: tI9abelm. Frank 8 Meyer,
, & Co., and se:cral otbe1s az Of whom arc doIz
: probable businese. Nor y their IRA
, t trict-ordcrs having been filed d11i;
the past year for the Red River Of the North, 4
j sekirk Settlement for the newly discovered &C
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