Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-28
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IL IL natural that even those who have
no moral or patriotic interest in the vSr..
should peer into the misty. future with In
tense anxiety as 70 its,duration and fts
probable ending. In financial point of
view alone, Immense Interests depend on
the "Sds In which this struggle shall close:
and every man WEo has property invested,
OF - engaged In business, Is eager to
catch Some clear view, (if pOssibIe;) TOR an
instant, of the tremendous events which
this summer is 70 witness. It is right and
wise for rs to put together all the known
conditions of the case, aud SO frame the
most satisfactory theory of the future
which 10 possible under the circnmstanees.
Such Judgements, imperfect asst they nav
be, must guide ali men In The present.
Management of their affairs. -a-5e,.i
Through the dark clouds of the Ittn,s
He can see that there are but two results.
morally possible in this great var; one ia
sudden, and the other gradually sue
cesstnl ending. We cannot admit HE sup.
position even as possible, that the rebels
should Conquer. 1t is very fairly within
the limits OF possibIes if not probable
events, that, for instance, Gen. Thomas
should, IN the month of NAY, occunv Al.
ttauta aud the State OF Georgia. and ibns
as is confessed by various rebel autboEi,
ties cut OF the sources OF food for THAR
virginia army. aud compel its evacuation
OF that State, If not its breaking mn. or
again, that Gen. Grant, with the laaorl
nous force he ia collecting, should. in the
course OF the Summer, capture Richmond
aud defeat Gen Lee, OF At iease comoel NE
retreat to North Carolina aud South Caro-.
lima. Should either of these events han.
pen, even though the war should 49,,
itself out IN guerrilla and sporadic ms : !.
ner TOR year after, our people, with their
usual hopeful habit of discouutin9ftbs
future, would generally act aud feel as II
the struggle Ess over. What would be
Ine nrst eHeets} q such a5s1dden ending or
supposed ending of the WARP
Tue Government would be at ones f,,s
nnsd IN % tmmeHse REDUCTION Of its lana
aud navel foreest$ Al tliefffilR srfarSS
could be tetminatea sln6E ~ g rs blseE
troops alone in. 1he service of the Cover.
ment But suppose that sutieient ~ Doy
G1e psalEy MSS Fetatned for t6s grSrpose II
thorough settlement, there Wo1if ~ -
least reduction of ioUr JGttks in the IeT.
penditnres OF the Government. Thai e
NPImey safely say that 4 oustotntn vSn
has been doing business with "a An ~
5000 OOO, 900 per aulum, would sud6SnI.
Hits h e 500, oo0. 900 of custom from itbs
county. We can imagine the startiinS
] SSSS EAste are warehouses full Of afu5S
clothing and soldiers, suits. stores az 49,,
ness, and saddles, and se-tra :.
Itaetqries OF wagons Saad SiibuisuesS - sg I;
eannoul piles OF guns and pistols SSI,5 - -
6inss and swords, all saddenlv 49,.
upon the market, with their great pnreb. : :
ser gone. A .feesof steamers md Tsss s.tii
no longer wanted, are up Tor ssIs Al;
Who have been raising horses ar, b6,s' - -
cattle, or breadstnfs for TIE an Z y. ~
their properly on their hands. s5d tbs
great customer dtsappeGred, (t6oGg6 sSoS
% reaPPear in ether forms The rSiIress5
companies have their tmmsnse b1sinsss a.
once cat down 81 hail. AIIths "a l6oFsss
Saa 6rAnehesaof production which M 8.
oeen sttmalated ltteetly AID Id IN ~
/ Wy 9oIernmsnt outlay, are in {. aome6f
~ ~ gess, lstt dry anl tF1ttis Such stss..
neuoa o. susinesss Dc would ensne In tbis.
Sla during the S6sst few months
- = S2easasa Psess. fIfEastl ipEo6sbiy-
/ 1fssesl s1sessssq Hslf sniIiou q -
TOO, would be tht6Eini iEIrse3 = = - ~
labor nArket Z All euaEes SIsoslSIs :. tl ~
al, aud ,gr6atl Cd liins : = : gsaj
be endured By ootesS = q Is
seyets eomPe tSolrlS - - e ~ sae
would Be aided By ths SddilioeS = .hslss g
asss OF food which would a o.
nom spehs 9 condition OF aEail M s.