Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-31
FINANCIAL q COMMERCIAL,



ess paper The bank rates IRON ten 10 twelve per
and fra. hsen 20 sixteen per cent 90 cut eoor
sperations.
OR quotations Ter the leading articles In groceries
sAo slight sdvanes in eose and sugar but the others
rsnsla about the same. With Arm msFkst
hskwines are Advancing rapidly. the closing quo
sew YoFk o. 10. and In Cinensstie ~ ~
Tasrs 20 BE- why the price should M, 20
up - 20 o. - 40 whisky cannot Be distilled
fer ies than - % a. cents gsion. The large stecs
which ga manufactured IN an,cpation Of The revenue
Ia rapidly being diminished. and scarcely any has
been distilled since the present tan oft7 gallon vas
levied. Illicit dl.tlslsn h. also bee. pretty saeosu
ally stopped.
There has heea quite stir IN grain and Bsur durss
the week IN consequences q the injury The crop u
-hestin the fields caused b. the heavy and eon'sued
rains since harvest In consequences Of the reported In
lures tie price ot wheat daring the past three weeks
has up from any % sixty cents bushel, and -four
IN proportion concern IN Lafayette purchased ninety
thousand bushels IN Chicago and operstsr here some
hiry forty thousand bushels which large profits
wflI b. realized.
Up 70 this morning The prospect for dry weather was
dismal bat the weather to-day has been clear cool and
drying. and Il Il continues for fee days longer large
rusntiy Of wheat will be saved which otherwise will he
injured past redemption There Il question but .
large portion Of the wheat In the hsIds whether In shock
stack. has been seriously damaged, especially in tbs
State and m Illinois, Iowa. Missouri and In soms portions
o. Ohio The reports from Canada, the most Of Mehixss,
Minnesota and Wisconsin represent the crops being
coed Unless there l. large foreign demand, which 10
very encouraging although there have been com
plants Of drought In Europe there substantial basis
for high psioes There yet In the country very large
n In hal and ~ he
crops Of 1853 and Issl and while the yield this season
will fall considerably short sfthe standard Of the pre-
vous years. the breadth put In last fall and spring Is
much greater than before hence the returns. al
though deficient per acre will not be proportonaly de-
elent In the aggregate These facts should the
prevailing apprehensions Of famine prices.
Asths present condition Of the wheat harvest Is Of abb
ssrbng nstres', quote the following reports from
varcua points in the State up TO the 2sth inst that
the reader form his conclusions to the pros
poets
PoErxsCoUxrY Wheat Il somewhat injured by rains
but good average crop Corn y promising Oats very
hne. Rye looks good. II Is thought that the weather
remains clear. the harvest will be taken up thont much
loss.
TPPEcANOK Almost continued rain for thu past three
weeks At noon to-day the wind changed 70 northwest
with strong symptoms % clearing up. Almost the whole
wheat crop standing In shocks, and is badly damaged
Very little will be saved in good order Oats and corn
CAKRotL--Wheat, two-thirds OF the crop badly dam
aged by rain Oats promise a fair yield. Corn never
looked better. Rye fair crop.
LAPoRrG.-Have had only about twenty-fcur hours Of
sunshine since the 9th Of this month Wheat has suffer
Other crops unusually thrifty. Raining now.
KosoUsoo.-It has raned here almost constantly for
four weeks The wheat badly injured IL Is thought
ferior quality Oats are very good and corn promises
fair crop.
MARsHALL.--weathe has been very wet for the past
two weeks Wheat almost total failure In this county
owing 10 bugs smut and Other crops far as
heard promise an average.
HowAKD.--weaiher rainy. Crops poor and what there
Is very much injured by the rain.
ST. JosEFH.-weather very ehsngeabe. Great deal OF
rain. sCrops In good condition. SO far much damage
sustained from rain.
ELKH.Kr.--wheat has been partially injured by the
rnf.vorable weather. Greater part Corn and
cats never looked better Barley aud rye average
yield
GnsON-The rain has caused the loss Of considerable
Of the wheat crop Otherwise have received in
Jury from the rain.
FHASKInS.-Rain, rain raia- 1t is discoursgins
70 the farmers damaging TIA hay and cat crop seriously
and threatening to badly nsre the wheat, standing
IN the shock.
DAakss-The wheat crop In this part Of the State h
Is in imminent danger Il being uaed by the cOntinuou
rains The Oldest inhabitants they have know
White river rise high this Of the year
II is overlooking the bottoms and there Is prOspec
n
shock is pToutns and large proportion Of is already
spoiled
SUurAN-So much wet weather was never hereto
fore known in the month Of July. by the oldest nhAb
tant. We have heavy rains almost daily. Hay harves
Is retarded great deal Of grass already cut has beer
ruined and wheat and oats in the shock OF stack are
materially injured.
HESpncKs-Fears are pretty generally entertains,
that wheat and other harvest crops will snfer greatly
rot be entirely ruined, unless fair weather should soo
set In.
PERn.-Recent rains have greatly inped,d the farm
ers Of Perry county, and damaged their harvest.
JoHSscS.-The wheat crop, the present season. II
johnson county, very light any way. and the con
tinued weather has about finished it, excepting wha
little secured In barns. Nest all the wheat is still
standing in the shock. and IS sprouting and growing
Some few farmers have their wheat stacked but IL ap
pears little better OF than that which In the shock
the water seems to have penetrated through from top
bottom.
The wheat crop in the Southwestern counties Of Indi
ana before the late rains was Sc. Down a, not over
half yield, hthat. Prem these accounts opinion
be formed the condition Of the wheat crop generally
in Indiana.
In looking the reports Of the condition Of the crop
in forty in Illinois find that in twenty
three The crops badly damaged In eleven about
thrd less under average in six the prospects fair
and in one decidedly good
In Michigan il is reported that one-thlrd Of tn
crop viii be lost by The late rains
In Iowa the rain doss not appear TO have done mac
damage in this stat, and Illinois, especially in tn
Northern counties. In Southern Iowa, however, tn
rain has done great damage to the crops In Looking
the reports nom thirteen counties had that tn
wheat is materially damaged in seven, in three the IN
larry has been considerable While from three the report
are favorable.
In Missouri the crops along the river bottoms De
strOyed and wheat in the shock is growing
In Ohio the reports from Akron. ChiIlieo;he Nsior
Columbus. Toledo and SAndusky, show that the whe.
crop has been seriously damaged by the rains while h
reports from Canton and Cleveland are favorable a
though there IL not a full crep.
The vinceEnes Terre Haute. Sullivan and New AIban
papers complain ef the damage to the hay crops. The
SAY.
The hay harvest had Just commenced when the rain
accompanied by cold, diSsgreeaoie weather came upo
Us. those farmers who managed 20 their grass B
quick during the sunshine, have perhaps, a N.
yield than their meadows before produced 81
those who c0gd not get the necessary labor TO the
crops. or whose meadows . proper conditio
moving before the rains. suffered serious los
great deal Of grass that cut last week Is still Twin
on the vet ground damaged and in many cases ruined
Many meadows. also. Yet uncut. and the q,
teriorating IN quality For these reasons although a
yield Of viii still perhaps be an average one Il
quality viii lie inferior"
The cat crop generally, although il has suffered 20,
deal By the rain. especially that which ripe al
ready for the harvest, the yield viii be larger ths
usual
The nslds in the low lands river bottoms
suffer severely frsm the overflow Of water and hot 81
for few days viii Gre scald the growing crop bu
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