The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-04
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The reports In, eur exchanges from
T ali parts of the country, south and
west of New York-where the grow
ing grain crops are sufficiently far ah-
|. vanced to enable fair estimates to be
formed-as to the harvest prospects
are highly encouraging.
| There is d uniformity of statement
in them such as we never remember
to have-seen. They agree almost
without an. exception that whjIe-the
continued w6tr1ess, and the conse-
quent lateness of the seas on, has
the, higher ATTITUDES, and has been
encouragement to the cotton planters
in some of the Cult States. the wheat
and corn crops in <Soath CaEolinas
Northern Georgia and Alabama,
Northern Mississippi and Arkansas,
have never gwen better promise.
The breadth of ground, too, that has
beea ssown is far grea1E1 thaaaathe
most sangaine had ven TIRED to hope.
From Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota,
rIndiapa, and Michigan, the accounts
are equally cheering, although the
estimate there cannot probably be-
made with the. samesaceuracy as in
the more genial climate of the South
ern States. where til, crops ares4in-
macy places already fast approaching
maturity.
The spectators In arlafcient har-
vegt even How begfn t6p Show Show feeble
ness iDF qba 'knees, which is highly
consoling to consumers Yesterday
there was further dow inward tenden-
icy infonf And among the upholdti
,ersSof extorfionate prices there was
signal lack of confidence, which shows
that they are not quite sure whether
even, che anticipated ..grust = .on which
they have depended SO much-lookL
ing to "a leaig continuance. of wet
weatherAwil stand them in good
stead. Western and State -four was
yesterday 10 to 20 cents, lower, and,
only moderate business was done.
Ten Iofs twelve days of fair, clear
weather would make a tumble in
prices which would astonish the most
steadfast believer In a continuance of
famine prices.
Aside, moreover, from the calcula-
tons formed upon what has been, un
daubtedly, backward spring, there
is the very strongest ground for be-
thdb III 4 din Id
either been grievously led astray as to
the. extent Of the wheat and corn
fields this year in the Seath, or that
they have conspired. together to keep
up. prices at all hazards. In our
Southern exchanges also We find sim
ildr statements which it isimpossible
to regard=as exaggerations: The farm
ers of the South have no reason to
represent their condition as being in
any degree better than it actually is.
The reports, too, come from such
variety ofsources, and are-so clearly
made up without any previous con-
sultations4or consort of sentiment
among their authors, that they cannot
we'll fail to carry with them con-
viction of their perfect tfustworthi-
ness -
Itehas to be admitted, of course.
that much of the prospect which is
now, bright and assuring may be cloud
ed oyer before the harvest comes to
be gathered. But what is important
to Keep before the eyes OF the con-
sumers is, that they should not be
driven into any rash contracts at
high prices, just at this moment.Ev--
erythfng, including the boarding up
practiced by the specplators-them-
SERVES ffav0rs decline 10 breadstuffs,
which.shaIEbe marked and sweeping.