The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-30
WE seem all at once to have entered

WE seem all Al OuSo ~
upon the Summer. The weather for
the ls st two days has been uncomtort-
ably Iaok. the thermometer ranging upl
betw. cen IS and 80 degrees. Nearly ev-
eryb, 1dy complains of the Frustrating
effects OFF this sudden heat. Whatever
may be its effect ON the general health,
no t,ne can doubt its viyifying intlu-
ence upon vegetation. The coming
for war 1" process is marvellous TO be-
hold. Corn that three days ago was
scarcely visible. now measures two,
three or four inches above ground, &C
cordir,g to location. The fruit never
gave more luxuriant promise. All
nature seems to be teeming with
her richest gifls. Our only apprehen-
sIona are from the June frosts, and
even these. owing to the extraordinary
back wardness OF the .eason, are redu-
ced to the minimum standard. The
wealth that Is maturing is inealcula-
BILE, and the markets for breadstuffs are
beginning to give way under the
strengthening conviction that the year
viii be- one of great plenty-one Of
Egypt's fat kind-one of good old-fash-
Toned harvests-ons of "waying fields o.
yellow corn, and Of "orchards bend
ing low beneath their burdens" Such
year we need, all CLASSES need 1t, and
especially the poor. Good wholesome
food Is now almost beyond the reach
Of those who labor in the commoner
and less renumerative employments Of
life. What is a dollar aud half per
day TO man with family, when
hour is Sl5 per barrel for even an
inferior article. and beet ia Is and 20
cents per pound. Many such men can
not perhaps, owing TO the rains, labor
more than four days out OF the week,
yet the hungry mouths dependent on
their wages must all the while be filled.
Do not such families need the cheering
prospects that now animate the country
for season Of cheaper living? All
Glasses-al1 business-the government
itSelE-need such year. High taxes
can rest only on the prosperity OF the
people. Nothing but the certainty Of
coming plenty can relieve the present
stagnatlon and Its demoralizius ennui
The wheels OF trade wait upon report.
OF the crops. T1mid capital scan.
the news from day to day. Speculation
halts to-day and starts tomorrow Will
alternate fear and hope. There is lack
DISABILITY because there has been .
lack of confidence in the production Of
the country. Men have busted them,
selves with the likelihoods of a panic
revulsion, and tenth year crash
We have been reminded OF the omiu.
Gus figure seyen,-of the years 1887, Al
and 81. a general idea has been incul
Gated that reverse must needl
come this year, and that all W.
could hope to do WAS to modi
fy, not prevent, the disaster. The
moral OF the old fable has been almost
forgotten. There was certain day ono,
appointed when all the world was L
shout aud the noise was to loosen this
foundations OF the universe. Bu
naturally enough the day was the
qnietest ever known. Every man pre-.
pared himself, and hushed his voice in
order TO heal, the voice of his fellow
So it has been in the world of finance
aud business these many months past.
We have heard little else but anticipa.
lions OF stringeney in the money
market, Of depression In trade, aud Of
short crops. Therefore every body who
could, and there were few exceptions,
prepared for the worst It Is possible
that we have seen the worst. There is
at least an equal chance that the latter
half OF 1867 will witness a marked
change for the better. The world is no
foreordaiued and doomed to financial
destruction every ten years. 1t will be
something gained to have dispelled thai
superstition. and when the present
clouds shall pass round our horizon and
the clear sun shines out from a blue
sky once more, there will be rebound
perhaps, such as the country has mo-
known since the closing OF the war.
MEasRs. SErBoLD, Brentlfnger anC
Sights, returned yesterday nom a trir
to Richmond, whittier they had beer