Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-08

the acre, instead Of two loads. Thus most
Of the laborers' work is lost; the grazier,
unless well to do, viii find it difficult to pay
his rent, and still more difficult to feed his
beasts, unless the windows Of heaven open
upon the parched meadows and give lux
uriant second crop. Spring corn continues
in jeopardy, more especially oats; and fhis
grain, after the late heavy advance, has
again gained 2s, which it has held against
the showers; barley and maize partiei-
pating moderately, while wheat has risen
2@3s q quarter. But let us hope that He
''who maketh the clouds his chariot will
not pass us by. As respects wheat, we are
of opinion there is nothing more to apprs.
bend in this country, though the light
lands must suffer, and there is more to be
feared in an untimely visit of the clouds at
the time of harvest than from anything that
now meets the eye. We cannot, however,
speak fol other countries, though the prime
mover has been France, whose former
growth must have been fallaciously report
ed, or else her prospects of a crop. We
cannot, indeed, help thinking she has been
sharpened up by the really deficient stocks
in parts of Germany, by the generally bad
accounts Of the rye, and, in some districts,
of the wheat crop; but Russia, in the main,
| speaks favorably; and again Hungary con-
firms her good accounts, while nothing has
| happened in America to change the previ-
Gus impressions of coming abundance
| The arrivals off the coast since June 10
were aI. Business was reported as fol-
lows: Wheat, cargo, viz: Ghirks, 4Ss Cd;
rye, cargo at SOS Cd; maize, cargoes,
for shipment, at 31s@32s Sd; barley, car
Il chfr,uaarf OF OTEAO9c. t1ooro 4
cargo at 39s; oats, L cargo at 23s. The
sales of English wheat noted last week
were 60, 273 quarters, at 46s Id, against
SO, $40 quarters, at ASS, in 1869. The Lon
don averages were Sis on 2,925 quarters.
The imports into the Kingdom for the
week ending June IL were AS, 382 cwts
wheat and 81, 1913 cwts -four.
The New York HerGIGs Frankfort CORE
spondent, under date of June IS, says:
What was hitherto probability is now Q
fact. The harvest will be failure in Italy,
very bad one in France, and very small
here on the Rhine and in the whole o.
Western Germany, while Austria and Hun
gary will have an early and excellent har
vest. Rape has been totally lost in Ger
many, and the crop has been torn up tC
make room for other seeds. This NIGH
| Innuence the petroleum MARKET 10 large
extent. Heaven has acted most capricious
ly this year. Whilewe had for two month";
not two consecutive hours of rain, oul
river was swollen heavily yesterday, heav,
showers having come down in the uppel
course of the river in Franconia, and visit
: ors of the Bohemian and Austrian spring
report that they are very much annoyed b,
incessant rain.
Provisions being already high, furthe
| rise in the price Of bread viii now be
! serious affair, the working people beinI
, just now in frenzy and all trades strikin
: for higher wages. Our corn markets ar
! very animated, and the rise is likely to con
! tinue, as the harvest will, at all events,
delayed for month. Hay is very dea
and fodder is getting scarce. There is |
5 brisk demand for France, which viii clea
the stores which yet exist in this part {
the country. kilograms from the cor
) markets are now expected with more am
iety than from anywhere else. ,.