The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-05
have been The cAse had The weather been

have been The case had the weather beef
warm.
Disastrous reports reach us from Scot
land, where storms and rain fall hay,
wrought irreparable damage both in cere
ais and hay, which has fairly rotted Of
the ground under excessive moisture.
The harvest in the north would haYt
been three weeks or q month late under
any circumstances, but the recent storm
render 1t problematical when the CROP
will be secured. The weather has beer
unfayorable for potatoes, and disease has
been spreading In an alarming manner
The yield ol cereals taken together Il
decidedly bad throughout the country,
and the condition 10 which \ good
deal Of wheat has been gathered and
stacked renders Il improbable that the
offerings at the principal markets will be
anything but . limited scale for some
weeks to come. The quality Of the new
grain Is very inferior to last years and
q considerable admixture Of dry foreign
will be required to render Il ct for
present use. Barley cutting has just only
begun, but II the weather Is anything
like favorable for harvesting much bet.
Ter yield Of this cereal IL expected than
appeared before the rain. The wheat
trade at Mark Lane and the country mar.
ketS, although the depressing effect
Of the continued large importations
Of the foreign grain 10 London, has
70 great extent deprived the market Of
the support it derives from unfaVorable
weather. A fair amount Of business,
however, was done At shilling per quar-.
ter more. There has been nothing like
excitement in the trade, and the demand
has been Of conSumptiVe kind. A strik.
Ing proof Of this has been afforded, were
any needed, Of the inferior condition Of
some Of the crops, in the fact that
Australia and New Zealand wheats,
which closely resemble English
white, has been purchased, doubtless
for the purpose Of admixture with
some oil our own growth required for i'm.
mediate use. Its however improbable
that the recent frmuess will lead TO any
material rise in values, as supplies con.
tinue on liberal scale. Our granaries
are glutled with wheat and impatient Of
q Continental demand. Even II the
French crop turns out short, as is rep.
resented, II can scarcely be looked for 90
soon after hAryest. AgOod deal Of atten.
Lion has recently been drawn towards
Maize. Imports Of wheat for some time
have been on very moderate scale. Il
appears likely that rise in this article
may soon be looked for, as there has been
4 decidedly better demand Of late and
large sales have been made at an advance
OF six pence per quarter.
MOVEMENT OF FIx.PREsIDESr GRANT.
Yesterday morning ex President Grant
and party left Edinburgh on a visit TO
Melrose and neighborhood. They return
ed in the evening. The General was to
take up his quarters last evening in
Pullman car at Waverly Station and
leave this morning for the North, on a
visit to the Duke Of Sutherland at Dun.
robin Castle. General Grant has ar
ranged.to pay, next week, another visit
10 Dundee. He is to be presented with
the freedom Of the burghs Of EIgin and
Inverness. The Magistrates Of Inverness
are expected 10 confer an honor when he
Is returning from sutherlandshire. A
Of the Elgin Town Council has
been appointed to wait on him at Dun
robin Castle,