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lutely not a single staple article in sufficient abundance for exportation, and cannot have until the ensuing wheat crop, the character of which no man can foretell. What are to be our resources then in the interim ? None that we know of, save the money that may flow in by the sale of lands to emigrants, speculators, and mining and manufacturing companies. This would be immense, if the wealth of Vir- '