The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-08 00:00:00

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TWIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
can be had Every Evening of
G. R. GLINIE, NEWS AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
This DAY.—Morning, 10h. 29m.—Afternoon, llh. 10m.
To-Moscow.-Morning, llh. 45m.—Afternoon, h. In.

The Weather—Sun Office, Sept.:B, 1863.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1863.

The announcement contained in our third edition
of last night, the brief but fearfully significant in-
timation by telegram that President JEFFERSON
DAVIS has decided upon calling out 500,000 black
troops, we cannot but take to be the most ominous
intelligence that has for a long while past come to
us from the American seat of war. When North
meets South, thus armed—then as NAT LEE'S famous
line in the old forgotten tragedy has said, of Greek
meeting Greek, will, in very deed come in terrible
earnest " the tug of war," President DAVIS'S de-
termination, it will be seen, has been arrived
at only after most mature and cautions
deliberation. Upon President LINCOLN—as may
be said in regard to the source of very nearly all
the horrors of this dreadful war, with scarcely one
exception—upon President LINCOLN devolves the
hideous responsibility of having added the miseries
of a servile war to thoze of a civil war. President
DAVIS, in coming to this last horrid resolution
above particularised, has only taken up the gauntlet
already some time back flung down scornfully and
in fierce disdain to the South, by the insensate
chief of the Federal Government at Washington.
Fire hundred thousand negroes—to be called out
at once by JEFF. DAVIS, to swell the ranks
of the armies of the Confederates ! But—it may be
added, like a taunt, in reference to this announce.
ment—President DAYIS may, quite as confi•
dently as OW EN GLENDoWEII, or as PROS-
r;:no, or as any one else so m:nded, call even
spirits from the vasty deep, but—will they come ?
'lnc probability as to such a summons as this to
the negro population of the south, being answered,
however, the telegram itself would seem plainly
enough to indicate. For what is the temptation to
be held out to these black recruits ? The announce-
ment itself indicates it before the close of that ene
sentence. For each negro who shall enlist at the
SUMOIOIIS of the Southern President—Freedom is
offered, and with Freedom fifty acres of land at the
end of the war. Imagine the temptation of that to
the Slave ! And then look at the probabilities o
"'resident DAVIS rapidly completing, to the num
ber of 600,000, his proposed scheme of negro en
listment.

The abundance and excellence of the harvest are
matters of general conversation and thankfulness.
At this period last year, there was little reason to
anticipate a good harvest, although the state of
trade, and the prevalent distress in the manu-
facturing districts made every one eager to hope
the best. The season went on, however, and the

cheerless prognostications were only too well
confirmed. The low estimate formed of the crops
was too high for the actual result, and the crop
of 1862 is ranked among the least profitable sea-
sons on record. IVs can bear, however, to recall
such cheerless times when the fullness and quality
of the crops are matters of universal comment. The
good fortune which has befallen us this year was
not at first expected. The absence of frosts filled
the farmers with apprehensions. The ground, it
was thought, would not be properly prepared for
seed se'svi •
ng, the insect tribe, so fatal to the growth
of the
ehecked, while Y:buigplant, would be left to increase un-
baneful weeds would spread rapidly
in the
fields, their growth favoured by the
unusual mildness of the season. A proof that the
mournful fore •
133dhigs of the downhearted arc no
more worthy of
eteuence than the visionary hopes
of the over-sanguine is
current
afforded
andse
different
artt
seha the
lonft:sataphcol
inspected
fi
farmersthatctuithgeeishd
the crops of this
year are as decidedly
favourable as the hatve,.. of last year was below the
ordinary average.
gentleman has recently
the public
informed that
has very lately
travelled over the greatestg he
part of England
and the south of. Scothuad,
in very dui
crops growing'
as well as on dissimilar soils. The ,
vations is extremely satisfactory, and
a, s
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a certain inequality exists, Owing to Fume
having been fortunate enough to have in their
_ crops
~
before the break-up of the weather, there seem
reason to fear that any locality will fall abort. The
county of Norfolk, which rejoicesgenerally in coral*_
ratively an early season,has been the most fortunate.
Its farmers set to wed: with poreptitude and
vigour, acting on the old time-honoured maxim,
Nehich bids us `rmake hay while the sen
and consequently iu the short p. riod of thrt e weeks
most of them brought their reaping and gather•
ing to a triumphant conclusion. In Berkshire, on
the contrary, due advantage has not been taken of
the early season, and too much dependence was un-
fortunately placed on the fair promise of the wea-
ther. Promises, however, are made to be broken,
and the smiles of an English sky are certainly no
exception to the rule. There is consequently a
good deal of barley still standing, and in some of
the northern counties half the crops remain uncut.
In Scotland there is still much to be done, but hap-
pily little damage has as yet been caused by the
heavy rains. It we can secure another month of
fine weather thee will be little room for even the
Proverbial complaints of farmers. The fickleness