Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-10-17
DESTRUCTION OF ME TOBACco CROP


Extract OF letter from oas Of me most on.i,yt and
ludiri"as Pltnfers ia Prince Georges Caaniu 10 IN.
Editor o. The H'ne'ied" Turner, dated sob s,feem-
Der, 1928.
Last night we had, quite unexpectedly, n sever.
frost. think speak within bounds, when saw it
has DESTROYED at e,st Que half OF tl, presaui ,o,, f
tobacco IN Prince George which you know 70 he 70
large proportion OF the tobacco made in the State al
Maryland. IL we have suffered considerably here
:" the upper counties they have suii-,ed siil
more severely. have before seen cradle lass
by frost, hut nothing like the presen,--vrsie,,y the
ioiepar' OF the day was quite mild, and abou, Is
clock, m the Held, the sh.'le quite agreeable
nor u,d turn cool I'LL towards night, when the wind
was IRON the North West and after night i, blew "A
gale, and continued SO i.r some hours The fros,
this morning astonshrd me, and have no doubt did
others indeed, il stole on u thief in the night
MIR. ttogoserih and MIR John ii. Hodges of YOUR
city, were with me yesterday, would lodge
IN the neghborlood Of Upper Marlborough, aud I
nave no doubt have seen enough this n,o,ntnp and
on 'he'r return to-day 10 Baltimore, will confirm what
nave said 70" may rely on the devastation being
greater than you. can have any idea OF remaining
feel il.
All the accounts, Of which we have many from
different quarters, go shew the Ioss OF one half the
crop Tie peculiariiies Of the season had kept the
tobacco IN growing state, and prevented IL ZION,
,peh'ng, 10 later period than ai,--and the frost
being earlier, FOR few hours very vere the Gala
m'iy has been heavy and extensive. IL is u fact ,oo
iha' much greater number of houses filled with to-
nacco, have been burned, than in one sea-
give their tobacco the highest possible color to which
the planters have been prospied nv the great differ.
e"ce now made between dull and bright, and the
very high prices which the latter has been sold =
Firing, TO he effocual, is at all times dangerous
process, and IN pushisg il too far there has been
great number OF houses burned.-Edu. I'm. Fa,nle-
THE SEASON.
BosToN, 0ct. 8.--Dming the last week we have
experienced what is called Indian Summer I'm, 10,
nearly fortnight before the weatI,e, was upus,,lI,
-Enrc ,l,,.u
there was frost i'm places within 200 miles around
US, aHu on one or two nights ice made as thick as
Wisdom glass Fortunately most Of the products oil
The earth were in stages Of maturity which Mace
them beyond injury bu, the backward Indian Corn
IN many places, has suflereddamage. The products oil
the year, in all parts Of Neto England, exceu,ius
Mahe nave been unusually abundant in every patti-
GUAR In Name, we learn, the grass aud some oil
the small grains have suffered greatly from long Gun.
| tnued droughis hut the Indian corn and pota,oes
promised a medium product.
Snow 10 the depth of FIVE inches fell in ni,;,e
about ten days since. I C,,,;,sJ
PETERSBURG, Oct. 14.-The Races over the
| New Market Course, CONNIE need Yesterday
when the Sweepstakes for year olds, was
won py Mr. WINS bay FLY, beating Mr.
.ardb-at 8 heats
BELFIELD JOCKEY CLUB.
Fail Meeting, 9th Oct. 1898.
The Jockey Club Purse, mile heats
Mr.. Harrison's b. f. Janet, by Sir}
Archie, years old, So lbs.
MIR. Loug's Oh. C. Henry, by Sir )
.4rclIie, 4 years old, 100 lbs.
Mr. Wynn's brown FLY Vanity, 8 ass
years old, SO lbs.
M. S.
{ First heat, f5I55
TINE Second do: So
Third do.
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