Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-01-03
TIE COTTON CROP.

TIE COTTON CROP.
We have been enabled to CLEAN from our
exchanges the following Information relative to
the situation of the Cotton Crop, from which,
our Planters will he able to judge, whether ii Is
better to dispose of their crop at present pr
ees, or hold OIL for better.
The Mobile Journal Of Commerce, ofthe 2Oth
ult., says: with regard TO the estimate OF
this seasons crop, we. have until very recently
inclined 10 the belief that ii would reach l,9OO,-
600 bales and no more From representations
made 10 US within the last three or four week
we believe it may probably fall somewhat low
er, though the havy rains that have fallen with
n The las, six weeks have moi, we are inclined
TO think, destroyed altogether the cotton in the
fields, and with what may b, yet saved ana
brought in:c market. though inferior and ordi-
nary in quality, there is SOME plauslnll'ty !"
conn,;uu upon crop Of from 100000 TO j.
s5nOOO bales, Estimates, however are made
:, New Orleun as low 600, QUO bales.
y The Mobile Ms,caniiis Adreriscr, oithe 2lst
nit. saws Accounts come in very untavora'
bly from every section Of the cotton growing
copo,ry of late. The rain has probably COM
nIc,ed the destruction of neally all the cotton
in the fields and such as has not been housed.
There has been no weather favorable to gath
e,;nu for the las, six weeks, and the cottons
unnicked previous to the commencement of
the rains, we learn from all quarters, is either
beaten out of the bols and into the earth, or
has commenced sprouling in the bo'ls tina. still
adhere to the stalk.
Yhe Register Of the 22d ult. says:-Acconnts
from the country represent the rains as exces'
sive. all the water courses being filled to over
flowing, and the low lands inundated, I" the
serious damage ofthe residue of the cotton
crop remaining in the fields. Here. we have
had nearly week Of constant rain day and
night; Yesterday it cleared off with the pros
pect Of fair weather.
The New Orleans Bulletin Of the same date
says:-The weather continues exceedingly in
clement; 50 mich so, that in all the lower cot
ton region, picking must be entirely suspended,
and the remaining bols greatly injured if not
DESTROYED, Business in the city is also much
retarded by the same cause.
The Tuscumbia North Alabawian says:-
"If other portions of the growing country have
suffered from the long continued rains propo.-
tionabIy with this, the expectation Of an abu"-
dunt cropis no, likely to be realized" From
the complexion of the accounts we have latey
received from the interior. we should not be
surprised if the receipts Of this year at the port
of Mobile should fall short Of 100000 bales.
Had Dogs The Pendleton Messenger of
the 10Th ult says: Z" For two weeks past, the
country has been in state Of alarm respecting
mad dogs. About that time dog passed
through our village, which from certain cir
cumstances, was supposed 10 be mad !e
started nine miles below this, and in his pro-
gress, till he was killed five miles ahova, was
known to have bitten several dogs. and hogs.
A man was also bitten by him ~ the little fin.
ger, which was taken off about 81 hours after.
When we last heard from him, he had exhibited
nosymp,oms of lily Hyi'o.aoLa, a d ::'"~e isrv-
cry probability that lie will not :'e effected by
it. A Cow and hog in The neigh!orliood be-
came diseased, and the symptoms we're those
generally exhibited by rapid animals. Yet it
was not known that either of these lad been
bitten. or that the dog alluded TO, had been on
either of the places they were. We have heard
OF one or two persons being bitten sit the dis
trict below US. hu, in not know how much
confidence is to be reposed in the rumor.'