The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-09

changed and thsy eommsncsd an opsn warfhrs upon
away from their tabes-from their fields ct all events
Whist does this migration portend Any thing We
" we misbt he snre of a short crop nowr We should
not be surprised il he was nearly right"
The Greensboro Beacon, paper Pubshed 10 central
part Of the cotton growing region Of South Alabama a
ter giving quite detail of facts part Of them CLEANED
from personal observation says in last Saturdays
Der =" In short such complete and thorough destruction
10 the cotton has been known in this section The
planter who gets twothrds Of crop will consider him
elf peculiarly fortunate many cannot possibly
make one third OF what they did last year And after
the careful inquiry, feel thoroaRhly convinced
that the crop of this secon-and our information JUST
fered badly cannot with unusually late fall,
much if any, exceed half that OF last year Making
sonabe allowances, then for fair in few of the
counties above Wetumpka,- somewhat better yield in
East Mississippi and think the receipts at Mobile
for the ompg much above 800 900 bales
This estmle we are aware above that made by some
Of the best informed planters in this secton,-and
shall be more disappointed proves too low than II
same date says-"The accounts We receive every day
represent the cotton crop in much condition than
known before at this season Of the year"
We may add that similar accounts came from East Mis-
sissppi and from some portions Of North Alabama
The last Feicans Wig says that deplorabiy bad as Il
has hitherto the prospects Of the cotton plan
in that region it called upon by the rapid increase
of the destructive worm, to make possible
gloomy representations of their ravages In quarter
from which it obtain information does il learn other
than intelligence Of the most disastrous nature The
editor of the St. Landry Wing says he has recently ira
yelled through extensive cotton growing section of
that parish and that he is satisfied there will not be
oneourth of crop The Natchitoches Chronicle says
there no longer any uncertainty as to the fate Of the
Sous or uoon it The Little Rock Garems saws
that the cotton has become too uxurant from recent
rains The Matches Courier hears of the destruction of
Texas it Is equally bad The Galveston News does not
think the planters will realize one tenth of crop
The last Tnscun6ia North .8iabamian says -" Until
within weeks past the prospect for fully average
crop Of cotton in the Tennessee valley was good but
Many fields which three weeks since il was confidently
expected would produce 800 lbs to the will now
scarcely yield 900 During the first Of the present week
Of intelligent planters that the crop in the Tennessee
valley win fall short fully on.-thd of average. and
The Nashville Banner says =" All the accounts that
receive from the south filed with the most disas
rous intelligence of tho destruction of the Cotton crop
by the caerpillars. In the counties in aeghbor
hood, We have every prospect of making fully an ave-
rage crop But none as yet ha: come to market Pros
large crop. A few samples have been sent to market
hut none Of very good quality which have brought
from 2}s to AZ cents"
Extract Of letter from respectable planter, dated
LIVINGSTON, Sumter Co Sept 49, ls46.
wrote you some time since giving you the prospect
make more than ten bales but think shall not
make than four or five bales. and you know that
have got as rich land as any NANNY calculation that
have got ITO in cotton The estate crop is
much beer-perhaps will make twenty bales. rode
through ell our Sottop last evening and did mot see
name on, if it had been paper. The worms have now
commenced eating the green bolls and the cotton in
them. Such havoc havo never seon. They have died
in such quantities in the creek that through my
plantation that the arising from them beyond all
description. fear it will great deal of sickness
have taken my hands out of the fields for fear it will
make them all sick. Cspt. P offers to take 40 bales
generally the situation of the cotton crops far
have been able to learn in this county We have had
nothing but scene Of rain since the 4,h Of July last
until this week 1t has the appearance Of dry
Their.
THE accounts of the Cotton crop in Texas show that
il has sustained much injury from the worm as the
crop Of South Carolina.