Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-09-18

This Is lar below our average receipts for the last
six years. Although the cotton OF a much more eN-
scope Ul cyualry comes to this market 1t
matter Of much doubt, from present appearances
whether the growing crop will equal even those Of
last season. II Is ycl too early u estimate, with any
certainty, the extent the deficiency OF production.
This however, is certain, if dry weather docs not
interviews 10 check the rayagcs Of the bJwor
the destruction will b. incalculablt. The crop Is
later by several weeks than usual.
In Observation-Disclosures Aug. %, lSi7.-To
the Editors OF the New Orleans Commercial Times.
Gcntlcmcn-l wrote hurr> dly on my way home,
through NatclIcz, from two days trip, examining
into thc progress Of the cotton worm. IHeya upon
u.s. as h.,yc along ant.cp atcd, and the crop Is gone
that Is, they will sweep over II IN some twelve or
fifteen days eGIi! to frost Of that Gdie. This You
may rest assured OIL Will give You particulars IN
day 50. ours, truly, IHos AFfLEoK.
UroodUiEe, Aug. - IL have seen since yesterday
several sp Of caterpillar brought III from th1
country, numbers sufficient to fully confirm the
staten, nj made TO you yestcrday-that the worm IS
generally making It's appearance on the plantations IN
GhIs vicinity. 1n~rc Is no longer doubt but that
the fields wll be strpt between the 10th aud Doth Of
September fIrthcst. Many planters think the dam
age the crop will only be slight, the cotton is so
lar adv anccd and the progress OF the worm likely TO
b. retarded by the cold nights in September.
Neon, Hug. 30, loi1.-We have cop.ous rains
nearly every day, and the prospects OF the cotton
crop (Which four or five weeks since were rather
pronlslug) now gloomy indeed. | can assure
you that under no circumstances can the crop OF TINS
county exceed one half Of average yield. The
army and bo-wOrm have both recently made their
appearance in large numbers, and are now carry ing
frIghtiul destruction before them presume you
aware OF the fact that this county (NoNubce) Is
one of the richest and largest cotton growing cOun
ties in the vicinity OF the Tombgbcc river. Last
year our crop oil more than hall in con
sequence OF the wet weather and its natural results
the ravagcs of the worm. Precisely the causes
are work with this difference, that they pre-
vail TO a alarming extent this year than last
The IdeOO City Wing of Aug u, says-N re-
81, IL, hs,Il oil .fa.
commenced its ravagcs to great extent, in portions
of this and of the adjoining counties. 80 much
has il injured the that many planters in whose
fields it has made its appearance, have already dcs-
paired Of gathering as large crop as they did last
year.
The Vicksbwg Sentinel Of Aug. &c, says-The
genuine cotton eating worm has come at last and
there can now be no mistake. They have appeared
simultaneously several plantations in this vicinity
though as yet in numbers too small TO do any great
damage. The prevailing impression is that the Sc
cond generation, which is the destroying one, appears
ten days after the first. If so, the first second
week OF ScptC ulbcr is as long can now calcu-
late the escape Of the cotton crop.
Rodney, Aug. 81, lSI7.-My crop viii, 10 Ger
tanty, be a short one. The rains and boil worms
have nearly destroyed the crops in my ncighborhood,
and the army worms have made their appearance.
In GEoRGIA.-rhe Columbus Enquirer of Aug.
81, says-Our accounts all of the same purport,
indicating that the bo-w is playing havoc with
the "staplc." We learn from II tegent planters III
from an unexamplcd short crop but sunshine and mo-
dcrate showers from this time out The weed is so
rank and the weather continues so wet that the worm
increases feariuy and is everywhere doing immense
injury. Complaints of rot, arising from the same
cause, are becoming louder and more general every
day The prospect, take it altogether, if not abso-
lutcly gloomy, is becoming hourly less encouraging
| The MiLedgeuile Recorder OF 3lst Aug. says
We hear from very many sections of the country Of
! the ravage by the worm the cotton fields We
have direct information from the counties OF Iroup
Epson, Muscogee, Marion, Crawford, Talbot, Blbt
and others, in all of which the worm is represented
as being very destructive Some planters say they
will not make the quantity Of seed they planted il
places the ground seems covered with squares, anC
whole fields present the appearance of having beer
killed by the frost. 1t is the bo-worm, which pune
lures the young boil and destroys the product. W.
notice similar accounts of the extensive ravage Of thu
worm in Alabama and South Carolina.
The Macon Journal and Messenger Of the LIST Sept
says:-Since our last have learned upon the verl
best authority, that the boil worm has made its ap
| pearance in the lowlands and is making sad havo
among the cotton. Planters who ten days sine
thought they had fine prospect for an average yield
now would be perfectly satisfied to be insured two
thirds even half the usual crop. In addition t