The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-30

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conv Of A letter from a distinguished citizen Of
South Carolina has been handed US, dated Columbia
June a5th We think entitled to great consideration
from the high standing and moral worth OF the writer
q since INV last have to inform you that In
Of continued wet cloudy and cool weather. the
Of our cotton crop this State very gloomy
and in addition there an insect which gets the
leaves and about the leaves large space: IN
stand generally Is very bad Our best lands, which,
you know low, and bordering creeks and rivers
and Di fear now that even late s viii hardly bring
threequarters Of crop. and 1t depends warm and
dry weather, and late fall, to make even q toerabe
crop If the present wet and cold weather continue We
must fall far short. have made particular enquiry,
and being European shipper or great specuiator
have given you facts a. far as obtain them The
most Of the cotton is not eight inches
high, and very backward, and must be very late.
have seen letter from Red River, from large
planter to his friend in this place. that speaks very DIS
couragingly of crops there. enclose newspaper
generally to his brother in-law here think the ground
which has been replsnted prospect than the
old planting which has been thnnsd out by this insect
The following are the extracts alluded to-
"CorToN PRosPEcrs-We have been permitted to
make the following extract Of letter from the Hon
H. Gst Of Union District dated the 10th instant which
gives most deporsbe account Of his prospects for q
crop Of cotton the present season
80 l have entirely despaired Of a cotton crop The
lice gvasshoppers and other insects have destroyed
hundred acres Of the best cotton had There Ia not
enough left to make ten bags and the other fields
likely to share the same fate
"The above received in for last weeks
paper, but accidentally omitted"
Extract of letter, dated Camden, June 10, ls47-
The complaints Of the planters relative the prospect
of their crops of cotton general there be
but opinion the subject and that Is II must be
very short one. The most extraordinary circumstance
attending it's that In the most fertile grounds
1t continues to die and yet the stands very bad
There Is not form to be and doubt II there will
be blooms before the 4th Of July What will be the
sequence should there be an early frost 20
Extract from another letter dated
COLUMBUS, Geo, June 23d
The present growing crop is far from promising The
spring has been unusually backward and the weather
very changeabe On the stif lands the cotton very
late in coming up and is at least three weeks behind
ordinary spring the light land the plant little
forward but has Of late boon attacked with ce''
in great abundance which has caused to die for spaces
Of half and for to nifty yards along the rows
and materially ipurng the stand Take it altogether
1t will require combination Of very favorable circum
stances to make average crop in this section. And
from the best information get these complaints
general have not heard of single bloom yet, do
think blooming will be general under two weeks to
come, If 30 soon. W.W.G.