The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-04-25
From the Charleston Mercury.
THE COLD WEATHER.

THE COLD WEATHER. -, s,
We continue to receive from our corrcspons
dents and from our exchanges accounts ofihe
destructive effects of the recent rItraprlinary
spell Of cold weather upon the crops. By the.
following extracts oflrtters from Columbia and
and Hamburg. it will he perceived that thcJ
had another hard frost al those places on
Thursday morning: ..4 81, u .g,,ss,tl !.
"CoLUABIA, April 18th, l649.
awe had last night or this morning plenty, Of
frost and ice, this, think, has done mare dam.
age than iha, Of Sunday night, and to-day i p
still very cold" = 90 tga,sa,ss J.aa!
"HANBuRc, April 10, ls49. ia.
1--WE had hard frost again this morning,
which done rs much, "if not more damage 10
vegetation in this viciaiiy Than any previous,
one" --,.I,,sas .q,ra
AucrsTa, April Ia. 1s49. :;
"'The accounts we are receiving. being from
all parts of this State, are very gioony fer the
Cotton crop" ,- ~ 81; ~.
The Marion e. C.) Star says: = q
"rhis storm has occurred al most inofpos.
tuned lime fnr some Of our planters, whose crops
were just making their appearascs, sahero
ground The Corn on some .panfarioHs: was
several inches high. hu, has been cut down.
in many instances il will have to be re.planied.
On the other si,le Of the Pee Dee we bad aa
opportunity of seeing some small portion of the
devastation committed by its touch. Sereral
ofhe planters had their entire crop Of cotton ups
which has all been killed and will have 10 isf
re.planred. Cotton seed, we anticipate, will
now he in demand, as our planters are in the
habit of using their surplus seed as manure ios
corn, and many Of those who have sustained
with which to re-plant." ..sss.,,. 80, p,
The Tuscaloosa ala.) Observer Of Thur.
day says: 30
"rhc weather is very remarkable. Yes.
tcrday there was n snow shower, which lasted
about twenty minutes. This morning ihers
was white Irosi." -'ti,y. ~
The Mobile Advertiser OF the 18th inst. says:
"There was an unpleasant change ofwealhs
er Yesterday. Alter two or three days opRors
,uneIy warm cold north wind set yes.erday
morning great coats were, brought oat, again,u
and fires were indispensable TO co.nfors.n1 s;,,.
The Athens (Gco.) Banner of,he 10Th Says {.
"Cotton. Of which we suppose a. great deal
must have been above ground, is no Gpuh as
QrdQ as u ut"T udIis tuo oussssD tSsSt
weather continues very dry, and this, together
with deficiency Of seed for repianting must
materially ahridge the ensuing crop. Wheat
is frozen in the joint, aad can not make more
than halra crop-fuit entirely killed" s.. 81
The Mlledgeville Recorder of Wednesday
says: -.'. -'gte.-.f ~
We learn tha, the frnst Of Sunday aight
has, in this negoborhood. totally ruined the
early cotton. TO such an extent has this de-
strc,ion gone we would state, that Information
has reached us from an adjoining county Of
whole plantations being re-plonghed for = re-
planting. The scarcity of seed will greatly
embarrass our farmers. and must he productive
of remarkably short crop in this State The
prcsent wear and If the frost extended through.
out the Southern states there cannot possibly be
a half CROP" ~! =. d
The La Grange (Ga.) Reporter of,he 10th
says: lgy go
"Our section was visited with sevcre frost
on the night of Sunday 18th inst. Cotton was
very much injured by il, that which was up
being entirely destroyed. Wheat was destroy.
ed in great measure corn, garden vegeia.
bles, &c, were stunned and wilhcred. This
visitation will certainly have very injnrioua.
effect upon the crop of ls4a; or H. is now late
in The season, and seed, especially for cotton.
are scarce" .a 4a, .iaaa, [.,s-;,,
The Jacksonville (Ala.l Republican Of Tues.
day says: s.t, ,,2s. =
"The extent Of damage cannot as yet 10
estimated with any degree Of certainly, yet We
fear it will lie immense. One gentleman on
whose judgement we rely, has already, inform.
ed us that he thinks the corn, cotton, and wheat
is all destroyed, and almost the entire most Of
the forest. This calamity. added To the im.
mense disasters 10 tho West from floods and
overAows, leaves us hut gloomy rrospec. Ola
scarce year ahead. :,r .js, .sat ''f-