The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-24

Yesterday morning, again, the thermometer
showed fall OF some fifteen degrees, compared
ing day, and we had clear, cold November day
We understand that ice was formed on Charles
ton Neck and on James's Island At this especial
period of the season, this unreasonable weather is
calculated TO cause much anxiety for the fate Of
the crops.
We continue, below, to give some further ac-
counts of the effects OF the cold weather of Sunday
and Monday last, in various sections of the coun-
try.
The Fayetteville Observer, of Tuesday last, refer
ring to the snow storm of Sunday, and of its effects
upon the growing crop, thinks little injury to the
cotton crop will be experienced in the old North
State, as very little, if any, of it was up.
Letters received by last evenings mail, from
Georgia, represent the destruction of the wheat
crop, by the late severe frost, in the mountain
gion of that State, as being most disastrous. In
more northern attitudes, this grain may be able to
Withstand such a visitation, but with the farmers
south of us, has attained such state of forward
ness as to be entirely ruined by such an unexpected
| visitation.
From the Columbia Telegraph April 1o.l
| We are panied to learn that very serious damage
has been done to the cotton crop in this vicinity by
the late storm. Mr.. DE Bruhl's plantation is a
scene of perfect destruction. Mr.. Benjamin Tay-
lor, whose plantation adjolns his, is N no better
plight, and the same may be said of all the crops
| in this neighborhood, above ground. Several of
their crops up and such will be saved the labor of
second planting, which, with the greater portion of
them, will be inevitable. From all dire ctions, the
same sad tdngs come in, and II bids fair to prove
n most disastrous year to planters.
All along line of railroad, and in the interior,
as far have heard, the storm has moved
down tie young plants. Colonel f. Pcay is a Sc
we're sufferer, and his neghbors in no better
plight.
Fruits, vegetables, and vegetation generally
have felt its effect here.
from the Hamburg Journal, April 1911
We were. visited on Sunday last by considera-
40 ell 81 l. 4
O'Clock, and continued for several hours II fell
for time very rapidly, covering the tops OF the
houses with a white coat. We learn that at and
above Branchvllle, the ground was covered with
remained SO for several hours. We understand,
also, that much damage has been done to the
wheat crop. The cotton, crop IN the surrounding
country has been completely killed, which will
cause general replantlng. The fruit has all been
destroyed, and the gardens in vicinity have
suffered severely
From the Augusta Chronicle, April 1871
Our worst apprchcnslOns to the destructive
effects of the late frost, probably realised. We
understand that the wheat generally in Cherokee,
Georgia, which IN that section Is so important
crop, is almost entirely destroyed. The middle
and lower sections of Georgia, and of Carolina,
have probably Jared no better. In day two
we will hear of the full extent of the disaster to
wheat and other crops in the South.
WADEsBoIorGIl, N. c., April IL.
Snow tell here, on Sunday, the 18th inst, to the
very cold, ice of considerable thickness being
made: Yesterday the woods looked as though
they had been subjecte! to fiery ordeal; the
leaves OF the trees seeming almost all killed. We
greatly tear that every green thing" is destroyed,
and that the lovers of fruit generally will be disap-
pointed
MONTGOMERY, (Ala.) April II.
The weather on Sunday last was very cold, and
Sunday night there was killing frost. We have
seen branches of oak trees on Which the leaves had
been killed by the frost. The corn and cotton
must have suffered severely. We are informed
that cotton in this vicinity has been entirely des-
troyed.
There was severe frost in all this regon on
Sunday night, the 18th inst. The early corn we
understand, is. generally killed on the plantations,
and the stands OF cotton destroyed Some planters
of this county have already commenced .ploughing
up their cotton, preparatory to replanting as the
stand Is kilc We fear there will be scarcity of
seed TO repant the crop, should the evil prove to be
general. The gardens have also suffered Potato
vines are killed, and other and early vegeta-
bes destroyed. The younger leaves on the trees
are likewise killed. and, indeed, everything in the
country shows the effects OF u ''npplng frost' A
frost at this season OF the year Is unprecedented.
In the year 1928, on the 9Th and 9th of April there
was heavy frost, that killed the leaves on the
trees, but the country was new then, and but few
plantations opened, comparatively, to suffer from
its efiects.-Momtgomery (ALa.) Journal, april IL.
The folowingi an extract of a letter from high
ly respectable gentleman, dated
eve have had, for the past day or two, the
most unaccountable freak of nature, with regard to
the weather, that | have ever seen. Yesterday
Sunday morning, for two or three hours, we had
at short intervals, quite a sprinkllng of snow, and
last night the biggest, blacklist, kllngest FROST
'prehaps.' Cotton fares very badly: all killed that
was out of the ground, and more seed 10 plant.
Snaps, cabbage plants, &c.. although covered,
were frozen stiff this morning III the garden"
From the Mobile Advertiser, April 16]
There was no mail yesterday beyond Montgome-
ny. The weather in the morning was cold and in
clement-a spice of March, with an inclination to
able but necessary. The Dallas Gazette says that
hail was still lying in the gullies near Col. Kings
residence. opposite Cahawba, on the 18th, or few
days previous
From the Charleston Mercury, April 2o.l
BY gentlemen who arrived yesterday from Mont
gonery, Alabama, we learn that the effects of the
late storm were everywhere visible on vegetation,
along the line of travel in that State. The cotton
was very generally killed, and extensive repanting
will be necessary. We copy further accounts from
our exchanges
We had a respectable snow storm here, on Sun
day last, the 18th day of April. The day was al
most freezing cold, and the snow fell fast and thick,
from about O'Clock IN the morning to little past
noon, when 1t stopped, and the clouds disappeared
entirely; but the weather remains cold up to the
time we go to press. Yesterday (Monday) morn
ing we had heavy frost, and il feared the wheat
crop in this county has been seriously injured, if
notken;lrcy mined.-Dalton (Ga.) Eagle.
The Columbus (Ga.) Tones says For several
days preceding Sunday night, the weather had been
uncomiortably cold ana yesterday morning there
was considering the dry state of the atmosphere,
a very heavy frost, from which vegetation has suf-
fered very severely. We understand that, in some
parts of the surrounding country, there was consi-
derabe snow on Sunday. The effect of this wea-
ther upon the cotton crop must be very disastrous
as all that is up must be killed, and Ii is very que,
tlonable whether seed can be obtained to rcpant.
The Annapolis (Md) Republican, of Saturday
says that the peaches, aprcots, cherries, figs plums
and walnuis, have all been destroyed by the recent
frost.
The Petersburg (Va) Inteligemcer states that the
forward wheat III that vicinity has been nearly, if
not quite, destroyed, by the recent cold weather.
From the Norfolk Herald, April oil
We learn from a friend who has Just passed
through the counties of Charlotte, Cumberland
Powhatan and Chesterfield, that the recent severe
frost has almost if not entirely, destroyed the fruit
crop, and seriously injured the wheat sufficiently
forward to be jointed Its effects on gardens have
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