The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-23
No. 81.

THE WHEAT CRop or is50.-AThere can
hardly be doubt, any longer, that the wheat
crop of the West, for the present year, viii be
the largest ever raised. Within the past ten
days we have received statements from all the
States Of this section Of the Union, and while
none of them speak of less than an average
yield in any locality, many say the crop in par
eticular districts will be of full average size,
while not few speak of considerable sections
wherein will be garnered much more than the
usual average. And not only is the crop large
one; it is also a very good one. The grain is
spoken Of universally as round, plump and
heavy. In one or two localities, little rust
has been spoken Of, but itappearcd late and was
confined to the straw, and nowhere have we
seen any mention made Of sick wheat. w ~
For such crop as has Been reaped this year,
the people Of the Western States ought with
one accord lift up their voices in thankfulness
to God. Through it viii not only their tables
be spread with abundance, and their bodies
clothed against the seventies of heat and cold,
but they will be enabled to prosecute with
energy the many schemes of improvement they
have now under way, without mourning embar-
RAISING obligations, and to pay off debts Of the
past year, which but for such bountiful harvest
might have given them great uneasiness, and
.hampered their movements for years.
Throughout nearly all of these States, rail
way and plank road enterprises have been pro-
jected and commenced, which can now be prose-
cuted with yigor, Other enterprises will also
be set on foot, which can receive a good start.
Debts incurred in the purchase. of the produce
tons and manufactures of other States and
other countries, can be paid off, and our people
generally be left in the possession Of plenty,
which they can sit under their own vine and fig
which an all-wise Providence permitted us to be
chastiscd last season, till there was hardly a
home that had not been visited and afflicted
hardly heart which was not heavy with sor-
row greater than it could bear, is this year Wis
ting us lightly, as ii only to remind us, in the
midst Of plenty and enjoyment, of the anguish
Of that bitter time.
z Let us, them rejoice and be exceeding glad"
forwe have cause; but let us also, for it is meet,
lift up our hearts, in thanksgiving and praise"
to the Giyer of all this good."-Cin Gazette.
y The Boston Traveller notices as fact that
cotton goods made by the Tuscaloosa Manu-
featuring Company Of Scottsyille, Alabama,
are now sold in Boston market. This is a sign
of the times not without interest 1t denotes
that cotton spinning has already been brought to
such perfection at the South that she can compete
WlCn inc VI Cilc E<iSI LOT lue sup
ply Of their own especial markets. At present
the remark doubtless applies to only the coarser
descriptions of merchandise. But all experi-
ence has proved that where success has attended
the manufacture of these, that Of the finer fab
RIGS was sure to follow in due season g
In noticing the establishment Of a new fac
tory in Georgia, some time since, the Augusta
Chronicle took the occasion to remark that the
day was not far distant when that State would
be able to spin every bag of cotton raised with
in its limits To do so, it said would require
only eight or ten times as many spindlsfas are
now in operation in the State.
The CROPS 80 Lo,lisiana.-We complained last
week of oppressive heat and heavy rains this
week we have much better title prefer The same
complaint. These heavy rains are the climax re-
qiste for the humiliation ofevery planter hopes
The crops effectuay destroyed, in the largest
portion of our parish, by the extensive overfows
we have so long been subject to, but now those
planters whose farms are above high water mark
assert that they never knew the crops to be so
backward as they are at the present time, or 30
inferior in appearance. An experienced planter
has just informed us that the first Cotton bloom
that he has seen this year appeared only ten days
ago, and that the present rain bids fair to retard
still further the growing crops. One fourth of an
ordinary yield u.s. he says, liberal calculation for
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