The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-08-05

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are of intcrest.--N o Crescent
CroEs-The Galveston News says
I'VE Were shown, a few days since, a sam
pie of cotton. IN the seed Of this years
growth 1t was grown upon the planta-
tiou of Mr.. Aaron Coffee, on Oyster Creek,
in Brazoria comfy, aud brought to Messrs.
boswell, Hill & Co, some time last week
as specimen Of MIR, Colec's growing cot
ton crop. The sample shown us was in
quality, equal to far cotton. From all
present appearances, we are of opinion that
the picking season " i'll commence unusual
ly early aud fayorably this year"
Col. Fitzpatrick, who resides in Calhoun
county, twelve miles from Lavacr, informs
the editor Of the Commercial that he will
have bale Of his present growing crop OF
cotton in marke:, in the course orth pre-
sent week
Sugar Cane.-The editor Of the Niclo-
ria Advocate has received, from Mr. Rag
land, of that county, specimen Of sugar
cane, which has matured six and half
joints. lie has also seen specimen from
the plantation of Mr.. Bennett, with six
joints fully matured The editor thinks
these may be regarded as good specimens OF
the growing cane crop in that section.
The Houston Telegraph, of the 25th Ju.
ly, says: "The accounts Of the effects OF
the drought are becoming daily more dis.
couraging. In nearly all of the counties
east of the Colorado, the drought has been
so severe that scarcely one-third of a crop
of corn will be made. The wheat crops in
the northern counties has also been short
ened to n great extent. The weather has
been so dry that sweet potatoes could not
be planted. We have every reason to fear
that there will not be a sufficient quantity
of breadstuas raised in the country for do
mestic consumption. There are few sec
tions of the country where rains have fall
ell in abundance. But in others no rains
have fallen for three months. We have
not known so extensive and disastrous a
drought to prevail in Texas during the last
fifteen years. 1t is not a little singular
that the western portion OF the State, which
has generally suffered the most from
droughts, has this year suffered less than
any other portion The crops. on the Gua-
daIoupc and San An.onia are said TO DC
good"
The Lavaca Commercial of the 10th
inst states that the web worm is doing
great damage to the growing cotton in the
region above that town. That paper says ::
"Whercver the rains have been most a.
bundant the worms have arpeaycd in great
numbers. Places where there has been
but little rain have so far escaped We UNI
derstand they have also made their appear
ance in the neighborhood of Goiiad The
cotton crop in this portion of the country
was fine, and promised an abundant yield
until the rayages of this destructive insect
commenced"
Tie Cok0yado Rg1.-Thc Matagorda
Tribune of the 9TH inst, informs us that
Captain Ward is busiIy engaged in remov-
ing the raft in the Colorado river; and that
he is making as rapid progress considering
the limited number of hands at his disposal,
as could reasonably be expected.
CoaStwiSc and Iaiand NavigatiOn ---
Col. Ii. l.. Kinney has entered into con-
tract with Mr.. BeIden, of Salula. to deep
ell the channel clear through, from Mata.
gorda to Corpus Christi Bay, distance oI
some one hundred and fifty miles. There
are several she'll refs and fats, making in
all, probably a distance Of ten or twelve
miles that will have to be dredged--thoueh
there is now channel sufficient for small
boats and sloops to run. The contract re-
quires permanent channel of four and a
half feet all the way. This important i'm
provement is undertaken by Col. Kenney
entirely at his own expense, and its com
pletion will give good inland steamboat
navigation more than half the whole dis
tance from Galveston to Corpus Christi
The balance OF the distance between here
aud Matagorda, only requires about iifteet
miles Of easy and cheap canal, to complete
the whole inland navigation from Calves
ton TO Corpus Christi.
Encounter NTH IndiaaS-Capt. Wal
la ce, ,,of the rangers, has had another en-
counter with a party Of Indians near tn
Nueces river. The Captain had upward
of thirty men, and the Indians but ten
but owing 10 the nature Of the ground, III