The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-06-24
Num brF9 as.
The l,rons

/ IL MisSiSstrrt-I Nicksburg Wing
Of the 9th SAYS; ...
"The weather is very warm aud
dly. and the crops in rhis country are
suffering very much Tor want OF rain,
not having hhd any, with the exception
ol slight showers, for months past.
/ Cotton is all clean and in fine order for
growing when IL receives good show
cr-corn is very much injured by the
drought, and much of It past recovery.
We leau that lIinds county has had
some showers during the past week,
which will benefit the crops very much
! One great difficulty experienced in this
county is the want Of rain sufficient
TO set out sweet potatoes. lt we should
lose this crop, II will be seriously felt"
The editor of the Concordin lntelli>
gcncer has been rustcatirg under a
hot sun, visiting and eulogising Har-
risonburg, the metropolis Of the State
Of Catahoula-hobnobbng with the
friends Graves. of the Southern Advo-
cate, the sole standing expectant cons
stituent of ]. c. Frecmont for the
! prcsidency-an surveying with dc.
light indrscribablo the rich lands wa
tered by the Tcnsas and 0uachita Riv.
ers, noting, as he passed them, the
stands OF cotton and corn which the
fields generally gave promise TO yield.
The cotton on the Tensas River he de-
scribes as not at all likely to crafty
the hopes of the planters. And then,
he proceeds:
| "But oh, the corn the corn We
saw broad fields fired, as il the bright
flame had passed through them. Score
he'd, serc and yellow, like an October
field, the crisp husky leaves, ratified in
the wind, aud the pale, siekly tasseIs,
fpremalurcIy forced out by heat and
drought, looked like despairing plumes
on the harvest bier Farewell a long
farewell, to the crop this year y
IN LoUIsANi,-The editor of the Mad.
son Journal, usually and uncompIain-
ing resigned TO his fate) fnnctiona,y,
cannot contain himself on the bot SUBJ
iect of weather. He says on the 9th
inst;
| "lf the heavens were of brass they
could not be more unyielding. Ii is
Inow nearly three months since this
parish has been visited by rain sulii>
cieht to wet the ground. Corn is ru>
ined, and cotton is suffering for want
4 of it,
sour planters are complaining Of
an insect that is injuiibg the cotton,
resembling the common flea, though
somewhat larger. 1t operates in the
same way rs the lice, but is more de-
structye.
1--WE observe that an insect Of near.
ly the same character is working on
the cotton in Catahoula."
MARYIAND.--Thc Eastern Shore Md
papers speak of the crops as promis-
ing large yield. The Centerville
Times says:
"The Wheat continues TO improve
AS well as the oats and grass. Should
no disaster belall the wheat, rather
more than an average crop will be
made. The farmers arc busily culti-
waiting their corn, which is very small
| for the season"
In Kent county. the corn crop is
growing finely. The News says:
ave have received several stalks of
Mediterranean wheat from DR.. Fisher
of the Lower District. One of the .
stalks measured six feet six inches in
length" 5r".-...#E .. |.r
4 FEsrN TIE FIgLp.-Wc were shown
on Tuesday, fne cotton blossom, TAX
on from the plantation of DR.. b. II.
Jones. This, compared with the growth
Of the plant in forward seasons, could
. not be considered early; but for this
season it is very early, and, indeed, the
earliest that we have heard Of This
blossom was Of the species denomina>
ted the California cotton" Let the
doctor take the medal. Montgomery
(Ala.l Atlas, 9TH inst. ta5H
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/ MAD Docs.-Wo learn that several mad
dogs have been killed in this vicinity during
the past week. We know Of three which
have been killed in the immediate neiglr-
borhood wIthn TWO or three days past.
Prudence requires parents 10 have an eye
10 their childtp and not allow them to
fwandcr abroad We know Of nothins pora.
dangerous tl,an rabil dog Il is rare il..
deed for an individual 10 recover, from tbs.
bite Of mad dog Onr towns alive with
worthless noisy dogs-EmMtlsa.
4 SrSriNExrAL Music.-Two love sict,
swalns down east, after one of those
! ! DapseS which sotnetimcs afTIict Cunid'S