The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-07-24


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Ed. 0sasss ~ Perhaps word or two from
wauderes h this beautiful, new and intsseaing NJ
|fien 10y b Of interest " sons Few. q lssss, Of
~ Dnaerous reaaak presume neither you
|uW thsy win expecl uoeh from any quarter during
he reign az The = dog dsyA"
Iexpsct you have, sss thh, received most, u not
~ of The pestlcuas Of lhs lats tlsnsu1oua sAls
| that swept over oil Of Mamsorda Bay and the ad-
iacent country. The damage ON the water has
been great, and on shore mot much lsss. Corn
crops. IN the most exposed places, mnst be short
one-half, and everywhere more or less damaged.
Fences, timber, houses, have Ill been damaged,
and in some instances, penons have been seriously
injured. Such tornado has not been seen in this
section within the recollection of "the Oldest In
habitant"
From what can learn, the corn crop will Be
almost universally short The cotton. in this Sc
ton. looks ne In the bottoms, but rather indifferent
out in the prairies and on the second bottom. !
greatly fear that the unusually bright prospect Of
the cotton crop almost everywhere will yet b
blasted. Now u the most critical time in it, exist
encs-is condition y very psscarioos. Awst spell
| Of about two OF three weeks-a dry one Of about
Eve o. siy weeks-and the hopes Of thousands Az
lost and svssps away. The rust may also doincat
culabe mischief. and the worms although they are
last mentioned, ara far from being the least) may
yet make their appearance and "trip, within Sev
days, every beautiful field Of all ils beauty, and
blast the prospects and even fortunes Of many. !
am no Alarmist, but am forced TO tell the truth,
The genuine army worm" Tor caterpillas) has
made it, appearance on The Guadalupe river, below
this place. have seen acres clearly stripped and
fields nearly swept by them, and they stlll bnsiy
going on with their work of devastation at rapid
rate. They are here for l have seen and handled
them-they look very natural and familiar, a.
have seen millions OF them before They made
| their appearance some three or four days past
They have been seen, a. yet, only in spots Should
the weather continue dry and warm. they may stop
their ravages but wet weather, or even one or MO
hard rains just now, may give them m impetus that
will be checked only when oil y gone.
This quite large town, and 10 SILL increasing.
l notice some three or Tour large and sobssanpsi
buildlnes going up. Ems 49, a. YET, mo head Of
| Navigation OF the Guauaaope. lhere ID is9e'
high, and apparently very strong draw. bridge
across the river AZ this point The health of The
,own il said to be very good for the season. Il is
quite warm Al this time. We have more or less
breeze every day.
| have seen the " wild man Of the Nayidsd,"
an account Of whose capture, etc., 1 presume you
have seen. The account of the affair was certainly
pretty highly coored, but still be is certainly quite
a cr,rlosi,v in his way He has a spatklior hack
sue Win ,be, a wild annra rancsf.t and hsnds
-. ali e., nan rs hi s,. ,nd.,,,.,d. !.
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'ls'so Cns'su' Sio"eh' anu oi"u.sn VI AaoA'.oii'
q M narh Ia ms
twelve fourteen years in the forests Of the
Navidad, stealing, setting traps and catching birds,
etc Gor something in s,stain lifs Il i. aid Il il
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snoruy' W sathiy INC charges iof caPsuEin8y JAIL
tees, etc.
Since writing the above, have seen gentleman
Just down from the upper Guadalupe, He sou the
worms are do NO sad work with ,he co,ron 4 the
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gym =. oo.Ao' -" "e'es le'o" ,'''o, '1o'
"ni hos "oho ono nunuieo Poui'"s " we acre,
may say safely, and think Others not fifty pounds
land rich and cotton clean.
There are in this great grazing country Thousands
and tens of thousands of fat cattle horses mules.
;.cks .,c von,s a., &, h..,a O.,..
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Crops.
Iobacco-The Louisville (Ky.) Courier Of the
10th. has telegraphic and other information giving
gloomy accouat, Of the nro.oect. Of n. cora and
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1890 o-.P' - 'A1 --''' -, n'u"1''es a -,
genefany throughout AentucRy. Inc LOUISVILLE
Journal publishes the following letter from high
" respectable source:
LYNcHBUas. Va. Juns 30.
Gsntfsmsn: We have RETAINED for tbs last
.alee weeA ~ Iom cem"sn"ng On me enecs me
excsssl.e uly wss.ae! On very extensive rgion
=. :no .ovao'o sOwns county snginn, NOT
Deaevln ING sloouy a:o'.no gwen u oy Pnnte!s
nom various oo'nSss ~ .n,s e!ae, ana sso IN
to advise our friends Of it until we were certain
that such state Of things really existed NOT wish.
ing to attempt to create an artificial excitement in
the tobacco market based upon sandy foundation.
The writer mas Just returned from the country,
| and, in all candor, can say he never witnessed at
| this season OF the year SO gloomy prospect for
tobacco; II seasonabie weather would set in now
It would avail the planters nothing, the plants be-
ing burnt up in the beds. Several planters with
whom the writer conversed, informed him that
they had abandoned all idea Of planting tobacco
and put their tobacco land in corn Therefore, with
all the lights before U.S. we are forced to the con-
clusion that the growing crop Of tobacco in this
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R,cHxo.n IL.
4 From all parts Of the State we have aocounts of
severe drought which has seriously injured the
esow'ng tobacco. AND the crop must Dc extremely
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