The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-10
Crops, Weather, Rivers, Health, etc.


THE CoTToN CRoP IN TENNESSEE - The
Memphis Appeal of the 9th INST. has most unfa-
vorable accounts of the Cotton crop from all parts
of the surrounding country. The editors say, in
noticing these communications
SO far, the Spring has been as untoward for
planting purposes any within our recollection.
Nearly all of last week was decidedly wintry,
with two or three frosts, which, are informed
shaved off all the Cotton that had come up even
with the ground, and reduces many, if not most
of our farmers, to the necessity of replanting. The
last two days of the week it was very cold and
RAINY. The ran continued up to noon yesterday
In the evening there was some prospect of its clear
ing up again, though still cold, 1t is much to be
hoped that, alter this desperate spell of weather.
the tickle, minded, but accommodating Clerk of the
same, will order change for the beter''
BAD PRosPEors IN RAPIDEs PARIsH.--The Red
River Republican of the 81 inst. says: The plan
still without ran and the crops are suffer
ing very much for the want Of it. The present cold
weather, too, does them good, and should we
haze frost, which we may have yet, it will almost
wholly ruin them"
CRoPs IN MIssIssIPPI.-The editor of the Vicks-
burg Sentinel has just returned from a jaunt
through Warren, Yazoo, Holmes and Alfalfa coun.
ties. The crops appear propitious as could be
expected, considering how late and cold the spring
has been. Corn generally looks well; but cotton
in consequence of the cold and dry weather, does
not appear thriving. In Carroll, Holmes, and At
tala counties it rained quite heavily on Tuesday
| night and during the entire Wednesday of last
| week. There was also rain on Sunday and Sat
urday night in Warren and Yazoo. The weather
was so cold Immediately after these rains, that
many planters feared the cotton would die 1t had
been so dry for some weeks previous that the seed
| ground maj IaJ O.,
liant over.
May-d in Holly Springs, Miss, was ushered in
with biting frost. The Holly Springs Gazette, in
making this announcement does tell us the effect
| produced by this unreasonable weather, upon the
anticipations, and fond iancies and hopes of all
those in the May time of life, but contents himself
| with cooy noting down the fact, that Frost on
the first of May is not very favorable to the Cotton
plant"
The Mississippi river at Vicksburg (says the
Wing of Tuesday, was falling about fifteen inches
within the twenty four hours. This is fast falling
The Sentinel of same date says that the river had
gone down five or six feet.
Red River continues to lower. On the 81 inst.
it had fallen at Alexandria fifteen feet below the
highest mark of the season.
Bayou Lafourche is fast rscedng, and will soon
be within the limits which those who live near it
desire To see it observe.
CHOLERA IN TERREBoNE PARIsH.-With re-
greet, we observe the statement in the 'Thbodaux
Minerva of the 3d. that the cholera has spread over
number of plantations in the lower part of that
parish, and that the mortality has been very great
U to that time, few cases had occurred among the
whites Among the deaths of whites, the Minerva
notices that of Mr.. Peschal Rose, on the I'd inst.
Mr.. H. was one OF the most worthy citizens of the
PARISH OF Ierrebonne. His plantation, five miles
below lh'bodaux was the first place in the parish
where the cholera, on this visit, appeared