The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-11-08
Correspondence Of Ii: .Saranaah Corrier.
LEE CorNTY, Ga. Oct. 30, lS5:

LEE COUNTY, Ha.: ocl 80, 1000.
Mn. FplToR Il propose giving you and
your numerous readers, through the columns
of the Courier, some accounts of the crops,
&c. In passing along The Central and South
western Road some weeks ago, | was SIR
priscd to see how unusually backward and late
the Cotton crops were. This S owing no
doubt to the excessive Drought, which prevail
cd throughout the country, in The early part "i
ut the season. The planters were umablc to
get their co;t ~, Except i'll some teN Install
ceS) Ii lite in May; ani some even rs late
as Juns-.;o that up to tie l$t Of tiii~ month.
Cotton had all the appearance that the plant
Shouli have in the month Of AuguSt-i. c. it
was not ANY more maturcd up To tie lSt ii
October. liian it should have been in Au-
gust 10 give YOU an idea of the la:cnrsS
of the plant. and how it must have suffer
cd by the Drought will give YOU an OBJ.
servation, by Il very intelligent I.lantrr near
by. lie said on the 23d of June, he marked
Il certain stalk of cotton in his, which had one
or more blossoms, and that not another boom
or bnl ever appeared on that stalk, til the 9th
of August 1t was beautiful sight, in pas
sing along the colton-frll>, at late season
vi lUc tdI, u ScS H)N fresh anu DiObnllUu
the l'lmt looked. The great number IF the
blossoms, tie green and fresh appearance uf
the plant, and dotted here and there with open
bolls of snow white cotton, presenting quite a
contrast of green, yellow aud white. There is
no cxaggeration in saving. that the cotton
crops are some four weeks later than usual
There are many fields that will take from to
5 acres to make bale, OH account of bad
stand, and being latc-thcrc was no repant
ing.
The fate Of the cotton crop is now sealed by
the frost. On the morning of the 25th inst,
the whole face Of nature was covered with
something rather more than Il common frost,
and there is the end of the cotton crop.
find that the corn crops are also short
indeed [ have not seen good one anywhere.
and | do not think that the average yell will
be much if any over II bushels per acre. The
oat and other grain crops aIe also light.
The planters are somewhat uneasy about
the present state Of alEairs-short crops, war
like news, and the low prices of cotton, is
enough to excite alarm Will this state OF
thingS become better or worse? for one,
fear it cannot become better, while this spirit
of revolution exists in Europe
am pleased to learn that they are prosres.
sing rapidly with the South western Railroad.
They are now within a few miles of this neigh.
borhood, and the route Is generally level and
Well supplied with timber The extension of
that road will do much in developing the re-
sources Of this country, and will venture to
say than when it is completed, it will pay hct,
ter than any other road in the State, as it will
pass through the very heart Of a cotton region.
besides the vast amount of freight and travel
that must pass over it. Should all the roads
now in contemplation be built, the people of
Georgia may we'll be proud Of her as the ban-
ner State Of Internal improvements.
CIliCKASAW iIATCHEE.