Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-09-07
THE. WEATHER AND THE CROPS
~ 49,, ls a. Register, of Monday last,

says 49,, a. ,,,,io,,tat;on Of
PIX paee chodd was sold in this place on Satur-
MI w MAJ I n,S Barkley & Stewman, at lo4 cts.'
LAY e. being characterised as mddhhg 1ar.
INC ca LIS from one plantation is an unusuai siene
for the 9th of August Inc accounts " ,;t This
ne think is the largest number from the same pan an
tion The question presents itself, then, what uoeS
oil This purport2 Are to construe II as GoIitl
diction of the statements, which have oeen ~
from every quarter, of a short cropF are we W
Conclude that the drought was rather benent 10 6e
Iant inasmtch as it has fastened its maturity we
have no doubt but that this will be the nterpretatO
of the anomaly on the part OF the cotton puTcna1I
and speculators. But let our planters not DC 1 s
deceived and induced to sell at low prices thecrop
&c notwithstanding, short one. Inc carry ~
onment of some of the bolls was nothing Ilioo III
what we should have expected after the lung 81
dry weather Our wonder is, that we nave noI nor
in the market than there reallyis for had the orou'
continued n week longer, the plant wouio nave ma
tured and hardened beyond all nope OF recovery,
But the wet weather which came IN at the eleNehtn
hour gave such moisture TO the earIn ~ @s w h.
IN unnatural degree of succuency to the plant thus
checking and deferring for some time us carry ma
thrifty. The consequences are that there VIII Oe
such marked interruption as to give 1t the appear
ance of two crops; early one, the result OF inc y
weather and the other to begin when the plant may
rocover from its present unnatural state OF succu-
lency. H., oooo,,+,
We NAV therefore expect to hear other accounts
of early Cotton but the supply must necessarily DC
a small one; then we shall have an lnIernnsslU VI
which opening the eyes of all to the true state OF the
crop will be followed by rise. Our planters then
would be acting prudently to observe and reflect upon
these suggestions The same course OF reflection
will explain to us the sales OF early cotton IN the
Savannah market Georgia has also suffered severely
from the drought and in similar to the sui
ferers of this State The same, readers Will re-
member was the account of the crop OF Alabama,
which we gave on the authority of the Hon. Joseph
i fpOT10 hal
The crop will be short one in spite of the early
sales We have no doubt but that spectators Will
assert from these evidences that the crop VII! be a
large one, and thus accomplish depression IN us
price but let those who wish to obtain hgh prices
not be misled by these false conclusions from state
of affairs so easily explained"
The Galveston News of the 10Th of August says
that from two gentlemen who arrived IN that CITY on
the previous day, from the eastern portion OF the
State it was learned that the health OF the country
was generally good and crops were promising eve
rywhere
New CorroN We have received sample of new
Cotton from Messrs Dean & Cramer two bales OF
which have been shipped to them by Col John w al
lis of Washington county The Cotton is of SUI
perior quality, and ranks, we believe, as good MD
ding. This is the first we have seen, though we
have before noticed bale brought to Messrs. r. &
D. G. Mills from Lavaca, from the plantation OF Gen.
Wall This, we doubt not, was the first bale re-
ceved in the New Orleans market. Two other bales,
from the plantation of Mr. Perry, on Oyster Greek,
have also been received, making four bales OF new
cotton that will go to New Orleans by the Mexico.
This we believe, is earlier than usual Our planters
generally engaged in picking; and all &C
counts encourage the hope of very fine crop, at
least one-third larger than that of last year.
We have Just learned that the above four bales
have been sold this morning to j. G. Kuhn for twelve
cents per pound. The only accounts we have OF any
other sales of cotton are, that bale sold
in Montgomery, Ala, and another in Macon, Ga,
each at II cents. 1t seems therefore, that the Gal
rl-af ont head nF
GaLreStOn Nescs.
EARLY CoTToN We learn from Maj. Howard, of
Fort Bend county, who is in Galveston, that he
commenced picking Cotton the third of this month,
averaging over one hundred pounds to the hand.
Accounts from all parts represents the crops
sually promising Gal. Neaos.
The Claiborne (Ala.) Southerner, of the goth
August saws:
GA gentleman living in the neighborhood of this
place informed few days since that the cater
pillars have appeared in his cotton fields. No doubt
the insect will soon commence destructive march
over the fields. The weather, for weeks past, has
been favorable for their operation"
The WEATHER AND THE CROPS. A friend writing
to US from Apalachicola Fla, under date of the 22d
of August says that the growing crop of Cotton in
the section of country tributary to that port is rep
resented very promising and that if no unforeseen
accident happens to ii, at least average yield will
be obtained.
We learn, also, from the Newport F1a) Wakulla
Times that six bales of Cotton the first of the
season. were received on the 22d of August from the
WTtland Plantation and that there is good deal of
Cotton in the country ready for market but the plan
tiers are too busy picking to spare their teams for
hauling. s-@
Two bales of the new crop of Cotton from this city
were received at New York on 23d August, and were
sold by Messrs. Uhlhom & Fredrickson, Brokers, 149
Pearl-street, at ID cents per pound. The quality
was fair staple fine, silky and well prepared.
letter received by us from very attentive friend
dated Montgomery, Alabama, the 25th August, says
that ten bales of the crop had been received in
that CITY, and that the first sold at auction for
LIT cents, and some of the others privately at 10
cents.
The first bale of Sea Island Cotton was received
at Savannah on Friday, from the plantation of E.
Brannin, Esq, of Bulloch county, Georgia The
quality was fine, and the bale well put up. Seven
oales OF the new crop of Uplands have, also, been
received within day two at Savannah five from
the plantation OF Mr. Joseph M. Lawton of this State
On the 18th instant bale of Cotton, of the new
crop was received at New Orleans from Vicksburg,
the first from that point
"A gentleman writing the Editors of the Winsboro |
% w Register from Monroe county, Alabama.
speaking OF the prospects of the crops saws:
we nave not suffered for the want of rain here |
as they nave IN South Carolina and GEORGIA in fact
just around here, can't say that we have suffered
any. AT present. Q6th of August) we are bayino
entirely too much for Cotton" e
Regarding the eaterpilars, he saws:
have heard one or two say that the catern;IIars
have appeared in their crop-I have not found any
as yet In mine, although looked carefully this morn
ing; put observed the leaves cnt in MANY places
ana saw considerable signs of the boil worm. This
Is Che rlght weather to produce the caterpars and
am not at all surprised to hear of Them
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