The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-08-03

the Democrats of The Old SiS.rs united
with ll,e Wings. an This qussiion, North
carolina would long siure have bren re-
reiving her equitable share of This public
domain. But INSTEAD nf that. IL is lrii an
nprn question, a. he nsr,l as arorraplion
fund. IA hny sn,rs with, wherever IL can
be made available. GneensIorouyh Poi.
tI"a wet July for heavy corn
crop," is an old adage in this latitude,
and we suppose the farmers generally
will admit its truthfnlness. These old
proverbs are pleasant things. especially
when they jump with the inclination
and the hope. How delightful just now
is his one. "a wet July for heavy
corn crop" Ii Is drlicious--all the
mnre so for our having passed through
a sort of fiery furnace. The earth was
PARTIAL iamished, and all things there.
ON, belonging to both the animal and
vegetable kingdoms. were afflicted aud
suffering from the intense heat and the
want ofsomeof those gentle rains from
Heaven which have been regarded the
fittest type Of Mercy. Vegetation burn.
ed and curled in the sun, cattle Ian.
gulslied and sickened from the heat as
they cropped the parched heritage; aud
man grew faint and weary under the
heat of the heightened and lengthening
days, and the warm nights which failed
To refresh him for his daily labors, The
little children cried in their distress,
aud their faces grew thin. and their lit
tie limbs feeble under the facilitating
influences Of the season. mercifuI
Providence sends down the rain to
moisten the thirsty earth, to cool the
heated air. and give new life to every
thing. Man aud beast rejoice. ycge.
tation shoots up, and the green grass
covers the fields anew. The little
children laugh in their joy, the birds
sing more chccriuIly, and the farmer
utters the grateful proserb "a wet Jul,
tor heavy corn crop"
Man is a great grumbler. We have
heard enough from him the present year
We have had, il is true. a long and 0p
pressive drought but it came after
what is believed Ia have been the heavi-
est wheat crop the country has reapcd
for some years. 1t bore heavily on the
oat ciup. anil that issccrlainiy a failure
pretty much over the entire Union. Ii
affected seriously the tobacco crop.
The unusually cold Spring greatly in
terruptcd the plants, aud that and 9th.
or causes so diminished their numbers,
that the planters were unable to plant
as much as they were prepared to cul.
tivate. Nevertheless, we are led To
hope that the rain came in time to do
much good even to tobacco; andas some
planters are now setting ont young
plants, if We do not have early frosts,
they may have time to mature and
make gond tobacco. Again, if the
drought has injured the tobacco crop
very seriously, it will affect the price
nf that staple, so that the tarmer will
probahl Y get as much money for his
diminished crop as he would have rot
ten fora larger one: and as the drought
has reached the entire tubacca region
Of this and other States alike, the eff
feet cannot be complained of as par
tal.
This is, by no means, desperate
OF affairs, and man, instead
Of grumbl.ng, may well thank Proyi-
dence IT is no worse. There is super~
abundance in the land, and We have
yet the bountIfui prophecies of the
,ruteful old prnserb.. i wet July for
heavy cora CROP"
Richmond Dispatch.