New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-16
Mississippi Items.

The Lauderdale Republican of the 9Th instant
has the following
RAILROAD MEETING. "A railroad meeting was
held in Livingston on the Goth ult., which re-
commended the construction and urged the i'm
portance of connecting links to the Alabama
and Mississippi, and Mobile and Ohio Railroads.
A resolution of the meeting declared that 'Sum-
ter county is amply able to build these roads
through her own borders, and, we feel satisfied,
her people will be ready to do their whole duty
whenever assured of determined cooperation
from other sections of the country directly in
terested in the matter"
The CoTToN CRoP--In this county, SO far as
we have been able to ascertain, there will not be
half crop of cotton made Almost every field
has been visited by the boil worm, and in many
instances, even where the weed is large and ap-
parently very thrifty, not more than two or
three hundred pounds to the acre will be gath
cred.
There are complaints in other directions, but
it is doubtful whether any other section has suf-
fered equal to this
The BOIL WORM. I'VE regret to state that
within the last ten days this enemy of the cot
ton crop has made its appearance in many sec
tons of the county, and is doing considerable
injury by its ravages Our exchanges likewise
| note its appearance in other sections. 1t is i'm
possible to calculate the extent of the injury at
present, but it has certainly created consdera-
BILE apprehension on the minds of some of our
planters brandon Republican, sth inst.
The Mississippian, of the 9th instant, has the
following:
THE CoTToN CROP From all parts of this
State and Alabama, there is general concur
| renee of accounts of the great calamity to the
cotton crop, few weeks ago so promising, from
boll-worms and the unpropitious rainy season
A letter shown us from a gentleman who has
just travelled over a large portion of Mississippi
and Alabama, expresses the confident opinion
that the crop cannot exceed 100000 bales.
The same paper says that Mr.. Mohser died in
jackson on the 9th inst. of yellow fever, having
contracted the disease in New Orleans.
SOUTH CARoLINA-.4nother Railroad The
Hamburg Republican contains notice that ap-
plication will be made to the next Legislature
for charter to build railroad from Hamburg
to point below Columbia, with view of form
ing connection with the Wilmington and Man
| chester Railroad. The Republican expresses
itself in favor of the project.
The CaterpHlar.-The following letter from
| a reliable source, says the Charleston Mercury,
gives bad news from the Sea Island cotton re-
| gion;
| BEAUFORT, s. c., September /, 1853
| GenHemen--l am sorry to inform you and
the cotton community that the genuine cater
pillar has appeared in the fields in our vicinity
On Lady's Island, at the plantation of Mrs.
Eustis, they have commenced their ravages
The full grown caterpillars are now before me
In glass phial, eating the leaf of the cotton
plant, and they have, on the plantation above
mentioned, already riddled a quarter of an acre.
They have also been seen on st. Helena Island,
and we hear OF them in other places H.B.
The Spartdnburg and Onion Railroad
The Engineer informs us that over three hun
dred hands are now employed on the grading
between this place and spartanburg-that some
Of the contractors have commenced work be-
tween this and Broad river, and that a good
force is employed in the river valley, considering
the season Of the year. tUnionville Journal.
The Ole Bull concert in New York, in aid Of
the New Orleans sufferers realiyad e11oe