Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-13
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til e w EAFllEle y D TIL CROPS. :
The Marksyle LAD ViIlager, of the lin ult.,
says:
The planters do not gruInble, and we therefore
,surmise thai ihe fine showers of rain Of Ibis week
have still improved the luxuriant crops of this fortu
nate spot Of Louisiana, denominated AvoyeIles. 8
The Concordia Intelligencer, of Saturday, 25h of
June, says:
The weather is quite warm as usual about the last
o! June, and somewhat showery. These showers are
not very extensive and are quite unequal in their dis
tri5ution. In our neighborhood, especially the
drought has eccasIoned much uneasIness among the
planters respecting their crops. We had, however,
a refreshing shower here yesterday morning.
The Bayou Sara Ledger of the same date saws:
We are suffering greatly in this section for
OF rain; With the simple exception of a little show
er, hardly sufficient 10 lay the dust, we have had
rain here tor about six weeks. The and
crops are suffering on account Of the drought.
The Baton Rouge Gazette of the same date, says:
During our recent hasty trip in the northern part
Of this parish, We noticed some crops, porto of
which were almost Perishing for the want of rain.
We are informed that all the crops in that section of
the county were suffering greatly from drought
The Franklin ( ST. Mary's parish Banner of
Thursday, 23d June, says:
The health of the parish is extremely good-lhe
stuoOe cane never more promising than at present,
though the plant cane is somewhat inferior-and the
corn crop generally is not worth d-n. The wealth
er Is hot dry dusty, and the nights beautiful though
they be, under the regency of full moon and clou-
less skies, are close and oppressive.
The Thlbodaux Minerva Of Saturday, 25th June,
says:
collecting information in regard the growing crops,
and from II the reliable information gather.
we hesitate not in stating that the prospects far
for talr average crops of cane and quite fiat
tering. The cane crop, which up to within week
or "" past was somewhat backward, has greatly
improved of late in consequence Of rain, which
mucn needed. The Germ crop promises finely, and
should no unusual cause intervene befure it shall at
a ms fho nnI hoo hHn-
dant and quite sufficient to meet the demand.
The Georgia papers represent the crop in some
pats OF the State entirely destroyed, owing to the
great drought which prevails. The young cotton is
also more or less injured. There had been rain
for three months.
The drought in Kentucky and Indiana has greatly
injured the crops, with the exception VI Wheat and
Rye.
SOUTH CAROLINA. The corn and cotton crops in
the interior of South Carolina along the lines Vt rail-
road, are represented being very unPromising es-
pecially in the districts of Abbevie, New berry and
Richland.
ES- The Washington Union has formally re-
pudiated the New York Evening Post and the
Rochester Republic, as Freesoil papers. These pa
perS have heretofore pretended to be Democratic,
but they are clearly given to understand that they
have no quarters to expect at the hands of Presi-
dent Pierce.
Wool GROWING IN VIRGINIA. We learn from
the Richmond papers that fhe Farmers of Virg Liza
are turning their attention to w DOL growing, and are
bent making themselves practically independent.
| We have heretofore been mainly dependent on the
Northern States for this article, with imports from
Spain and South America, and occasional supplies
from Germany and Saxony. A sample OF Saxony
Wool, grown in Virginia, presented at Rich
mond, worth So 10 80 cents per pound in any mar
ket; and Merino grown within 20 miles of Rich
mond, brought 60 cents per pound. The Dis
! reference -:
The grower remarked, that at such he could
not engage In more profitable business. Ii seems
that he had entered upon wool growing merely as an
superintendent had only 40 sheep in his flock.
For the seasons clip he received about 1890. He
informed that he had 100 lambs for sale, for which
the butchers had repeatedly offered 81 per head, but
that, they were full booded Merino, he had sold
most Of them at $40 each, ard expected no difficulty
in selling the remainder at the price, AT this
rate his profits for single year will be from $3.50 L.
81 $50 Upon ITO sheep! On being asked the an
nna cost pc: heed of feeling them, he replied forty
ceLfs-but added that since their manure was worth
three times that sum, he concluded that his wool had
really cost him less than nothing. Considerable aen-
ton is now being paid to the growth Of wool upon
the poorer lands of Fairfax and Prince William, and
The business is steadily increasing throughout the
whole Piedmont region, fIom HarPer's Ferry to the
North Carolina line.''
! DIVIDENDS S. CAROLINA BANKS. The little
bank of Georgetown heads the list with a dividend
the rate of I6 per cent'per annum, and the Nam
moth Bank of Charleston holds at 10 per cent.
The Bank of Camden has up TO 10 per cent, at
! least or per SENT than it attained be-
fore the Commercial Bank of Columbia per cent
the Planters and Mechanics Bank per the
! State Bank per cent; the Bank of South Carolina
nearly per cent, and the Union Bank and S. w.
! X. r. Bank, each per The South Carolina
Railroad Company continues at per cent; and the
! Charleston Gas Light Company at 10 per cent and
even the South Carono and Charlotte Railroad Com
pany has declared its first dividend. the rate Of
per cent per annum. These indeed "ppng
my state proving our IRON aye to be more than an
equal TO the gOLdcn aye of antiquity.
| HEALTH OF WARRENToN. We understand that a
rumor is aioat in the lower Counties to the effect