New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-29
westhor and Crops.


ihe corn crops in the upl4nds are better tina
.I4'e osen for years; indeed, they al
- generally, 10 those on the lowland
seaoor ;s".ugh ialr, we hear no one Drag Of TIL
season IS said to have proved better for stubbl
man seed cane. The cotton crop il late ON,
dht ns condition at this time ia nracnriou.
Inns Is certain; go0d crop cannot /,
maze thIs year; it is yet uncertain whatbsr (;
VIII oe only Indifferent, Or bad.
lhe Captolian Vis-A-vis Of the 27tb .avs
." are visited almost daily with gusts Of VIM
and showers
Inc North Louisianian of the 18th inst. savs
since the issue Of our last the weather bo
'eeh unusually and very uniformly warm: W,
'laI some very heavy showers Of rain in tn,
sariy part OF the week from what we can earr
the dfouth had been so long prior to the late
| rams that the corn crop will scarcely come ur
70 an average cotton has also suffered severely,
ana no matter what may be the character Of the
weather from this out, the yield must be com
paratively small. The health Of our narisb il
good, in fact, never better
Ihe ouachita Register of the 10Th inst. says
d Inc weather is very fine, and the crops in this
a.ra arish are looking very promisingly Much.
However, will depend upon the Fall, as the cron
- niuch later than usual.
says: APei oi 'ae @'d ihs'ant
Mr. Augustus G. Cobb, on the 2lat inst nrs
senied us with an open bod of cation f.nr, IL
nerI; II was regular simon Durs oJd f,sb.
ARMY MoRh-lt is with extreme reors, sa,s
yhe CatanouIa Advocate Of July Ia tbat ya
| ,earhed' by conversation yesterday with NJ
James Aul, manager on Col Tew's wallace
-, i'tise rIantation' that the army worm has made
- appearance IN vast numbers and is commit
ting It's depredations with fearful impress.
The St Landry Whig, Of the 28d inst. savs
We still have rain every day. The late rains
We nave had, have left Shiny deposit on the
pralTles, which We are afraid will nrovs in
furious to health The showers that are now
ialllng' may remove it, and wash it into the
streams where it can 10 US no hurt
Inc rains appear to be very general Not.
"lthstanding so much water has fallen, the iour
hals Of the State speak favorably of the grow
ing crop, We are inclined to the belief that
change OF opinion aiming them must soon take
place. 'aA
The cane may not be injured by these pro-
tracted rains, nor is it certain that the matur
ing corn will be materially damaged bv them
unless 1t be caused by accompanying winds. hui
COTTON must suffer '' beyond all doubt"
~ IS a plant which requires for its maturity
anu proauctiVeness, dry ,cedther, and not such
AS We nave had for three weeks hack At nre
sent, the forms are falling off in showers, while
the germ Of disease is taking hold on the plant
~ Is quite small, almost everywhere, and this
Is the season when it should be developing itself,
instead OF being inundated with rain.
The Greensboro (Ala.) Beacon, of the 22d
inst, says:
On Wednesday night last very abundant
ram 1ell IN this place, and, we Judge, in this
vicinity generally. 1t was the first really plen-
tliul rain that we have had here since the last
OF March. As we now write (Thursday morn
lngl the indications are very strong that We
snail have more in the course Of the day. A
rev days of very wet weather would do great
injury to the cotton; in fact, we had heard con-
siderable complaint even before the heavy rain
of Wednesday night
The Selma (Ala.) State Sentinel, of the 2oa
inst, says:
or the last week we have been blessed with
rams IN the greatest abundance, there being
now almost daily two or more good showers
though we regret to say these showers have NOT
oeen general, as we learn, in some sections, the
crops are suffering severely for the want OF
ram In some places, however, they will benefit
the crops, while in others they are too far ad-
vanced to receive but little benefit
From letter to the Savannah Courier. of
the 18th inst, we extract the following:
With regard to the cotton crop, hardly know
what 10 say. l am of the opinion, however.
that GENIAL showers Of rain until the middle NJ
next month, and a favorable Fall. as to frost and
gathering, Will insure us tolerable fall crons
without this conjunction of circumstances. how.
ever, we may expect short crop, far behind
those of the two last years