The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-22

have hsd one or two slight sh0vers within week
nus nos enocen 70 compete wiah sas street sprink.
dsmsge to the gro wing Il ees, and the crops gen.
erallyare suffering. 81
i to 6E3 v NEW nAxpsHRH. ts4
There has been few drier seasons than the
present in this section: The streams are very low,
ton give indie alton that they cannot long held out
Potatoes especially are suffering, and unees there
rain soon In some Of the drjer sections, the crop
viii ne entirely Iui.sd: We Observed Y the eoun.
dry that hre would easily have run in them. On
the Conneciicut, ssi eciMy the lower part We think
the Drought IN more eeve than here The last rain
the ground Was much refreshed in this section.
Notwithstanding all this, the hsy crop Ia much bet
Ter than last Year in this valley, and the same is
true OF the other crops which anti sipated the
drought and were out Of s reach before il arrived.
-Manchester (N. H.) Messenger, Aug. 10.
vERM ONT.
The GrNn M0unt0sn (Pt.) Her0ld has the follow.
ing discouraglng MISUNDERSTANDING the last week
we travelled through moot Of the towns in Orange
county, and found the same testimonials Of suffer
ing by the drought in every place we visited.
Large fields are already gray with barrenness, aud
no traces OF vegetable lite are to be seen. The
g,as.hopps,s literally cover the earth IN some
places, an the feed in old pastures must be men.
tened among the things that have been Corndelds
have been suffering CRAFTY the last ten days, and
some fields that appeared promising two weeks ago
bI0 dJItu0y pronounced WO CQle06, except ION lO0-
der. Potatoes will suffe more than anything else.
II Q indications le Low that there win not be
buthel to spare from the State this year." 81
RHODE ISLAND.
The drought Ii qui.e severe In Northern Rhode
leland and the beighborDg towns Of Massachusetts,.
No rain Of equence has Ea-n for three or four
wee ks. The farmers complain that the potato crop
l. very light nom this cause; and If the drought
continues much longer corn must suffer, as il is
just now "fiiliDg ont The mills in this village
which are propelled by wafer power can only run
about half the time WCOnsocASf Patriot.
MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.
From all parts OF the country we hear complaints
Of the almost untxampled severity Of the present
sette thus wri'es:-f have lately been through the
counties Of Prince Georges, CHARLES, and st..
Mays Marylsnd--as well as through some Of the
nelghb0liDg counties in Virginia, and never saw
some few favored spots where little corn will be
made; but as q general thing the crop will be
nearly total faiu Q. The streams are all very low,
and the cattle will suffer for the want Of good pas.
lures.
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 18th inst SAYS
We learn from persons from Westmoreland county,
Virginia, that IN mary arts Of that ard the ad-
joining counties the entire growing corn crop has
been nearly destroyed by the drought--so much so
u ~ many ta meIs are beginning to talk Of buyiug
corn for their own use The ensuing yea-. Fields
that have heee toole ye ded in good season. thou
SANDS q bushels, will not yield this hundreds
counties, but little corn will lie made this season.
in 0nseque nee Of cry weather in that section OF
| the State.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Charleston STANDARD, OF tee 18th inst, says
| Complaints ore reaching us from all directions
respecting the generally uhproDising appearance Of
the corn crop. In some places. they have had
ente ely too much rain 10 others the fields have been
free by lcng cor tinufd drought So fur reg ards
our own icme diate State, great numbsr OF plant.
e,s and fal mers depofe the fall Of muyh rain,
patti uatly al this season, when they are cOMmene-
ing operations in their Gotten feos, and WHEN it is
time for the grains Of corn TO commence hardening
Owing to the srperabuhdance OF moisture II In fear
ed thar the gram will not ill up, or arrive al its
fill growth. We have observed several specimens
of corn that should by this tue have been almos at
recdy Tor the mill but the contrary, the grain
was sol pulpy and scarcely sufficiently advaaced
for Boiling. Ii addition 10 the oanspe by wet YEA
ther, vast amount of property has been destroyed
in this State by violent gales and no sma!I portion
by lightning. In the western districts, especially
fevera bun. ings and many miles oil strce have beer
demolished, and q few lives lost by the r.csn,
l v.olent storing.
GEORGIA.
| correspondent OF tie Savannah Ners writes a.
follows il relation to the crops in Western Geor
gii- More than four weeks have eIaoscd since any
rain has 'a,lcn here, and during the entire ntsrva
the suI E rays have been alarmngly intense. No
sudcep Ia its effects. Within one week after tue
| last 'ain the forn WINS wilttd ara dyooping; the
small streams had almost ceased to flow, aud she
earth wss in . state Of pnlverzstion. Nov the
| very weeds are wibered ard dying Ia sae GsIds;
the upripe fruit shi ivels and falls TO the ground;
the dumb beasts seem to CO nprebend that all is not
I"bt, end lounge about 10 the fence corners aud in
tie shade, with sea cely energy sufficient TO enable
them to dag one hoof after ano ,her. How loag
su'h a state of affairs mag continue We wet rot.
Yesterday evening there was slight laundering
towards the south, al slight dropping, but 10
rain. Crops are az good as could be expe ted, in
circumstances.
very: fair but for the present drouth. Tho fodder
| crop will not be good, having in great measure
been burned up On q stalk hsforc Inc corn had
| lipehtd enough to admit Of its being pulled.
ALABAMA.
drouth Of several weeks, with little rain before,
has ctnplet,y blasted Our prospects for anything
IKE good corn crop, and uncss re have rain soon,
We iesr the cotton crop viii be ruined. The greater
portion OF toe corn Drop in this county Ia too far
| gore TO receive aDy benefit from rain. Fodder is
Par led-burbt up. In fact, we hear some farmers
speak Of cutting 1t down. This is truly dislstpus,
aud entirely unanticipated, as about month ago
the corn crep gave promise Of the most abundant
yield we bave had in a humber OF years But now,
we confess, cur prospects IRE poor indeed. The
late blasting, drying byeezes which We have had
from the North, in fatnt to crops neari, equal
to the Egg pfian sl1oon-a wind which carried With
1T entire destruction to crops. OH for drenchng
rain ~ hcn'hs,s diG.) 7s,June, -fug,t IL.
Tie GfceDsboro', Alabama, Beacon says: From
all NC have heard, and from cur own limited obser.
walton, we hesitate not to exress it as our opinion
that there will be the heaviest corn crop made in
this section that has been made ~ithin the memory
OF the ocest inhabitant. The cotton crop, however
is not promising, owing to the late spring and tie
large 1usnti'y of rain which fell in the month Of
June. Cotton is some two or tore weeks more
backward than usual. Nothing, we think, short
Of very late fall and the most propitous seasous
sm this time for ward, will insure even al average
crop"
MISSISSIPPI.
The weather during the past week hos been cx-
ceedingy warm and oppressive. The rafres hing
shower on Sunday coo'eo tho atmosphere for short
time, and was very favorable to the gardens and
vegetation. The report of the crops generally il
quite favorable Many planters speak of having the
best corn crop they have ever made, while cotton is
fast improving under the Influence Of the favorable
wtstt or for he pas two or three reess few corn
cfors in certain sections have suffered some from
recent drought but the general average we have 70
donbt will lie better than usual There are no re-
ports of worm in any portion OF the country that we