New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-01
wEArHER. CROPS. ETC.

WEATHER, CROPS, ETC.
SERIOUS TMEs.-The Wetumpka (Ala.) Dis
patch Of the 18th ult says
In Coosa there has not been general drouth
and in some places the crops are good. But in
Wetumpka and vicinity we are literally parched
up with hot, dry weather. No rain for weeks,
and vegetation dying. And 80 it is, too, in
other neighborhoods Of this country. Serious
times with some. But, MS the preachers would
say, let us be thankful that it is no worse with
us And live or die, heads up.
The Lafayette {Ala) Tribune of the 28th
says:
A few weeks ago the prospects Of our farmers
corn crop. From the effects of the recent dry
weather, we fear the crops have been seriously
injured We need rain badly
Since the above was in type, we have been
blessed with o refreshing shower Of rain
The Selma Ala Reporter of the 9th says:
EEA good rain is very much needed at this
time, as the ground is getting very dry, and the
cotton in some localities is beginning to suffer in
consequence of the dry weather. For the cot
ton crop to make fine yield, it will be neces-
sary that we have occasional refreshing showers
to promote and invigorate its growth Corn,
we believe, is generally made, or at least is
safe, though it would be better for the corn crop
if we could have fine rain at this time. Every
one, as far as we can hear, will make enough to
do him. We are glad of this, as the farmers
have suffered woefully on account of the sorry
crop that was made last year.
The Natchitoches Q4a.) Chronicle Of the 23d
says:
The weather continues oppressively warm.
The crops are steadily improving, and are now
in fine condition. The river falling rapidly
The health Of our town and vicinity is re-
| markedly good. There is no sickness whatever
| in our midst.
The Shreveport (La.) Southwestern of the
Goth says:
| We hear complaints from all sides of the
want of rain. In some places the corn has
been killed, and even the fruit crop destroyed,
| by the drouth.
| The river continues to recede very fast In
q few days there will not be sufficient water to
admit Of boats going above this port. We re-
! greet to find that the s. W. Downs has retired
for the season, and it is extremely doubtful
whether the st. Charles will make another
| trip.
CRops IN EAST MISSISSIPPI Paulding
Clarion of the 22d says:
| We have recently had plenty Of rain and
| good seasons in this and the adjoining counties.
Our corn and cotton crops look very Hourishing,
and bid fair to bountifully reward the husband
man for his labors.
READY MADE GRAvEs.-The usual number OF
sudden deaths which have recently occurred
among the poorer class of the community has
made an extraordinary rush of business at the
| various cemeteries at which portion of the
| soil is set apart as a g Strangers Ground
where the privilege of sepulture can be procured
readily and at cheap rate, The usual de-
mands upon the labors of the grave diggers has
| led to the adoption of the plan of keepin g
ready made graues for sale Each morning
the superintendent of one of these popular GEM
eteries causes grave twelve feet in depth to be
dug, taking care to have its length and width
sufficiently ample to admit coffin Of the largest
dimensions. The coffin of the first applicant for
admission into the gloomy receptacle is placed
at the bottom of the pit, and a slight covering
| Of earth is placed over it, the new conner is
placed on the top of the first little more
earth another coffin; and so on until there are
five tenants in the grave, the topmost of which
| is five feet from the surface of the ground. The
earth is then thrown in and the oblong mound
is all that is left to tell Of the spot where the
poor, and well nigh friendless repose.
| There is something repulsive about this put
| ting into q single grave the bodies of so many
who, on earth, were strangers to each other, or
perhaps worse, who were enemies. This hud-
/ ding together the remains OF young and old,
male and female, gentle and rude, friend and
foe is fate which none would like to anticipate
| and from which all would shrink instinctively
but the gloomy pit levels all distinctions, there
is no enmity nor friendship there, and the ashes
] of all will mngle together and go back to their
original elements without jangle or discord.
The poor crowded tenants of the strangers
ground will sleep as soundly as though sepul-
chered at Laurel Hill beneath stately mauso-
leum, and eulogized by a glowing epitaph.
philadelphia Bulletin, "a.
A NEGRO WOMAN MURDERED.-On Wednesday
night last, says the Montgomery (Ala.} Jour
nal of the 28th ult., within couple of miles Of
this place, a negro woman was Murdered under
the following circumstances:
4 1t seems that she had from some cause sepa-
rated from her husband, when he proposed tc
her to renew their severed relations, at the same
time declaring that if she refused he would kill
4 her, and upon her rejection Of his proposition
he knocked her in the head with an axe and
killed her instantly. He then fed, but was
closely pursued, and finding that he would be
arrested, cut his own throat while he ran. He
was, however, overtaken, and not having sue.
ceeded in killing himself, was brought to towr
/ yesterday and committed to jail, They both
belonged to the estate of the late Mrs. Thomas
of which, we understand, the Hon. Boiling Hall
Of Autauga, is executor