New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-18


vitksut rain viii be hpue. s-~s
In KrrrvcKY, in the vicinity OF Lexington, We eSn
from gentlemen recently from there tna' u'e oor '"P
suffering beyond measure and must fah 70 geai eAen
whether rain comes not and 1t VIII seriously anec
the atng Of beef ard pork In places no ram has aen
for two month"; The early prospect OF gTea' crop Oh
corn never better Tha; all past. no one hopes for
ooa .,o,ow Com must be scarce and high, and pork
small. good many people have given up all thought Of
fattipg their hogs this year.
7ls Journal Louisville, Aug. IL, says:
.Jit il now nearly two months since have had any
rain here Obsr localities have, however been more of-
tunste We learn from passengers who came in on the
FrsI kfort car Saturday night that very heavy rain
fell between Bagdsds and Frankfort that evening"
Thermometer go in the shade The earth perched and
drying in such heat.
TEsxEssIr-At Memphis there is great suffering for
want Of good water to drink Csterns are dry and wells
nearly So Many families have water, except as It'll
hauled in Casks The effects Of such drouth are very
annoying well as destructive to crops
NosLuilA Aug. ll.-At length we have rain, after a
drouth of many weeks that had wenigh destroyed the
crops Corn is seriously injured and ell garden veseta-
blos quite used up The river would do az well for pow
dehouse as for steamboat navigation. have never seen
the Cumberland low. II has set up good many bars
but seems unable TO supply them with liquor
Tie Franklin Revitp says: "The weather has been
as dry in this reghb0hood for the last few weeks as
they had good rains and not suffering az we are in
this vicinity This is the language Of several other
papers in this State.
In MARYLAND the drouh is equally distressing in
! eral OF the counties
TIE Hcsard Md. Gazette says that rain sufficient to
wei tie ground two inches hes not fallen in that county
for two months and that in consequence the is su
fering severely.
AtFreSerck the corn is considered past recovery and
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farmers don't talk Of two three bushels OF corn to
! the acre.
VIRGINIA adjoining Maryland, is Of course affected in
about the same degree and will not make fair crop OF
corn and potatoes.
On the 9Th there was fine shower at Alexandra, ac-
companiod with lightning. Cattle in the interior are suf-
erng and only here and there will the corn be worth any
/ thing The drouth he's been very destructive.
in Bedford County Aug II, the lightning struck Tghl-
man A. Cobbs barn and killed two negro men, who were
consumed with the building and crops stored
On the I4h there was terrific thunderstorm at VII
miDgton, n c. with heavy rain.
In ONO the Lake counties suffer most-the soil being
very cayey and more easily affected by drouth than sandy
or stoney soil Scioa County the grasshoppers have
been very destructive. S. NJ. Baker, wellknown cattle
feeder and drover had 27O of pasture entirely swept
off by these desroyers We understand they begin
ming TO die rapidly
At Athens, Ohio, there has lately fallen fine
showers
In NEw-YoRK the drouh seems to prevail the most
severely in those counties affected last year and year be-
FORE that is Cbatauque Alegany Jefferson, and VI Law
renee. In Tompkins and Yates counties also, it has
been very severe In Yates it prevailed carly in the
season. destroying spring crops and are sorry to zee
that buckwheat which largely sown as substitute is
likely to be measuraby cut off. Stock has been must
be mostly sold off before winter In Tompkins County
the drouth is the worst corn is dying and pota
toes without iubers, and pastures all drying up, and
general failure of fall crops anticipated. Wyoming Coun
y also sending off cattle fast possible before they
sarve There is great complaint OF drouth among the
mikmen of Orange County. 1t seems difcult-Owing to
the scarcity of waerto keep up their regular supply of
milk The roads dusty almost beyond precedent The
same complaint prevails in the Genessee Valley generally
! thouehg not rs severe as in the counties named.
In New HAMPSHIRE, it is said that the drouth affects the
springs and streams so that the locomotives of
the railroads find it difficult TO get water, and the mills
upon the Merrac dependant upon the Lake Winni-
pisiogce reservoir for the supply OF power The fall feed
will be almost entirely cut off and early feeding have to
be resorted to- The potatoe crop will be almost an entire
failure. At Concord there little rain last Sunday.
The Manchester Mirror says:
"An the streams among the Franconia and White
Mountains very low; the Silver Cascade does not
delight the eye Of the eer the usual watering places
Tor bOreos by the road SIDE gone
you in the face everywhere The dust is insuferabie
Wells dry, pastures drying up and some farmers
are obliged drive their cattle long distances for water
The drouh has not affected this region till within few
DAYS es much other parts of the State In Skow
hogan it very and all kinds of vegetation suffer
ing The potato rot has also made it's appearance This is
said TO be the dres year since 1926 Last Sunday there was
small shower at Amherst and vicinity, and at Meredith
Bridge on Saturday, confined TO locality. Sun
day night there must have been powerful shower back
of Clifford mountains and east of Lake Winnipssiogee
In the vicinity of Lawrence Mass, the is drying
up and small vegetables already dried No moisture
be found in some fields within a foot of the surfa
MASE.-A letter from Odtown Me-, of the nth inst,
states that the drouh felt severely and that the fire
was still running in the woods.
On the 18th there showers in several localities in
Maine which had refreshing effect but they were not
general or abundant enough to soak the earth.
ALABAsA.-TAe HaRtsrHe Adroeate of August ., says:
The hot and dry weather still continues Its effects upon
the crops most disastrous We have never seen or
known prospect for crop of corn. few weeks
ago, every appearance indicated most abundant corn
crop but the hot and dry weather set in and II i'm
possible for average yield TO be secured In many
III other portions the rains have been seasonabe and
freqIen The drouth has affected all of North Alabama
and Middle Tennessee Rain now would do great
deal of good to late co make peas revive the pastures
and make water abundant. The drouth is injur-
ing cotton.