New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-28
WEATHER, CROPS, ETC.

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WEATHER, CROPS, ETC
The Camden (Ala.) Republic Of a late date
says:
diately upon the heels of very wet one, has
seriously impaired the corn crops of many of
our farmers Cotton in many places has been
kept back by grass, and still looks bad.
| CRoPs.-A majority Of our citizens have been
| blessed with refreshing showers, and we UNDER
| stand that the crops generally are in q flourish
| ing condition. Judging from the present pros
| pects, the price of corn will be considerably
| reduced, and we will not be compelled to draw
upon the garners of our productive sister Ten
nessee another year. [sumter (Ga.) News,
/ 18th inst.
RIVER AND WEATHER-The Cumberland was
still falling slowly yesterday, with about twenty
| feet On Harpeth Shoals. There were no arrivals
| or departures, and the Jocob Hunter was the
| only boat in port a 3@
The weather was unpleasantly warm and dry
| yesterday. The animal and vegetable king
doms are painting for @ shower Nashville
Wing, 21st.
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA WHEAT CRor The
last Lynchhurg Republican says:
The wheat crop in this section Of the State is
now harvested and housed. We have no data
whereby to form correct estimate of the
/ breadth of land sown and the yield 1t is, how
ever, the impression of those conversant with
the subject that there was in this and the
South western section of the State fully ene-
third more land sown in wheat this year than
Il in 1850, and that the eropis more than an aver
age one in quality and yield
The counties of Amherst, Campbell, Bedford,
Franklin, Roanoke and Appomattox produced,
in 1850, 657. .95T bushels of wheat; this year it
can be but little, if any, under one million.
The counties Of Montgomery, Floyd and Giles,
which become this year exporters of wheat,
produced in 1850, 134,3s4 bushels. This year
their joint production cannot be less than 300,-
600 bushels. f5
The river lacks three feet of being at the low
water mark of last year, and yet there are less
than three feet water in the channel. In the
course of week or two, when the channel
washes out, it is thought that navigation will
be better than it is at present. Now it is diff
cult for small boats to ascend as far as this
place.
o The weather is dry and very warm, We have
occasional signs Of rain; but, like signs in dry
/ weather, they have all failed.
q Crops, from the continued drought, are much
injured Cotton may come out, but many of
the corn crops are ruined, and most of them
materially injured From all the information
n we cum get, there will scarcely be half corn
q crop made
= Though we have heard of a few cases of
chills, the health of both town and country ap-
o pears to be good.
The thunder and light clouds at this writing
/. (Thursday, o'clock P. NJ indicate a rain, but
we fear it will blow over. Little Rock lark. }
y Gazette, 2lst.
The editor of the Cincinnati Columbian,
speaking Of the crops, says:
q Croakers may have fearful forebodings, but
i cheerful people need not be alarmed II the
zal,a
e per cent. below the average, corn will be plenty
o and ''corn dodgers are good Corn is better
II for men and women before it is transformed into
n hogs and whisky than afterward. With corr
W and fruit starvation may be kept from every
n door, though not a kernel of wheat should be
Vt raised.
wi BUFFALO HUNTING.-A member Of Governor
: Stevens's Northern route exploring party
writing from the head of Yellow Stone River
N says of the sights and Incidents" thus far
a. son Sunday, afte- q march Of about ter
m miles, the bufaloes were reached. They vert
before and on each side of the train. For miles
/. ahead it seemed like one vast drove yard. They
were estimated by some as high. five hundred
< thousand-two hundred thousand is considered
ID very low estimate, Drawing up our trains al
N our usual halt at noon, large herd we're abou
half q mile ahead.
e. 1.-The hunters, six in number, were immedi
reserved for that special purpose, and theEholt
st train had an opportunity to witness buifal
hunt. The hunters dashed in among the herd
ut picked out the fattest of the crowd. and then
ms separating the selected from the herd 500
as dispatched them. In less than an hour tn
wagons were sent but a short distance from tn
IS route to receive the choicest pieces of the bui
falo. N
he eIn the next two days march the hunter
be were kept some distance ahead to keep off til
be buffaloes--it was the only way the safe passag
of the train could be insured through the sea {
flesh The pack mules and spare animals fol
. lowing on in the train. too numerous to be sepa
~ rately led, were hard to control, and despite Q
ad every precaution and care, one horse and fou
mules were lost, they getting mingled with
at herd of buifaloes Every effort was made t
he reclaim thenl--hours spent in their attempted
d. recovery. The efforts were entirely useless.
CHI [St. Louis Republican.
O. RUSSIAN PoLITENEss-.d Fdet.-Ahout tn
Is. close of last July very loquaeious and corpu
IL lent German lady, resident in st. Petersburg
, 1 having quarreled with her servants, (Russian,
lv the latter gave intimation to the Prefecture Q
he Police that the former had spoken of the Rus
sian Government in terms of reproach and dis
m. respect The lady received a summons /
on | appear before the Prefecture, to whom she re
in paired accordingly, vowing revenge on tn
ry whole tribe of servants On her arrival at th
or othee the Frefecture most pehtely received mel
me and nshering her into small. box-lookin
de apartment, commenced reading over sundr
nd charges against her, which he had searcel
,ar finished when down sunk the corpulent lad
Of through trap in the treacherous floor, aboy
nd which nothing of her poStly figure was TO b
md seen but her head, arms and erumbled habit
re-. ments and, shocking to relate, thirty blow
md from an unseen hand were administered, wher
ate however, they were unlikely to cause perma
al pent iniury except to the feelings OF the sui
of ferer. On the completion of the sentence, th
en-. stout lady's person reappeared again aboy
for ground, almost as suddenly as it had dsaE
tba peared, and the Prefecture in the most conrte
ntv Gus and polite manner bowed her out Of tn
~ office [Scottish Press.
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