New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-09
WEATHER CROPS, ETC.

The Greensboro Ala } Beacon, of the 4th
inst, says:
The cotton crop in this section is improyinp
and looks promising. che dry weather is rather
favorable to the formj ng of squares and hollis.
and where planters have got their cotton n
good condition, the yield will, without some
future misfortune be fair one. The corn
crop is fnes giving promise of a bountiful har-
vest. Sweet potatos IS and peas are suffering for
rain, but, ntstwith standing the drouth, look
promising
The hot dry wea ther still continues, and IL
even more severe han reported in our last
Crops of every descr iption fast declining or
drying up, with the reception of cotton, which,
| thou Oh small looks to- lerably we'll Huntsville
| Democrat, Sd.
The DkouTH. Near ly three weeks have now
elapsed since Abingdo n has been blessed with
rain enough to lay tn e dust, and the most of
| the time the thermomet er has never been below
| so degrees, and some lmes as high as 9S de-
grees. This drouth, how ever, has not been gen.
eral In spots it has been reasonable Instances
exist in adjoining plantations, where, while in
one it has been seasonable, upon the other the
corn can hardly be resuscitated In this tow,,
we doubt whether mess of roasting ears win
be matured The wheat, oats and grass or ons
are n fair average, but the corn will fall far
short [Abingdon Virginian, July 49,
The Newberry Is. CO. Sentinel, Of the d
ult says:
For the last week we have had ser ,eral sea
! sonable rains, which, as far as we an learn.
were general throughout the distr' lct Corr
standing they were somewhat in ,ured by the
drouth. From accounts, and W hat we have
seen, good crops of corn will be made. Cotton
looks decidedly fine at preser It. The warm
weather still continues in Statf quo
The hemp crop of KentuokrJ this year is esti-
t,I pvNt In4kn
year, and more abundant IT, AN any for fen vaars
past,
CRoPs-The prospect generally through our
county for good yield is at present fatterinp
the corn crop especial ~ and the cotton eron az
present looks fine. This part of our county
would be bettered b. small shower at present,
though there are ,ortlons of the county that
are too wet ley las Red Lander 29th ult,
The heat and d. ..outh, Of which we have spokeu
on several prev ions occasions, are unabated
Crops OF corn, potatoes, and some other yeqeta
bles, nave sustained serious injury. Should we
have rain within q few days, as appearance.
, Indicate, 1t is thought the injury may yet be
repaired Independence (Mo.) Agrarian, 10th
ult.
TIE DRoUTH.-The drouth continues in this
section to an alarming extent We have noticed
large fields of corn completely scorched to death
ana II there are any ears of corn on the stalks
they are invisible, The farms in the vicinity n;
this place have suffered more than those in other
! parts of the country, 1t has now been about
eight weeks since we have had growing shower,
The good book says, g 1t shall rain upon the
3 unjust as well as the just" Blowing Green
Standard, 10Th ut.'
SUPPOSED MURDER. body of man by
, the name of Neal, says the ,Garrollton Miss !
Democrat OF ID inst was found in the Yazoo
River, o few miles below Greenwood on FRIDAY
last. Upon an examination of the body, marks
OF severe violence were dis covered He ia sup.
posed to have been murdered by his father-in,
law, Mr.. Browning, who, we understand. has
r 6een arrested to answer to the charge. We have
learned none of the artieulars. A distinguished
lawyer OF this place tMaj. Cothran), we under.
, purpose of defending the accused before com
hitting court
MORE sNAKEs.-The Charlottesville Jeffer-
son'.an, on authority which it adduces, says that
M.essrs ]. r. Chick and e. L. Hall, of Louisa
j county, killed moccasin snake with her brood
Of young, numbering rs, on the It'll inst. When
the parent snake was struck the Is young ones
crawled out of its mouth! We don't like to be
a skeptical to as the number of the young snakes,
especially as the Jeffersonian's informant claims
to have had it from the parent snakes own
mouth; but we will say that we don't believe
IA another such family of snakes can be found.
q ginia Sentinel, Goth.
+. ANOTHER MURDER.-The St. Louis Intelli-
6 gencer of the 31st ult. contains the following
1T account of brutal murder committed there ON
IS the Both ult:
We learn that murder was committed in the
d city, last night, under circumstances of the
"a greatest atrocity, by Thos. Edgars, the vic
- tim being his wife. The murderer is a laborer
q and lived with his family at the corner of Gass
% Avenue and Seventeenth street. AS yet no
thing is known of their customary mode of life
= or whether they were addicted to quarres and
y dissehsions the only account yet heard of the
u deed, being derived from q young girl who had
t, been staying short time in the family. Ac-
cording to her statement, Edgars came home
j. about 10 O'Clock last night, carrying loaded
, shotgun on his shoulder. Immediately after
:, entering the room, he began alteration with
his wife, called her whore, addressed her two
y OF three times in the harshest and most abusive
language, and then drawing up his gun FREQ
full at her head aud face II contained heavy
: charge of buckshot, which struck the unfor
e tunate woman in the throat, tearing it entirely
open, and killing her almost Instantly. One oi
his children, little girl four or five year. Of
age, received two of the shot, which missed the
: mother, in her arm and side DR.. Campbell,
the health officer. was called to attend the child