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9Thc Darlington Gazette of Thursday says:
Tile: protracted dronght;which has prevailed
iii onrjsection of3the State diitmg tic entire
Spring, continues without mitigation and
Is beginning to be amost serious and alarm
ingayisitation., The slight shower Of Mon
day,'the Tth instant, impaired some little
Vigor to the few languishing plants that had
previously struggled into existence, but was
wholly insufficient to cause the vegetation
OF seed remaining in the ground. A ma
jority Of ourplantcrs are,thus without stands
Of either cotton or eorn. When we con-
slider, the extreme scarcity and high price Of
provisions i'll every quarter OF the globe,
and the probable increased demand upon
this country for supplies to the belligcrcnt
powers i'll Europe, the prospect of a failure
OF the corn crop, i'll any considerable Sec
ton, is Il matter of very grave importance.
The travelling correspondent Of the Au-
gusta Consttutionalist, under date Of Chat
tanocga, May IT," says: There has been
u few showers in the Western States gcner-
tally, which undoubtedly have done great
benefit, although much more is required.
1t is too early to speak of cotton, but
from all | sec and hear, the crops OF small
; grain, rye, oats, wheat, &C., were never more
promising. Corn is very young, but on low
| lands there never was Il more beautiful or
more promising stand. have seen some
cotton coming up in fine STYLE aud at least
in the neighborhood Of Nashville and this
place, there never was better promise Of a
fruit crop; as the fruit is mostly formed,
there can be no mistake about this. The
quantity Of corn planted this year, am told,
is infinitely greater than the last, and whcth-
er Scb;stopol stands or falls, we shall likely
be able 10 supply all mankind with enough
and to spare OF the staff of lifc."
! NORTH GEoRGIA.-The editor Of tho
Chattanooga Advertiser has recently trav-
crscd nearly the whole extent of Walker
county, He writes that the wheat crop is
tlattcring, corn looks well, oats have snffcrcd
for want of rain but are now promising.
There is however, ut present much distress
from want of corn. A few farmers have n
supply, but arc holding on for 81 so per
bushcl; some, however, have been oblige
to stop blowing from want Of corn to feed.
! EIKG,SIA.-The Norfolk Herald enter
tains serious apprchcnsions for. the crops in
Virginia. 1t says: Iii all this section OF the
country, VIC lcarn.that the crops arc suffer
Ing from want of rain, whicl, unless Dler
ciiul Providence should send it in time, the
most dcplorable and disastrus consequences
will be the result. We learn too that the
chinch bugis doing observation-disclosures in
Amelia. Charlotte, and other counties in the
southern section OF tho, State, and also in
many Of the Counties north of Richmond
The tobacco is also suffering from the fly.
=. Lor1*lASA.-Tl,e Bayous Sara Chronicle
of the 10Th inst. says: While other por-
tons of Che country have been blessed with
copious rains, VIC in this locality are suffer
; ing greatly for the want of it. Al the
present writing there is not tho least indi
cation of rain. Dust in abundance. .. In
some parts of the country the wells and
springs have almost been exhausted, aud
planters have TO drive their stock six or
seven miles in order that they may procure
water. Cotton that is up has not suffered
for want Of rain, but the corn crop needs it
badly. The cane crop is suffering material
injury from the droug Int. $50 s,
The Alexandria Democrat Of the 9th inst
states that the drought continues in that
section Of the country, and no change ap-
pears probable. The sky presents the same
unvarying aspect--cloudless and brass-likc.
There arc dark days ahead of our planters,
and gloomy forcbodings fill thc> breast Of
all. Nothing short Of u general long con-
tinued rain will save tho crops, especially
that Of corn, and in view Of the fact that 4
very large amount will be required to make
up the deficiency of last year, tho present
prospect of. a second and more general fail
ure is most serious indeed. ..a
ARKAEsAs.-Thc Little Rock Whig Of
the I'd instant says: :The effect of the long
continued low water is severe indeed. AT
no other time within our recollection would
it have been scnsibly2 felt, The shoftness
of the crop last year fell with crushing
weight uopn the people Of the interior Of
the State; but it would not have been half
so trying if the river had been nayigable
at the usual time. AS it is,s the late cotton
crop is still on hand, and there isfno chance
to get anything from abroad, except by
hauling it from the White and Mississippi
rivers. The consequence is that everything
costs ruinous price. Flour is now selling
at SIG per Darrell. corn meal, at So 2&per
b.ishel;. everything else in proportion 4 eng g!
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