The true Democrat., 1855-05-29
The Crops.

the cMnch bug has made it's appearance in the wheat helds, and Is doing serious injury to the crops.
 In our own neighborhood, and probably all the country north of us the heavy frosts of Tuesday and "Wednesday nights did great da- mage to many of the tender plants-tomatocs, beans, etc. In some localities the fruit was par tlaily destroyed. The want of rain is again felt Ill this rcslon.-&. Louis Republican, May g.
 HE CRors IN VIRGIN1A-Accounts from all parts of Virginia concur in representing a hne prospect for an abundant yield of all kinds of fruits the present year.
 Y, The Petersburg, (Va) Intellgencer learns th"'' m consequence of the cttreme dryness of the spring. the farmers in that section have sus tanned good deal of injury. The chinch bugs nave made their appearance in great force on many farms, and are thus early killing great oeai or wheat. The fly, too is destroying the tobacco plants by the million daily, and there seems to be no remedy known here for our put ting stop to its ravagcs
 The executive committee of the Virginia State agricultural society, which has just ad. journed, after laborous session of three days. has offered premium of one thousand dollars, one half out of the funds of the society, and one half by individual members for the disco ' very and successful use of some efficient practicable and generally available plan for preventing the depredations of the joint worm.
 IRE CROPS IN KENTUcKY.-The Mavsvlle Eagle of Saturday afternoon says: " No rain of any consequence has fallen for several weeks m thls section, and the grass is growing too slowly to furnish food. In some instances. in order to save their stock, farmers have this week turned them on their rye, thus almost certainly destroying that crap. The prospect TOT the small gram crops IS good, and the corn IS coming up finely. The tobacco plants, we understand, are suffering very much from the fy."
 HE CROPS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK Farmers, " at this remote point of observa- tlon,' have most tlattering prospect before them. Spnn{ opens finely, both for work and Tor the growth of whatever is planted or sown. ln all parts of this section of country, they are engaged with will in planting and sowing The only drawback is that 1t now costs an enormous amount to get i'll crops. In many parts of this country it costs $ day for a team to plough, and seeds are enormously high. But few, apparently, abate their efforts on this account. Nearly one half more land will be cultivated ill this and M'kean counties the present year, than in any previous season. O,leans Journal May f.
 CRoPs AND FEUIr IN IowA.-From all parts of our State we have the most cheering pros pect for an abundant harvest, evervwhere the wheat looks better than it ha, for years. and the farmers are in high spirits in anticipation ot :" the good time coming" In regard to the fruit crop, from what we can learn. it will be abundant with the exception of peaches which Ill some localities have been killed, butenough of them have escaped the frost to give us large crop.-Loe0a G1cette, May ?.
 TIE WHEAT CROP IN WISCONSIN. - The winter crop of wheat looks remarkably proms- ing in this county. If no untoward event oc- CUTS, 1t will be a heavier crop than the one we boasted of last year.
 The farmers are sowing all the spring grain they can. The prospect of exorbitant prices next fall induces every farmer to work early and late A good season will make them mo- neyed men.-ARpleton Crescent, Ap,7 2s
 Hay and fodder are unpreccdcntedlv scarce in some parts of Michigan, and stock is actual y perlshlng for want of food. Tame hay is not to be had 1t even S2O per tan.
 TEXAS.
 The La Grange paper says the memory of man has no recollection of such drouyht.- It had not rained in that vicinity since Janu~ ary.
 The State Gazette learns that the drought experienced about Austin, is universal thronyh- out the State. Judge Jesse Grimes says that 1t exceeds any drought that he has known in the twcnty-elght years he has resided in Texas
 The Dallas Herald says there has been but one rain since the first week in January, in that section, and in many places none at a
 The above, says the Houston Telegraph, is fair sample of the accounts from all parts of the State. The prospect of good crops were never more gloomy.
 ARKANsAs.-A correspondent writing from Dardannelle, on the 5th, says:
 "Our crops are fine. Corn is knee high- My cotton has already the fourth leaf Wea- ther agreeable, and know nothngs running to seed. Do onothings troublesome River 6 feet below low water mark and falling'
 The Eastport, Miss Republican,, ofthe 9th, says
 There is a good prospect of an abundance of fruit, throughout North Mississippi and Alaba- ma.
 Corn is selling ir this market at $1 1215 @ Sl 25 per bushel. Meal, $1 3Oper bushcl- Flour SIP % per barrel.
 The Port Gibson (Miss.) Herald says de- lightfu and refreshing rain visited that section of country on Wednesday night last. It was never more needed.
 The Indiana papers represent that the wheat crop throug hout that State promises to be un- usually heavy.
 THE WHEAT CRoP IN NORTH CARoL1NA.- The Fayetteville Observer learns from sources in the up country that the wheat crop of North Carolina IS notpromisng The winter and spring have been too dry
 RAIN IN ALABAMA.-The Mobile Register learns that many sections of the country have been visited by fine showers-nots sufficient pro- bably to affect the rivers, but still of great use to the growing crops.
 Or Hon. John Appleton, secretary of the American legation in London, in recent let