Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-25

HE fl9'pb IN INV 1bRks== hlbhnN, y. l.
August 2s.-The trains from the Wet were
stopped. kenwood bridge. over Normansk
Greek. three miles below the city, was carried n
way Cangdon's dive mill, fone stories high, in
the vicinity of the bridge, swept awnv, also
Kinks grist mill Lover Island is uverawed and
the garden crops destroyed.
sEcoNp DISPATCH
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The flood caused i'm.
mense damage along the Hudson. The loss is Us.
imuted ut 5000 000 between Nonkcrs X Pourh-
kecpsie. 1t the hitter place four bridges were
swept nwaN.
FArLoF ruE "tnARrER OAk,"-li Hartford, Au.
gust 2l.-lho Charter Oak fell this morning nj
a quarter Ia one n'elnck with tremendous crash.
and but six feet of the stump INV remains. This
| famous tree was lar past it, primo WIFI the char
Tar was concealed IN II ON the oh of NAV, l6SN,
AMI was probably an old tee when Columbus.
discovered the new world. II stood upon the old
Wyls. estate, now owned by Hon. J. W. Stuart.
Crowds ot citizens arc visiting the ruins, aud
each one bears away portion of the venerable
tree.
The Connecticut river has risen here ten feet
since o'clock last night aud it is still rising
pidly Ii Is now raining hard.
LATEST FROM kANsAs.-W Washington August
GA dispatch received here states TINT Gov.
shannon and the Dragons were leaving l.ecomp-
ton, which town would probably be destroyed by
the freesoilers.
|
The GRors AND WEATHER IN EuRorE.-The
accounts of the crops in Europe, received by tho
Africa, are very favorable, not only from prus-
STA, but from all Germany. In some places. thu
harvest II Is statcd,wll be more abundant than it
| has been for the last twenty yenrs; the mngnii
cent weather which had reigncd fer the first
week i'll August rendered the satisfactory result
certain. England had been visited by terrific
,lnr h,,tt
the sailing of the steamer the weather had he
come clear and hot, under the influence of which
the crops were rapidly rponing. In London tho
weather WAS hotter than for ten years previous.
The harvest III England, II circular snys, will not
| be general before EeN month. The circular add:
In three of the most important wheat growing
counties Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk the whent
crop Is at present estimated at fully one fifth u.
Yer an average. Oats promise u good CROP
Beans aud peas the largest crop for many years
past. Potatoes have been extensively plant, Il
this season; some complaints of he re-nppcar
anco of the fatal disease are heard of here and
there, but the bulk of the crop appears sound,
and promises great abundance. The ultimate
result OF this years harvest still depends upon
the weather during the next eight weeks. In
| Scotland. for instance. wheat cutting cannot DO
general till the beginning of next month. In the
moro northern parts of the United Kingdom tho
harvest will he later still, and u change in tho
weather, from dry To wet, would inuriously nf
feet the backward crops.
The cereal crops in France in proportion ns
the yield Is better ascertuined do not bear out
the first favorable impression. II is found
that III the south and southwest they nre decided
~ dcieient-perhaps by ne-hnif Tho centre
and Gust appcarto have gathered something less
than an average crop, In the north and north
west, where the harvest has ust only commene
ed, the appearances arc favorable, but the result
is still doubtful