Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-04-23
CROPS

There is great uneasiness expressed throughout
the country relative to the crops.
GEoRa1A-The Augusta Chronicle of the 18th
says:
Yesterday morning we we're again visited with q
severe though not heavy frost. What the extent of
the damage may be, We can only conjecture. We
hope not very great. We learn there was very
slight fall Of snow in the vicinity Thursday.
The Macon (Ga.) Citizen Of the 18th says:
For several mornings past have had sharp
frosts, which suppose will give the finishing touch
to all early and growing vegetation Planters begin
70 be very much discouraged, andsome lear famine
in the land.
ALABAMA.-We find the following paragraph in
the Montgomery Nelr8 Of Wednesday afternoon, 10th
instant:
The WEATHER AND CoTToN.-There was another
killing frost this morning. The cotton which has
come IN since the frost Of last week Is doubtless
ruined by the frost this morning. The cold, bad, wet
weather for the last eight days 1t Is believed, viii
prevent a good stand from being obtained from the
cotton already planted and not come up. Replanting
is now thought to be the only chance for crop.
M1ssIssIPpI.-The Vicksburg Wing Of the Hh
speaking Of the late cold snap, says
Every description of Vegetation has been killed
outright Gardens are to-day bare-yOung cotton
has been destroyed. Corn has been cut down and
probably killed while the fruit is, fear, hopeless
" ruined Altogether, the storm Of Sunday has
bean most disastrous In its consequences, and the
loss of the fruit is iepsrsble; other crops may be
repanted and in due time the heart Of the husband
man cheered with abundant harvest, hut for the
fruit there is no remedy-there is no replanting Of
that
The New Orleans Della Of the 18th says:
We were informed by officer Newhouse, Of the
First District police, who came down from Summit
on the jackson Railroad cars last evening that 1t had
been showing there several hours on Sunday morn
ing The distance of Summit from New Orleans IS
about lOS miles, but the snow storm prevailed much
nearer TO the city. though not severely. 1t COM
rneuced about daylight and continued until eleven
o'clock BY that time an inch and half OF snow
was on the ground. The weather was intensely cold
More than one planter informed Newhouse that
their young cotton had been entirely destroyed ana
they would be obliged to replant.
LoUIs1ANA-The New Orleans Bulletin Of the 10th
says
ground in the surburbs Of the city yesterday morn
inc in considerable quantities. and we greately teal
tb9t renewed and still greater injury has been done
totbp crops than was done a week ago. 1t Is strange
weather for ApriI and we shall wait to hear from
the country with no little anxiety
twill he impossible to know the extent of the in
jury produced by this very unreasonable and UMPIRE
cedeuted weather until change shall take place
and we have time to hear from the different section
Of the country Every thing is fOreboding shor
crops now. Much of the corn planted upwards
three weeks ago has roted in the hills and the re
Inainder has scarcely sprouted
As far as We can learn from exchanges, tn
prospect for a grain crop in the Northern and West
srn States is more favorable than in the South.
In New York, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois an
Iowa. and generally wherever the winter wheat wa
protected by snow from the unusual severity Of tn
cold. the wheat fields give promise Of abundar
crops. and the season is now so far advanced thl
.rrrabensiops have ceased to exist Of frost comm
TO blight the growing grain.
In Central Illinois. and in large portions of Vii
ginia the prospect is less favorable. A Protracte
drought during the autum and the hard winter thr
which we have just passed combined to destroy th
wheat. and the farmers are in some cases plOughin
up large fields for spring crops.