Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-07-25
Tie Cr0ps in the Country.

1t is generally believed that the wheat
crop OF the United States, as a whole, will
be the largest and best ever garnered We
have the authority Of Mr.. Judd, editor OF
the American Agriculturalist, who has made
six weeks tour through the States of Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Iowa, that the harvest in all Of these States
will be unprecedented. The Cincinnati Com
mereial of this week, says that Farmers
throughout the Miami valley are busily her
vesting their wheat. The crop is excellent. y
The Chicago Tines of "Wednesday, reports
the first arrival in that city Of 900 bushels
of new wheat, from Union county, which
sold at 81 10. 1t is of remarkably fine
quality. The New York Journal ri Com
meree makes up the following summary;
In most of the Southern States the wheat
harvest is nearly completed, and generally
with the most satisfactory results Samples
have been received from Virginia, Mary.
land, North and South Carolina, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
and Arkansas. In some parts Of Virginia the
farmers have suffered from the ravago OF
the bug, worm, and IL, which, with the cold
season, have caused diniinutlon III the
crop, but as a whole, the yield is excellent.
The Baltimore Patriot represents the new
wheat of that State as remarkably fine ar
tiele. The Elizabeth City On CD Pioneer
says the yield in that State is more album
dant than il has been for years The Match
ez (Aliss.) Courier reports an increased yield
Of superior quality. An Alabama cores
pondent of the n. O. Delta says, ewheat
was never better" New Tennessee AID
Kentucky wheat Is coming IN freely at Mem
phis. The Knoxville Wing is confident that
East Tennessee viii be able to sell two mil
lions Of bushels Of wheat the present season
The farmers in the counties tributary to
Hickman are likely to realize million Of
dollars from their gheat crop alone The
South Carolina and Georgia crops are oi
superior quality. Bat the reports from Ar
kansas exceed all others. I he Little Rock
Democrat SAYS -
"We are happy to he il receipt of intelli-
gence from almost every portion Of the State,
that there is not only IN cultivation great
or number of acres OF wheat than any pre-
yious year bat that the actual Weld per ocre
viii be greater than ever produced before
AI.ansas will, ere long, be one oi Tie best
wheat States in the liuion'
From New York, renisy wanna and New
Jersey, the accounts are Conflicting. Gen
osee county, in fins State, has suffered mueh
from weeyil hut the rayagcs Of this insect
have been confined to particular localities.
a. the harvest has not yet commenced, the
result is sIii in doubt. ! correspondent Of
the Newark Advertiser reports tue wheat in
New Jersey as locking we'll The u heat in
all these States would haze turned ont vel,
had not large portion Of il been winter
killed.
Corn in some sections loobs very poorly =;
but what it lacks in one quarter is made up
in others. Potatoes are improving. Iu New
England, corn, though backward is gene
rally very promising. 4 writer from New
Jersey says: Corn is niserably backward y
The same is true III Southern Illinois, tho
it looks healthy. The Elizabeth CRY IN.
Co Pioneer says fthe corn crop looks ex-
ceedingly promising" In Alabama corn
is not doing we'll, on account Of tie drouth
though it promises fair in some places The
Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate says corn is
all that our most sanguiue planters could
wish" The indianapolis Sentinel reports
corn six feet high, and early potatoes near
~ ripe. Corn looks we'll also ia Arkansas.
The reports Of the cotton crop are gene
rally uufayorablc, owing to the late Spring.
Sugar promises an unusually large crop.
Cotton blooms have hut just made Their APP
pearance, and the impression is, that there
will be less than an average crop; though
we have accounts FROM some parts of Ala
bama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkan-
sas ana Louisiana, which state that the cot
ton looks very well.
Correspondents Of Boston papers report
that Ike hay crop of that State is the largest
tor many years, In New jersey the crop is
very fine but was somewhat injured by the
storms of June, which lodged it.
4 Good Tine c90,iag The crops faro
out the civilized world give cheering prom
Use of an abundant harvest In Canada,
the prospect is full Of encouragement The
late heavy rains, though in some instances
they may have done injury, have in general
done incalcnlable good According to the
Montreal Pays, the quantity of land under
grain in Lower Canada is unusually great.
The grain harvest on the Continent OF
Europe promises the most brilliant results. =
In some of the southern districts Of France
it is already being secured. In England
all kinds OF crops look better than they have
done for years past. In some Of the South
ern States Of the Union the new wheat has
already been brought into market. The
New York journal of Commerce says that
new North Carolina red wheat was exhibit
ed on Change on Friday. 1t was sample
of o,000 bushels, which appears very well,
although it may have been cut little too
green. We repeat-a good time IS coming.
PHI. Eng.
The attendance (says the Albany 4r9,s)
Of ex-President Pierce at the funeral a
Gov Marcy, at the Inconvenience Of l0ns
and rapid journey from New Hampshire
vas feeling and grateful tribute to liz