Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-07-14
ALABAMA IETELLIaEEcE

The Eufaula Spirit Of the South, Of last
week, says;
The WEATHER AND THE CRoPs-The past
week, and especially the latter part Of il, mas
been remarkable for very cool nights and morn
ings. These must operate unfavOrably upon
cotton, and In fact we hear but one account Of
the cotton crop, and that is to The last degree
unfavorable. The corn crop is generally pro-
missing, except in some sections where It has
suffered from drought. Rain has been very
uhequaIly distributed. In some places there
has been scarcely any, while a few miles dis
tant there has been more than enough. Here
abOuts, we have had more than enough
The Tuscumbia North .AG5amiGn, Of Fri
day, contains the following
BACK AGAIN We learn from reliable au-
thority, that the Distributing Post-0fice, late
lyremoyed 10 Chattanooga, has been reinstated
at this place.
Major DAVID HUBBAED announces himself
a can iidats for Congress in the Florence Dis
triet.
CRocKETT McDoSALD, Probate Judge Of
Lawrence county, died on the 29th ult. He
was a good man, a faithful officer and a chris
tian.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad has recently
made sales Of the lands granted it by Congress
to the amount Of $4,000. The prices obtained
for the lands averaged from Eve to eight dollars
per acre.
Gov. WrSsToS has eommuted the punish
ment Of ALEx'A BOYD, convicted in Greene
county OF murder in the second degree, and
sentenced to the Penitsntiary, to confinement
for one year in the county iaiI.
We copy the following sad tale from the
Marion Commonwealth
San AFFLIcTIoS.-We were much struck a
few days since BY the mournful remark Of Mr..
Sayre, OF the 1uskegee R~Dubicaa, in account
ing for some deficiency in his paper, that be was
then hanging over the dying bed Of the last
Of i've daughters > since then, il appears, that
the little sufferer has been released from sor-
row-who can doubt TO Join her group Of sis
tiers in a brighter, happier sphere.
Two OF the daughters Of Mr.. Szyre deceased
several years since, the three others by the cpl
demic OF the last few weeks. Gem. on the Dist
day Of May, aged Il years and 10 DAYS: En-.
on the 25th Of the same month, aged / year, six
mouths and q days; and Mark, on the 14th
inst, aged 9 years 8 months and II DAYS.
Who can imagine the feelings of the stricken
parent, when the last Of that bright thropg in
whom he bad g%arnered up in his heart, was
wrested from his lingering grasp BY that po-
tency whose mandate is resistless. The sub
jet is too painful TO dwell oni Most truly
has be the deep aYmpathiss Of his friends in his
terrible and crushing bereavement.
SMALL Pox-We learn that reports are in
circulation in the country, that this disease is
in Athens. We have satisfied ourself that the
report is false; and persons from the country
need feel no apprehension about coming to
town. There Is no danger. There is no small
pox here.-.Athsns Herald.
The FIRST COTToS B~LooM-DALLAs County
AHEAD.-AfteT hearing most doleful COM
plants OF the crop prospects Of Alabama, and
most dismal cries Of famine ! no Corn! no Cot
ton it is really exhilsrating and good for sore
eyes to gee a fine Cotton bloom as was laid on
our table yesterday BY Mr. r. T. Edmundson,
the oyerseer Of our esteemed fellow-citizen and
Eodel planter, Col v. II. Gardner. This bloom
was picked on Sunday, the 1lst inst, from Col.
Gardner's plantation, afew miles east Of Selma.
StHia (Aid.) Reporter, 2ith VI.
A Coon NAN GoNE-Our community ia
called 10 mourn the death Of one Of it's most
esteemed and useful citizens, DR.. Alexander
Erskine, who died on the morning OF the 9Th.
He suffered much curing a long pTotraeted i'll
ness, but bore it all with christian resignation.
and has, we doubt not, gone to ENJOY a chris
tian's reward-HHntsvile hdeP., JGly 6.
The CEoPs.-We select the following items
concerning the cotton crop from our Alabama
exchanges.
A correspondent Of the Montgomery Mail,
of the 30th June, says:
Important Cotton StGfsmeHt.-For TIE COM
fort Of our friends engaged in the growing Of
cotton, hand you two tables-the first show
ing the time Of the appearance Of blooms gen.
orally the second taken from the annual
prices-current, showing the production, per
annum, since 1874. The fret table was made
up BY an intelligent planter, who is a large
cotton grower, and who keeps a regular record
or diary Of all such matters. This planter re-
sides in Chambers county, and reports the ap-
pearance Of blooms as follows