New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-15
WEATHER AND cEors IN Mrssrssrrrr.- The Yazoo

WEATHER AND CRoPs IN MIssIssIPPI.-The Yazeo
Observer, of the 9th inst, says !:
For two or three weeks prior to last Sunday the
weather was mild and beautiful. About one or two
O'Clock that day heavy cloud from the Worth and
West up, heavy rain fell, it turned celd-that
night we had quite breeze, and It is generally sup
posed the fruit crop is almost entirely destroyed The
weather is yet cool and unsettled.
The Lexington Advertiser has the following
After quite warm spell, the weather suddenIy
changed on last Sunday night, and on Monday the
thermometer stood at 80 degrees above zero Ice was
plentiful. Vegetation generally suffered severely
tus to any hopes entertained for fruit CROP The
weather IS now moderate, wet and windy. ~
| The Attala Democrat of the 10th, says: tg5s
On Sunday night, the 5th inst, we had severe
freeze that has almost entirely destroyed the fruit
crop. Peaches and pears we understand are entirely
destroyed. There are, perhaps, few apples and
pums left. The wheat crop, aso in many places, ia
materially injured. Some farmers think their crop Of
wheat entirely ruined whilst others that later are
but little injured. Early gardens havesufered much.
We hope it may be the last for this season. This time
last week the forest was green with foliage it is
drear and black, hung as it were in sack-cloth and
mourning.
The Kosciusko Chronicle, Of the 10TH confirms the
above accounts in the following paragraph:
On last Sunday most sudden and unexpected
change took place in the weather-rom balmy spring
we suddenly brought back to bleak winter, and
after heavy showers OF rain we had fall of snow and
severe IFetke at I'LL ituu
den stuff considerable portion of the forward wheat
and almost all the corn that was up. What the ex-
act extent of the damage is, is yet unknown, but
sufficient is known to satisfy that the loss must be
great and will prove disastrous to the citizens Of
country.
FROM TExAs.-The steamship Mexico, Capt. Rath-
bum arrived yesterday morning from Gvlveston. She
brings papers Of Saturday, but they contain nothing
of Importance. We find the following in the Civilian
In Texas we have information that the frost on the
night of the 9TH very generally killed the young cotton
and materially injured the though much of it is
not killed. Fortunately large amount of the repant
cotton not up, and will escape injury. This vsi-
tation upon State has been quite general and far
more destructive in other quarters of the Union We
have to fear but that good crops may yet
lie be produced late as it is as such things have hap
rs pened in former years.
If The receipts in cotton have been on more liberal
l. scale and the demand very good, tie advance else
where stimulating our market to some extent.
The Houston and Central road is now in operation
IS 80 miles and going ahead finely
o From the News of the same date we copy the fol
|. lowing paragraphs:
The rain of last Tuesday and "Wednesday extended
over large portion of the State. We hear of from
as far north Austin and far west Victoria. II
must have done immense benefit to the growing crops
The Norther of Sunday may have counterbaanced ii
}. however. 500.
The State Penitentary at Huntsville is now turn
l. ing out an average of seventeen hundred yards OF
cloth per day. The Item thinks this equal to any pro
duct Of Northern mills in proportion to the labor en-,
ployed.
= number of cart trains arrived at San Antonio
last week laden with corn from Mexico. The Herald
speaks of it as fine white corn which sold readily at
81 Is per bnshel.