Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-21

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CORNER STONE LAyINc.-The Wy,he,llc Times
The Wytheville Fratcrna Lodge of Masons, per-
formed the ceremony of laying the corner stone OF
the New School Presbyterian Church. on Depot
Street, on Tuesday last, number OF articles were
deposited in the stone.
The ceremonies of laying the corner stone being
over the procession was again formcdand headed
bv the Wythevile Brass Band. marched to the
Methodist Church where an able and appropriate
address was delivered by the Rev. j. ID. Mitchell
of Lynchburg. The large crowd. who witnessed
the ceremonies of laying the corner stone, also re-
paired to the Church to listen to the address. After
Mr. Mitchell had concluded his address, Mr.. Vim.
Terry arose. and in highly fecitous manncr.pr
scented him. in behalf of the ladies Of the
New School Presbyterian Church, with a Nam
moth Boquct, Mr. NJ, accepting the same in few
brief, but appropriate remarks. MIR. Mitchell has
been requested and has consented to furnish his
Address to us for publication. which.together with
Mr.. Terry's remarks on the presentation OF the
Boquet, and Mr. Mitchells reply, we will lay be-
fore cur readers next week
CRops IN THE kANAwHA VALIEy.-The kanaw-
liza Valley Star has the following in regard to the
crops in that section OF Virginia.
A few days since, we passed over the section OF
country lying between this place and Buffalo, in
Putnam county and made some inquiries i'll re-
gard to the crops Quite a number OF the farmers
lave threshed out their wheat, and we are sorry
to learn that general thing, not more than
half Of u crop has been raised. either In quantity
or quality. In some instances, however, on well
titled W Gland, the crop has yielded well. in both
quantity and quality-as prolifcly as in the most
favorable years. We have specimen now in
our Office of the white flint raised bv Maj. L..
Bronaugh, on the upland portion of his farm near
Buffalo, which We think will stand a comparison
with any wheat in the Valley. 1t is full, plump
berry, and weighs ca pounds TO the bushel. We
would advise farmers not to be too anxious to sell
their wheat.
The oat crop is very light. The corn has suf-
fered some by the drouth, hut still there will be
tolerably fair crop in the valley. The corn crop
on the hills will the suffer the most
We were surprised to see 50 many fields cover
ed with Tobacco and with its fine appearance.
Although many of tho farmers complain that the
crop is not as good as it should be-that it is in
inred by the dry weather-we do not place too
much credence in their complaints, as they are
universal croakers. The leaf is not as it is in
more favorable seasons, yet it is very rich and is
thickening rapidly If heavy rains were to come
now, they would wash off the gum from the upper
leaves would be much covered with grit Most
of the fields will be ready to cut in a few days,
and we think there will be a fair yield; what will
be lacking in quantity will be more than made
up in quality. A greater quantity of Tobacco
will be raised in Kanawha Valley this season
than ever before. Our planters must not be too
ready to dispose of their crops untess fully remu-
nerative prices are offered. as the Tobacco crop in
in the Eastern part of this State, is almost fail
IRE, We hear unfayorahle reports from other
States
The Abingdon Virginian says of the Crop in
Southwestern Virginia
We learn from those whose opportunities to get
at the facts qualify them toju lge, that whilst the
quality of the wheat is greatly inferior. the guam
ty in the country is a fair average. The reason
of this is the greuter quantity sown-there hav-
ing been about twice US much put in as usual
Those who have been threshing from farm toiarm
inform us that the yield is about half
Corn is better than the complaints would indi-
cate. In some parts of the country it Is full
crop, IN others less--but altogether not much
more than half a crop.
The price of prime wheat in this market is from
from ST to 1920. Inferior from IS to 81. In fact
there is no settled uniform price. Some men sell
for less, some for more. Corn keeps up at from
40 to Sc CITE.