Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-20
LETTER FROM Kew YORK.
Correspondence c,' tie Eiehmo"d Enquirer.
Erw YorH Sent L. lSi9

NV YORK, Sept II, 1879.
Following close on the auroreal electrical
lights. we have had unusually early cold wealth
er for the season. You will see that the tclc-
grarh reports frost and snow in the Western
and Northern part Of this State. which severely
injured vegetation. la Michigan, the frost had
also done considerable damage. The most Sc
rious effects Of the cold and frost have no doubt
been experienced hy corn and tobacco. Owing
To th; rrnnat,irc advent Of cold weather. tolnc'
co dealers in this city have been anXOu>ly
awaiting to hear its results Fears are enter
tanned that the growing tobacco crop Oh the
high lands Of Virginia, and especially i'll the
Piedmont districts of Virginia, Mary land and
Kentucky NAV have been injured. Within u
few wears, the cultivation Of what is known as
seed leaf tobacco, has made rapid progress at
the North, which being in demand for cigar
wrappers. has brought good prices. The sue
cess Of this crop depends greatly upon the oc-
cur ence Of late and mild autumnal weather.
\ frost carly in September i calculated TO
largely curtail the yield. The autumn vi last
year having been mild, and frost unusually late,
tie Weld of seed leaf tobacco was unusually
large The heaviest production was found in
ONO. PENNSYLVANIA, New York and in the val
lev of the Connecticut rive. The increased
supply and good prices obtained, induced far
lacrs TO plant it more extensively the present
wear. II is feared that tie late !rcSt las in.
ilic,cl great injury, and will materially reduce
the supplies. The spring Was cold and back
ward and caused the planting 10 he late and
the growth was more backward than usual
Hence it was more liable 10 injury from the
late frost, than if the season suitable for plant
ing had been earlier. Should tie plants have
suffered in the Southern localities referred to,
rs well as at the North, We may expect an iln-
proyemcnt III prices. Such arc the apprchcn
sions existing in the trade al the present, that
many holders have withdrawn their supplies
from the market determined 10 wait until more
definite information can he obtained regarding
the condition. and prospects Of the crop
In conver>ing with Pennsylvania grower
Of seed leaf tobacco, he stated that were tlc
aulunnS regularly mild and late, hc would
want no better business than raising it. But
one good season was liable To lie set of with
one or two bad ones so tina, when in Il series OF
years he came to strike an average he found
il to hca prccariotis and uncertain business rs
far us profits were concerned.
The highest priced tobacco leaf grown in
the United States comes from Florida, and TIC
best made North of it is grown. in the central
counties of kcnucky and especially OH lands
contiguous to MavSvilc. Missouri also produ.
res much GOOD tobacco. 1t is said that lands
in Virginia, which have been manured with
euano have yielded larger quantities and bet
ter qualities Of tobacco.
ltisto DC regretted that the agents ofthc PERU
Wan government have within month or two,
thought proper unnecessarily TO materially adj
vance The prices of guano. So low has been
the range OF G'cghtS that instead OF raising the
prices they should have reduced them. The
are that ireigh,s will soon become
scarce and higher. Should this increase in rates
cad to a further augmentation oil prices 1t VIII
operate opprcs>iycly Oh consumers. rs We
ave sort ofnational quarrel to settle with Peru,
md some American vessels Of war are to be
sent to Callao, would it not DC as well, while We
nc about il, to have this Peruvian Suano mo-
aupoly fixed upon so!ue more fair and equitable
basis:
The enormous prices charged for Peruvian
sIano have driven Americans to seek other
sources Of supply and with considerable sue
cess. We have at the present time g,lanos in
Ihc market from Jarvis Island Swan Island,
Scmbrcro and other islands After the Pc
ruvian, that from Jarvis, Swan aud Sombrcro
Islands stand next IN order \ friend
If ours has tried some from Swan Island IN his /.
garden and on L grass plot and found il to an /.
wcr an excellent purpose.
tobacco is no, the only crop augmented last !
,ear 10y the unusually late autumn; cotton was
10 less benefited by it, And it. too, is en-
,oScd 10 danger from early frost and stormy
Weather.
The statistics regarding the crop of cotton
or ls5S-'5?. ending the lst Of September last,
ave shown larger amount than had been All
lciratc.l The total yield, ii appears, Was .
I. sol Isl bales, distributed as follows: