Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-09-13
THEE CROPS or 1853.

we nave much reason To % NIauhluA LuF our
splendid crops this year. Never has nature
been o bountiful 10 the agriculturist and the
miner throughout this broad land. Our cereal
product is immense. The corn and wheat
crops win excel, both IN quantity and quality,
those Of any previous year. The South boasts
OF an increased product Of its great staples.
cotton and tobacco. The new cotton is said
to be much finer in quality than any previous
crop. Next 70 these comes the gold crop.
which W. get In bulk from California. Then
We have the corn crop, now a very large and
remunerative production. The gold crop is
m IRE reliable than the product OF cotton, corn
or t~onscco. For ten years the auriferous tide
has flowed steadily from the Golien Gate 10
the Mint. The semi-monthly shipment has
rarely been less than a million and a half, and
has latterly increased so steadily that we look
for not less than two millions. The August
shipment By both steamers amounts TO nearly
four and a half millions and this increase,
sitter ten wears Of steady labor, goes 10 show
that the mines are inexhaustible. A a mat
ter OF course, the increase in the CoA crop Is
| owing in a go0d degree 10 the increased faciIi-
ties and scientific aids which have driven out
he old fashioned pick, pan an rocker butthat
the bosom Of the Golden State vet hides treas
ures not 10 be wrss,ed from &c until many fu-
ture generations have passed away, there can
he no doubt. The gold crop brings us mingled
evil and coed. Good. in that It keeps up our
European credit, and enables people Of mod
crate means 70 crafty themselves with MANY
little Injuries before beyond their reach. Evil,
because It eUchauces prices am stimulates
wild speculation. 20 which there is but one re-
suit: ruin, T~evulsion and baukruptcy-of
which we had a taste In 1891. We think, how
ever kat such a bitter lesson as that read 10
the business men Of this country two years
ago, will not be forgotten even In The eNulta-
ton which our present prosperity naturally
eNcites. Meanwhile. let "a an be thankful for
the great cro7 Of 1859. and be careful that we
DO not abuse the power which it places iu our
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Vgiienoo COMMITTEE In ~vIcksburE.
The Nashville Patriot contains the following.
statement;
Eicksburg, Miss, must be a desperate place.
Aietter from that place received yesterday BY
a gentleman Of This city, says: Last Tues
day morning J. 7. Head, without any pr0yica-
ton whatever, shot and mortaily wounded a
Yo-ng man by the name Of Wells, a printer By
trade. Wells is still alive. but his physicians
say he cannot recover. Head was TO have
been tried before the Committing Court vester
day, bat the casewas continued, 70 see whether
or not the bov dies. He is about eighteen
wears o. age. do not think the Cogrt VIII
ever be troubled with this case; fo- there were
seventy citizens present, who were pledged q
each other. 70 take Head into custody, a. snou
~ he was brought outside of the prison walls,
and 20 hang him without further ceremony.
Their rope was prepared andfhe limb on which
he was 20 hang selected. They stiil intend 20
hang him. This is the fourth murder Headhss
committed.
This is not all When a citizen retireq at
night, be places his gun. repeater or knife
about him. to protect himself and fam " from
the ass7ssinations Of robbers, burglars, etc
who are overuInning the city. There have
been twenty-five or thirty houses broken open
and robbed within the last few weeks. The
place seems 10 be filed with desperate villains.
A " Vigilance Committee has Teen formed
their patrols appointed, who are constantly on
duty. The Committee gave notice In this
mornings san. for an persons who could not
give a good account Of themselves 90 leave the
place, within three days, OF abide the couss-
queHces. Whoever walks tho streets at night
is salu.ed with The word "halt, - on every cor
ner and IN the command is not obevei. Il is en-
forced by the presentation Of a double-bsrTel
gun or a Colts repeater. i hope The desired
result may be effected"
e. A correspondent Of the London Post
tells Ct a japanese girl, who, in spite Of the
laws prohibiting emigration, left By stealth for
shanghai, under the persuasion of a French
man. The owners Of the steamer sent her
bark 70 Japan. On arriving, the vessel was
boarded az once by a couple Of officials, who
affected 20 ignore her presence until an the
formalities were completed, and then took her
into custody. The poor thing struggled against
be fate in vain. She was landed, and. as I an
Informed, condemned O. death. together with
all be relatives, and s0me officer OF officers
who ought to have urpvputaI her earaua -