The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-06-15

and n the opinion Of those who ought to be
good Judges in the premises, is to Be relied
upon, we NAV sasly say that our wheat crop
is more injured or less injured-Psrhaps more
and perhaps less-so much 50, indeed.
that in some fields there win be no wheat
At all, and in other fields about twenty-five
bushels TO the acre. Some fields land among
those many that never had any wheat soved in
them will not be cut at all, while in others
the merry Graders will bring down the golden
harvest with a hip, hip, hurrah! What's the
use ofcroaking; let US husband our resources,
and live in hope If VIC die in dispair. Matters
are much better than If they We're twice as bad.
The corn in many places was frozen 10 the
ground, but generally speaking it has not been
injured beyond recovery. The rain OF Tuesday
night did il immense good. In man. instances
we hear of farmers going vigorously to work
and putting in new corn ground. s
or course tender garden plants were pretty
generally cut down BY the frost. Grape vines
are in the "sear and yellow leaf" and the berry
itself entirely defunct.
The Cleveland National Democrat, Of tie 7th
inst, says
The FRosT.-Ths accounts from the couu-
try in regard to the damage done by the frost
last Saturday night are quite appalling. At
Salineville, on the Cleveland & Pittsburgh rail-
road the fruit is reported killed, as well as the
wheat. A dense fog which came up from the
river at Wellsville, and spread inland for some
miles, saved the fruit and crops from the sever
ity of the frost. Advices from the Tuscarawas
Valley report the wheat aud corn killed. At
Ravenna the fruit is killed. Gardens spoiled.
Reports differ in regard to the wheat. AT Hud-
son great damage was done. Every garden is
spoiled. There was aaother hard frost there
Sunday night. Along the line Of the Cleveland
g. Erie road similar complaints. In that yiciI :
ity ofConneaut frnit is believed to be all right.
Six or eight miles south Of there, wheat, both
winter and spring, is believed to be destroyed.
On the line OF tie Cleveland and Mahoning rail-
road wheat, corn, potatoes, fruit, &c, have been
completely moved down by the frost. More
favorable accounts are received from the line OF
the Cleveland & Toledo road. In GAINESVILLE
corn is entirely destroyed and many farmers
are preparing to replant. Reports from lndi-
ana and Illinois report much damage BY the
frost. In Utica, N. Y, they had a genuine
snow storm Saturday. In fact the frost seem
to have been very general throughout the coun-
try and it is impossible to estimate the loss -
The night of the fourth Of juno. 1859, will be
long remembered. Every garden in this city
SUITE red more or less.
The Pittsburgh Gazette, OF the 7th inst, says;
We never saw a day more crowded with dis,
tressing reports of desolated crops, than was
yesterday. If we thought all we heard on tina
subject Yves true, We would have no heart tc
write a word about it. We Think the shock o
falling from such a height of hope to, possibly
entire disappointment has been more than peo-
pie can bear. Many oftheir expectations blast.
ed, they abandon those which are yet to be full
filled. They are unable to view the matte
philosephically. The transition from the mos
wonderful promise of Saturday last to the des,
olation Of Sunday was so sudden as to leave NJ
intermediate ground for examination and con
sideration. We think that a day or two will
renew hope in those who are now in despair
Some say the wheat destroyed; some say thu
rye. We think this will prove false. ThosI
crops are probably too far advanced. Most o
the potatoes are safe. Some early ones ar,
probably ruined. There is yet plenty of tim,
for corn to ripen. Even if not planted befor,
to-day there is time for it to grow ripe. Tn,
tender blades which were cut down on Satur
day night may renew. A day or so will show
The small crops we can spare. If the whea
and potatoes are sale we will get through.
As to the fruit, VT were informed by a gen
tleman from Indiana county, and another from
Westmoreland, that the peaches are showerin
down from the trees. The frost has cut tn
stem. Apples were also injured, but we canno
E saw to what extent. On the hills about thi
l city a great many grape vines are wilted, an,
. as good as dead for the year. Others, in situa
tons apparently as unfsvorable, are still frest
Y and grow as if nothing had occurred.
a This sudden and destructive cold is probabl
local in its character. Its influence is not ger
|, eral, even within the scope of our own observe
) ton and inquiry. Alone the river bottoms
. sort of veil OF mist hung down, and protecte
d the growing plants. Higher up, above that,
!, some fields a portion Of the growth would
o blasted, and another portion apparently as muc
exposed in all respects, appears uninjured. !
one vineyard we know Of, the three or four W
n PIPER rows Of vines are withered, as by Il
9 touch Of fire, and below that all are safe. The.
peculiar streaks OF good and i'll fortune III
through the same fields.
/, : A correspondent of the Cleveland PlGindeo
J. ar, writing from Ravenna, O., under date
June 5, says:
Only but yesterday the abundant promise
fruit was delightful to behold; everything W
as full of fruit as it could be, from vine, bu
&c and brier, to sturdy fruit trees, but alas! anot
l. er story is told o-day, the frost Of last mig
W has done its sad work; fruit Of every kin
m wheat and rye has to all appearance been a
10 most entirely cut off; ice formed a quarter oil
lie inch thick; the apples, plums, sc. froze throug
4 The fields present a melancholy appearance t
ID day, and the amount Of damage cannot yet
lie ascertained, but it must be very great.
o. The Cleveland Rcue,O, Of the 9TH inst, say
y The frost of Saturday night is the absorbi
topic Of conversation, and fears for the wol
y arc entertained, though we yet hear nothing
~ justify the belief that the wheat is entirely C
off, though it may be damaged in some loca
=. tics. AT New Philadelphia, the first inpre
- sion was that it was killed. but an examinati
- has not provedit. At Circleville it was fear
A. the frost had done it damage, but telegraph
dispatches do not state it as certainty.
y, A letter from Malv ern, Carroll county, sa
! it is ruined. A gentleman from Milan says
"" is not injured there, He does not think t
:, wheat far enough advanced there to be hurt.
All reports agree in stating the frost very
= we're, and corn and potatoes cut down. T
grapes in some localities are ruined, and in OF
ers are not hurt.
~ We shall not expect to know definitely as
y, the wheat for a day or two. The corn and
" = tatoes can be replanted and as the spring h
:. beeen so cold, it is not likely that the new pr
duct will be much if any in arrears ofthat c
~ down had it lived. wi.
IN The Steubenville Herald, Of the 9th in'
We says
~ About the damage done by the frost of s
q urday night last, which is at present occupy
the public mind, to the exclusion of almost
cry other subject, there has been a great d,
o. unnecessary alarm. The people are, in CO.
mon p~arlance, more scared than hurt"
20 Mr.. james d. Ladd, OF Richmond, this coun
and recent Chairman OF the STATE B lard OLA