The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-08-18


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Drevalence OF. an unprecedented dEoe9s eeccs'
ung and running snrongh neasly - MAole y !.
81 The food crop making seos0ns AZ t.fe0A -
STATES Ct South Caroiina. Sfsos81.s - "
sissippi, Louisiana and 1exAe lneleA'a8 80
ton Of ArkansaA has prodacsd ne most disas
irons effects ever knoNn. AZ = Stpe s1eat t.sOuS1
all this region some locesions FAYE peen olss y
with rains 70 make fer cruz suu s0sas, ssc4 .
spare, which somewhat relieves me gloomy PFC
Pectfor food FOR anosnef 49,. my 49, nee 49,
10 the desert we dfousn nas 49, ~.
tiod 70 ne whole ares ecarcely m0Ee slsp 3 ~
70 MveCf six Rams nave Ia.Ien Elsnsu -
week, n Souta Oaroiina, GeorEa, Aiaoams 80
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snce s1e cesnton 9 sne 49, ~ ~. -
counts concur snouGn, tn.s 49, ~ w HAse
come and are coming, VOC iase so pe u ~ y ~
notacse extent, INC gteas u1ssusu - sls co1's
crop. ss....s..,s .,,ssy.a4r U
some hse planning may poOy y psnensss u
g sngns exIens, guy aPOI s..s :..sk ~ I.
snc ufous0 nag Deen - = $3.50, 49, !.
nass capacisy o. n1e 70 .O.v 4, 49, tnd
nupom Inc enec's y ny 49,. az An
crops mas Doen nc. q
lanos. ana POots. susss ~ ~ 49, q
our popuIauon M'sn ~ 49, $500 = ~,
vlse sne means 70 avsls ~ - -
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knew 10Y. nsrs - ..ous.u 800 =; =. es,s :
4sapeMA una A.sslsPP', .n1 ~ ueness - 49, Us..s
sno.S to i, 70 Chr;ssmas and ne'er an ear 70
feed 70 horse or to fatssn hog Tor meat 1nls
applies to those who live away from the more
fertile planting districts and tne nver oossoH
lands1 The effects Of the droosh upon tne enln
soils cultivated by the class OF people, mas Deen
disastrous to thear cotton croPsto an extent tnas
has cut on almost their last nope 81 the means
OF existence through anotner year. we nave
been hearing fortlie last TWO or three week. re-
ports Ike suns: Ocrn ruined Psss roemPsaon,
but cotton standing remarkably Wen FOR tne
last two or three weeks It mas stood H-snsse
ALL is has not been making ~ cd no' M's me-
anI W. ~ Wy ", 49, .sts ~. hem nm
nroStehls ) The veeil Il small and under NO DOS
ss;hle circ,,mst. Noes az nrnnitions seasons from
nov forth 10 the end az The cotton growing sea.
son. can Il make 4 crop. In the thinner lands,
vhere the drouoht has reiened TRIUMPHANT thro'
the vhoIe cotton making season until now. the
cotton go, -;ll he n,ter9v ;ns;cn;fcsnt In conn
n.r;sop a. 5 full AVERAGE cron = y. 100. $ ~
n vere r;d;culons re .ttemnt IN estimate vet
..-S,l. a. &c.. az ths S.;l.rs .e n. ~. ,c,s
Enonch T. known ~ arc;ta tho ,ivel;e.t conoern
of The nh;lsnthronists In view ~ the nrosnective
suffsr;n, ~ the nnor and IN snorast The ;,nnor.
tspce e dsy;s;pr Tho ma.rs ~ vert r 81 "a
nossible. u - - - . '''z7 77'
no.. -. ~.
Ane ~ SUI HaSle " s"e @osu "'s' A"s s''s
following; .-f.s .ss..,es6 b IT, .ss4a. blsssf,
The corn crop In Louisiana, of the river, will
not reach one third ofthe usual weld OF season.
able year--and in fact VIC know not single plan.
ter on the hills that will make more than 1 suf-
fciency Of corn to supply his own demands, while
there are MANY who will scarcely make bushel
TO the acre. We understand that there are fam
lilies in De Soto parish actually suffering for
bread. not being able to procure it for love or
money: for the very reason that it is not to be
he'd IN the country. II is awfully distressing,
with the most gloomy prospects ahead.
4 o,,rrosnond.n. oftha n Herald savs.
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>. PROM A'ou,ssn'e, n.y. ~ NS c",s. ae
distance ol lou le'ne neius p.ssens T T,'e
con''su", y. o.''.s "nu ae ~
nus w. n.n.s. ,ih ~. h..s,;, w.. .ad
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nlans ".INs 1...e .."' NJ 49,, 49, 10 Sn'
cnu .ne '"s .,' ,an,: . 81 49,. ~ y We
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The cron is lost beyond redemption. The to-
bacco cron has also suffered and ia suffering vast
Iv, The plants are hut one third the HEIGHT thew
should be at this time and looking at that as if It
would be a mercy to the struggling plants to plow
them under. Millions of dollars will he lost by
the failure of these crops; and even now the
of this usually luxuriant region are
empty, and grain by the hundreds of car loads
has to be imported daily from the East and West.
via the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The
Nashville merchants already predict a panic and
failures in the fall while the railroad is reaping
q rich harvest from the extraordinary freightine
business the drought has occasioned.
How strange are the ways of Providence
While the North and the South are wranglins
against each other, many really prepared and
willing to cut the others throats, a bounteous
harvest in the North and the Great West will fill
n g, sranaIles % Tue SCUM anu keep tne people
lronoht T learn e~tenas f,.,har South ,han
even int Gea.a;a and d1oa aIa,sm aA
here tbe cotton cron ia snSa,;,, ;,n,nansoln
4 seems nrat,v cle.r ,h., .he cp,,.h nj, ~, 81
= r;ch Ms vo,r sta 49,. ~ ~. VII ~ o. ~
contrary viii be the case with the West: and |
hen the Massachusetts, shoemakers can sell their
'rosans 70 tnelr western brethren without the
anger VI mourning oao ueO's' as IN former years. |
The Galveston News, of the I'd inst, says:
A private letter from San Antonio, to us, says |
hat in consequence Of the lack of feed for stock
he cartmen have stopped hauling from the coast; |
he merchants have iii consequence put up the |
'rices of all supplies; and the drought is SO Sc
ere that it is dangerous, in riding out in the |
ountry. to leave the road, as the cracks in the
round are SO large and numerous as to make the
orses stumble repeatedly
,aoa .hn ~. .earn lsom gen.eman OF TINS
4acs' "no mas just returned from jackson coun-
J, ina. tine corn crops are much better than ne
Apecseu, ana tnat, generally, enough will be
alsea 70 supply the country with sufiiciency OF
orh LOT Ordinary purposes. here and there |
azure aas occurred; but those who have raised
aore than enough are selling corn to their less
Ortunate neighbors for one dollar per bushel.