Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-04

We again present our readers with numerous
extracts, from papers published in tie surroundin
country giving an account of the condition of the
crops in the words OF persons living on the spot
This wee6 the statement greatly lost the hue o.
brightness 1t SO lately bore. 1t is evident that in
many places the corn crop is failure and the mos
intense fears of absolute want exist. An item W.
publish, separate from the .'crops' headed sstarva-
I'll in Nj sissipp gives room for tile most painful
antcipations. Our extracts necessarily brie ,
that they may be numerous if We had quoted al
greater Ii myth, itwould have been shown that gar
vegetables and the sweet potato crop are in the
same condition as the corn. Tue failure of the corn
crop is not universal, however the rains since
spring have usually been Of partial character ana
many instances the condition of contiguous plan
tations often greatly differ in consequence Gu
space did not admit Of extending tracs but Ii
We had copied from the papers OF other southern
States, the paragraphs would have been of the same
general TENOR for instance the editor OF the Couu,-
BUS (Ga.) Times, who has recently made a journe,
throug the south western counties of that
that corn will net make third Of crop, AID that
cotton looks almost as bad corn. TIE writer an
dcpates hard times all through the Country In
Louisiana the Raymond Gazette proclams that s.the
almost continued drouth which has prevailed from,
the planting season up TO The present lime, has
played sad hovoc with the crop throughout the
State. In many parts Of this county the crop is
almost the adjacent counties, it may
be said to be entirely From the northern south
and eastern counties, the reports even more
distressing. We very much fear, from the accounts
at hand that sufficient corn will not be made the
State the present furnish our people with
Their usual allowance Of bread''
Cotton being less dependent than corn crops upon
ran is in BITTER condition butt has by no means
escaped. Il appears In many places to have been
fastened to premature maturity. We have still
rsasons, however, 10 hope Tor a large CROP and the
European advices assure US of q good demand and
TAR prices Let the planter his duty to his cot
ton-gin it well, keep free sand aud dirt AVOID
mixture ia sackiug-in short, send it the
Ia tue best possible condition, aad he will have NO
cause to grumble.
The selections of "Crop Items" we give from tim
| to time, are Of great interest, and would
friends, the editors OF country newspapers, 10
be regular in furnishing report of the condton
Of the growing crops around them; We shall be
glad Copy, giving them due credit. The crops are
| Of the first Importance to the country They are
the great Of her wealth, and the supporters
Of her prosperity Information as TO their condition
must therefore be of continual interest Let those
(he country editors) who eau be Industrious in fur
nishng Information.
That our ssCrop Items'' are consulted with plea
| sure we have may reasons to know. We some
times see them entirely copied into other papers
When credit is gwen those who copy are perfectly
welcome, hut win N they stolen without a wora
u Acknowledgements, as was the case weeA or two
ago with the Grenada .sRarai Gentleman,n we do
not consider ourselves iairly trs sted.
We take this Opportunity OF Informing Nashville
correspondent, who desires Us occasionally to Civ
information aooa; the cStt5n crop, assuring Us that
such meas Will be gratf, ing sJme Of our old sub
scrbers in that section. We, every week or two
this TIME of the year. give epirome Of The cro
news, copied rom tue country press around US,
similar 10 that furnished today-a fact We believed
u be well know TO all our cold" subscrsbsss-
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