The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-08-18
DRoUTH IN THE SOUTHERN STATES

For the benefit of croakers at home and
abroad, who are filling the air with evil
representations concerning Kansas, be-
cause at present suffering from an unprece-
dented drouth, we publish the following
extracts from Southern papers, showing
that dry weather and its effects are
being even more seriously felt in the South
ern States than here
Distressing DROUGHT IN MIDDLE GEoR-
G1A-The Savannah Republican makes the
following extract from a letter, dated Thorn
aston, July I1th:
lit is exceedingly dry in this and ada
cent counties. The corn crop is almost
ruined, and with the most abundant showers
for the future, the yield cannot be more
than half the average. In some localities,
the corn-stalks have fallen down, having
first been burnt into crisp. The cotton is
doing little--that is, it has ceased in a
measure to grow. and is beginning to shed
its fruit.
l have known more rain to fall in twenty
four hours than we have had here since the
first day of January. The thermometer
ranges from 80 to 100, and the wind feels
as if it issued from furnace. Even the
trees here are taking on the yellow hue of
autumn, while the fruit is suffering greatly"
From the Fort Smith ARK Times.
The news from all parts of the country
brings the most melancholy and distressing
accounts of the effects Of the drouth on the
crops. The corn crop, which ;mee or four
weeks ago was the most promising that has
teen seen for many years, is now cut short
without the least hope of making enough to
feed the people of this country. We must
tell the truth, so that people abroad may
know the real situation of the country
Nothing but starvation stares many poor
farmers in the face, without corn. potatoes,
pork, or money to buy with. Many farm
ers viii not raise COZ n enough to feed their
families till Christmas. Most farmers are
cutting their corn down, and many field
will not produce one ear Of corn. The
prospects in this region are shocking indeed.
From the New Orleans Delta, July 30
No State has suffered SO much from the
drouth as Texas. That rich State will not
produce enough grain to supply the demand
of their own people. and actual famine is
feared in some portions of the country
Lands that have produced as much as eighty
bushels of corn to the acre, will not yield
twenty bushels the present season. It is
pitisble to observe the appearance Of all the
farms-the corn is withered and destroyed,
the grass on the prairies is burnt 10 a crisp.
and the stock everywhere is famishing for
food aud water. In some parts of the State
there have been no rains for seventeen weeks,
and the heat is more intense than has ever
been known. The change in this prolific
and beautiful land, caused by heat and the
absence of rain. is such as to render the
country scarcely recognizable. 1t is impos
sible to exagserate the damage.
From the New Orleans Bulletin, Aug. /.
Not for many years has SO long and so
severe = drouth been experienced in the
Southern States. In some sections, no rain
of any consequence has fallen since the first
of April. This is especially true of Texas,
certain parishes in this State and middle
Georgia. in which latter section, according
to writer in a Georgia paper. more rain
has been known to fall in "a hours than has
been had there since the first of January.
These, il may be said, are exceptional cases.
True; but there is now but little difference
in the condition of the crops in most of the
cotton States. Our accounts from varioas
districts of Georgia. Alabama. Florida,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and our oRn
State. are, to say the least, discouragiag.
Crops IN these States have been not only
oppressed by drouth unprecedented IN its
duration, but within the last month they
have had to struggle for existence in the