, 1860-08-13

Unprecedented Scarcity Predicted


II - no" aac0rta1beds 1e1uuo u"oo.t &n3s
tbs prevalsuce Of an unprecedented drouth, &C.
curing and running through nearly the whole
length Of the food crop making seA,on' 81!
through the States Of esouth Carolina, Georgia.
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. IN.
GLIDING q portion Of Arkansas, lus produced
the most disastrous effects ever known. IL II
trus that through all this region, some locations
hare been blessed with rains 70 nakefatr crops,
and some. even to spare, which somewhat re.
heEes the gloomy prospect for food tor sooiher
year. But these oases in the desert the drouth
has made, bear proportion to the whole ares,
scarcely more than 81 one to fiyu or slx. Rams
have fallen within the week, 10 South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Mssissipp', and 70 sus.
pect, more generally than since the cessation
Of the spring r.ias. All accounts concur,
though, that these rains have come and are
coln1ug, too late TO benefit to any noticeable
extent, the great breadth of the corn crop:
Some late planting n ay possibly be benenttea
to slight extent, but upon that, sne eaect ot
the drouth has been to dwarf it 70 much, toa:
nubbin. The effects ot the drouth upon tue
fool crops has been most disastrous upon the
bill iaads. and poorer soils cultivated By class
OF cur population with the least intelligence TO
devise The means to arert the calamlttes OF lam.
inc, aad the lea.t ability to help themselves II
they knew bow. There are thousands OF tamil
1ies in Alabama and Mississippi, and We believe,
bread enough to lat to Christmas, and ne'eF an
ear to feed to horse Or to tatlen hog
for meat. This applies to those who 1--we away
from the more fertile planting districts and t'e
river bottom lands. Tho effects OF the drouth
upon the thin soils cultivated by this class OF
people, has been disastrous otheis cotton crops
TO an extent that has cat OF almost their last
hope OF tbs ms ans Of subsistence through
another rear. We have been hearing for tbs
last two ur three wei ks reports like this: "Corn
ruined past redemption, but cation standing re-
marka5ly we'll" For the last two or thres
wesks it has "stood it-thats all. It has not
been making. 1t did not wither, and die, and
dry up, like the corn, bat its !ifu during the last
tao tr three weeks has been Improbable. The
weed is small, uud under no possible circum.
stances Of propitious seasons from now forth to
the cad ot the cotton growlcg teason, eau it
make CROP In the thinner lands, where the
drouth has reiKned triumphant through the
whole cotton making season NATL now, the cot
ton crop will be utterly insignificant, in compar-
iscn to full average crop.
It were ridiculous to attempt 10 estimate, yet
awhile, the extent Of the 1aure OF all the crops
Eaoush is known to excite the llgelieat con-
cern OF the philanthropis.s, III view OF the pros
peciiya suffering to the po3r. AID to suggest
the importance Of devi=iag the means to svert
it 81 lar as possible Aud this is the principal
object we hsd in siew in referring to this topic
,he a,tectioa Of public men AID phit4nth1o2 2lsts,
the better.
uA.p,iy, the great West md Northwest have
never bren 50 fruitful Of byea1stuf1s, hud hare
produced enough 10 furnish the d5outh strick-
en- districts Of the South. But it has TO be
brought to these district and distributed. Means
must be devised to protect the needy sga'nst
the rapacisy Of remo7zeless spectators, or the
great West will TEEN in vain with food to ap-
psa<e gaunt famine in the poorer districts OF
the South. How best 10 accomplish this, il as
Interesting a question as cun ergage the atten.
tion oil # q 4cting a1d good meu--not excepting
the Presidential question.
Nesides dev,bing wnyB aud means OF bringing
the food here TINT will be needed at the cheap
war Of providing labor for those who can and
viii work. aad have no other capital to buy
iood with. And something can be done III
thinking out and instruc1!DK the people III the
best system Of economy to exc out tbc little
TODD the earth may afford Us, to the farthest
pcssibIe extent. QiestioEs like thrse might be
discussed: In districts where theirs ID not
enough raised tn winter the teams, would it not
b. more economical to send the teams to be
wintered where the food il, than to transport
the :cod to thcm? Would it not he economy
to knock OIL the head all the worn out and dis.
eased anima1s OF little value, rather thRu keep
thsm to CONSUME twice their value Of toodl
Would 1t not BE- good policy for a'l poor famil-
les WIN nre making no corn to fatten hcgs with
for meat to gre ali their cows fit 10 Re used for
beef tic 1un ot their 6efds, which will ct pro-
1uce grass from the recent rains, and when they
have attained the iatnees it Is possible to Eive
them, slaughter everything about the beginning
Of cool weather, saving few breedsrs to start
en again1 Ought not the wealthy man to give
up for d seasou his carriage aud pleasure teams,
which would save as much corn per head every
lag mi 4RvR Hf fT0m
starving? Ought not the beauties Of charity
to b. displayed before .he rich in ull Of its at.
tractivsness, aad the pleasures Of praeticing j:
descanted upon, to incite them 10 help the
n edv a1ound them, Ought not associations
Of capitalists to be formed ia every county OF
needy district, to purchase supplies 10 sell cheap
tood TO thn.e who can pay for 1t, or give sa'is'
factory assurance 10 pay in the future, md to
gire ~ those who ave teither food, money nor
credit?
We hare no intention il these rambling re,
NAL Ks, Of Exciting paaic. We are not mis-
taken. The crop question IN the southern
!ates VI, have deelgnAteut sItbia the laat tor !.
s..vn be cf commanding and leadinS import
ance.
rhe De Soto Eagk Of the 2s!h ul:., has the
following:
The corn crop in Louisiana, or the river, will
not reach one-thlrd OF the usual yield Of a sea
sou 4Lle year-and in fact We know rot single
planter on the hills that will make more tbaa q
=ntfi :ienc} oi corn to supply bis own demands
Nnlfe there are many who viii scarcely make q
buslel to the acre. We understand that the'e
are families in De- Soto parish actual = suffer
ing for bread, not beirg able to procure it 10,
lore Or uoney: for the very reason that it il
not to b. had il the couotry. l! is awfuIiy dis.
sEesssug, with the mos. gloomy prospects AHEAD
4 correspondent Of The n. Y. Hrald says:
Fsom Louisville, II. to Nashville, Tenn.-a
diz1alcs OF $50 mle,--:he fields present oae
cnn.lrnal aspect of blight und devasta.io1.-
The earn tietds for r,l.e Of acres appear as il
centlasra:,oa had swept through the n, burn.
ing mud <h:iselling the Leaves and killing The
| st4ks. For u 4ry wecks there has nat been
drop IF rails, AID tie t:t trmome,er in the shade
i. 1cG deg for days together. Millions Of bu
she!s ct corn nre thus lost to the wealth Of thi!
| s!cti0n the coming season.
The GRIP Is lost beycnd redemption The to
! bacco crop has also suffered aud is suffering
vastly. The plaEts are but onc-,h'Ed the high
theJ should be 1t thus time, and looking h: ii =
| to ptow them under. Nili:nns OF dollars vii
he lost by 1hc failure oil these crops; and eret
now The graauaries o! this usually luxu,ian
| region are empty, and grain bT tho hupd1 ed
| q! cur loa's has to b. imported duly frcnl tbt
Last End West, via the Louisville aud Nush
vile ras'.oad- The Nashville merchants a!
ready predict a,panic and failures in The fal'
zt,le the ra'road Is reuPing rich harvest from
tho extraordinary i1eighting business tb
drought has occssioDed.
How strange ere the ways OF providence
"hile the Sorth and the South are ~raugltn
against each other, many really prepared nE'
wiling to cut tha others thrJats. bnucfe ~
harvest IN the North and the Great We.t wi
| ill the EtaLaIi.s Of the South, aud keep th
| fhn rf fHta -
The DR. 'uXht, | !ear1 extends further sout
than Tennessee, even into Georgia aud Ak
b1ma, where lhe cotton crop is suffering in
taeneely. 1:seeIas pretty clear thar ttc Sout
| will not be so rica this year as size was the las
while the contrary will bc tho case With III
West: and tEen the Massachusetts ehoe1 maker
c,n sell their brogaus 10 their Western bTcthze
without the dar g-r Of ircurrin1 bad debts, c
in former 5ears.-Cor- y. 7. utTdtd.
The Galveston Nt,o', Of the 81 inst, say.
4 private letter frnEl San Antonio, TO u
says that in consequence Of the lack Of feed ft
stock 1he cartmeu have stopped hauling fro
the coast; the merchants have in consequent
| pu. up the prices OF all supplies AMI tt
trcu:h is 50 severe that it is dangerous, in rit
ing out in the country, to leave Tue road, Us t.
cracks in the ground are 90 large aud 1unero'
us to make the horses to stunple repeatedly.
L4voRcn.-We learn from u gentleman
TIL. place, who has just returned from Jsckst
ccunty, tha. the corr crops are nuch bets
than be expected, and thar, generally, eDou4
will be raised to supply ths couu.ry with
sufi -iency of corn 1cr ordinary pur,o. E
Here and there failure has occurred; b
those who have raised more than enough Il
sellia3 corn 70 their less fortunate neighoor
one dollar psf buahel.
Ccors IN ST. MART.-The Franklin, L.
Eanntr, Of the 1st inst, says:
The corn, as before intsmated, is tns It'll
betttr than f4ilure->ha. ia. the first planning
the last, which is but partial, promises mu
more lsttcriug results, With anythiug like fave
able weather between this and harvest time.
On thi, subject the Concordia In:<Nigene1