New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-08-30
TALK ON ICHANGE.

Well the inquiry is made about fifty times every
day of us, "what is the news?n We are not
spared either in heavy shower of rain or o clear
sky. By-the-bye, there has not been much clear
sky in our latitude for twenty.ni days. We hope
for a clear-np before many days pass and no more
rain will be required for at least the next sixty
days.
Talking about rain brings up the question of the
sad havoc it is making ON cotton late fall, with
the hest of weather through the picking season,
will not repair the damage.
We received yesterday the following communica-
ton .z
NEAR VERNON MISS Aug. 2S 1861.
DEAR SIR read attentively your articles in the
Crescent, and, with your approval, will say some
thing at times to you of the crop, ETC..
Up to within period of six weeks since the sea-
| son for cotton had been favorable, and the crop
was then fair. Since then we have had hard rain
| every day on an average. 1t rained hard twice
| yesterday, and is raining hard to day. This has
| produced boil worm in great numbers and caused
| the plant TO shed" prodigously. If the season
| were Immediately to become favorable, the hills
| would make as mach as they made last year pos
sibly though the holls have rotted before opening
| and after opening too. What rots before opening
is lost by disease, and what rots after opening can
not be picked and saved nice, so the early picking
cannot be what it usually is, choice cotton. On
the Mississippi river, where am chiefly interested,
the growth is very rank. and my managers report
the rot horrible. The picking is, and will of
necessity, be very late.
There is no denying that this is all against the
crop, but if the blockade is not raised early it will
not matter, as the housing of the crop will delay
| picking much we shall not be able to save what
| we make. Why SO? Because we will have to dry
| it before we house it, or else it will ferment.
Yours, truly, -
| Our correspondent gives us the real true state
of the cotton prospects; nevertheless, with four
six weeks good weather, we entertain hopes that
| we can furnish Europe with as many bales as last
| year. promising that the Southern Confederacy is
duly recognized and the ports opened In furnish
| ing Europe, we intend that New England shall not
receive bale. Therefore, the usual three quart
of million OF bales that New England and the
other Northern States have received will be d.
yerted to Europe. He must be very bold man
who wonId now predict the quantity of cotton, or
number of bales which may form the crop of 1861.
The arrival of the Asia at New York, with dates
from Liverpool to the 18th instant was announced
before the close of business yesterday. From the
quotations, it is believed that SD the highest
| figure for middling Orleans. This does not meet
the anueipatons of many shippers and other par
ties interested, as Cd. was the predicted figure by
the mtadle of August. However, if WE cannot
/ realize 3D., We must put up with lower figures
| which will pay very well, provided they are not
/ below II to sid.
CONNECTED as Louisiana has been financially
/ commercially and socially for the past thirty years
/ with Kentucky, we have looked upon her move.
ments for some months with much regret. We be.
\ liege change has come over the good people of
| tbat Stste and our hopes strengthened that we
snail gei have the pleasure OF receiving her as one
: Of tae Southern ConfederaeY,