Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-13

y.efr. ,fsis 20 0rrti.1s Of Alabama ard Aissis-
sipg hes tCrl,zLed with some statistics regards
ing the prospect OF the crops IN these states which
may net be without interest 10 cur readers The
vhCIe Of Southern and Middle Alabama, snd that
rezion Of country in Mississippi lying adjacent %
the Mobile and Ohio railroad, extending more tnan
lhree hundred miles, have within tao last TWO
weeks been favored Itlh the most a0undant and
sessonable rains We were told by the planters
thst they had neither too mlch nor tGo little, but
precisely crouch Itwil in most cases prove
amply sufficient t IS thought TO insure nrst quality
crops even should they fail 70 get more during the
continuance Of the sesson-
IA q qe1ersl thirT,- from two 70 three times as
much corn Is usual seems to have been planted,
and better Weld % the sCre, from present Indea-
tons has never before been promised IN the history
Of tie com try, Whole fields that ten months since
were white with the cotton bloom, TOW pFesent one
vsSt ard 1teruiuable wilderness Of corn. extending
in the distance as far as the eye can reach- Cst-
tauly We have never before seen such excellent ana
bOUntiful crops Of this indispensable cereal any
where in the South as now appear upo3 the prairie
lands Of eastern Mississippi We we're told by ninteL
gant planter of Octbbeha county. that Il can n al
probability purchased this fall In that vicinity at
low rates as twenty cents peF busheL rev II any
aptiCipa sales over from forty to fifty cents 10 any
part OF the CCniederato States. NOr Il this esu-
mate st all improbable when We come 70 consider
such statistical facts as can easily be gathered Ifo
various sources. Poor lands il SONS counties, We
are reliably informed, which lsst yielded only rom
five to ten bushels. VIII this ear produce lFOn tet
ty-fTe to thirty Some farmers assert that thsy VIII
raise on an average seventy I've bushels TO tne acre
We met one planter. resident II Marengo' AiA' 'IO
has heretofore bought nearly all the corn GSea on
his place from the West. who. this iaA VIII nafs
fer sale st least twenty thousand bushels Ahsst'
with many other isolated facts, leaFe no uOuOL Ia
our minds as 10 the truth OF the encouraging state
ments heretofore made upon this suhJeet 0y tue
newspaper press throughout the SCUM Inc IN
preston seems 20 that western corn, such As
has always fgrnd ready market in the South, II
delivered in the Gulf States, viii not command II
three months from to-day ss much as twenty-five
cents If such in reality be the case, the vast &C
cumulatton Of corn in the gTsnaries Of Ohio His
nois and Indiana viii doubtless subseFve the Pur>
pose of manure during the present season. IN leu
Of being exchanged tor Southern 60 !.
The cotton CROP in the sections above alin1ed %
seems - be about en- average so Tar as quallty -
concerced but certainly falls somewhat snort IN
quantity. With favorable weather the cotton lSnua m
Fll produce quite as abundantiy as usual Ins
whole crop in the South will evidently IAN 0eiO"
that of last year by at least half mllion OSlsS-
some say more.
Representations made to US by persons rom olher
sections Of Alsbama and Mississippi also irola
Georgia Louisiana and Texas give accounts eqeaiiy
as encouraging as the above. Texas We HsIs tOiI
By q gentleman Just from Galveston VIII mae
enough grain Of Gll kinds TO supply me wants OF
her citizens for two years TO come.
Thus has providence. in his aIl-Wlse oeneacehce5
secured 70 our new born but gigantic and vigorous
Rspunlic a victory more important than one achieV-
ed AZ arms upon the field amid the slaughter Of IN
told bsttalioLs Of the enemy.-.NsHphjs Appel,
IN u II.