Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-09-10
Cbe yntelliotnttr.
An. r. HILDRETH. Editor.
Charles City, Iowa, Sept. 10, 1863.
Ravages of the Frost.


damage in this part of Iowa, in GER
tain localities, but the injury is not
very serious, and not nearly so great
as it is in some other States. Many of
the fields of corn, and even the pump
kin vines, in this and the neighboring
counties, are AS green as they ever
were, while in other localities the corn
leaves were frozen and have turned
white. The greatest loss in this vicin-
ity will probably be in the damage
done to the sorghum and imphee.
The croakers, who are threatening
to remove from Iowa on account of
the early frosts, will undoubtedly be
comforted to learn that the frost has
been much more severe in other States
and in latitudes considerably further
south than ours. The Chicago Tribune
says:
1t is certain that immense damage
has been done throughout the country
by the recent remarkable weather phe-
nomena. Passengers from trips thro'
Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, con-
cur in statements of great damage
done to field and garden crops along
the lines of railroads traversed and
our Louisville despatch discusses the
loss to the tobacco crop, as far south
as Lexington, Ky.
A correspondent Of the Tribune, wri-
ting from Champaign county, ILL.,, says:
That veracious individual the "old-
est inhabitant," has no recollection of
such frost visitation at this season
OF the year, sweeping down the crops
by the thousands of acres, and spread
ing dismay among the rural popula-
ton like unto that of yesterday morn
ing. At least half of the corn is cut
down, utterly ruined-some of the
most advanced is damaged. Vines of
all kinds are killed, including every
tender herbaceous plant. Tobacco has
turned black, and large part of the
crop is ruined. The free cotton, of
which thousands of dollars worth of the
seed has been sold, warranted to
stand the climate is gone beyond
any hope of ever saving the roots and
the humbug is thus early collapsed, as
we predicted il would on the first col
lision With Jack Frost. Corn, beans,
tobacco, tomatoes, sweet potatoes,
vines of all kinds, potatoes, ct cetera,
have seldom been so severely dealt by
before the middle of October, as at
this writing. The corn crop is half
lost, nearly all the beans, tobacco and
potatoes are gone, while garden truck
between drouth and frost is nearly out
of the question. To-day farmers are
every where busy cutting up the wilt
ed corn, to save what they can for
fodder. Ice an eighth of an inch thick
and the country laid waste by frost, on
the Both day of August, is an era in
the history of the agriculture of this
part of the State, that we hope will
not be again repeated.
So much for Central Illinois.
A despatch from Louisville, Ky,
says considerable damage is reported
in Henderson and Davis counties of
that State. One tobacco grower had
lost twenty acres of that crop, and
many of his neighbors were in the
same condition. We have accounts
of injury to the tobacco crop from sew
eral points in Indiana. A correspond
ent, writing from DeKalb county, Ind,
says:
"We had a heavy frost here on Sun
day morning that killed the corn, buck
wheat and vines generally. Potato
tops are lying on the ground COM
pletely killed. Some of the farmers
are cutting up their corn for fodder"
The Cincinnati Commercial speaks
of much damage having been done by
the frost in Southern Ohio.
The frost was also felt il Michigan.
Passengers over the Michigan South
ern railroad reported the corn badly
damaged, and the gardens generally
destroyed.
The following despatces show that
the frost was but slightly felt in Wis
consin
FoND DU LAC, WIS.,, Sept. lst.-There
are no particulars Of injury from the
frost in this vicinity. Vines slightly
injured, corn is not hurt.
EVANSVILLE, WIS.,, Sept. LIST. = The
damage was only slight in this vicini
ty from the recent frost.
1t was evidently not SO cold on tho
line of the AID parallel Of North lati
tude as it was on the 4lst and AID
Even as far south as vicksburg there
ara eomplainfs If the cold uaat thor