The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-30
THE SOUTHWEST.
THE COTTON CROP OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.

THE COTTON CROP LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.
New ORLEANS, August 12, 1865.-Al reports to
army or cotton worm has not appeared in this
State 10 do serious harm to the coming crop. The
cotton never looked finer or was moro abundant.
Cotton picking has already commenced in every
portion of tho State If the worm keeps out Of the
cotton another week the whole crop will be saved.
In Texas the worm has undoubtedly appeared
in Wharton county, where it has destroyed thou
sands of acres. number of tho Texas journals
despair OF picking any cotton Of consequence this
other newspapers state that these reports have
been greatly exaggerated, and though agreeing
that the army worm has appeared and devastated
a fair crop from the quantity Of cotton planted.
The crops of corn, sugar, rice, &C., in these
States, were never finer than they are this year.
HIGH FREIGHT AND LOOSE PRACTICE IN ALABAMA
COTTON.
The Mobile Register and Advertiser of the 9th
inst, says
Piles of cotton, We learn, are awaiting transpar-
tation to Selma and other points on tho Alabama
river. but refusing to pay twenty-five dollars a
freight is pretty strong, and we heard gentle
man say that nothing but stolen cotton could bear
the weight of the charge perhaps the boat owners
portation is sstolen cotton, and, therefore, comes
1egitimately within tho rnle We fear they are
about half right, for cotton has come tobe regard
teach that any oneean lay his hands on it when it
is found ilaying around loose" There is deuce
OF d SCREW loose somewhere 1T tlB cotton Du4l-
einess, which time and vigilance viii discover.
Meantime 1'so-called> government cotton suffers
by this delay, and the government agents cannot
psy such prices. The result is that feet of cot
ton flats is In process of construction, which ia q
cheap method of transportation commsndable to
both government agents and private owners.
GENERAL WEBSTER AND yHE SOUTHERN 1A1LRoADs.
The press OF this city are jubilant over the arri
val Of Brigadier General Games D. Webster Chief
OF hajor-GeneraI shermaR's staff. General Web
ster Is on tour OF inspection on the condition Of
the Southern railroads. H79 OrUnrg fYOm Waab-
ington are to report possible, the costof placing
item % In running order In referring to this the
mission is supposed to be preparatory TO an offer
of suffic, mt aid from the government to restore
these road.. TO operation at the earliest ;possible
moment. I7his would be an act of noble generosi-
ty on the par Of the government, and at the same
time one by which the whole country would large
ly profit Speedy and ssfe means of inter-com-
val of business prosperity in the South, and upon
this prosperity great deal Of the success of the
North is dependent; and tho era of restored har-
the sanie means. Nor is this all the benefit the |
nation may derive by assisting to reft and repair
the Southern railroads. In case Of war with the
French in SaS By fha
American people would rebei-overy Inc Of rail- !
way in the South would be needed for the trans- |
portation OF men, supplies and munitions Of war, |
is too far sighted not to have thought of this mo-
mentous fact. We again say that General Web
ster's is highly important mission.
PERSONAL.
or-General Grierson accompanied by Major
Woodward of his staff, left this city last night for
the North, on q leave Of absence.
DR.. PEBBLES, Collector of tho port Of Galveston,
and Mr.. Sherburne, special Treasury Agent for
Texas left this city on Thursday last for Calves
ton, Texas The business OF clearing vessels and
shipping goods unrestrictedly to Texas ports will
commence Immediately
General Wright from the Army Of the Potomac,
has left New Orleans for Galveston, where his
headquarters will be for the future.