The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-09

The RAINS AND THE CRoPs.-The rains since satur-
day, Says the Columbus Sun. have been very heavy
intervals and the all ont Of their banks and
the crops on the low lands covered With water We
made trip into the country yesterday and found the
crops Of cotton and corn backward than we had
supposed But little OF the cotton is yet six inohes
high, and most OF It not four inches from the
ground. Much OF 1t has not had the rst hoeing and
s very nearly used up by grass and weeds We found
much corn In bad condition. suffering for work from
neglect In trying to the cotton Much of the cotton
land planted will have to be turned out to save the
balance. In old cotton growing times with labo
It usual by this time for the c,on of this section to
be knee high and over full of FORMS and In nice
dton. 1t Is now all Of month behind the Drop of $780,
It will be the middle Of July before blooms will
be found on any saw yesterday 20"
Most Of tho wheat has been cut and is shocked in the
field. The rust has totally destroyed some crops
others have been partially injured while others said
to be very good. From the belt information we can
got the wheat Drop I'm the country trading oolumbu
will average about half crop II 1t Is not d,magei by
the present wet spell
A correspondent from T,lhotton thus writes to the
Macon Telegraph concerning the crops:
Aessrs Editors: I wrie to say the prospect of the
crops 10 eti poor Few or none have near much Of
cotton planted as they expected to cultivate The
from old seed have dwndled and died out to such q
extent that much Of Il has been plowed and planted
In corp. Those who had nsw seed aud have been On.
looks ELL think many felt less interest In the cotton
when they faws was almost certain there you'd be
tax Of hve cents pound laid upon It. Your subscriber
and dou6uess many others bean to pow up and plant
corn undtr such tsri6 It s and has been for several
weeks past very hard 70 gss e negroes to chop IL out
fast enough or work anything like much as und or
the old standard The women are nuisance all tho
many OF their children large enough to do good service
are kept to wait on the lazy creatures Already many
have quit work. and after few weeks IL Is more than
probable many more will either be driven or or Leave
OF their own accord, under some trivial pretext am
fully convinced that most OF the negro work
Ing Just about enough to keep them from being driven
Off, moro particularly In the neishbothoo Of bureaus
and Villages. Be assured, Messrs Editors. but few
pls ters who can avoid IT, will risk their time and
means @,, egain with any suoh lAborine class.
wheat cutting has commenced and is badly ini1red
with the rnst half crop may be reaized OATS are
good and is hoped enough will be made 10 feed the
powfng stock. to dnlsh the crop. Tho growing oorn
Gro Is lste bus is taking good start supp y
OF old corn 10 about exhausted aud even II we mako
haa crop Of whea can hardly see how the masses are
TO gt bread We have had to- much rain and now too
much grass but NTH more propitous weather 20 may
m ike good corn crop. bnt hardly half cotton CROP
The low ground crop IAN important tenlj 10 lust now
Ds,ng planted ssan and may Jas make crop
sTALnorros. Ga, May 80. 1866. q, - .r