The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-26
The Crops.

The Crops.
We clip the following from the New
Orleans Picuyune, of the 10Th in-
stant
Another factoraee house gives us
the reading OF n letter from its agent
ut Shreveport, one of the most i'm
portant receiving points in the inte-
nor
The Office of this agent is to give
them the truth Us to the state of the
crops, and to generally promote
their interests.
He says: Between the drouth,
rain and caterpillar, our crop OF cotton
will be very short, and do not think
we will ship from our port over
30. 600 bales, against 16O, 900 last year
and 5000 in 1860. Believe me, am
not croaking, but 1 give you facts
and have them from all parts of the
country. The rains that we have had
since my return from Texas have
been so general and heavy that all
the squares fall off, aud the late cot
ton has, in many cases, rotted.
Should the rain clear up, and we
have Il late fall, we may do Il little
better"
a letter to the same house, from
Bayou Goula, Parrish of Iberville, J
says, under date of 18th inst:
''For more than week past rain
has continued to fall upon us daily
flooding the country. We hear from
every one the serious damage done to
the cotton. The rot is extending
higher mp the stalk than l have ever
seen before. I aonbt that if more
than half crop can be made. The
caterpillar is also ut work, but is not
SO disastrous to the crop Us the con
tinned cloudy weather and the total
absence of sun.
''The corn is doing well, and this
weather is favorable. to it, My corn
will improve about rs much us / lose.
on the cotton. / hope / shall never
be ca.!es; npon to plant cotton again
in this Parish.
appearance OF the regular army worm
IN different sections Of the State, in
addition to the dcpredations of
which incessant rains had prevailed
for nearly two weeks, doing serious
damage to the cotton crop on the
uplands. '"rhe rain,'' says the
writer, ''stops the opening Of the
cotton, and mildews and spoils that
which is already open" From Mis-
sissippi, the letter states, the accounts
arc equally unfavorable, and one fifth
Of the crop is now generally acknow-
Lodged to be rs much as will be
realized The result is most disheurt-
eping to the planters, who have been
living the past year on the strength
OF the crop, which they now find a
serionsi failure, and themselves further
in debt. Corn and potatoes have
done better. Sugar cane is doing
we'll. despite the rain, which fortu-
nately does not injurc it.
A despatch from New Orleans
says:
News from the cotton regions con
tinues to report the injury to the
crops as serious and wide spread.
Only the small district on the mp
lands OF the Mississippi seems exempt.
Otherwise the States of Louisiana
and Mississippi are afflicted with
nearly total loss of the cotton crop.
while very little corn OF other bread
atut1s have been raised
This is peculiarly the case where
negroes have worked on shares. which
leads them now to be very reluctant
to labor, and has greatly dishearten-
ed them.
The POLITICAL RIOT AT PLATTE
Cry, MISSOURI. A special (radicaD
despatch from St, Joseph says: An
eyewitness Of the affair at Platte
City, Missouri, on Saturday, states
that the conduct of the rebels, tho
arms they carried, and their large
numbers, leaves no doubt that they
came into town to break up the rldi-
cal County Convention. Four men
were killed, and three or four others
will probably die. About one dozen
we're wounded. The affair creatcs
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