The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-30
The Ga ops On the South.
ALABAMA.
[From the Eufsuls News, 2,dl

ALABAMA.
[From the Eufsuls News, 2,dl
From all accounts the storm Of wednesday
night last was the severest, and more general,
than any that has visited the South IN many years.
All the roads are badly washed, and tnougn we
hear of no special damage that has been done, we
feel satisfied much will be heard hereafter. Tue
lowlands that were planted under favorable aus
pices, and which were supposed TO be beyond the
reach Of any further fresbets, must now be, judg.
ing from the river, entirely submerged. This viii
hurt cotton, but help the corn market.
GEORGIA.
[Fron the Macon Journal. z,d.l
TIE CEoPs.-Up 10 the late heavy freshets the
crops were doing finely. But the Fields were
everywhere flooded with water. covering and
buryiDg the young plants. In low and rolling
grounds the soil. eusno and crops were, in thou
sands Of instances washed entirely away. They
will have TO be almost wholly replanted. There
il, fortunately, plenty Of time to commence anew
In this Connection IL may be stated that our
planters have as general rule, put IN az s6un.
dance OF wheat corn and oats 10 do them. Tired
and sick OF the foolish and ridiculous plan OF
spending al the money received for cotton buy.
ing corn, they have abandoned II. They should
make yieoross effort to replenish their stock Of
hogs and cattle. They never will make money,
or even good living, until they raise enough pro-
visions TO do them. -....
The Wnedt along inc VI tho - aAsco AA'SA
and Ksnawhs canal, btween Richmond and
Lyncbburg, is looking remarkably well, so the
Lynchburg papers say.
Irrom the Giimer Sentinel, April Isl
We some weeks ago announced that there were
millions of young grasshoppers Matching out here
on every rood of ground. Such was the TACT.
But We DO not hear Of any material injury beng
done by them. In fact, for aught we know. they
may have already accomplished their exodus.
Al ali events, we hear nothing about them now
and the dread In regard TO them seems gone from
the minds Of our planters. An intelligent planter
Of this vicinity. Mr.. Hagler. who has heretofore
had opportunities Of observing these things, re-
marked to us this week that these grasshoppers
never do any material damage 10 the spring.
MISSISSIPPI.
From the BrookHed Journal
From what we can learn from our linters
never in the history of our state we're the pros
meets more favorable for bountiful crop, both
Of corn and cotton. The season for planting
opened most auspicious, and thus far the weather,
with the exception Of o few days past, has been
Ali that the farmer could have asked-being mild
and growing, with just sufficient rain to moisten
the bosom Of our prolific. mother Earth. For 9
week or two past we have had few more tears
shed from the clouds than was either agreeable OF
profitable especially 70 the planter, much OF their
iowlands being inundated. their corn washed up
and the fencing carried away. But the rains are
now over, the fencing Is being repaired, and, SC
coon as the ground will admit, replanting VIII De-
gin. Those who have sustained these losses are
not discouraged in the least, but have hopes yet
with favorable season, Of making good crops OF
corn On their bottom lands.