The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-14
SOUTHERN CROPS

>, Inc crystal Springs (Niss.) Argus and Crisi
OF the 9th says: " We are pleased 10 no,a si
nave not materially damaged the crons Esa.r
Jay We are IN receipt Of glad tidings coneernin,
dstriets.n Oui a8ucultuSa
private letter from Columbus TEXAS d.,od
august o. says leading planter of Wh.Ttoo
-, nso just informed the writer that the cot
III Morms were at work in his fields a nd ba1 a.
stroyed the crops in several fields nsa, ~, ni ue
| RADIO county. PP'"t0noe Id OOio-
:. The l6erville South of the sth saws: I'VE have
10 our once stalk Of sugar cane wbi,b ia go
SIX feet long, with twelve well devsIanaS over
Jonls. IL is sent US by our friend DR.. r. Dannv
sample OF his crop. Who can match the 80 ~
.GI! We have heard several others of on
Planters family boast of their cane - - 0ui
Inc Bsstrop (La) Dispatch of the aIs, nj.
sa1s: We are sorry to say that the worms bsve
ti tner appearance on two or three nlsnt,
IONS on tne bayou Bartholomew and we fasr ,h,,
~ ~ VIII De on every cotton field in the parisb
10 Tess ihan two weeks. However n will ~ S.n
q month before they do much DAMAGE "a tha ny
tom, Sho oy that time q large number M vonDs,
1ons VIII mature, and we hazard The sssss,; ns
m mou mere VIII be an average crop made if NOT
Ihe wife of Major Strange. Of Ii,ua p,o,-
vas most Drutally murdered on Saturday eveniOa
Ieero came to her house and told her tbat bs.
do,rn at ,tne brick yard wished her 10 coma
uoHn sno bring the blue box used hv b;,, So o
Sash box for the purpose of paving off The bsoSt
pne uu so and was most brutally murdered rs
oeIng struck Ia the back of the head with an ~ ~
VI T ma.cnet. The negro has been arrested.
me Opelousas Courier of the 9Th savs. IT,
almost iDcesssnt rains of tha last ,brao % Aue
ne nucn damage to the cotton while tba1
PIetent me pulling of fodder, most of which III
20 'os'' Inc cotton bolls rot aud fail ran, L.
rains w;Ii a. On extent that 1t is feared that these
"I 10 ss much harm to the cotton AZ the
Gs.eLP h.ars would. These pests however We are
noalpy 70 say, have not yet made their an.
Inc Galveston Civilian of the sth savs. .s7,ou,
0SspI, d. W. Downs, of the Waco Examiner an
vi; Jos stafford, Of this city, who have recantiy
HINed from the Interior we have the mo-, ~
=, accounts OF the prospect for crons If
III klnds. The cotton crop of MoIennan 800, |
leVer looked more promising, ana the nI IUuy
re nopefnl OF an abundant yield. Truiv tss
kles are Frightening" '' Tue
me galveston News of the lth saws: "on-
'dshlngton county correspondent conti,raS ~
eny the existence Of the genuine cottan 1urn 70
na' section OF the State. We have been racain
lg reports from Different places for seneIsi
raa Hs Past concerning the existence of the A
reaGiul cotton worm, but none of onr oo-"n e
ponoents report having seen a slngla ga r
sVsged oy them, when il is a well known Isct II
ays' time" ueiu III lew 81
The Brownsville Courier saws. 0co,,on t,..
planted on the Rio Grande onIv onca 4; U .l. 70
oIs' anu can De picked every month in tbe | ~
:. Souon grown on the Rio Grande last wear n
- ~ at monterey and Saltillo at 6l cent a =
UNI, specie, without having been ginned. The
'er Is OF good quality, long and strong: said 10
iully equal, if not superior, to the hest To1is;
q sho mississippi cotton. The average visJd 4. q,
oale 70 the acre. Mexican labor il essiIv oro'
red for the cultivation of cotton" '1'' pro-
Inc Baton Rouge Sugar Planter of the 9Th sov.. OF
. was predicted by many of the .weatbsr.
e Oh the parish, long rainy spell has an.
.oed the drought Of which we comnlainad 10
ssery some time since. The extremes m d.
wet have been anything but bene6ssI ). ,
Pplng. This is plainly seen in corn cotton al Isl
aeco, to say nothing OF other ysQeta,ion 81 hr
cane dong very well, growing luxnriantI1
WIN 3 heslthy appearance, bat too mpeb r.
, even enects that hardy plant"
ne Hlnnsboro' (Ls.) Sun of the 9Th ..
ue same gentleman who last year was The srst
son IN this parish to discover the armv w ~
y cotton, Is again the first to do so this vssr
FOUND signs Of them last week. That tbay a1
mere Is no doubt. But may we not hone a.
= u,a put little damage last year until Two or A.
meeks after they were first seen. and az tba sdvs
! ss.hp . Is more forward by two or tbres sign
.hs year than last. that they will not COM eSS
ee tner work Of destruction until II will Ia sloa,
la'e Tor them to do much harmg" ~ W ghi.;