The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-15
THE GROWfNG CROPS.

The accounts Il at reach us from the interio
OF the State, with regard to the condition o
the upland cotton crop, are generally Of dis
| couraging character, The sea island GRO,
seems to have sustained much less injury
and IN most cases the planters report fai,
stand.
| The Chester Reporter says:
The effects Of the cold and frosts of last
! than we first apprehended. be stand CT cot
ton on q great many plantations has been en-
tirely DESTROYED, aud the planters are plough
ing up and planting over again. The difficulty
seed. We have been informed Of several men.
who plant largely, that nave been riding sever
| al days throL gh the country on the hunt for
seed to replant Their crops with, but thus far
without success. 1t might we'll be asked If
this is real or seeming disaster If cotton
seed cannot be procured and the lands pre-
pared for c>tton are planted in corn, this,
which we now regard as q streak of bad luck
will, before twelve months, be regarded as a
blessing in disguise. Cotton, our bo ,sted
STRENGTH will prove in the future as it has in
the past, to be the great element OF our weak
ness.
The Yorkville Enquirer tells us:
The frost Of last week did more dsmage than
was at first expected, though its effects, so far
as we have learned, were cdnned to cotton.
great eal Of the cotton which had come up
was killed. In some places it was merely
thinned out to moderate stan |, but in most
cases, we fear. so much was killed as to re-
qulre planting again. This is q serious mis-
fortune. as seed ls unusually scarce this sea-
SON.. Fortunately, tbele was compare lively q
small portion Of the cron up at the time Of the
frost (the 81 instant,) and what has since come
up is looking we'll. There was however.
another frost on the morning Of Saturday last.
which may flush the business.
correspondent in Camden writes us the
foil ,wing: -,,
The stands Of cotton are not good, the oold
weather having destroyed the tender plants to
q considerable ex :ent. seed to repIant is scarce
The weatherls still cool and unfavora BILE for
the season.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The Tarboro IN. o. Southerner says:
Mournful accounts reach US from the coun-
try in regard to the great DANA se done to the
cotton crop by the late cold weather. large
prop 'rtion Of the cottol already up has been
killed, and it IS seriously feared that the seed
IN the ground has been so injured as to be Ut
terly worthless. Though not too late to re-
plant, yet most Of our farmers are unprovided
with seed. Assiduou5 efforts are being M de
to obtain supply from other sections. but, we
learn, with indifferent success, as most of the
seed has been used in planting and for COM
posting. number OF farmers are already
engaged in ploughlng up and planting corn.
FLORIDA.
The Ocala (Fla.l Bapner CT the 9th instant,
allnding to the appearance of the caterpillar
in that State, says:
We gave but little credence to the report at
hrst, thinking 1t merely ruse to raise the
price OF cotton, which had fallen from eighty
cents to forty cents per pound. But the state
ments OF reliable gentlemen who had seen the
animal himself and the mi ury he is ,nflicting,
place the truth OF the mater beyond doubt.
The plague is really upon us, and In such
power aud force as to leave but little prospect
q hoo RI NJ n IL or<,, { 81 r.
that we have taken q lease Of this insect, and
that he is disposed to b,de by the terms nomi-
mated Ia the bond aud will not abate a lot or
title Of his power.
xx.U cambridge tHeo Argus says:
The growing crops in this section thus far,
bave met with no serlous injury from any
source. If we except too great haste in putting
sion OF the caterpillar. Winch last season de-
stroyed all the late cotton. On account Of the
cold spells of weather last month, some COM
plain that their. cotton has failed to come up
egularly, causing poor stand. But, all
things considered, cotton is doing we'll, espe
clalty in the uplands.
A letter to the Macon Journal and Messen-
ger. from Sumter County, Georgia, says:
The impress sion that our people are planting
all cotton aud but little corn, IS O mistake.
have never before seen the crops more equally
divided. Half corn and half cotton is nearly
favorable, corn will be lower than it has been
for ten years. 1t ls generally manured, and
the stand never better. It s yet too early to
say much about cotton. Planting will be gene
any more land in cotton in Southwestern Geor
gia this year than there was last year.
ALABAMA.
We gather the following items from our Ala
barna exchanges a4.
The Wilcox Vlndcator saws: ~
Cotton cannot be replanted now with assur-
ance of o successtul crop. for if late, the worm
and the cold will out It short. Many of our
and by the time tho water recedes aud their
lands are in condition to replant; it will be
too late for cotton. The late sprlng, this un-
combine and ecnspire to make our planters
gloomy. s r,
The Chester Herald says:
It is almost q general complaint among the
planters that their cotton Is DIVING out as fnst
as it comes up. Ssyeral who a few days age
had good stand Of cotton, now say that they
have not ono-fourth OF q stand.
The Haynevllle Examiner says: I3
The crop prospects IN Lowndes are as bad aa
they could be. The rains OF last week delugei
us for Ave days, Washing the newly plougheG
ground IN shocking way wherever the land il
at all rolling. Much Of the iowlands will no
be IN q condition for work for several days yet
and even the highest is thoroughly soaked
It has caused week OF idleness at very criti
Cal tizae, 1t will give the grass start along
with the cotton.
The Monroe Eagle says:
Some Of our farmers have abandoned the low
lands and taken to the aplands. We fear the
scarcity OF cotton seed will prevent much land
from being replanted IN cotton.
LODISLANA.
The Monroe Na.) Inteiligencer Of the stl
says:
FROM what we. hear Of planters. tho crops a
corn and cotton have aeverdly suffered from th
continued rains. The stands of corn and cotto
are but poor, and the rains have caused th
grass 70 spring up very fast. and now many O
our planters, being short OF hands are expe
rieIci1ax considerable difficulty in chopping ON
the grass.
" MIssI8srrRI.
| A letter from Bolivar County. Miss, to th.
Memphis Appeal, says: 81 i
We are nearly overfowed. Cotton prospects
g,ooriSy. The rains have been 11nparaleiled X