Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-19
MISSISSIPPI.
The Hog and HOminy, the Cotton and Other
erops-The Political Canvass.

From an Occasional Correspondent
- EARLY GROVE, Miss, Sept Il, 1871.
The crop of sereals is good. More
especially is this true Of that most inn
pOrtant Of all crops to the thrifty and
prosperous farmer-the corn crop.
The Increase in acreage over last year
is probably 25 per cent, whilst that of
cotton has decreased in an inverse
ratio. Hogs are thrifty and look well,
and from present prospects old Mar
shall will have an abundance of "hOg
and hOminy" next year. But l am
sorry to say that a ''grievOus MUIR
rain" is prevailing amongst the cat
tie, and they are dying by the score.
It continues hot, dry and dusty, and
vegetation is being burnta to crisp. 1
believe it is a conceded point that this
is the cause of murrain. We have
found no effectual remedy for the NAL
ady. Cannot some of your many
readers give US one? l will now
speak of our present prospect for a
cotton crop. One month ago it was
the fairest for many years, but now
how different. The continuous hot,
dry weather of August caused it to
shed all the squares" and young
bOlls, and it has made next to moth
ing in four weeks. The yield per
scre, even with the most favorable
fall, will be below that Of last year
fully fifty per cent. So that from the
present gloomy prospects and the de- |
crease in area, we cannot hope to |
make much more than half, as a gen |
eral thing, Of what we did last year. |
II is opening very rapidly and the /
bulk of the crop will be gathered in
ninety days. The farmers are already |
busily engaged in picking. 1t is from /
fifteen to twenty dSys earlier than last /
year.
Great interest is being manifested
in politics throughout the country,
and the excitement is at fever heat
-bsrbecues and speaking everywhere.
The Conservatives are thoroughly
aroused and are making strenuous
efforts to crush the hydra-headed
monster, Rsdicalism, in this State, and
especially in this county. We feel
satisfied Of success in this county, at
least. The Raids held their grand
"pOw WOW" in Holly Springs, on the
ID inst. and tell-lie-graphed to all the
''colOredsD to 'cOme into tOWn"-to
tscome into town." Something under
ten thousand went to see the elephant
and returned home, avOwing, some
OF them, that they had elected" their
men. Poor, ignorant, deluded crea-
lures. l am told that they had no
voice whatever in the nominating Of
Gill, the Grand Mogul,
and Nsbers, the High priest, of Rsdi-
calisIn In Marshall county, had every
thing ''cut and dri d" (what a pity
they are not in the same FIX, before
they went into tOWn-and OIL my
stars, what ticketi Stand from un-
der! "Oh We gods and little fishesp'
The negroes are generally peaceable
and quiet, but are perfectly fanatical
upon religion and politics. They
preach seven days in the week {
and "prey" seven nights. Even ]
now, whilst I write, l hear
ones stentorian voice as he points out {
to his nerrin' bruddren-ah" 'the
strait and narrow way that leads to !
He lifts them up in his {
imagination to the top Of the noun ]
tain Of Hepsidam-and, like the eagle,
that proud bird of American liberty, | ,
that sOars alOft high above the cloud
capped summit of the Rocky noun f,
lains, with one wing on the Atlantic | !
and the other on the Pacific, he carries
his enraptured auditory by his burning
fiery, impassiOned, sOul-stirring elO-
1uence high up into the aerial regions,
aud when he shall have penetrated
into the regions of unlimited spsce-sh,
[ expect he will dive down and
light on somebody's hen-rOOst-sh, If
lay don't break too soon.
SEOOX.