Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-17
REV VIEW
OF THE
With siCsTOI E1anKETS
FOR THE
EEK. ENDING. 'gEEs IsSDA..
april 1G, 1874.
REVIEW

q THE CROPS.-The weather durin
3 The week just closed was spring Ike
mostly dry and favorable for tn
sprosecution of field work. Corn ha
abeen generally placed in the groun
9 throughout the South, and in section
sanas had good start but an excess c
gram III some quarters damaged tn
sear.y growth that had already take
spiac", and has retarded work in local.
sles. Tie time for planting cotton i
Snow at hand, and while reports woul
Sindicate that in some portions OF uh
sSoath and Southwest full crop vii
5be attempted, the state of prices an,
athe absence Of money resources, a
Jweil as the great Importance of secur
snG an ample food crop, will certainl,
stendtr necessary an important dimi
3nHtion of thearea devoted to the stapl
III most districts. How much of cot
BON crop planters can place in tn
aground and also pick, with their pres
mt limited money power, is an inter
sting question, but can only be deter
mined by the results of the comm.
! growth. The following extracts, takel
.from papers in various sections OF Tia
sSOuth will indicate tie agriculture
aspect:
From the Columbia IS. g. Union
sApiI ): by passengers down from
athls portion OF tie State, we learn tina
.the planters are making strenuous ef
fort to raise heavier crops, and are re
sdncing expenses. Wheat and oats lool
Remarkably we'll. Verylittle money i,
sbrjng sent ont for fertilizers
From the Marion 6. O. Star. ADri
g: TN every part ii the county VIZ
sI"urn that most Of the upIands design
+ed for the corn crop has been planted
:'ll:d, III many instances, up and grow
SiGG. Tho division of the crop int
st'prr, cotton, &c, is scarcely different
g.! acreage from that Of last year
ihe quantity of glano bought is little
if anything, ;Cs9 than that commonly
used.
From IL" Augusta (Ga) Chronicle
,Anr5' :: "Wient. thus far, Is very fan
.adV.:rc,.l, 1.sI!ch iHoic so than usual
;tnd i.,e l,re"dth O; land IN it is greater
stI:;n :,l-v E""r :>!ice the war Many
sh;.i.,.v.' :!..t titev viii be able. to ctli
;whe;.t t!,r !-tfcr part Of April, or early
,,n Alay u. taiti.rzt This will help out
:wonGegfuiiy
From The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.
zone of the editors Of the Macon
Telegraph, who was in Atlanta on the
day Of tic direct trade meeting.
Writes: We were at some pains to learn
from the Patrons what was the present
outlook in Georgia. They
iwore all agreed rs to- the immense
;imcrsase. amounting 20 over one hun
Hired per cent, in the cCrn and other
grain crops, and represent wheat and
oats to be unusually tiouriahins and
forward. OF guano, the falling of
wiiI be fully fifty per cent. OF the
quantity used the past year. This IN
protends a short cotton crop,
aside from the fact d;minution in tiie
Of the staple.
From :he Mobile, Gala } Register
April ,; But little progress, OF
change OF any kind, has been made H.
the general situation throughout the
section Of country contiguous to Mo
bile during the past week SO far as vs.
can learn. The rains of the past
month have retarded operations
Planters, generally speaking, make
rather gloomy reports to Their mer-I
,..ants here. The rains have ceased
md few days Of sunshine Will doubt
less work Il great change or tie bet
ter. There Is Il marked disposition Of
tile part OF planters ths year to keep
a;"lr "f dcbt, and Il seeming dctermin-
alton to raise met, corn and small
grain in quantities sufficient to be in
hereafter. The future.
taken all in AL, presents 81 more en-
outlook.
The S;ari;is Miss. } Star says: Il. !in,
gai!, faiu. very little but rain Cor a
.rnc!z pas. Oar farmers are I'LL COM
I1,.s nin" oi til" VET season.
The Meridian Miss, y Mercury
49,: ''tn Intelligent and observing
z 43t!cman WHO has Travelled extensive
" oytI, the country, Informs us that
,.-r., is, by far, the largest o4t crop
o'A4tId ever was put III the county:
That the crop is planted on the better
lands witicl, were better prepared for
- I an usual, and that it is now look
smE better than usual at this seaSoa
fAe iarmers are pitching their corn
crops, AID lie gives us the gratifying
.urulnat;on that they are pitching
them large.
The Alexandria La.,) Gazette, %
he .,35ii J!lt., says: For the last three
or / ar weeks we have had in this
succession of tbs most
,iisheartel,ing and disagreeable wealth
ar cennrliy that could possibly be
in4agiucd. It has rained nearly every
lay, not gentle aud refreshing show
ers, but devastating and destroying
Hoods. and OF course all agricultural
operations have been entirely suspend
ed. Many planters were ready to
;gl.nt corn when the rain commenced
and the ground has not been dry
enough since to 90 so, and as 70
ploUglEg, whether rebeddlDg CT
breaking up, it has simply been i'm
possible Ada to this fhe threatening
aspect Of the river, which is now al
most over t!le banks, and the condi-
son Il the leyces, which We Lave been
tl>c,l year after year to keep mp, and
which are destroyed for tat least half
their length in this parish, it VIII be
seen that :he prospects Of the planters
and those depending on til ~ are
gloomy IL the extreme.
COMMERCIAL EPIIOME-The
general Commercial situation and trade
Prospects is much the same as when
we last wrote Though there is rather
more business doing than there has
been The volume of trade IS still
+. =. c. +'ln eeascn and the markets
S,itrl.,.., i.,oA ..,.ii,. -. i- are here
and there some speculative operations
taking place based on expectations of
a prospective rise III values IN conse-
ouence of currency legislation. hut the
distribution of merchandise and pro
duce as a rule is regulated 10y the ext
eencies Of buyers and sellers. There
has been little if any change N the
condition Of our local money market
during the week. The currency ques-
ton is still undecided and it is openly
charged in New York, says the Balti-
more Gazette. that our National legis-
lators have their own private reasons
for delaying the settlement OF points
of such vital interest to the country,
that speech favoring in iation is very
likely to be preceded by large orders
from Washington to Wall street for
the purchase OF stocks, or one favor
ing contraction to he preceded by or
Iers for "ehort'' sal"s. This whole
business has bee Ii bni enough at best,
but such an explanation, ii it DE true,
makes it simply disgraceful.
On the currency question we are de-