Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-12
KmIH and Crops In Hanover md
Caroline

correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette ]
HEwLETT's, July l0-For three weeks tho
weather has been very seasonabo for The grow
ing crops. EVcniog before last tLcra was ole
of tho most peculiar exhibitions 10 40
excessive s,uhwasttrn cloul l tv.r saw.
For one eighth Of tho hcrz,n dark masses Of
clouds rolled up tho heavens. and as layer after
layer b,i!cd an from tho uos,en depths below,
they presepttd tho appearances Of as many cur
talus, hanging one upon the other. The light
ming was vivid and CONSTANT aud the roll tf
thunder almost c,aseless. 10 tho meantime the
lower curtain of cloud assumed 90 iltoDscIy
lurd aspect, and grew dcelcl 10 its dyes,
sreskod with ctaS less seams fluid Lightning.
Tho tcanc was as grand Es it W. omcD0us.-
Soon the sweeping gale boro up tho heavy
masses OF clouds AID drt Dchtl tho cur b with
water.
Tho oorn tr)p locks vel as w,lI as ever
saw it at this season. Tie oat crop ia perfect
failure, not even scaJ will ho yarhesc! in most
Instances. Tho wheat is less lhnn hall 10
quantity aid poor 10 quality There arc 90
peaches aud very few early tpllts Tho grass
crop ives very short and poor. TIE farmers arc
deVoting much more than usual attention to
the pea AID potato crops.
Ii General Malone snd his followers have
20. killed tho patty they arc tying 10 build W,
there is surely loss nttligenee aud patriotism
amcng tho white people OF Virginia than they
have given themselves credit Tor. HANOVER.
LlBEAIAN COFFEE. pr, Idic ind
practices Of .Hco planters arc likely 10 be revc
lu!iOaZel by tho disc very Of now species Of
collac On th, west cast Of Africa tho Ccilaa
lIibcr:cl or lIbcrian orilJc-lud its introGuo
lion into cIfi!e erowlog countries. Tho trans
plao!atcn of this plant from ia uaiVe soil TO
Ctylon, BreZL, and other countries has been
attended with such txraordinary results
that tho tree islikr'y 10 limo to supercefc the
CJtloe Arab;ca. tho -utcirs now u.uaIly caItiva.
tod. Of little importance in s native cluu.
try, the Lberan coffee b c Jmcs nstuuishingly
prodUc i've when plsc ID 10 tho best plaota-
tioUs aIoDg.iIo or very close to lis BITTER
kocwn riVa; and it has this peoulinlity-thaL
whereas the Arabian coffee furnishes at IN al
titude OF from =. 600 feet TO 6 900 feet aboTo
the s1a levci, the lI'bcran variety thriyts Mt
from sen level to on elevation oil 600 feet. 1t
is DOT certaio, hoTevcr, that it cannot DO cul
liVatcd at considerably greater altitude, 10
which case ils value will DO greatly enhanced.
"a an estate 10 CryIop, where tho African
plant hos btc3 tested. tho onormous crop OF
W. tor $ OF crffoo 10 the acre has been yielded.
Tho plant Is bling tested 10 several Of her como.
til s bcsides Ccy loo. Ia BrsziI. Vcntzuals,
S,uth Australia, Guatemala, Qleer sland, FL,
Jamaica add other lanes. tue seeds have
been plated or young trees iolrodacoe 1t is
curious that hitherto England his b,en the
principal centre OF its propagation. Large
| numbers OF saplines aDd many Thousands of
seeds h,Vo been distributed from Londrn,
where the ire has ben cultivated under srt6
Gal hea:. The seeds travel we'll ii packed 10
damp moss. Ooo important feature presented
BY the Lib,ran ff,e is its power Of resistisg
the leaf diseases which is go fatal to the plants
ers' hope 10 Ceylon, So far, at least. the plants
grown 10 that colony have shown DO signs of
contracting the disasse. There is little doubt
that the Llberisn coffee is destined to take an
important psc, iD the list Of important vege-
table products. aad that it will ba the means Of
introducing valuable Industry into countries
which would otherwise not have thought Of co.
terng into competition with the coffee districts
of South Am:rics aud tho Eish-Colonies and
India,
SCARCITY OF FIsH.-As predicted By the
fish commissioners. tho present has proved
bad season for the fish factories The fisher
men report the each few. small, and poor, and
unless ss the season advances the catch in
creases, the factories Of necessity will suspend.
The northern fisheries are VIC understand more
succ ,ssiui. -7Elaoater Laer.
England ard France have advised Greco, 10
postpone cll"log out the reserves uotil The col.
lectlve notn has boon tec:iVed end replied 10 by
Turkey and Greece. 10 order to avoid Offering