The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-16
lror the nlspatch.l
prsnehss an The Etghteentn century
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EXTRACTS FRox TaE DIARY OF COLONEL VII
Ian cAnglJ, or rxsoS HhIL'
,-aa A rrea, drought; river too sow LOT
baiteaux neatly all tue year, very s"Of'
csoos. rs,n-more
,han has been since the lt OF Ne, .ne
drought being so severe thst ese,s NV NV 60" s.,
almost burnt M. september ON. i"S "'
Ss,,led. general rain since Mas ISL.
s.-zsnMaF ID. The first rain tor 0
,cesks and -four dsys.
~"S1-17-narch 30ih. The river very low,
s.sreely a ak. hogsbead tide, and hes been
50 chiefly since Christmas; the dryes1 WIN
,sr and sprsng, I believe, ever knowa.
t~co-i Nav seth. A moderate rain, sfet 0
torc and exceeding drought. (Fbere was
: rain on the 22d OF march, July stH. n
g. shower az rain In the night alter the
greatest drought ever known AZ ms SCISSOR
- he year. The appearance Of TIE eore
,nsen,ed The most dreadful apprehension
- tsmine. as{t was dying IN many places.
SaaxceIv any tobacco standing. August
10 In the evening a most powefiui ram
"a The ground gerry wet, and has oeea
sa1rahIv ca for about thirteen days. ~
~n,ch time corn aDd every other thing has
,rncoved amazingly. II has been sueh 81
a1ysntare 70 Yegeiation that The dreadful
nrosoecf OF q femme Is agTeeably changed
10 ibat OF plenty.
I-s5-Aueust 18th. A moderate rain ior
tbe irst OF any consequence siOce ihe lVup
of June. Such an excessive drOu2n. heseI
known here before. Corn and every o'her
thing almost exhausted.
I7S7-september lst. a 9 eSnei"I
rain. which wet the grohBd sumc'ent'y IV'
tbe 6rst time since March. me mos sene'
raj drought ever snown' Nege,aslon en-
tirely stopped snd everything almost IN
hausted. (Tbere was a goou i,un 81
March, aud moderate rains SVtn may anu
22d Juiy) or s,o
weeks. .,,,i ,a,r &.
much wanted. having bad scarcely any Tor
near two months. May l7tb. Tne weather
remarkably dry: the river very low' May
oAtb. 2eib. 27t6, 28tb, and 10th. Rams.
lime 26tb. A tolerable good shower ex-
ceedingIy wanted. July 18th. D tolef9Oie
good shower; exceedingly wanted, having
had yery little since the 29th OF May, and
everything almost exhausted Tor the want
of NJ. Replanted celery, which was mostly
burpt mn 6y The drought. The rain greatly
relieved our distressed minds, as TIE pros
meets of orr crops were truly melancholy,
owing 10 the excessive drought. The small
creeks almost dried up, the mills at
stopped grinding. and the appearance
NJ everything truly alarming. July
both. The ground getting very dry again.
August sth. A moderate shower OF ram,
which was never more wanting since my
remembrance. Great suffering for the want
OF meal. The last winter and spring the
dryest I ever knew, and probably anected
the Yater.cOurses In so surprising q manner
August 18th. The first settled general ram
we have had In the course OF the spring ana
snmmer. II has made a fine tide IN the
river. tchich oaS nerer kRoton TO De to~er
than for months past. -,
1762-June 6th. The dryest spell OF
weather 1 ever knew at this season OF Tue
Iear. there having been no rain OF any con-
seouenee since April 14th; the corn dying
In the hill, the plants burning up, and TINS
lav began TO water them and 20 water and
miami; a great part Of our corn entirely dead
In the stiff part OF the lo~w.gr0npds. June
I6,b. Finished replanting cotton, nearly
altogether missing from the drought.
17Q3-NoyembeF STU. The river bas
raised several feet, although very little rain
here, and the ground has not been wet since
the 2Oth Of July. The greatest drought
ever known.
Cannot the Dispatch or ONE Of its readers
give us memoranda regarding The droughts
OF the nineteenth century! What was the
waterfall OF each Of the last ten months,
and how does II compare With the waler-
fall during same time OF the last ten or
ALEXANDER BRowN.