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Crops in South Carolina. We quote the latest reports of our exchanges in regard to the condition of the crops . EpeGeries_p.—The drought which has so long prevailed in this part of the country, and which finally became so distressing, is now at an end. Abundant rains fell on Sunday and on Monday. Vegetation is invigorated and the weather is pleasant. A large corn crop cannot possibly be made. WILLIAMSBURG.—The “heated term” has continued with but little abatement. We were blest with a refreshing shower on Sunday, and have, at least, obtained some respite from hot nights. The indications are that we will have a continuance of the same. We hope for bet ter times and try to keep cool, Newserny.— The heated term and the drought are wide broken, and blessed with co pious and delightful rainy seasons a general re freshing is felt. The desponding farmer is hopeful. To a portion of the corn crop the fla vorable change comes too late, but to the gen eral crop incalculable good has fallen. Except that the cotton plant is small and not advanc ed, the crop has experienced no other injury. The rains seem to have been general, as heard from yareus quarters, York.—The dry weather continues through out the greater portion of the District. The crops have,in consequence been fearfully in jured. Added to this is the unreliability of the labor, resulting in bad cultivation, which, with the severe drought now prevailing, must result in scarcity of food and suffering. The pros pect for farmers is discouraging in the ex treme, SPARTANBURG.—Since our last issue our town and district generally has been visited with most refreshing showers. It is to be hoped that the rains have come in time to save much of the upland corn, which was suffering from the long drought and great heat. The tempera ture, too, has moderated considerably during the past week, and we again enjoy our pleasant night undisturbed by those nocturnal visitors of less favored places, called mosquitoes. Courier. so fe London Star says: “When you are yet half a mile from the bat tle-field, there is no mistaking the road; the wind brings a horrible message from those flat tened slopes of corn. Here is a long wood of birch and fir in which the Prussians first took up their position, and in the adjoining meadows remain their lines of huts formed by stems of young trees, and thatched with branches. A quarter of a mile of trees had been cut down to make these temporary dwellings, and all around these lie pamphlets, and letters, and match boxes, and glasses, left by soldiers who never were able to return for them. “There are few people about, Iere and there Knapencks, sue means, women are opening up ay wae they only take what canno RaSentence 7 cognized as government property. In one of the ditchesflies an Austrian ammunition wagon, laden with grenades, each of which contains a considerable quantity of powder; but no one touches that powder. They take the swords and bayonets to make knives, but they break off the hilt, and leave the scabbard. They rifle the soldiers’ baggage, but leave the knapsack.— There is a plethora of articles which would be of immense use to these poor people—such as belts, leathern satchels, tin vessels of all descrip tions, unused cartridges, not to speak of the quantity of metal which could be obtained by stripping the helmets, which lie in dozens—but these they do not touch. What they do take, they wash in some adjoining pool; for blood is everywhere. “The work of burial seems to have been left in the hands of the peasantry, who simply dig a hole in that part of the field where the dead lie thickest, and stripping them, fling them in. Where the soldiers have buried the dead, there is generally the two spars of wood crossed, with the number of the buried marked, while occasionally one or two officers have their name thereon inscribed, with the motto—“True even unto death.” And this mournful work goes on from morning till night—from the first gray of the dawn until in the evening the white line of wist trailing along the pine trees on the hill side finally comes down upon the plain, and forces the men homeward. The country peo ple, passing the burned houses and levelled grain, and the trampled farmsteads, grow indig nant, and talk loudly; but when they come to this place they go by silently, and do not stay to look.” Petroleum Torpedoes.—The Scientific American contains an illustration and descrip tion of a new invention, which, it is claimed, is revolutioning affairs in the petroleum regions, by restoring and greatly increasing the flow from wells hitherto supposed to have been ex hausted . Petroleum appears to be stored in pockets or veins, in certain oil-bearing rocks, technically called “sand rocks,” and found at varying depths below the surface. It not infrequently happens that a well, after having reached one of those veins, and yielded the petroleum in paying quantities, gradually ceases to yield, the passage leading into the well having be come closed to the accumulation of paraffine, or clogged by the deposition of other extra neous substances. Again, wells are sunk into the oil,bearing rocks at great expense, without striking a vein, and are abandoned as “ dry holes.” Col. E. A. L. Roberts conceived the idea of exploding a torpedo in such wells to fracture the rock and clear the closed passages, or make artificial ones reaching the oil veins. The idea was acted upon, and with such suc cess that, by the use of the torpedo, the pro duction of oil in one district of Pennsylvania has been increased 1,400 barrels per day within the last two months. In one instance, two wells which pumped only eight barrels per day, after the torpedo had been exploded in them, flowed 160 barrels. Eight wells which jointly pumped only 50 barrels per day, yield 540 bar rels per day since they were subjected to the torpedo experiment. In another case cited, that of the Woodin well, a“dry hole,” in which no oil had ever been obtained, the ex losion of two torpedoes in the third sand rock, was followed by a yield of from 60 to 80 barrels per day. These well-attested facts give reason to hope for a revival of prosperity in the oil regions, . The UNiTed States, ENGLAND AND THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH—The New York Com mercial notices the nice messages between the Queen, the President and other parties, in order to ask: How long, in case of war between England and this country, would American dispatches be tolerated on the submarine wires? Great Britain would at once take armed possession of both shore ends, and we should busy ourselves with disputing that possession, or in grappling after the link that kept mother country in hourly, communication with her colonies. So, if Great Britain were at war with any other nation, that belligerent would deem it a duty to destroy the iron cord which contributed to the wealth and power of England. As soon would her commerce be allowed to go unchecked upon the sea as this great business tie be allowed to remain untouched. No evidence is necessary to show the utter worthlessness of internation al declarations when « presumed, national in terest is involved.
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Augusta Tri Weekly Constitutionalist
Augusta, Georgia, US
Wed, Aug 08, 1866
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