The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-24 00:00:00

ANNUAL REPORTS.

(From Me Anglo-Aterican Times.)
The Commissioner of Agriculture, in his annual
report, says—" It is gratifying to observe the evi-
dences of vitality in Southern agriculture, which is
progressively and successfully marching the forces
of recuperation, and gradually dispelling the de-
spondency resulting from the losses of civil war,
the change in the labour system, disruption of fa-
milies, and the impoverishment of estates, A sys-
tem of internal agricultural exchanges has been
established with many of the GoVernments Of
Europe, Asia, and South America already, includ-
ing Austria, Prussia, China, Japan, India, Guate-
mala, and British Honduras. Arrangements have
also been made for valuable exchanges of rare
seeds, plants, trees, and various products of agri-
culture, with the botanical gardens of Kew in
England, and Melbourne in Australia, the India
Museum in London, the Cape of Good Hope Ag-
ricultural Society, the Botanical Department of the
British Museum, the. Commissioner of Patents of
the Argentine Republic," and the_ Central Agrono-
mical Society of the Grand Duchy of Posen. The
production of grapes for table lige and for wine-
making has become an interest of great importance.
The introduction of new and improved varieties is
rapidly cultivating a discriminating taste in the
general public, which must be gratifying to those
who have laboured long and faithfully in its die"
semination. The distribution of plants from the
experimental garden during the past year embraced
thirty thousand plants. Many thousand scions and
cuttings of fruit trees have also been disseminated.
Great care is taken to preserve the nomenclature to
guard against errors in the numerous varieties al'
tivated. The following exhibits the disposition
made of the seeds, under the appropriation, from
the Ist of December 1867, to the Ist of December!
1868 :—The total number of papers and package
distributed was 592,398, which includes 32,129
sacks of Winter wheat, imported by the present
Commissioners, as• follows :—LTo members of Con-
gress, 223,672 ; to agricultural and horticultural
societies, 98,861; to statistical correspondents!
86,391 ; to individuals on application, 183,470.
Total, 592,398. • The Report, though brief, gives
a view of all branches connected with the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.

Professor John A.. Nichols, of the College of the
City.of New York, died at his residence, Nov. 28. lle had
held the chair of Mixed Mathematics there since 1832, an
had previously held the chair of Experimental PhilosePl°
as successor of General Wm. B. Franklin.
The Secretaiy of the Treasury has rejected the
nomination of Gen. Comely, of Dayton, Ohio, as
visor for the southern district of Ohio. Comely was recoil'
mended by Gen. Schenck, and his nomination has been
pending a long while. It is probable that Commissione',
Rollins will not Col: Crane of Cincinnati for the
place. Crane is recommended by some of the best 13103
in the Government service.

General Spinner, of the Treasury, writes favonr-
ably in his report of the women clerks employed in hi:
bureau, and recommends equality in salary with the 5°-
of liko qualilidation. This will make a considerable cw,
ference to the well-informed and intelligent women e:6100-
ployed, as the lowest grade of the men receive ilce
per annum, while the highest grade of the women ree'.
but 6900.
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Weston reached Belfast, Maine, on his-geed
pedestrian tour, on Tuesday night, Dec. 1, and 105,;
through Belmont, Scaremont, East Palermo, Washing°.
Somerville, Windsor, and Augusta next day, reachlij°
Hallowell at night.
ce
Whelan has been removed to Toronto to
the case as to whetivar a new trial shall be granted to I'l

discussed.
The trial of Mrs. Clem in the Criminal Court 5t
Indianapolis, for the murder of Jacob Young and 4
wife, is creating considerable excitement. Tho Court p•-'
hibited the publication of the testimony; but the afteb;
noon newspapers pubHslied it, taking ground that td
order of Court is arbitrary, and without authority
law.
Secretary Seward has instructed American c°l3;
suls on the isthmus of Darien to see that American citizen,
be not forced to contribute to the treasuries of rival la";
tions, stating that American naval commanders On eittacto
side the isthmus have been ordered to afford con3P'
protection to Americans whose persons or property 11*,

be in jeopardy.
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It is said that O'Baldwini the prize-fighter,
over to America to study the penal system. lie is OW
gaol.
General Seymour is in New York, and
whop
supported at his hotel on the 2d instant by those whop
supported him for the Presidency. first
A portrait of the Hon. John Greenwood, -
Judge of the City Court of Brooklyn, has recently dip
placed in the court-room. The court was establishoho
1849, since which there have been four judges, viz., j°,l(l
Greenwood, Erastus D. Culver, George G. Reynolds, ti
the present incumbent, George Thompson. bag
B. Davis Nixon, jun., of Syracuse, it is said,
been invited by Mr. Hoffman, the Governor elect, t°:00
cept the position of Private Secretary ; General Fran", 1,
Townsend, of Albany, has been designated A.djut.-CTene;
and Gen. James Al'Quade, of Utica, will be, it is tboth,
the Inspector-General. ,
The Hon. H. C. Newcomb, editor of 7he Chic "o
Journal, has retired from that newspaper, and, if 'its° of
to -the United States Senate, will resume the practw"
his profession. '
Mr. A. H. Jackson, of New York, shows ~
cost of Indian wars, and what the sum will be for exte,r4:6
nating the existing tribes of savages. He appears t° At
imagined his figures. ' Re estimates past 0'3,1100
$1,000,000,000, and the same sum as the cost of the!iu"
ones.

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Bihs
FIENNES —On the 20th insr
t.t. at. 16, Queen's gate-teroe,
Lady Augusta Viennes, of a daughter. nref 111°
HOPETOUN—On the 22d inst , at 29, Belgrave-squat
Countess of Ilopetoun, of a daughter. of f 0
.
MILMAN—On the 29th Oct., at Mauritius, the Wife
jor-General Milnian, of a daughter.

Marriages. Oele'
She BLACKBURN—ROBERTS—On the 22d inst., I" t)ev''r
4 ef
daughter of J. B. Robert.,
Thomas Blackburn, of Doncaster, to Ainy, ) She
Es of Broomgrove' 4yo,
eld.
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THfiOMAS—WALLA CE—On the 17th, inst., at 13ouloes.0A4,
q
Mer, Edgar Hastings Thomas, Captain Made. Pw -
Christian Jean, eldest daughter of Alex. \Val
late of Calcutta.

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