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t6rs can discern no advantage sufficiently decisive 10
Warrant the conclusion that claim TO nde dence
has been made good The trial must proceed until the
tlon Of both parties has removed the VIII and the ability
10 continue the quarrel.
smpe prolongation OF the contest would SEEM 10
hueston where nationality Is at stake to be in itself
Tbncusiye Not TO be conquered Is to succeed Nearly
Al the secondary Powers of tho world la a con
nlct With formidable opponents, could do no mrre
10 avert issue until the protection OF public
law ana OF general policy could be brought to the
rescue More demanded OF the confederacy IL is not
only required TO Withstand all the efforts or nation Of
than double s numbers and enjoy ing the additional
advanageof OF untrammeed commerce, but must utterly
beat back the invader before even the force an
attempt at mediation can be exerted ia aid of gallant
people whose determination is sought with ferocity
unparalleled IN the annals OF the world.
Such decisive military advantages as 10 reduce the
enemy 10 submission can scarcely he expected n any
prompt termination can be hoped for is from foreign
complications, 10 which Its further continuance will
always afford OCCASION That Power which has shown
disposition 10 take active for the removal OF
this great stain to Civilization aud 10 humanity,
by its contiguous position within range OF influences
which may require its nterpasiton. The situation Of
France with regard to Mexico mupes the occasions OF
the collision with the United States, and clearly fixes her
policy In attitude OF sympathy with the South. The
speclous parallel Between Napoeon's attempt upon
Russia aud his phew Interference IN Mexico, together
with the prophecies OF similar In both cases,
calculated 70 change the steady and deliberate
will of the French ruler. Tho whole tendency OF his po-
Icy been rom the first to regard the revolution in
augurated by the South successful His convictions on
this subject seem to have strengthened with tme and
interest We have at least legitimate ground of hope
that operating influences may produce decisive
action ON the POLITICAL the military stage things
were the appearance OF trausstion. New combinaton
and changes OF positian are indicated in both On the
one have been favored with happy omens Should We
be blessed with concurrent good fortune both, the
future, which looks so impenetrabe at present, viii
lighted up with the prospect Of speedy relief from
troubles,
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The Crops.
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL DE-
A PTMENT.

.AhPTMENT.
WASHINGTON, Oct 25, 1S6s
The following ia summary statement OF the amount
Of the crops Of 1852 and 1868, both and fall
the loyal States returned to and estimated by the
Agricultural Department, and furnished TO the press
generally by the Commissioner OF Agriculture, In ad
vance OF his monthly report for September
The returned to tho circulars for September Of
the Agricultural Department. asking information of the
condition OF she crops given in cnhs above or be-
low the crop OF 1852
During the summer the De osrtment made an estimate
OF the amount OF the crops Of 1852. This estimate
was based the census returns OF 1850, AS the
crop Of 1850, which wos taken by the census, was
below average, and thai Of 1862 much above, allow
was made for this derence, varying in Hs amount
according the agriculture OF each State requei The
general PER cent Of each State added. One
fourth Of the amount given in the struck or
from the returns for Missouri and Kentucky account
the Thus calculaed the crops 1862 were made
the basis estimating those 1s63 according the
enths decrease of each STATE reports by
the correspondents Of the Department
The summer crsps-wheat, rye, barley and oats-for
1852 aad 1868 were as follows:-
31@ Wheat, Rye, Barley, CUs,
bush. barsh. bush. bush.
Total 1863 I9l 29 90 sy 10 760 597 ia s58 167
Total 1862 1s9 500 2l 25495 464 9o7
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fsoxv p, End the War.

From the Memph.. Appear, Oct. ~. ~
We need heavy Infantry az VII as cavalry force TO
and If President Davis is fully convucado. . truth Of
the remark he is reported to have made we bdvc
right TO inter that he will place at the disposal of
the commanding general force adequate TO the task be
is expected to perform. be army OF Rosecrans should
never be permitted to recross the tumaeriand
MountanS III safety, even If the troops have 70 ke
wlthdfawn from all other points TO prevent It, n
held where be is he will be compelled either to
sureuer OF starVe during the winter, from all the in
formation we gather from The best Informed IL viii
9e impossible Tor him TO provision his army at such q
distance from his base OF supplies.
The path ., duty is therefore plain Cooneratiny to
gether let the Confederate and State governments OF
Georga, Alabama and Mississippi Concentrate all their
energies ana available resources for formidable and
prompt movement against Rosecrans, and before the
Christmas holidays are upon may behold the enc.
my on the retreat 10 the Ohio spend those days in
rejoicing that the backbone war has been broken
So mote it te, ~-'
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the DRAFT.
Notifications and Examinations.
HoURTH DISTRICT. -

IOUkHA OABEAAVBs
The Board of Enrolment Of the Fourth Congressional
district Captain Joel B. Erhardt, Provost Marshal. con-
tnue to hold their sessions daily the headquarters Of
Captain Erhardt and en- and after Monday at the new
o0ce 102 Liberty street two doors west Of Trinity
place Tho Board has sssfuiy adudcated over two
thousand claims 70 exemption, leaving balance Of soms
nine hundred and ffy 70 be settled The majority OF
those cases In all probability VIII never come before the
Board in proper shsps. ~ II is well known fact that
By this time large numbsrs Of consoripts are est.
Many Of them have departed innoceny, being nonres
dents and aliens who wero not aware that the act Of
March 1885, rendered 1t necessary for them to report
10 the Provost Marshal and be furnished with proper
exemption certificate. The penalty Of the law however,
would appear to apply to all these parties and 1t will
therefore be duty Provost Erhard search
them out. Whether found not they will be entered
on the books a being held to duty and no correction
can until these parties appear personally before
the Board OF Enrolment and furnish the requisite proof OF
identity &C. According to the enrolment book there have
been held duty the commencement the draft
three hundred and fourteen persons Of which two hun
forty eight have furnished substitutes and the
balance paid the Communication fee Of three hundred
dollars except indivdua who proposed 10 serve in
the Union army Twenty eight of those who paid the
Communication did not wait to be held ta duty Thus it
will appear that tho Fourth Cong essonal district s
dted 10 October "a with four hundred AID three soldiers
their equivalent which Is less than quarter OF the
quota assigned 10 tho district and leaves the district still
behind thousand i've hundred and forty men,
to be raised under the recent call OF President Lincoln
for three hundred thousand either by volunteering,
or, after stated period by another draft The follow
Ing the list for the woek ending saturday, with the
disposition or each Non residents, 49, aliens, g. fur
nished substitutes paid commutation fee IL held to
duty, physical disability, q over age, q in service
March s, 1868, q only support Of widowed mother /;
under aye /; twice the wheel, 1. Total ee
The following reoapitulaton shows the aggregate
amount OF business transacted oy the Board @ OF Enrol
the disp son OF each case and correct statement OF
the situation Of the Fourth Congressional district in the
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Bosrox McncfAsS 6S SRlxE.--Ths professional mss.
clans OF Boston aud vicinity, comprising the ebors OF
Tho theatre orchesra and The qusdrle aud military
bands held meeting At the rarker House on Friday for
tho purposs OF considering tho proposed advspce OF
prices
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shall Richmond be starved.

Upon all this question the people o this city will DO
called vote next Thursday The Maximum or "Ex.
tortionp bill, ns Is called, Is no thing All his
tory rs against u. II was put in force here under the
reign martial law few months ago and such tho
effect in stopping supplies that this city nearly
starved II this bill be passed shall have the
thing over again with this difference In the
the who framed this absurd and tyrannical edict
remained Richmond and shared the fate OF the inhab
tants The consequence was that the measure
speedily repealed. In this case however the
members OF the legislature, after passing bill to
starye CITY, will or 10 thor homes the country,
and with full bellies will read the appctlsng OF
the sueriags Of their victims in the city. They will not
together again for two three months They will
not hurry leave plenty In the country for
walton in Richmond. There will be power In the
timo repeal the law The people will have TO suffer
Children will cry for broad and cry In vain Let all who
want bread and for themselves their families
this winter the polls Thursday and vote against
tho Maximum or Exorion bill TO starve Richmond II
they neglect to VOTE thus allow this bill TO pass they
will howl for food when IL is too late 10 apply remedy
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a sSvihaM Hvst recent squirrel hunt In Jefferson
Msn'aoun .r % Sodfy, oh9 in which there eighteen
qred Of the f1sky lo fellows on ouo SIDE. aud atceu
hundred aod one % tbs oihsr,
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MAxucursrrn ocsscseyrs -Ihe whole number OF sol.
iers obtkaed under ths lalA dram ID Massachusetts, w
f,Sso, all of thou we're *pt Y ho Army Of the peo.
hAc, tha di,<ss s'''s~ s~s Sas about .00o
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Resignation OF oensrai Forrest.

IETom thg kIcuniOnu ENannncr, uetObcf 2fl
scens 70 be established thai Conceal Forrest has ton
defad hts fesisnstcp 70 tho War Department With Us
no country vii regret 10 lcarn that such Is ths caso as
Ee s fendstsd sSrviccs incror 10 ltoss OF 20 other
Qotr Ia tte stfv,ce and has very Justly besu regarded
a. one of tho frcxt ecep thc STEP lqarn, has been
tkch Afbr naiure deliperaton, and ia the result of
ktrIyy dkArsemata bSw.en him aud hIs ranking
supcfibrA n
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The Provision q uestion.


The subsistence question Is very properly engaging the
attention OF the press at present. and it should that Of
the people Of the con ederacy without daay, great
danger threatens to be feared more than the raw
ages OF the public e2emy will II our cause
be able to make; and as this danger is entirely within
our own CONTROL aud can be averied without crce and
without disturbing the laws or healthy commercial in.
tercouse surely every energy should be devoted re-
Election directed o devise measures to the calamity
that looms be'ore
ihe unprecedenedy high price provisions is by no
meaEs legitimate The figures asked and paid are not
enhahceG by scarcity OF supplies The markets are
abundanty supplied yet in section OF the country
prices high to produce ser us ucony enepce If
not distress In sections they have reached point
already where honest subsistence among the moor and
those OF slender means is almost out Of the question
Yet the Savannah publican remarks the product of
the earth Tor the last Two years has been ample Tor
the com ortable subsistence Of all the inhaba is.
needs but to be properly apportioned to supply
the Of all. What is worse, there Is moth.
ing hopeful TO ok for ward to in the future with
the certainty Of an abundant supply from the agricultural
iabors q the present year. Matters instead OF growing
better are daily becoming worse.
Have our people stopped for one moment to
plate this alarming state Of affairs, and the results TO
which 1t Inevitably tends-as inevitably as that men,
women and children are obliged to be fed and clothed
order liver they have not looked in
the with that sober which ts importance
with ufauatop next mainess, sing, pipe and
dance and add 70 our already plethoric gains, as
Z all were well and perfectly safe. God grant
hope that people will be saved who refuse u them
selvesr He acts in HIS proy'dences generally through
the hearts and the OF those who are blessed with
means-that should be aroused into action In order TO
save the country from calamity.
We said there Ii for the extortion prac
tised by the producers and spectators. We repeat IL
and tnoy assign when demonstrated with, beyond
the depreciation Of tho currency. But, as the Richmond
Dispatch asserts, the excuse is not valid lt Is not dc
preciated much prices would indicate. There
are causes originating in the cupdity and heart
Iessness Of men employed In commerce and In
agriculture, which weighing down the people
and the cause. and which threatening both
than the currency Can the practice Of these peo.
pie be retormedS Can the distress they occasion be
moderated by checking their exsravagant demand upon
consumers These questions growing aud more
important. Something must be done Produce must be
dstrbuted-pccs must be reduced-gains be disgorged
there win be suffering Intense, and intense suffering
will beget what? Think OF II.
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The Board OF Enrolment consisting OF Captain Samuel
Maddox, Provost Marshal Supervisor Charles w Che
shire, Commissioner Colonel Charles H. Morton, Record
or, and George :. Woodman, N. D., Medical Exsminer
have done oil n their power to mitigate the seventies o
city 70 hoads Of families many Of moderate NJ cans
have bcen enabod 70 place acceptable substitutes m ts
ranks In their sfoad sl.
The hrgc corps or oancers and assistsn.s--Messr5
Mcdonald, Murphy, frazier, Davidson Mcleer ssitsry
and the Assistant Medical Examiner, pr hciiis-hsve
been uniformly courteous apd correct 10 their urues ara
will probably be retaned SHOULD the failure Of voluntary
en.mcnis render noossssy snoin n ahe
Informally foi soro time yet al tnsrc y largo amoun
OF clerical labor 70 bc dohg but al copsqpts who hav
Got already reported viii te regarded as deserters.
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GsoYrin Idiartfan.

VeoYRIu EiectIon,
HrcT ~ RlehpPpa Ssalinsl, oel 2o.l
A,v2vWng fowq' d Georgia, has been 70 elected Gov.
QSIns osAsr slse.lpai ,ss cslunbu, Erauiyr Says
RSsa ~ ~ s.s s'i Sss w ssvs dyss'ss gSss g.:
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Tho Dran In RrookIyn

CONCLUSION OF HEARING EXEMPTIONS IN THE SECOND
CONGRESSIONAL DrsTRIcT--THE GRAND AGGBE-
GATE.
Tho hearing Of the cases Of examination for the Second
Congressional district comprising ten wards Of Brooklyn
and five country towpa Of Kings county closed a four
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, at No. 20 Grand street,
Brooklyn T. d. The grand aggregate Is presented below
and occupied the Board Of Enrolment eight hours
Total number q oonscrlp.s REQUIRED. 3ors
Total number of cases examined. ........... ASS
Not notified, In consequence OF present resi-.
dence being unknown. $50
al ....lol ln.
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Aliens s...................... 4s2
Non residents Observation-Disclosures. 426
Held 10 service. ..... ...................... 314
Furnished substitutes. 2i8
Physical disability POT
Over age. ITO
Paid communication fec. Observation-Disclosures. SO
Only support OF q widowed mother. go
Under ago go....................... .............. 81
In service March g. 1863. 80
Only support of amotherless child d............ IL
Drawn twice from the wheel. ................
Support OF helpless brother or sister,. .... 2
Aggregate. ...................... 2.074
No. persons drafted. 3075
No. persons examined. 2O74
No persons TO be examined* ................. 1001
No persons exempted and discha ged. ........ 1914
No persons not reported and to be examined* 49,. 500
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which must be provided or by greater economy feed
ing and greater proportional consumption OF wheat
The number or stock hogs Ia about the in 1892
and about five per cent below general average in
ditjon. These early turned on the frosted corn
The buckwheat crop Is not as much injured as was
generally supposed because most Of Is produced In tho
States OF New Y9lk new Jersey and pennsylvania, whero
the frosts OF August 80 aud September Is did not ure
the crops materially.
Tho tobacco crop OF 1859 is larger than that Of year
by nearly y millions OF pounds, although the rost in
the Western States were injurious to it, But about
half OF the crop there had been gathered before the
ground had been planted than In 1862.
The hay crop OF 1852 is estimated at 2t 603 Gas tons
that OF 1868 at 199S04s2 torsa decrease Of 63
tons. IIs quality is good.
The mele foloea division OF the report is much larger
than usua giving full description Of tho frosts Of August
30 and September Is.
The monthly report for scptember Is much the best yet
issued and will soon be distributed.
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2,32T,17O

These exports and domestic consumption exhibit the
relative magnitude OF the foreign and domestic markets.
Tho report examines the probable foreign demand for
breadstus during 1854 and shows that the principal por
tons OF our exports OF breadsus purchased 10 tho
Engsh markets. that the average annual mportatcns OF
all grains Great Britain and Ireland 9 78 049
American bushels; but In 1860 the importation was
1886 34 bushels aad In 1861 142 529 06 buhses that
great in 1852, but not SO large in 1868; that
from the present condition OF the crops In England the
demand for 1864 would return TO the general average
rather than to the great amount since 1860 that the
homo demand for 1864 would be at least equal to that for
1862 and that the condition OF tho currency would
favorable 1t is; that hence the Of
wheat and corn for 1884 would be as follows
Wheat crop OF 1868 bushels. l9l oes 239
Domestic consumption 149 307 192
Leaving FOR export NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Al T61 O4I
Corn crop for 1863, bushels. .449 l63 S94
Domestic consumption. Observation-Disclosures. .57b 024, 1872
Leaving deficiency or or...............125 1875 500 23s
which urnxided hv in
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MOVEMENTS OF MAJOR GENERAL DIX.
omei., Visit 10 Harbor Far. nsas,ons

OMcIal Visit 10 Harb0r Fsr;' a tion .
at Boston-speech by General Dls.
AT the request Of bis Honor Mayor Lincoln chairman Of
the local Commission Harbor Defence Major General
John A. Dix. commander Of the Department Of tho East
visited the harbor yesterday inspect Fort winthrop
and the different positions which have been determined
upon most available for defence Of city from hostile
attack. These localities were not Inspected by the
General on his recent tour Of observation previous TO his
visit to Portland The party included the City Council.
few prominent citizens and several military gentlemen
Among them were Colonel Frank E. Howe, Captains
Barstow and Won Eicksted and Major Charles Dix OF
the Generals staff Colonel Lee, Colonel wthere aud
Col Adams, Of Goyeanor Andrews mllitery staff Major
Rodman OF teh United States Ordnance Depa tnent In
ventor Of the celebrated Rodman gun; Capt Gidden and
Professor 4. NJ Hosford of the Harbor Defence Com.
mission; Colonel T. Z. Chckerng Of the THIRD Massa-
chusetts cavalry, and others.
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The war has not stopped the tide of emf
grafton from Europe and elsewhere to the
United States. During the past year it was
greater than in 1861. The whole number OF
emigrants arrived at New York in 1862, in
Guiding passengers, was 1o5, 1886. an excess Of
nearly 10000 over 1861. During the past
fifteen years the number of alien passengers
who arrived at New York was 2s11,9le.