The Portland daily press., 1865-08-18
From Washissgt0ss-- Tsco Young Ladies' Acct
desstaIly Shot-Statensesat of the Crops.

WASHINGTON, Aug. II.
The President to-day, as usual, opened doors
| to all visitors, one-third OF whom were women.
The throng was not near as large as yester-
day, twenty or thirty persons only being in
the office at / p. NJ. Their business was CON
sequently transacted.
Capt. James M. Moore, to-day, telegraphed
from Andersonville that he yesterday finished
suitable interment of the Union prisoners who
died at that prison.
The receipts from the Internal Revenue
to-day were nearly one million dollars.
The Secretary OF the Interior has issued an
order forbidding clerks in his department from
going to claim agents for any information con
corning pending business or claims. except Inv
order of himself or the Assistant Secretary Of
the Interior. a
Moses f. Odell, member of the late House
of Representatives from Brooklyn. N. Y. has
been appointed Naval Officer of the MORT Of
New York, to take effect on the first of Sen
TENDER. ias4ss4 tifl7 r
Last night at Camp Barry, near the CITY. a
sentry on duty was ordered to fire on an ex-
changed prisoner, and in doing so accidentally
shot Miss Mary Good and Miss Eliza Ward.
who were walking in the vicinity with a gem
tleman. The wound inflicted on Miss Ward
was slight; but Miss Good was shot through
the Dack ana lungs, and her injuries are sup
posed to be MORTAL She is resident of Bal
timore.
Numerous letters are received at the Land
Office daily asking how to acquire lands under
the Homestead and Presumption. As gen
eral answer the Bureau has published eircu-
lar giving all the required information.
Several hundred applications for pardon, in
GLIDING one from the rebel Brig. Gen. Camp
bell, OF Tenn, was received to-day. sag
The department of Agriculture has just
completed its tables showing the condition of
the crops on the LIST day of August, as report
ca by its correspondents at that time. The
harvest had not been secured 1t is believed
that the wheat crop bad not received addition
al injuries, excepting perhaps in Wisconsin and
Minnesota, where the rains extended since the
first OF August.
The department has issued another circular
which will be returned on the first day of Sep
tember, renewing its enquiries relative to
wheat and other crops; also to the amoont of
old wheat in the country, and when this cir
cular shall be received, information viii be
more definite and complete, but it is believed
that the deficiency will not be less than now
expected. The tables formed in the August
circulars show the following decrease in crops
of 1865 from those of 1864: Crop of 1854, BUSH
els, 160, 695 ,S23. Estimated for 1865, bushels
134, 454, 125. The loss Is as follows: in New
England and Middle States, 657,3S3 bush
els; In Maryland and Delaware, 1,719,5T5; in
Western and Northwestern States q, S64, IA.
Total, 20 ,241 $685. All other crops, particu-
larry corn and potatoes. are most promising,
except tobacco, of which considerable less has
been planted. The oat crop Is very large, and
a heavy crop in the West is much injured bv
wet weather, but it is stiIl abundant. The
above is published by authority of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.