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THE CROPS.

The telegraphic reports from every part of
the conutry give most gratifying account CT
which seems 10 have experienced the bad effects
Of the prolonged cool weather Of May and June
But the cereals have been ssbrought forth by
handfuls," as during the seven years OF plenty
in Egypt.
The crop Of wheat is larger than ever before
known. In the States lying in the valley o!
the Mississippi greater area has been planted
and sown than in any previous, year. In
Indiana and Western Ohio the yield is said to
be from one fourth to sne-third better than last
years, and the quality superior to that In IL
linols it is about the same as last year. In
Missouri and Kansas 1t is three.eighths better.
In West EirginiS il is reported one half
better; in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota,
about one.quarter better. In the southern
States there seems to have been little improve
menf, except in Tennessee; and IN Louisiana
wheat is almost failure. In the middle and
eastern States there is an increase beyond
former years, but as wheat is not staple there
this Is of less moment.
In the new States and Territories towards
the setting sun the testimony uniformly is that
this Is better year than ever before. Ne.
braska reports An increase Of one-half, Colo
raOo has one hundred and eighty thousand
acres in wheat. with excellent prospects, Mon
tana reports thirty three thousand bush; Utah
eight hundred and thirty thousand bushels.
As whole, the quantity harvested promises
TO be seventy-fiye per cent. greater than the
crop Of 1-67. This will be an effectual stimu-
lant to commercial operations, cheapening
bread IN the Atlantic States, while the short
crops reported in Europe will leave an open
ing tor good foreign demand for our surplus
grain.
Old farmers used to say that a good wheat
year was generally poor one for ndIan corn.
This crop requires hot weather during the pc
Tiod Of Garlic growth and ''tasseliug," and 1t
suffers badly from cool weather. The weather
in May was so cold, and the season so back
ward. that corn was planted later than usual.
This prevented the in lury SO common TO corn
in such seasons, though a laJe autumn Will be-
required 10 mature the grain.
But so tar the prospect is excellent. A large
amount has been planted; the growth is rank,
and il the early frosts are escaped the yield
will be enormous. II is estimated that the crop
will be fully ona- third greater than last year
In the Southern States the increase is most
apparent, but the Western States are nowhere
behind hand In the Northern and Easter n
States the growth OF stalk is small and il is not
easy 10 estimate the product.
Oats in New York and the western States
are extraordinarily heavy. but In New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, and other Atlantic States the
yield is not large.
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ALEXANDRIA AND kICIHrTY.-The Journal
OF this morning has the folio wing items:
A Fort Talked Of.-The authorities at Wash
lngton are considering the feasibility Of erect
ing sixtv-gun fort III Jones Point a proiac-
non IN the Potomac river, short distance nom
Battery Rodgers. The site of the forf would
include Jones' Point Lieht-house
Raad on Bascdy Houses The police on Thurs
day night visited the upper end OF King street
and took in custody several white women, who
had been living in adulfrous intercourse with
colored men, In that section OF the city. Two
were ordered out OF the city, and two sent 10
the workhousf.
Mayors Court Iesterday.-Maria Woodback,
hailing from Washington, arrested for vagran-
cy, was let on on promise 10 leave by the first
boat Minnie Sayers, a white vagrant from the
Distrlcf OF Columbia was semi 20 the work
house for three months.
After Hm.-The police are after Tom. Hurdle
alias Haywood, a deserter nom the Y. >
Marine Corps, AT Washington. Hurdle vegi-
ates in Litfle PetersbuYg.
Horse TAiepes-Horse thieves have appeared
again in Loudon county. and resumed their old
trade.
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COMMISSIONER ROLLINS In BOSTON.

BOSTON, August D-Mr Rollins. C9mmis-
sioner of Internal Revenue, was at the Parker
House yesterday, and will leave here for WASH
Ington to-day. HIS health has been much
improved by his visit to the seashore.
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w all Street 1s.dav.

Nkw YORK, August l5.-Stocks, unsettled:
o.2gs OF 6S 13 do. GA, 81; old. IS, l1fy; new,
OF 81. 90; Ten FortIes, sb: North CarolIpa's
~; Virginia 6's, S3: Tennessee, 63. Missouri's
sS; Gold, iGjs; Exchange, 9a.; Money, 3ai per
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Baltimore Markets. re.dax

BALTIMORE, August 15.-Cotton quiet az % x
flour quiet and scarcely so firm; but prices
unchanged. Wheat dull; prime g. 65as2 -; a
decline OF 3 cents Corn dull; white, sl.IsasI -
Oats dull; prime suaS5; low grades G0a7J. Rye
steady At s1a5aSl.50. Provisions firm with
prices un changed.
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AFPAIRs IN MoxreoN1RY CoUxry, Nd
The Rockville Senfinei has the following items:
Montgomery County Ae,fcattErdi Society.-An
adjourned meeting Of the Agricultural Socierv
of this county was held ~ the Oourt-house o,
TUESDAY last, l1th inst, at witch therV was A
large attendance, and great interest uan,feetad
in the approaching fair. Wednesday, the 93d
fafr 10 commence.
CAMP ktetisgs. We cAll attention to tha
camp-neeung Of the NJ. L. Church, south 20
commences ON the 2Oth inst, in Mr.. VIM. ".
Church Is in progress since THURSDAY, rhe 18Th
inst. near Laytonsyiiie, at which q large a.
tendance is expected.
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~A preacher, not long since, discoursipg 10
the boys in New Hampshire State Reform
School upon the fact that the good where re.
specisd while the bad were Stunned, attempt.
I'd 10 illustrate by saying, "Now hoys, when /
walk on tue STREET speak to some and not to
others; what row makes the differencer' sup-
posing, OF course, they would say, "Becanse
some are good and some bad, - but he was m nch
astopisbed TO hear one little fellow sing out.
s.f,peause some are rich and some are moor ;,
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NDe Grand Cramer, prominent Young
Trojan, who Is sojourning Al his fathers Sum.
mer resldence at Lake George. ON Monday met
with 8 severe accident while plaviine base
ball He was struck In the lace with the balI,
and it is reported that ore Of his eyes was des.
troyed.
~A short time since, while q reverend
nfniisman Oh aroy ona aoo;SE9tn ;SnE M9 tne caH at
against his carpet bag. when q bottle of wHis-
key was broken. The clergyman hastspei TO
the water closet and lett the br ,ken bottle bur
the scent Of the whiskey followed him.
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SHOCKING MURDER IN NEW JERsEY.-On
MonCay a murder occurred at place known as
Shark river, in Ocean cnuniy, NJ distant
about six miles from Long Branch. The par.
ticulars are briefly as follows: For some time
past an intimacy is said TO have existed betw ZEN
the wife OF Harrison Fleming, the murdered
man, and WIN. Wooley, all residents of the
vicinity. On Monday last, while Wooley was
on a visit to the house, he had Quarrel Wi itb
Fleming's wife and used many opprobrious
epuheis toward her. Fleming interfered to
protect his spouse. and elected her assaiIant.
Wooley then went home, loaded a musket with
a double charge Of buckshot, and, returning z,
walled mp to Fleming, placed the wcapon
f'iphtful wound was inflicted, and FIemine's 8
death resulted in a lew moments. Wooley,
after committing the deed, fled to the woods.
where he made q desperate attempt to commit
suicide by cutting his throat. After having
nearly severed the windpipe he abandoned the
design and returned covered with blood to the
scene of the murder, where he wss arrested.
This is the first case of murder that has ever
occurred in that vicinity and has created great
excitement.
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DRYING HxRBs.-We have often-nearly an.
nually-for twenty or thirty years, given simi-
iar directions FOR preserving herbs for future
use, as the following:
"Herbs for drying for future use should be
cut just about the ine they are coming into
Hover. Dry them in the shade, and after suf.
dcienty dry to put away, tie them In bunchee
and hang in a cool shed, or place them loosely
between paper, and stow away in cupboards or
drawers-tbe last mode is by far the cleanest
keepers. Some, indeed, powder the leaves at
once after dry ing and put away in bags ready
for use.-
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3s.day's New YORK Markets.
TBy Telegraph.l

NKw YORK, August 15.-The Flour market
is duu and dropping. Wheat is dull a nomi-
nally Corn is dull and about lc lower. Pork
rs oull and declining; mess, s2s 80. Lard dull.
Il aie q. Cotton firm: Middling Uplands, 29x
EreightS dull .
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Baltimere Stock Market, To-day.

BALTIMORE, August l5.-Nirginia skies, old
inscribed. i6A bid; do. 1-66, i6 bid; do. Is67, Is
bid do. coupon, old and new, ,3 bid.
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ENCKE's COMET was observed yesterday
morning from the Naval Observatory, In this
city, by Professor Hall, who says It was near
the place predicted by Messrs. Becker and
Touasten
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MRS. SENATOR TRUMBULL, we regret TO say
is sinking rapidly, and her death is look d ior
al any time. There isno hope of her recovery
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MINISTER ROskCRAN3 will not sail for Mex
leo before October, as he do not wish to la nd
at Vera Cruz during its yellow fever season.
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- Figs grown in California the saxe Of n
mans fist. and weighing q quarter Of q pound
each, are displayed in the markets OF san iraa.
cisco.
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Col. w III. PARKER OF this city, has been
appointed inspector Of tobacco at Danville,
Virginia.
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tor Doolittle will be the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the FIRST District OF that State.
The Democratic Convention OF Baltimore
city last evening held a meeting, and resolved
drop the name conservative" from their par
henceiorsh as "Democrats" only
The canvass in South Carolina grows
warm. Among the persons now on the stump
are Wade Hampton, Howell Cobb, Governor
Vance, Governor 9. =; Psrry: the Hon. j. b.
Campbell, and General ID. u Butler.
The Cincinnati Enquirer profess that the
what indiscreet speeches of Wade Hampton.
Toombs, Cobb, and others in the South, deliy.
cred since the close of the New York Conven-
tion. 1t says - We repudiate and disclaim
any such responsibility. These Southern lead
ers have reasons of their own, IN the present
condition OF the country, 10 be morbidly sensi-
tive, and IT is not unnatural that they should
express themselves with more warmth and
feeling than prudence and Judgment would
dictate. But in this they do not speak Tor the
Northern Democracy"
CoHsressInan Higb., OF California, him.
self Vermonter, is now on his native heath
making Republican n speeches.
- The New York Commercial says An edict
has gone forth from Tammany Hall TO shoot
down every deSerter from Hoffman. The Hon.
John Morrissey, Sheriff O'Brien, Senators
Genet and Norton, Congressman Fox, and 9TH
eTs who favor Mr.. Murphy for Governor, are
marked men. These are representative man,
and Will make formidable rebels We shall
look for a lively shaking up among the dry
bones of the big Indians" OF Tammany.
There is talk Of nominating Brick Pon,e-
roy for Congress in the Sixth Wisconsin Dis
uiei, against General Washburne, the present
Republican Represen ta;ive.
- AT Bridgeport, Pa, yesterday, r. ]. Halde-
man was unanimously nominated for Con gress
by the conferees of York, Gum berland, and
Perry, IN place OF MIR. Glossbrenner the pres
ent member.
lnTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts to-day
from this source were So, ,lOI.0U.
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SENATOR ABBOTT, of North Carolina, has
collected the facts with rcgard to Northern
capital in that State. He finds that over ten
million dollars of Northern money has been
invested there since the war
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Washington News and Gossip.

DEATH OF SON OF SECRETARY SCHoPIsLp
We regret TO announce that John Rathbone
Schofield, son of Secretary Schcneld died at
West Point New York, last evening about ten
o'clock, in the eleventh year of his age, Of con-
gestion Of the lungs. He was on a visit to his
grandfather, Prof. Bar lett, at the time of his
death, aud has been suffering for some time
past. The funeral will take place at West
Point on Sunday afternoon. Secretary and
Mrs. Schofield were with their son at the time
of bis death.
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~The cattle disease is killing men and
women In New York State.
BFClinton, Iowa, has q saw-mln thai en-
ploys one thousano meR.
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NOT So.-It was stated by a contemporary
yesterday that the opinions of Attorney Gen
erai Evarts on the Alaska and New Orleans
Coiiectorship were before the Cabinet yester-
day and 'heartily approved by the President
and the members present" We learn, how
ever, that the Attorney Geussal has given no
opinion in these cases, having them yet under
consideration. He may give a decision to-day
in the case of the District Attorneyshlp for the
Eastern District Of Pennsylvania.
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A II. JOINS (or Buncombe county, has been
nominated for Congress by the Republican
members Of the legislature from the Seventh
District of North Carolina.
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ELLB DUTToE, THE CoNrIDKECE WOMAN
MoTHEE.-The famous con hdence woman,
Dutton. convicted some five months since and
sentenced to the Peniuentiary for two years and
six months. on Sunday became the mother OF a
daughter weighing f3K lbs. She has operated
in a confidence way in various cities in the
United States. and is very well known at Al.
bany, Troy. Boston. Hartford and other eastern
cities She is SO utterly destitute of truth and
yeIaci.y that no confidence can be placed in
her statement unless corroborated by Others or
by circumstances. When arrested she declared
that she was in certain situation and recent
events have proven this statement to be correct
She names n prominent Official at Toronto as
the father OF her child. She claims also thar he
has large sums Of her money in his possession.
She even goes further and dec ares that par
don may be obtained for her il her case is prop.
erly preented to Governor Fenton end he is
made to understand who she -. She declares
that che hiss been on terms of intimacy with
the Governor himself.-Rochester (NYl Union
0Le Follet says genuine paniers are not
worn in Paris.
n6aNiles O'Reillys' paper, the New yorr
Citisen, il offered for sale for sa5,OOo.
~Trimble, the brakeman ON the Rptlsnd
and Wa hington Railroad, who was killed bv
falling from car, noticed on Monday week
had . dream the night before me accidsnr
which he related the next morring ,hat ae fell
from the car and was KILLED.
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A WIDOW In Sou rHERS NEVADA. The
chief boarding house-in fact the hoteI-of
Hyko City Is kept by comeiy young Nor.ye-
giaG widow, who is celebraLed for the excel.
lencs of her liable. and for having refused more
offers than any other woman in Nevada Aboar
four years ago her husband died IN Kanscs.
She remained there long enough TO paw from
her own earnings every cent Of his indebted.
ness, then came west TO try her fortune
III newer country. Inferior cooks have
been paid SiO0 month in this region, and
wretched hired girls about $40 a week, so
our widow does herself all the labor per-
taining 10 supplying the inner man OF from
twenty 10 thirty boarders, assisted only by ar
Indian or two Al some OF the simple drudgery
She milks her cTSn cow. does her own washing,
and finds time, IN the crush Of all this rou tine
10 come out every evening IN a neat toilet
Women are scarce IN New evada-such wome are
scarce anyWhere-and report says there l. not
a bachelor within hundred miles who has
not sought the hand OF the fair reIict She
dobees. politely but firmly-prefers single in !.
dcpendence. and but one voice OF authority in
the business she has built up. Her conduct is
unexceptionable: and il L have taken an un.
warrantabie liberty in this paragraph, il is to
show what an unprotected f. male may do for
herself in wild country, If she has the energy
and pluck.-CtEcinRuft COMMERCIAL
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The WHITE HoUsB.-Bnt few visitors were
AT the Executive MaDsi on to- day, Learly all OF
whom were admitted 10 see tue President
General Green Clay Smith had an interyie "
with the Executive this morning.
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Gevernmeut Securities.

WAsHIssros, August is, Ises.-Jay Cooke Il
90. furnish the following quotations OF Gov
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GENERAL GRANT Will visit Dubuque, 10 wa
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CHANGES IN THE QuARrHRMAsrER's DE.

CHANGES IN THE QUARTRRMAsTER's DE-
PARTMENT.-By direction of the Secretary OF
War, upon the recommendation OF the q uar-
termaster General, the following changes in
the stations aid duties of officers of the u uar-
t'rmaster's Department, in addition to those
mentioned yesterday, have been made: Breyet
Major George f Alder, Assistant Quarter
master, to report at Savannah, Ga, Captain A.
Barrett, Military StorekeepeI, to report At
Charleston, s. e.; Brevet Colonel X. N. Batch
elder, Quartermaster, 10 remain duty at
New Orleans, La, in charge OF the u. M De-
pot in that city, and relieve Captain c. III
Hoyt; Captain Hoyt to report to the Command
ing General OF the 5th Military District; Bre-
vet Brig. General j. A. Potter, Quartermaster
Brevet Lieut.. Colonel j. G. y. Lee, Assistan,
Quartermastcr, Captain ID. w Porter Captain
w. A. Wainwright, Assistant Quartermastef
and Captain '. p. Van Antwerp. Military
Storekce eper, TO remain on duty in the 5th Mil
ltary District; Brevet Lieut. Colonel T.
Bnnf. Assistant Quartermaster, to report for
duty III that District
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A JEALOUS HusrAND.-FOr some time hack
gentleman residing in the old Eighth Ward
has been laboring under a seseTe fit OF jealousy,
occasioned by rumors which reached him
through has father that his wife was in the
habit OF taking long walks with young men
after dark along the blum thai oyeriooks the
Monongahela river, near Dam No. /. He de-
termined 10 watch her closely. and accordingly
on Tuesday evening. when. in company with
her little daughter, she departed for her usual
ramtle, he followed her. When Mrs. NJ
reached the edge OF the blum she seated herself
and presently. to the horror and indignation OF
the husband, she was Joined by a man. who IA
miliarly took a seat close to her. In the uncer.
tain light be could not distinguish the features
Of either. Enraged beyond measure he inside
a dash, as he supposed, on the guilty pair, and
without moments hesitation began to abuse
his better half in a violent manner. Judge OF
his CONSERVATION when the strange gentleman
was recognized as the lady's swn father, who
resides near the spot, and had been in the habit
OF occasionally joining his daughter In her
strolls. The husband wss crestfallen, the old
man terribly annoyed; and the wife has taken
the matter so much TO heart that she has de.
termined on obtaining writ Of divorcsment
How the unhappy affair will end we are not
prepared to even conJecture.-Pittsburgh Muil
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HEARrLRss D1sERTIoN.-Tl

INTERNAL RHvENUE.-The receipts to-day
from this source were S37e, ,lOI.UU.
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CoNTEACT FOR STATIONERY. - Messrs
Dempsey and OToole, of this city, being the
lowest bidders for stationery for the War De-
partment for the fiscal year ending the Goth
June. lc6U, under the advertisement, a contrrct
with iheIn WIS entered into on The I'D uiiIIno
That finn having failed 10 comply with their
contract the Secretary of War has directed that
n contract be made with Mrssrs Blanchard *
Mohun ofrhiS city II they accept the same at
their proposal, which was the next lowest to
that OF dempsey * O'Toole. They have ac-
cepted the offer, and the contract will be made
with them.
The Charleston advocate. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1867-1868, 1868-11-21

great while" 6 don't know" was the
answer. F" DO you think YOU shall" +"
cannot tell DO many m0thrrs die and
leave their childrcn?" "a great many"
4" Mamma" said Mary with :, trembling
voice, F." am going to SAY another pray
rr;" and clasping her little hands, she
cried: /" God bless papa, and the dearest,
best mamma any little girl ever had in
the world" That's the way, children.
II You knew vour mothers were going to
die very shortly, YOU could not be hall
kind enough to them. But do you not
know that, br they long or short lived
there lies before YOU, written so plainly
that he who runs may read, 9 Honor Thy
father and thy molhcr?" Remember
that every wrong committed against low
ing parents will, when they shall have
passed from carti. bite like serpent
and sting like All adder.
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William Mason & f. S. Hoally's New Method
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