The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-31
WASHINGTON.
Indian Affairs Dispatch from Gen.
Sheridan - Another Fight = APP
pOintmeBt OF GaugeFs ana store
keepcrs-AgrlculiuFal Report.

The following dispatch from Gen
Sheridan Is just received:
IN THE FIELD, FORT HAYES, KANSAS,
HKADQ'Rs DEP. OF MISSOURI, Oct. IS. )
To Breves Major General ". Il Nichols:
Gen. Carr with seven companies o1
the Fifth Cavalry, and four scouts
under PierpOnt, attacked the Indians
south of Beaver Greek on the 25 b
inst, and killed ten indians and five
| horses. and captured three ponies.
The next day he followed the Ia
dians. who dispatched their advance
guard to protect their lodges and
stock. The troops forced the Indl-
ans to abandon their robes, camp and
lodge equipage, capturing and kill ng
y ponies. Gen. Carr is still pursu-
ing them. Col. Burkhead is also in
this section, and / think before this
| time has Joined Gen. Carr.
Signed p Ii. SHERIDAN.
w. A. NICHOLS, A. A. q.
The following appointments were
made:
Guagers-B. Baker, 11th Indiana
/ District; e. NJ Beardslo, 4th Illinois
District
Sforekeeper-C. Corples, 1st Hi
nois District.
Z In accordance with an act Of Feb
ruary 3D., 1868, all cattle imported
from foreign countries from and after
| the first prOx., will be exempt from
import duty.
The Treasury Department has issu
ed circular dated Oct. 20. directing
the duty of 250 per cent per pound,
and 20 per cent. ad UaJ5rena be assess
ed on all cigars, cigarettes and che
roots, under the Sd aud S7th Sec
tions of the Internal sRevenue Act,
approved July 20. 1868.
The Department of Agriculture has
| issued a report on the condition of
-the crops in October. 1t says; The
full promise OF the early Summer has
not been realized in the wheat har-
vest. The increase of area over that
of last year, in its effect on the aggre-
gate production, is nearly neutrahzad
by the small dIminution in some of
the principal wheat growing States,
in the yield per acre, so that the In
increase In the total quahtlty, as
| shown by the returns, is scarcely
more than three per cent. an acre,
and that is obtained mainly from the
Pacific coast. The averages from
\ October appear TO show a decrease ia
the production in Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
| New Jersey. North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Texas,
the latter having only half crop. The
other States Indicate an increase, and
| In those east Of the Mississ ppi it Is
very slight. In Minnesota it Is 13
per cent, Iowa 6 per cent, Missouri
8 per cent, Nebraska 13 per cent,
Kansas % per cent, and California
% rer cent.
Many States in different parts Of
the couatry, especially IN Mary land
and Wisconsin, report u dispropor-
tionment IN the yield In grain. In
threshing, the oat crop is light in
the Eastern, Middle and Southern
| Atlantic States. There is not full
average in Michigan, Wisconsin and
! Iowa. In other States produce is
above the average, the largest increase
4 being 21 per. ceut. Considerable in
jury by frost to the corn crop IS re
! ported ih Northern Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa, and the more northern
/ parts. In some parts of Iowa it is
estimated that two ffths of corn
| crop il made. From Southern Indi-
ana, Southern Ohio. West Virginia
aud Pennsylvania the same com
plants have been received. Accounts
of injury from drOuihs are received.
The late produce will not be what it
was hoped In the early season, or
what is needed for the country, with
its rapidly decreasing cpulatiOn, but
somewhat larger In quantity than last
year, which was q season peculiarly
adapted to corn production.
The area Of cotton is somewhat less
than last year, the culture better and
the preparations for planting more
complete. Labor was more regular
and reliable, as a general rule. Early
In the season the promise was line
Serious losses have, of late, been in
Cured, however, principally from the
depredations of the cotton catterpil
ler or army worm, which have proved
more general and severe in Louisiana
than elsewhere, aud have been verJ
troublesome in parts of Alabama am
Mississippi, and somewhat prevalen
ia the Carolinas and Arkansas
Heavy rains in Tennessee and the
, Southwest have caused anxiety, bu
have done less damage than was eX
}, pected. The returns indicate small
er crop, possibly by ID or 20 per ce ut.
than last year, but complete esti
: mate cannot be made till the crop
are gathered.
! + Peas and beans will be nearly al
t average crop.
Buckwheat is very generally def
= cieat. Connecticut, New Jersey
!, Minnesota, California, and some Q
, the Southern States furnish favorable
! exceptions. Sorghum has been more
successful than last year In Southern
New England, New jersey, Delaware
the Gulf States, and California. Pc
, tatoes are reported a full averag
crop, with deficiency of 10per ceuV
! in New York and PENNSYLVANIA; from
3 to z per cent. in the Southern At
! lantic sStates and Tennessee; 20 pc
= cent. in Illinois; 10 per cent. in Iowa
IL per cent. in Indiana; 15 per cent
: in Ohio; is per cent. in Michigan
. and a quarter or less reduction In tn
: other Western States.
Reports from Louisiana indicate al
: increase of p per cent. over last yea
, in sugar cane. The amount of oil
, wheat on hand is somew hat less thai
! usual throughout the country, wit
! !. the exception OF the cotton States
= which have a higher average thai
= last year. This remark .iIl not ap
: ply to Texas, where the granaries ar
: uniformly empty.
! ! The. quantity left over in Wiseon
Z sin is relatively somewhat lower that
in the neigh boring States.
\ The stock of beeves in preparation
u for market is larger than last yea
: west and south of New Jersey. ex
e cent in. Indiana and Illinois, whicI
J, States constitute the important bee
q I..;.cx coctions The deficienc