The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-12-30
WASHINGTON.
NEW YEARS DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

NEW YEARS DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The announcement
Is made by authority that at II O'Clock A. M.
on New Years day the President will receive
the members of his Cabinet and foreign minis
ters at II. 80 o clock the Judges of the Supreme
Court and the United States Senators and
Representatives in Congress-; the Judges of
the Supreme Court of the District will be re-
ceived at ~ o'clock. and the officers of the ar
my and navy and marine corps be received at
II. 10 O'Clock; after which the associated SOL
dlers OF the war of 1872 and the members of
the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the Dis
trict OF Columbia will be received. The recep-
ton of citizens commences at 1890 O. clock at
which time the gates of the enclosure will be
thrown open. The reception will terminate at
2 O'Clock p. M. Ladies will be received.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The public debt statement will not be pub
lished till next Monday. The present fndica-
tions are that there will not be decrease of
over %, OOO,O0O, the receipts from customs and
internal revenue having been comparatively
Light light; Those from the latter to-day were only
$320, 800.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Committee on Appropriations was in
session to-day, but no other committee met
There are not about fifty Senators and sixty
RepreSen tatives in Washington.
The PRESIDENT as rule, during these holt
days does not receive visitors. A few only of
his more intimate friends occasionally call.
acted at the departments. Three of the heads
are absent from the city, and their offices are
closed at noon.
A newspaper is to be published here under
the auspices of the National Executive Com
mittee of Colored Men, to represent the prac-
tical and industrial interests of that race
THE YEARS CROPS.
An advance summary of the latest informa-
ton in reference to the crops of the past sea-
son, received at the Agricultural Department,
shows that in New England the corn crop is
less than that of last year by about $4,000 BUSH
els The only States reporting an increase in
quantity are Minnesota, Florida Nebraska,
Kansas, Texas and California. Louisiana and
Iowa give nearly an average The principal
corn-growing sections of the West average
reduction OF fully twenty per cent. in YIELD
With all the increase of farmers to produce
and population to consume, aud with the ac-
tual enlargement of the area under culture, it
is certain that there is clearly less corn pro-
duced this year than in 1868. Cotton-The
aggregate production in accordance with the
returns received to this date is little more than
ten per cent. above the yield of 1868, or about
100000 commercial bales or fully 100000
bales of 400 pounds each. Potatoes-Crops
very large. Greatest increase respectively in
Kansas,a Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa and Mis-
souri,. All of the Eastern States, New York.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and all the
Western States, except Minnesota, have adj
vanced in production; but the Southern
States, excepting only Florida, Louisiana and
Texas have returned their aggregates Tobac-
co-atest returns indicate reduction of one
third in Virginia and Maryland, one-sixth in
Kentucky, 16 per cent. in Michigan and
slight decrease in Indiana and Illinois. Mas
sachusetts, West Virginia, Michigan, Wiscon-
Gin ond tiIo States west or the MISSISSIPPI have
somewhat enlarged their production. A fair
summary OF these returns would seem to ndi-
cate an aggregate reduction of about 20 per cent
Fruits-Apple crop more than an average one
in the West with the exception of Ohio, where
reduction of 20 per cent. is indicated. Maine,
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island made but
half a crop; New hampshire and Connecticut
three fourths; while Vermont enjoyed nearly
her average yield. New York and Pennsylva-
MIA suffered fully tenth in reduction. New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia pro-
duced crops from full to large, and the more
Southern States report generally a small yield.
In Kansas the buck-wheat average has been
extended very materially for supply of bee
forage.
RUMOR CONTRADICTORY.
The statement that Senator Pratt of Indiana,
has resigned his position in the United States
Senate is devoid of authority from that gentle
man. He has not resigned nor does he intend
IN roSipp fhat offioa