New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-30
RECEPTIONS ON NEw-yEAR'S DAE-PUBLIC DEBT
NAVAL NEWS - AGRICULTURAL STATE
MENTs.


GENERAL PRESS DSPATCHi
Announcements made BY authority that ~ IL o'clock
New Years day saturday the lat oil January S,V;
the President Will receive the nlonibeIs OF ms ,ab.heS
the Supreme Court United States Senator'S aud Repre-
sentatiyes in Congress The Judges or the oubiehss
o'clock aLd the officers OF the Army ana Navy ana ss-
Corps will be received 40 l2l5 O'Clock Ihe assoSi-
ated soldiers the OF 1917 aud TIE members of the
Oldest Inhabitants Association OF the District Oh COiuE-
ba will received. The reception OF citizens will COM
mence at l2I at which time the gates Of the ncoSnro
will be thrown open. The reception VII terminate al
o'clock y m Ladies Will he received.
There arc about 1fty Senators and sixty Repre-
The public deus statement Will he published IN
ncx Monday The present Indications axe that there viii
not be decrease of over sSQ0oo-thc receipts from
customs anu internal revenue having been compara~
lively light. Those from the latter to-day ware only
$4,000. . ,,--, .....,.
Departments Three or the heads absent from tho
cIt5. aud the offices ara closed at noon -..
OF the National Executive Committee Of Colored Men, To
represent tho political and industrial interests Oh tha1
DR. James Dove well-knovn physician. died here to-
Lieutenant commander w " Allen reports that tho
u s. steamer arrived at Aspnwall on the lsth
siiL from New York. ana would sail for New York ia
about week. a,r ,.,., aha. ou
& steamer Lancaster Admiral Lanmsns flagship, at-f
rived at Funchal MADEIRA, on the evening Of Deoember
ofer nm extremely unpleasant passage OF thirty days
FROM Hampton koads, Va. She expe eneed some very
heavy weather and adverse winds By which she Way
forced off her 10 sght santa Maria az tn0
Azores The ship would remain at Funchai uhtll ING
?6h OF November when she would proceed 20 the co.
OF Brazil
Tue following Is an advance summary OF he latest III
formation reference the crops OF the past sesl
received az the Department Of Agriculture up TO afe
tho details OF which win appear Ia the regular report ior
tho current month: COrl-On the LIST OF september
failure OF the crop OF Northern Nsw-EngsarN APP
reared 20 imminent. Two weeks earlier lnoiosIlohs
of frost were parts OF NoRHampshirs ana on tho
first week VI september backonel lcAvesoI MAKO were
observed IN dep valleys whla the ears were scarcely NJ
for roasting. the apprehension was that no corn wona
ripen. Eiue sunny weather followed and continued
through September and October, with occasional
rains, rpenng the c.op very tnly IN somo
places, ana in otha1 leaving IL III pafui
mmaturity On the wasDn slopes and sood soils OF au-
olson County, Nermont and similar lands the quality
equal that OF thk best OF former years. Wno
IN Orleans County tai quality was INFERIOR though he
quantity an average, On tho lnafklhe oI streams
much damage was done by the heavy rams OF Oct anu
The crop OF New England Will De less than that OF lass
year by about ~ per cent The severe drouth OF July
and August pre- yaent along the Atlantic coast auseteo
corn inlurOu but the favorable weather OF he aIeS
months great relieved the severity OF the INJURY iho
october rail- swept away shocks OF corn In the Valleys
To some extent IN New-JerJey ana mary lahus
| From sJme portions Of PeRnsylVanla conc re-
ports If immaturity, waile general assurance
Is giveA OF larger quantity and better quality tban wa
expected In tho Summer Virginia suffered severely ny
the trouth which dwared the stalk aud blade, and H.
riered with It's perfect earing yet the ears were gehS
ally we'll filed. la proportion 10 the growth OF the stsk
except in wornout lands. The droGth was severe in
North Carolina reducing tho oron materially as whce